Traditionally networks have always been used as simple “dumb” connectivity pipes. Advanced networks such as 5G/Wi-Fi 6/6G are more than a pipe with their: 

• Cloud-native  
• Modular and Service-oriented architecture  
• Programmable – Developers can access network services through standard and proprietary interfaces.  

The above characteristics allow enterprise customers to choose capabilities (Radio Unit/Customer Unit/Data Unit/Core/Controllers/Access Points) from multiple vendors to build their private cellular networks. While this approach benefits enterprise customers in many ways, it also creates an interoperability challenge for applications interacting with the network through programmable interfaces and adjusting their behavior in real time.  

Shabodi NetAware programmable network platform (NetAware)  

• Addresses the interoperability problem by providing developers with common APIs without worrying about individual vendor APIs.  
• Second, because of Shabodi’s common and simple API interfaces, developers can rapidly build powerful applications without becoming experts on telecom standards or vendor-specific APIs.

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are looking for different ways to get a return on their investments in spectrum licenses and infrastructure rollout. They are also looking to enter the enterprise market through private cellular offerings.  

To monetize their 5G investments and find additional revenue opportunities, CSPs need to make the networks more than a connectivity pipe. Shabodi NetAware helps CSPs execute the application strategy by encouraging enterprise application developers to build Industry 4.0 applications.  

Exposing simple APIs to developers drives innovation through powerful applications. Here are a couple of examples: 

• Stripe has revolutionized the payment processing process.  

• Twilio simplified adding messaging (SMS), voice, and video call capabilities into applications and websites. Applications like Lyft/Uber use Twilio’s APIs to communicate to the end user about the driver’s location.  

In 5G, the network APIs are rich and expose network functionalities beyond messaging, voice, and video call capabilities to developers. To access such APIs and build advanced applications, developers must become telecom experts, know the standards, and orchestrate calls across multiple network functions.  

Shabodi’s NetAware programmable network platform, like Twilio or Stripe platforms, provides simplified APIs for modifying complex network capabilities within the application, thereby creating advanced applications for industrial use cases.

Shabodi’s Network-Aware Application Enablement Platform Exposes several network service capabilities. Some examples are: 

• Quality on Demand (Bandwidth on Demand) 
• Requesting specific latency to deliver real-time video stream. 
• Notification APIs when a user’s equipment moves between the cell areas 
• Controlling the message burst rate coming from several sensors 
• Deterministic routing 

Application developers can call the above Shabodi Network-Aware APIs and incorporate them into their applications to make them network-aware in just three steps, as shown in the NetAware architecture below. The most common applications are Industry 4.0 use cases where failure is not an option, such as warehouse automation with autonomous guided vehicles, industrial automation with autonomous mobile robots, productivity through drone-based remote inspections, remote mentoring, video analytics, and many more.