| 摘要 |
A network management system 1, for example for use in a telecommunications network 7, comprises a performance management tool 3 for carrying out a plurality of performance measurements 5 relating to physical or logical components of the network 7. A load prediction tool 8 provides information relating to a predicted high load, and preferably the predicted duration of the high load, for any of the physical or logical components of the network 7. A performance management controller 9 comprises a control unit 19, a list of performance measurement groups 13 and a list of predefined time schedules 17. Upon receiving load information 11 from the load prediction tool 8, or realtime load information 12 directly from the network 7, the control unit 19 determines whether the group of performance measurements associated with that load information is active, and if not, automatically activates 21 the appropriate performance measurement group. In this way, the system is able to adaptively change the performance measurements in response to actual load predictions, thereby ensuring that the most appropriate measurements are carried out. The automatic deactivation 23 of performance measurements means that no wasteful measurements are carried out. |
