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Child actress of the stage and several features of the 1920s and 30s who, after playing in Broadway's "Susan and God" (1937), began her film career in earnest. Pretty without being beautiful, with brunette hair and full lips, Kelly was signed by 20th Century-Fox and played opposite Richard Greene in a lesser John Ford, "Submarine Patrol" (1938). She did the best she could with her modest role as Spencer Tracy's requisite romantic interest in the superior biopic "Stanley and Livingstone" (1939) and also acted in the big Westerns "Frontier Marshal" and "Jesse James" (both 1939). Unlike the similarly utilized Olivia de Havilland, however, Kelly never quite established herself as a major star. The female aviator romantic drama "Tail Spin" (1939), in which, cast opposite Alice Faye and Constance Bennett, she more than held her own while carrying the bulk of the melodrama, didn't quite come off, and "He Married His Wife" (1940) saw Kelly a bit strained in her big bid to be a screwball heroine. She played second fiddle to Maureen O'Hara in "To the Shores of Tripoli" (1942) and she and Fox parted company soon thereafter.


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|I started taking pictures of birds some 20 years ago, but after years of filling up my trash can with bad slides, I lost interest. My old photo equipment was collecting dust until digital photography came along. In November 2002, I traded in all of my old equipment and purchased a Nikon D100 digital camera along with a Nikkor 80-400mm VR zoom lens. I was back in business and bad images were ending up in my PC's Recycling Bin instead of the the trash can.
I needed a goal other than taking better pictures because I knew that if I kept at it, better pictures would eventually come along. So I came up with a goal that will keep me busy for a while; to take pictures of at least 1,000 different bird species. Since there are less than 400 birds that I can get to around my house, this would also give me a reason to travel to birding hot spots around the world.
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DC finished off its big event of 2008 this week with Final Crisis #7. Naturally, there have been a lot of thought about the issue.
Evan Waters really appreciated the payoff:
But what FINAL CRISIS does right that so many of these events don't is in delivering the payoff. FINAL CRISIS #7 is the issue of triumph and glory, and too often as of late, as a result of trying to raise the stakes as high as possible, superhero victories have been so pyrrhic and brief as to be unsatisfying. Here, we take our time, we see Dr. Sivana and Lex Luthor smiling as they help put together a machine to rewrite the laws of physics, we see Supergirl and Wonder Woman tell the story of how the universe was saved to a room of waiting children before they go to deep-freeze, we get payoffs to arcs that weren't even technically part of this crossover, we get a sense that the world might actually become more interesting as a consequence of all this.
Timbotron thought that the story didn't work:
Well. I've been posting about this book all over the interwebs, but here's the main deal. This story is a failure as a narrative. It certainly had some wonderful dialogue, some fantastic art, great ideas, and neat plot twists. But the story does not hold up. If Final Crisis were the alphabet, it would have been A, C, J, K, M, D, E, X, Z. So basically, out of order and missing a lot of pieces. There is too much that doesn't make sense for this comic to be considered a success. There are too many glaring plot problems. I'm totally unclear on the resolution and current status of most of the key players. In the spirit of Final Crisis, here's a list of my first thoughts and questions in no particular order:
While Danielle Ni Dhighe has interesting thoughts about Grant Morrison's writing style:
Final Crisis writer Grant Morrison has admitted to heavy use of psychedelic drugs in the past as a way to expand his consciousness and once said that he thought David Lynch films reflected real life. Some of his stories in Doom Patrol were inspired by Dadaism, and his later work on The Invisibles was influenced by Robert Anton Wilson, Aleister Crowley, and William S. Burroughs. Although he's also written more mainstream comics, like JLA and New X-Men, Morrison at his best is a mad genius who likes to challenge his readers.
I don't think Morrison tries to be deliberately confusing, he simply applies his own internal logic to his works. Lynch refuses to explain his films because he believes that it's more interesting to see how viewers interpret them for themselves. I think Morrison needs to be read the same way. Neither creator is talking down to the audience, they actually want the audience to think.
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Anything that is likely to cause an imbalance of the fan, is not a good idea.
At best it will cause premature wear, at worst, vibration.
Unless you can guarantee an absolute even coating of paint, I should leave well alone.
