Spatial Monitoring-Correlation Mechanism and Method for Locating an Origin of a Problem with an IPTV Network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsMaher Ali, Chao Kan, Ljubisa Tancevski, Tim Barrett, Laurent Philippart, Filipe Mendonca, Felicio Vaz
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Abstract
A spatial monitoring-correlation mechanism and a method are described herein for determining an origin of a problem within an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network by using topology information about the IPTV network and at least one error notification (e.g., packet loss notification-retransmission request) that is generated by at least one component (e.g., set-top box) within the IPTV network.
Claims25
A method for locating an origin of a problem within an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, said method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining topology information about the IPTV network;
- obtaining at least one error notification that is generated by at least one component within the IPTV network;
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- determining the origin of the problem within the IPTV network by using the topology information about the IPTV network and the at least one error notification that is generated by the at least one component within the IPTV network.
A spatial monitoring-correlation mechanism, comprising:
- at least one data collector located in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, where the at least one data collector obtains at least one error notification that was generated by at least one component within the IPTV network;
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- a central correlation engine including a memory that stores processor-executable instructions and a processor that interfaces with the memory and executes the processor-executable instructions to:
- obtain the at least one error notification from the at least one data collector;
- obtain topology information about the IPTV network;
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- determine the origin of the problem within the IPTV network by using the topology information about the IPTV network and the at least one error notification that was generated by the at least one component within the IPTV network.
An Internet Protocol Television Network (IPTV) comprising:
- a plurality of set-top boxes, each set-top box transmits a packet loss notification-retransmission request when there is a problem with receiving a desired video stream;
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- a spatial monitoring-correlation mechanism including:
- at least one data collector that obtains each packet loss notification-retransmission request that was transmitted by the set-top boxes;
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- a central correlation engine that obtains each packet loss notification-retransmission request from the at least one data collector, obtains topology information about the IPTV network, and determines the origin of the problem within the IPTV network by using the topology information about the IPTV network and each packet loss notification-retransmission request that was transmitted by the set-top boxes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.