System and method for monitoring and altering performance of a packet network
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring performance of a packet network, said system comprising:
- memory operable to store data and executable instructions;
a processing unit configured to execute instructions to;
determine network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network;
store the network performance information in memory;
analyze the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information; and
automatically alter network operation of the packet network in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information;
wherein the system is a call control manager, and wherein automatically altering network operation includes the call control manager establishing a different virtual path through a network node than would otherwise not have been established, and wherein the call control manager issues a command to the network node to execute one or more self-tests associated with the data packet communications at the network node, results of the one or more self-tests being communicated back to the call control manager.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for monitoring performance of a packet network. In one embodiment, a method includes determining network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network. The method also includes appending the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets. The method stores the network performance information collected by monitoring the performance information packets in memory and analyzes the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information. The method automatically alters network operation in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring performance of a packet network, said system comprising:
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memory operable to store data and executable instructions; a processing unit configured to execute instructions to; determine network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network; store the network performance information in memory; analyze the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information; and automatically alter network operation of the packet network in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information; wherein the system is a call control manager, and wherein automatically altering network operation includes the call control manager establishing a different virtual path through a network node than would otherwise not have been established, and wherein the call control manager issues a command to the network node to execute one or more self-tests associated with the data packet communications at the network node, results of the one or more self-tests being communicated back to the call control manager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for monitoring performance of a packet network, said method comprising:
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determining network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network; storing the network performance information collected by monitoring the performance information packets in memory; analyzing the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information; automatically altering, with a call control manager, network operation in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information; establishing, with the call control manager, a virtual path, that would not otherwise have been established, through a network node; issuing, with the call control manager, a command to the network node to execute one or more self-tests associated with the data packet communications at the network node; and
communicating results of the one or more self-tests to the call control manager. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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