All electrical components emit heat. As most work on some form of resistance, heat is generated albeit in sometimes minute forms. However, when these components are designed, the designer takes into account heat dissipation, and your proposed little drops of paint are not helping in that respect. As processors become more and more powerful, there is already a heat issue within some poorly designed cases, and most folk are doing their best to reduce the amount of heat within a case, so whilst you may "get away with it", its not something I would recommend.


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Although my all to brief trip to Rome was definitely one of the more memorable experiences of my archaeology travels in 2012, it was visiting the Guildhall Art Gallery to see London's Roman amphitheatre that was a truly unexpected highlight. It just so happens that one week I was in the Colosseum in Rome and the next I was in the basement of one of London's art galleries amongst the more modest remains of the amphitheatre of Roman Londinium.
Now anyone who has been to the Colosseum in Rome and its counterpart in London, or rather the meagre remains of it, will know there really is no comparison. To say that the Colosseum is much better preserved than the amphitheatre in London is something of an understatement of mega proportions. All that remains in London are the foundations of what was the east gate, and the wooden drain that ran in the ground from the arena out through the gate. And, the Colosseum was significantly bigger.What made the presentation of the London amphitheatre so memorable for me is the way in which the designers used the basement in which the remains were found to conjure up the entire Roman stadium. Using careful lighting and luminescent paint in a dark basement room, visitors are easily able to imagine what the amphitheatre was like during its use in Roman times. The presentation of London's Roan amphitheatre is by far one of the more innovative displays I have seen in a long time.
And it is not just the display in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery that is clever. Outside, in the forecourt of both the Guidhall and the art gallery the outline of the arena is shown with black inlaid stone in the paving. A very simple but in my opinion highly effective touch.
Where is the Roman Ampthitheatre in London?
The amphitheatre is in the basement of the Guildhall Art Gallery, in the heart of the financial district of the city of London. It is within easy walking distance from the Museum of London, around which are the remains of London's Roman and Medieval Wall. The entrance to the art gallery is in the Guildhall Yard, off Gresham Street. Find the art gallery on Google maps.
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i have Windows 7 ultimate bootable cd, but my DVD drive not working anymore..is their anyway to install OS via USB?
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One guide for creating a usb install key with a 4gb usb flash drive is seen at USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create
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i like he method 1..it is easiest and fastest but how i make it iso?
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One program I ended going for the full version was simply downloading the shareware trial version of UltraISO which allows you to create disk images from optical media and then see written to a flash drive. The "bootable" tab on the menu bar when going to write the image insures the flash drive is made bootable.
Other programs like PowerISO are able to create standard iso images which you can see burned to disk now in 7 since support for burning iso images to disk is now included in 7. For flash drives MS also provided their own tool at the MS store for electronic purchases that will write isos to flash drives.
The guide for using the MS tool is seen at Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
A free program not a shareware for creating ISO images from disks is found at ISODisk, free software for mount and create ISO disk image being one of the two mentioned in the first guide. You will need to see this done on another machine however since yours is still waiting for an OS.
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What's sad is that it wouldn't have necessarily required all this cloak&dagger stuff if the FBI and INS computers talked, if the immigration laws regarding visa abuse were actually enforced and if the fedral computers and databases linked to local law enforcement. Several of these guys had brushes with the law-violations of traffic laws, an incident at an airport. Any one of those should have set off bells. It's clear they weren't students as there visas indicated, and there was zero followup on that. 3 or 4 of these guys lived and worked in the same community in Patterson, New Jersey where the 1993 bombers lived. And there was no long-term surveillance of that community.
In 1993 and 1994, bombings of the tunnels and subway system in NYC were avoided mostly by informants who turned very much on their own rather than as a result ofany FBI action. We were lucky.
All of your post may be true. The simple grunt work of law enforcement could have stopped 9/11. But there wasn't any coherent linkage among federal and local law enforcement. when these guys got stopped for speeding ot leaving airplanes on runways, nothing happened to them. And the INS is a joke. Worse, not much has changed. Who's to say the same thing isn't being planned in out midst.


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AUBURN, Ala. (WIAT) — One of the stars of "The Walking Dead" might be an Auburn Tiger soon! Chandler Riggs announced on his Twitter account that he has been accepted to Auburn University.
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—Auto Industry Is On Track for Improvement Over 2011—
In 2011, the industry finally recovered from the recession-era slump, with full-year sales totaling approximately 13 million units. Although still early in the year, forecasts for 2012 show sales could total from 13.8 million to 14.4 million units, barring any unforeseen events.
