MDA-Assisted SON Coordination for 5G Energy Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wireless communication systems face challenges in effectively managing self-organizing network (SON) conflicts and energy saving in 5G networks, as existing solutions lack comprehensive analytics and coordinated decision-making mechanisms for optimizing network performance and energy efficiency.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of Management Data Analytics (MDA) services that utilize machine learning (ML) techniques to analyze data from various network sources, identify SON conflicts, and provide analytics reports for conflict resolution and energy-saving recommendations, ensuring coordinated energy management across network components.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If MDA services utilize machine learning techniques to analyze data from various network sources, then network intelligence and automation are enhanced, but device complexity and computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork intelligence and automationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a management data analytics service as an intermediary layer between network data sources and SON functions. This service collects, processes, and analyzes data from multiple network sources using machine learning techniques, then provides processed analytics reports to SON functions. This intermediary approach enhances automation while managing complexity by centralizing the analytical processing in a dedicated service rather than distributing it across all network elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If comprehensive analytics are implemented for SON conflict identification, then conflict resolution effectiveness improves, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconflict resolution effectivenessVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The management data analytics service performs preliminary analysis of network data continuously, maintaining ready-to-use analytics reports that identify potential SON conflicts before they manifest as actual network issues. By proactively analyzing data and preparing conflict identification results in advance, the system improves conflict resolution effectiveness while reducing the time needed when actual conflicts occur, as the analytical framework is already established and can quickly retrieve or update relevant information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Use of energy by moving object

If coordinated energy management across network components is implemented, then energy efficiency improves, but system complexity and coordination overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The management data analytics service performs multiple functions including SON conflict analysis, energy efficiency optimization, and network performance monitoring through a single unified platform. By consolidating these diverse functions into one multi-functional service, the system achieves coordinated energy management across network components while avoiding the complexity that would arise from implementing separate specialized systems for each function. The service uses common data collection and processing mechanisms serving multiple purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20230164598A1Self-organizing network coordination and energy saving assisted by management data analytics
Publication Date: 2023.05.25 INTEL CORP
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AI summary

Various embodiments generally may relate to the field of wireless communications. For example, some embodiments may relate to solutions for MDA (Management Data Analytics)-assisted self-organizing network (SON) coordination, MDA-assisted energy saving, and machine learning (ML) model training for MDA. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.