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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Curtis Brownmiller, Richardson, TX (US);
Michael Bencheck, Garland, TX (US);
Minh T Tran, Plano, TX (US);
Robert Branton, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Mark DeMoss, The Colony, TX (US);
Steve Landon, Richardson, TX (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for analyzing network performance by correlating network performance monitoring data reported by monitoring points in the network is described herein. The system analyzes the performance monitoring parameters by: determining whether the performance monitoring parameters contain non-zero values; determining whether the performance monitoring parameters exceed a predetermined threshold value; determining whether prior performance monitoring parameters exceed a predetermined threshold value. The system initiates a problem handling process if the step of analyzing indicates a possible network problem. The system maintains the problem handling process if the performance monitoring parameters continue to indicate a possible network problem.