Overview
NEWS Sensors, represent Network Early Warning System (NEWS) designed to dramatically enhance network reliability and performance within enterprise wireless environments. By integrating state-of-the-art sensor technology with robust AI-driven analytics, NEWS Sensors deliver exceptional visibility, proactive management, and rapid troubleshooting capabilities.
Core Components
- Intent Engine: Clearly defines operational outcomes to align network performance with business objectives.
- Automation Engine: Facilitates swift and automated network diagnostics, significantly reducing resolution times.
- Analytics Engine: Provides predictive analytics to foresee and preemptively resolve potential network disruptions.
- Closed Loop ML/AI Engine: Continuously optimizes network performance using self-learning algorithms to adapt dynamically to changing network conditions.
Key Functionalities
- Advanced Predictive Network Analytics: Early identification and automated remediation of network anomalies to prevent disruptions before user impact occurs.
- Seamless Sensor Deployment: Designed for rapid and unobtrusive integration into existing network infrastructures, supporting both legacy and modern systems.
- Real-time, Centralized Dashboard: A comprehensive, user-friendly interface offering extensive performance metrics and real-time network health insights.
- Scalable, Flexible Architecture: Built on Docker technology with powerful API support, allowing effortless scalability and integration across diverse network environments.
- Comprehensive Synthetic Testing Suite: Automates extensive performance tests across key network KPIs, providing consistent and reliable performance metrics.
Unique Capabilities
- Edge Analytics: Immediate data processing at sensor locations enables faster decision-making and minimal latency.
- Versatile Sensor Hardware: Supports diverse connectivity options including Wi-Fi, LTE, BLE, and LoRaWAN, complemented by integrated GPS for precise location tracking and ease of deployment.
- Advanced Cybersecurity: Strong encryption standards and comprehensive security protocols ensure maximum protection against cyber threats.
Practical Use Cases
- Real-time performance monitoring of critical Cloud and SaaS applications.
- Advanced diagnostics for VoIP and WebRTC communication platforms.
- Predictive maintenance and anomaly detection in enterprise wireless networks.
- Compliance assurance in sectors requiring strict regulatory adherence, such as finance and healthcare.
Enhancing Enterprise Networks with NEWS Sensors – Proactive Reliability, Redefined
Managing enterprise wireless networks effectively is increasingly challenging, but NEWS Sensors revolutionize this task by combining advanced sensor technology and AI-driven predictive analytics.
Why NEWS Sensors?
Traditional reactive troubleshooting methods drain resources and are inefficient in quickly resolving issues. NEWS Sensors proactively identify and mitigate potential disruptions before they affect users, transforming network management into a proactive, predictive operation.
Leading-Edge Innovations
Leveraging sophisticated machine learning algorithms and edge analytics, NEWS Sensors provide detailed and actionable insights directly at the network edge, ensuring unparalleled reliability and operational efficiency.
Comprehensive Real-World Applications
From maintaining robust VoIP communications to ensuring strict regulatory compliance in finance and healthcare environments, NEWS Sensors excel in delivering comprehensive, proactive network management solutions.
Empower Your Network with NEWS Sensors
Why Choose NEWS Sensors?
- Proactive Detection: Identify and resolve network issues before user impact.
- Intelligent Analytics: AI-driven insights for precise diagnostics and proactive management.
- Effortless Integration: Quick deployment into existing network frameworks.
- Complete Network Visibility: Unified dashboard with detailed, real-time analytics.
Key Advantages
- Maximized Productivity: Reduced downtime through proactive network management.
- Operational Savings: Lower costs associated with troubleshooting and downtime.
- Superior User Experience: Reliable, uninterrupted network services.
Ideal Applications
- Enterprise Wireless Networks
- Compliance Monitoring in Healthcare and Financial sectors
- Real-Time Communication Infrastructure
NEWS Sensors – Product Features
NEWS AI Network Sensors give enterprises proactive, always-on visibility into their wireless networks by combining advanced sensor hardware with AI-driven analytics. They continuously benchmark Wi-Fi performance and service levels, complementing access points with real end-user experience data and automatic compliance alerting. With system-wide WLAN insight, they help teams quickly pinpoint whether issues stem from wired, wireless, or client devices and enable them to troubleshoot and fix problems remotely—improving reliability, security, and overall service quality across sites.
Key Specifications
Hardware Capabilities
- Power Options: PoE, Micro USB with up to 10 hours battery backup.
- Connectivity:
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac (Wave2) with 3T3R MIMO antenna
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) capable prototypes
- BLE 5.0 Mesh support
- 3G/4G LTE, LoRaWAN backhaul options
- GPS: Integrated for easy outdoor mesh-sensor deployments and automatic onboarding.
- Memory Options: 32GB, 64GB, 512GB, 2TB with 1GB~4GB RAM.
- Camera: Integrated with variable lens options (2.0 mm to 5.7 mm) for heights from 2.4m to 20m (8 ft to 65 ft).
- Plug ‘n’ Play: USB 3.0 hot-plug support for mesh deployments; supports edge computing.
