Polaris Unveils NetOpt

Polaris Wireless has announced the availability of its Network Optimization (NetOpt) product for the wireless carrier market.

NetOpt offers location-based network monitoring and software analysis tools for wireless networks. The product allows carriers to location tag and analyze traffic from UMTS and GSM networks.

The software-based NetOpt product uses geographical location tagged network traffic data to provide information about call density and distribution, coverage holes, dropped calls, handover failures and voice quality. The product provides analysis on root causes of call disruption, such as interference or inappropriate network parameter settings. With this information, carriers are able to proactively and quickly address network issues rather than following the traditional model of dispatching network engineers into the field or relying on customers to notify them, which can be a slow, inefficient and costly process, the company said.

The NetOpt product takes advantage of Polaris Wireless’ existing Wireless Location Signatures platform, which provides carriers the ability to run applications including E911, location-based services and network optimization.