Network Health Visualization for Device Pair Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
The dynamic monitoring of network devices in communication networks becomes cumbersome for administrators due to the overwhelming number of alarms and the complexity of evaluating performance across multiple paths and devices, leading to delayed problem diagnosis and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for dynamically monitoring and visualizing network performance using an interactive graphical user interface, which receives metrics, applies rule sets to classify network device performance, and displays aggregate classifications, allowing administrators to quickly identify issues without sifting through extensive data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional alarm-based monitoring is used for network devices, then device malfunction detection is achieved, but the overwhelming number of simultaneous alarms makes it difficult to identify problematic activity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network monitoring data by organizing it into hierarchical groups (e.g., by device type, location, or function) and applies segmentation to the alarm data itself, grouping related alarms together. This allows administrators to evaluate alarms in manageable segments rather than as an overwhelming whole, directly addressing the difficulty of identifying problematic activity among simultaneous alarms.
2Measurement precision
If detailed metrics from multiple network paths are collected, then comprehensive network performance characterization is achieved, but the complexity of evaluating performance across multiple devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple network path metrics into aggregated performance indicators that represent the overall health of network device pairs. By combining data from multiple paths into unified metrics and visualizations, the system maintains comprehensive characterization while reducing evaluation complexity, allowing administrators to assess network performance through consolidated views rather than analyzing each individual path separately.
3Reliability
If real-time monitoring of hundreds or thousands of network devices is implemented, then comprehensive network health monitoring is achieved, but diagnostic time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-calculating and pre-organizing network performance metrics into aggregated views and hierarchical structures before administrators need to analyze them. The system continuously maintains organized performance data and relationships among devices, paths, and metrics, so when diagnostic information is needed, it is already prepared and structured for rapid analysis, significantly reducing diagnostic time while maintaining comprehensive monitoring.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a system and method for the dynamic monitoring of network health characteristics via a visualization platform. The platform receives collected information regarding network health characteristics and applies a rule set defining at least one threshold to classify each of the network health characteristics for each network component over a time period. The classifications can be represented visually on a graphical user interface to a network administrator, allowing the administrator to quickly discern which aspects of the network are operating properly and which aspects are not.