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 Duration 14 hours (2 days)

Course Outline

Foundations of Mobile Subscriber Services

  • Subscriber categories and profiles
  • Service modalities: voice, SMS, data, and value-added services
  • Subscriber lifecycle events and their signalling impacts

The Role of OSS and NetAct

  • OSS functions within performance management
  • NetAct: objectives and key components
  • Data transmission pathways from network elements to NetAct

Key Performance Indicators: Core Concepts

  • KPI classifications: availability, accessibility, retainability, and integrity
  • Basics of KPI calculation and aggregation intervals
  • Thresholds, alarms, and alignment with SLAs

NetAct KPI Suite: Voice and Signalling

  • Call setup success rates and call drop rates
  • SS7/Sigtran signalling KPIs
  • Busy hour metrics and dimensioning KPIs

NetAct KPI Suite: Data and Throughput

  • Data session establishment and throughput indicators
  • Metrics for latency, jitter, and packet loss
  • Subscriber experience KPIs (e.g., per-subscriber throughput)

Correlating KPI Analysis with Root Causes

  • Trend analysis and baseline identification
  • Cross-layer KPI correlation (RAN, transport, core)
  • Utilising KPIs to distinguish congestion, configuration errors, and hardware faults

Reporting, Dashboards, and Alarm Management

  • Designing KPI dashboards for actionable insights
  • Generating reports with a stakeholder focus
  • Alarm tuning and strategies to reduce noise

Troubleshooting Workflows via NetAct Data

  • A step-by-step troubleshooting playbook
  • Practical exercises: voice call failures and data throughput issues
  • Criteria for validating and closing incidents

Operational Best Practices and KPI Governance

  • KPI ownership and governance frameworks
  • Change management and assessing KPI impact
  • Continuous improvement and the KPI lifecycle

Summary and Future Directions

Requirements

  • A foundational grasp of mobile network architecture
  • Working knowledge of OSS/BSS concepts
  • Basic understanding of performance monitoring terminology

Target Audience

  • Network operations and performance engineers
  • OSS analysts and NOC personnel
  • Telecom planners and service assurance teams

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