Methods and apparatus for implementing a self optimizing-organizing network manager

• US 9,369,886 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Viavi Solutions, Inc. (Lumentum Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Viavi Solutions, Inc. (Lumentum Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Tarraf, Osama, Sahin, Mustafa Emin, Ansari, Arif
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled
• Assistant Examiner(s): BELETE, BERHANU D
• Application Number:
  US13/606,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20130242736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: 370/235, 370/328, 455/418
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a management module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device. The management module is configured to receive a signal associated with a value of a performance indicator that a first process module is configured to optimize using a metric. The management module is configured to optimize a value associated with the metric based at least in part on the value of the performance indicator that the first process module is configured to optimize and a value of a performance indicator that a second process module is configured to optimize using the metric. The management module is configured to send a signal to the first process module such that the first process module modifies a value of the metric based on the value associated with the metric.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to;

manage, concurrently, an antenna-based process and a parameter-based process;

receive a signal associated with a value of a performance indicator that a first device optimizes using a first metric and the antenna-based process,

the value being associated with at least one of a key performance indicator, a mobile level measurement, a cell level measurement, a system level measurement, a network metric, a configuration metric, a power indicator, or a network alarm indicator;

optimize a first value associated with the first metric based on the value of the performance indicator that the first device optimizes and a value of a performance indicator that a second device optimizes using the first metric and the parameter-based process;

send, at a first time, a signal to the first device to modify a value of the first metric based on the first value associated with the first metric; and

receive, at a second time after the first time, a signal associated with a second value of the performance indicator that the second device optimizes.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first device is:

an antenna-based Self Organizing Network (SON) device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first metric is associated with a tilt of an antenna.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second device is a load balancing SON device or an interference reduction SON device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the value of the performance indicator that the second device optimizes is a first value of the performance indicator that the second device optimizes, and

the processor is further configured to:

optimize a second value associated with the first metric based on the value of the performance indicator that the first device optimizes and the second value of the performance indicator that the second device optimizes; and

send a signal to the second device to modify the value of the first metric based on the second value associated with the first metric.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first value associated with the first metric is a quantity of cycles associated with executing the antenna-based process.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

optimize the first value associated with the first metric based on a value of a second metric used to optimize the performance indicator that the first device optimizes.

8. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to;

manage, concurrently, an antenna-based process and a parameter-based process;

receive a signal associated with a value of a performance indicator that a first device optimizes using a first metric and the antenna-based process,

the value being associated with at least one of a key performance indicator, a mobile level measurement, a cell level measurement, a system level measurement, a network metric, a configuration metric, a power indicator, or a network alarm indicator;

optimize a first value associated with the first metric based on the value of the performance indicator that the first device optimizes, a value of a performance indicator that a second device optimizes using the first metric and the parameter-based process, and a value of a second metric used to optimize the performance indicator that the first device optimizes, the second metric being different from the first metric;

send, at a first time, a signal to the first device including the first value associated with the first metric and the value of the second metric; and

receive, at a second time after the first time, a signal associated with a second value of the performance indicator that the second device optimizes.

9. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first device is:

an antenna-based Self Organizing Network (SON) device.

10. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first metric is associated with a tilt of an antenna.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second device is a load balancing SON device or an interference reduction SON device.

12. An method comprising:

concurrently managing, by a device, an antenna-based process and a parameter-based process;

receiving, by the device, a signal associated with a value of a performance indicator that a first device optimizes using a first metric and the antenna-based process and a second device optimizes using a second metric and the parameter-based process,

the value being associated with at least one of a key performance indicator, a mobile level measurement, a cell level measurement, a system level measurement, a network metric, a configuration metric, a power indicator, or a network alarm indicator;

optimizing, by the device, a first value associated with the first metric and a value associated with the second metric based on the value of the performance indicator;

sending, by the device and at a first time, a signal to the first device to modify the first value associated with the first metric;

sending, by the device, a signal to the second device to modify the value associated with the second metric; and

receiving, by the device and at a second time after the first time, a signal associated with a second value of the performance indicator that the second device optimizes.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

optimizing the value associated with the second metric at a third time after the first time.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending the signal to the first device at a particular time; and

sending the signal to the second device at substantially the particular time.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein

the value of the performance indicator is a value of the performance indicator at a particular time, and

the method further includes:

sending the signal to the first device at another time after the particular time;

receiving a signal associated with a value of the performance indicator at an additional time after the other time; and

optimizing the value associated with the second metric based on the value of the performance indicator at the particular time and the value of the performance indicator at the additional time.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending a value of a change in the second metric to the first device.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first device is an antenna-based Self Organizing Network (SON) device.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the first metric is associated with a tilt of an antenna.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the second device is a load balancing SON device or an interference reduction SON device.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the first value associated with the first metric is a quantity of cycles associated with executing the antenna-based process.