Appeal No. 2004-0505
Application No. 09/338,812
The claimed invention relates to a system and method for
automatically assessing the data transmission performance of a
communications network. Information regarding a user’s tolerance
for data lost by the network along with historical information
related to the performance of a plurality of network parameters is
obtained. The historical information is automatically analyzed in
view of the user’s tolerances and a recommendation to change the
committed information rate (CIR) of the communication network to a
specific value based on the analysis is calculated and displayed to
the user.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A system for automatically assessing the data transmission
performance of a communication network having at least two
communication devices and a network management system, the system
comprising:
means for obtaining information regarding a user’s tolerance
for data lost by the network;
means for retrieving historical information regarding a
plurality of network performance parameters, said historical
information being collected and stored by the network management
system;
means for analyzing said tolerance information and said
historical information;
means for calculating a recommendation to change the committed
information rate (CIR) of the communication network to a specific
value based on the analysis of the analyzing means; and
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007