The Challenge

Fixed and mobile service providers are faced with rapid growth of bandwidth-hungry applications such as P2P, while staying under pressure to keep good margins, high average revenue per user (ARPU), and low customer churn. On the vendor side, suppliers of network optimization solutions must 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, vendors can build solutions that enable service providers to optimize network resources, prioritize critical applications and offer enhanced 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 technology
• 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, etc.
• Instant Messaging: Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo, QQ, etc.
• 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