Title :
Designing expert systems for real-time diagnosis of self-correcting networks
Author :
Sutter, Mark T. ; Zeldin, Paul E.
Author_Institution :
Network Equipment Technol., Redwood City, CA, USA
Abstract :
The authors discuss design issues that they have encountered during an investigation of expert systems for network management that they believe to be generic to the real-time diagnosis of self-correcting networks. By real-time they mean that the diagnostic system must keep pace with a dynamic process, that is, the flow of alarms from intelligent network elements. The objective is to present the operator with a set of recommended actions rather than large volumes of raw alarm data. They outline the general requirements of such a system and then suggest how each can be addressed using an expert-system approach.<>
Keywords :
expert systems; telecommunication networks; telecommunications computing; diagnostic system; expert systems; intelligent network elements; network management; real-time diagnosis; self-correcting networks; Availability; Control systems; Diagnostic expert systems; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Personnel; Real time systems; Telecommunication traffic;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
