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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Main Target areas:
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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ii' P.P $+CC,$$ %AT,

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service availa#ilit$ and 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.