| CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. An apparatus for at least one of a new radio (NR) network, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry to configure the apparatus to operate as a Management Data Analytics Service (MDAS) producer, the processing circuitry configured to:
obtain, from network functions (NFs) of a managed network and service, raw network data of the managed network and service;
obtain management data from management functions of the managed network and service;
analyze the raw network data and the management data to:
diagnose ongoing issues impacting performance of the managed network and service, the ongoing issues including at least one of coverage issues or resource utilization issues in the managed network or by the managed service, and
form predictions of potential issues of, or network and service demand for, the managed network and service;
provide an analytics report describing the issues or predictions for one of the NFs; and
for each coverage issue: determine a root cause of the coverage issue based on a set of obtained data and provide the analytics report describing the coverage issue, the analytics report comprising an identifier of the coverage issue, an indication that the coverage issue is weak coverage or a coverage hole; a start time of the coverage issue; a geographical area and location where the coverage issue exists; the root cause of the coverage issue, an indication which radio access technology the coverage issue exists in; managed object instances (MOIs) of cells affected by the coverage issue; a severity level of the coverage issue; and at least one recommended action to solve the coverage issue; and
memory to store the raw network data and management data.
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