This article explains the challenges to deliver services bundles that exceed the quality expectations of their subscribers; it also presents BrixWorx, EXFO Service Assurance's  solution to meet those challenges.

New mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are massively used for bandwidth-intensive services like video and social media, with quality expectations matching those of wired systems. This webinar reviews Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology, and examines the unique QoS challenges that must be addressed to proactively monitor both the mobile network and the data services.

LTE networks are growing explosively and operators must ensure that their services meet subscribers' expectations. At the same time, new architectures, new network elements and the ability to provide improved data services represent significant new challenges for mobile network operators.  The complexity of LTE networks means providers need to take a new approach to monitoring, troubleshooting and assuring QoS.

Video is expected to be a major component of 3G and 4G wireless traffic, as consumers embrace smartphones that are video-enabled. Mobile service providers must be prepared to deliver bandwidth-hungry video services at a quality level that will meet consumer expectations, while managing the network congestion created by the growth in video traffic.

As operators deploy LTE networks, monitoring and performance management have a direct impact on competitiveness and profitability. Network-wide visibility is essential to protect revenues and ensure application interaction, service delivery and QoE. As data traffic increases, operators need the capability to choose the type and quantity of data they collect so they can scale their monitoring systems and data collection incrementally.

Voice is the major revenue generator for operators, and voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) is now being touted as the technology of choice for delivering voice to LTE networks. In this webinar, EXFO’s LTE experts examine the benefits of VoLTE, and the challenges (both pre-deployment and post-deployment) faced by manufacturers and operators developing and deploying VoLTE networks.

The Brix System delivers end-to-end network visibility and continuous real-time service monitoring and verification in multiplay environments.

The BrixHawk Service Assurance Solution assures quality of service as well as interoperability
between transport technologies and multivendor equipment.