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Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne expects to know by end of September 2013 the price of the Chrysler Group shares the carmaker does not currently own so that he could complete the merger of the two companies as planned. But Marchionne, who is also CEO of Chrysler, may have wait a little longer, maybe a few months more, before he could learn the value of the Chrysler shares that Fiat seeks to buy out.
In 2012, Fiat asked Delaware Chancery Court Judge Donald Parsons to rule that call-option agreement covering shares owned by a UAW retiree health-care trust are valued $139.7 million. On the other hand, the trust values it shareholding in Chrysler at up to $342 million. Parsons is currently considering the matter based on pretrial filings by the two parties.
Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told Bloomberg that Parsons is likely to call for a trial, where witnesses and experts could be questioned and cross-examined, before determining the value of the shares. He remarked that a trial would months to be completed, which means that Marchionne has to wait much longer before he could initiate a move to acquire the shares.
Elson told Bloomberg that Parsons would "want to take the time to get all the information" in a trial, noting that he is very careful judge. Parson may decide as early as July whether to rule on the value of the shares or force a trial. Larry Hamermesh, a Widener University professor who specializes in Delaware corporate law, told Bloomberg that if Parsons decide to force a trial, a final ruling on the shares' value may be delayed by up to a year, noting that six months is already "incredibly fast." [source: Bloomberg]


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|Número de publicación
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|Número de solicitud
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|30 Abr 2002
|Fecha de presentación
|8 Jun 1998
|Fecha de prioridad
|8 Jun 1998
|Número de publicación
|Gerald Ray Lawson, Chad Daniel Harper, Grant Michael Brehm, Gaurang S. Kalyanpur
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|Inet Technologies, Inc.
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|Citas de patentes (52), Otras citas (1), Citada por (82), Clasificaciones (15), Eventos legales (9)
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet
The present invention is related to pending applications assigned Ser. No. 09/057,940, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE STATISTICS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, filed Apr. 9, 1998; Ser. No. 09/092,428, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HIGH MESSAGE TRAFFIC LEVELS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; Ser. No. 09/092,699, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL UNIT DATA STORAGE AND POST CAPTURE CALL TRACE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; Ser. No. 09/092,256, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING QUALITY OF SERVICE STATISTICS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; and Ser. No 09/092,771, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING TRANSACTION MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, all filed Jun. 5, 1998; and Ser. No. 09/093,824, entitled TRANSACTION CONTROL APPLICATION PART (TCAP) CALL DETAIL RECORD GENERATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, filed concurrently herewith. These applications are commonly assigned and are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention is related to monitoring signals in a communications network and, more particularly, to measuring service provider service quality on a communications network.
Common channel signaling networks, such as the Signaling System Seven (SS7) based signal system, use dedicated channels to pass digital messages between systems for call setup, call control, call routing, and other functions. These dedicated signaling channels are part of a network that is separate from the network that carries the actual voice and data signals. An SS7 network is a separate switching system which is used prior to, during, and at the end of an actual voice or data call. The SS7 network is used to route control information. Whenever two switches or elements have to pass call control information during or prior to a phone call, they pass this data via the SS7 signaling network.
There are three basic types of network node elements in an SS7 network. One of them is the Service Switching Point (SSP), which may be a central office switch, a tandem switch or an end office switch. A second principal node element is the Service Control Point (SCP). An SCP acts as a database query server for the rest of the network. An SCP is used in such applications as translating ported telephone numbers, routing 800 calls, tracking roamers in a cellular network, and Alternate Billing Service/Line Identification Database services (or ABS/LIDB) which provide operator-type services. The third principal node element is the Signal Transfer point (STP). An STP is essentially a packet switch that routes the messages from SSPs and SCPs to SSPs and SCPs.
It is possible to combine these three different types of nodes into a single node. However, in North America, they are typically not combined. An SSP performs only switch functions, an SCP only control functions, and an STP only signal transfer functions. In European telecommunications systems, all of these different functions may be combined into one node.
