System and method for provisioning resources of a packet network based on collected network performance information

A system for provisioning resources of a packet network, said system comprising:

• a database configured to store network performance information of a packet network;
• an input/output (I/O) unit in communication with said packet network and configured to communicate commands to network resources operating on the packet network;
• and
• a processing unit in communication with said database and I/O unit, said processing unit configured to:
• monitor at least one network performance information parameter associated with communications of data packets;
• compare the at least one network performance information parameter with a threshold value indicative of degradation of communications of the data packets;
• determine that the at least one network performance information parameter crosses the threshold value;
• and
• provision a network resource to compensate for the degradation of communications of the data packets in response to the at least one network performance information parameter crossing the threshold value, wherein provisioning the network resource includes halting provisioning of new communication sessions over a network node associated with the degradation of communications of the data packets.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a microprocessor to perform the following:

• monitor at least one network performance information parameter associated with communications of data packets;
• compare the at least one network performance information parameter with a threshold value indicative of degradation of communications of the data packets;
• determine that the at least one network performance information parameter crosses the threshold value;
• and
• in response to the at least one network performance information parameter crossing the threshold value, perform a first provisioning, using a microprocessor, of network resources to compensate for the degradation of communications of the data packets;
• wherein the first provisioning of the network resources includes halting provisioning of new communication sessions over a network node associated with the degradation of communications of the data packets.