NITRO Core

VIAVI NITRO Core empowers Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to protect and maximize their network investments across Wireline, 3G/4G, and IMS Core, while effortlessly embracing the 5G revolution. 

Designed for the future, the portfolio accelerates digital transformation and cloud adoption by harnessing rich data to deliver actionable intelligence, unlock new revenue opportunities, and enable automation that drives operational excellence

Navigating Network Challenges with Next-Gen Assurance

As mobile networks evolve with 4G/5G advancements, digital transformation, and skyrocketing data demands, telecom service providers face unprecedented challenges. The pressure is on to meet soaring consumer expectations for always-on, high-quality mobile services while managing costs and seizing new revenue opportunities.

To stay ahead, the industry is embracing ultra-dense, scalable 5G networks capable of delivering intelligent, low-latency, and high-bandwidth experiences.

VIAVI NITRO Core is designed to empower this transformation. It combines the strengths of traditional network assurance, like KPI analysis and packet-level diagnostics, with cutting-edge AI/ML based capabilities to drive automation and accelerate the shift to a fully autonomous Dark NOC.

NITRO Core Assurance and Analytics Offering

Powered by the VIAVI Network Integrated Test, Real-time analytics and Optimization (NITRO) intelligence platform, the NITRO Core solution addresses these mobile service provider challenges with an innovative approach to delivering analytics.

It offers a robust set of features designed to empower Communication Service Providers with comprehensive network and service visibility, enabling seamless management, optimization, and automation across all generations of mobile technology.

• Supports All Mobile Technologies: Seamlessly handle 2G-5G SA, IMS, VoLTE, and VoNR networks with a unified solution.
• Unified Applications: Use a single, consistent set of applications for NITRO Core and NITRO Location Intelligence (RAN) analysis.
• Scalable, High-Performance Probes/Agents: Benefit from flexible deployment options with both physical and virtual probes for optimal performance.
• Comprehensive KPI Dashboards: Ensure network and service quality with detailed performance monitoring and insights.
• Advanced Control Plane Troubleshooting: Leverage correlated packet capture and analysis for in-depth issue resolution.
• User Plane and Voice Quality Analysis: Generate and analyze RTP records for superior voice quality monitoring.
• AI/ML-Powered Anomaly Detection: Automatically track network health and receive alerts for any unusual activity.
• Open and Efficient Data Feeds: Integrate seamlessly with operator analytics and third-party platforms, supporting data aggregation, enrichment, and cross-protocol correlation.

• Roaming Assurance: Protect revenue by continuously monitoring the health of inbound and outbound roaming services.
• Cost-Effective Subscriber Experience Insights: Gain valuable customer insights at a fraction of the cost of traditional Customer Experience Management (CEM) systems.
• Northbound Interface Integration: Feed insights into the NITRO AIOps product, enabling Dark NOC and complete automation.

Automated KPI Based Anomaly Detection

For years, Network Operations Center (NOC) teams have relied on monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess network and service performance. However, as networks have evolved from 2G to 5G SA, they’ve become increasingly complex, offering more services and higher data rates. This evolution has made manual performance monitoring challenging, creating a clear need for a new approach.

The NITRO Core Anomaly Detection engine addresses this challenge by leveraging the latest AI/ML technology to identify abnormal events within the network.

By detecting deviations from expected patterns or behaviors, it enables fast and efficient processing of data to uncover unusual events, changes, or shifts.

This proactive detection provides valuable insights, helping to resolve critical issues before they affect subscribers.

• Scalable, High-Performance, Cost-Efficient Architecture: Designed to meet the demands of modern networks.
• Advanced AI/ML Technology: Reduces false positives for more accurate anomaly detection.
• Comprehensive Metric Support: Monitors control plane, user plane, and RTP Voice Quality KPIs.
• Flexible Alerting and Integration: Feeds detected anomalies to:
  • The NOC via SNMP
  • The NITRO AIOps solution for network-wide event correlation and root cause analysis alongside other alarm sources
• In-Depth Analysis within the NITRO Core Suite: Offers drilldown capabilities from detected anomalies to KPI trends, cause codes, and impacted subscriber signaling.

With VIAVI NITRO Core, network operators can stay ahead of issues, ensuring high-quality service and network reliability.