SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE BROADBAND TRANSPORT PERFROMANCE DATA

• US 20070291794A1
• Filed: 08/30/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Original Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Inventors: Jiang, Baofeng, Osato, Jerold, Cambron, G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,920,480 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/493
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2854 Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks

Abstract

A system and method of determining broadband transport performance data are provided. The system includes an input to receive a request including a telephone number corresponding to a broadband data transport element. The system also includes logic to map the telephone number to a port address of network equipment associated with the broadband data transport element. The system further includes a performance analysis tool to determine performance information associated with the broadband data transport element.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an input to receive a request including a telephone number corresponding to a broadband data transport element;

logic to map the telephone number to a port address of network equipment associated with the broadband data transport element; and

a performance analysis tool to determine performance information associated with the broadband data transport element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the broadband data transport element comprises a digital subscriber line element.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the network equipment comprises a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) and wherein the digital subscriber line element is located remotely from the DSLAM.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein determining performance information associated with the broadband data transport element includes receiving performance data associated with the broadband data transport element in response to an interrogation request and analyzing the performance data.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising an interface to report the analyzed performance data to at least one remote entity.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the interface is adapted to report the analyzed performance data to two or more remote entities concurrently.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein a first entity of the two or more remote entities is an internet service provider and a second entity of the two or more remote entities is a local exchange carrier.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein determining performance information associated with the broadband data transport element includes identifying a faulty operation indicator associated with the broadband data transport element based on performance data associated with the broadband data transport element.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the faulty operation indicator corresponds to a condition that reduces a data rate of the broadband data transport element.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising an interface to report the performance information

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the performance information associated with the broadband data transport element comprises real-time performance testing information.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is adapted to send a provisioning status request to the network equipment to determine a provisioning status of the broadband data transport element.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the logic is adapted to query a provisioning database to provide a newly provisioned telephone number associated with the port address.

14. A method comprising:

receiving a request including a telephone number corresponding to a broadband data transport element;

mapping the telephone number to a port address of network equipment associated with the broadband data transport element;

determining performance information associated with the broadband data transport element; and

generating at least one report including the performance information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein generating at least one report including the performance information comprises:

generating a first report including the performance information for display to a user associated with a first entity; and

generating a second report including the performance information for display to a user associated with a second entity.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one report includes color-coded status information associated with the broadband data transport element.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising sending a provisioning status request related to the port address to determine a provisioning status associated with the broadband data transport element.

18. A computer-readable medium having instructions executable by a computing system to implement a method comprising:

receiving a request including a telephone number corresponding to a broadband data transport element;

mapping the telephone number to a port address of network equipment associated with the broadband data transport element;

determining performance information associated with the broadband data transport element; and

generating at least one report including the performance information.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the broadband transport element comprises a data modem.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein determining performance information associated with the broadband data transport element comprises identifying fault conditions associated with the broadband data transport element.