Patent ID: 8099488
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications network management system that comprises: a data collector that receives service information from one or more sources in a telecommunications network, and that converts the service information into values of primary parameters of a service model; a performance data manager that receives the primary parameter values from the data collector, and that calculates values of secondary parameters of the service model from the primary parameter values, wherein the performance data manager stores the primary and secondary parameter values in a performance data database; and a service level objective (SLO) monitor that receives primary parameter values from the data collector and secondary parameter values from the performance data manager, wherein the SLO monitor verifies that parameter values satisfy parameter objectives, and wherein the SLO monitor initiates an action defined for that parameter objective if a violation is detected; wherein the SLO monitor determines an objective status value for each comparison between a parameter value and a parameter objective, wherein the objective status value ranges between zero and one to indicate a degree of degradation, and wherein the SLO monitor provides the objective status values to the performance data manager for storage in the performance data database; and wherein the action includes altering a configuration of a telecommunications network component so as to return a parameter value to a desired range.