The SS7 network carries a great deal of information and is extremely critical to the operation of the phone system. If an SS7 network is not functioning, or if portions of it are not operating, the phone system simply cannot deliver phone calls, even though all of the voice circuits are operating properly. The capacity and complexity of the SS7 network is small in terms of circuitry and bandwidth utilized by an end user compared to previous voice and data networks. The circuitry of the SS7 network is therefore much more critical. The actual elements in the SS7 network do not provide all the information required in network operations to manage and to determine the health and state of an SS7 network. It is therefore necessary for the telephone industry to deploy surveillance equipment to monitor the links connecting the nodes of the SS7 network.
The topology of the network is such that STPs are typically deployed in a mated pair configuration at geographically separate locations. Connected to a mated pair of STPs will be a set of SSPs and SCPs. This conglomeration of SSPs, SCPs and mated Pair STPs is called a cluster. Clusters are then connected by D-Quad links between STP mated pairs. The mated pair configuration system is not required and it is not used in all communications systems capable of employing the present invention.
When any call, transaction or message is sent between two different devices on the network, it is often the case that the messages going from switch A to switch B travel one route on the network while the messages going from switch B to switch A travel a different route. The network surveillance equipment that monitors the link is designed to capture and correlate as much signaling information as possible regardless of network activity. Because of the different data paths that messages may take, it is difficult to do this correlation above what is called the transport layer when monitoring links at the STP sites. An example of an application level problem would be where a subscriber has a problem getting his/her calls delivered. The telephone company may attempt to fix the problem by doing a trace of all data pertaining to that subscriber's phone number, but the data may not all be located at one point. The data may be all in one STP, or split in some fashion, partially in one STP and partially in the other STP of a mated pair, which may be in a different city many miles away.
These and other objects, features and technical advantages are achieved by a system and method in which a monitoring network, having network monitors that capture messages, such as message signal units (MSUs), from links in a communications network, correlates the messages into call or transaction records for further processing. The monitors have a plurality of processors for processing the captured messages. The processors may run any of a number of message or record processing applications. In the present invention, a quality assurance application provides an integrated platform for message tracking on a per customer and/or a per service provider basis. The tracked messages may be part of one of a number of message protocols, such as Integrated Services Digital Network—User Part (ISUP), Telephone User Part (TUP), Network User Part (TUP), Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP), Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) or Integrated Network Application Part (INAP) calls or transactions. The quality assurance application is ideal for larger networks or for evaluating service quality of application-layer services, such as INAP, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), AIN, IS-41 and 800LIDB/CLASS.
In a preferred embodiment, the quality assurance application runs on a server that is external to the network monitoring system. The monitoring system provides data to the external server in the form of Call Detail Records (CDRs). The quality assurance application tracks the quality of service that is provided to customers on a particular communications network. The present invention allows customers, service providers and others to monitor how a service is performing not only within the network infrastructure, but also how well that service is working on a call-by-call, customer-by-customer basis. Additionally, the present invention allows service providers to efficiently manage network services without requiring an increased support staff.
The quality assurance application runs on an independent server and processes CDRs that are received from the monitoring system. In a preferred embodiment, individual monitoring units exchange and correlate messages into call or transaction records. The monitoring unit then filters the records using a CDR profile to determine which records, and which messages, should be combined to form the CDR. The monitoring units then transmit the CDRs directly to the external server. In an alternative embodiment, some other entity in the monitoring system, such as a central server, may generate and forward CDRs to the independent quality assurance application.
The quality assurance application provides service quality analysis tools and reports. The application generates historical statistic reporting for circuit-based services or for application-layer services. The statistics are maintained in a database which can be accessed to generate quality of service reports. When used to monitor service on an SS7 network, the present invention maintains statistics for all ISUP/TUP circuit-based calls. Statistics are maintained by called number, calling number and translated number. Users may generate reports for the statistical information by accessing the database through a workstation. The reports may be customized using various indices, such as by called, calling, or translated number.
Additional statistics may be monitored and other reports may be created for other communications networks or protocols. For example, TCAP statistics may be monitored and reports may be generated by service as well as by called, calling and translated number. Statistics for other application layer services could also be monitored. Such as for INAP, GSM, AIN, IS-41 and 800/LIDB/CLASS services.
Communications network monitoring equipment which may be used in conjunction with the present invention is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,592,530, entitled TELEPHONE SWITCH DUAL MONITORS; and in pending patent applications assigned Ser. No. 09/057,940, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE STATISTICS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; Ser. No. 09/092,428 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HIGH MESSAGE TRAFFIC LEVELS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; Ser. No. 09/092,699 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL UNIT DATA STORAGE AND POST CAPTURE CALL TRACE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; Ser. No. 09/092,256 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING QUALITY OF SERVICE STATISTICS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; and Ser. No. 09/092,771 entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING TRANSACTION MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, filed Jun. 5, 1998 the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein. These references and the present application are commonly assigned.
