Automated network condition identification

摘要

Performance data relating to each of multiple network devices distributed in a geographic region is analyzed. That data can include values for various parameters measured automatically by routine polling of subscriber devices and/or network elements serving those subscriber devices. Measured parameter values can then be stored in a database and made available, together with information about subscriber device locations, to one or more analysis servers that analyze different portions of the network. As part of that analysis, groups of devices experiencing performance problems are identified based on device location. Information about those groups is then communicated and can be made available for, e.g., monitoring by service personnel.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving measured performance characteristics from a set of network devices distributed throughout a geographic region, wherein the measured performance characteristics comprise, for each network device of the set of network devices, at least one of a signal level received, a signal level transmitted, or a signal-to-noise ratio; determining a geographic location associated with a first network device of the set of network devices; determining a subset of the network devices that are within a geographic range of the geographic location associated with the first network device; and classifying, by a computing device, the subset of the network devices as a problem-device grouping based on a portion of the measured performance characteristics that corresponds to the subset of the network devices.