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How To Do Packet Network Audit

This document discusses conducting an audit of a packet core network to improve network performance and the user experience. The main target areas of the audit are packet core nodes and connecting interfaces. The objectives are to ensure high availability of nodes and traffic paths, update the network topology and dimensioning parameters, and provide practical advice to improve the network. Key metrics like attach success rates and handover success rates will be analyzed before and after the audit to measure improvements. The expected results include optimized network capacity, improved key performance indicators and service quality, and an overall enhanced user experience.

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How To Do Packet Network Audit

This document discusses conducting an audit of a packet core network to improve network performance and the user experience. The main target areas of the audit are packet core nodes and connecting interfaces. The objectives are to ensure high availability of nodes and traffic paths, update the network topology and dimensioning parameters, and provide practical advice to improve the network. Key metrics like attach success rates and handover success rates will be analyzed before and after the audit to measure improvements. The expected results include optimized network capacity, improved key performance indicators and service quality, and an overall enhanced user experience.

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Packet Core Network Audit

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Audit and assessment customer current PaCo network and interfaces and Review of network
constraints, of core network in high-level. It will help in improving user experience, reuirement
and customer ARP!.

Why Audit is required:


"ith the evolution of smart phones and other data ena#led mo#ile devices, data usage is
growing phenomenall$. Also, with operators preferring multi-vendor capa#ilities, it #ecomes
imperative to audit the packet switching core
core network to complete the end to end picture.

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All Packet Core +odes, connecting interfaces, network capcit$ and esign are the target areas
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Optimied Network capacity: %he node and network capacit$ can #e get e2ected
with uses of interface, Control and user messages, Polices, Rules, Rating group and some other
internal ) external factor.

Provide practical and cost-e2ective advice to management on designing, implementing and


enhancing internal controls in the areas of technolog$ in the customer network .
O!"ecti#e and $cope
•  %he purpose of this audit was to ensure that the Packet Core +odes and tra3c path are in
/igh Availa#ilit$ mode, the 4PI will give clear vison of network accurac$.
•  %his will help to update the network topolog$, dimensioning parameter which improved
network availa#ilit$ , network ualit$.
• Provide assurance during s$stem implementations5 upgrade of network elements that will
#e incorporated within network elements to mitigate the risks.
• Provide practical and cost-e2ective advice to management on designing, implementing
and enhancing network in the areas of technolog$.
• Improve user experience that will re6ect in R(I and ARP!.

Input %equirement
• **+ and *+ Performance reporting 7le in reada#le format.
• **+ and *+ 4PI Reports.
• +ode and Card level utili8ation report.
• +ode 0evel health checks reports.
• IP Pool and AP+ level utili8ation report.
•  %op Alarm report.
• !R0 performance reports.
• *tatistical and anal$tical reports
• 0icense !tili8ation
Approacha!i&ity
The objective of this audit was to update the info of the network design and dimensioning. I will also improve
the user experience will also impact proportionally to the revenue part.

a' Audit (&ow Chart:


!'Mandatory )PI that fa&&s under impro#ement

i' ATTAC* $+CC,$$ %AT,

 %his 4PI descri#es the ratio of the num#er of successfull$ performed attach procedures to the
num#er of attempted attach procedures for Packet Core network and is used to evaluate service
availa#ilit$ network performance.

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 %his 4PI descri#es the ratio of the num#er of successfull$ performed outgoing handover
procedures to the num#er of attempted outgoing handover procedures to evaluate inter RA%
outgoing handover performance.
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A+.IT T1P,$
Network Architecture and .esign Audit:

This audit will help to sustain a competitive network design

In this part will anal$8e the network topolog$, how nodes are connected to di2erent interfaces
internal and external interfaces.

 %his will also lower the %C( and (pex cost.

 %his will also utili8e the legac$ resources and improve the architecture design with #ack up of 
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 %his will help to optimi8e the network criticalit$ and mitigate the risk that cause #$ internal and
external cause.
CAPACIT1 A+.IT
• a$ #$ da$ the penetration of smart phone is rapidl$ increases this result high exposure
signaling load on the PaCo nodes and the connecting interfaces. %his results in greater
s$stem capacit$ and performance with high ualit$ of experience.
• Information pertaining to various aspects of the CP! and memor$ utili8ation, disk space,
and process status and its managed s$stems Bhardware, protocols, software su#s$stems,
and su#scri#ers is collected in real time and is displa$ed in ta#ular format. &ultiple
statistics can #e graphed simultaneousl$ for uick comparison of data.

• It also helps provide the highest transaction rates and session capacit$, the s$stem should
#e designed to provide ro#ust hardware relia#ilit$ and service assurance features.

• Audit w.r.t the utili8ation at card level and node level corresponding with the memor$ )
CP! utili8ation and provide details to improve thatB1x. Packet *i8e5 $ changing the
redundanc$ t$pes5 (ptimi8e unnecessar$ *ignaling 0oad.

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• Audit the AP+ utili8ation w.r.t IP pool and if the utili8ation more than 9<; in #us$ hour then
need improve the B1x +A%ing ratio5increasing IP pool5*ingle AP+.
• Audit for rules, in this we recommend to remove all unused and duplicate static rules from
*+ that will help to improve PI accurac$ and !tili8ation.
• Audit for handover scenario #$ using test *I& = to  and vice versa and check for an$
drop or loss in packet tracing the !1 while generating live tra3c Bex. DoIP5R%*P
• Audit the network and product 4PI on the current tra3c model and let conclude all the
mandator$ 4PI are pu#lishing to evaluate the network performance.
• Audit for 4PI D* %ra3c anal$sis with the help of tool #$ using network PR' 7les and logs.
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0inear growth of CP! utili8ation w.r.t memor$ utili8ation.

/igh availa#ilit$ #etween inter and intra nodes.

/ighl$ optimi8e circle5centrali8ed network.

Clean #illing process with data Reconciliation..


CA$, $T+.1 :
$ implementing Audit response and suggestions will improve the user
experience for data services that proportionall$ increase the tra3c volume
and di2erential services.

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