SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RULE CREATION AND PARAMETER ADAPTATION BY DATA MINING IN A SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method for creating or adapting a rule in a self-organizing (SON) network, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining data relating to the SON network;
performing analytics on the obtained data;
automatically creating a new rule or adapting an existing rule, based on the results of the analytics performed in the performing step;
providing the new or adapted rule to a network entity for executing the rule; and
in accordance with the rule, performing an action to change a configuration in the SON network,wherein the data include “
Big Data”
mined from a “
Big Data”
system and the rule is created or adapted at the “
Big Data”
system level.
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Abstract
Data mined in a radio access and transport network is used to create or adapt SON rules and SON parameters. More particularly, the analytics of “Big Data” mined in the network are used to generate new or modified SON rules and/or parameters, in realtime, in an automated way (i.e., substantially without human interaction in creating/updating the rules and/or parameters). A system and method for creating or adapting a rule in a SON network, is provided including a first network management layer (which can be, but does not have to be, the network management layer of a “Big Data” system), an element management system layer, and at least one network element. In this embodiment, the system is configured to: obtain data mined from the SON network and/or other sources; perform analytics on the mined data; and automatically create a new rule or adapt an existing rule, based on the results of the analytics performed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for creating or adapting a rule in a self-organizing (SON) network, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining data relating to the SON network; performing analytics on the obtained data; automatically creating a new rule or adapting an existing rule, based on the results of the analytics performed in the performing step; providing the new or adapted rule to a network entity for executing the rule; and in accordance with the rule, performing an action to change a configuration in the SON network, wherein the data include “
Big Data”
mined from a “
Big Data”
system and the rule is created or adapted at the “
Big Data”
system level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for creating or adapting a rule in a self-organizing (SON) network, comprising:
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a network management layer; an element management system layer; and at least one network element; the system being configured to; obtain data related to the SON network; perform analytics on the data thus obtained; automatically create a new rule or an adapted rule adapted from an existing rule, based on the results of the analytics performed in the performing step; provide the new or adapted rule to a network entity that will execute the rule; and execute the rule to change a configuration in the network, wherein the network management layer is a “
Big Data”
system and the data include data mined from the “
Big Data”
system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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11. (canceled)
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16. A network management layer, configured to:
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perform analytics on data obtained from a self-organizing (SON) network, the analytics identifying occurrence and interdependencies of events and network behavior; automatically create a new rule or adapt an existing rule based on the analytics performed; and provide the rule to an element management system and/or a network element via at least one interface (Interface A, Interface B), and wherein the data obtained from the SON network include data mined from a “
Big Data”
system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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17. (canceled)
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