If your network’s AI system decided right now, without human approval, to reallocate spectrum, shift traffic loads and deprioritize a category of users to protect service quality during a peak event, would you let it? Most operators wouldn’t. Not yet. When an autonomous system makes a consequential decision without engineer sign-off, the operator owns the […]
Traditional spectrum analyzers display signal frequency and power level but provide no spatial correlation to the physical environment. Following an RF interference alarm, standard protocol dictates that an RF technician walks the site, takes multiple measurements, and makes an educated guess based on the available data to assess the emitter’s location. These best guesses are […]
NTIA recently opened the fourth Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (NOFO 4) with up to $53 million for secure, AI-native RAN architectures. It’s an exciting opportunity, and a complex one to navigate alone. VIAVI partners with you to meet that complexity, strengthening your proposal and moving your innovation to commercialization. A Foundation NTIA Already […]
Notes from the front lines of AI fabric validation, just in time for OCP APAC Summit 2026 Here’s an uncomfortable truth about AI networking: the failures that determine whether a fabric is production-ready rarely appear under normal operating conditions. Training clusters run for months. Collective operations complete successfully. Congestion clears and dashboards stay green. Everything […]
The use of metadata is nothing new – ancient Egyptians deployed this concept over 2,000 years ago, using descriptive tags to organize and summarize voluminous, hand-written scrolls. In the digital age, metadata has taken on new meaning and significance, as NetOps and SecOps teams seek out more efficient ways to garner valuable insights from an […]
I’ve been in RF optimization long enough to see it evolve from something very manual and field-heavy into something that is now increasingly driven by data and AI. When I look back, the fundamentals haven’t changed, but the way we approach them has evolved in ways I wouldn’t have imagined back then. I started my […]
A New Chapter for Network Validation Network testing has always depended on expertise. Whether validating a new data center fabric, benchmarking network equipment, or verifying application performance and security, engineers have traditionally needed deep knowledge of test tools, APIs, and product-specific workflows. As networks become larger and more complex, especially in AI-driven environments, that expertise […]
Quantum computing poses a serious threat to current encryption standards, driving organizations to prepare for the post-quantum era. In this blog, we outline how rising risks are reshaping testing, performance planning, and cryptographic transition strategies. Why Today’s Encryption Isn’t Ready for Tomorrow Encryption has long safeguarded data privacy, with algorithms like RSA-2048 built to resist […]
It is rush hour in a busy city center. Thousands of smartphones are moving between cells as commuters leave offices and head home. Across the network, an AI-powered xApp is making real-time decisions about which radios can be powered down to save energy, and which need to remain fully active to handle demand. These decisions […]
VIAVI powered by NVIDIA accelerates the path to autonomous networks Ahead of DTW Ignite 2026, Copenhagen Transport and IP networks are the connective tissue of the entire service stack. The packets that move between a cell site and a datacenter, an enterprise and the cloud, a subscriber and a CDN node, traverse this layer. Think […]
