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CroRef29/7/11 11:57Could be, but appointments for Europa League and Champions League were made three weeks ago because one of Croatian referees informed me that he was appointed in Champions League 3rd round and 2nd round was just playing, and U-19 tournament didn't even start at that time, so it could be that Gil and Bognar are sent home, but not necessary.ReplyDeleteNiclas E29/7/11 12:20Yes, you are right.These appointments are made in advance and I am not sure whether UEFA knew at this juncture that Bognár has to replace Salmanov. However, I would be surprised if Gil was appointed..a final and another match in the space of only 4 days? Hmm.As you are Croatian: I saw some Croatian referees in the last weeks: Ante Simunovic who has convinced me and Damir Batinic who showed a poor perfomance in Tauras-Den Haag.Which Croatian referees are promising from your point of view? Ok, Strahonja for sure, Vuckov may be a talent as well.ReplyDeleteCroRef29/7/11 12:50They are all great, but I think only Strahonja has chances to become elite referee. Other referees from Croatia Vučkov, Vučemilović and Pristovnik cat1 and I think there won't be time and place for more, maybe for Pristovnik in Elite Development, as UEFA likes him (difficult matches in qualifiers, Regions Cup). Bebek was demoted into cat1, but we hope he'll make some strong performances and he'll be promoted again.ReplyDeleteNiclas E29/7/11 13:16Ok, thanks for the info.Bebek got chances, chances and chances. He simply did not use them :(I saw some strong perfomances but again and again he disappointed me, last week again when he showed only a decent perfomance in Twente-Vaslui. Decent is simply not enough for Elite or Development.I think UEFA has closed the chapter "Bebek", after two demotions, another promotion is nearly impossible to my mind.ReplyDeleteRef2929/7/11 15:18Attwell seems to be an easy guess for the final since he is being observed (and supported) at this U-19 Euro by his own mentor, Elleray:)ReplyDeleteNiclas E29/7/11 15:34Moreover, his official UEFA mentor is Cantalejo. Therefore, UEFA must like him..ReplyDeleteCroRef29/7/11 21:14I think Attwell is now sure for final :)ReplyDeleteNiclas E29/7/11 21:23Yes, absolutely.Turpin is doing quite well, Kuchin with a solid perfomance.My prediction is:CZECH REPUBLIC vs SPAINReferee Stuart Attwell (ENG)Assistant Referee 1 Dmitry Mosyakin (RUS)Assistant Referee 2 Gianluca Cariolato (ITA)4th Official Clément Turpin (FRA)ReplyDeleteAdd commentLoad more...


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The European Union told the United States on Tuesday it wants compensation for the U.S. having failed to comply with global trade rules when it prohibited foreign online gambling sites from doing business in the U.S.
Passed last October, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) makes it illegal for U.S. banks and credit card companies to process transactions with online gambling businesses located outside of the country. While U.S. banks and credit-card companies still await instructions from federal regulators for how to block such transactions, several operators of foreign-based online gambling sites have already pulled out of the U.S. market. U.K.-based site operators like Sportingbet PLC and Leisure & Gaming PLC were among the many who decided to leave the profitable U.S. market once the UIGEA was signed into law.
According to Tuesday's announcement, the E.U. does not seek to return its online gambling sites to the U.S. market. As an E.U. official speaking on the condition of anonymity explained, Europe is instead seeking "commitments" in other trade sectors to replace losses incurred by the blocking of online gambling sites. "We need new concessions that would be equal with the benefits lost," the official said.
The amount of compensation being sought has yet to be determined. The loss to European businesses will first need to be measured, a process which the E.U. official said should take some time.
The news that the E.U. would be seeking such compensation was not entirely unexpected. In January 2007, the E.U.'s internal market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy told the Financial Times that the UIGEA represented a "protectionist" approach by the U.S. toward online gambling. "In my view," said McCreevy, "it is probably a restrictive practice and we might take it up in another forum." At the time, McCreevy spoke of possible legal action before the World Trade Organization (WTO), a course not then pursued by the E.U.
However, the small Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda did pursue such action, with the WTO ruling in the island's favor by finding that the UIGEA indeed placed the U.S. in violation of preexisting trade agreements. In response to the ruling, the U.S. announced in early May its decision to redefine its schedule of international trade commitments to exclude offshore gambling -- in essence to ignore its own previously-agreed-upon trade compacts.
The U.S.'s decision to withdraw from its WTO commitments with Antigua and Barbuda clearly led to this week's announcement from the E.U. By backing out of this part of the WTO's General Agreement on Tariffs and Services, the U.S. opened itself up to claims from other WTO members, a possibility anticipated by the Antigua Online Gaming Association in its reaction to the U.S. backing out of its WTO commitments. "Under the WTO rules pertaining to withdrawn commitments," said the Association, "the United States now faces claims from all other WTO members for compensation as a result of the action." The countries of the E.U. are collectively represented in the WTO as the European Communities.
The E.U.'s proposal to seek "concessions" from other trade sectors -- and not via the reintroduction of European online gambling sites in the U.S. -- represents a compromise more readily available to the economically-powerful E.U. than to tiny Antigua and Barbuda. The E.U. could ask the U.S. to open up previously-excluded areas of trade, an option less meaningful to the Caribbean island nation. The E.U. could also slap punitive tariffs on the import of U.S. goods as a means to obtain recompense, a move that for Antigua and Barbuda would likely prove more harmful to its own citizens than to U.S. exporters.
Antigua and Barbuda may instead attempt to seek the suspension of U.S. copyright protections on intellectual property (a move for which there has been a precedent at the WTO). If allowed such a waiver, the Caribbean island nation could seek to replace lost online gambling revenues with a new, WTO-sanctioned industry of pirated U.S. software, music, and movies.
The E.U.'s announcement comes at a crucial moment in the negotiation of relationships on the international economic stage. Since 2001, member nations of the WTO have been attempting to establish a wide-ranging free-trade agreement, with the Doha Development Round of negotiations (so-called because the first meeting took place in Doha, Qatar) having been scheduled to conclude this year.
While it is clear the UIGEA and the U.S.'s handling of the WTO dispute stemming from that law has already affected the U.S.'s international standing, we may have only seen the beginning of its impact on the U.S. and world economy.
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"Ascension Of the Spirit" is the first recorded instrumental ever made by Evanescence. The only official version of this track is 11:48 long and mostly consists of silence. It features a clip from the movie My Boyfriend's Back that starts at 3:00. The actual music starts around 8:19. When the song was re-distributed by unauthorized means, the silence and aforementioned audio sample were cut (3:15). Subsequently, the truncated version became more readily available to fans making the unabridged version difficult to come by.
A section of "Ascension Of the Spirit" can be heard playing at the end of the demo version of "Breathe No More".
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The media love it when people in the pubic eye have their foot in the mouth. And last week, Rebekah Brooks was not one to hold back when recounting her text exchanges with our very own Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Inbee Park celebrates Sunday after winning the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for a third consecutive year. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)
Inbee Park shot a final round 68 and finished at 19 under par to win the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for the third consecutive year and retake the No. 1 ranking in women's golf.