- Secure Data Logging: Configurable retention of up to 60+ days.
Software and Security
- MQTT & RESTFUL Bridge: Secure, real-time data monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Streaming Support: gRPC for active/passive RF-network spectrum analysis.
- Containerized Applications: On-demand synthetic testing suitable for POS, healthcare, factories, education, transport, and retail.
- Wireless Backhaul: Robust onboarding including hidden SSID support.
- Security Protocols: Comprehensive RADIUS server and AAA security settings, monitoring client onboarding issues with RCA.
Advanced Analytics & AI Features
- Automatic Device Classification: Distributed sensors for automated detection, notification, and mitigation.
- Predictive Analytics: Machine learning engine that monitors current trends and provides predictive insights and automated network self-governance.
- Contextual UI: Single pane dashboard with customizable templates and themes.
Important KPIs Monitored
- RSSI
- Noise Floor
- SNR/SINR
- Airtime/Channel Utilization
- Throughput
- Packet Loss
- Jitter
- Latency
- MOS
- Co-Channel Interference (CCI)
Ideal Applications
- Enterprise Networks: Robust monitoring and maintenance.
- Compliance Sensitive Areas: Healthcare, finance, PCI compliance.
- Real-Time Communication: VoIP, video conferencing, WebRTC applications.
- Public Infrastructure: Hospitals, education, malls, libraries, transport hubs.
smart sensor
Distributed AI Smart Sensors are integrated with NEWS platform
- Intelligent-Edge agents with inbuilt machine learning algorithms
- Identification of the problems at the source
- On-premises advanced sensor hardware
- Maximizing network uptime, device connectivity & network ROI
- Edge Analytics as the core USP
- Next-gen ML and Deep Neural Net/AI algorithms
- Best fit solution for distributed organizations
Sprinkling of AI Sensors on Enterprise NW
AI Products
Wired,Lte,Nb-Iot Backhaul 
Ble-Mesh 
Poe Ieee 802.3af 
Usb Charged Dc 5.1V/3.5Amps 
Battery backup 3.7v/3800mah 
12.3 Megapixel Camera 
eSim Support 
Led Status Indication
Important KPIs for Validation & Troubleshooting
RSSI
Airtime / Channel Utilization (Duty cycle)
Minimum Basic Rate
Co-Channel Interference (CCI)
Channel Widths
Noise Floor
Throughput
SSIDs
Channel Reuse
Packet Loss
SNR/SINR
Cipher Suites
Retransmissions (retries)
Channels
Jitter
Latency
MOS
AI Productline Offerings
Active/Passive WIFI analytics sensor
Edge-analytics Fusion engine
Enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) application
AI HW SPEC
- 1 Multiple power options (PoE, Micro USB)
- 2 10 Hours battery backup
- 3 WIFI 802.11ac (Wave2) 3T3R MIMO antenna / 802.11ax(WIFI6) radio chipset compatible HAT
- 4 BLE 5.0 MESH support
- 5 4G LTE / LoRaWAN configurable backhaul
- 6 Inbuilt GPS(Enables outdoor MESH-Sensor deployments easy, Fast-NTP Sync up; seamless automatic on-boarding upon power-on)
- 7 FLASH Memory(32GB,64GB,512GB,2TB) and 1GB~8GB RAM
- 8 Integrated camera (variable lens Options ranging from 2.0 mm to 5.7 mm supporting heights from 2.4 m to 20 m (8 ft up to 65 ft) )
- 9 USB 3.0 bridge enables Plug ‘n’ Play / Hot plug support (Enterprise Sensor MESH-deployment sensor can be turned on to carter AI @ EDGE [Not relying on the connection with the cloud] WAN link not required)
- 10 Secure data-logging retention 60+ days ( software configurable)
Synthetic Test Suites
WebAuth
- Onboarding events test(Wired/Wireless)
- Splash page test
- Internal WebAuth test
- External Webauth test
- Virtual IP test
- Passthrough + AAA test
Traceroute
- Number of hops
- TCP/UDP/ICMP protocol
- Path-MTU
- Hop-by-Hop RTT
- DSCP marking
- Destination TCP/IP port
Security Guard
- Against Wi-Fi Pineapple attacks
- MIM attacks , BW-Stealing , Continuous request redirections
- Deep packet inspection into DHCP DORA and EAP timing metrics , WI-Fi L1,L2 events
Speedtest
- Download speed
- Upload speed
- Custom server
TCP-based PING test
- Packet Loss
- Round-Trip Time
- DSCP marking
- MTU and DF setting
- Custom Port
VoIP Testing
- Mean Opinion Score
- Packet Loss
- Jitter G711, G729, G723, G726, G728
PING
- End-to-End connectivity
- Packet Loss
- Round-Trip Time
- DSCP marking
- MTU and DF setting
RADIUS
- CHAP , PAP onboarding
- EAP-TLS , KEY-Ex,Pass-key
- Loopback test
- Wired/Wireless Events onboarding test
- RADIUS failure events streaming test
PAYLOADS
- Payload decoding test
- Protocol sequencing test
- MAC-IP mapping test
- BW throttling test
- Traffic shaping test
- QoS/QoE test
Real-Time Data About Network
Run tests between agents and other network hosts. Automated tests deliver real-time data about network and application performance, enabling Mobilecomm NW Sensors to detect the problems before the end-users do.
