Future Connections NIx Configuration Consistency Auditor rApp

The NIx Configuration Consistency Auditor rApp drastically reduces the time typically spent detecting and correcting errors due to misalignment with the baseline. Automated baseline analysis reduces the inconsistencies active in the network and improves performance and predictability. The NIx Configuration Consistency Auditor rApp can operate in closed loop mode, so audit cycle can be drastically reduced and applied during every network element integration procedure or topology change.

Current complex deployments need complex rules to obtain an optimised baseline. Unlike other network consistency checkers, the NIx Configuration Consistency Auditor rApp introduces an innovative method for seamlessly working with complex baseline configuration rules. It is based on a low-code implementation which can fit to any condition defined by the mobile network operator. Inter-managed objects relations and topology conditions can be added using keywords and internal procedures to translate and audit them. The rules of the rApp can also be extended to allow managed object creation or deletion.

Baseline is in constant evolution and exceptions handling is subject to risk of human error. The procedure of the NIx Configuration Consistency Auditor rApp can correct inconsistencies caused by mistakes of this nature, so it could only be considered completed after a post-mortem KPI analysis. When closed loop operation is performed, a pre-defined indicator set is considered to auto-detect deviations which could be associated to the activity of the application, so the NIx Configuration Consistency Auditor rApp can apply rollback to the previous configuration. If open loop operation is performed, rollback operation plans are also generated preventively to allow the end user to apply them if necessary.