The 26-year-old from South Korea made five birdies and shot a bogey-free round at the Westchester Country Club, finishing the season's second major five strokes ahead of 22-year-old compatriot Sei Young Kim on Sunday.
This is Park's sixth major title. She ties Annika Sorenstam (2003-2005) as the only golfers who have claimed this championship in three consecutive years.
Park's last birdie came on the final hole. She chipped her second shot to within five feet of the pin, then sank the ensuing putt and threw her arms in the air as a fan yelled "three-peat."
American Lexi Thompson ended up in third place. She had eight birdies on her first 13 holes Sunday and shot a 66 to finish at 12 under.
Brittany Lincicome, who won the first LPGA major of the year at the ANA Inspiration, finished in fourth place at 11 under. She shot a final-round 68 that included a birdie on the final hole.
Seventeen-year-old Canadian Brooke Henderson finished in a tie for fifth place with Morgan Pressel at 10 under par. The prize money will help in Henderson's quest to earn a Tour card for next year. She needs to either win a tournament or finish with an equivalent of a top-40 on the money list to avoid qualifying school after being denied an age exemption.
Fabian Gomez of Argentina won his first PGA Tour title at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn., beating England's Greg Owen by four strokes.
Gomez, 36, started the round tied with Owen atop the leaderboard at 9 under with 23 players within four strokes. Gomez shot four-under 66 for a 267 total for the win. He carded a five birdie-one bogey round for his first PGA title in his 70th start in a season already featuring three top 25s.
Taking home the winner's check of $1.08 million is a nice turnaround for Gomez who had to earn back his tour card through the Web.com Tour last year.
Owen finished with a 70 for a final of 271.
Phil Mickelson remains winless since the 2013 as he tied for third (65-272). He finished with a flourish, rolling in a 25-footer for birdie that nearly lipped out on No. 18.
Bernhard Langer has won the Senior Players Championship for the second year in a row. It's his fifth major on the Champions Tour.
The two-time Masters winner shot a three-under 68 in the final round to finish at 19 under. That's six strokes ahead of Kirk Triplett, who shot 64 to vault into second place at 13 under.
Langer is the first golfer to win the tournament in back-to-back years since Arnold Palmer 30 years ago. The 57-year-old German earned his 24th victory on the Champions Tour, tying him with Miller Barber for fourth all-time. Langer opened with two 65s in a row, then shot 67 in the third round on Saturday to improve to 16-under.
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whadda? July 18, 2006
Filed under: bebelan — bitz @ 11:29 am
i was still at mum’s when prime time news came on tv1 (yup, mum prefers gomen-tv news) and the first thing they mentioned before the montage was the earthquake located at the hindi ocean, south of bandung, indonesia that brought another tsunami to pulau jawa. then when the montage came on, mum switched to tv3 to see if they had extra coverage on the tragedy. lo and behold, siti n datuk k’s faces plastered all over the tv screen. looks like they had different opinions on what ‘breaking news’ means. oh well..
A letter from Zana July 14, 2006
Filed under: baby babble — bitz @ 12:43 pm
Guess what? I’m 9 months old now! I’ve been keeping myself busy, crawling here, there and everywhere, trying to stand up (with a little help from the sofa) that I think my mama has lost a few kgs chasing after me 😛 I’ve had my share of knocks & bumps too. Most of them were because I tried to walk on my own. Mama says it’s too early for me to walk by myself, but being the stubborn one, I tried to prove her wrong. Guess mama knows best after all..
On another note, my teethies has (finally) come out! I don’t know what took ’em so long, it’s not like i have calcium deficiency or something. Now I like to torture mama by testing the teethies’ function while mama feeds me.. heh. At times she gets very upset with me, at times even ayah gets upset! Who does he think he is, mama’s milk is not for him anyway *duhhh*!
Okay, it’s time for my nap. Cheers!
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aku: tak penah aku jumpa org emo cam nih
seku: dia buat aper
aku: kitorg ada event order utk setiap function kat sini
aku: dlm event order form tu tulis requirement function tuh
aku: menu apa, setup macam mana.. payment details etc
aku: and in that form.. 3 orang kena sign
aku: salesperson in charge, sales manager, and GM emo nih
aku: since GM aku jarang kat opis.. so biasanya 2 orang tu sign
aku: kumpulkan dlm 1 file.. then end of the week submit that file to GM
seku: salah bende dia ngamok?
aku: ni laa aku nak citer
seku: ok
aku: kotak pertama.. katakan aku yg sign as sales in charge of that event
aku: kotak kedua tulis Approved by: ______________ then nama bos dept aku
aku: kotak ketiga tulis Endorsed by: _____________ then nama GM aku
aku: GM aku ckp Approved tu patut utk dia.. sebab dia bos no 1
seku: masyallah
aku: tapi dia tak ckp kat kitorg
aku: dia ckp kat PA dia
seku: tapi ikutkan kalau yg endorse tu tak approve takleh jalan kan?
aku: sepatutnya mmg kena 3 sign baru bleh jalan
seku: tu la
seku: dia emo gila pangkat lak by paper
aku: tapi sbb GM jarang ada kat opis.. so kitorg issue as long as ada dept boss nye sign
seku: a’ah
seku: pastu dia merungut blakang2 ke
aku: haa dia ngadu kat PA dier
aku: tapi tak abih citer lagi nih
aku: GM aku mcm hint2 kat PA dier kena tukau the choice of words to make his look more “superior”
aku: so PA dia bukak laa segala thesaurus
aku: kasik 1 long list of a choice of words
seku: bapak lorat gm ko
seku: opis politik btol
aku: ko tau PA dier bagi list tu bila
aku: 2 bulan lepas until now dia still takleh pilih mana satu
aku: so kitorg masih laaa guna the same words in our forms
aku: and today we got the latest batch of forms back from the GM
aku: dia tak sign dlm kotak diaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
seku: mogok ke
aku: dia sign kat tempat lain.. atas kotak.. tepi kotak.. bawah kotak.. tapi bukan dlm kotak diaaaaaaaaaaa
seku: astaga camni nyer gm pon ada
seku: mogok protes
aku: lawak tak
aku: aku nak tegelak je tgk forms tu tadik
aku: bos pompuan pun tak emo camnih
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Nov 23, 2006Dear Mayor O'Brien,Congratulations on your recent election as Mayor of the City of Ottawa. I am grateful that you ran as Mayor and I wish you all the best in the coming months.I am writing to express my support for recent light rail plan proposed by the Friends of the O-Train.The plan has been explained several times in the Ottawa Citizen. The article today by Patrick Dare in the Citizen clearly indicates that the plan has the support of the Albert/Slater business coalition leaders. Bus congestion in downtown Ottawa is terrible and the plan by the Friends of the O Train is simple yet effective.In my view, the plan is superior to that currently proposed by the City of Ottawa. It solves the problem of bus congestion in the downtown core and it also allows for the light rail train that currently serves Carleton University to continue. Shutting down the O Train that services Carleton University for 3 years to build a new system would be disastrous.The Friends of the O Train plan calls for keeping the existing popular and very comfortable clean burning diesel north-south O Train and running it farther south to Armstrong Road, where a park and ride would be operated. Service frequency would be improved from 15 minutes to 7.5 minutes between Bayview and South Keys.That train and city buses would bring commuters from the suburbs to a transfer station at Bayview, west of downtown, or by bus to Hurdman station east of downtown.There the commuters would transfer to an electric train that would offer service every three minutes through downtown between Bayview Station and Hurdman Station.Buses would be kept out of downtown. The trains would have three cars that would carry up to 600 passengers in total.The City would have the future option of adding legs of the transit system to Gatineau over the Prince of Wales