Access Network Metrics

TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

WBA OpenRoaming™ standard enabled network and service providers to offer enhanced quality of experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) to their subscribers, including voice, high-definition video streaming, gaming and more. There are more than 1 million OpenRoaming Access Points, and the game-changing roaming federation is showing no signs of slowing down.

The QoS on a given Access Network Provider (ANP) location has always been a challenge.  Identity Providers (IDPs) often want insight into QoS to help decide if a roamer should attach to a given location. However, there is the possibility of many different networks offering roaming, operated by a variety of network operators and complicating the QoS level.

BUSINESS BENEFITS

The industry requires a consistent framework to provide visibility between Wi-Fi and cellular networks of their respective QoS requirements or their fulfillment.

This project analyses options to achieve Quality-of-Service-related solutions that exist in the wireless ecosystem today, and to determine how it might be leveraged to share real-time metrics for use in Wi-Fi attachment policy.

This offers a reliable way with insight into a network’s QoS and further helps the adoption of Passpoint, by giving IDPs greater confidence in the quality of the networks their users are attaching onto.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

• Develop industry guidelines for network health metrics with a focus on aiding IDPs in roaming decisions
• Determine the relevance of existing or new metrics for providing valuable insights to IDPs during roaming decisions
• Lead the metrics initiative in WBA, aligning with ongoing activities like Operator Managed Wi-Fi, OpenRoaming, and E2E Wi-Fi QoS, all emphasizing the importance of metrics

Project phases:

• First Phase: Develop industry recommendations on key metrics for measuring network performance
• Second Phase: Focus on calculations required for stakeholders, data composition, and communication methods