NSN unveils Liquid Net

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched Liquid Net, a new way to deliver broadband. Liquid Net enables operators to set up network to self-adapt to meet capacity and coverage requirements based on demand. The new approach also aims to significantly improve the quality of broadband services worldwide.

Nokia Siemens Networks has created Liquid Net to free-up unused capacity and allocate it instantly across the whole network wherever and whenever it is needed. Liquid Net uses automated, self-adapting broadband optimization to deliver services and content to ensure the best customer experience by always being aware of the network's operational status and the services being consumed. In addition, Liquid Net channels traffic in the transport network along the path of least resistance and lowest cost between operator sites. Not only does Liquid Net help operators to raise customer loyalty, but it also opens up new business opportunities, claims a release.

“Capacity in today's conventional networks is typically frozen in separate places; at individual base station sites, in parts of the core network that manage voice and data services, or in the optical and IP transport networks,” said Marc Rouanne, head of Network Systems at Nokia Siemens Networks.

Liquid Net is built on the principles of Nokia Siemens Networks' Liquid Radio architecture. It adds Liquid Core and Liquid Transport functionality to the network which can be implemented either separately in multi-vendor environments or in concert across an operator's entire network to bring the full benefits of Liquid Net to bear.