Distributed montoring in a telecommunications system
First Claim
1. A telecommunication system configured to provide distributed system monitoring, the telecommunication system comprising:
- a control system; and
a plurality of peer communication devices, each communication device, responsive to handling telecommunications data, collects performance data and transfers the performance data to the control system;
the control system, responsive to receipt of the performance data from the communication devices, processes the performance data from each of the communication devices to generate a performance file that indicates the performance of each of the communication devices, and transfers the performance file to each of the communication devices;
each communication device, responsive to receipt of the performance file, processes the performance file to compare its performance to the performance of the other peer communication devices.
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Abstract
A telecommunication system and method are disclosed. The telecommunication network is comprised of a plurality of peer communication devices coupled to a control system. Each of the communication devices collects performance data on its own performance and transfers the performance data to the control system. The control system, in response to receiving the performance data, processes the performance data from the communication devices to generate a performance file that indicates the performance of each of the communication devices. The control system transfers the performance file to each of the communication devices. Responsive to receiving the performance file, each of the communication devices processes the performance file to compare its performance to the performance of the other peer communication devices. Each of the communication devices may process the performance file to improve its performance.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunication system configured to provide distributed system monitoring, the telecommunication system comprising:
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a control system; and
a plurality of peer communication devices, each communication device, responsive to handling telecommunications data, collects performance data and transfers the performance data to the control system;
the control system, responsive to receipt of the performance data from the communication devices, processes the performance data from each of the communication devices to generate a performance file that indicates the performance of each of the communication devices, and transfers the performance file to each of the communication devices;
each communication device, responsive to receipt of the performance file, processes the performance file to compare its performance to the performance of the other peer communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a telecommunication system to provide distributed system monitoring, wherein the telecommunication system comprises a plurality of peer communication devices coupled to a control system, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting performance data in each of the plurality of peer communication devices responsive to each of the plurality of peer communication devices handling telecommunications data, transferring the performance data from each of the plurality of peer communication devices to the control system, processing the performance data from each of the communication devices in the control system to generate a performance file that indicates the performance of each of the communication devices, transferring the performance file from the control system to each of the communication devices, and processing the performance file in each of the plurality of peer communication devices to compare its performance to the performance of the other peer communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. The method of claim 111 further comprising the step of:
processing the performance file in each of the plurality of peer communication devices to attempt to improve its performance.
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