Radio Base Station Log Deduplication Across Multiple Cells

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing log acquisition methods in radio base station systems are inefficient due to the increasing volume of logs as the number of cells supported by the radio base station increases, necessitating more effective methods to reduce information capacity and transfer time.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and system that defines a reference cell and generates a modified log by deleting identical information from non-reference cells, outputting the reference log, modified log, and information indicating the deleted part, thereby reducing information capacity and transfer time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If log information is collected from all cells in a radio base station system, then complete operation verification data is obtained, but the amount of log information increases significantly with the number of cells

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation verification completenessVSAvoidlog information volume
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes redundant log information from non-reference cells that is identical to the reference cell log. By identifying and taking out the duplicate portions, the system retains only the unique information from each cell while eliminating repetition, thus reducing overall log volume while preserving verification completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the reference cell log with the unique portions of non-reference cell logs to create a consolidated log dataset. This combining approach integrates information from multiple cells while avoiding duplication, achieving compact representation that maintains complete operation verification capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If log information from multiple cells is transmitted for analysis, then comprehensive operation data is available, but transmission time increases with the amount of information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation verification accuracyVSAvoidlog transmission time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential unique information from each cell's log data, removing redundant portions before transmission. This extraction process reduces the total data volume that needs to be transmitted while preserving the critical information required for accurate operation verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Quantity of substance

If compression is applied to reduce log information capacity, then storage and transmission efficiency improves, but log processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelog information capacityVSAvoidlog processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary identification and marking of redundant log information before the actual compression or removal process. By pre-identifying which log entries are duplicates based on comparison with the reference cell, the system simplifies the subsequent processing steps and reduces the complexity of the compression operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12507108B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and log acquisition method
Publication Date: 2025.12.23 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus, an information processing system, a log acquisition method, and a log acquisition program capable of performing efficient log acquisition processing are provided. An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a generation unit and an output unit. The generation unit defines one of a plurality of cells managed by a radio base station as a reference cell, and generates a modified log in which information identical to information included in a reference log associated with the reference cell is deleted from information included in a non-reference log associated with a non-reference cell, the non-reference cell being a cell other than the reference cell. The output unit outputs the reference log, the modified log, and information indicating a deleted part of the information included in the non-reference log identical to the information included in the reference log.