ABCDE - Alarm Basic Correlations Discovery Environment

Alarms generated by telecommunication network are processed by network personnel who are required to respond within a reasonable time interval. When a global network problem occurs, it is represented as a sequence of alarms coming from one or more different network elements. That sequence is typically not recognized as a global problem, or the presence of global problem is detected, but not its real nature. The reason for that is the huge number of alarms generated, “bombing” the operator. Automatic recognition of network problems is very useful for network monitoring processes. Automatic recognition and detection can be done by simple IF-THEN correlation rules performed on incoming alarm stream. The problem is in recognizing potential correlation rules candidates. In our previous works, we have marked mathematical Apriori algorithm implementation as a potential improvement of correlation rules detection. This paper describes architecture proposal for Alarm Basic Correlations Discovery Environment, starting discussion on some implementation aspects.