Employing handover failures for network fault prediction or remedy
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorMoshiur Rahman
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Abstract
The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can detect a potential fault condition in a wireless communication network. In particular, the architecture can reference handover transaction failures in order to identify issues, e.g., before such issues escalate to more severe fault situations. In addition, the architecture can dynamically query a set of devices or components potentially responsible for the handover failure and/or take appropriate actions aimed at remedying the issue in an expeditious manner.
Claims20
A system that detects a potential fault condition in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- a monitor component that examines handover transaction messages received by a network component, and that identifies a handover failure;
- an aggregation component that stores information associated with the handover failure to a data store;
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- a fault management component that dynamically queries connected components associated with the handover failure in order to determine a potential fault condition prior to escalation.
A method for detecting an error condition before escalation to a fault in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- monitoring handover transaction messages relating to wireless communication handover;
- identifying a handover failure based upon the monitoring handover transaction messages;
- registering the handover failure by storing in a failure list in a data store;
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- dynamically querying components potentially responsible for the handover failure in order to isolate or remedy an error condition.
A method for dynamically querying components potentially responsible for a handover failure in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- receiving a failure list including a set of handover failures detected based upon data received by a RNC;
- determining a set of devices connected to the RNC;
- automatically transmitting one or more query to all or a portion of the set of devices connected to the RNC;
- analyzing responses to the one or more query;
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- determining at least one source of the set of handover failures based upon the analyzing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.