Evolution of the Transport

Network Architecture in the

Age of 5G, 6G and AI

Shahid Ajmeri Roberta Maglione

Principal Product Manager Principal Architect
Cisco Systems Cisco Systems

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 Agenda 01 Introduction
02 AI in Telecommunication
03 Agile Services Networking
04 Cisco Solutions
05 Conclusions

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Introduction
 Fundamental Network Requirements
The objectives have not
changed…

Simplified and Increased Service Lower TCO and Carbon New Monetization Unmatched Customer
Autonomous Operations Resiliency Footprint Opportunities Experience

… But the architectural incentives

and eco-system have
Reduce Cost Enable New Revenue
Enhance Customer
Structure Experience Streams

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 Changing Traffic Patterns
Old App Stack New App Stack DNS over HTTPS (DoH) Encrypted Server
QUIC (RFC9000) DNS over TLS (DoT) name Indication (ESNI)
HTTP 3 (RFC9114) (RFC8484 & RFC7858)
Encrypted Client Hello
HTTP/1.1/2 HTTP/3
(ECH) (RFC8744)

TLS QUIC + TLS 1.3

DPI Ineffective
TCP UDP
• DNS Traffic not observable • Difficult to monitor, filter or
• Hard to block or redirect block content as target
IP IP
malicious domains domain is unobservable
• Improves Security • App controls DNS • Difficult to implement
• Multi-Session Security policies
• Improves QoE
• App Friendly Design o Google & Cloudflare serve 50% of global DNS Requests.
Both support DoH.
o All Major Operating Systems (OS) and Browsers support
DoH (for example Firefox in US defaults to Cloudflare)

Large Scale Adoption

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 Changing Application Behavior

Application Controls User Behavior

Apps do not play nice
Apps delivers over everyone else

Impacted Areas
(Wireless networks, Transport Networks)

Level 1 Network
70% of interactions complete in <5s ** Scheduler Level Traffic
(RR / FIFO) Control

QUIC TCP

GW

The poorer the network, the QUIC is “Unfair” *** *uber engineering; **Cisco Analysis, cust.data; ***APNIC study
better the improvement *
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 5G Advanced and 6G capabilities

Ultimate 5G Intelligent
New Services Energy Efficiency
Performance Automation

• Enhanced Massive • Enhanced XR • Intent-based • AI-based RAN

MIMO support energy-savings load
services and management
• Reduced • 5G RedCap*
functions and optimization
handover time device support
• New 3GPP lean • AI-based air
• Improves Spectral • Enhanced
methodology interface
efficiency positioning and
enhancements
time-critical
• Non-Terrestrial support • Improved
Networks (NTN) sensing
• Wireless Sensing
* 5G RedCap: Reduced Capability

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 5G Adv, 6G and AI Re-define Network Architecture

Visibility & Assurance Service Automation Cognitive Intelligence

5G NTN 5G NTN
Internet Cloud

5G + AI
Architectural
Changes O-DU O-DU

Metro Metro Metro

Access / Edge Core Access / Edge

Private 5G Public 5G
Enterprise Use cases Consumer User Cases

Programmability
Edge Network Hybrid Service
Virtualization AI / ML Security &
Services Slicing Cloud Assurance
Automation

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AI in Telecommunications
 AI Adoption Across Networks and Devices
Phase I
• AI is applied independently at end-
Wireless Transport point devices and at each Network
Devices and Vehicles Networks Networks
domains
AI at end points AI independently in each Network
domain

Phase II
• Integrated AI across all network layers,
in tight coordination with end point
Wireless Transport
Devices and Vehicles Networks Networks devices
AI at end points AI in Networks

Phase III
• Native AI across Networks and end-
point device layers
Wireless Transport
Devices and Vehicles Networks Networks

Native AI Across all layers

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 Evolving use cases
Value vs Readiness
Ref: Artificial Intelligence in
Telecommunication, Feb 2025

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 AI for Transport Network

AI for Networks
Wireless Transport
Networks Networks

• Network Assistance • Field Tech and • Cost Optimization

• Optimize Network
Deployment Assistance • Improves operational
• Improve performance KPIs • Chatbot or Virtual efficiency
assistance for support • Enhance capacity planning
• Predictive Maintenance • Drives Energy Savings
• Enhance customer
• Predict network failures experience • Fraud Prevention
• Reduce downtime
• Improve network • Vulnerability assessment
efficiency • Incident detection and
prevention

