Network impact prediction and simulation

Abstract

A system and method of simulating an effect on a network in response to a network-related event. The method can include receiving data with respect to a plurality of nodes within a network and generating a network graph with respect to each of the nodes within the network. In addition, the method can include calculating a first value based on network traffic with respect to each of the nodes based on the received data and calculating a second value based on performance with respect to each of the nodes based on the received data. Further, the method can include updating the network graph by applying the calculated first value and second value and identifying, from the updated network graph, one or more nodes from the plurality of nodes that are susceptible to an error or outage within the network.