bridge, to the Airport and to the VIA station in Barrhaven.The plan proposed by Friends of the O Train would free up more buses for better service in MY neighbourhood. It would allow faster, more direct, more frequent buses from my area to Greenboro, for better connections to downtown.This would allow me to take the bus to the Transitway, or the O Train, and not have to drive to Greenboro and use up valuable parking there, because the current bus service from my area is so poor.And, the Friends of the O Train plan, because it reuses buses that currently sit downtown in a traffic jam of their own making, would not require the City to buy any additional buses, nor build any new bus garages!I appreciate that many have worked hard for the O Train to serve the residents of Ottawa South. I urge you vote and support the Friends of the O Train Proposal. We can get a lot better bang for our hard earned taxpayer money by supporting the Friends of the O Train plan and keeping our beautiful diesel light rail train for truly RAPID transit in South Ottawa.Sincerely,James LawsOttawa South Resident---Nov 21, 2006Mr. Hume Rogers, of the Albert-Slater coalition of downtown businesses, yesterday said the Friends of the O-Train proposal presented during the municipal election could be "a very sensible solution" that downtown businesses would not fight.Mr. Rogers said the community group's proposal needs professional study and financial details fleshed out. But he said it's a remarkable piece of work from a volunteer group."The basic concept of the plan is excellent," said Mr. Rogers, who is general manager of the Capital Hill Hotel and Suites. Read More---Nov 15, 2006Local business group the Albert Slater coalition urged the mayor-elect to reject the existing plan and come up with a more cost-effective and viable solution."Both Albert and Slater are currently at or above their capacity to handle bus traffic in an efficient manner and adding the LRT to this mix will only make an already bad situation much worse," said coalition spokesperson Hume Rogers in a press release. "Unfortunately, the current plan does not reduce the volume of buses on the streets but in fact increases it by an average of over 13 per cent while significantly reducing the number of express routes from both east and west."Mr. Rogers asked Mr. O'Brien to take a closer look at the Friends of the O-Train plan, which proposes to extend the existing diesel line to Armstrong Road in the south and add an electrified six-kilometre loop between Bayview and Hurdman.Read more from the Ottawa Business Journal.Nov 14, 2006I don’t see the logic in the current LRT plan. Why throw away the existing OTrain? The Friends of the OTrain plan seems to make the most sense. It may not be perfect … but so far it seems to be the most logical one. Nothing’s stopping us from finetuning it further. But then what will poor Bob have for a legacy?? lol- Anonymous BloggerNov 7, 2006A Plan Worth Considering - Splatto BlogAn Ottawa based volunteer group has given the city a great proposal for lightrail that makes far more sense than anything else proposed at this point in time. The group Friends of the O-Train has proposed a plan which will save us $340 million , make use of the existing O-Train track, remove all buses from the downtown transit corridors, increase the frequency of downtown service, and ultimately put more buses in the suburbs. Click the map to the right in order to see an enlarged, detailed version scanned from a copy of the Ottawa Citizen last week.Seems like an ambitious, cost effective plan that addresses Queensway gridlock, doesn't it? The reason isn't because it forced upon us by an incumbent mayor, who refuses to take public opinion into account and cloaks the entire operation in secrecy. Likewise, it isn't because mayoral challengers are too busy writing off the current plan on the campaign trail.Instead, it's because average citizens who care enough about the issue at hand have taken the time to properly study the facts and propose a concrete idea.The LRT is turning out to be the top issue of the campaign, and the best proposal by far has come from a group of volunteers with no political interest. Perhaps it's time we had a sensible group like this running things down at 100 Laurier.-Mr. O'Brien, who also spent yesterday on the campaign trail, said he believes the "Friends of the O-Train have the beginnings of a solution," for the city's transit problems. (from: Ottawa Citizen)-CTV poll conducted over four days last week by the Strategic Counsel shows that 52 per cent of respondents feel the incoming city council should revisit the north-south light rail plan.-I am delighted to see that public transit has become the most important issue of this election campaign. For the first time we have consensus throughout the City of Ottawa that we must move commuters by transit.I want to thank the Friends of the O-Train, a dedicated group of transit supporters, for their latest proposal, and I am committed to reviewing and considering the details of the plan.Diane HolmesNov. 6, 2006Thank you all for your great efforts in coming up with an alternative. I am a supporter of the o-train and an alternate LRT plan. Jim Ryan, Candidate for city councilWard 18 - Alta VistaDear Mr. Fanjoy,I must say that I am quite impressed with your proposal and that I have changed my flyers to reflect an alternative to cancelling the original deal.The savings alone are worth a second look.As a fiscal conservative candidate for council, I applaud their work and look foreward to working with them and other like minded citizens in finding the right solution for Ottawa.Excellent piece of work.Gilles ChaslesCandidate for Ward 6Stittsville Kanata-WestI do like your plan very much. It seems to be cost-effective and innovative. We all need powerful antidotes to the Mayor's train to nowhere.Anu Bose PhDCandidate Kanata NorthNov 3, 2006Ottawa Citizen Poll:Are you in favour of the current north-south light-rail project?Yes: 34%No: 66%"I am very impressed with the proposal from THE FRIENDS OF THE O-TRAIN to take city buses off Albert and Slater.It is a very positive and cost efficient solution to the proposed Light rail.If elected I will work with the Friends of the O-Train to implement a better system for the public."Douglas BesharahWard 10 candidate for city council-The group Friends of the O-Train has come up with an O-Train proposal that actually makes sense. First off, financially it makes sense. The price tag is at about 450 million which is half the cost of the current plan. The current plan will cripple the city financially and leave us paying for the 30 million the O-Train is projected lose ever year. Furthermore the current plan means that the initial investment made for the Greenborough to Bayview line will be for naught. While the city paid 24 million for the trains and track, they will be ripped out and the city will receive only 7 million for the trains. Also the train, under the FOTO-T model will not be shut down which is a great bonus for Carletonites like myself....moreFrom blogger Suburban ToryWhen I heard the solution proposed by the Friends of the O-Train on the radio, I immediately understood that it addresses not only the problem the north-south LRT is meant to solve but at a fraction of the cost to capture the expected increase in net ridership; it also addressed the most critical problem of a congested and rush-hour grid-locked downtown core. The latter is addressed by providing a dedicated, safe ELRT corridor through the downtown core to shuttle commuters from buses terminating at Hurdman and Bayview stations into the downtown core. Having ELRT trains leaving every few minutes from these stations at rush hour to pick-up/deposit all commuters from/to the core will be a dramatic improvement over the status quo which leaves commuters fretting over finding the right bus in a long train of buses and once on board, fuming because the bus sits in traffic for 15 and occasionally up to 30minutes trying to get out of the core.Via EmailNov 2, 2006Great plan and makes sense. With some tweaking I am sure it would be better than the current propo$al. Some other notes I am sure you and others have thought of..Add the Airport link asap -- who cares what the cabbies and parking people think.Add the Gatineau link asap -- It would be in their best interest as well and the bridge is already there.Make major Transfer Stations at Bayview and current Ottawa VIA Station -they would be the bookends of a downtown LRT.Once that goes well then add more commuter train lines coming in from the West and East on existing rail lines that already come into the main VIA station.Move the ScotiaBank Place to Lebreton flats (just joking.. seeing if you are still reading) I am sure you have lots of ideas.. if you are interested in a few more of mine let me know. We have to make better use of what we already got.Regards,Jason (via email)-I just wanted to let you know in the next few days, I will be posting a complete endorsement of your o-train plan as reported on October 31st. The Friends' plan is cost effective, makes use of existing resources, addresses the east-west traffic problem, will allow the current o-train to remain in operation during construction, allows for very simple future expansion, and will increase the quality of service both along the existing o-train route and downtown. Thanks for providing such a realistic, intelligent option to the debate.Matt (via email. Here's his site)-Larry O'Brien at Barrhaven mayoral debate: "We need to stop the proposed plan and review some of the other proposals brought forward including the plan by the Friends of the O-Train."-CFRA Poll:55.2% - Sounds much better & more affordable than council's plan4.42% - Council's North-South trains to Barrhaven are the best plan23.8% - Light rail should be built now west to Kanata & east to Orleans15.4% - Now is the time to build a downtown transit tunnel1.06% - Other1407 Total VotesOct 31, 2006:Absolutely brilliant timing and what great uptake! If this doesn't stopthe current stupidity, nothing will. You're all terrific! Thank you,thank you, thank you for all your efforts.Cheers - IdaThat is BRILLIANT! I just hope someone actually gets off their "I'm a city planner and I know everything" high horses and give the practical plan a chance.I know, wishful thinking.anonymous blogger - linkIf the frequency is high, this makes sense to me. I'd much rather make 3 quick transfers than go on a milkrun and end up stuck in downtown traffic everyday just to stay on the same bus.anonymous blogger - link“In order to do it for as little cost as possible, we didn'telectrify the line, which would have been very expensive,''Gault says”.“... its diesel engines will cause pollution and that its failure to run right into the downtown core will keep potential commuters away.... Gault dismisses the environmental concerns, pointing out the pollution prevented by getting a trainload of potential drivers off the roads .... this is an incredible environmental benefit.''Helen Gault (Director of Planning, OCTranso) in a 2001 Toronto Star news article, stating the merits of deisel O-Train.Many people who live in big cities with LRT or Subways have to transfer 2 and 3 times to get where they are going. Ottawa's "bus from every neighborhood to the downtown core" system is no longer sustainable. We have to move to a big city hub and spoke model.A 3 car train would be about the same length as 2 articulated buses. Every platform along Albert/Slater can handle that and then some.anonymous blogger - linkThe City of Ottawa needs an integrated regional rapid transportationplan, which is safe, fast, convenient and affordable." Said O'Brien "This proposal from the "Friends of the O-Train" is a good example of community driven solutions to community issues, and deserves serious consideration."Larry O'BrienMayoral CandidateCongratulations David on a well thought out plan. I was planning on motioning for a bus hub system from Hurdman to Bayview using one bus route in order to get the other buses off of Albert St. Your plan works much better.I will be promoting this plan and hope you will accept me into the Friends of the O'Train. I am a regular user of public Transit and will continue to use public transit even after the elections.Catherine GardnerBarrhaven Candidate www.catherinegardner.caOct 30, 2006:Gary Ludington welcomes Practical LRT Alternative for Ottawa------------------------------------------------------------Kitchissippi ward candidate Gary Ludington says the Practical LRT Alternative is a good start to getting a workable light rail system for Ottawa.The Alternative, which was released this morning by the Friends of the O-Train, is a "useful alternative that solves a number of problems with the current city plan and can be used as the basis for fixing light rail," Ludington said.He thanked the Friends of the O-Train for contributing to the LRT debate in a practical way -- by looking for real solutions. He particularly praised the extension to Gatineau, which he had already called for as a necessary link for the many commuters to federal jobs in Quebec.Ludington said the "Practical Alternative" should be carefully reviewed by City engineering staff and the general public. "The alternative plan points the way to achieving a significant cost-saving while preserving the current O-Train service and expanding it in ways I advocated three years ago when I last ran for City Council.""A central theme of my campaign is greater transparency in how decisions are made at the City. Many of the problems with the current LRT proposal arise from the reluctance of City staff and politicians to share relevant information with the general public. Let's not make the same mistake twice."For more information:Gary Ludington Campaign613-722-9777info@GaryLudington.cahttp://www.GaryLudington.caOct 30, 2006 Update:College Ward candidate Brett Delmage supports Practical LRT proposal--------------------------------------------------------------------Brett Delmage, a candidate for City Council in College Ward, praised the Practical LRT Alternative for Ottawa that was released this morning by the Friends of the O-Train."This alternative provides an excellent basis for a sensible, cost-effective rethinking of Light Rail. It works to solve the traffic jams on our north-south arterials, while still leaving funds for starting work on east-west Light Rail that can serve College Ward residents."Delmage has proposed using the existing E-W rail tracks which form the southern boundary of College Ward in order to provide rapid transit access for currently-difficult-to-serve areas like Merivale Road and Bells Corners.He said the Practical LRT Alternative makes much better use of existing N-S rail infrastructure, and avoided boondoggles like the proposed city LRT extension to Barrhaven. "I've heard at the door from residents in my ward that their friends in Barrhaven aren't happy with the LRT plan. Why should they be, when LRT will take 40 minutes to go downtown, instead of 25 minutes on an express bus?"Delmage noted that the other College ward candidate, Rick Chiarelli, had voted in favour of the Barrhaven LRT extension."This initiative is also a perfect example of the depth of expertise and involvement that citizens are willing to give to their city. As a former chair of an advisory committee to City Council, I've supported citizen involvement which helps ensure that city decisions are well-thought-out, workable, and cost-effective."For more informationBrett Delmage Campaign613.225.1279The express bus system has the worst cost recovery of any OC Transpo peak period routes. –Tim Lane[On ridership under the Practical Plan:] It is a difficult thing to answer without a lot of underlying assumptions. This is something that a group of citizens can not do on our own, without resources.The Deluxe Way has a net decrease in ridership due to cancellation of express bus service.There can be no increases in ridership to/from the city's core because of the bus congestion downtown, which our plan solves.Our plan also frees up a lot of peak-hour buses for use in suburban areas, and in particular, may permit creation of more suburban/industrial park express routes. (Without having to purchase additional buses!)