PropLLM: Propagation-Aware Scene Reconstruction for Network Fault Diagnosis
Summary
PropLLM is a novel approach for network fault diagnosis that integrates hop-by-hop scene reconstruction with large language models (LLMs) to resolve end-point ambiguity in fault propagation. Unlike existing rule-based, ML-based, or LLM-based methods that map alerts to diagnoses in a single pass, PropLLM traces back from end-point alerts. It retrieves verifiable factual evidence from a dual-layer knowledge graph at each hop. The system incorporates a Temporal Causal Propagation Attention (TCPA) mechanism, which encodes topological causal priors into attention computation to guide causal direction. This process ultimately localizes the root cause and determines the fault type through a fully evidenced causal chain. On a real-world Wi-Fi multimodal fault dataset, PropLLM improves fault type diagnosis accuracy by 3.9% and root cause localization accuracy by 4.7% over the strongest baseline, while reducing the hallucination rate by 50.8%. Its effectiveness is further demonstrated on the TeleLogs 5G dataset.
Key takeaway
For Network Operations Engineers or AI Scientists developing fault diagnosis systems, PropLLM offers a significant advancement in resolving end-point ambiguity. You should consider integrating hop-by-hop scene reconstruction with LLMs and dual-layer knowledge graphs to trace causal chains effectively. This approach, especially with causal attention mechanisms, can substantially improve fault type diagnosis and root cause localization accuracy, while also reducing hallucination rates in your diagnostic outputs.
Key insights
PropLLM uses LLMs with hop-by-hop scene reconstruction and causal attention for accurate network fault diagnosis, reducing ambiguity and hallucination.
Principles
- Network faults propagate layer by layer.
- End-point symptoms can be ambiguous.
- Causal priors guide fault localization.
Method
PropLLM traces back hop-by-hop from end-point alerts, retrieving evidence from a dual-layer knowledge graph. Temporal Causal Propagation Attention (TCPA) encodes topological causal priors to guide causal chain reconstruction and root cause localization.
In practice
- Integrate KGs with LLMs for causal tracing.
- Encode topological priors into attention.
- Use hop-by-hop reconstruction for ambiguity.
Topics
- Network Fault Diagnosis
- Large Language Models
- Knowledge Graphs
- Causal Propagation
- Wi-Fi Networks
- 5G Networks
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