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Unleashing the power of autonomous RAN operations
The complexity of cellular networks is continuously increasing with a growing number of functionalities, algorithms and parameters. Mobile operators often deploy technologies from different suppliers and evolve their networks to introduce advanced capabilities. This increases cost pressure, especially when considering a management and orchestration solution.
Automation and Artificial Intelligence are essential for effectively addressing these challenges.
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AI and automation field-proven in customer networks
What is Service Management and Orchestration?
Best possible performance
At any time - at lowest possible costs
Better monetization
With differentiated services
Highest versatility
Leverage the benefits of open architectures
20%
increase of DL throughput
30%
higher cell utilization
15,000
autonomous operations per hour
90%
faster detection and repair of NW incidents
What is Service Management and Orchestration?
Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) is an open platform for managing a multi-supplier, multi-technology radio access network (RAN). SMO provides the intelligence, automation and coordination for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of the network.
SMO is designed to address operators' challenges and help them deliver differentiated service experiences for enterprises and consumers.
The SMO framework consists of different layers, including multi-supplier network management, application automation and orchestration.
Enhanced network performance
SMO leverages AI-powered optimization algorithms to provide intelligent closed-loop automation, leading to higher network performance and efficient resource utilization.
Sustainable total cost of ownership (TCO)
SMO leverages AI-powered optimization algorithms to automate network management tasks. This reduces the need for manual intervention, which in turn lowers labor costs and minimizes human errors.
Truly open architecture
SMO manages multi-supplier networks and supports new standardized interfaces, enabling easy portability of O-RAN compliant rApps between different vendor platforms.
Slice automation
SMO automates the dynamic orchestration of network slices, ensuring that each slice meets specific SLAs. This supports the delivery of differentiated services.
Nokia rApp Marketplace
The
is an open ecosystem that provides an extensive catalog of Nokia and partner rApps.
Designed for openness, innovation and multivendor collaboration, the marketplace allows telecommunications providers to easily discover, evaluate and deploy rApps that enhance network automation, performance and efficiency.
Enabling easy access to Nokia and partner innovations in a single marketplace, we accelerate the adoption of new use cases and support our customers on their path toward autonomous networks.
Comprehensive solution enabling advanced AI and zero-touch automation
MantaRay SMO is the RAN-domain component of
Nokia’s end-to-end Autonomous Networks architecture
, It is aligned with
TM Forum Autonomous Networks framework
and
SMO architecture. MantaRay SMO enables true openness and a simple evolution from today’s MantaRay product family to a full SMO solution while leveraging the best that AI and automation can offer. It’s the only SMO solution in the market that can achieve TM Forum's autonomous networks level 4 already today.
MantaRay SMO can run and orchestrate both the existing network and automation solutions that our customers use today while also supporting new interfaces and new applications. We also having an extensive catalogue of Nokia and third-party rApps, and we offer a software development kit (SDK) to our customers and application developers.
Our extensive AI and automation capabilities are already proven in commercial networks, delivering tangible benefits to our customers. In addition, we deliver enhanced efficiency with our AI-based services.
MantaRay SMO – the industry-leading AI and automation solution
MantaRay SMO is a comprehensive solution that leverages advanced AI capabilities and enables zero-touch automation.
Common radio network management solution for purpose-built RAN, Cloud RAN including data center hardware and cloud infrastructure (CaaS).
We will further enhance
with O-RAN-compliant interfaces.
Also manages packet core and mobile core.
The application automation layer is implemented with
, our market-leading self-organizing networks solution.
It will provide a multi-supplier, non-real-time Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC) functionality with support for the O-RAN R1 interface.
Our AI-powered, intent-based MantaRay AutoPilot autonomously orchestrates the SON modules and rApps, developed by Nokia, our customers and application developers.
Part of the application automation ecosystem.
Frequently asked questions
Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) is an open platform that provides intelligence, automation, and lifecycle coordination for managing multi vendor, multi technology radio access networks. It enables consistent network operations, optimization, and service assurance across complex RAN environments.
SMO helps operators manage increasing RAN complexity by automating network operations, improving performance, reducing manual effort, and enabling consistent operations across equipment from multiple vendors.
MantaRay SMO applies AI driven analytics and automation to enable closed loop network operations, allowing the network to detect conditions, make decisions, and execute corrective actions with minimal or even no human intervention.
rApps are modular applications that run on the SMO platform to enhance automation, performance and efficiency. MantaRay SMO enables operators to deploy Nokia and partner rApps through an open marketplace.
By automating network management and optimization tasks, SMO reduces manual operations, improves resource utilization, and helps operators lower operational costs while maintaining network performance.
AI and automation field-proven in customer networks
100% accuracy in detecting network incidents
99% effort saved per day with autonomous contextualization
10,000 autonomous corrective actions per hour
30% higher cell utilization
10 percent average enhancement in downlink throughput
29 percent improvement in busy hour downlink throughput
22 percent reduction in 5G drop call rate
6 percent average reduction in energy consumption on top of RAN energy saving features
No degradation in network KPIs
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