Patent ID: 6389112
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for monitoring operation of a telecommunications network, the telecommunications network including a first switch having at least one component, and a second switch having at least one component, the second switch being coupled to the first switch, said method comprising the steps of:collecting data, via at least one software module at the first switch, from the at least one component of the first switch, the data including at least raw log information, configuration information, and operational management information of the first switch; maintaining, in a memory subsystem at the first switch, the data collected from the at least one component of the first switch; collecting data, via at least one software module at the second switch, from the at least one component of the second switch, the data including at least raw log information, configuration information, and operational management information of the second switch; maintaining, in a memory subsystem at the second switch, the data collected from the at least one component of the second switch; transferring, to a central unit separate from the first and second switches via a first software module in the central unit, the data collected and maintained at the first and second switches; generating, via a second software module in the central unit and the collected data of the first and second switches, an evaluation of operating conditions at the first and second switches, the evaluation including at least a network log count evaluation produced from raw log information and a call-processing based evaluation produced from the configuration data and the operational management information of the first and second switches; reviewing, from a remote location separate from said central unit, the data collected and maintained at the first and second switches and transferred to the central unit; and reviewing, from said remote location, the evaluation of operating conditions at the first and second switches, wherein the at least one software module for each one of the first and second switches further includes a first software module for collecting log data and a second software module for collecting call processing data, and wherein for each of the first and second switches, the memory subsystem is coupled to the first and second software modules and the memory subsystem includes a first memory area for maintaining log information and a second memory area for maintaining configuration data.