On Friday, Ericsson announced AI-powered intent-based operations as a part of its managed services Ericsson Operations Engine. This will enable differentiated premium 5G services for consumers and enterprise businesses.
The AI intent-based operations capabilities will provide a framework to translate business requirements intents into real-time network actions. It leverages one of the largest telco AI and automation use case libraries. The Ericsson Operations Engine can now recommend and take the necessary actions, check if the network intents are met, and support the evaluation of solution options with pre-defined strategies.
Bradley Mead, Head of Network Managed Services, Ericsson in a note stated, the team is enabling Ericsson Operations Engine to understand communication services providers’ (CSPs) own business language and translate it into a telco service technical specification so that the network automatically delivers the requested business outcome and is able to constantly evolve to meet future demands.
“This is a big step in our autonomous networks journey which shows how Ericsson Operations Engine continues to be at the forefront of innovation when transforming network operations.”
This supports optimised decision making with the speed and agility needed to enable new diverse services. The note by Ericsson stated AI intent-based operations enable wider range of applications and use cases.
The note stated as premium 5G services like network slicing roll out, scale and grow more complex, a new generation of operating models will be required for CSPs to monetise configurable services with detailed agreements on functional and non-functional characteristics.
The technology introduced today will seamlessly support self-optimizing networks that are driven by intent and hyper-automation and can dynamically adapt for increased service demand variability.
Ericsson’s AI intent-based operations has had trail customer deployments with Malaysia’s Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB).
Ken Tan, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Nasional Berhad said in a note, Our strategic partnership with Ericsson has contributed greatly to us becoming a world leader in 5G performance. Together, we implemented the world’s first multi-operator core network (MOCN), which allows Malaysia’s six mobile operators to access 5G Radio Access Network with their own core network without compromising any end-user experience or network performance. Now, the continued adoption of AI intent-based operations is allowing us to scale the network without incremental cost, which is essential for making 5G affordable and available for consumers and enterprises, as Malaysia continues to adopt digitalization.
