Patent Document ID: 5410586
Application ID: 07866068
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing communication network performance comprising: interrogating a node controller of said communication network to obtain link data identifying links interconnecting nodes of said communication network, and call data representing logical connections between nodes of said communication network and representing calls placed over said communication network: creating from said link data and call data a model of said communication network defining the operation of each interconnection between nodes representing call traffic on said communication network; by storing said link data in a processor memory as a column and row of nodes which are end points of each link, said nodes constituting a row and column address of a location in an array which stores a pointer identifying a link record containing a link description of a link connecting said nodes defining said row and column address, and storing said call data in said processor memory as a circuit description table which identifies the origination nodes, destination nodes and intermediate nodes between said origination and destination nodes of any call on said communication network; and, evaluating from said model of said communication network performance for said call traffic.