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K.R. Sudhindra
V. Sridhar
sudhindra_kr@rediffmail.com
venusridhar@yahoo.com
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INTRODUCTION
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D. Pattern Recognition
Once the incoming signals have been reduced in the feature
extraction phase the next step is to identify this data based on
pretrained information. The training phase involves collecting
TCH call drops for 12 days with a sampling period of 15
minutes for different hardware causes discussed earlier. The
collected data is recorded and various feature extraction
techniques will be performed on it. The resulting information is
to be used as the training set for either a neural network or a
statistical model which is the basis for identifying root cause
resulted with same hardware fault. There are many kinds of
neural network and statistical models which are suitable for this
application. Both the types of identification will be tested for
best results. The statistical method involves classifying an
unknown vector as belonging to a cluster to which it is closest.
The clusters are based on values obtained from the training
data set. Deciding which cluster is closest to the vector is made
by selecting an appropriate norm. The Euclidean and
Transformed Euclidean norms were tested in [10] with the
Mahalanobis distance providing the best results in that study.
This method found to be more effective and has some
advantages over the neural network approach mainly in speed
of the training.
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CONCLUSION
C. Feature Extraction
The quantity of data being gathered makes it cumbersome
to work directly with the time domain represented TCH call
drops at the pattern recognition phase. The strategy is to reduce
this information down to smaller set of identifying
characteristics by means of various feature extraction
algorithms. The information extracted is still enough to
describe the signal but with a smaller set of data. Each time
series representation of TCH call drop trend is a discrete time
series y(k). The root cause detection depends on features that
are extracted from TCH call drop trend represented in time
domain. In the time domain, available features are root-meansquare (RMS), peak, kurtosis, crest factor, impulse factor,
shape factor, and clearance factor [6, 7]. The frequency domain
features, such as energy in a frequency range, the matched
filter root mean square and the RMS of the spectral difference
could indicate an exact cause when it exists. These features are
often functioning well under steady operating conditions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to thank IDEA Cellular Ltd to have
made possible the access to the data used for this study.
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