Telecom Transport Network Monitoring via Centralized KPI Analysis
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current network monitoring systems for telecommunications transport networks are inadequate in providing a comprehensive view of overall network performance, especially for radio links, and struggle to integrate data from different manufacturers and technologies, leading to difficulties in long-term monitoring and maintenance prediction.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that define key performance indicators (KPIs) for TDM and packet technology-based links, allowing for the analysis of radio links across different monitoring systems, with a centralized database to calculate and evaluate KPIs, providing a detailed and overall view of network performance, including congestion, unavailability, and utilization metrics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If data from multiple monitoring systems of different manufacturers is integrated for comprehensive network analysis, then the completeness and accuracy of network performance monitoring is improved, but the system complexity and difficulty of data integration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized database as an intermediary component that receives and standardizes data from multiple NMS systems of different manufacturers. This database acts as a mediator that translates diverse data formats into a unified structure, enabling comprehensive network analysis without direct complex integrations between heterogeneous monitoring systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal analysis framework that can process and analyze network performance data from multiple sources and technologies (TDM, packet, radio links) through a single integrated system. This universal approach allows the same analytical tools to work across different network types and manufacturers, reducing integration complexity.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If all performance counter data from the entire network is stored for long-term analysis, then the ability to perform historical analysis and maintenance prediction is improved, but the data storage requirements and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and stores only the most relevant performance indicators and aggregated results in the centralized database, rather than storing all raw performance counter data from every network element. This selective extraction approach maintains long-term analysis capability while significantly reducing storage requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of storing all detailed data and then analyzing it, the patent inverts the approach by first aggregating and analyzing data at the source systems, then storing only the summarized results and key metrics in the centralized database for long-term retention and historical analysis.
3Measurement precision
If detailed analysis of individual network elements is performed, then the precision of identifying specific problems is improved, but the time and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network analysis into multiple hierarchical levels: overall network status, sub-network performance, individual link analysis, and specific element diagnostics. This segmentation allows operators to quickly assess general network health and drill down to detailed analysis only when and where problems are detected, reducing overall analysis time while maintaining precision when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial analysis by focusing computational resources on analyzing only those network elements and parameters that show anomalies or deviations from normal operation. Instead of continuously performing exhaustive analysis on all elements, the system applies detailed analysis selectively to problematic areas, reducing time and resource consumption while maintaining problem identification precision.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2~4a
Figure 4b~4e
AI summary
Method for monitoring and analysing the state of a telecommunication transport network and the single links which form it, comprising the steps of: - defining at least one key performance indicator, KPI, for the TDM technology-based links of the transport network, i.e. KPI TDM , each KPI TDM being defined on the basis of a limited number of performance counters selected from among those measured at the transceiver apparatus operating on TDM protocols, saved and stored in the database of the respective monitoring system (NMS 1 ,NMS 2 ); - defining at least one key performance indicator, KPI, for the packet technology-based links of the transport network, i.e. KPI ETH , each KPI ETH being defined on the basis of a limited number of performance counters selected from among those measured at the transceiver apparatus operating with packet technology, saved and stored in the database of the respective monitoring system (NMS 1 ,NMS 2 ); - providing an analysis database suitable for being populated/updated with data downloaded from the databases of the monitoring systems (NMS 1 ,NMS 2 ) of the transport network and relating to at least those counters on the basis of which the KPI TDM and the KPI ETH are defined; - selecting a part of the transport network of interest for the analysis; - selecting a time interval for analysis of the selected part of the transport network; - defining at least one rule for evaluating the conformity of each link being analysed with the corresponding KPI(s) defined; - updating, at least up to the selected analysis interval included, the analysis database with data of the database(s) of the at least one system (NMS 1 ,NMS 2 ) for monitoring the apparatus of the transport network; - for each TDM technology-based link belonging to the selected transport network part: calculating the at least one KPI TDM defined, on the basis of the data relating to said selected counters contained in the analysis database; - for each packet technology-based link belonging to the selected transport network part: calculating the at least one KPI ETH defined, on the basis of the data relating to said selected counters contained in the analysis database; - for each link of the selected network part: checking the conformity of the at least one KPI calculated for the link, according to said evaluation rule.