An automatic detection and diagnosis framework for mobile communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-197

  Szilágyi, Péter ^a   Nováczki, Szabolcs ^a  

^a NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fault management; key performance indicator; network management automation; root cause analysis; self healing

Indexed keywords

FAULT MANAGEMENT; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MANAGEMENT AUTOMATIONS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SELF-HEALING;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIO BROADCASTING;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84862144227     PISSN: 19324537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2012.031912.110155     Document Type: Article

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