Capacity provisioning for AIN
AssigneeQwest Communications International Inc.
InventorsRobert B. Howell, Mark Choey, Xiaojiang Lu, Jeffrey C. Mitchell, Neil K. Nelson
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Abstract
Existing and new service provisioning capacity in an AIN is determined by calculating processor utilization. Existing service demand and component usage information is automatically acquired from the AIN. ISP service data and SCP configuration descriptions are updated as needed. For each new service modeled, a call processing record is developed. A time of day usage for each service is also entered. For each city in the region covered by the AIN, demand forecasts for each new service in the city is determined. Utilization is determined for SCPs, ISPs, and SPACE systems provisioning capacity.
Claims10
In an advanced intelligent network (AIN) comprising at least one intelligent service control point (SCP), each SCP having a configuration, a service provisioning and creation environment (SPACE) system in communication with each SCP, at least one intelligent service peripheral (ISP), each ISP in communication with one SCP, a plurality of SSPs providing connections into the AIN to users, each SSP in communication with one ISP, and a trunk and signaling network interconnecting each SCP and SSP, wherein the AIN is operative to provide at least one existing service to users, a method for determining existing service and new service provisioning capacity comprising:
- automatically acquiring existing service demand and component usage information for each SCP and each SPACE system from the AIN;
- specifying service demand and component usage information for each ISP;
- updating a configuration description for each of the at least one SCP having a modified configuration;
- specifying a call processing record for each new service if any new service exists;
- specifying time of day usage for each service;
- selecting a city in the region;
- determining demand forecasts for each new service in the selected city if any new service exists;
- repeating selecting a city and determining demand forecasts for each city in the selected region;
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- determining utilization for at least one of a set including each SCP, each ISP, and each SPACE system, the utilization indicative of provisioning capacity.
In an advanced intelligent network (AIN) comprising at least one intelligent service control point (SCP), each SCP having a configuration, a service provisioning and creation environment (SPACE) system in communication with each SCP, at least one intelligent service peripheral (ISP), each ISP in communication with one SCP, a plurality of SSPs providing connections into the AIN to users, each SSP in communication with one ISP, and a trunk and signaling network interconnecting each SCP and SSP, wherein the AIN is operative to provide at least one existing service to users, a system for determining existing service and new service provisioning capacity comprising:
- a application tool database;
- an acquisition module in communication with the AIN and the application tool database, the acquisition module operative to periodically acquire existing service demand data and component usage data from the AIN and to store the service demand data and component usage data in the application tool database;
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- at least one modeling station, each modeling station operative to
- (a) load stored service demand data and component usage data from the application tool database,
- (b) permit a configuration description to be updated for each of the at least one SCP,
- (c) permit a call processing record to be specified for each new service if any new service exists,
- (d) permit a time of day usage to be specified for each service,
- (e) select a city in the region,
- (f) determine demand forecasts for each new service in the selected city,
- (g) repeat select a city and determine demand forecasts for each city in the selected region, and
- (h) determine utilization for at least one of a set including each SCP, each ISP, and each SPACE system, the utilization indicative of provisioning capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.