Eleni Rozaki, Cardiff University, UK

Mobile networks are under more pressure than ever before because of the increasing number of smartphone users and the number of people relying on mobile data networks. With larger numbers of users, the issue of service quality has become more important for network operators. Identifying faults in mobile networks that reduce the quality of service must be found within minutes so that problems can be addressed and networks returned to optimised performance. In this paper, a method of automated fault diagnosis is presented using decision trees, rules and Bayesian classifiers for visualization of network faults. Using data mining techniques the model classifies optimisation criteria based on the key performance indicators metrics to identify network faults supporting the most efficient optimisation decisions. The goal is to help wireless providers to localize the key performance indicator alarms and determine which Quality of Service factors should be addressed first and at which locations.

Fault diagnosis, Weka classifiers, Rules, Decision trees, Bayesian networks.