Automatic root cause analysis for LTE networks based on unsupervised techniques

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2369-2386

  Gomez Andrades, Ana ^a   Munoz, Pablo ^a   Serrano, Inmaculada ^b   Barco, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Ericsson SDT EDOS DP   (Spain)

Author keywords

diagnosis; fault identification; LTE; Self Healing; Self Organizing Maps; silhouette; unsupervised learning

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIAGNOSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; UNSUPERVISED LEARNING; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FAULT IDENTIFICATIONS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS(SOMS); SELF-HEALING; SELF-HEALING NETWORKS; SILHOUETTE; STATISTICAL BEHAVIOR; UNSUPERVISED TECHNIQUES;

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE);

EID: 84964578143     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2015.2431742     Document Type: Article

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