System and method for automatically determining a recommended committed information rate
First Claim
1. A communication device comprising:
- a connection to a communication network, wherein data is intended to be transmitted along the connection according to a specified network performance level;
means for providing information related to the actual network performance over a period of time; and
means for receiving a recommendation to adjust the network performance level based on the actual network performance with respect to the specified network performance level.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for using tolerances obtained from a user together with historical information about a communication network to analyze the network'"'"'s performance and to calculate and recommend a specific change to the committed information rate (CIR) over a given permanent virtual circuit (PVC). The historical information, which is collected by a network management system connected to at least two communication devices in a communication network, relates to various performance parameters, which may include the total data transmitted, received and dropped above and within the original CIR, and the burstiness of the data. The historical information is automatically analyzed in view of the user'"'"'s designated tolerances to determine the network'"'"'s data transmission performance, and a forward-looking recommendation of an optimum CIR is made, based on the analysis. The results of the analysis and the recommended change to the CIR are displayed to the user in a graphical format.
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20 Claims
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a connection to a communication network, wherein data is intended to be transmitted along the connection according to a specified network performance level;
means for providing information related to the actual network performance over a period of time; and
means for receiving a recommendation to adjust the network performance level based on the actual network performance with respect to the specified network performance level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network management system of a communication network, the network management system comprising:
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means for obtaining information corresponding to an initial guaranteed level of network performance provided to an end user on the communication network;
means for collecting information corresponding to the actual performance of the communication network over a period of time; and
means for recommending a revised guaranteed level of network performance based on the initial guaranteed level of network performance and the actual performance of the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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