Patent ID: 7328262
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A management system for a telecommunication network, the management system comprising: a plurality of taps for monitoring in real time activity at network entity interfaces to provide network transaction data, a filter for filtering the transaction data on a subscriber identifier basis to provide per-user quality-of-service metrics in real time, a server for aggregating the metrics and for storing at least some of the metrics and transaction data; wherein the taps each capture network messages and generate a transaction event record for one or more messages, the transaction records being provided as the transaction data, wherein there are a plurality of probes located remotely from the server and each is connected to at least one tap, wherein each probe comprises a task coordinator, and a registry storing data concerning taps presently linked to the probe and characteristics of the network interfaces where the taps are located, wherein the task coordinator manages commands from the server defining monitoring tasks including start times and end times, and the task coordinator comprises a function for receiving filtering commands from the server for filtering in the probes.