NIx RAN
Monitor, automate, optimise and manage network across all radio access technologies
NIx RAN
Discover NIx RAN applications
Transform your RAN operations with our comprehensive suite of intelligent applications for monitoring, optimisation and autonomous network management across all radio access technologies. If you are making the move to OpenRAN, our applications are also available as xApps/rApps and can run on the RAN Intelligence Controller (RIC) of your choice.
As a taster, you can also find some of our rApps in the Ericsson rApp Directory and in the Nokia MantaRay rApp Marketplace.
NIx RAN portfolio
Future Connections’ NIx RAN revolutionises Radio Access Network operations through advanced AI-driven applications.
From zero-touch performance management to energy-efficient operations and competitor intelligence, NIx RAN delivers end-to-end automation across 2G to 5G networks, enabling operators to maximise network performance while reducing operational costs and improving sustainability.
NIx Inspector
Built to optimise performance and ensure network quality, NIx Inspector apps use PM and CM data to identify top offenders, recommend areas of improvement and prescribe actions for enhanced customer experience
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- Intelligent RAN and QoS optimisation
- OPEX reduction
- Energy efficiency improvements
- Fast identification of service degradation
- Multi-domain operations agility in network supervision
- Centralised single source of truth and analytics platform
- Integration with OSS/BSS using open API and TM Forum standard APIs
- Fast identification of errors in the inventory
- Network performance improvements by reducing handover failures and minimising interference
- Accurate and geographically relevant neighbour lists at all times
- Network capacity increase
- OPEX reduction by reducing manual network tuning by 80%
- Network incidents reduction through proactive optimisation
- Scalable architecture
- Network experience enhancement by reducing drop calls and seamless mobility and by improving data speed
NIx Manager
Engineered for operational excellence and continuous optimisation, NIx Manager apps track configuration management data in real-time, detecting performance degradations and adjusting network settings to maintain optimal service levels
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- Faster and more dynamic network planning and deployment strategy
- Implementation of different rollout strategies and capacity expansion
- Enablement of prioritisation and cost optimisation
- Improvement of data accuracy and reliability
- Reduction of verification and remediation complexity
- Reduction of configuration errors
- Improvement of network performance and QoE
- Reduction of customer complaints through proactive analysis
- Easy identification of common causes of degradations
- Reduction of MTTR
- Dynamic configuration with no human intervention
- Tailor-made configuration policies
- Additional savings of 2% to 3% with conservative policy configuration and of 8% to 15% with aggressive power savings
NIx Planner
Built for strategic network planning and quality optimisation, NIx Planner applications harness competitive intelligence through cross-domain data integration, delivering actionable recommendations for site optimisation and network enhancement
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- Intelligent RAN and QoS optimisation
- OPEX reduction
- Energy efficiency improvements
- Fast identification of service degradation
- Multi-domain operations agility in network supervision
- Centralised single source of truth and analytics platform
- Integration with OSS/BSS using open API and TM Forum standard APIs
- Fast identification of errors in the inventory
- Network performance improvements by reducing handover failures and minimising interference
- Accurate and geographically relevant neighbour lists at all times
- Network capacity increase
- OPEX reduction by reducing manual network tuning by 80%
- Network incidents reduction through proactive optimisation
- Scalable architecture
- Network experience enhancement by reducing drop calls and seamless mobility and by improving data speed
The NIx RAN applications have been developed to target specific challenges.
Each individual application can be tailored further to specific use cases as per customer’s requirements.
NIx Inspector
NIx Manager
NIx Planner
NIx QoE
NIx Inspector
Built to optimise performance and ensure network quality, NIx Inspector applications use PM and CM data to identify top offenders, recommend areas of improvement and prescribe actions for enhanced customer experience
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The Footprint application addresses inefficiencies caused by sub-optimal cell coverage areas. By continuously monitoring and analysing the coverage pattern of each cell, the solution identifies the misconfigured ones that overshoot or undershoot their intended coverage zones, enabling precise coverage optimisation.
The Metrics application provides comprehensive multi-domain network health supervision through a unified health index score. The solution automatically identifies top offenders, performs root cause analysis and delivers actionable troubleshooting recommendations for rapid issue resolution.
The ANR application ensures optimal neighbour cell relationships within the Radio Access Network by continuously monitoring and validating connections against network inventory records. The solution detects missing, incorrect or suboptimal neighbour relations to maintain seamless mobility and network performance.
