Network Intelligence
You can’t manage what you can’t see. Understanding per subscriber content traversing the wireless network is the critical first step to identifying problem areas as well as potential revenue opportunities. Which subscribers are consuming the greatest amount of bandwidth? Which applications have the biggest impact on your network? What are the time of day usage patterns? Fully understanding the usage of your network at a granular level is an invaluable tool to helping identify problem spots, causes of congestion, and which subscriber applications offer the greatest potential for profitability.
Network intelligence is an integral component of the entire WiChorus product line, offering operators very granular view of the content traversing the network on a per subscriber, per flow basis. This includes hard to detect traffic, such as peer-to-peer file sharing or Skype, as well as standard applications such as email and video streaming.
Leveraging the SmartCore platform, service providers can readily identify
- Peer-to-peer applications, such as BitTorrent, eDonkey, Gnutella, and Kazaa
- VoIP applications, including free services such as Skype
- Video applications such as Real Player, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, and Flash
- Email applications, such as Gmail, POP, IMAP, and MS Exchange
- Streaming video and audio traffic such as YouTube, MetaCafe and iFilms Done
- Online applications such as Google Apps, Zoho and Microsoft Live
Leveraging easy to digest reports and charts generated by the WiChorus EMS, service providers can gain a deeper understanding of how their network is being used, where congestion problems may arise, and what revenue opportunities
WiChorus- Network Intelligence
