When you cannot see what is happening in your network, you cannot fix it
Network traffic is becoming harder to understand. Increasing traffic volumes, encrypted and obfuscated applications, distributed architectures and new services make it difficult to identify what is happening across the network in real time.
Traditional monitoring can tell you that something is wrong — but often not what is causing the problem, which services or subscribers are affected, or where to start troubleshooting. This lack of visibility can delay issue resolution, affect service quality and make it harder to use network resources efficiently.
Turn network traffic into actionable insights
R&S®Probe Observer provides detailed, real-time visibility into what is happening in your network. The turnkey software probe analyzes a passive copy of live network traffic to deliver insights into applications, subscribers, traffic flows, network performance and QoS — without interfering with live traffic.
With ready-to-use network traffic analytics, you can:
- Detect network and QoS issues in real time before they impact services and users.
- Identify the source and scope of problems by analyzing traffic, applications and subscriber information.
- Optimize network resources based on detailed traffic data.
- Monitor service quality and network performance across subscribers, applications and network segments.
- Integrate traffic analytics into your existing environment through open interfaces and standard data outputs.
Whether you operate a communication network, manage network infrastructure, assure service quality, investigate network traffic for security purposes, or build network solutions, R&S®Probe Observer gives you the visibility needed to troubleshoot faster, optimize network performance and make informed decisions.
- Solution guide: R&S®Probe Observer
- Product brochure R&S®Probe Observer
- Use case: Data-driven network planning for fixed-line operators
- Use case: Proactive network analytics for high-performance datacenters
- Webinar: Introducing the ready-to-use network analytics suite R&S®Probe Observer
- Webinar: From edge to core: Real-time network intelligence with R&S®Probe Observer
See R&S®Probe Observer in action at MWC 2026
Get a quick overview of our turnkey DPI-based analytics solution delivering real-time network traffic insights to help operators, communication service providers and network security teams troubleshoot performance, plan capacity, ensure QoS, and detect anomalies to ensure more secure and resilient networks.
