Fixed access network automation

The journey towards fully autonomous broadband networks is about to accelerate. It began with scripted and model-driven automation that provide a degree of assistance for routine operations. Today, we can enable far more powerful intent-based automation and use AI/ML to unlock new levels of operational efficiency, scale and agility.

Automation is key for operators to take better business decisions and deliver successfully on their digital transformation agenda.

At the heart of our solution is the Altiplano Access Controller. This cloud-native platform offers a complete suite of network management as well as SDN control functions to optimize, automate and troubleshoot a broadband network.

It provides operators a single view to manage fixed services, leveraging policy-driven operations, powerful intent life-cycle management and real-time automation across a multi-vendor, multi-technology network.

Nokia has introduced a powerful and versatile way to create open access networks. Take a fresh look at your operating models and partition the access network into virtual network slices, commercialized through flexible Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) models.

Geert Heyninck, VP Broadband Networks, explains how Nokia Altiplano gives operators the flexibility they need and how Nokia opens up their Altiplano platform with the industry's first app marketplace for network automation, giving operators the ability to customize and build unique SDN-enabled applications to automate, analyze and gain new revenues from their networks.

Software-defined access networking is a powerful strategic advantage in the broadband market. This report from Analysys Mason explains the challenges and opportunities that network automation addresses and how it can be leveraged to streamline operations, lower costs, create revenues, and differentiate themselves in a highly competitive business environment.

AI/ML is becoming a vital tool for network operators to deal with the increasing number of options, technologies, parameters, and dimensions now needed to optimize a broadband network. AI-driven operations can compress the time it takes to evaluate network health, generate new insights from data, and solve network issues in a proactive way. As networks get redefined by software, Nokia is uniquely positioned to help you pursue the goal of fully autonomous data-driven networks.

Advanced automation relies on advanced telemetry to provide access to real-time data which is structured and ready for use by systems. This white paper details the principles of data governance and scalability behind modern push-based streaming telemetry, illustrated with real-world use cases.