Broadband communications
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Abstract
The invention relates to communications, particularly but not exclusively broadband communications. One facet of the present invention relates to provisioning of services in a communications network and finds particular, but not exclusive, application in a broadband network environment or other environment where services are provisioned. The provisioning of services will now be discussed in more detail.
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285 Claims
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- 266. A method of providing an assured service to a user via a virtual private connection in a distributed network, the method comprising providing an agent in the network and configuring the agent to monitor the virtual private connection by simulating communication over the connection.
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274. A communications network management system, which system comprises:
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a. an input for receiving fault reports in respect of a network and/or one or more services supported by a network, b. a data store for storing data in respect of said network and/or services, c. a fault processor for processing fault reports received via the input, using data stored in the data store, to generate corrective solutions, and d. a simulator for triggering a service provision response by the network wherein the simulator has an output to the network to trigger a service provision response, such that a fault report in respect of said response will be received at the input and processed by the fault processor. - View Dependent Claims (275, 276, 277, 278)
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- 279. A communications network management system comprising a fault detector and fault processor for detecting faults in the network or services provided over the network, and for analysing detected faults with the purpose of generating solutions to the faults, wherein the system further comprises means for providing context sensitive help for providing information to the user in relation to one or more faults being analysed.
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