Press Launch
[Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19, 2024] The Autonomous Networks Summit was held throughout DTW 2024. Distinguished company, together with executives and representatives from China Cell, TM Discussion board, Vodafone, Telefonica, Huawei, Ericsson, and AsiaInfo, in addition to Professor Joseph Sifakis, the winner of the 2007 Turing Award, delivered speeches and engaged in discussions concerning the Stage 4 improvement path. In the course of the summit, business companions collectively launched the Autonomous Networks Stage 4 business blueprint: high-value situations.
This report introduces the Autonomous Networks (AN) Stage 4 business blueprint, which incorporates the imaginative and prescient and targets, worth situations, expertise structure, and evolution path. It serves as a precious reference for communications service suppliers (CSPs) seeking to plan and deploy AN Stage 4. TM Discussion board has chosen 15 high-value situations based mostly on service and operations worth and expertise maturity for CSPs to prioritize when implementing Stage 4. Moreover, TM Discussion board has proposed the mixing of AI and GenAI into the three-layer AN structure to develop role-specific copilots and scenario-specific brokers. Moreover, TM Discussion board has outlined the general AN Stage 4 evolution plan. The plan focuses on attaining single-domain closed-loop autonomy in upkeep and optimization situations in part 1. In part 2, the plan focuses on implementing end-to-end closed-loop autonomy in advanced situations.
Autonomous Networks Stage 4 Business Blueprint
In the course of the occasion themed ‘L4 is Coming’, a various group of company shared their ideas on Stage 4 high-value situations, key challenges, options, and sensible experiences. The discussions centered across the journey in direction of attaining Stage 4.
Within the welcome speech, Nik Willetts, TM Discussion board CEO, mentioned, “ As considered one of TM Discussion board Missions, Autonomous Networks not solely enhance the O&M effectivity and consumer expertise, but additionally permits operators to effectively innovate new companies and merchandise, and unlock the brand new income alternatives.”
Dr Li Huidi, Vice President of China Cell, emphasised in his speech that “As 5G, AI and different applied sciences shortly develop, we’re writing a brand new chapter of historical past. To attain AN Stage 4, we suggest the next recommendations. First, we should seize the alternatives for innovation and encourage varied organizations to collaborate on the event of an AN requirements system. Second, we should advance business collaboration and develop a brand new ecosystem for converged improvement. Then, we should extensively promote worldwide collaboration based mostly on the idea of mutual advantages.”
“Autonomous Networks are a complicated integration of AI and networks, and Extremely Autonomous Networks must be achieved part by part. We should combine an AI agent structure to networks, whereas guaranteeing reliable methods and community group intelligence.” mentioned Professor Joseph Sifakis, whereas presenting his options to AN L4+ technical challenges.
As a consultant of main distributors, Dang Wenshuan, Huawei’s Chief Technique Architect, acknowledged, “Autonomous Networks are at the moment witnessing large progress. We propose that the business take Stage 4 as a brand new start line and cling to 5 rules, that are single-domain autonomy, cross-domain collaboration, value-driven, visualization, and productization. We should always develop scenario-specific AI brokers and role-specific copilot apps as merchandise {and professional} companies to realize a quantum leap to Autonomous Networks Stage 4.”
Reaching Stage 4 shall be a gradual and long-term course of that requires step-by-step and phase-by-phase implementation. The Stage 4 business blueprint is anticipated to function a precious information for the business because it progresses in direction of Stage 4. All business stakeholders are devoted to working collectively to drive the transformation of the telecom business in direction of Extremely Autonomous Networks.
About Autonomous Networks Summit
Autonomous Networks (AN) was collectively proposed by TM Discussion board and business companions, together with carriers and distributors in 2019, aiming to make companies faster, cheaper and easier to deploy and handle. After 5 years of improvement, AN has achieved exceptional milestones in business consensus, standardization and sensible implementation. Autonomous Networks Summit is a communication platform for business leaders to share their practices, ideas, and viewpoints round AN and focus on learn how to collaborate to advance AN improvement.
