How much of a concern is signal traffic

This article came from an interview with Thomas Henze, Deutsche Telekom it was conducted by Mark Callender, Conference Producer Broadband Traffic Management Series in a pre-event promotion.  Mr. Henze will be a speaker at the LTE Direct Event on November 8^th 2012, where he will be presenting a case study concerning Enabling proximity based services with “LTE Direct”.  He will also be discussing increasing the amount of connected devices and how it will affect signaling traffic.  Below is an excerpt of this interview.

How much of a concern is signal traffic caused by the increasing number of connected devices?

Different from some underestimations of the signaling as well as data usage traffic in the past, we have to actively manage possible consequences of the introduction of proximity services in the mobile networks. This means, for "LTE Direct" we will have to consider the impact of signaling traffic from the very beginning and design the technical solution accordingly. And lets not forget: Mobile access and the use of licensed spectrum are the most powerful tools - owned by operators - to manage huge numbers of connected devices in dense areas. First assessments and simulations have shown results proving this statement.

This increase of traffic due to the proximity of services that Steve is talking about in this article can be used to support the need for a tool to calculate the influence this will have on signaling traffic.  If it is known in advance what the level of traffic will be in a given instance, preparations can be made.  You cannot bring the baby home without a crib.  Diametriq's Diameter Traffic Calculator™ is just what the doctor ordered.  The tool can be used to calculate signaling traffic and stop congestion and bottle necks before they occur by assisting operators in understanding the weak points in their networks.  

Tonia Eynon