Data driven systems and methods to isolate network faults
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsZhiqiang Qian, Michael Zinnikas
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer readable media for isolating network faults are provided. A data driven automation services module is provided including a data connector, a data driven policy designer and a data driven self-service engine. The data connector collects data from the plurality of network data sources and integrates the data into shared communities for insight development. The data driven policy designer creates and stores templates and develops policies to implement service tasks to identify and isolate network problems. The data driven self-service engine integrates the network and its orchestration capabilities with big data technology to develop a plurality of microservices to perform service tasks.
Claims20
A method for identifying and isolating network problems comprising:
- determining, by a computer system including a computer, a failure of a service task;
- accessing, by the computer system, a data driven policy designer to develop a relevant policy to perform network troubleshooting;
- determining, by the computer system, via a first microservice and the relevant policy, whether there is a local device failure causing the failure of the service task;
- responsive to the determining the local device failure is causing the failure of the service task, bonding, by the computer system, the local device failure to the failure of the service task;
- and
- responsive to the determining the local device failure is not causing the failure of the service task:
- running, by the computer system, connectivity tests to identify IP protocol or virtual network function issues;
- and
- simulating, by the computer system, service path traffic to verify restoration of service.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform operations comprising:
- accessing a data driven policy designer to develop a relevant policy to perform network troubleshooting;
- determining, via a first microservice and the relevant policy, whether there is a local device failure causing a failure of a service task;
- responsive to the determining the local device failure is causing the failure of the service task, bonding the local device failure to the failure of the service task;
- and
- responsive to the determining the local device failure is not causing the failure of the service task:
- running connectivity tests to identify IP protocol or virtual network function issues;
- and
- simulating service path traffic to verify restoration of service.
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- determining, via a first microservice and a relevant policy to perform network troubleshooting, whether there is a local device failure causing a failure of a service task;
- responsive to the determining the local device failure is causing the failure of the service task, bonding the local device failure to the failure of the service task;
- and
- responsive to the determining the local device failure is not causing the failure of the service task:
- running connectivity tests to identify IP protocol or virtual network function issues;
- and
- simulating service path traffic to verify restoration of service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.