Cellular Observability Data Bus Layer for Real-Time Domain Analytics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telecommunications companies face challenges in cost-effectively expanding their network infrastructure while improving user experience due to the need for specialized hardware and software in radio access networks, which require extensive observability to monitor and manage data efficiently.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system with a centralized observability layer and a streaming platform data store, such as a Kafka bus, to collect and process data from cellular networks using containerized applications like kubernetes clusters, enabling real-time data distribution and management across all domains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If specialized hardware and software are deployed in radio access networks to improve observability, then data monitoring and management capability is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a data bus layer as an intermediary component that sits between the observability layer and domain analytic collections. This data bus serves as a standardized communication channel that simplifies the integration of specialized hardware and software across different domains, providing a universal interface that reduces overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced observability capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the cellular network into distinct domains (e.g., radio access network, core network, cloud infrastructure) with dedicated analytic collections for each domain. This segmentation allows specialized hardware and software to be deployed in a modular fashion, where each domain can be optimized independently while maintaining standardized data collection through the data bus layer, thereby reducing the complexity burden of comprehensive observability.
2Loss of information
If data is collected and stored across all domains using a centralized observability layer, then data availability and user experience monitoring are improved, but data management complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a new architectural dimension by introducing a data bus layer that spans across the observability layer and domain analytic collections. This intermediate layer provides a standardized data collection and distribution mechanism that simplifies centralized data management. The data bus handles data routing, formatting, and distribution automatically, reducing the processing overhead and management complexity that would otherwise be required to maintain data availability across all domains.
3Productivity
If a streaming platform extends completely over the observability layer to process data in real-time, then user experience monitoring and response time are improved, but system resource consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The data bus layer is designed as a universal, multi-functional component that handles multiple data processing tasks simultaneously. It provides standardized data collection, real-time streaming, distribution to multiple consumers, and coordination between domains all through a single architectural layer. This multi-functionality reduces operational complexity by eliminating the need for separate specialized systems for each function, while still enabling real-time data processing and enhanced user experience monitoring.
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AI summary
A cellular network system for cellular communications observability, the system comprising: domains comprising systems generating data from a cellular network employing a core and clusters created using a containerized application; an observability (OBF) layer configured to collect the data and store the data over all of the domains; and a streaming platform data store configured for ingesting and processing streaming data in real-time and distributing the data to applications requesting such data, wherein the streaming platform extends completely over the OBF layer so that all data collected by the OBF layer is available to the streaming platform data store; and at least one storage transport layer.