Aviz & Spirent partner to enhance AI-driven 5G networks

Aviz Networks and Spirent Communications have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing 5G network applications through advanced intelligent traffic monitoring and AI-driven network optimisation solutions.

The partnership between the two companies promises to further strengthen the Networking 3.0 Stack, bringing innovative, hardware vendor-agnostic methods for intelligent traffic monitoring across a range of 5G network applications. These applications include voice, video, data, mission-critical services, IoT, as well as enterprise and industrial use cases. The integration of artificial intelligence into the Networking 3.0 Stack opens up new possibilities by utilising open-source large language models (LLMs), which can be accessed through Aviz Network Copilot, a leading AI management assistant for large telecom and enterprise networks.

Unlike traditional, proprietary service nodes, Aviz Service Nodes are designed to integrate seamlessly with existing packet broker networks and operate on general-purpose hardware, eliminating the need for expensive, vendor-specific hardware. This design allows for more cost-effective future network upgrades. By utilising Spirent Landslide to validate the Aviz Service Nodes, the collaboration offers telecommunications customers an innovative, quality-assured, and ready-to-deploy solution that promises greater network efficiency and significant cost savings.

"Our solution is designed for AI-powered, data-driven networking for 5G deployments, and we estimate that customers can achieve up to a 50% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through this software-defined approach," said Vishal Shukla, Founder and CEO of Aviz Networks. "Thanks to our new collaboration, Aviz Service Nodes, combined with the unmatched testing capabilities of Spirent Landslide, represent a significant milestone in our commitment to Telco success with our AI-enabled Networking 3.0 Stack."

The integration of Aviz Service Nodes and Spirent Landslide provides numerous benefits for telecommunications providers, including deeper insights and optimised deployments. The Aviz Service Nodes offer comprehensive metadata extraction and advanced correlation analysis by leveraging Landslide's extensive state machine-driven implementation of 3GPP standards. Its compatibility with release 17 based 5G nodes and interfaces allows for customisation of call flows, messages, and information elements to create call models that mimic real-world conditions, rigorously testing performance through LLM-based AI models.

Additionally, in the diverse landscape of 5G network deployment, support for real-world Busy Hour Call Attempts (BHCA) models becomes essential. Spirent Landslide's line-rate scaling capacity and its ability to replicate real-world deployments through its Real-World Call model ensure maximum efficiency and service quality, catering to Standalone (SA), Non-Standalone (NSA), and Private 5G setups.

"Partnering with Aviz Networks represents an important step to further enhance network testing while demonstrating Landslide's capabilities to seamlessly integrate with Aviz's Networking 3.0 framework," said Kishore Kumar, 5G Business Development, APAC South at Spirent Communications. "This integration ushers in a new era of intelligent traffic monitoring and AI-driven network optimisation, enhancing the capabilities of both solutions and setting a new standard for open, scalable, and efficient 5G network applications."