4.6 Management data analytics capability

28.5333GPPArchitecture frameworkManagement and orchestrationRelease 17TS

Mobile networks have the capability to support a wide variety of services and requirements. This, along with increasing flexibility of the network may present management and operational challenges and complexities. The management system can therefore benefit from management data analytics services for improving networks performance and efficiency to accommodate and support the diversity of services and requirements. The management data analytics utilize the network management data collected from the network (including e.g. service, slicing and/or network functions related data) and make the corresponding analytics based on the collected information. For example, the information provided by PM data analytics services can be used to optimize network performance, and the information provided by FM data analytics services can be used to predict and prevent failures of the network. MDAS can be deployed at different levels, for example, at a domain level (e.g. RAN, CN, network slice subnet) and/or in a centralized manner (e.g. at a PLMN level).

Figure: 4.6.1: Service based architecture for management data analytics