It is a feature of the present invention to track performance statistics in a communications network. The invention provides statistical reports which show how many calls were successfully connected to the called number and how many calls were dropped. The reports allow users to determine the reason for call failures and to identify portions of the network which are not operating properly.
It is another feature of the present invention to allow customers, service providers and third parties with the ability to monitor a the quality of service on a particular communications network. Customers can use the statistical reports to determine their service provider's quality of service. The present system can also be used by customers to determine if the customers' systems are providing adequate service. For example, call centers can use the statistical data to determine whether additional agents are needed to answer calls that have been dropped due to busy lines. Service providers may use the information to monitor the service provided by their network and to identify failure points on the network. Service providers can also monitor the quality of service provided by other service providers on other networks.
It is an additional feature of the invention to generate statistical reports for called, calling or translated numbers or for services. Additionally, users can designate particular link sets to be used for the statistical report generation. As a result, only those monitors capturing messages from the designated link sets will send CDRs to the quality of service application.
It is another feature of the present invention to provide statistical reports in real-time on a network-wide basis for both calls and transactions. Historical data is also stored to a database for later recall by the user.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and the specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communications network and monitoring system incorporating the present invention; and
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the applications used in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of communications network 10 in which telephones 101 and 102 communicate via a signaling network, such as an SS7 network. It will be understood that telephones 101, 102 are used for illustration purposes only and that any voice or data communications device may be connected to the network. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, telephones 101 and 102 are connected to end offices 103 and 104, which may be Signaling Points (SP), as shown, or SSPs. End offices 103 and 104 are linked to each other through a signaling network comprised of STPs 105-108, which are connected via links 109-112. SPs 103 and 104 are connected to STPs 105-108 via links 113-116. Calls, transactions and other signals or messages between end office 103 and end office 104 may take any of a number of paths across links 109-116 and through STPs 105-108.
Typically, a series of signals that are related to one call or transaction will traverse across the same path through network 10 from one end office to another. For example, for a particular transaction, all signaling units sent from SP 103 may cross links 113, 111, and 114 through STPs 105 and 106. However, network problems or system failures may cause different signals for the same transaction to take different paths. It is also typical that signals traversing the system in the reverse direction may use a different path through the network. For example, for the same transaction illustrated above, signals from SP 104 may traverse links 116, 112, and 115 through STPs 108 and 107. Therefore, a single link or network element may not see all the messages or signals for one complete transaction or call.
In certain circumstances, such as for an 800 number call or for a call to an exchange or number that has been ported to a different switch, message may be sent to SCP 117 to perform various database look-up functions. Signals or messages are exchanged with SCP 117 via links 118. In other embodiments, there may be additional components in network 10, such as Service Nodes (SN) or Intelligent Peripherals (IP), which would require additional signal paths.
In network 10, monitors 119-122 are individually paired with STPs 105-108. Each monitor 119-122 is coupled to every link for a particular STP by connections 123, which may be embodied as a branch or tee off of links 109-116. This allows monitors 119-122 to capture or detect every signaling unit that is sent to, or from, each STP 105-108. As described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,592,530 and application Ser. No. 09/057,940, monitors 119-122 are coupled via an inter-monitor communications link (not shown) which allows monitors 119-122 to transfer captured signaling units and messages among themselves. Typically, the first monitor to detect a signaling unit for a call or transaction is designated as a controlling or anchor monitor. The other monitors then send any later detected signaling units for the same transaction or call to the anchor monitor. The anchor monitors correlates all of the messages from a particular transaction or call into a single record. Usually, each signaling unit is identified as belonging to a particular transaction by the Transaction Identifier (TID).
Monitors 119-122 are connected to server 124 via connection 125, which may be a Wide Area Network (WAN) or any other data network connection. Once a call or transaction record is complete, the record is then sent to server 124 for further processing. Monitors may determine that a record is complete when an end message is detected for that particular call or transaction. Workstation 126 is connected to server 124 and may be directly connected to monitor 105-108. Workstation 126 provides network service providers or other users with access to retrieve data or to configure server 124 or monitors 119-122.
