| Presentation | 2021-11-26 Robotic Assistance of On-site Network Maintenance Works Takayuki Warabino, Yusuke Suzuki, Tomohiro Otani, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | While the introduction of softwarelization technologies such as SDN and NFV transfers the main focus of network management from hardware to software, the network operators still have to deal with various and numerous network and computing equipment located in network centers. Toward fully automated network management, we believe that a robotic approach will be significant, meaning that robots will handle network-facility management works on behalf of humans. This paper focuses on robotic assistance for on-site network maintenance works. Currently, attendance at the on-site vendor’s works (e.g., hardware check, hardware installation/replacement and high impact update of software etc.) is one of the major tasks of network operators. The network operators monitor the work progress for human error prevention and safety improvement. In order to reduce the burden of this, we propose three functionalities, namely attendance at on-site meetings, progress check by periodical patrol, and remote control of robots, which support the various forms of attendance. The paper presents our implementation of enabling these supports, and reports the results of experiments conducted in a commercial network center. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Network management / Network maintenance / Automation / Robot / ROS |
| Paper # | ICM2021-28 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-11-18 (ICM) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | CQ / ICM / NS |
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| Conference Date | 2021/11/25(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | JR Hakata Stn. Hakata EkiHigashi Rental Room |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Network quality, Network measurement/management, Network virtualization, Network service, Blockchain, Security, Network intelligence/AI, etc. |
| Chair | Jun Okamoto(NTT) / Kazuhiko Kinoshita(Tokushima Univ.) / Akihiro Nakao(Univ. of Tokyo) |
| Vice Chair | Takefumi Hiraguri(Nippon Inst. of Tech.) / Gou Hasegawa(Tohoku Univ.) / Haruo Ooishi(NTT) / Eiji Takahashi(NEC) / Tetsuya Oishi(NTT) |
| Secretary | Takefumi Hiraguri(NTT) / Gou Hasegawa(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Haruo Ooishi(Bosco) / Eiji Takahashi(Fujitsu) / Tetsuya Oishi(NTT) |
| Assistant | Yoshiaki Nishikawa(NEC) / Ryoichi Kataoka(KDDI Research) / Kimiko Kawashima(NTT) / Yoshifumi Kato(NTT) / Kotaro Mihara(NTT) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Communication Quality / Technical Committee on Information and Communication Management / Technical Committee on Network Systems |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Robotic Assistance of On-site Network Maintenance Works |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Network management |
| Keyword(2) | Network maintenance |
| Keyword(3) | Automation |
| Keyword(4) | Robot |
| Keyword(5) | ROS |
| 1st Author's Name | Takayuki Warabino |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | KDDI Research, Inc.(KDDI Research) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yusuke Suzuki |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | KDDI(KDDI) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Tomohiro Otani |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | KDDI Research, Inc.(KDDI Research) |
| Date | 2021-11-26 |
| Paper # | ICM2021-28 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.121 |
| Number (no) | ICM-264 |
| Page | pp.pp.27-32(ICM), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-11-18 (ICM) |