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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJerome Mee, Bernard Brady, Marie Moynihan
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A network management system (1), for example for use in a telecommunications network (7), comprises a performance measurement tool (3) for carrying out a plurality of performance measurements (5) relating to physical or logical components of the network (7). A performance management controller (9) comprises a control unit (19), a list of performance measurement groups (13), a list of logical/physical components (15) and a list of predefined time schedules (17). Upon receiving information (11) indicating that a performance measurement threshold has been crossed, the control unit (19) determines whether the group of performance measurements associated with that threshold is active, and if not, automatically activates (21) the appropriate performance measurement group. In this way, the system is able to adaptively change the performance measurements in response to actual performance measurements, thereby ensuring that the most appropriate measurements are carried out. The automatic deactivation (23) of performance measurements means that no wasteful measurements are carried out.
A method of automatically controlling performance measurements in a network, the method comprising the steps of:
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising the step of determining whether a measurement has fallen below any threshold;
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising the step of defining a list of performance measurements.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein each performance measurement has a predefined relationship with a performance threshold.
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein performance measurements are grouped according to their relationship to performance thresholds.
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein each group of performance measurements is related to one or more logical or physical components in the network.
A method as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein thresholds are set such that the crossing of a threshold indicates a potential problem.
A method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the performance measurement data is used to predict potential trouble areas.
A performance management controller for use in a network in which a plurality of performance measurements are carried out, the performance management controller comprising:
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