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 AI for 5G RAN

AI for Networks
Wireless Transport
Networks Networks

• Coverage and Capacity • AI and automation together

• Channel Feedback
optimization are key to enable advanced
• Improve download
• Optimizes handovers features for 5G SA
throughput, reduce uplink
• Improves energy savings • Critical to adopt 6G
overheads
• Beam Management • New use cases with network
• Improve beam selection slicing
accuracy, reduce latency
• Precise Positioning

SA

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 Network for AI
An Opportunity for Telecom Operator

Connect distributed Assure multi-modal

Secure AI Data
AI applications AI service delivery

• Provide ability to program • Perimeter security • Application consumption,

• AI demands more DC
space, power and cooling network characteristics • Transport security Traffic behaviors and User
based on business intents Data is key to train AI models
• AI Factories are being • Operational & Data Security
(Differentiated SLAs) • Opportunity to meet country
distributed, deployed at • Post quantum security
the network edge • Guaranteed performance, specific data Sovereignty
with Resiliency • Opportunity to meet country requirements
• Deploying AI models with specific data Sovereignty
RAN function loads • Demands AI WAN fabric requirements
with many peering points

Space, Power and Cooling AI WAN Fabric Security Data Factory

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Network Transformation
with AI
 Telecom network Infrastructure

Visibility & Assurance Service Automation Cognitive Intelligence

5G NTN 5G NTN
Internet Cloud

O-DU O-DU

Metro Metro Metro

Access / Edge Core Access / Edge

Private 5G Public 5G
Enterprise Use cases Consumer User Cases

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 AI in Telecom network Infrastructure
A closer look

AI : Automation and Assurance

AI : Edge / Cloud

AI : Transport

AI : Wireless Network AI : Access Security

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 AI at Scale
Data Processing is moving towards the Edge

Low Latency
Improved Performance
Security
Lower Cost
Energy Far Edge DC Edge DC Central DC

Fronthaul Midhaul Backhaul To Peering / Internet

Devices and Vehicles 5G / 6G
Internet

On Device AI Distributed AI Edge AI Central AI

• Continuous • Power Efficiency • AI Training and
Learning Inference
• Scale Efficiency
• Real-time action

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 Network Transformation
Service Factories at the Edge DCI Extensions Intelligent Network Fabric

Internet Hyperscaler
Hyperscaler

Public cloud Internet

Public cloud Private Cloud
Edge
Private Cloud
AI Mobile Operator

Edge inference AI Data center Edge Neo Cloud

inference
Neo Cloud
AI Data center

• Requires Service offload • RON* for high-capacity links • Strengthen Network SLA
and Visibility
• Resiliency and Redundancy for • Peering Traffic Policies
Service Continuity • Define AI KPIs
• DCI as-a-Service
• Rich Security features • Programmable policy-based
(*) RON: Routed Optical Networking
routing with SRv6

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Agile Services Networking
 Agile Services Networking
Cisco’s vision and strategy
A network architecture for AI connectivity that enables service providers to Validated
Design

monetize the delivery of assured services and networking

AI-powered automation and assurance

Edge Functions
Edge Core
Business services
NTN
Public cloud Internet
Public cloud
Distributed peering

Mobility
Subscriber services
Internet

5G services Edge inference

Residential AI Data center

Data center
Security services

Enterprise

Routed optical networking

Better performance Simplified networking Efficient transport Increased resilience

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 Agile Services Networking: key pillars
Simplify networking for AI connectivity

Flexibly deliver services from locations Service End-to-end service convergence

closer to end-user demand optimization and network slicing

IP and optical Routing platform for network

Reduce architecture complexity and cost convergence and layer convergence

Simplify networks with systems built Programmable Consistent experience and

from a unified silicon architecture silicon capabilities across devices

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Cisco Solutions
 Cisco Solutions
A blueprint for service provider transformation in the AI Era

IPM
Multi-dimension Network programmability Observability and
Routing infrastructure
convergence and Autonomy assurance

1 2 3 4

Cisco 8000 Cisco Routed SR and Cisco Crosswork Cisco Provider Connectivity
Cisco Silicon One Optical Networking Network Controller Assurance, IPM and Splunk
Unparalleled performance, TCO Dramatic cost and energy SLA differentiation and policy Real time visibility and insights for
and operational simplicity savings with coherent control across DC, access, proactive and predictive experience
pluggable optics metro, backbone and cloud assurance

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Simplify Network
 Converged Transport Architecture
Agile Services Networking

AI-Powered Automation & Service Assurance

CSR
FH End-to-End IP with Segment Routing
4G, 5G, 6G

CSR Public Cloud

WiFi 6/7 DC Fabric DC Fabric DC Fabric
MH

FWA / Premium DU
Services xHaul
vCSR
MH
Enterprise Pre-Agg Aggregation Core
DU
VPNs vRouter
CSR
Cloud Services
PON BH
Cable
Legacy TDM
Cloud Ready Converged Architecture
DU
CU

