Patent ID: 8005018

Claim:
A system for a quality status analysis of an access network of a fixed network infrastructure, said access network comprising a plurality of cables, a set thereof supporting broadband transmissive systems, comprising: an information acquisition module configured for drawing static network information stored in first data sources and dynamic network information relating to said broadband transmissive systems from second data sources; and an information processing module configured for: collecting said static and dynamic network information from said information acquisition module; and processing said static and dynamic network information to obtain at least: a geometric saturation index indicative of a degree of use of said cables, wherein the geometric saturation index is based on a ratio of a quantity of cable pairs which support said broadband transmissive systems in at least a portion of the access network and a quantity of total available cables in said portion of the access network; and a transmissive saturation index indicative of a transmissive status of said cables in terms of a bit rate of said broadband transmissive systems supported by said cables.