Cellular Site Monitoring with Performance Data Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional monitoring techniques for cellular sites often inaccurately indicate a site as down, leading to wastage of resources on false alarms and diverting attention from actual issues.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that utilizes neighbor base station performance management data to verify the status of a potentially down base station, updating its status to 'up' if valid data is found, thereby correcting false indications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional monitoring techniques are used to monitor cellular site status, then the system can identify down sites for troubleshooting, but the monitoring accuracy deteriorates leading to false alarms
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously checking for the presence of performance management data from down sites. When such data is detected, it indicates the site is actually operational despite the down status indication, allowing the system to correct false alarms through feedback loops that verify actual site functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses performance management data as an intermediary indicator to verify site status. Instead of directly monitoring site operational status which can be inaccurate, the system monitors for the presence or absence of performance management data packets, which serve as a mediator to determine whether a down site is actually operational.
2Productivity
If resources are allocated to troubleshoot perceived down sites, then troubleshooting can be performed, but time and resources are wasted on false alarms
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification by checking for performance management data before initiating troubleshooting procedures. This preliminary action filters out false alarms and ensures that troubleshooting resources are allocated only to sites that are actually down, preventing wasted time on unnecessary troubleshooting.
Solution Approach 2:
The feedback mechanism continuously monitors for performance management data to verify site status before triggering troubleshooting alerts. This feedback loop ensures that only genuine down sites generate troubleshooting notifications, improving productivity by eliminating false alarm responses.
3Loss of information
If the system monitors base station status from operational support system, then status information can be obtained, but connection failures with mediation servers cause inaccurate status monitoring
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses performance management data as an intermediary to verify base station status when connection failures occur. Instead of relying solely on status information from operational support systems that may be inaccurate due to mediation server connection failures, the system checks for the presence of performance management data packets as a mediator to determine actual station functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces direct mechanical monitoring of base station status through operational support system connections with an alternative verification method using performance management data packets. This substitution allows the system to monitor status accuracy without being affected by connection failures in the traditional monitoring pathway.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method for improved monitoring of cellular sites. The method includes identifying a base station of the one or more base stations. The base station has a base station status that is a down status and, based on the down status, the method includes identifying whether a connection is functioning between a mediation server associated with the base station and an operational support system (OSS) associated with an OSS database. The method includes determining whether the base station is connected to the mediation server and, when the base station is connected to the mediation server and the connection is functioning between the mediation server and the OSS, updating the base station status to be an up status.