MOBILE PHONE NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

This invention relates to systems and methods for managing and optimising mobile phone networks. We describe an automated performance management system for a digital mobile phone network for identifying one or more tasks to be performed in relation to said network. The system comprises: a rule input to receive rules for operating on data from the network; a data input to receive one or both of performance and configuration data from the network; and a rules engine coupled to the rule input and to the data input to operate on the data from the network using the rules. The rules engine comprises: an event generator to identify changes in one or both of the performance and configuration data and in response to generate events; and a correlator to operate on combinations of the events to identify potential faults, exceptions, or optimisations of the network.