MANAGING SERVICE LEVELS ON A SHARED NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method of assessing performance of a communications network, comprising:
- defining a plurality of services provided on the network;
for each service;
defining each of a plurality of components required for providing the service, anddefining one or more criteria for providing an acceptable level of service;
determining, using at least one determination function, performance parameters related to the components of the network;
comparing, by a network analysis system, the performance parameters to the one or more criteria of the plurality of services; and
identifying, by the network analysis system, one or more of the plurality of services that fail to achieve the acceptable level of service based on the one or more criteria, and at least one criteria that was not achieved that caused the service to fail to achieve the acceptable level of service.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for modeling and analysis of services provided over a common network include a processor configured to track services connected to the common network through nodes and links; run service models associated with the services under selected conditions, the selected conditions including failure and repair of one of the nodes or links; and propose corrective action and/or change of network resources of the common network to minimize impact of the failure. The processor may also run Network models. The models may be executed successively or simultaneously, and outputs of one model may be used as input to other models, including any necessary conversions for compatibility.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of assessing performance of a communications network, comprising:
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defining a plurality of services provided on the network; for each service; defining each of a plurality of components required for providing the service, and defining one or more criteria for providing an acceptable level of service; determining, using at least one determination function, performance parameters related to the components of the network; comparing, by a network analysis system, the performance parameters to the one or more criteria of the plurality of services; and identifying, by the network analysis system, one or more of the plurality of services that fail to achieve the acceptable level of service based on the one or more criteria, and at least one criteria that was not achieved that caused the service to fail to achieve the acceptable level of service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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a memory that is configured to store a plurality of services provided on a network, each service being characterized by a plurality of components required for providing the service, and one or more criteria for providing an acceptable level of service, a display device, and a processor that is configured to; determine, using at least one determination function, performance parameters related to the components of the network, compare the performance parameters to the one or more criteria of the plurality of services; and identify one or more of the plurality of services that fail to achieve the acceptable level of service based on the one or more criteria, and at least one criteria that was not achieved that caused the service to fail to achieve the acceptable level of service, and provide one or more reports to a user based on the failure of the one or more services to achieve the acceptable level of service. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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