US 2024/0267303 A1 · COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN IMPROVED SELF ORGANIZING NETWORK

Abstract

Disclosed are systems and methods for a robust Self-Organizing Network (SON) framework that quantifies SON applications' control and management of a network into key performance indicators (KPI) that are leveraged to determine the impact of a SON application's effectiveness in regulating network parameters, which then dictates how the SON application operates. The disclosed framework is configured to receive multiple data streams from existing data sources, determine the performance of a node on a network, and then automatically perform SON operations based therefrom. The disclosed framework can utilize this information to predict additional and/or future opportunities for SON automation on the network, which can be based on an aggregate determination of a net performance gain (NPG) of the SON applications. The framework can leverage the NPG to modify, configure and/or further maintain network operations so as to improve control and management of the network and the applications operating thereon.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, by a device, key performance indicator (KPI) values of a network application;
assigning, by the device, a classification to the KPI values;
aggregating, by the device, the KPI values;
determining, by the device, a difference between KPI values classified as positive and KPI values classified as negative;
determining, by the device, a network performance gain (NPG) of the network application based on the difference;
and
executing, by the device, a Self-Organizing Network (SON) application based on the NPG.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining steps of:

determining, by the computer processor, key performance indicator (KPI) values of a network application;
assigning, by the computer processor, a classification to the KPI values;
aggregating, by the computer processor, the KPI values;
determining, by the computer processor, a difference between KPI values classified as positive and KPI values classified as negative;
determining, by the computer processor, a network performance gain (NPG) of the network application based on the difference;
and
executing, by the computer processor, a Self-Organizing Network (SON) application based on the NPG.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/638,850Filed 18 Apr 2024

Priority

29 Jun 2021

Published

8 Aug 2024

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

H04L 41/142
Network analysis or design: using statistical or mathematical methods
H04L 41/5009
Managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS: determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g.…
H04L 43/062
Generation of reports: related to network traffic
H04L 43/065
Generation of reports: related to network devices

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Abstract

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