Method and apparatus for monitoring surges in busy and no answer conditions in a communication network
OwnerMarian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchiinventors
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling edge components, such as Border Element, to respond to access failures in a more intelligent manner by measuring the busy and/or no answer state conditions for attempted calls and generating alarms when these states reach a predetermined threshold is disclosed. In one embodiment, additionally capacity for handling a surge in certain traffic flow to various network elements, e.g. voice mail servers, can be automatically enabled when such alarms are received.
Claims20
A method for monitoring surges in busy or no answer conditions in a communication network, comprising:
- monitoring busy or no answer conditions of phone calls at a Border Element (BE) within said communication network;
- and
- raising an alarm indication if a number of busy or no answer conditions phone calls exceeds a pre-defined threshold for a pre-defined period of time.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of a method for monitoring surges in busy or no answer conditions in a communication network, comprising:
- monitoring busy or no answer conditions of phone calls at a Border Element (BE) within said communication network;
- and
- raising an alarm indication if a number of busy or no answer conditions phone calls exceeds a pre-defined threshold for a pre-defined period of time.
An apparatus for monitoring surges in busy or no answer conditions in a communication network, comprising:
- means for monitoring busy or no answer conditions of phone calls at a Border Element (BE) within said communication network;
- and
- means for raising an alarm indication if a number of busy or no answer conditions phone calls exceeds a pre-defined threshold for a pre-defined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.