The impact of technology advancements in Cloud and Edge computing, AI everywhere, 5G and intelligent networks, is poised to revolutionize gaming industry by eliminating traditional constraints, allowing precision service quality and enabling paramount gaming experience. This advancement is particularly significant in the context of the rapidly growing eSports industry, with the global market projected to reach $140 billion by 2028 and cloud gaming itself expected to grow to $18 billion by 2026. These developments open up new avenues for monetization. However, the success of cloud gaming hinges on delivering a high-quality gaming experience that meets player expectations, which necessitates a new approach to network connectivity. In gaming, "slow is the new down" – a principle that extends to other latency-sensitive industries like finance, IoT, and AI.
The Catalyst project, Game X, showcases a groundbreaking solution: a network that automatically adapts to guarantee the quality of experience required for demanding online gaming for instance, professional competitions. This innovation creates new business models for service providers and the entire gaming ecosystem, including game developers, publishers, and cloud providers. It enables dynamic, premium service APIs for B2B interactions such as international gaming events, professional online games, and differentiated premium services for gamers (B2C). The project fosters agile partnerships by integrating Agentic AI capabilities across the value chain.
Our solution leverages Agentic AI-powered autonomous network management and closed-loop automation to proactively optimize performance, ensuring zero-trouble operation and dynamically adapting to changing network conditions, significantly improving operational efficiency. We achieve this by utilizing TM Forum's Open APIs and Open Digital Architecture (ODA), enabling cloud gaming platforms to express their desired network performance as intent, which is then automatically translated into specific network configurations across 5G networks, fixed-line infrastructure, and edge computing resources. This Catalyst demonstrates how CSPs can leverage autonomous network capabilities to deliver superior gaming experiences and monetize their 5G and fixed network investments by offering differentiated, premium QoS services, opening up new revenue streams. We also demonstrate zero-wait service provisioning with the help of Zero-Touch Partner onboarding capabilities.