Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to characterize customer-premises networks
First Claim
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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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to characterize customer-premises networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises retrieving a first plurality of performance parameters for a first time interval for respective ones of a plurality of customer-premises devices, the first plurality of customer-premises devices forming a first customer-premises communication network and each communicatively coupled to a first residential gateway, retrieving a second plurality of performance parameters for a second time interval for the respective ones of the first plurality of devices, computing a first metric representative of a performance variability of the first customer-premises communication network from the first and second plurality of performance parameters, and comparing the first metric to a second metric representative of 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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14 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tangible machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
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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 the first time interval for the respective ones of a second plurality of customer-premises devices, wherein the second plurality of customer-premises devices form a second customer-premises communication network and each of the second plurality of customer-premises devices are communicatively coupled to a second residential gateway; computing a first performance distribution from the first performance parameters; computing a first ratio based on a first percentile of the first performance distribution and a second percentile of the first performance distribution; computing a second performance distribution from the second performance parameters; computing a second ratio based on a third percentile of the second performance distribution and a fourth percentile of the second performance distribution; and comparing the first and second ratios to determine whether the first and second customer-premises communication networks are operating in accordance with a normal operating condition. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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memory comprising machine readable instructions; and a processor to execute the machine readable instructions to perform operations comprising; collecting 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; collecting 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 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. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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