TOKYO, Feb 7, 2018 – (JCN Newswire) – NEC Corporation (TSE:
6701) today announced the global provision of its “Context-aware Service
Controller,” a solution that uses AI to automatically classify IoT
services based on the characteristics of the traffic that flows into a network
and optimizes the allocation of network resources by controlling the networks
for each service . 



In recent years, as digital transformation has continued to
advance, services that utilize networks are becoming increasingly diversified
and sophisticated. For example, the application of IoT services has expanded
from the monitoring of equipment to include such services as video surveillance
and autonomous driving. As the requirements for these services differ, traffic
characteristics vary significantly as well. 



Video surveillance, for example, requires stable video
quality during monitoring. For autonomous driving, reliability and low delay
for data transmission are required. To enable these services with different
traffic characteristics on one network, it is necessary to appropriately
allocate the finite network resources to each service by accelerating data
processing, classifying services and visualizing the utilization status.



This new solution belongs to NEC’s advanced portfolio of AI
technologies, “NEC the WISE.” By utilizing “NEC Advanced
Analytics – RAPID machine learning” software, equipped with deep learning
technology, the solution extracts traffic characteristics based on the
traffic’s time-series data, automatically classifies IoT services and
visualizes the utilization status of networks for each service. This makes it
possible to reduce the preliminary setting work that was previously required of
network providers for the classification of services. Also, since classification
is done based on traffic’s characteristics, it is also possible to classify
services even if the data is encrypted.



Furthermore, the new solution achieves network optimization
through bandwidth control and priority control of networks for each classified
service.



“While traditional industries embrace Digital
Transformation, the telecom industry faces many challenges as a wide variety of
new services overwhelm conventional networks with huge amounts of data.
Billions of IoT sensors create an ever-growing network of simultaneous
connections that needs to be maintained. This new solution automatically
classifies services, such as ‘sensing services’ and ‘video services,’ based on
traffic characteristics, then allocates the optimum level of network resources
to each service,” said Sigeru Okuya, Senior Vice President, NEC
Corporation. “NEC is aiming to provide this new solution globally as we
contribute to the achievement of optimized networks.”



NEC will display the new solution in Hall 3, stand 3M30 at Mobile
World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain, from Monday, February 26
to Thursday, March 1.



About NEC Corporation



NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and
network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By
providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the
company’s experience and global resources, NEC’s advanced technologies meet the
complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100
years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses
and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.



Based on its Mid-term Management Plan 2015, the NEC Group
globally provides “Solutions for Society” that promote the safety,
security, efficiency and equality of society. Under the company’s corporate
message of “Orchestrating a brighter world,” NEC aims to help solve a
wide range of challenging issues and to create new social value for the
changing world of tomorrow. For more information, please visit http://www.nec.com/en/global/about/solutionsforsociety/message.html.