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Identifying root causes of network anomalies

US12368634B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Tim Breitenbach · Mitgenfeld, DE
Bartosz Wilkusz · Mannheim, DE
Patrick Jahnke · Schönaich, DE
Luke Gain · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2023
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Root causes of network anomalies can be identified as follows. A subset of network entities that have experienced network anomalies during a time period are determined based on historical network data. A set of root cause candidates are selected among the plurality of network entities by iterating through the network topology, each root cause candidate being directly upstream of two or more network entities in the subset of network entities that have experienced network anomalies according to the network topology. Network entities that are root causes of the network anomalies are identified by removing root cause candidates that have a common upstream network entity that is also a root cause candidate from the set of root cause candidates leaving a set of remaining root cause candidates that are the root causes.

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