Centrally controlled end-to-end service quality monitoring system and method in a distributed environment

摘要

A system (and methods) for monitoring telecommunications services end-to-end through a distributed network environment. The system includes a distributed telecommunication network, which is capable of providing communications to a plurality of users during an active state. The system also has a plurality of point of presence servers distributed throughout the cities served by the distributed telecommunication network. Each of the point of presence servers is adapted to provide a test pattern from a plurality of test patterns where each of the test patterns correspond respectively to one of a plurality of services. The test pattern is transferred from one of the point of presence servers to another point of presence server to identify a quality level of the distributed telecommunication network between the one point of presence server and the other point of presence server. Other features are also included.