US 2010/0138688 A1 · MANAGING SERVICE LEVELS ON A SHARED NETWORK

Abstract

Devices and methods for modeling and analysis of services provided over a common network include a processor configured to track services connected to the common network through nodes and links; run service models associated with the services under selected conditions, the selected conditions including failure and repair of one of the nodes or links; and propose corrective action and/or change of network resources of the common network to minimize impact of the failure. The processor may also run Network models. The models may be executed successively or simultaneously, and outputs of one model may be used as input to other models, including any necessary conversions for compatibility.

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Dependent claims

A method of assessing performance of a communications network, comprising:

defining a plurality of services provided on the network;
for each service:
defining each of a plurality of components required for providing the service, and
defining one or more criteria for providing an acceptable level of service;
determining, using at least one determination function, performance parameters related to the components of the network;
comparing, by a network analysis system, the performance parameters to the one or more criteria of the plurality of services;
and
identifying, by the network analysis system, one or more of the plurality of services that fail to achieve the acceptable level of service based on the one or more criteria, and at least one criteria that was not achieved that caused the service to fail to achieve the acceptable level of service.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/652,499Filed 5 Jan 2010

Priority

19 Aug 2006

Published

3 Jun 2010

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

H04L 65/80
Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication: responding to QoS
H04L 41/0894
Configuration management of networks or network elements: policy-based network configuration management
H04L 41/22
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: comprising specially…
H04L 41/5003
Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements: managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS

Managing service levels on a shared network

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Managing service levels on a shared network

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Abstract

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