Methods and systems for automatically tracking the rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network

• US 9,148,365 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2014
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Taylor, William S., Massengill, David, Hollingsworth, John
• Primary Examiner(s): SHIVERS, ASHLEY L
• Application Number:
  US14/537,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067161A1
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2002 where interconnections or communication control functionality are redundant flexible arrangements for bus networks involving redundancy H04L12/40176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0654 using network fault recovery ring fault isolation or reconfiguration in loop networks without recovery actions by a network management system H04L12/437
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0663 Performing the actions predefined by failover planning, e.g. switching to standby network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5003 Managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/28 using route fault recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/557 Error correction, e.g. fault recovery or fault tolerance

Abstract

An example method involves generating, with a network management module, a data structure to store current reroute statistics based on rerouting of data from a logical circuit that has failed to a logical failover circuit in a network. The current reroute statistics include trap data corresponding to the logical circuit. The trap data includes a committed burst size. The logical circuit is identified by a first logical circuit identifier. The logical failover circuit is identified by a second logical circuit identifier. The first and second logical circuit identifiers are renamed until the logical circuit has been restored from failure. The table is updated with the network management module to store updated reroute statistics. The updated reroute statistics include updated trap data corresponding to the logical circuit. The updated reroute statistics are based on a change in status of the logical circuit resulting from the committed burst size having been exceeded.

Claims

1. A method to automatically track rerouting of data in a network, the method comprising:

generating, with a network management module of a network management system, a data structure to store current reroute statistics based on the rerouting of the data from a logical circuit that has failed to a logical failover circuit in the network, the current reroute statistics including trap data corresponding to the logical circuit in the network, the trap data including a committed burst size, the logical circuit identified by a first logical circuit identifier, the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier, the first and second logical circuit identifiers renamed until the logical circuit has been restored from failure; and

updating the data structure with the network management module to store updated reroute statistics, the updated reroute statistics including updated trap data corresponding to the logical circuit in the network, the updated reroute statistics being based on a change in a status of the logical circuit resulting from the committed burst size having been exceeded.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a billing report including the updated reroute statistics.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the updated reroute statistics based on restoration of the logical circuit from the failure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the trap data comprises the first logical circuit identifier for the logical circuit and the second logical circuit identifier for the logical failover circuit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the trap data includes a current utilization of the logical failover circuit.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the trap data includes a number of hops taken by the logical failover circuit.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the trap data includes a quality of service parameter for the logical failover circuit.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the quality of service parameter is at least one of an unspecified bit rate, a variable bit rate, and a committed bit rate.

9. An apparatus to automatically track rerouting of data in a network, the apparatus comprising:

a network management module of a network management system, the network management module having a processor; and

a memory to store machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

generating a data structure to store current reroute statistics based on the rerouting of the data from a logical circuit that has failed to a logical failover circuit in the network, the current reroute statistics including trap data corresponding to the logical circuit in the network, the trap data including a committed information rate, the logical circuit identified by a first logical circuit identifier, the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier, the first and second logical circuit identifiers renamed until the logical circuit has been restored from failure; and

updating the data structure to store updated reroute statistics, the updated reroute statistics including updated trap data corresponding to the logical circuit in the network, the updated reroute statistics being based on a change in a status of the logical circuit resulting from the committed information rate having been exceeded.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise generating a billing report including the updated reroute statistics.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the updated reroute statistics are generated based on restoration of the logical circuit from the failure.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the trap data comprises the first logical circuit identifier for the logical failover circuit and the second logical circuit identifier for the logical failover circuit.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the trap data includes a current utilization of the logical failover circuit.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the trap data includes a number of hops taken by the logical failover circuit.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the trap data includes a quality of service parameter for the logical failover circuit.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the quality of service parameter is at least one of an unspecified bit rate, a variable bit rate, and a committed bit rate.

17. A machine accessible storage device comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

generating a data structure with a network management module of a network management system to store current reroute statistics based on rerouting of data from a logical circuit that has failed to a logical failover circuit in a network, the current reroute statistics including trap data corresponding to the logical circuit in the network, the trap data including a committed burst size, the logical circuit identified by a first logical circuit identifier, the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier, the first and second logical circuit identifiers renamed until the logical circuit has been restored from failure; and

updating the data structure with the network management module to store updated reroute statistics, the updated reroute statistics including updated trap data corresponding to the logical circuit in the network, the updated reroute statistics being based on a change in a status of the logical circuit resulting from the committed burst size having been exceeded.

18. The machine accessible storage device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise generating a billing report including the updated reroute statistics.

19. The machine accessible storage device of claim 17, wherein the updated reroute statistics are generated based on restoration of the logical circuit from the failure.

20. The machine accessible storage device of claim 17, wherein the trap data comprises the first logical circuit identifier for the logical circuit and the second logical circuit identifier for the logical failover circuit.