Launching an Internet traffic optimization system for Tele2 Russia

SOLUTION

Reksoft, together with Byte Mobile International (currently part of Citrix Systems), proposed the introduction of a traffic management system called UNISON, which is designed to work with mobile Internet and video.

The project consisted of several stages: a trial stage, which allowed us to evaluate what benefits the UNISON system would bring to Tele2, and subsequent production stages. At the trial stage, optimization was applied to a test group of subscribers, and different combinations of settings were tested to achieve the best balance between increasing the speed of content delivery, perception of customer services and the nominal decrease in the volume of traffic. This test helped to choose the most “elastic” combination of parameters to sustain growth in demand among service subscribers.

The production stage of optimization was applied to Tele2’s entire subscriber base. Reksoft provided design solutions, supplied and installed equipment, installed and configured software, and integrated Tele2’s existing equipment.

The implemented system has enabled more efficient use of their network resources: load optimization made possible significant channels of web traffic, increased the speed taken to download Internet content, and made it possible to display video files at a quality visual level.

At the moment, there is a substantial increase in traffic: factors such as the amount of traffic per subscriber and the number of HTTP requests to the subscriber are increasing. The analytical component of the system provides a detailed assessment of traffic characteristics, queries, and the proportion of different types of mobile devices in the overall picture.