Alcatel-Lucent 9900 - Manual (Page 6)

Optimize Wireless Networks for Data 6
Streamline Engineering
and Planning
Network planning is based on aver-
age models of subscriber usage during
busy hours. It assumes average load
characteristics per subscriber. But
each device, application, and sub-
scriber can have highly differing
and unpredictable impacts on the
network.
The Alcatel-Lucent 9900 WNG
helps engineering and planning
teams see exactly how subscribers
in any given region are using the
network, so that the appropriate
resources can be added or real-
located to accommodate the
measured and specific subscriber
activities.
Moreover, by providing detailed
network usage information, the
Alcatel-Lucent 9900 WNG helps
engineering and planning teams
understand actual usage patterns
and perform a reasonable trending
analysis that can be used to guard
the network against any negative
impacts caused by customer
concentration on certain
applications.
Manage Security
Wireless security requirements are
more challenging than wireline
security because:
• Attacks can be waged on the net-
work using extremely low volume
traffic that masks as every day
traffic (for example, without
packet-specific signatures)
• Attacks can come from within
the wireless data network and
can leverage mobile-to-mobile
communications without crossing
a peering point (where IP security
tools are often deployed)
• The IP address in the mobile
world easily and constantly
changes, so tracking potential
attackers is a multi-step challenge
The Alcatel-Lucent 9900 WNG
provides network security teams
with tools specifically designed for
wireless data networks that can help
identify and manage threats and
denials of service.
Develop Targeted Marketing
Beyond network operation, planning
and security, the Alcatel-Lucent 9900
WNG can also enhance marketing
efforts that directly contribute to
subscriber retention and reduce churn.
With the detailed network perform-
ance and subscriber information
available from the Alcatel-Lucent
9900 WNG, marketing teams can
get a better understanding of how
much it costs the network to support
every subscriber, every application,
and every device type. With this
information, marketers can
determine an ROI for each existing
and new service, based not only on
the cost of the subsidized device or
application royalties (if customer-
hosted), but also the fundamental
cost to the network.
As a result, you can choose devices
and applications that enable max-
imum profitability for your market.