System and method for generating a graphical user interface representative of network performance
First Claim
1. A call control manager for monitoring performance of a packet network for carrying voice over Internet Protocol (“
- VoIP”
) calls, said call control manager comprising;
memory operable to store data and executable instructions; and
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;
append the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets;
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 to provide improved performance for a VoIP call, in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information; and
determine inter-network network performance information associated with the communication of data packets between the packet network and a second packet network owned by another network service provider by monitoring a second set of performance information packets communicated between the packet network and the second packet network;
wherein the performance information packets include information indicative of time sent and counter value indicative of number of data packets sent between a previous performance information packet and a current performance information packet.
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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 collecting network performance information from a plurality of network nodes of a packet network, the network performance information being indicative of a health of the network packet network. The method includes storing the network performance information collected from the plurality of network nodes and generating a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the network performance information, wherein the graphical representation of a network segment is indicated as a line, and wherein a width of the line widens and narrows in accordance with an amount of traffic flow over the network segment.
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16 Claims
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1. A call control manager for monitoring performance of a packet network for carrying voice over Internet Protocol (“
- VoIP”
) calls, said call control manager comprising;memory operable to store data and executable instructions; and 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; append the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets; 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 to provide improved performance for a VoIP call, in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information; and determine inter-network network performance information associated with the communication of data packets between the packet network and a second packet network owned by another network service provider by monitoring a second set of performance information packets communicated between the packet network and the second packet network; wherein the performance information packets include information indicative of time sent and counter value indicative of number of data packets sent between a previous performance information packet and a current performance information packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- VoIP”
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9. A method for monitoring performance of a packet network for carrying voice over Internet Protocol (“
- VoIP”
) calls, said method comprising;determining, by a call control manager, network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network; appending, by the call control manager, the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets; storing, by the call control manager, the network performance information in memory; analyzing, by the call control manager, the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information; automatically altering network operation of the packet network to provide improved performance for a VoIP call, in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information; and determining inter-network network performance information associated with the communication of data packets between the packet network and a second packet network owned by another network service provider; wherein the performance information packets include information indicative of time sent and counter value indicative of number of data packets sent between a previous performance information packet and a current performance information packet. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- VoIP”
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