IP network automation use cases
Reduce risk and speed up implementation with prepackaged software and services
If you’re looking to accelerate the automation of your network but don’t have the resources to do it in the timeframes you need, our catalog of prepackaged network automation use cases can help.
Network automation has become a top operator initiative
Today’s competitive environment demands that you get maximum value from your network. But networks are becoming more complex, which makes it tougher to reduce operating costs and increase agility.
Automation helps you create a new kind of network that is more responsive, efficient and reliable – and simpler to operate. Technologies such as model-driven management, intent-based networking and advanced analytics enable multivendor networks to self-configure, optimize their performance in real time and recover from failure events.
The quantitative benefits of IP network automation
See how much impactful cost and time you can save via gradual implementation of automation to your IP network, and learn how to prioritize your investment.
Is automating easy?
Automation is meant to reduce network complexity. But it can be difficult to implement.
Choosing the right automation tool is an essential first step. But it’s just as important to have skills that will help you integrate the tool into your network environment and use it efficiently and effectively. These skills are rare and expensive to acquire.
Project management is also critical to a successful automation journey. You need a thorough plan that provides answers to critical questions right from the beginning:
- Where should we start?
- How much will it cost?
- How long will it take?
How to make automation deployment predictable
We have built a catalog of predefined use cases that will help you quickly introduce a broad set of automation functions into your IP network.
The catalog covers all aspects of the network services lifecycle: equipment configuration, service fulfillment, network assurance and traffic optimization.
We treat use cases as products, with their own lifecycle, to reduce risk, speed up implementation and ensure predictable results.
Before you start with one of our use cases, you’ll know:
- What business outcome it produces
- How long it will take to implement
- How much it will cost
- How it works
- What product features and services it requires
A bundle of tools and services
We implement our use cases using a combination of feature and automation packages.
Feature packages consist of off-the-shelf NSP software functionality for network configuration, provisioning, assurance and optimization. If you use NSP today, you may already have these packages. Automation packages implement the use cases into specific service provider environments.
They combine professional services and software artifacts such as workflows, intents (deployment templates), network adaptors and custom reports.
Accelerate time-to-market with Nokia automation use cases
Save time and reduce risks at every step of the project.
Choose the use cases you need
Our catalog covers a wide range of use cases for automating all aspects of the network lifecycle.
Network and service discovery
Use an automated and deterministic approach to reliably discover and visualize the network elements, physical topology and existing services
Service fulfilment
Automate business service provisioning and enhance service-level monitoring and visibility
Network lifecycle management
Automate repetitive manual tasks using pre-defined templates and workflows
Network and service assurance
Harmonize operational visibility and enhance proactive resolution capabilities
Path placement, optimization and simulation
Centralized, instant network resource control with real-time visibility
IP-optical multilayer
Gain full control over the optical topology and use SRLG constraints and optical latency for network optimization
Solve real business challenges
Our use cases help you solve business challenges and achieve business outcomes that drive efficiency and profitability.
Improve operational efficiency
Key use cases
- Network and service discovery
- Service fulfilment
- Network lifecycle management
Business outcomes
- Service creation time reduced from 12 to 5 weeks
- CSP saved €800k in OPEX for card swaps (4,300 cards)
- Order pipeline sped up by two quarters
Open new revenue streams
Key use cases
- Service fulfilment
- Network and service assurance
- Analytics enablement
Business outcomes
- 8 to 9 times more revenue than present mode of operation
Lower MTTR and reduce churn
Key use cases
- IP-optical multilayer
Business outcomes
- $US2.8M revenue loss avoidance through reduced truck rolls and churn. Download the paper
Deferred or reduced CAPEX
Key use cases
- IP-optical multilayer
- Path placement, optimization and simulation
Business outcomes
- 4 month deployment cost payback
- 24% increase in path placement
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