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Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to characterize customer-premises networks

  • US 8,515,014 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2009
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining a first plurality of performance parameters for a first time interval for respective ones of a first plurality of customer-premises devices, wherein the first plurality of customer-premises devices form a first customer-premises communication network and each of the first plurality of customer-premises devices is communicatively coupled to a first residential gateway;

    obtaining a second plurality of performance parameters for a second time interval for the respective ones of the first plurality of customer-premises devices;

    computing a first performance distribution from the first and second plurality of performance parameters;

    computing a first ratio of a first value associated with a first percentile of the first performance distribution and a second value associated with a second percentile of the first performance distribution, the first ratio representative of a first performance variability of the first customer-premises communication network; and

    comparing the first performance variability to a second performance variability of a second customer-premises communication network communicatively coupled to a second residential gateway to determine whether the first customer-premises communication network is operating in accordance with a normal operating condition.

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