Cross-Layer Alarm Association Rules Discovery of Cloud-Network based on Knowledge Graph

The fragmented architecture, cloud-based infrastructure, and functionally virtualized network elements within the 5 G core network have significantly surged the volume and diversity of alarms generated on cloud network service platforms that it supports. Given the inherently cross-layered nature of failure scenarios on these platforms, identifying the root causes presents a significant challenge. Alarm association rule mining has become an effective means to address the problems of alarm correlation and root cause localization. In this paper, an explainable alarm association rule mining approach based on knowledge graph, referred to as ARK-G, is proposed. Initially, a cloud-network cross-layer alarm association knowledge graph (CA2KG) is constructed. Subsequently, the knowledge embedding based graph convolutional network is employed to perform knowledge graph embedding on CA2KG. This embedding is then utilized to enhance the RNNLogic algorithm, thereby facilitating cross-layer alarm association rule mining with interpretable paths. Finally, a weighted rule tree is derived from a subset of CA2KG and the generated explainable rules, enabling the deduction of the root alarm. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed ARK-G approach for association rule mining yields a higher hit rate compared to the baseline model, which provides valuable assistance in the faults analysis of 5 G cloud-network platforms.