Embodiments relate to an apparatus for monitoring a telecommunication network including one or more telecommunication channels. The apparatus includes a processor configured after executing computer code to design a convolutional neural network configured for determining an impairment type of a telecommunication channel as a function of a channel frequency response of the telecommunication channel, by selecting at least one of a number of convolutional layers, a number of filters for respective convolutional layers, and/or a size of filters for respective convolutional layers; and train the convolutional neural network based on training data specifying, for respective telecommunication channels, a channel frequency response and an associated impairment type.