Patent ID: 8576724
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, for processing data in an internet protocol network, comprising: collecting, in the internet protocol network, by a system having at least one processor, real-time data representing occurrence of events impacting special services in trunk groups that are in service; collecting, by the system, call detail records recorded by network elements representing occurrence of call events impacting special services; collecting, by the system, performance measurements of network elements representing occurrence of events affecting performance of the network elements impacting the special services; collecting, by the system, data representing faults in a network element server; correlating, by the system, for special services associated with dedicated trunk groups, the collected real-time data representing occurrence of trunk group events, collected call detail record and collected performance measurements, wherein alarms are generated based on the correlated data; and correlating, by the system, the collected data representing faults in the network element server with the generated alarms.