-Michael Richardson (email Oct 27/06)I endorse this well-considered plan as a proposal for community discussion and comment during the final weeks of the election campaign, followed by its consideration by the Mayor and Council to be elected on November 13th.Replacing the convoys of buses which crowd Albert and Albert Streets with comfortable, easy-to-board, regularly-timed light rail trains will benefit all travelers downtown - pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, and car and truck drivers.-David GladstoneThere is every reason to believe that the Practical Alternative will make a significant direct contribution to achieving the City's 30% modal split target for the following reasons:- Our plan eliminates all delays and all congestion arriving to and departing from downtown.- At no extra cost, our plan allows peak hour express, regular, and arterial bus service to the LRT terminals to increase route frequencies by 40% or more.- Frequency and reliability of transit service is among strongest variables that increase ridership.- Our plan provides the infrastructure to double peak hour ridership through the downtown core compared to either the current situation, or the City's proposed mix of LRT and buses.In contrast, we know conclusively that the City's proposed LRT plan will result in an increase of only 1,090 net new peak hour riders, at the cost of eliminating 30% of express routes and canceling the O-Train for 2.5 years (over 5 million riders). -Stephen FanjoyI used to live a stone's throw from LeBreton Flats and often thought about how much better downtown would be if long lines of noisy, fumy buses were removed. In rush hour it can take as long as 35 minutes by bus from LeBreton to the Rideau Centre. I can cycle it in about 10 minutes. I once counted 28 buses in a line from the DND building west. This long line of buses was like a train with 28 engines. Just plain stupid.-Ann Coffey (email Oct 27)The Talent diesel O-Train is double articulated and 48 m long and can seat 135 passengers. I will not use the 150 standees in this argument. The platform lengths on the line do not permit running units in pairs, but that can be solved. The proposed electric Light Rail Vehicle, the single articulated Siemens S70 Avanto can seat 72.and is 29 m long. So it needs two S70 Avantos to replace one Talent. Since OCTranspo proposes to operate single units only, they are in effect halving the productivity of their manpower. And manpower is the most costly item in a transit budget. Is not the purpose of capital investment to reduce operating costs and improve productivity?...Light Rail lines serve destinations, such as Universities, Downtown Central Business District, Airport, Hospitals, Hotel districts and Transit collection points. Passengers do not walk at the residential end to Light Rail, They would if there was coordination and design between Land Use and Light Rail stops, like is done in Stockholm. There is no evidence in Ottawa that there is creative land use design around stations. Residential passengers either use a feeder bus, a car for Park-and-Ride, get dropped off (also called Kiss-and-Ride), or use a bike. If Ottawa wants to have a light rail line closer to Barrhaven, they should construct a Light Rail line parallel to the VIA line. It would be more direct.John Bakker, Professor-Emeritus, Civil Engineering (Transportation)University of Alberta, from a forthcoming article in Transport Action.
posted by Friends of the O-Train @ 11:51 PM
Klaus Beltzner said...
It is always heart-warming and gratifying to see a citizen-based group(Friends of the O'Train) getting it right. The question must be asked whythis was not possible through our elected politicians and the city'slight-rail project leaders. How could they have gotten it so wrong and why isit that they have been so determined to ram their seriously flawedtransportation solution through a process that denied council and the peopleof Ottawa the right to all the facts (the contract and alternatives)?The only answer that I could come up with is that the city's LRT "solution"was decided by those who would expect to profit/benefit from it and then thegame plan was to push the favoured solution through a public consultationprocess which limited the options, information and time needed for informedpublic comment and council decision. This is what we experienced - the LRTchampions, the city's light-rail project leaders and the mayor,pushing/bullying their plan through council with tactics to limitalternatives (all other plans/proposals were judged by these champions to be"less efficient, and/or too expensive, and/or contrary to the city's officialand transportation plans, and/or carrying "significant risk of ridershiploss") and mounting astounding pressure to force agreement (e.g. tellingcouncil that not supporting/accepting/passing their solution would deny thecity $400 million in federal and provincial grants and impose hundreds ofmillions of dollars in penalties and/or cost overruns) all the while notallowing anyone else to review the Contract because of "confidentiality". Allof this of course unravelled once Mr. Baird of the federal governmentdemanded to see the contract and let the cat out of the bag.As a result, on November 13, 2006 mayor Chiarelli will go down in defeat andthe mayor's LRT project as he saw it will not happen. Instead, we will votefor a mayor who will move ahead with Siemens to build the first leg of theelectric LRT as laid out by the Friends of the O-Train, expand the O-Train,and work on revising the remainder of the fixed price Siemens contract tobuild a link to Gatineau.Klaus Beltzner,Manotick
Christine Leadman said...
Congratulations! to the Friends of the O-Train for spearheading yet another viable plan for public transit. The Let's Do It Right Campaign, of which I was a member along with a host of other public transit advocates, community associations and Transport 2000 supported the recommendations and suggestions of Transport 2000 to the City. Although these alternatives were brought forward they were rejected. This alternative makes so much sense, is demonstrated successfully in other cities and is true value for tax dollars. Toronto has a multi-system service that functions quite effectively.It is interesting to read how some people are suddenly jumping off the "LRT" caboose and claiming to see value in this proposal. An "Inconvenient Truth" when it was apparent from the outset.Let's hope that we have an opportunity to rework the system to the benefit of all taxpayers.Christine LeadmanCandidate, Kitchissippi Ward 15
Anthony Gagne said...
My name is Anthony Gagne and I have been a transit user since as far back as I can remember. I definitely do agree that the system that's in place is absolutely unacceptable. To put this in perspective it takes about 7 min. to go from my apartment near Blair Station to Hurdman. It tooks over 20 min. at times to go from Hurdman to Bayview (which is a lot shorter of a distance). The idea of having to transfer multiple times may be unappealing to some users, especially ones that are used to taking one express bus all the way downtown. However, if it means having to deal with another snowstorm fiasco where all the buses were backlogged outside of the downtown core then I think the choice is clear. I do have a few questions regarding your plan for ELRT and the O-Train expansion to Riverside South (the Earl Armstrong P&R):The fact that passing tracks will be implemented instead of completely double-tracking the train will mean little to no downtime for the existing service.I believe the best way to encourage people to take the rail between Lebreton and Hurdman is to make it frequent and making the feeder routes from the suburbs more frequent will definitely help. At least some people have a clear plan and Bob Chiarelli definitely doesn't. I hope this proposal gets implemented because it'll be nice to go through downtown and not wait at the Mackenzie King Bridge for 10 min. getting through the Rideau Centre.Lastly, the best way to link Barrhaven to the NS line would be to extend it along the existing SW Transitway from Confederation to Hurdman, creating a bypass option for users coming from the south and west. It will also make the eventual implementation of EW light rail more convenient. Going down the VIA corridor is the only valuable way to quickly link Barrhaven and the downtown core.
Celine Bak said...
