Multi-Agent Automation of New Site Integration and Commissioning

Manual integration of a new cell site involves sequential handoffs between planning, inventory, configuration, and testing teams, often taking 2-4 weeks. A custom agentic workflow orchestrates these steps in parallel, validating configurations against a digital twin, pulling resources from inventory systems, and executing automated test suites, slashing cycle time by over 80%.

Human error in entering hundreds of parameters (PCI, neighbor lists, RF settings) into OSS/BSS systems causes site failures, performance issues, and costly rollback procedures. The workflow uses AI agents to extract intent from design documents, validate syntax and logic against network policy, and push flawless configurations directly to network elements and SON controllers.

Every day a commissioned site sits idle in testing or awaiting manual approval is a day of lost capacity revenue and unmet service demand. This automation workflow includes automated SLA validation and business-ready reporting, allowing the site to enter live traffic carrying status immediately upon passing automated gates, turning capital expenditure into revenue-generating assets faster.

Unpredictable manual timelines force operators to stock excess spares (RU, DU, antennas) in regional warehouses to avoid deployment delays. The workflow's predictable, accelerated schedule and integrated inventory management allow for just-in-time logistics and a tighter, AI-forecasted spare parts strategy, reducing working capital tied up in network hardware.

Senior RAN engineers spend significant time on repetitive provisioning and validation tasks. Automating this workflow reallocates their expertise to higher-value activities like network optimization, capacity planning, and architecture design, improving workforce leverage and accelerating innovation cycles without increasing headcount.

Manual processes create variability that jeopardizes synchronized market launches or large-scale network densification projects. This orchestrated workflow ensures consistent, repeatable execution across hundreds of sites, providing project managers with real-time dashboards and predictable timelines, fundamentally de-risking major capital programs.

Ingests geospatial data, propagation models, and business rules to generate the optimal RF design and bill of materials for the new site. It validates against network-wide KPIs and digital twin simulations before locking the configuration, preventing costly rework during physical deployment.

Checks global and local warehouse systems for hardware availability, triggers automated purchase orders for missing components, and coordinates with logistics partners for just-in-time delivery to the site. It updates the OSS with serial numbers and expected delivery timelines, creating a live provisioning status.

Takes the approved design and automatically generates vendor-specific CLI scripts or NETCONF/YANG payloads. It pushes these configurations to the baseband, radio, and transport elements via secured, version-controlled sessions. This agent handles credential management, pre-activation validation, and rollback procedures.

Upon hardware power-up, this agent executes a comprehensive test suite: pinging network elements, verifying neighbor relations, testing fronthaul synchronization, and validating basic RF performance against design thresholds. It correlates results from the EMS and drive-test data, automatically logging passes or routing failures to the triage queue.

After validation, this agent coordinates the final cutover. It updates the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and core network (AMF, SMF) with the new cell's parameters, adjusts neighbor lists on adjacent sites, and begins steering a controlled percentage of live user traffic onto the new asset. It monitors KPIs closely during the ramp-up phase.

The central controller managing the entire workflow state, agent communication, and exception handling. It integrates with the OSS/BSS (e.g., ServiceNow, Ericsson ENM) for ticket creation and closure, provides a real-time visual dashboard of the commissioning pipeline, and enforces approval gates (e.g., for capital expenditure) before proceeding to the next phase.

Drives the build to eliminate manual, error-prone configuration tasks and reduce mean-time-to-integration (MTTI) from weeks to hours. Benefits from automated validation against design rules, KPI-based acceptance testing, and a closed-loop system that flags integration faults for immediate correction, directly lowering OPEX and improving network quality.

Drives the build to accelerate revenue realization from new assets and de-risk rollout schedules. Benefits from predictable, repeatable activation sequences, reduced truck rolls for rework, and seamless data handoff from planning tools (e.g., Atoll, iBwave) to live OSS, protecting CAPEX ROI and enabling faster market coverage.

Drives the build to create a scalable, API-first orchestration layer that replaces brittle point-to-point integrations. Benefits from a unified agentic framework (e.g., LangGraph) that mediates between inventory (IBM, Amdocs), provisioning (Cisco NSO, Netcracker), and service assurance systems, reducing integration debt and creating a platform for future automation.

Drives the build** for tangible OPEX reduction and improved capital efficiency. Benefits from direct labor arbitrage (fewer engineers per site), avoided revenue leakage from delayed launches, and granular cost attribution per integration step. The workflow turns site activation from a cost center into a predictable, optimized business process.

Drives the build to enforce consistent security hardening and compliance checks (e.g., DISA STIGs, vendor best practices) as a mandatory step in the automated workflow. Benefits from an immutable audit trail of all configuration changes, automated vulnerability scans pre-activation, and guaranteed policy adherence without relying on manual diligence.

Indirect driver through demand for higher network quality and faster coverage. Primary beneficiary of a more stable, performant network from day one. The automated workflow ensures each site is fully optimized and monitored before carrying live traffic, reducing early-life failures and improving overall customer experience metrics (e.g., NPS, churn).