Multiprotocol Label Switching ( MPLS) Segment Routing (SR), SR-MPLS in short, is anrnMPLS data plane-based source routing paradigm in which a sender of a packet is allowed tornpartially or completely specify the route the packet takes through the network by imposingrnstacked MPLS labels to the...
For the past decades, data traffic demand considerably increased in volume and quality due tornthe advent of capable end-user devices and innovative data services. To accommodate thernhighly increasing data traffic volume and customer demand for service with better quality, anrnautomatic switched...
Following growth in infrastructure, number of subscribers and availability of smart devices andrnapplications, the aggregate cellular data traffic in Addis Ababa city’s cellular network isrnincreasing exponentially. Moreover, traffic growth follows non-uniform distribution both in spacernand...
Direct marketing is a form of communicating an offer directly to a targeted group ofrncustomers through a variety of media. It plays a major role in customer retention andrnservice provisioning tasks. Retaining customers by providing products and services thatrnmeet their need is one of the main...
Paging is an important mobile network procedure that is performed to locate andrnconnect mobile users when they receive calls/sessions. It is needed as users arernmobile, and continuously updating their serving cells is not bandwidth efï¬cient.rnIn traditional broadcast paging, all cells of a...
Due to various innovative mobile services and applications, traffic is constantly increasingrnin size and complexity globally and as well as locally in Ethiopia. To fulfill thesernrequirements in both quality and quantity, a wide range of radio frequency signal coveragernareas are required. One...
The advancement of telecommunication era is rapidly growing, however, telecomrnfraudsters encouraged by the emerging of these new technologies. Interconnectrnbypass fraud is one of the most sever threats to telecom operators. SubscriberrnIdentity Module Box (SIM-box) fraud is one of an interconnect...
Short Message Service (SMS) is a widely used text messaging service on mobile devices.rnBusiness owners and companies look forward to new ways of promoting their servicesrnand products to reach and attract the intended users. However, SMS distribution is notrninvestigated in Ethio Telecom with...
The advent of data-intensive services needs quality Internet services. This in turn, makes Qualityrnof Experience (QoE) gain prominent recognition in the telecommunications industry. Ethio telecomrnuses network Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring data obtained from Network ManagementrnSystems (NMS)...
In order to address the customer’s satisfaction, mobile operators try to find out what therncustomer needs and what quality makes the customer satisfied. The customer satisfactionrncan be measured or estimated by Quality of Experience (QoE) measurement. Its estimationrnrnand measurement is...
In these days due to the development of affordable technologies, the numberrnof subscribers and revenue-generating increased over the past few years in therntelecommunication industry. However, advancements of the telecom industry providesrncertain appearances that stimulate fraudsters. One of the...
Globally, exponential data growth is observed with mobile traffic generated from devices likerntablets, smartphones and other devices. Likewise, Addis Ababa city’s cellular network data trafficrnis increasing exponentially. To absorb this high traffic demand ethio telecom, the telecom...
Satisfaction of customers is the most important factor for mobile operators to be successful. This needsrneffective customer segmentation and segment targeted mobile service packaging and delivery. Segmentationrndifferentiates customers into multiple groups that manifest different service needs...
There is an increase in vehicle use in Addis Ababa which increases by 5% annually, not onlyrnthis but also the urban arterial roads are of mixed type and there are no automated means thatrnmonitor the road traffic congestion. This creates road traffic congestion which is one of thernmain problems...
Telecom companies utilize data mining algorithms and tools to understand thernbehaviors of their customers. Cluster analysis is one of the techniques used tornidentify homogenous groups of customers from a heterogeneous group basedrnon the customers’ service usage records. Clustering...
Due to the increasing penetration of smart devices and data intensive applications, mobilernnetwork operators are experiencing exponential data growth. In effect, network capacityrnlimitation that leads to performance degradation is observed. To address this limitation,rndeployment of different...
Predictive analysis of mobile network traffic is fundamental for the next-generation cellular network.rnProactively knowing user demand allows telecom systems to perform optimal resource allocation.rnNowadays, telecom companies face a network congestion problem; this problem results in longer...
The explosive growth of smart devices, network access points, and new mobile applicationrndevelopment drives users to use more and more mobile applications and, this hasrnlead to the explosive growth of mobile data trafï¬c. It has a high impact on mobile servicernproviders to manage network...
Nowadays, the video streaming services become the most dominant service as peoplernare more interesting watching online television programs and Video on Demandrn(VoD). This requires a high speed and high capacity network infrastructure. The LongrnTerm Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure of Addis...
In recent years, traffic volume is increasing tremendously. In line with this increment,rntelecom operators expand their network infrastructure. This increases power consumption ofrnthe network. Especially in a backbone network, where power consumption is dependent onrntraffic volume, the increase...