Server 124 is coupled to data storage device 127 and monitors 119-120 are coupled to data storage device 128. Memory units 127 and 128 may be used to store configuration and profile data for use by the monitoring system. Monitors 119-122 may use a local memory, such as 128, to store call or transaction records, or other message data. Alternatively, records and messages may be routed to server 124 for storage on a central database, such as data storage device 127.
In the present invention, monitors 119-122 filter the correlated messages and the call and transaction records to generate a CDR data stream that is sent to independent server 129 via link 130. Although it is not shown in FIG. 1, in the preferred embodiment, each monitor 119-122 is linked to server 129 by a connection, such as 130, which allows CDR data to be sent directly to server 129. Alternatively, server 124 may collect all of the CDR data, or server 124 may perform the record screening function itself, and forward the CDR information to server 129 via link 131. Users can access server 129 from workstation 132 to select and configure statistical reports.
Server 129 runs the quality assurance application, which integrates ISUP, TUP, NUP, TCAP, AIN, GSM, IS-41 and INAP transaction and call tracking on a per customer or per service provider basis. The quality assurance application performs statistics accumulation at the user part level and at the application level. Collected statistics are stored in a database, and reports from the statistics are available to users via workstation 132. The statistics are collected from the CDR data streams that are provided by monitors 119-122. The creation of CDR data streams is described in detail in application Ser. No. 09/093,824, entitled TRANSACTION CONTROL APPLICATION PART (TCAP) CALL DETAIL RECORD GENERATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, filed concurrently herewith, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
TABLE 1 is a list of the parameters that can be used to create CDR profiles.
Call State that Triggers the CDR Generation
Address Complete
Call Termination
Application Type
National Variants
Toll Free/800
Point Codes
Calling Party Numbers
Called Party Numbers
Translated Numbers
Dialed Digits
Destination Digits
Mobile Identification Number (MIN)
Routing Numbers
Account Numbers
Electronic Serial Number
Location Routing Number
TABLE 2 lists the fields of a preferred CDR format and the definitions of the field contents.
Length of Entire CDR
Length of Fixed Fields
Indicates the length of the fixed CDR
fields. The value is the number of bytes
after the "Length of Fixed" field to the
"User Field Length" field.
CDR Sequence Number
Numeric value that uniquely identifies
the call record within the monitoring
system. Uniqueness is guaranteed
system wide. The system also uses this
number to indicate the delivery monitor
and its process ID.
CDR Condition Indicator
Indicates various conditions within a
Date/Time of Transaction Start
GMT time when a transaction begins.
Date/Time of Transaction End
GMT time, when a transaction end
message is encountered.
Carrier Identification Code
Network indicator, protocol as well the
origination pointcode of the call.
Network indicator, protocol as well the
destination pointcode of the call.
Abort Reason
Abort cause of the transaction.
SSN of the concerned application.
Number of Calling Party Digits
The number of digits in the calling
party number.
Calling Party Number
The phone number identified as the
calling phone number.
Number of Called Party Digits
The number of digits in the called party
Called Party Number
The phone number identified as the
called phone number.
TABLE 3 lists the user defined fields of a preferred CDR format and the definitions of the field contents.
User Fields Length
Indicates the length of the user-defined CDR
fields section. The value is the number of bytes
after this field to the end of the user defined
MSU Filds Length
Indicates the total length of the MSU section.
The value is the number of bytes after this field
to the end of the CDR.
Number of MSUs
Indicate the total number of the MSUs in this
Time Stamp
GMT time, when this transaction was
Link Number
Indicates the link identifier on which the MSU
was encountered.
MSU Length
Indicates the total length of the MSU following.
Actual MSU that was captured by the
monitoring system.
Table 4 lists the fields for a CDR format with Integrated Services Digital Network-User Part (ISUP) parameters.