BENEFITS

Optimized for Multi-Service

Environments Flexible and Precise network-based Seamless integration Consistent Open, automated,
(4G, 5G, 6G, FWA, Enterprise, programmable timing and across Transport, DC QoS and Service centralized
PON and Legacy networks) architecture synchronization and Cloud Performance management at scale

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 Uniformed Architecture for Public 5G and Private 5G
Edge Service Core Service 5G RAN 5G Core
Functions Functions Functions Functions

GNSS Timing GNSS Timing

RAN Service
Functions GNSS

GNSS Timing Timing Timing

Timing

Timing
Metro Access / Edge Metro Core Metro Transport

Private 5G Site

A) Lean Sites B) Metro Edge C) Private 5G Campus Site

• Limited compute capacity • Mid to large size compute capacity • Full Capacity Data Center Facility
• RAN virtual functions directly • Service virtual functions are • 5G virtual functions are deployed in
connected to transport PE Router deployed in DC switching fabric DC switching fabric
• Transport for connectivity • Radio network on Transport PEs

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 Simplification with SRv6
IPv6 Header
Service Protocols

L2 VPN services LDP L2 VPN services (EVPN)

MP-BGP
L3 VPN services MP-BGP L3 VPN services

Transport Protocols
Inter-Domain SLA Traffic Eng.
Inter-Domain MPLS LSP BGP-LU Inter-Domain “LSP” via Summary

Intra-Domain Traffic Engineering Intra-Domain Traffic Engineering

Fast Re-Route RSVP-TE
Fast Re-Route
IS-IS with
Intra-Domain MPLS LSP LDP SR/SRv6 Intra-Domain “LSP”
Extensions

IP Routing IGP IP Routing

Data-Plane

Label-based forwarding MPLS IPv6 IP forwarding

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 SRv6 uSID: unified multi-domain architecture
Universal IP Solution: Any Service Anywhere

Unified architecture SRv6 extended to TI-LFA for fast IPM for efficient Flex Algo to build
from Access to Data CPEs, end hosts and re-route in any performance different paths based
Center cloud topology monitoring on different SLAs

SRv6 uSID

IPv6
4G 5G 6G Centralized DC
Access Pre-Aggregation Aggregation Core

SRv6 uSID
Edge DC
Regional DC
DSL/PON Ethernet IPv6 IPv6 Internet

SRv6 uSID SRv6 uSID Public Cloud

SRv6 uSID

Any Service over IP Unified Solution with Seamless Brownfield Native Host and
without any shims Better Reliability Deployment Cloud

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 Integrated Tools to Simplify Operations
Integrated Performance Measurement (IPM)

One-way
probing AVG

1 2 BAD ECMP

Full network Measurement Accurate and Rich Metrics Open Standards Based
• Measure every path in the network • Latency Histogram • Simple STAMP* protocol
(All ECMP) • Absolute Loss • RFC8762
• Measure it all the time • Liveness • RFC8972
• For every Traffic class
• High rate/scale: integrated in Silicon
One hardware

(*) Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol

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 Precise Synchronization
PRTC-B Receivers with Cisco 8000 Series Routers

• PRTC-B receivers with dual band use extra bands to compensate for propagation time error
• Allows recovered time accuracy to improve from 100ns to 40ns
• PRTC-B receivers continues to work when on frequency band is Jammed or Spoofed

PRTC-B
GNSS =  40ns

L5 L2C C/A L1C

1176.45 MHz 1227.60 MHz 1575.42 MHz

New bands available

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 PRTC-B Receiver Benefits

L2/L5
L1

Multi-band support Better security Better manages Meet stringent

for better accuracy against “Relative Time Budget” position tracking and
Anti-Jamming and within cluster of radios location accuracy
Improves traceability to Anti-Spoofing
UTC accuracy attacks Enables Public 5G and
Private 5G use cases:
AR/VR, Robotics,
Drones

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 Time Synchronization Network Insight
PTP-PM, PPM and APM features

• PTP Performance Monitoring (PTP-PM) GM1

• Annex F (G.8275) added “Performance Monitoring”

• Collect forward/reverse path delay, mean path delay, offset from master, etc. R1 R6
o Data stored in 15-minute buckets for up to 24 hours, 3-minute buckets up to 1 hour
PPM
o YANG models used to extract data for long-term storage R2 R5

