Authors: Jaime Fúster de la Fuente, Álvaro Pendás Recondo, Paul Harvey, Tarek Mohamed, Chandan Singh, Vipul Sanap, Ayush Kumar, Sathish Venkateswaran, Sarvasuddi Balaganesh, Rajat Duggal, Sree Ganesh Lalitaditya Divakarla, Vaibhava Krishna Devulapali, Ebeledike Frank Chukwubuikem, Emmanuel Othniel Eggah, Abel Oche Moses, Nuhu Kontagora Bello, James Agajo, Wael Alron, Fathi Abdeldayem, Melanie Espinoza Hernández, Abigail Morales Retana, Jackeline García Alvarado, Nicolle Gamboa Mena, Juliana Morales Alvarado, Ericka Pérez Chinchilla, Amanda Calderón Campos, Derek Rodríguez Villalobos, Oscar Castillo Brenes, Kodandram Ranganath, Ayushi Khandal, Rakshesh P Bhatt, Kunal Mahajan, Prikshit CS, Ashok Kamaraj, Srinwaynti Samaddar, Sivaramakrishnan Swaminathan, M Sri Bhuvan, Nagaswaroop S N, Blessed Guda, Ibrahim Aliyu, Kim Jinsul, Vishnu Ram
Status: Final
Date of publication: 14 September 2023
Published in: ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 4 (2023), Issue 3, Pages 503-536
Article DOI : https://doi.org/10.52953/OPDK5666
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Abstract:
Next Generation Networks (NGNs) are expected to handle heterogeneous technologies, services, verticals and devices of increasing complexity. It is essential to fathom an innovative approach to automatically and efficiently manage NGNs to deliver an adequate end-to-end Quality of Experience (QoE) while reducing operational expenses. An Autonomous Network (AN) using a closed loop can self-monitor, self-evaluate and self-heal, making it a potential solution for managing the NGN dynamically. This study describes the major results of building a closed-loop Proof of Concept (PoC) for various AN use cases organized by the International Telecommunication Union Focus Group on Autonomous Networks (ITU FG-AN). The scope of this PoC includes the representation of closed-loop use cases in a graph format, the development of evolution/exploration mechanisms to create new closed loops based on the graph representations, and the implementation of a reference orchestrator to demonstrate the parsing and validation of the closed loops. The main conclusions and future directions are summarized here, including observations and limitations of the PoC. |
Keywords: AI/ML, anomaly, autonomous networks, closed loop, graph, KPI, PoC, use case
Rights: © International Telecommunication Union, available under the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license.
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