Cell Site Upgrade Planning via Network Performance Indicator Scoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunication networks face challenges in efficiently upgrading cell sites from 3G or 4G to 5G technologies due to high latency, decreased bandwidth, and inefficient resource allocation, particularly without clear insights into customer data and network performance metrics, leading to suboptimal return on investments and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
A network planning platform that receives network performance indicator values, identifies peak usage periods, compares them with threshold values, calculates weighted scores, and determines an overall site score to prioritize and plan upgrades, thereby optimizing resource allocation and improving network performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cell sites are upgraded to 5G technologies, then network performance is improved, but investment cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of network performance measurement by using multiple NPI values across different time periods and comparing them against threshold values. This allows for a data-driven determination of which cell sites should be upgraded to 5G, optimizing the balance between network performance improvement and investment cost.
2Measurement precision
If network performance metrics are measured at all time periods, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the most relevant NPI values from the complete set of network performance data. By identifying and selecting specific NPI values that are most indicative of network performance issues, the system achieves accurate measurement without the need to process all available data, thereby reducing time loss.
3Measurement precision
If all NPI values are analyzed, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and selects only the most relevant NPI values from the complete dataset by comparing them against predefined threshold values. This extraction process simplifies the data analysis complexity while maintaining measurement precision by focusing on the most indicative performance metrics.
4Productivity
If cell site upgrades are performed without clear insights into network performance, then productivity is improved, but loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of network performance data by measuring and comparing NPI values against threshold values before implementing cell site upgrades. This preliminary action provides clear insights into which cell sites need upgrading, enabling informed decision-making that balances productivity with information quality.
Data Source
AI summary
A device identifies a subset of network performance indicator (NPI) values that measure network performance during peak usage time periods, selects particular NPI values associated with the peak usage time periods, based on one or more of the subset of NPI values satisfying particular threshold network performance values, and compares the particular NPI values with threshold upper and lower bound network performance values to determine weighted scores for the particular NPI values. The device determines, by processing the weighted scores, a weighted mean score that represents a mean of the weighted scores, and determines, based on an analysis of the particular NPI values and the weighted mean score, an overall site score that represents a viability level in upgrading the cell site. The device generates, based on the overall site score, a plan to upgrade one or more network technologies associated with the cell site.