Carrier
Autonomous Driving Network (ADN)
Simplified Network with Intelligent O&M
Network Challenges
High complexity due to co-existing network generations
Legacy devices from many earlier generations are deployed alongside those of new generations, significantly increasing the number of NEs and KPIs, with the number of objects maintained per person growing by over 10x
Expensive optimization due to high service diversity
The rapid development of services connecting people, vehicles, and things necessitates real-time optimization and adaptation of network performance and resources. However, the expenditures on network optimization have already exceeded 30% of OPEX
Difficulty in experience assurance due to a complaint-driven approach
User experience assurance is typically triggered by complaints, with over 80% of complaints related to slow responses and frame freezing
What Is ADN
Autonomous driving network (ADN) is an advanced solution designed by Huawei, a pioneer of TM Forum's Autonomous Networks (AN), to fulfill the "Zero-X and Self-X" vision of AN based on the concepts of "leave complexity to providers and bring simplicity to customers" and "superior user experience and simplified network O&M". By integrating cutting-edge technologies, including generative AI (GenAI), agents, and digital twins, the ADN solution continuously improves network automation and intelligence, accelerating digital intelligent transformation for CSPs.
E2E monitoring and closed loop at the service layer
Based on intelligent service platforms such as AUTIN, ADO, and SmartCare, scenario-specific policy orchestration and process orchestration are implemented across various domains to achieve an E2E value stream closed loop, enhancing the efficiency and benefits of event processing, experience assurance, complaint handling, and marketing.
Policy execution and closed loop at the network layer
A telecom foundation model and GenAI technology are integrated to develop agents and copilots. These agents and copilots collaborate with the network management, control, and analysis modules to complete data collection, analysis, control, and optimization, thereby achieving an autonomous closed loop and reliable policy execution in individual domains.
Real-time awareness and execution at the NE layer
Intelligent infrastructures, such as hardware and protocols, enable NEs to implement local inference and high-precision awareness, thereby achieving real-time awareness of multidimensional data and providing real-time feedback to the upper layer for policy execution.
Products and Solutions
Wireless Network ADN solution
These solutions enable intelligent troubleshooting, daily network optimization, all-day energy saving, and differentiated service experience assurance. They have achieved significant results in commercial networks in China, Thailand, and other regions, driving a leap in network productivity, renewing business operations, and enhancing user experience.
Core Network ADN solution
The solution harnesses various technologies to build automation and intelligence capabilities throughout the entire lifecycle of the core network — covering planning, construction, maintenance, optimization, and operations. This helps to benefit from cost reduction, improved efficiency, and high network stability. This solution provides a unified view of cloud-based networks, allowing users to easily identify weaknesses, access a wealth of knowledge, and resolve complex issues with ease.
ICNMaster
All-Optical ADN solution
Huawei's All-Optical Access ADN solution, based on two major innovations—CEI Measurement Model and Telecom Foundation Model—empowers the intelligent operation of home broadband experience: CEI experience labels help pinpoint potential customers, enhancing marketing success rates by several times. AssurSpirit replaces manual site visits and fixes experience faults before complaints, cutting down the user churn rate by 20%. CompSpirit and FMEMate enable intelligent fault locating, reducing OPEX by 30%.
iMaster NCE-T
iMaster NCE-FAN
IP ADN Solution
To accelerate the realization of AN L4, Huawei introduces the 'One Map, One Brain' solution. One Map: iMaster NCE Network Digital Map provides real-time network state perception, enabling precise identification of service quality issues and rapid optimization.
