Patent ID: 6678245
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A packet network that includes interconnected network elements, each of which has a connection admissions control (CAC) means and communication circuitry that reports on performance of the network element relative to lost packets and available capacity, the improvement comprising:a performance management operations system (PMOS) controller that includes means for receiving signals from said network elements; an analysis module that develops a measure of busy periods of said network elements, traffic loads at ports of said network elements during said busy periods, and utilization factors at said ports; and a transmission module that sends said measures developed by said analysis module to a console, to affect operation of said network elements, where said busy periods corresponds to a selected â€œtime-consistentâ€  time interval or a â€œbouncing busyâ€  time interval, where the time-consistent time interval is a selected interval of a first duration that is within an interval of second duration, and the bouncing busy time interval is an interval of said first duration that has more traffic than other intervals of first duration within said second internal.