US 2015/0312283 A1 · System and Method for Generating a Graphical User Interface Representative of Network Performance

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for monitoring performance of a packet network. In one embodiment, a method includes collecting network performance information from a plurality of network nodes of a packet network, the network performance information being indicative of a health of the network packet network. The method includes storing the network performance information collected from the plurality of network nodes and generating a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the network performance information, wherein the graphical representation of a network segment is indicated as a line, and wherein a width of the line widens and narrows in accordance with an amount of traffic flow over the network segment.

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Dependent claims

A call control manager for monitoring performance of a packet network for carrying voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) calls, said call control manager comprising:

memory operable to store data and executable instructions;
and
a processing unit configured to execute instructions to:
determine network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network;
append the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets;
store the network performance information in memory;
analyze the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information;
and
automatically alter network operation of the packet network to provide improved performance for a VoIP call, in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information.

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A method for monitoring performance of a packet network for carrying voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) calls, said method comprising:

determining, by a call control manager, network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network;
appending, by the call control manager, the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets;
storing, by the call control manager, the network performance information in memory;
analyzing, by the call control manager, the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information;
and
automatically altering network operation of the packet network to provide improved performance for a VoIP call, in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and Method for Generating a Graphical User Interface Representative of Network Performance

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System and Method for Generating a Graphical User Interface Representative of Network Performance

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