Tracing Entity for Mobile Network Analytics Debugging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile network technologies lack a satisfactory method for debugging and examining analytics services, specifically in understanding the relationship between analytics outputs and the data used to generate them, hindering operators' ability to identify behavior and debug errors.
Innovation Solution
Introducing network entities and interfaces that enable tracing capabilities, allowing operators to receive and provide analytics information, including data information used to generate analytics outputs, thereby enabling examination and debugging of analytics services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If analytics services are implemented in mobile networks to provide intelligence and support automation, then the automation capability is improved, but the ability to debug and examine the analytics service deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a tracing entity as an intermediary component that mediates between the analytics service and the operator. This tracing entity collects and stores data samples along with their corresponding analytics outputs, creating a bridge that allows operators to examine and debug the analytics service without interfering with its automated operation. The tracing entity acts as a mediator that enables examination capabilities while preserving the automation functionality.
2Ease of repair
If operators want to track and examine the relationship between analytics outputs and data, then the debugging capability is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into distinct functional components: the analytics service that generates analytics outputs, the tracing entity that collects and stores data samples and analytics outputs, and the operator that examines the traced information. This segmentation allows each component to have well-defined responsibilities, making the system more manageable despite the added complexity of tracing capabilities. The tracing entity is separated as an independent entity that handles tracing functions without complicating the core analytics service.
3Device complexity
If no tracing capability is provided, then the system remains simple, but the operator cannot understand or verify analytics service behavior
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a copying mechanism where the tracing entity creates copies of data samples and analytics outputs for storage and examination purposes. Instead of modifying the original analytics service or data flow, the system creates replicated copies that can be stored, queried, and examined by operators. This copying approach preserves the simplicity of the original system while providing the necessary information for understanding and verifying analytics service behavior.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the generation of analytics in a mobile network. The disclosure is concerned with tracing and exposing data information, which is used for generating analytics outputs to enable examination of the analytics outputs. The disclosure provides network entities and methods, which support the analytics generation and examination thereof, respectively. For instance, a first network entity for analytics generation is configured to receive, from a second network entity, a request for providing analytics information associated with at least one generated analytics output. Further, the first network entity is configured to provide the analytics information to the second network entity, wherein the analytics information comprises data information used to generate the at least one generated analytics output, wherein the data information comprises reference to data or data itself.