5G Remote Monitoring Solution

Nemo Wireless Network Solutions

Ensure 5G Network QoE/QoS Remotely, in Real Time with  Automated Tests

End-users and business customers have high expectations about all opportunities and experiences that 5G has been said to bring. Typically, extensive testing is needed to gain understanding of new technologies, and deployment of 5G is not an exception. It is essential to ensure that your network, whether it is public or private, works as expected before and after it has been put to use.

We here at Keysight are able to help you to streamline your complex test processes and ensure successful 5G network deployment. Our 5G remote monitoring solution brings operational efficiency and cost savings with the ability to measure the quality and performance of 5G NSA/SA networks remotely, in real time with automated tests.

Nemo 5G Remote Monitoring Solution

With Keysight’s remote monitoring solution, test campaigns can be performed:

• to verify 5G NSA/SA network QoE/QoS based on demand or continuously for 24/7 multiple servive types, such as eMBB, URLLC, mMTC

• frequently and reliably as part of a continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) strategy

• case by case to troubleshoot the network, e.g. based on customer complaints

• to ensure network QoS defined in Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Nemo field measurement solutions Nemo Handy Autonomous Units and Nemo Autonomous Probes are used to perform the field measurements. Both solutions support the latest technologies, 4G and 5G, as well as all the latest flagship devices and test protocols.

Nemo Cloud acts as the primary user interface for remote monitoring. The solution offers a specific set of graphical dashboards for each user, service, and technology. With Nemo Cloud, operators and service providers can interact seamlessly with their fleet of measurement products. Centralized control and storage enable direct online management of data while users can easily and effectively share information between solutions.

Nemo Analyze is used to post-process the test results. Post-processing can be performed automatically or on an on-demand basis. The solution provides access to all analytics reports and reporting dashboards. The test results can be monitored and analyzed from any accessable device, anywhere, anytime.

Use Case: On-Demand Remote Monitoring

Keysight’s remote monitoring solution is an ideal solution to test the quality and capacity levels of 5G networks on an on-demand basis. The solution allows monitoring the network as often as needed, to troubleshoot a specific network problem or to perform more continuous test campaigns. The solution scales based on the customer need – dozens or even hundreds of measurement units can be used to ensure the targeted quality level.

You can use the solution in a situation where the problem does not necessary occur immediately and is hard to reproduce. For example, you can give a smartphone in which Nemo Handy Autonomous is installed to a user that is experiencing network problems at a certain location. The user simply needs to make sure the mobile device is turned on as all measurements and commands, including real-time monitoring, are made from Nemo Cloud. This enables to quickly identify the problem and ensure the network quality of experience (QoE).

During 5G deployment, you need to run constant network updates and human errors are more likely to happen with tight timelines. With Keysight’s remote monitoring solution, you can focus your valuable resources in places and locations where they are actually needed. The quality and performance of 5G NSA/SA networks can be measured in real time and code changes in the network can be made whenever necessary with automated tests.

Automation enables to use non-technically skilled personnel to perform the measurements in the field, while more technically advanced personnel can focus on the network development tasks. Automating test activities enables engineering teams to deliver network updates frequently and reliably as part of continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) strategy. Automation also reduces human errors and speeds up time to market. All relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) that reflect end-user experience will be collected.

Viewing the measurement results remotely in real time in cloud environment is not tied to a specific location. The results can be monitored and analyzed from several different office locations at the same time.