Network performance determining
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1. A system for use with a broadband network, the system comprising:
- a network-metrics apparatus configured to obtain first metrics of performance of at least a portion of the broadband network;
a data-processing apparatus coupled to the network-metrics apparatus and configured to combine a plurality of first metrics into a second metric of network performance indicative of a higher-level of network performance than indicated by the first metrics; and
a data-arranging apparatus coupled to the data-processing apparatus and configured to arrange at least a portion of the first metrics and the second metric into a predetermined format.
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Abstract
A system, for use with a broadband network, includes a network-metrics apparatus configured to obtain first metrics of performance of at least a portion of the broadband network, a data-processing apparatus coupled to the network-metrics apparatus and configured to combine a plurality of first metrics into a second metric of network performance indicative of a higher-level of network performance than indicated by the first metrics, and a data-arranging apparatus coupled to the data-processing apparatus and configured to arrange at least a portion of the first metrics and the second metric into a predetermined format.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for use with a broadband network, the system comprising:
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a network-metrics apparatus configured to obtain first metrics of performance of at least a portion of the broadband network;
a data-processing apparatus coupled to the network-metrics apparatus and configured to combine a plurality of first metrics into a second metric of network performance indicative of a higher-level of network performance than indicated by the first metrics; and
a data-arranging apparatus coupled to the data-processing apparatus and configured to arrange at least a portion of the first metrics and the second metric into a predetermined format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for use with a broadband network, the system comprising:
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a collector configured to collect raw data, indicative of network operation, from the network;
first-metric determining means, coupled to the collector, for receiving the raw data from the collector, manipulating the raw data to periodically determine first metrics based on the raw data, the first metrics being indicative of a plurality of levels of network performance, and being associated with a time period; and
combining means, coupled to the determining means, for combining the first metrics, according to network topology and network characteristics associated with the first metrics, into time-dependent second metrics indicative of at least amounts of time that the associated network characteristics were at corresponding ones of the plurality of levels of network performance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product for consolidating broadband network performance and comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to:
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periodically collect network activity data for elements of a broadband network;
use the network activity data to determine amounts of time that the network elements are degraded for a plurality of network issues;
combine the amounts of time that the network elements are degraded according to the network issues and according to network topology to determine cumulative amounts of time of degraded network element performance for the plurality of issues;
combine cumulative amounts of time of associated issues into cumulative amounts of time for groups of related issues; and
combine cumulative amounts of time for groups of related issues to determine at least one summary amount of time of degraded performance of network elements in the network. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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