Patent ID: 8223656

Claim:
A method, in a telecommunication system, of monitoring performance of an access network and reporting the performance to an access network resource manager in a core network, said method comprising the steps of: collecting performance and stability data for nodes in the access network by a loop qualification and monitoring tool; analyzing by the loop qualification and monitoring tool, the collected performance and stability data utilizing interpretation filters to derive key performance indicators for the access network; comparing by the loop qualification and monitoring tool, the key performance indicators with corresponding threshold values for access network performance; and communicating between the loop qualification and monitoring tool and the access network resource manager over a web service-based interface, said communicating step including: sending the key performance indicators for the access network to the access network resource manager in response to a query therefrom, wherein the query is received and the performance data is sent over the web service-based interface; and automatically sending notifications to the access network resource manager over the web service-based interface whenever the comparing step indicates that one of the key performance indicators exceeds a corresponding threshold value.