Title
Reasoning in agent-based network management
Abstract
An increasing complexity of mobile networks and use cases is reflected in requirements for network management. Advanced automation is required to address this challenge in an economically feasible manner. We describe a system based on agent mapping as a platform for automation for network management in 5G networks and beyond. We use classical and probabilistic reasoning for composing solutions to complex re­quests by means of relatively simple software agents. We describe different variants of the approach in terms of capabilities, ranging from triple store only to system with semantic and probabilistic reasoning functionalities. This approach provides flexibility for network functionality evolution and facilitates software reuse and is compatible with the use of task-specific machine learning algorithms in network management agents. We describe test system used for evaluating the concept, as well as use case evaluation obtained with it.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/NOMS.2018.8406171
NOMS 2018 - 2018 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium
Keywords
Field
DocType
agent mapping,probabilistic reasoning functionalities,network functionality evolution,network management agents,agent-based network management,mobile networks,software agents,software reuse,task-specific machine learning algorithms,5G network management
Ontology (information science),Use case,Reuse,Computer science,Software agent,Automation,Software,Probabilistic logic,Network management,Distributed computing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-3417-2
0
0.34
References 
Authors
9
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vilho Räisänen1163.90
Nokia Bell200.34
Kasper Apajalahti351.96