Wow! How wonderful to have learned about the FOT and your plan.Time is pressing. Today November 6th, is the all candidates debate for Sandy Hill. Can someone from the FOT coalition be present to help us press for this plan with our ward's candidates?Celine BakSandy Hill
I sent a shorter version of this to my city councillor, Clive Doucet, who is a fervent supporter of the existing light rail plan:Now that the election is over and the writing is on the wall I suggest that you seriously consider the proposal put out by friends of the O-train. The current Barrhaven electric plan is a piece of social engineering, not traffic engineering, and it is going to die. Time to do better, much better.The 85% of people who voted against the one mayoralty candidate have it right, and the experts in house have it wrong: this is a wisdom of crowds effect that should not be ignored. The FOTOT plan is clearly a better solution: With extensions to the airport and Diesel trains along Via track to Barrhaven station it solves a real need in a practical manner. Add a link to Gatineau and the Airport and two other dire urban issues are solved. Existing track can be used westwards towards the Kanata business park, through Carp, all the way to Arnprior. People who live downtown and work in Kanata could finally get off the roads and take the train. The bus doesn’t cut it. I’ve tried. This does.New track would only need to be laid for the link from Hurdman to Rockland along the 174 corridor, and the core infrastructure is done. Existing track would bring service as far east as Cassleman. Those spurs could be done using low-cost diesel trains in the same mold as GO transit in the Toronto corridor. The new deluxe trains are nice, but for the more rural extensions a less expensive GO train may be enough.Why isn’t this being considered? Is it because it is not expensive enough? Why? The existing Carp line goes as far west as Arnprior, and joints with track that goes south through to Almonte, Carleton Place, and as far south as Smiths Falls before looping back towards Barrhaven in a great circle that needs no turnarounds. If Ottawa was serious about getting cars off the road this is it, it would eliminate the need for long distance commuting from locations as far as Smiths Falls, Merrickville, and Richmond. All communities benefit, not just one.A GO-Transit style diesel train solution would solve traffic problems for the foreseeable future. People in Almonte could take the rail to jobs in Kanata, and comfortably travel downtown. People living in the downtown core would have two trains, one electric and one diesel, to their jobs in Kanata. This solves problems for the greater area, not just for one neighbourhood. It is practical and it is smart. Even if it takes as long or longer you are no longer driving, you can do other tasks. VIA rail already has wireless internet in its trains. For a fee you can take your office with you onto the train. Why not offer the same service for commuters from the far west to downtown? Why not offer this as a premium service that makes the train better than the car, no matter what?I am not sure why electric cars are a requirement. They are impractical in the outer burbs due to low density and high implementation cost. If GO works for TO why not here?


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Patent US7746844 - Method and apparatus for analysis of VoIP network performance - Google Patents
A method, apparatus and computer product for modeling and analyzing performance of a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) configuration, composed of a plurality of components, is disclosed. The method comprises the step of representing selected ones of the plurality of components and relationships among the selected...http://www.google.com/patents/US7746844?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7746844 - Method and apparatus for analysis of VoIP network performance
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Application number US 11/823,930
Publication number 11823930, 823930, US 7746844 B1, US 7746844B1, US-B1-7746844, US7746844 B1, US7746844B1
Inventors Sudhir Vijendra, Patricia Florissi
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Method and apparatus for analysis of VoIP network performance
US 7746844 B1
A method, apparatus and computer product for modeling and analyzing performance of a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) configuration, composed of a plurality of components, is disclosed. The method comprises the step of representing selected ones of the plurality of components and relationships among the selected components, wherein said component representations are selected from the group of configuration non-specific representations consisting of: VoIP-DHCP Service, VoIP-CallOperation Service, VoIP_Signaling Service, VoIP_MediaGateway Service and VoIP_SIP Service, and wherein the representations of relationships are selected from the group of configuration non-specification representations consisting of: Hostedby/HostsServices and Integrates/IntegratedIn, providing a mapping between a plurality of first events and a plurality of second events occurring in the selected components, the mapping representing the relationships along which the first events propagate among the selected components, and determining at least one first event based on at least one of the plurality of second events by determining a measure between each of a plurality of relationship values associated with the plurality of first events and the plurality of second events.
1. A method for modeling and analyzing performance of a Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) configuration, composed of a plurality of components, said method comprising the steps of:
one or more computers generating a model representing selected ones of the plurality of components and relationships among the selected components, wherein said component representations are selected from the group of configuration non-specific representations consisting of: VoIP-DHCP Service, VoIP-CallOperation Service, VoIP_Signaling Service, VoIP_MediaGateway Service and VoIP_SIP Service, and wherein the representations of relationships are selected from the group of configuration non-specific representations consisting of: HostedBy/HostsServices and Integrates/IntegratedIn;
the one or more computers generating a mapping between a plurality of first events and a plurality of second events occurring in the selected components, said mapping representing the relationships along which the first events propagate among the selected components, and
the one or more computers determining at least one first event based on at least one of the plurality of second events by determining a measure between each of a plurality of relationship values associated with the plurality of first events and the plurality of second events.
representing selected ones of the plurality of components, and associated relationships, associated with each of a plurality of domains, wherein at least one of the plurality of components is associated with at least two of the domains;
determining at least one first event based on at least one of the plurality of second events by determining a mismatch measure between each of a plurality of relationship values associated with the plurality of first events and the plurality of second events in each domain; and
3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second events are selected from the group consisting of: causing events, observable events, problems, symptoms.
4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the values are selected from the group consisting of: deterministic and probabilistic.
5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said measure is a Hamming distance.
6. An apparatus for analyzing a Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) configuration containing a plurality of components, the apparatus comprising:
representing, in a model on one or more computers, selected ones of the plurality of components and relationships among the selected components, wherein said component representations are selected from the group of configuration non-specific representations consisting of: VoIP-DHCP Service, VoIP-CallOperation Service, VoIP_Signaling Service, VoIP_MediaGateway Service and VoIP_SIP Service, and wherein the representations of relationships are selected from the group of configuration non-specification representations consisting of: Hostedby/HostsServices and Integrates/IntegratedIn;
providing a mapping between a plurality of first events and a plurality of second events occurring in the selected components, said mapping representing the relationships along which the first events propagate among the selected components, and
determining at least one first event based on at least one of the plurality of second events by determining a measure between each of a plurality of relationship values associated with the plurality of first events and the plurality of second events.
7. The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the processor further executing code for executing the step of:
determining at least first event based on at least one of the plurality of second events by determining a measure between each of a plurality of relationship values associated with the plurality of first events and the plurality of second events in each domain; and
8. The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the first and second events are selected from the group consisting of: causing events, observable events, problems and symptoms.
10. The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the values are selected from the group consisting of: deterministic and probabilistic.
11. The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein said measure is a Hamming distance.
12. A computer program product for analyzing a Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) configuration containing a plurality of components, by providing instruction to a processor enabling the processor to execute the steps of:
13. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, further providing instruction for enabling the processor to execute the steps of:
14. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein the first and second events are selected from the group consisting of: causing events, observable events, problems and symptoms.
15. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein the values are selected from the group consisting of: deterministic and probabilistic.
16. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein said measure is a Hamming distance.
17. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the causing events are associated with performance issues selected from the group consisting of: jitter, Mean Opinion Score (MoS), delay and packet loss.
18. The apparatus as recited in claim 6, wherein the causing events are associated with performance issues selected from the group consisting of: jitter, Mean Opinion Score (MoS), delay and packet loss.
