Network capacity management system
The present invention discusses a computerized method for managing a communication network through processing data used in a Capacity Management System (CMS) associated with the communication network. A configurable grammar, such as an XML grammar with regular expressions, is used to implement various aspects of network management. Data management includes pre-processing data (transferring data, decompressing data, parsing data), loading data into a relational database, and data analysis. Results of data analysis can be used to determine a network condition, and thereby to enable network management.
1. A computerized method for managing capacity for a communication network, comprising:
receiving, by a capacity management system from a communication network element, traffic data indicative of network traffic, wherein the communication network element is selected from a digital subscriber loop access multiplexer and an asynchronous transfer mode switch providing an interface between an asynchronous transfer mode network and the capacity management system;
pre-processing the traffic data to generate pre-processed data, wherein the pre-processing includes performing a pre-processing action selected from decompressing compressed data and extracting archived data, wherein the pre-processed data shares common compression and archiving characteristics;
parsing the pre-processed data into delimited record files; loading the delimited record files into a database; analyzing the delimited record files in the database; and
managing data traffic within the communication network based at least in part on the analyzing;
wherein the parsing includes calling a parser manager by a generic parser module using an XML grammar to parse the pre-processed data using regular expressions.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising load balancing the data traffic.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parsing further includes at least one of data enhancement, data validation, and data merging.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises determining a network condition and wherein the managing comprises configuring the communication network in response to the network condition.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the network condition comprises forecasting the network condition.
6. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed by a computer perform a computerized method for managing capacity for a communication network, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
receiving, from a communication network element, traffic data indicative of network traffic, wherein the communication network element is selected from a digital subscriber loop access multiplexer element and an asynchronous transfer mode switch element connected to an asynchronous transfer mode network;
pre-processing the traffic data to generate pre-processed data, wherein the pre-processed data shares common compression and archiving characteristics;
parsing the pre-processed data into delimited record files;
loading the delimited record files into a database;
analyzing the delimited record files in the database; and
managing data traffic within the communication network based at least in part on a result of the analyzing;
wherein the instructions for parsing include instructions for calling a parser manager by a generic parser module using an XML grammar and instructions for parsing the pre-processed data using regular expressions.
7. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the program instructions include instructions for load balancing the data traffic.
8. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the instructions for parsing include instructions for performing at least one of data enhancement, data validation, and data merging.
9. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the program instructions include instructions for determining a network condition and wherein the instructions for managing include instructions for configuring the communication network based at least in part on the network condition.
10. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the instructions for determining the network condition include instructions for forecasting the network condition.
11. A capacity management system for managing capacity of a communication network, the system including a processor having access to a tangible computer readable medium including processor executable program instructions, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
receiving, from a communication element, traffic data indicative of network traffic, wherein the communication element comprises a digital subscriber loop access multiplexer;
pre-processing the traffic data to generate pre-processed data, wherein the pre-processed data shares common compression and archiving characteristics;
parsing the pre-processed data into delimited record files;
loading the delimited record files into a database; and
analyzing the delimited record files in the database to identify a data traffic bottleneck;
wherein the instructions for parsing include instructions for calling a parser manager by a generic parser module using an XML grammar to parse the pre-processed data using regular expressions.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the program instructions include instructions for load balancing data traffic in response to said identifying.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for parsing include instructions for at least one of data enhancing, data validating, and data merging.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for analyzing comprise instructions for determining a network condition and wherein the instructions for managing include instructions for configuring the communication network in response to the network condition.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the instructions for determining the network condition include instructions for forecasting the network condition.