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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Surajit Mondal, Bangalore, IN;
Ayan Sen, Bangalore, IN;
Devansh Jain, Rohtak, IN;
Sayan Bose, Cossipore West Bengal, IN;
Shikha Singh, Gurgaon Haryana, IN;
Aruna Mani, New Delhi, IN;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to a method and an apparatus for determining a first causal map for the root cause analysis of a primary event in a network environment. A method, implemented in an apparatus, comprises obtaining () a first data set, wherein each entry in the first data set comprises values of a plurality of features representative of the network environment, wherein the plurality of features comprises a primary feature representative of the primary event; for each first feature in a first subset of the plurality of features, performing () an independence test on the first data set to determine a relationship between the first feature and the primary feature; for each first feature in the first subset for which the independence test indicates a dependent relationship to the primary feature, performing () the independence test on the first data set to determine a relationship between the first feature and each second feature in a second subset of the plurality of features; and based on results of the steps of performing the independence test, determining () one or more pathways in the first causal map between at least one root cause for the primary event and the primary feature.