RIN Parameter
UUI Octets
USR Messages
UUI Indicator
Calling Party Nature of Address
Redirecting Number Nature of Address
Original Called Number Nature of Address
Location Number Nature of Address
Redirection Information
TMR Value
Calling Party's Category
Number of Redirecting Number Digits
Redirecting Number
Number of Original Called Digits
Original Called Number
Number of Location Number Digits
Location Number
User Definable Parameters
FIG. 2 illustrates system 20 having CDR applications running on the components of a monitoring network and having quality assurance applications running on QA server 129 and workstation 132. Components of FIG. 2 are numbered to correspond with like components of FIG. 1. Monitor 120 is capable of monitoring several hundred SS7 links at one time. Monitor links 123 capture messages from network links, such as 111, 110 and 114, in the SS7 network. The messages are provided to a call/transaction processing application, such as Call/Transaction Tracking Processor (CTTP) 201. Monitor 120 comprises a number of versatile processors which may be assigned to process and correlate calls, transactions, or other messages. One or more of these processors run CTTP application 201 depending upon the volume of message traffic received from the SS7 network. As discussed above, monitor 120 communicates with other monitors, such as 119, 121 and 122, and exchanges messages pertaining to the calls and transactions that are being monitored.
Monitor 120 also comprises CDR application 202, which runs on another processor. CDR application 202 receives correlated message records from CTTP application 201 and filters the records using a CDR profile. Ideally, CDR application 202 receives complete records for each call and transaction from CTTP application 201. However, depending upon the state of a particular call or transaction, partial records may be provided. CDR application 202 collects messages for call legs and generates a Call Detail Record. The CDR contains summary information of the statistics for each call. Application 202 generates a binary CDR that is sent to QA server 129 via Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for further processing. There may be one or more QA servers coupled to the monitoring network or to individual monitors. Monitor 120 sends the CDR data to the QA server listed in a QA CDR profile.
Typically, the CDRs are not stored on monitor 120. The binary CDR data is streamed to QA server 129 as soon as it is created. A unique identifier is created for each CDR so that QA server can distinguish among the CDRs that are received from various monitors. Messages that are received out of sequence by CTTP application 201 are sent to CDR application 202, which attaches the out of sequence message to the CDR data stream.
Monitoring system server 124 is responsible for tracking all CDR configurations that have been set up by users. QA CDR configuration application 203 cooperates with CDR application 204 on workstation 126 to provide a user interface to configure the QA CDR profiles. Server 124 stores the QA CDR profiles as files in memory 209. The profiles are downloaded to monitors 119-122 as necessary so that the monitors will have the proper configuration to process the correlated message records.
Users configure the QA CDR profiles, and other monitoring system parameters, using workstation 126. CDR configuration application 204, which may be a Graphical User Interface (GUI), allows users to configure CDR profiles for storage on server 124. Information provided by users on workstation 126 is stored as a configuration file in database 209. Sever 124 downloads the configuration file data to specific monitors 119-122 over Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Users may modify the CDR profile configurations. Changes to old configurations are relayed to the appropriate monitors 119-122.
QA server 129 is preferably a dedicated server for the quality assurance application because of the high volume of data associated with the call and transaction records. CDR data streams from monitors, such as data on link 130 from monitor 120, is processed by QA statistics application 205. Database 206 holds the CDR data for QA server 129. QA statistics application 205 collects CDRs from monitors 119-122 and stores the data to database 205. This data is then later recalled by QA report application 206, which reports statistics on the data when requested by users. QA workstation 132 provides the user interface to QA report application 207 through QA report GUI 208. Users configure the desired parameters for the statistical reports via QA report GUI 208. QA report application 207 then recalls and formats the stored data from database 206.
Depending upon the user's system, databases 206 and 209 may be an integral part of servers 124 and 129, or the databases 206, 209, may be embodied as separate storage devices.
The amount of data stored and the message traffic volume are the key determinants of the size and processing power of QA server 129. Processing capabilities can be adjusted on a per user basis. The minimum configuration of the preferred embodiment is a server having 150 GB storage and 1 GB memory. A redundant server having equivalent capacity may also be used. Workstation 132 provides users with a GUI interface to configure statistic reports.
QA server 129 collects CDRs from monitors 119-122 and extracts statistical information to be stored in database 206. CDRs for calls in an SS7 network are available upon call completion. QA statistics application 205 accumulates the messages statistics completion of the call or transaction and adds the statistics to database 206 at intervals based upon the origination time of the call or transaction. The statistics are continually collected and stored to database 206, but they are reported only upon user request.