NW AI Sensors
ThinkAIOT system will automatically recognize and notifiy your it department of wifi/nw concerns even before they turned into problems – and recommended solutions
Network Uptime
Optimize Network Uptime performance by testing, throughput, bandwidth, and other matrices.
Boost Speed
Get high Internet speeds to Download/Upload files using your Local Area Network.
Monitor Signal
Monitor wireless interference of signals for better performance of your wireless connection.
Wi-Fi Issues
Troubleshoot various Wi-Fi speeds and connectivity problems for better throughput.
Remote Locations
Get real-time visibility of the Wi-Fi use at remote locations.
Identify Devices
Identify devices/ buildings/ floors/ stores or campuses instantly.
Actions On Complaints
Take preventive action to prevent the occurrence and corrective action to prevent recurrence for complaints.
Connectivity & Network
Keep watch on the connectivity of your Wi-Fi Network, connected devices, and potency of the signal.
NEWS Dashboard
Network Early Warning (NEW) Platform Features
Incognito Engine
MCPS NEW machine-learning/AI platform incognito engine always keeps monitoring current trends and EYE view depicts predictive trends . Auto-Action mode enables to self-govern the Network
On-demand containerized
On-demand based containerized application performance synthetic testing (POS, MEDICARE, Factory-Floor logistics, Hospitals, Libraries, Schools/Universities, Malls, Transport sector, etc..)
Detection of MCPS Sensors
Distributed/Sprinkled MCPS sensors does automated detection , notification ,mitigation and provides detailed and actionable insights through MPCS NEW platform.
Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Secure MqTT + RESTFUL bridge , gRPC streaming support for live data monitoring and troubleshooting (Active/Passive RF-Network spectrum analysis)
Contextual UI
Single pane of glass contextual UI , Customizable reconfigurable templates , Reconfigurable NEON/White-lit themes
Security Settings
Security settings (RADIUS Server, AAA) , client onboard failures and its RCA , soft-spot markers prone failures
Wireless Backhaul
Wireless Backhaul based on-boarding, Hidden SSID support, Wireless link quality monitoring
Monitor Mode
Deep insights on Hostapd , Monitor mode state-machine visualizations
Classification
Automatic Device Classification
Active Network Sensor Features
Multipeer Call Monitoring
MOS-Score, Jitter, Call-Quality prediction based on WebRTC metrics and gives insights from 750+ data point
RESTFUL & Secure
MQTT bridge enables simultaneous communication channels. The bridge is a subset of the local MQTT traffic.
Video/image analytics
The camera integrated on to ThinkAIOT sensor enables video/image analytics along with standard WIFI test analytics.
Link quality monitoring
End to end link quality monitoring of LAN, WAN (Uplink/Downlinks) WiFi/Wired/BLE – Link Quality and VLAN config.
Real-time Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting of Real-Time Application sensors can gauge One-Way Audio, Delayed voice, Pixelated Video, the video call.
Foresee NW behavior
Security settings (RADIUS Server, AAA) , client onboard failures and its RCA , soft-spot markers prone failures
Automated Detection
Distributed/ Sprinkled ThinkAIOT sensors does automated detection, notification, mitigation and provides detailed.
Inbuilt GPS
Inbuilt GPS(Enables outdoor MESH-Sensor deployments easy, Fast-NTP Syncup;seamless automatic onboarding upon power-on)
Quality Camera
Integrated camera (variable lens Options ranging from 2.0 mm to 5.7 mm supporting heights from 2.4 m to 20 m (8 ft up to 65 ft))
SSID Support
Wireless Backhaul based on-boarding , Hidden SSID support , Wireless link quality monitoring.
Multiple Domains
Multiple-domains of interest reachability/ path-visualization can be known in one go.
Long Lasting Battery
Multiple power options (PoE,Micro USB) with 10 Hours battery backup
Synthetic test suite (Live and Historical)
Path Visualization / MTR
Site Reachability
Remote sensors logging / LIVE-PACKET CAPTURE & ANALYSIS
RF Scanner (WIFI,LTE,BLE)
Wired and Wireless interface only scheduled testing
Sensor interface Fall-back / Wireless backhaul
Single pane dashboard based Sensor metrics
Cloud connector outage , autonomous operation
Past Vs Current Vs Future Voice MoS score gauges , Video streaming quality detection
Wireless link quality gauges d) Guided automation and troubleshooting scaling of nodes deployment
Plug and play zero touch provisioning , TLS-Certs based device identification and provisioning , isolate and zonalize rogue Aps;IoT nodes
Traffic shaping , QoS-Levels monitoring , Protocol multiservice deep packet inspection
WebRTC
Peer–to-Peer
Multipeer
Device Test