One Brain: NetMaster enables automation through multi-dimensional KPI correlation analysis, error-free deployment via 1:1 online configuration simulation, autonomous fault identification and root cause diagnosis for efficient operations.iMaster NCE-IP
Awards
Jun 18, 2025
Huawei and China Mobile win TM Forum's 2025 Excellence Award for Autonomous Networks
Mar 04, 2026
Huawei and China Mobile Win GLOMO "Best AI-Powered Network Solution" Award for AN Achievement
Mar 05, 2025
China Mobile and Huawei Win the GSMA GLOMO Best Network Software Breakthrough and CTO Choice: Outstanding Mobile Technology Award
Jul 04, 2024
Huawei's GenAI for AN Wins "Best Moonshot Catalyst - Attendees' Choice Award" at DTW24-Ignite
Sep 27, 2024
Huawei and AIS Won Customer Experience Award at FutureNet Asia 2024
May 28, 2025
MTN and Huawei Win the "Automation Solution Award" at FutureNet MENA 2025
Sep 17, 2025
Huawei and AIS Win Network AI Award at FutureNet Asia 2025
Nov 28, 2025
Huawei Wins the Catalyst Innovator: Visionary Award at Innovate Asia 2025
Success Story
Thailand AIS
Guangdong Mobile
Zhejiang Mobile
LG U+
Guangdong Unicom
AIS Thailand and Huawei Jointly Address the cell outage Challenge on Wireless Networks in Extreme Weather Scenarios
Mobile phones may experience signal loss during rainy seasons due to power supply faults at base stations. To ensure uninterrupted communication in such emergencies, AIS and Huawei jointly deployed an innovative access network solution to optimize network resources in real time.
China Mobile Guangdong and Huawei Net Master Collaboratively Develop Digital O&M Experts for IP Transport Networks
Net Master offers a comprehensive suite of corpora for all communications network O&M scenarios, leveraging excellent intent understanding and fault self-diagnosis capabilities to enhance O&M efficiency for China Mobile Guangdong.
China Mobile Zhejiang works with Huawei ADN to empower the network with intelligence, O&M efficiency and experience have been greatly improved
Huawei ADN, leveraging decades of expertise in the core network field and telecom foundation model, has developed ICNMaster, including complaint handling agent （CompSpirit）and alarm diagnosis agent（AssurSpirit）, which has enhanced complaint handling efficiency by 64% and monitoring and troubleshooting efficiency by 87% in China Mobile Zhejiang, significantly improving O&M experience.
LG U+ Joins Hands with Huawei to Set Up an Optical 5G Network in South Korea
Huawei 5G ITA solution automatically plans and optimizes neighboring cells for 5G sites, increasing coverage optimization efficiency fivefold. It adjusts 5G Pattern beams according to population and traffic changes, improving poor-QoE user experience by 10%.
Guangdong Unicom and Huawei Build E2E Government and Enterprise Network
21 local networks have been merged into an E2E network in the Greater Bay Area, reducing network latency from 10 to 6 ms. Users can comprehensively monitor network running status as well as view the latency, traffic, and topology.
Expert Insights
Impacts and benefits of DeepSeek on the AN industry
Approaches for CSPs and enterprises to deploy AN strategies
Deep thinking and self-learning capabilities of ADN agents
Key drivers for the commercial use of AN Level 4
News
Layered Intelligence, Open Collaboration, Accelerating Toward Highly Autonomous Networks
[Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24, 2026] At the 2026 TM Forum Digital Transformation World (DTW) held at Bella Center in Copenhagen yesterday, Yang Chaobin, Executive Vice President, CEO of the ICT Business Group of Huawei, delivered a keynote speech.
Huawei and Industry Partners Launch OpenAN Project to Boost Large-Scale Deployment of Level 4 Autonomous Networks
[Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30, 2026] Led by Huawei and industry partners, the OpenAN project has been officially released.
Advancing to AN L4, Co-creating the Agentic Era
Apr 22, 2026
Futurenet Asia 2025 AIS Thailand EVP & Huawei APAC ICT CMO：Paradigm and Practice of Moving towards Autonomous Networks L4
Sep 17, 2025
Industry Leaders Launch "L4 is ON" Autonomous Networks Joint Initiative at MWC Barcelona
Mar 04, 2025
Navigating the Pathway to Autonomous Networks Level 4
Mar 27, 2025
Huawei Yang Chaobin: Embracing the Intelligent Era with Highly Autonomous Networks
Feb 27, 2024
TM Forum, Huawei, and Industry Partners Jointly Release Autonomous Networks Levels Evaluation Whitepaper
Nov 08, 2024
AIS and Huawei Launch RAN Intelligence Pioneers Program to Expedite AN L4 Evolution
Oct 09, 2024
Huawei Yang Chaobin: AI for Networks Powers Productivity
Jun 26, 2024
Huawei's Dang Wenshuan: Autonomous networks Level 4 will boost business value and now is the time to start
Jun 20, 2024
Leading the Way in Large Model Application Innovation and Advancing Toward AN Level 4
Apr 18, 2024
