--- title: "Example Scenario: Zero-Touch Provisioning for Radio Devices | x101" url: https://www.x101.ai/case-studies/ran-zero-touch-provisioning description: "How x101 takes a new radio site from installation to carrying traffic without a manual configuration step: plan read, configuration generated, validated and commissioned under approval." --- # Zero-touch provisioning for radio network devices Example scenario · Telecom > **This is an example scenario, not a customer deployment.** It shows how x101 capabilities apply to this kind of work. There are no customer-attributed figures on this page; outcome numbers are published only once they are measured in a live deployment. For deployments running today, see the [production case studies](https://www.x101.ai/case-studies#telecom). **New sites go from installation to carrying traffic without a manual configuration step.** x101 reads the plan, generates the device configuration from approved vendor templates, validates it against the live network, and commissions it under approval. - **Function**: Network rollout and commissioning - **Systems**: Planning, inventory, element managers, ticketing - **Deployment**: On-premises or private cloud - **Human control**: Approval before anything reaches a live device Last updated: 22 September 2026 ## The challenge Rolling out radio sites at scale is limited less by hardware than by the configuration work around it. Every device needs settings derived from the plan, matched to its vendor and generation, checked against the live network, and recorded, and today most of that is careful manual work under time pressure. - **Configuration written by hand, site by site**: Engineers derive parameters from planning documents for every device, which is slow and produces variation between sites that should be identical. - **Every vendor does it differently**: A multi-vendor estate means multiple command sets, templates and conventions, and the knowledge of each lives with a handful of specialists. - **Errors found after the crew has left**: Mistakes surface during commissioning or after go-live, when fixing them means another visit and another maintenance window. - **Records assembled after the fact**: What was configured, by whom and against which plan version is reconstructed later, which makes rollout audits slow. ## What x101 does The same platform capabilities that run in production elsewhere, applied to this work. Each step below is standard platform behaviour, not custom development. 1. **The plan, read directly**. x101 reads the design and planning output alongside inventory and the current network state, so the intended configuration and the live reality sit in one picture. 2. **The configuration, generated**. Device settings are drafted from approved vendor templates and past commissioned sites, with every value traceable to the plan or the standard it came from. 3. **Validated before it ships**. Parameter conflicts, neighbour relationships, capacity assumptions and policy rules are each checked against the live network state before anything is sent to a device. 4. **Commissioned under approval**. The approved configuration is applied through the operator's own automation, inside blast-radius limits, with every action logged and reversible. 5. **Verified on air**. Post-commissioning checks confirm the site behaves as designed; anything outside tolerance is raised as an exception with evidence. 6. **Each site teaches the next**. Corrections, overrides and commissioning outcomes feed the templates, so the generated configuration improves with every rollout. > **Governance runs across every step.** Each request carries the permissions of the person asking, actions follow the policies you set, high-impact steps wait for human approval, and every decision is written to a signed, replayable record. ## What gets measured These are the measures a deployment of this scenario is held to. Figures are published on this page once a live deployment has produced them. ### Baseline and target Agreed before the first week - Elapsed time from installation to carrying live traffic - Share of sites commissioned without a repeat visit - Configuration errors caught before they reach a device - Engineer hours per commissioned site ### How rollout works A first use case live in weeks - **Inside your perimeter.** Your cloud, your access controls and your data, from day one. - **Works with what you run.** x101 reads the systems you already have, as they are today. - **Paired with a solutions engineer.** Someone who has deployed this before works alongside your team. - **Measured against your baseline.** The numbers that matter are agreed up front and reported against. ## The parts of x101 this uses Every capability below already runs in production. This scenario applies them to a different kind of work. - **Unify**: Planning output, inventory, element managers and the live network state read as one picture. [Explore](https://www.x101.ai/#unify) - **Company Knowledge**: Vendor manuals, approved templates and past commissioned sites ground every configuration. [Explore](https://www.x101.ai/#knowledge) - **From Answer to Action**: The configuration is not only drafted, it is validated, applied and verified in the same flow. [Explore](https://www.x101.ai/#act) - **AI Explainability**: Every parameter traces back to the plan or standard behind it, with the full trail preserved. [Explore](https://www.x101.ai/#explainability) - **Governed by Design**: Approval gates before anything touches a live device, and a signed record of every step. [Explore](https://www.x101.ai/#governance) - **No Vendor Lock-in**: Runs on the operator's own premises, with models that never leave the estate. [Explore](https://www.x101.ai/#no-lock-in) ## Keep reading - [Where to put the next charging station](https://www.x101.ai/case-studies/charging-station-placement): Demand, grid, traffic, planning and cost read together, with sites ranked and explained. - [Payroll reconciled before it pays](https://www.x101.ai/case-studies/payroll-processing): Every run reconciled ahead of close, with the policy clause behind each deduction. - [Deployments running today](https://www.x101.ai/case-studies): Two Tier-1 telecom deployments with measured outcomes, and the rest of the scenario library. ## Bring zero-touch rollout to your network. Plan-to-live commissioning with generated configuration, live validation, governed execution and a complete record, deployable entirely on your premises. - [Book a demo](https://www.x101.ai/contact) - [Explore the Platform →](https://www.x101.ai/platform)