Liu Xudong,Chen Zhenzhen,Liu Liu,et al.Establishing an intelligent agent system for network operations and maintenance[J].Telecommunications Science,2026,42(06):92-104.
Liu Xudong,Chen Zhenzhen,Liu Liu,et al.Establishing an intelligent agent system for network operations and maintenance[J].Telecommunications Science,2026,42(06):92-104.DOI: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.DXKX250719.
Establishing an intelligent agent system for network operations and maintenance
The large-scale deployment of 5G and industrial digital transformation are driving network operations and maintenance (O&M) toward collective intelligence. The fragmentation of AI applications has resulted in data silos
capability fragmentation
and cross-domain coordination challenges
hindering the advancement of autonomous intelligent networks toward level 4 (highly autonomous). A three-layer agent architecture for O&M of autonomous networks was proposed: the agent capability layer
the operations management layer
and the security protection layer. Through innovative layered decoupling and multi-agent collaborative mechanisms
a dual-dimensional evaluation framework (maturity-generality) and a full-lifecycle security protection system were constructed
enabling the evolution of O&M paradigms from single-point to collective intelligence. A practical paradigm was provided by the proposed architecture
technical pathways
and security operation methodologies for the communications industry to accelerate progress toward L4 autonomous intelligent networks.
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