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Backhaul Network Management

Gain visibility of your transport network’s network performance with holistic vendor-agnostic monitoring. With its patented site score, Amdocs Backhaul Network Management correlates transport network data with the RAN, while categorizing and prioritizing resolution of transport network issues in accordance with quality of service. The solution also supports active probes in addition to other data feeds from transport and RAN domains.

Seamless integration between RAN
and transport domains

Amdocs Backhaul Network Management delivers real-time visibility across 5G fronthaul, backhaul and transport networks through advanced KPI monitoring, network topology intelligence and link-level analytics. By enabling proactive fault detection, faster troubleshooting and data-driven performance optimization, service providers can improve transport network reliability, operational efficiency and end-to-end service quality.

With the advent of 5G, fronthaul and backhaul performance have become crucial focus areas, creating the need for easy-to-use transport monitoring capabilities. Amdocs Backhaul Network Management fulfills this need, leveraging a rich set of LAN and microwave KPIs that support one and five-minute data feeds.

The solution also provides a holistic network topology view spanning country, state, province, city and network elements, together with KPI overlays. Additional capabilities include support for detailed link-level analysis, speedy issue categorization, prioritization and problem resolution.

Benefits

  • Unified view across different domains

    Displays transport vendor routers/microwave radios in same seamless topology view with detailed port and link information

  • Improved network agility

    Ensures fast deployment, rapid scaling, ease- of- configuration, customizability and extensibility.

  • Multi-vendor support via single topology view

    Displays transport vendor routers/microwave radios in same seamless topology view with detailed port and link information

  • Better correlation of data across domain

    Easily pinpoint RAN KPI issues with relevant transport KPI issues when they appear at the same time

  • Ready-to-use actionable reports

    Predefined reports support faster analysis on utilization and link performance. Reports can run within various network hierarchies, with automatic aggregation of KPI data

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is backhaul network management?

Backhaul network management enables communications service providers to monitor, analyze and optimize the transport networks that connect radio access networks (RAN) to the core network. Effective backhaul management improves network visibility, performance, reliability and service quality across 5G, fiber and multi-vendor environments.

Why is backhaul network management important for 5G networks?

5G services generate significantly higher traffic volumes and performance requirements than previous generations of mobile networks. Backhaul network management helps operators maintain network performance, monitor transport links, identify potential bottlenecks and ensure reliable connectivity between the RAN and core network.

How does backhaul network monitoring improve network performance?

Backhaul network monitoring provides real-time visibility into network KPIs, transport links and traffic behavior. By quickly identifying faults, congestion and performance issues, operators can optimize capacity, improve service quality and reduce network downtime.

What KPIs are important for backhaul network performance monitoring?

Important backhaul network KPIs include latency, packet loss, throughput, link availability, bandwidth utilization and transport network reliability. Monitoring these metrics helps operators identify performance issues, optimize network resources and maintain consistent service quality across 5G and fiber networks.

How does Amdocs Backhaul Network Management help communications service providers?

Amdocs Backhaul Network Management delivers centralized monitoring, network topology visualization, KPI analytics and advanced troubleshooting capabilities across fronthaul and backhaul environments. These capabilities help service providers improve operational efficiency, accelerate issue resolution and optimize network performance.