Latin America. IoT devices are only as good as the network that supports them, so proper management of the network infrastructure is key to their operation.
The importance that the Internet of Things (IoT) has today has caused a lot of noise to be made of it. New video game consoles, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and other network-connected devices are impressive, and they all have one thing in common: data transmission. Today IoT devices are considered as good (or useful) as the network on which they run, because their performance depends on the quality of the data transmission that it provides, however, there are also tools that help to take advantage of that data in different ways and, therefore, the devices.
"The back-end tools can go a long way toward segmenting, synthesizing, and displaying that data in a format that is best leveraged," says LeaAnn Carl, Product Line Manager at CommScope, "that's really the hard part, knowing exactly what needs to be captured, how much information we store, what's the most efficient way to display and communicate the results, or what tools are needed to get value out of it all. It all really depends on the problems we're trying to solve."
In addition to having fast and efficient networks, whose transmission capacity supports the current pace of IoT devices, the amount of information that travels within the physical network presents other types of challenges that operators must know how to face. With the amount of data transmitted, the management of the same is indispensable not only to collect, track and display the information, but to manage it in such a way that everything is good and useful for users.
For LeaAnn Carl, proper management of this data can, for example, improve the services provided in a certain location, synthesize and segment the information of a company to be used in other applications, and even obtain results and metrics that support administrators to improve their processes.
"Fortunately there are back-end systems and tools that help to efficiently take advantage of data, such as the AIM (Automated Infrastructure Management) systems that we developed in CommScope, By basic definition, an IoT device is one that is connected to the Internet and shares data with other IoT systems and devices, and AIM tools correctly meet the challenges that this implies, crossing all data and information and processing it into a consumable format to solve real-world problems," he added.
With fiber densities increasingly high, as well as point-to-multipoint connections and the demand for leaf-spine architectures, managing network infrastructure presents constant challenges. Therefore, Automated Infrastructure Management solutions are high-value tools for the IoT that allow to satisfy the need to maintain different connections that are interrelated in the daily use of the network.
"Monitoring and managing network infrastructure has never been more challenging. Back to the networks, it is enough to think about all the useful information that could be obtained within the physical network if there were an IoT device that collects and handles all that information, in such a way that it not only helps to solve the problems that arise, but at the same time record that data to improve the systems in the future, " completed the CommScope Product Line Manager.
