Self engineering system for use with a communication system and method of operation therefore

US6085335A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

• Surnjani Djoko · Richardson, US
• Hua Jiang · Shanghai, CN
• Hee C. Lee · Plano, US
• Sairam Subramanian · Dallas, US
• Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy · Village of La Jolla, US
• Kalyan Basu · Plano, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q3/0062
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A self engineering system includes a data acquisition module, a self engineering engine, and a control module. The data acquisition module couples to the communication system and receives current operating data of the communication system. The self engineering engine receives the current operating data and determines new operating parameters of the communication system based upon the current operating data and current operating parameters. The control module implements the new operating parameters within the communication system. The self engineering system may include an expert system that receives the current operating data and, based upon the current operating data and the current operating parameters of the communication system, produces the new operating parameters. The expert system includes a fact library, a knowledge base and an inference engine. The fact library includes configuration data, historical operating data, the current operating parameters and proposed operating parameters. The knowledge base consists of rules intended to alter the fact library based upon contents of the fact library and the current operating data. Finally, the inference engine executes the rules…