02 — Capability · BC-1410.10
Network Demand & Capacity Planning
Forecast traffic and subscriber growth by area and network layer, and turn it into a timed plan for adding capacity before congestion reaches customers.
- Capacity Planning
- Traffic Engineering
- Network Dimensioning
In scope
- Subscriber and traffic growth forecasts by market
- Utilization thresholds and augment planning per network layer
- Capacity plans for access, transport and core
Out of scope
- Company-wide demand forecasting for products (see BC-610.10)
- Day-to-day performance tuning of the live network (see BC-1430)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-1410.10.10Traffic & Subscriber ForecastingProject subscribers, usage and peak traffic by area and service so every capacity decision starts from the same numbers.
- BC-1410.10.20Access Capacity PlanningSize radio sectors, nodes and fiber access to forecast load, and plan splits, upgrades or new equipment before they fill.
- BC-1410.10.30Transport & Core Capacity PlanningSize backhaul, long-haul transport and core switching and routing so aggregated traffic never becomes the bottleneck.
- BC-1410.10.40Capacity Augment TriggersSet utilization thresholds that automatically start an upgrade job, allowing for the lead time to design and build it.