Patent ID: 7180517

Claim:
A method of providing a graphic display of an electrical distribution network to provide network personnel insight into network operations comprising: monitoring a network section of the distribution network including a plurality of interconnected line segments within the network section so to obtain, in real time, end to end information of the plurality of interconnected line segments, based on network connectivity of the interconnected line segments, about a predetermined performance characteristic of the section over the interconnected line segments; aggregating the information to ascertain relative performance characteristic values for the interconnected line segments of the section based on network connectivity of the interconnected line segments; and, displaying the results of the aggregation of the information in a graphic format which allows an observer to readily ascertain what is occurring at the respective interconnected line segments and determine whether operations within the network section are acceptable, and if not, where within the network section a problem is occurring, and the magnitude of the problem, displaying the information including a three-dimensional display in which one axis represents the interconnected line segments within the network section, a second axis a representative value of the monitored performance characteristic, and the third axis periods of time, the display providing a quality of service map for the network section.