19. The computer-program product as recited in claim 12, wherein causing events are associated with performance issues selected from the group consisting of: jitter, Mean Opinion Score (MoS), delay and packet loss.
This application is related to the patent application entitled “Method and Apparatus for Representing, Managing and Problem Reporting in VoIP Networks,” filed in the US Patent and Trademark Office on Jul. 3, 2006, and assigned Ser. No. 11/325,109, and to patent application entitled “Method and Apparatus for Management and Analysis of Services in VoIP Networks,” filed in the US Patent and Trademark Office on Jun. 29, 2007, and assigned Ser. No. 11/824,238, the contents of both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates generally to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks and more particularly, to methods and apparatus for analyzing VoIP network performance.
FIG. 1 illustrates a VoIP configuration or network 100 wherein conventional packet-switched network 110, e.g., the Internet, provides service link between telephone 140.1 and 140.2. In this illustrated example, a user, at telephone 140.1 enters the telephone number of telephone 140.2 and the information is provided through router 135.1 to gateway 120.1. Gateway 120.1 provides signals, through router 130 to gateway 120.2 to establish the connection, i.e., pathways within network 110. After the connection is established, telephone 140.1 communicates with telephone 140.2 through the established transport connection 138.
The above referred-to patent application Ser. No. 11/325,109 discloses a method for managing aspects of a VoIP network by modeling components within the VoIP network and determining a physical status of the network by analyzing detected or observed events and correlating these events with most-likely causes of the detected or observed events. Such an analysis is referred-to as a root-cause analysis and, more specifically, an availability root cause analysis. VoIP availability root-cause analysis and other similar analysis are presented in detail in the referred-to patent application and need not be discussed in detail herein.
However, while an availability analysis will determine whether a component, device or element within the VoIP network is not performing correctly, and, thus, impacting overall performance, conditions within the VoIP network may arise wherein the network elements are performing within their desired operational ranges but some degradation in the performance may be experienced because of other conditions occurring within the network.
Hence, there is a need in the industry for a method and system for representing, analyzing and determining root cause of errors in the performance of the VoIP network and the impact of such errors.
FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional VoIP network;
FIG. 2A illustrates an applicable portion of a known VoIP model;
FIG. 2B illustrates an extension of the VoIP model shown in FIG. 2A in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 3 illustrates a causality graph relating causing events and observed events associated with the VoIP model shown in FIG. 2B;
FIG. 4 illustrates a causality matrix relating causing events and observed events associated with the VoIP model shown in FIG. 2B;
FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of an integration of a VoIP performance manager into a system for performing analysis of a VoIP network; and
FIG. 2A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a VoIP software-based model and FIG. 2B illustrates an extension of the model shown in FIG. 2A in accordance with the principles of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2A, the model 200 shown is an extension of known network models, such as the EMC Smarts Common Information Model (ICIM), or similarly defined or pre-existing CIM-based model and adapted, herein, for the VoIP network. EMC and SMARTS are trademarks of EMC Corporation, Inc., having a principle place of business in Hopkinton, Ma, USA. The EMC model is an extension of the well-known DMTF/SMI model. A discussion of the EMC model's application to VoIP networks is presented at least in the commonly-owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/263,689, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,107,185, issued on Nov. 1, 2005 to Yemini, Y., et al., and its application to VoIP networks is discussed in the aforementioned related U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/325,109, the contents of both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
Referring to FIG. 2A, an exemplary abstract model 200 of the VoIP infrastructure section of network 100 (FIG. 1) is shown. The existing ICIM model 210 includes at least the elements SoftwareServices 212, SoftwareReducdnacyGroup 214, N-TierApplicationService 216, which represent elements of a network system. For example, the object SoftwareServices represents the attributes and properties associated with a collection of services that represent operations such as call processing, music-on-hold, etc. In addition to the known objects, model 210 includes at least the objects VoIPSoftwareService 230, VoIPSoftwareServiceRedundancyGroup 236, and VoIPApplicationService 240. The element VoIPSoftwareService 230 represents attributes and properties associated with a collection of services that comprise a VoIP application subsystem. VoIPSoftwareServiceRedundancyGroup 236 represents a collection of services that provide resilient VoIP services to some set of IP telephones or other VoIP signaling entities. VoIPSoftwareService 230, VoIPServiceRedundancyGroup 236, and VoIPApplicationService 240, objects represent configuration, i.e., network, non-specific representations of the attributes and parameters of the associated hardware and further inherits the attributes and parameters of associated class and subclass. Similarly, the exemplary model shown is not related to any specific configuration and the illustrated relationships between the objects are not associated with any specification VoIP configuration.
Objects associated with VoIPNetworkServices 232 and VoipVoiceService 234, include the attributes or properties associated with the network aspects of the VoIP service and the voice aspects of the VoIP service, respectively. For example, managing the physical gateway is associated with a network service, as shown in block 270, and voice mail service is associated with the voice service, as shown in block 280. Devices providing either voice services or acting as client endpoints in the VoIP system are considered VoIPVoiceServices, whereas elements involved in the transmission and/or routing of voice data traffic are considered VoIPNetworkServices. For example, object H323Devices H.323 Devices represents codecs and tools for conducting multimedia conference calls and object CTIDevices represents Computer Telephony Integration services, such as conducting phone calls in coordination with another application (e.g.: integrated whiteboard and audio conversations).
Model 210 also includes object VoIPSystem or UnitarycomputerSyattributes and properties associated with a system or host running on one or more applications that support VoIP. The ICIM model 210 includes element or object VoIPSystem or Unitary Computer System 218, which presents attributes and properties of the physical elements, i.e., processors, and processing systems, of the network. For example, host object 218.1 represents a processing system that upon which aspects of the VoIP service or application reside. Such processing systems may be based on, for example, Pentium processors. Pentium is a registered Trademark of Intel Corporation.
To accommodate VoIP service performance attributes, the VoIP_NetworkServices object 232 is extended to include the new object VoIP_PerformanceService 290 object (see FIG. 5B). The VoIP_PerformanceService object 290 represents attributes and properties associated with a collection of performance parameters or characteristics of a VoIP application subsystem.
In this illustrated example, specific network performance services may be represented by the VoIP-DHCP Service object 292, VoIP-CallOperation Service object 294, VoIP_Signaling Service object 296 and the VoIP_MediaGateway Service object 298. The VoIP_Signaling Service object 260 may further include a VoIP_SIP Service object 298.1. The VoIP_Signaling Service object describes properties and attributes associated with the VoIP signaling function. The VoIP-CallOperation Service object 294 describes properties and attributes associated with the VoIP call. The VoIP_MediaGateway Service object 298 describes the properties and attributes of the gateway servicing the VoIP connections. Gateways typically provide a path between VoIP networks and older POTS (Poor Old Telephone System) or TDM telephone networks. The VoIP_SIP Service object 298.1 defines the properties and attributes of SIP device handling SIP protocol requests.
