Cellular Network Analytics for Multi-Device Issue Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication networks face challenges in identifying and addressing system issues such as software, hardware, and compatibility problems, as well as interactions between network devices, which can lead to inefficiencies and performance degradation.

Innovation Solution

Implementing an analytics entity within the cellular network to determine system issues through descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, and providing notifications for corrective actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional network monitoring methods are used, then device-level issues can be detected, but system-wide issues involving multiple devices cannot be identified

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveissue detection capabilityVSAvoidsystem-wide analysis capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the network monitoring function into distributed analytics entities deployed at multiple network devices, each performing local analysis while contributing to system-wide issue detection through coordinated data sharing and collaborative analytics

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The analytics entity is designed with multi-functionality to perform both device-level monitoring and system-wide analysis, enabling a single component to address multiple detection scales from individual device issues to broader system patterns

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If comprehensive analytics are performed on all network devices, then system issues can be identified, but network performance and latency are degraded

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem issue identification accuracyVSAvoidnetwork performance

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by enabling each analytics entity to perform specialized analysis functions locally at the device level, processing data where it is generated and only sharing critical findings system-wide, thereby reducing overall network traffic and processing load while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If detailed analytics data is collected from all devices, then accurate system issue detection is achieved, but data privacy and security risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem issue detection accuracyVSAvoiddata privacy and security risks

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and shares only the essential analytics findings and metadata required for system-wide issue detection, rather than transmitting complete raw data sets, thereby achieving accurate system monitoring while minimizing the exposure of sensitive information and reducing security risks

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12580804B2Network device determining a system issue of another network device

Publication Date: 2026.03.17 LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD

AI summary

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a network system issue. One method (900) includes a first network device determining (902) a system issue corresponding to at least one second network device. The first network device is an analytics entity in a cellular network and the at least one second network device is a managed entity in the cellular network, and the system issue comprises a software issue, a hardware issue, a compatibility issue, an issue with an interaction between a plurality of second network devices comprising the at least one second network device, an issue with an interaction between the at least one second network device and another device, or some combination thereof. The analytics entity comprises an entity that analyzes one or more devices to determine descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, and/or prescriptive analytics. The method (900) includes providing (904) a notification indicating the system issue.