WHEN SELF-HEALING NETWORKS
BEGAN TO EVOLVE RAPIDLY?
Self-healing networks are intelligent, adaptive communication systems that can detect, diagnose, and automatically recover from faults or failures, without human intervention.
The innovation landscape for self-healing networks experienced a significant shift in patent applications starting in 2010. The technology received consistent patent applications from 2011 to 2024. The applications picked up pace from 2018 and reached their peak in 2024, when 535 patent applications were received, the most in a single year.
The trend continues to rise today, with patents increasingly focusing on real-time analytics, edge computing integration, and self-optimizing networks. The volume and complexity of recent filings indicate that self-healing networks are evolving from niche innovation to a core component of next-generation infrastructure, particularly in 5G, IoT, and autonomous systems.
