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-COOPER – Cellular Operational Observations for Performance and Evaluation Research
+# 📡 COOPER  
+### Cellular Operational Observations for Performance and Evaluation Research  
+**An Open Benchmark of Synthetic Mobile Network Performance Indicators for Reproducible Research**
+
+---
+
+## 🧭 Overview
+
+**COOPER** is an open-source **synthetic dataset of mobile network performance measurement (PM) time series**, designed to support **reproducible AI/ML research** in wireless networks. The dataset is named in honor of **Martin Cooper**, a pioneer of cellular communications.
+
+COOPER emulates the **statistical distributions, temporal dynamics, and structural patterns** of real 5G network PM data while containing **no sensitive or operator-identifiable information**.
+
+The dataset is released together with a **reproducible benchmarking framework** used to evaluate synthetic data generation methods.
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Motivation
+
+Access to real telecom PM/KPI data is often restricted due to:
+
+- Confidentiality agreements  
+- Privacy regulations  
+- Commercial sensitivity  
+
+This lack of open data limits **reproducibility** in AI-driven research for wireless networks. COOPER addresses this gap by providing a **realistic yet privacy-preserving synthetic alternative** suitable for:
+
+- Network monitoring research  
+- KPI forecasting  
+- Anomaly detection  
+- AI-native network automation  
+- 5G/6G performance evaluation  
+
+---
+
+## 🏗 Dataset Creation Methodology
+
+To generate COOPER, three complementary synthetic data generation paradigms were evaluated:
+
+1. **Adversarial approaches**
+2. **Probabilistic models**
+3. **Model-based time-series methods**
+
+These were benchmarked using a **unified quantitative and qualitative evaluation framework** considering:
+
+- Distributional similarity  
+- Temporal fidelity  
+- Shape alignment  
+- Discriminative performance  
+- Downstream forecasting capability  
+
+The generator demonstrating the most **balanced and consistent performance** across these criteria was selected to produce COOPER.
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Source Data Characteristics (Before Anonymization)
+
+The real dataset used to model the synthetic data was:
+
+- Fully **anonymized** to remove operator-sensitive information  
+- Cleaned and standardized for consistency  
+
+| Property | Value |
+|---------|------|
+| Radio Access Technology | 5G |
+| Number of PM Indicators | 45 |
+| Total Number of Cells | 84 |
+| Base Stations | 12 |
+| Geographic Area | ~1.35 km² |
+| Collection Period | 31 days |
+| Sampling Interval | 1 hour |
+| Data Representation | Multi-cell time series |
+
+A **cell** is defined as a radiating unit within a specific RAT and frequency band. Each base station may host multiple cells.
+
+---
+
+## 📡 Network Deployment Characteristics
+
+The modeled network includes two frequency bands and two 5G architectures:
+
+| Band | Architecture | Number of Cells |
+|------|-------------|----------------|
+| N28 (700 MHz) | Option 2 (Standalone) | 6 |
+| N28 (700 MHz) | Option 3 (Non-Standalone) | 48 |
+| N78 (3500 MHz) | Option 2 (Standalone) | 6 |
+| N78 (3500 MHz) | Option 3 (Non-Standalone) | 24 |
+
+Most cells operate in **Option 3 (NSA)** mode, reflecting a typical **EN-DC deployment** where LTE provides the control-plane anchor.
+
+---
+
+## 📈 PM Indicator Categories
+
+Indicators follow **3GPP TS 28.552** performance measurement definitions and are grouped into:
+
+### 1️⃣ Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection
+Procedures for establishing UE radio connections and tracking active users.
+- `RRC.ConnEstabSucc`
+- `RRC.ConnEstabAtt`
+- `RRC.ConnMax`
+
+### 2️⃣ Mobility Management
+Handover and redirection performance across frequencies.
+- `MM.HoExeIntraFreqSucc`
+- `MM.HoExeInterFreqSuccOut`
+
+### 3️⃣ Channel Quality Indicator (CQI)
+Distribution of downlink channel quality reports (CQI 0–15).
+- `CARR.WBCQIDist.Bin0`
+- `CARR.WBCQIDist.Bin15`
+
+### 4️⃣ Throughput and Data Volume
+Traffic volume and transmission duration.
+- `ThpVolDl`
+- `ThpTimeDl`
+
+### 5️⃣ Availability
+Cell downtime due to failures or energy-saving mechanisms.
+- `CellUnavail.System`
+- `CellUnavail.EnergySaving`
+
+### 6️⃣ UE Context
+User session establishment attempts and successes.
+- `UECNTX.Est.Att`
+- `UECNTX.Est.Succ`
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Benchmarking Framework
+
+COOPER is distributed with a **reproducible evaluation pipeline** that allows researchers to compare synthetic data generators using:
+
+- Statistical similarity metrics  
+- Temporal alignment measures  
+- Shape-based similarity  
+- Classification distinguishability  
+- Forecasting task performance  
+
+This framework enables standardized evaluation of synthetic telecom datasets.
+
+---
+
+## 🔬 Intended Use Cases
+
+COOPER is suitable for:
+
+- Time-series forecasting research  
+- Network anomaly detection  
+- AI/ML benchmarking  
+- Root cause analysis modeling  
+- RAN performance optimization studies  
+- Reproducible academic research in 5G/6G systems  
+
+---
+
+## ⚠️ Limitations
+
+- Synthetic data cannot capture all rare real-world network behaviors  
+- Some extreme events may be underrepresented  
+- Vendor-specific configurations are abstracted  
+
+COOPER should be used as a **research and benchmarking dataset**, not as a substitute for operational network data.
+
+---
+
+## 🤝 Contribution & Reproducibility
+
+This project promotes **open and reproducible telecom AI research**.  
+Researchers are encouraged to:
+
+- Benchmark new generation models using the provided framework  
+- Share improvements and derived datasets  
+- Compare methods under the same evaluation protocol  
+
+---
+
+## 📜 License
+
+This dataset is released for **research and educational purposes**.  
+(Include specific license here, e.g., CC BY 4.0 / MIT / Apache 2.0)
+
+---
+
+## 📖 Citation
+
+If you use COOPER in your research, please cite:
+
+> *COOPER: An Open Benchmark of Synthetic Mobile Network Performance Indicators for Reproducible Research*
+
+(Full citation to be added)
+
+---
+
+## 👤 Acknowledgment
+
+Named in honor of **Martin Cooper**, whose pioneering work made modern cellular communication possible.