Predictive anomaly detection in communication systems

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• obtain a measured sequence of state information associated with the communications system during a first timeframe;
• process the measured sequence of state information to determine a predicted sequence of state information for the communication system during a second timeframe;
• monitor current state information for the communication system over at least a portion of the second timeframe;
• determine operational anomalies associated with the communication system based at least on a comparison between the current state information and the predicted sequence of state information.

A method of processing telemetry data, the method comprising:

• obtaining an initial sequence of telemetry data measured during a first timeframe;
• processing the initial sequence of telemetry data to determine a predicted sequence of telemetry data during a second timeframe;
• observing current telemetry data over at least a portion of the second timeframe;
• determining deviations between the predicted sequence of telemetry data and the current telemetry data;
• and
• reporting the deviations as one or more alerts indicating operational anomalies for the current telemetry data.