Developing Telecoms | Giesecke & Devrient Presents Solution for Measuring the Quality of Mobile Networks

9 February 2012

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Giesecke & Devrient Presents Solution for Measuring the Quality of Mobile Networks

Monday, 22 February 2010 10:29 | James Barton

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To coincide with the Mobile World Congress, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has launched a new product that allows mobile network operators to evaluate and optimise the quality of their networks. Known as "sceme" (subscriber-centric measurement), the solution is the first to provide a technical measurement of what end-users actually perceive. It is the product of a cooperative venture with RadioOpt GmbH, a Dresden-based startup specialising in solutions for mobile network operators.

G&D's "sceme" offers mobile network operators a tool for improving the quality of their networks on the basis of data gathered at the mobile devices of end-users. The solution makes it possible to record details of which technical processes in the mobile devices impair the quality and performance of the mobile network. It also allows network operators to establish correlations between the test results, which are indicators of the quality of service (QoS), and the end users' quality of experience (QoE). This innovative SIM card application is compatible with commercially available mobile devices.

The data captured is transferred and stored in anonymous form. "By applying our high data security standards, we can provide the technical parameters to measure what users are experiencing”, explains Dr. Klaus Vedder, Head of G&D’s Telecommunications division. "The 'sceme' solution helps our customers to identify improvement potential faster and more accurately than was previously possible."

"sceme" analyses the behaviour of mobile devices for voice- and data solutions, and M2M applications in the very environment in which they are used. Mobile network operators can react faster to performance restrictions in their mobile network.

"sceme" was developed by Giesecke & Devrient in partnership with Dresden-based RadioOpt GmbH. Both development and testing of the solution were actively supported by the Vodafone Test & Innovation Centre in Düsseldorf, which provided a test and live network infrastructure for the solution right from the start of work on development.

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