System and method for automatically determining recommended committed information rate in a frame relay network
First Claim
1. A system for automatically assessing the data transmission performance of a communication network having at least two communication devices and a network management system, the system comprising:
- means for obtaining information regarding a user'"'"'s tolerance for data lost by the network;
means for retrieving historical information regarding a plurality of network performance parameters, said historical information being collected and stored by the network management system;
means for analyzing said tolerance information and said historical information;
means for calculating a recommendation to change the committed information rate (CIR) of the communication network to a specific value based on the analysis of the analyzing means; and
means for displaying said analysis and recommendation to the user.
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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 frame relay 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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21 Claims
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1. A system for automatically assessing the data transmission performance of a communication network having at least two communication devices and a network management system, the system comprising:
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means for obtaining information regarding a user'"'"'s tolerance for data lost by the network;
means for retrieving historical information regarding a plurality of network performance parameters, said historical information being collected and stored by the network management system;
means for analyzing said tolerance information and said historical information;
means for calculating a recommendation to change the committed information rate (CIR) of the communication network to a specific value based on the analysis of the analyzing means; and
means for displaying said analysis and recommendation to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a communication network having at least two communication devices and a network management system, a method for automatically assessing the data transmission performance of the network, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining information regarding a user'"'"'s tolerance for data lost by the network;
retrieving historical information regarding a plurality of network performance parameters, said historical information being collected and stored by the network management system;
analyzing said tolerance information and said historical information;
calculating a recommendation to change the committed information rate (CIR) of the communication network to a specific value based on the analysis of the tolerance information and historical information; and
displaying said analysis and recommendation to the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a communication network having at least two communication devices and a network management system, a computer readable medium having a program for automatically assessing the data transmission performance of the network, the program comprising logic configured to perform the steps of:
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obtaining information regarding a user'"'"'s tolerance for data lost by the network;
retrieving historical information regarding a plurality of network performance parameters, said historical information being collected and stored by the network management system;
analyzing said tolerance information and said historical information;
calculating a recommendation to change the committed information rate (CIR) of the communication network to a specific value based on the analysis of the tolerance information and historical information; and
displaying said analysis and recommendation to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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