Patent ID: 6085335
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A self engineering system that operates to improve performance of a communication system, the self engineering system comprising:a data acquisition module coupled to the communication system that receives current operating data of the communication system;a self engineering engine coupled to the data acquisition module that receives the current operating data from the data acquisition module and that determines new operating parameters of the communication system based upon the current operating data and current operating parameters of the communication system, the self engineering engine comprising an expert system including:a fact library that includes configuration data, historical operating data, the current operating parameters and proposed operating parameters;a knowledge base that includes rules that alter the fact library based upon contents of the fact library and the current operating data; andan inference engine coupled to the knowledge base that executes rules in the knowledge base and alters the fact library, the expert system using the fact library to produce the new operating parameters; anda control module coupled to the self engineering engine and the communication system that interacts with the communication system to implement the new operating parameters within the communication system.