Systems and methods for visualizing a communications network
AssigneesVerizon Corporate Services Group Inc., BBNT Solutions LLC, Genuity Inc.
InventorJohn Richard Zavgren, Jr.
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Abstract
A system facilitates the visualization of a network having multiple nodes. The system collects information from at least one of the nodes (510). The information describes network operation over a period of time. The system then reconstructs the network operation for the time period from the collected information (520) and presents the reconstructed network operation to an operator (530-550).
Claims21
A method for visualizing a network that includes a plurality of nodes, comprising:
- collecting information from at least one of the nodes, the information describing network operation over a period of time, and wherein collecting information includes obtaining forwarding tables from the nodes;
- reconstructing the network operation for the time period from the collected information wherein reconstructing includes creating forwarding tables from the collected information;
- comparing the forwarding tables obtained from the nodes to the created forwarding tables;
- measuring routing protocol convergence time based on the comparison;
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- replaying, for an operator, the network operation as the network operation occurred during the time period using the reconstructed network operation.
A system for visualizing a network that includes a plurality of nodes, comprising:
- means for collecting information from at least one of the nodes, the information describing network operation over a period of time wherein collecting includes obtaining forwarding tables from the nodes;
- means for reconstructing the network for the time period from the collected information wherein reconstructing includes creating forwarding tables from the collected information;
- means for comparing the forwarding tables obtained from the nodes to the created forwarding tables;
- means for measuring routing protocol convergence time based on the comparison;
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- means for replaying the reconstructed network operation over the time period for an operator.
A system for visualizing a network that includes a plurality of nodes, comprising:
- a memory that stores instructions;
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- a processor configured to execute the instructions in the memory to collect information fro at least one of the nodes, the information describing network operation over a period of time, obtain forwarding tables from the nodes, created forwarding tables from the collected information, reconstruct the network operation for the time period from the collected information, and cause the network operation to be displayed, for an operator, as the network operation occurred during the time period using the reconstructed network operation;
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- wherein the processor is further configured to compare the forwarding tables obtained from the nodes to the created forwarding tables, and measure routing protocol convergence time based on the comparison.
A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for causing at least one processor to perform a method for visualizing a network that includes a plurality of nodes, comprising:
- instructions for collecting information from at least one of the nodes, the information describing network operation over a period of time;
- instructions for comparing forwarding tables obtained from the nodes with forwarding tables created from the information collected from the nodes;
- instructions for reconstructing the network operation for the time period from the collected information;
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- instructions for presenting, to an operator, the network operation as the network operation evolved over time during the time period using the reconstructed network operation.
A method for visualizing a network having a plurality of nodes, comprising:
- collecting information from at least one of the nodes, the information describing network operation over a period of time, and wherein collecting information includes obtaining forwarding tables from the nodes;
- reconstructing the network operation for the time period from the collected information wherein reconstructing includes creating forwarding tables from the collected information;
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- replaying, for an operator, the network operation as the network operation occurred during the time period using the reconstructed network operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.