Patent ID: 8437246

Claim:
A method for providing call signaling network assurance in a communication network, comprising: monitoring, by a processor, a health status of a plurality of network elements and network routes that are interconnecting the plurality of network elements in the communication network, wherein the health status of each of the plurality of network elements and the network routes is monitored via signaling failure alarms that are generated by the plurality of network elements and sent from the plurality of network elements, wherein each of the plurality of network elements is used to support a call initiated by a subscriber in the communication network; determining, by the processor, if a number of the signaling failure alarms received by for a network element of the plurality of network elements exceeds a predefined alarm threshold, wherein the predefined alarm threshold is a ratio of a number of blocked calls against a call volume in a predefined period of time; analyzing, by the processor, the signaling failure alarms after it is determined that the predefined alarm threshold is exceeded; and performing, by the processor, a corrective action in the communication network, wherein the corrective action comprises resetting a call signaling message queue.