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Architecture for the management and presentation of communication network performance data
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posted on 2007-01-15, 12:20 authored by Iain PhillipsIain Phillips, David Parish, Mark Sandford, Omar Bashir, Anthony PagonisPacket based data networks such as BT's Switched Multi-
megabit Data Service (SMDS) have performance that varies
with customer behaviour, network design and network pro-
vision. This paper describes a system researched to monitor
such networks from the customer's perspective, but on be-
half of the operator. The information generated allows the
operator to determine whether the network is performing
correctly or whether changes or customer load will require
the network to be changed in some way. Such networks are
increasing important as many parts of the Internet are built
on similar technologies.
The paper speci cally considers an architecture which
encompasses all the main functionality involved in perfor-
mance management of networks. Consideration is given to
the management and dissemination of the data collected.
A database to enhance network data mining performance
is described. A method to identify the periods of signi -
cance in the measurement data based on a statistical test
and a neural network is incorporated into a realisation of
the architecture. In addition, a novel mechanism for the
real-time presentation of the network performance data in
an operator-friendly manner is given.
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PHILLIPS. I.W. ... et al, 2006. Architecture for the management and presentation of communication network performance data. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 55(3), pp. 931-938Publisher
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