Capacity management for data networks

专利名称：Capacity management for data networks发明人：Peter John Briscoe,Elizabeth Graves Tector申请号：US12788228申请日：20100526公开号：US08023429B2公开日：20110920

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摘要：A method of processing capacity information is disclosed. The capacityinformation relates to data capacity in a data network in which a consumer circuit iscarried on, and consumes bandwidth made available by, a bearer circuit. The methodcomprises storing, in a network information database, an entity representing the bearer

circuit, and associating capacity information with the bearer circuit entity specifying a firstbandwidth quantity defining a quantity of bandwidth made available by the bearer circuit.Also stored is an entity representing the consumer circuit, and capacity information isassociated with the consumer circuit entity specifying a second bandwidth quantitydefining a quantity of bandwidth allocated to the consumer circuit. The consumercapacity information is then associated with the bearer capacity information in thedatabase to indicate that the second bandwidth quantity allocated to the consumercircuit is to be consumed from the first bandwidth quantity made available by the bearercircuit. The resulting capacity model can be used to support service provisioning, serviceassurance and SLA management, network engineering and network planning processes.

申请人：Peter John Briscoe,Elizabeth Graves Tector

地址：Bath GB,Sammamish WA US

国籍：GB,US

代理机构：Zilka-Kotab, PC

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