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Granted Patent B2
US 10,834,620 · App. 16/556,218 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Quantum intraday alerting based on radio access network outlier analysis

Inventors: Ching-Fang Wang (Sammamish, WA); Shawn Dugan (Pittsburgh, PA); William Wiese (Anaheim, CA); Zhou Wu (Bellevue, WA)
Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
H04W24/04H04W24/08H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 10,834,620
App. No.
16/556,218
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Determining RAN performance outlier information is disclosed. In an aspect, RAN data for a current condition can be analyzed in view of historical RAN data to determine if the current condition in atypical and represents an outlier condition. In an aspect, historically similar environments between the historical and current RAN data can allow the analysis to have increased relevance. The disclosure can employ a binary array to facilitate determining performance outlier information. In an aspect, the present disclosure can be performed in a distributed computing environment and is scalable to manage large data volumes. Performance outlier information can be employed in alerts, scheduling repair, planning hardware or software upgrades, tracking rollout of new features, etc.

Claims (28)

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining a performance outlier value of historical performance indicator values, wherein the historical performance indicator values relate to performance of a radio access network device of a mobile communication network, wherein the determining the performance outlier value comprises determining a correlation coefficient via a binary array embodying the historical performance indicator values, and wherein a historical performance indicator value of the historical performance indicator values corresponds to an event affecting the mobile communication network; and

causing adaptation of the mobile communication network based on access to information related to the performance outlier value.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the performance outlier value comprises the performance outlier value.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the determining the performance outlier value is based on a Pearson Product Moment Correlation function.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the historical performance indicator value reflects a characteristic of an operating environment of the radio access network device.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the characteristic is a temporal characteristic pertaining to a time of operation of the operating environment.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein the characteristic is an event characteristic pertaining to the event, and wherein the event is determined to have occurred in the operating environment.

7. The device of claim 4 , wherein the characteristic is a software characteristic of the radio access network device.

8. The device of claim 4 , wherein the characteristic is a hardware characteristic of the radio access network device.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the adaptation of the mobile communication network comprises initiating a response based on the performance outlier value.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the response is a repair response to correct a condition of the mobile communications network corresponding to the performance outlier value.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the repair response is associated with repair of hardware of the radio access network device.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the repair response is associated with alteration of software of the radio access network device.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the response is a planning response associated with modifying a future deployment of radio access network devices of the mobile communication network.

14. A method, comprising:

in response to determining a strength of a linear relationship between historical performance indicator values in a binary array satisfy a rule related to a threshold strength, determining, by a system comprising a processor, outlier information related to a performance outlier event, wherein the performance outlier event is embodied in the historical performance indicator values, and wherein the historical performance indicator values reflect a performance of a mobile communication network comprising a radio access network device; and

initiating, by the system, a response event based on the outlier information, resulting in altering a future performance of the mobile communication network.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the determining the outlier information employs a Pearson Product Moment Correlation function.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the initiating the response event comprises causing altering of software of the radio access network device.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the initiating the response event comprises causing altering of hardware of the radio access network device.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the initiating the response event comprises causing altering a future deployment of radio access network devices of the mobile communication network.

19. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining a strength of a linear relationship between historical performance indicator values in a binary array, wherein the historical performance indicator values correspond to a performance of radio access network devices of a mobile communication network; and

in response to determining that the strength of the linear relationship satisfies a rule related to a threshold strength, initiating an action that results in altering a future performance of the mobile communication network, wherein the initiating the action is based on outlier information related to a performance outlier event, and wherein the performance outlier event is reflected in the historical performance indicator values.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the determining the strength of the linear relationship between historical performance indicator values in the binary array is via a Pearson Product Moment Correlation function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2019
From: WANG, CHING-FANG; DUGAN, SHAWN; WIESE, WILLIAM; WU, ZHOU
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 050218/0399 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15019952 · Feb 9, 2016
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