Telephonic communications – With usage measurement – Call traffic recording or monitoring
Patent
1995-06-27
1999-06-29
Kuntz, Curtis A.
Telephonic communications
With usage measurement
Call traffic recording or monitoring
379 1, 379 10, 379 14, 379 32, 370241, 370252, H04M 1500
Patent
active
059178981
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of exchanges, a set of routes for carrying telecommunications traffic between said exchanges, and a traffic management system.
2. Related Art
An international telecommunications network for a particular country may comprise a set of international exchanges connected both to a national network of trunk exchanges and to international exchanges located in other countries. An international telecommunications network may be provided with a traffic management center where network management personnel receive data on traffic passing between the network and networks in other countries. The data includes traffic alarms and the network management personnel respond to these by selecting appropriate remedies with the aim of increasing the volume and proportion of successful traffic. Available remedies include expansive and restrictive controls. Expansive controls spread traffic from congested to less congested areas, whereas restrike controls are used to limit access to the network by traffic with a low chance of successful completion. The task of selecting appropriate remedies in response to traffic alarms in laborious.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of this invention there is provided a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of exchanges, a set of routes for carrying telecommunications traffic between said exchanges, and a traffic management system, said traffic management system composing means for receiving traffic data from said exchanges, means for identifying alarms from said traffic data, means for diagnosing at least one suspected cause for the alarms, means for proposing at least one remedy for each cause, and means for arraying the remedies proposed for each cause in an order of merit.
Arranging the remedies in order of merit assists the network management personnel in selecting a suitable remedy.
Preferably, in the traffic management system, said means for proposing at least one remedy for each cause includes means for requesting data on traffic associated with each cause, and means for reasoning over each cause in relation to the data on traffic associated with the cause in order to propose said at least one remedy.
Desirably, in the traffic management system, the means for arraying the remedies in order of merit includes means for requesting data on traffic in the neighborhood of each remedy and means for reasoning over each remedy in relation to the data on traffic associated with the remedy to compute a figure of merit for the remedy.
In the traffic management system, the means for diagnosing at least one suspected cause for the alarms may include means for proposing at least one suspected cause for said alarms, and means for investing said at least one cause in relation to traffic data.
According to another aspect of this invention, there is provided a traffic management system for a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of exchanges and a set of routes for carrying telecommunications traffic between said exchanges, said traffic management systems comprising:
means for receiving traffic data from said exchange;
means for identifying alarms from said traffic data;
means for diagnosing at least one suspected cause for the alarms;
means for proposing at least one remedy for each cause; and
means for arranging the remedies proposed for each cause in order of merit.
According to a further aspect of this invention, there is provided a traffic management system for a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of exchanges and a set of routes for carrying telecommunications traffic between said exchanges, said traffic management systems comprising a computer controlled by a program so as to receive data from said exchanges, identify alarms from said traffic data, diagnose at least one suspected cause for the alarms, propose at least one remedy for each cause, and arrange the remedies proposed for each cause in order to mer
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