The Capacity Booster application maximises network capacity across all RAN technologies through integrated CSON functions. The solution continuously monitors network performance and automatically implements optimisation strategies to enhance throughput, improve resource utilisation and elevate user experience.
NIx Manager
Ideal to help with optimisation and performance assurance, NIx Inspector apps identify top offenders and recommend areas of improvement and actions for better customer experience
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NIx Planner
Ideal to help with quality and planning, NIx Planner apps deploy a competitor intelligence-driven strategy by mediating and ingesting cross-domain data and recommending site modifications
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The Benchmarker application aggregates and analyses crowdsourced network performance data from multiple operators within defined geographical areas, providing comprehensive competitive intelligence through sophisticated scoring algorithms.
The Smart Planner application accesses competitors’ intelligence related to network rollout plans and provides insights into their deployment strategy and their presence.
The Coverage Booster application continuously monitors customer experience metrics and automatically adjusts cell coverage patterns to optimise service quality across diverse usage scenarios.
NIx QoE
Ideal to help with quality and customer experience, NIx QoE apps improve customer satisfaction through BSS and OSS data correlation
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The CX Booster application enhances various aspects of mobile network performance such as spectral efficiency, QoS/QoE, management of network slice and indoor positioning, allowing for both strategic and real-time optimisation depending on the use case
NIx RAN portfolio
Future Connections' NIx RAN revolutionises Radio Access Network operations through advanced AI-driven applications. From zero-touch performance management to energy-efficient operations and competitor intelligence, NIx RAN delivers end-to-end automation across 2G to 5G networks, enabling operators to maximise network performance while reducing operational costs and improving sustainability.
AI for RAN Apps - Core capabilities
NIx RAN applications leverage advanced AI and ML techniques to deliver autonomous network operations
across the complete RAN lifecycle – from monitoring and optimisation to strategic planning.
Monitor
network performance
They generate health index
or composite KPIs,
allow customisation of health index
with adjustable weight and provides the worst Top N network elements
Guarantee network performance assurance
They monitor automatically
near-real time PM
to detect performance degradations,
identify influencers
and generate remediation actions with CM and network topology
Identify and remediate network configuration conflicts
They detect automatically
conflicts in RAN,
update RAN elements configuration,
plan and adjust RAN parameters
based on geographical location
Optimise
coverage intelligently
They automate the optimisation
of cells coverage,
use advanced geospatial analytics
based on AI/ML
and improve accuracy
up to 85% over traditional techniques
Enforce
network rollout strategies
They maximise
the use of existing capacity with minimum investment,
identify potential bottleneck
using AI/ML, recommend
and implement automatically
the best course of action
Improve
network sustainability
They adjust dynamically
vendor power features
with customisable policies,
forecast traffic load with AI/ML
for safe network operations
and adapt flexibly
to different strategy settings
GenAIOps – Intelligent customer experience
NIx RAN portfolio
NIx RAN incorporates cutting edge GenAIOps capabilities, transforming traditional RAN operations into an intelligent, autonomous system. Our AI-powered agents provide natural language-based network insights, predictive optimisation recommendations, automated parameter tuning and autonomous issue resolution across all RAN domains.
Autonomous RAN operations with GenAIOps
NIx RAN’s agentic architecture includes specialised AI agents for autonomous Radio Access Network operations,
from intelligent optimisation to predictive maintenance and strategic planning.
Our intelligent agents use natural language processing to transform complex RAN data into actionable insights, automate routine optimisation tasks, predict network issues before they impact service quality and provide root cause analysis with automated remediation. The system continuously learns from network patterns and operator actions, enabling increasingly sophisticated autonomous operations.
Autonomous RAN Optimisation System
- Natural language queries for complex KPI analysis
- RAG-based parameter knowledge base
- Reasoning-based parameter optimisation
- Automated optimisation execution with vendor-specific command generation
Intelligent
coverage optimisation
- AI-powered geospatial analytics for coverage optimisation
- Automated antenna tilt adjustments
- Predictive coverage modeling
- Real-time performance correlation with coverage patterns
Smart
energy management
- ML-based traffic forecasting for energy optimisation
- automated energy saving feature orchestration
- predictive maintenance scheduling
- sustainability impact analysis
Predictive
network planning
- competitor intelligence analysis
- AI-driven rollout strategy optimisation
- capacity demand forecasting
- automated site selection recommendations