• Passive Port Monitoring (PPM) PPM Asymmetry in

path between
• Detects anomalies in network (such as asymmetry) R3 R4 R4-R5

• Advanced Port Monitoring (APM) PPM

PPM detects Phase
• Annex G (G.8275.1) added “Monitoring alternate time Transmitter time” Error at R3
APM detects Phase
o Extends the basic passive port monitoring Error of Time
Transmitter or Time
o Also monitors PTP time error against local GNSS + Virtual Port Receiver wrt alternate
time source

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Resilient Network
with Network Visibility
and Security
 Complexity creates risk
The need for visibility and actionable insights has never been greater to
protect against cyber threats, downtime, and poor experiences

Mobile user BYOD

Cloud
Wireless providers
gateway
Home office
Cloud
provider

Regional
Enterprise HQ
data centers Local
ISP Transport
Enterprise
data center
Branch office

Enterprise SaaS
edge provider
Factory
Edge Mobile
data centers networks

Cameras &
sensors

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 From Reactivity to Proactivity

Average
Reactive SP Maturity Preventive Predictive

Minimize the impact of incidents Reduce occurrence of incidents Automatically align operations
to business/intent goals

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 Network visibility
The power of high-resolution monitoring

1min msec
sampling sampling
Accuracy
Peak delay ~ 2ms Peak delay ~ 4ms

Perception x Reality ✓
Latency is below threshold Multiple latency threshold crossing alerts Granularity
Service performing according to Service affected by latency issues
SLA/SLO

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 Network Visibility
Provider Connectivity Assurance (PCA): high level overview

Open automation & APIs Open data & alerts

Simple integration
with Splunk which
Cloud-Native Platform Normalizes and
correlates business,
Management, automation, data collection and data analytics
application, services
(former Accedian)

and infrastructure data

Software Sensor Hardware Sensor Metrics from other

PCA

Layer Layer sources

Containerized &
Software Sensor Layer
Containerized & Horizontally Scalable
With embedded PM Correlated with
horizontally scalable assurance data

O-DU O-CU DC Switching 5GC NFs

PCA Analytics

xHaul xHaul DC Connect To App / Internet

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 Infrastructure Security

Immutable Hardware Root of

Trust
Perimeter Industry’s first on-box DDoS
Security Protection
Secured boot anchored in
Hardware
Transport Secured MAC transport with latest
Security Ciphers
Session Key Service for
Operational & Data Encryption: At-rest & Quantum-resistant Security
Data Security Transit, Secured Access
Edge Protection: fastest attack
Secured boot with detection & Mitigation
Trustworthy Systems Run-time Integrity
Unique Operation Security
features

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 Security for AI in Telecom Networks
Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection

Cisco Edge Security Controller

Detector
‘Defense in Depth’ –
threat free network
with secured perimeter
Cell Site
Router
Detector
No Dedicated Scrubber
No Traffic Diversion
Agg Save power & space
Detector router Clean core network Detector

Metro Edge Faster Detection

Access router Peering router Zero Day attack
mitigation
Access network Core network Peering network

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 Security AI for Telecom
Quantum computing impact on cryptography
Quantum-resistant?

Secure Session Asymmetric cryptography

(MACsec/IPsec/TLS)
• Based on mathematically related
Public-private public-private key-pairs
Key-pairs • Used for control plane operations
Authentication • Authentication, key establishment Large, reliable
quantum computers
• Examples: RSA, DH, ECC
can break RSA, DH,
Key Establishment ECC

Shared Symmetric cryptography

Session key
• Based on shared key
Data Encryption & Integrity • Used for bulk data encryption and integrity
• Protection level based on key strength Symmetric crypto with
large and high-entropy
• Key size and entropy keys is resistant to
• Example: AES-GCM quantum computer
attacks

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 Security AI for Telecom
Quantum key distribution options

External QKD hardware Cisco Session Key Service (SKS)

Site 1 SAKs from QKD via SKIP(*) Site 2 Site 1 SAKs from SKS via SKIP API Site 2
API
Quantum Channel
QKD QKD Cisco SKS Cisco SKS
• Quantum-safe key generation
• Quantum-safe key generation • Auto-key management
SKIP API • Auto-key management SKIP API SKIP API SKIP API
• Auto-key refresh, entropy
• Auto-key refresh, entropy

Quantum-resistant Quantum-resistant
Peer-1 MACsec Peer-2 Peer-1 MACsec Peer-2

1. Hardware-based key source 1. Software-based key source

2. Dedicated optical fiber (up to 100 km supported) 2. No dedicated circuit or distance limitations
3. QKD hardware per-site/peer 3. No additional hardware requirement
4. Very expensive 4. No additional cost
5. Supported from IOS-XR 7.9.1 release 5. Supported from IOS-XR 7.4.1 release

