Automated Real Time Performance Management for Mobile Networks

Real Time Performance Management (RTPM) is expected to be a key features offuture developments of mobile networks. Although it is already requested by operators of mobile networks only basic approaches have been realized. Implementing access to real time performance data in a mobile network, with a large number of manageable nodes, leads to a huge resource consumption. Not only network bandwidth but also processing resources. Current PM schemes can hardly be extended to support real time performance management. We present a policy based approach that is capable to deal with challenges imposed by the request for real time performance data. Typical workflows are identified and analysed. Based on these analyses a policy based performance management system is introduced that allows a balanced configuration which does not exceed available resources but still satisfies the information requirements of the human operators.