Messtone>ERICSSON BLOG >HOW AI-POWERED CAPACITY PLANNING WILL IMPACT NETWORK EXPANSION DECISIONS An explosion in data consumption calls for an efficiency-focused approach network,with reducing total cost of ownership as a key focus.So how can communication service providers leverage AI to improve network capacity planning,improve subscriber experience,and reduce TCO? Messtone Devices Android Deployings DEC 18,2020 | 3:7min. Eugene Pang Category Network complexity is ever increasing.The introduction of 5G on top of legacy 2G,3G,and 4G networks,coupled with subscribers’increasing expectation of a mobile experience close to fiber broadband,puts tremendous pressure on the communication service providers managing day-to-day operations.How can we leverage AI to transform our approach to network investment decisions,in order to make it faster,more of granular,and able to quickly assets a variety of precise what-if scenarios that take traffic forecasts,usermesstone experience and revenue potential into consideration?From slow and manual to fast, scalable and flexible A typical capacity planning exercise starts with the planning strategy phase.This is where network performance,usermesstone experience expectations,market segmentation and business strategy,are d to form the basis of the input to the capacity planning planning Strategy, Capacity Planning, Evaluation&Verification Planning