Abstract
For enabling automatic deployment and management of cellular networks, the
concept of self-organizing network (SON) was introduced. SON capabilities can
enhance network performance, improve service quality, and reduce operational
and capital expenditure (OPEX/CAPEX). As an important component in SON,
self-healing is defined as a network paradigm where the faults of target
networks are mitigated or recovered by automatically triggering a series of
actions such as detection, diagnosis and compensation. Data-driven machine
learning has been recognized as a powerful tool to bring intelligence into
network and to realize self-healing. However, there are major challenges for
practical applications of machine learning techniques for self-healing. In this
article, we first classify these challenges into five categories: 1) data
imbalance, 2) data insufficiency, 3) cost insensitivity, 4) non-real-time
response, and 5) multi-source data fusion. Then we provide potential technical
solutions to address these challenges. Furthermore, a case study of
cost-sensitive fault detection with imbalanced data is provided to illustrate
the feasibility and effectiveness of the suggested solutions.
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