System and method for determining correlations in a communications network
First Claim
1. A method for determining whether two or more parameters influence one another within a communications network, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a set of measurements for two or more parameters within the communications network;
determining a correlation between each of the two or more parameters;
determining a partial correlation between each of the two or more parameters;
determining whether the correlations and the partial correlations are statistically significant; and
determining whether the two or more parameters, if any, influence one another based on the statistically significant correlations and partial correlations.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for determining whether two or more parameters influence one another within a communications network by obtaining a set of measurements for two or more parameters. A correlation and a partial correlation between each of the parameters are then determined. A determination is then made as to whether the correlations and the partial correlations are statistically significant. Thereafter, a determination is made as to whether the two or more parameters, if any, influence one another based on the statistically significant correlations and partial correlations.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for determining whether two or more parameters influence one another within a communications network, comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a set of measurements for two or more parameters within the communications network;
determining a correlation between each of the two or more parameters;
determining a partial correlation between each of the two or more parameters;
determining whether the correlations and the partial correlations are statistically significant; and
determining whether the two or more parameters, if any, influence one another based on the statistically significant correlations and partial correlations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for determining whether two or more parameters influence one another within a communications network, comprising:
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a code segment for obtaining a set of measurements for the two or more parameter within the communications network;
a code segment for determining a correlation between each of the two or more parameters;
a code segment for determining a partial correlation between each of the two or more parameters;
a code segment for determining whether the correlations and the partial correlations are statistically significant; and
a code segment for determining whether the two or more parameters, if any, influence one another based on the statistically significant correlations and partial correlations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for determining whether two or more parameters influence one another within a communications network, comprising:
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a computer;
a data storage mechanism communicably coupled to the computer;
an interface communicably coupled to the computer for communicably coupling the computer to one or more network devices; and
the computer obtaining a set of measurements for the two or more parameters within the communications network, determining a correlation between each of the two or more parameters, determining a partial correlation between each of the two or more parameters, determining whether the correlations and the partial correlations are statistically significant, and determining whether the two or more parameters, if any, influence one another based on the statistically significant correlations and partial correlations. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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