Modular evolving knowledge-based diagnostic device for use in communication networks
First Claim
1. A diagnostic device for use in a communication network including network equipments, said device comprising diagnostic means that are adapted to determine the cause of problems occurring within said network on the basis of information provided by said network equipments and comprise a knowledge base in the form of basic diagnostic units and processing means including a rules engine adapted to establish hierarchical associations between basic diagnostic units selected in said knowledge base by means of selected rules to constitute configurable diagnostic models adapted to determine said causes of said problems.
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Abstract
A diagnostic device, for use in a communication network including, network equipments, comprises diagnostic means that are adapted to determine the cause of problems occurring within the network on the basis of information provided by the network equipments. The diagnostic means comprise a knowledge base in the form of basic diagnostic units and processing means adapted to establish hierarchical associations between basic diagnostic units selected in the knowledge base to constitute configurable diagnostic models adapted to determine causes of problems.
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- 1. A diagnostic device for use in a communication network including network equipments, said device comprising diagnostic means that are adapted to determine the cause of problems occurring within said network on the basis of information provided by said network equipments and comprise a knowledge base in the form of basic diagnostic units and processing means including a rules engine adapted to establish hierarchical associations between basic diagnostic units selected in said knowledge base by means of selected rules to constitute configurable diagnostic models adapted to determine said causes of said problems.
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