The format used to store the statistics data in database 206 is highly configurable and may be adapted for any storage configuration that the user may desire. For example, in one embodiment, separate data entries are made for each hour in a daily table in database 20. Thus, if server 129 and database 206 are configured to hold a week's worth of statistical data, then seven daily tables, each having 24 intervals, are stored on database 206. Each daily table is stored for seven days. Daily tables are summarized into weekly tables at the end of seven days. Weekly tables have seven intervals, each interval representing a summarized daily table. Weekly tables are stored for 90 days, at which point they are summarized into monthly tables having 28-31 intervals. Monthly tables are stored locally on database 206 as long as space permits. The aging and summarizing process can be customized by users to comply with individual requirements.
Table 5 is a list of statistics that are stored to database 206 for each CDR profile.
Number of Call Attempts
Number of Call Attempts Answered
Number of User Busy Calls
Number of Ring No Answer (RNA) Calls
Number of Normal Release Calls
Number of Abnormal Release Calls
Number of Unallocated Number Calls
Number of Address Incomplete Calls
Number of Transaction Aborts
Number of Congested Transactions
Number of Congested Calls
Number of Circuit Unavailable Calls
Number of Failed Transactions
Number of Failed Calls
Number of Undefined Release Cause Failed Calls
Number of Destination Out of Order Failed Calls
Average Call Set-Up Time
Average Call Hold Time
Average Answer Seizure Ratio
User Defined
The user can define specific statistics, such as release causes, that are to be stored for a particular CDR profile.
Table 6 is a list of aggregations that can be used to group the above statistics for reports to be generated by QA report application 207.
Calling Numbers
Called Numbers
Translated Numbers
Called Numbers, then by Calling Numbers
Translated Numbers, then by Calling Numbers
Called Numbers, then by Translated Numbers
Services, then by Calling Numbers
Services, then by Called Numbers
In Table 6 it will be understood that called, calling or translated numbers may be either a complete telephone number or a partial telephone number. For example, under the North American Numbering Plan, reports may be created for fall telephone numbers (i.e. 1-NPA-NXX-XXXX). Alternatively, wildcards can be used at the end of the grouping telephone number so that statistics are reported for all calls or transactions directed to a particular area code (i.e. 1-NPA) or a particular exchange code (i.e. 1-NPA-NXX.
Users can also configure QA report application 207, via QA report GUI 208, to create their own query parameters. Queries can be stored in database 206 and stored queries can be modified. Reports from QA report application 207 may be displayed to the user on QA workstation 132. Alternatively, reports may be printed, directed to an electronic mail address, stored to a database file, or exported to an ASCII file. Users can configure weekly, monthly, or other periodic reports which are sent at intervals to specific users. Such periodic reports may be assigned to QA report application 207 to be run automatically.
Dynamic behavioral statistics may also be generated by QA report application 207. Users can select to have the statistics of Table 1 reported as to the highest and/or lowest values. For example, a report may comprise the 16 highest called numbers, or the 16 services that are used the least. Behavioral statistics are retrieved using a Structured Query Language (SQL) query. Triggers can be configure to update a user's display according to changes in database 206. Once a group or aggregation of statistics is displayed, users can refine the report to obtain more specific data, such as a specific area code and exchange.
Users may track statistical events by designating a statistics to be displayed based upon a first occurrence, a occurrence that is more than some delta away from a certain value, or rising/falling thresholds. When triggered, events may be displayed to the user, or stored to a log file.
Users may also designate specific link sets or network nodes to be used for the statistical reports. Only those monitors that are coupled to the relevant links and nodes will receive the CDR profile data and only those monitors will send CDRs to QA server 129 for that profile.
Real-time statistics are also available from QA report application 207. Statistics are then updated after call or transaction completion and CDR generation. Displayed reports may be in the form of peg counts, bar graphs, or trend curves. Users may also configure reports based upon a sample of the calls or transactions or based upon a sample of the CDRs. The sampling rate may be selected using CDR generation GUI 204 on the user workstation.
It will be understood that workstation 126 and 132 may be separate components as described herein, or one workstation may be used to run both CDR configuration GUI 204 and QA report GUI 208.
It will also be understood that the QA server can accept CDR data from any source, not only from the monitoring system. For example, a switch or end office may generate CDRs and provide the data directly to the QA server for further processing. The QA server has a modularized front end which allows it to receive data from any source.
Although the invention has been described with respect to an SS7 system, it will be understood that the present invention may be adapted to monitor the quality of service provided on any communications network.
The present invention and its advantages have been described in detail herein, however, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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