Method and apparatus for determining operational aspects of network equipment and devices
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMehdi Malboubi, Baofeng Jiang
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving data associated with network equipment operating in a communication system, determining from the data inferential parameters that describe operations of the network equipment; and determining, from the inferential parameters, one or more behavioral profiles of one or more network elements of the network equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims17
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- obtaining data associated with network equipment operating in a communication system, wherein the obtaining data comprises:
- identifying one or more network elements of the network equipment,
- configuring the one or more network elements to transmit one or more probe signals, and
- obtaining the data from a transmission of the one or more probe signals;
- determining, from the data, inferential parameters that describe operations of the network equipment;
- and
- supplying the inferential parameters to a system for predicting operations of the network equipment.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- obtaining passive data and active data associated with network equipment operating in a communication system, wherein the passive data comprises a key performance indicator obtained from one or more network elements of the network equipment, and wherein the active data is obtained from one or more probe signals traversing the one or more network elements;
- determining, from the passive data and the active data, inferential parameters that describe operations of the network equipment;
- and supplying the inferential parameters to a system for managing operations of the network equipment.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor, data associated with network equipment operating in a communication system;
- calculating, by the processing system, from the data, inferential characteristics that describe operations of the network equipment;
- and
- determining, by the processing system, from the inferential characteristics, one or more behavioral profiles of one or more network elements of the network equipment, wherein the data is generated by one or more probe signals traversing the one or more network elements, and wherein the one or more network elements comprise a switch, a mobile communication device, a router, a base station, or combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.