5G Cloud Network Alert Collection for Timely Issue Response
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing 5G networks face challenges in efficiently collecting and responding to alerts for network performance issues, such as CPU usage, memory usage, latency, and outages, which can impact user experience and network stability.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for enabling alerts collection and response in a 5G cloud-based network telecommunication network, involving a distributed unit (DU) associated with a 5G NR gNB and a central unit control plane (CU-CP) hosted on a cloud-native virtualized compute instance, which monitors network components, establishes alert rules, collects alerts, and initiates reactive or proactive response actions to mitigate issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud-native virtualized network functions are deployed to enable flexibility and deployment agility, then deployment agility and flexibility are improved, but alert collection and response time for network performance issues deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the alert collection system into distributed components: a collector agent deployed at the edge near network functions, a gateway component for alert aggregation, and a cloud-based analysis system. This segmentation enables real-time alert collection at the edge while maintaining cloud-native architecture flexibility, resolving the contradiction between deployment agility and alert response time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a collector agent as an intermediary component between network functions and the central analysis system. This agent continuously monitors network performance parameters (CPU usage, memory usage, latency) and forwards alerts through a gateway to the cloud-based analysis system, enabling timely alert collection without compromising the flexibility of cloud-native deployment.
2Reliability
If network monitoring and alert collection are enhanced to detect performance issues, then network reliability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service monitoring where network functions themselves generate and send performance alerts autonomously without requiring complex external monitoring infrastructure. The collector agent automatically collects, validates, and forwards alerts based on predefined thresholds, reducing operational complexity while maintaining reliable network monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the alert collection, aggregation, and analysis functions into an integrated system with a collector agent, gateway, and cloud-based analysis component working together. This unified approach simplifies the monitoring architecture compared to separate distributed monitoring systems, reducing overall system complexity while improving network reliability.
3Productivity
If real-time alert collection is implemented to enable proactive response, then network performance is improved, but data processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by continuously collecting and pre-processing alert data at the edge through the collector agent before forwarding to the cloud. The system pre-aggregates alerts and filters out redundant information locally, reducing the volume of data that requires processing in the cloud and enabling proactive network performance management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by selectively processing only critical alert parameters (CPU usage, memory usage, latency) and filtering out less important data at the collector agent level. This selective approach reduces unnecessary data processing load while maintaining focus on key network performance indicators that drive proactive responses.
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AI summary
Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for enabling alerts collection and response from a 5G network telecommunication network. One such method includes: inventorying 5G cloud-based network applications and components to be monitored, establishing rules that send alerts when the 5G cloud-based network applications or components deviate from a baseline range or threshold, collecting alerts from the 5G cloud-based network applications and components, determining one or more issues to be mitigated in the 5G cloud-based network applications and components from the alerts collection, and initiating one or more response actions to mitigate the one or more issues determined by the alerts collection in the 5G cloud-based network applications and components.