The Autonomous Network / OSS Clock

In yesterday’s post, we talked about what needs to happen for a network operator to build an autonomous network. Many of the factors extended beyond the direct control of the OSS stack. We also looked at the difference between designing network autonomy for an existing OSS versus a ground-up build of an autonomous network.

We mostly looked at the ground-up build yesterday (at the expense of legacy augmentation).

So let’s take a slightly closer look at legacy automation. Like any legacy situation, you need to first understand current state. I’ve heard colleagues discuss the level of maturity of an existing network operations stack in terms of a single metric.

However, I feel that this might miss some of the nuances of the situation. For example, different activities are likely to be at different levels of maturity. Hence, the attempt at benchmarking the current situation on the OSS or Autonomous Networking clock below.

OSS Autonomy Clock

Sample activities shown in grey boxes to demonstrate the concept (I haven’t invested enough time into what the actual breakdown of activities might be yet).

  • Midnight is no monitoring capability
  • 3AM is Reactive Mode (ie reacting to data presented by the network / systems)
  • 6AM is Predictive Mode (ie using historical learnings to identify future situations)
  • 9AM is Prescriptive / Pre-cognitive Mode (ie using historical learnings, or pre-cognitive capabilities to identify what to do next)
  • Mid-day is Autonomous Networking (ie to close the loop and implement / control actions that respond to current situations automatically)

As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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