(*) SKIP: Session Key Import Protocol

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Intelligent Network
 Intelligent service delivery powered by Segment Routing
Program the network based Differentiated SLAs Price and cost optimization
on business intent consumed as a service for service delivery

Applications
Business intent request

Crosswork Network Controller

• Request becomes an SLA based • Path re-calculated based on network

path (low latency, secure, etc.) measurements and performance data
• Path is calculated and • New path is programmed in the
programmed in the network as network as list of segments
list of segments
Network measurements
Data uSID 1 uSID 2 uSID 3
Performance data Data uSID 1 uSID 5 uSID 3

4G 5G 6G Centralized DC
Access Pre-Aggregation Aggregation Core
Fronthau Midhaul/backhaul Midhaul/backhaul
l
DSL/PON
Internet

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 App (e.g. Video) Behavior varies by protocol and use case
TCP Video Stream QUIC Video Stream UDP Video Live Stream
Detection Detection Detection
Constant Streaming

Smaller Chunks
Large Chunk

UDP based video players are extremely reliant on

consistent network performance. Small buffer,
TCP based ABR video players prefer larger, sustained QUIC based ABR video players prefer sustained T’put
downloads due to high cost of establishing the TCP requesting video in smaller chunks. Applications: YouTube Live, WebEx, Microsoft
session and reducing time spent in TCP slow start. Teams, Zoom
Often use HTTP/2 connection. (DASH/HLS) to fix HOL. Multiple QUIC Streams in many cases to
(different) servers

Download Stream
Detection

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 AI based Network Intelligence: overall System Logic
Real Data from Real Traffic: baseline for all use cases

Metadata (DNS, SNI…) if

Observe Flows
Protocol+ visible
APP Profile
Protocol
Source IP Address
Destination IP Address

Payload Size Enrichment

Per flow
Per flow QoE
Data record Cell ID, Data Set
User, …
Packet Interval

Time Domain

Congestion
Inference
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 System capabilities
Using network visibility to enhance Quality of Experience

Network Intelligence Network Optimization Energy Reduction

Shapes elephant flows, increasing

Provides quick access and visualization Offers dynamic frequency band
user throughput in the face of
tools with real-time actionable insights switching without impacting user QoE
congestion
Characterizes any type of traffic & Increases cell site capacity leading to
Sends energy saving recommendation
encap: QUIC, TCP, UDP, GTP, less frequent spectrum capacity
via API to RAN Controller
MPLS/SR/SRv6 upgrades
Protects real-time traffic e.g.
Provides visibility at per user, flow, Provides consistent energy savings
videoconf, collab., when competing
application, cell granularity when recommendation is implemented
with high BW flows
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 Architecture for mobile network scenario
AI/ML capabilities embedded in the network infrastructure
AI/ML capabilities embedded in the network infrastructure
RAN Energy ELK
Control API
Data Platform

Collector

Network Enrichment with

Flow Sensor control plane info

GTP IP
Cell Site Router Internet
Packet Core

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 Examples of use cases

Applications Breakdown
A measure of network traffic by most popular user applications
Identify Heavy Users
Find customers that consume the most data, ideal target for upsell or apply custom traffic policies
Third Party Benchmarking: mimic Umlaut tests
An analysis of the network that replicates 3rd party benchmarking drive tests
Objective: find the specific parts of the network that might result in a negative assessment
Proactive Customer Care
Identify users with poor quality of experience (User level details)
CAPEX Audit
Optimize capacity expansion investments only where needed (Cell level details)
Energy Reduction
Reduce the power consumption without impacting the customers Quality of Experience

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 Application breakdown

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 Detailed Cell Information

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 Energy reduction: RAN Power Optimization
Efficient Spectrum Energization can help to advance
Sustainability and OPEX Goals

Energy Reduction Logic

IP Flow Metrics User Experience

Closed loop Optimization:

dynamically switch bands to
match real-time demand while
Energy Savings
RAN KPI maintaining QoE
(RAN Optimization)
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Conclusions
 Simple, Resilient and Intelligent Network

Simple Resilient Intelligent

Reduce cost and increase Assure experiences and Monetize network and
efficiency with a converged mitigate risk with AI-powered services capabilities from an
infrastructure for flexible automation, observability architecture optimized for
service delivery and security intelligent service delivery

Reduce Cost Structure Enhance Customer experience Enable New Revenue Streams

Cisco Innovations
Unified silicon architecture, optics, software, automation, security, data / intelligence platform

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 Monetize with Modern Network

Data Inference Enhanced Connectivity

Deep Customer Insights Hosted and/or Run On-demand, Assured,
- Partnerships and Differentiated

Trust: Security & Soverignty

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