The challenge
Fixed and mobile service providers are confronted with the rapid growth of bandwidth-hungry applications such as P2P, while pressure to keep their business healthy with good margins, high average revenue per user (ARPU), and low customer churn. On the vendor side, suppliers of network optimization solutions are faced with the challenge to keep up with an increasing number of IP-based applications and technologies.
Qosmos solution
Qosmos information extraction engine enables full visibility of network traffic and applications. Equipped with this detailed intelligence, equipment vendors can build solutions that enable service providers to optimize network resources, prioritize critical applications and offer enhanced, personalized subscriber services.
Benefits
For equipment vendors
- Focus on core competence by outsourcing advanced protocol and application expertise
- Network optimization solutions based on a best-in-class information extraction engine
- Increased business agility and faster time-to-market
For operators
- Detailed understanding of how applications are being used on the network and how bandwidth is consumed
- Ability to optimize investments, ensure fair use of bandwidth, prioritize premium services and personalize offerings
Example of Implementation
Information Extracted
Recognized protocols and applications (sample)
- P2P applications: e-mule, BitTorrent, Gnutella, Kazaa
- Instant Messaging: Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, QQ
- Business applications (CRM, ERP, Citrix, Oracle, MS Exchange, SAP, IMAP, POP3, SMTP, etc.)
- Network protocols: TCP-IP, DNS, DHCP
Extracted information (sample)
- Application name
- Traffic volume: per user, per IP, per subnet, per site, per application
- Application response time