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary causality graph or map associated with the VoIP service model shown in FIG. 2. In this illustrative example, when a host is determined to be in a Down condition (e.g., non-operational), then the VoIP_Network Service is effected by is effectively also operationally down or not-available. Similarly, when a VoIP_Network Service is determined to be operating in a sub- or non-optimal manner, the non-optimal performance may be caused by the detection or determination of a large time jitter among a plurality of data packets carrying the VoIP data, or by the loss of an excessive number of packets, or an excessive MOS score or a determined excessive packet delay (transmission or received). Determination of an excessive time jitter, number of lost packets, Mean Opinion Score (MOS) score or delay, may be determined by a processor maintaining a count of the appropriate condition per unit time and comparing the determined values with corresponding threshold values. For example, a processor may determine a difference in time of arrival of packets and maintain a count of those differences greater than a first known threshold. At the conclusion of a unit time period the count of the differences greater than a first known threshold are compared to a threshold associated with, in this case, time jitter, and determine whether excessive time jitter exists. An indication of non-optimal performance may then be indicated.
FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary causality matrix associated with the model shown in FIG. 2 and causality graph or map shown in FIG. 3 for determining a root-cause of an observed event or symptom. In this form, the mapping illustrates the relationship along which observed events propagate from causing events, wherein the relationship value (i.e, “1”), indicates that a symptom is caused or generated by the associated event. Although the relationship value is shown as deterministic (i.e., 100 percent probability of occurring), it should be recognized that the value may also represent a probability of an event causing a symptom to occur. Hence, the value may also be probabilistic.
In this exemplary matrix when a indication of “down” is observed, the cause of such a indication may be associated with the host being non-operational or one of the performance criteria is so excessive that the service is not performing at all. Similarly, if an indication of non-optimal performance is observed, the root-cause may be that at least one of the performance parameters has exceeded its associated threshold value. Information regarding different performance parameters may be determined and provided by well-known methods as previously described.
In some aspects of the network processing, although a failure may occur, symptom(s) may, or may not, be generated to indicate that a component is experiencing failures. The root-cause correlation described herein is powerful enough to be able to deal with scenarios in which symptoms are generated to indicate the cause of the failure. An analysis, e.g., a root cause analysis, of the VoIP network, similar to that described in the aforementioned related US patent application may be used to determine from the exemplary causality or behavior model(s) shown, herein. Root Cause analysis by the determination of a measure of the elements of the causality matrix shown in FIG. 4 may be used to determine the most likely root cause of the one or more of the observed symptoms. Such root cause analysis is described in detail in commonly-owned U.S. Pat. No. 7,107,185, issued on Nov. 1, 2005 to Yemini, Y., et al., the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. In one aspect, a most likely causing event may be determined by determining a minimum Hamming distance between a plurality of observed events and the causing events.
As presented herein, the VoIP system resides on or “hosted by” existing network components that may generate alarm indications, associated with errors, independent of corresponding alarm indications that may be generated by the VoIP system. For example, when a port fails on a host, the host may generate a failure report, i.e., an event, trigger, alarms, etc., while the VoIP system may generate a port failure report and the VoIP performance may be degraded. The network failure reporting may further be performed by a second failure system. Thus, performance behavior of a network composed of IP and over-layed VoIP components may be analyzed by formulating behavior models for selected ones of the components,—i.e., managed components—in each of the IP, and VoIP system networks and the VoIP performance domain. An analysis of the each of the networks (referred to as domains) may be separately performed and the results of each analysis may then be correlated through a behavior model which combines the characteristics of each of the domains. Such cross-correlation of the information from the individual networks or domains further refines the analysis provided to a user by removing one or more redundant alarms and providing only the most-likely cause of the alarm indications (i.e., observed events).
FIG. 5 represents a block diagram 500 illustrating the integration of the processing of the instant application with similar processing to determine the source or root cause of observed events or symptoms. In this illustrated example, each of a managers associated with the elements of an IP network 510, a VoIP availability manager, 520, and a VoIP performance manager reference an associated causality matrix which determine most-likely causing events (problems) from a plurality of observed events. The selected most-likely causing events from each of the mangers 510, 520, and 530 are provided to a correlator 540 which analyzes the received causing event to determine at least one most-likely causing event. The correlator may include information regarding the relationship of components within each of the domains. For example, a host or application may be considered a managed component in each of two domains and the knowledge of this component being an intersection point between two domains may be used to resolve ambiguity in the causing event associated with observed events in each of two domains.
Although not shown it would be recognized that the behavior model described herein may further provide sufficient information to perform an impact analysis, i.e., the affect of a degradation, on the VoIP performance domain. In this case, it may be determined what symptoms may be expected when a problem is introduced or simulated. Impact analysis using the behavior models described herein is more fully described in the aforementioned US patents and patent application and need not be discussed in detail herein. In another aspect, the impact of failures may be projected to determine the impact of a degradation on a higher level function.
The examples provided herein are described with regard to root-cause analysis and impact analysis, it would be recognized that the method described herein may be used to perform a system analysis may include: fault detection, fault monitoring, performance, congestion, connectivity, interface failure, node failure, link failure, routing protocol error, and/or routing control errors.
FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a system 600 that may be used for implementing the principles of the present invention. System 600 may contain one or more input/output devices 602, processors 603 and memories 604. I/O devices 602 may access or receive information from one or more devices 601, which represent sources of information. Sources or devices 601 may be devices such as routers, servers, computers, notebook computer, PDAs, cells phones or other devices suitable for transmitting and receiving information responsive to the processes shown herein. Devices 601 may have access over one or more network connections 650 via, for example, a wireless wide area network, a wireless metropolitan area network, a wireless local area network, a terrestrial broadcast system (Radio, TV), a satellite network, a cell phone or a wireless telephone network, or similar wired networks, such as POTS, INTERNET, LAN, WAN and/or private networks, e.g., INTRANET, as well as portions or combinations of these and other types of networks.
Input/output devices 602, processors 603, e.g. Pentium processors, and memories 604 may communicate over a communication medium 625. Communication medium 625 may represent, for example, a bus, a communication network, one or more internal connections of a circuit, circuit card or other apparatus, as well as portions and combinations of these and other communication media. Input data from the sources or client devices 601 is processed in accordance with one or more programs that may be stored in memories 604 and executed by processors 603. Memories 604 may be any magnetic, optical or semiconductor medium that is loadable and retains information either permanently, e.g. PROM, or non-permanently, e.g., RAM. Processors 603 may be any means, such as general purpose (e.g., Intel Corporation Pentium processor) or special purpose computing system, such as a laptop computer, desktop computer, a server, handheld computer, or may be a hardware configuration, such as dedicated logic circuit, or integrated circuit. Processors 603 may also be Programmable Array Logic (PAL), or Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), etc., which may be “programmed” to include software instructions or code that provides a known output in response to known inputs. In one aspect, hardware circuitry may be used in place of, or in combination with, software instructions to implement the invention. The elements illustrated herein may also be implemented as discrete hardware elements that are operable to perform the operations shown using coded logical operations or by executing hardware executable code.
In one aspect, the processes shown herein may be represented by computer readable code stored on a computer readable medium. The code may also be stored in the memory 604. The code may be read or downloaded from a memory medium 683, an I/O device 685 or magnetic or optical media, such as a floppy disk, a CD-ROM or a DVD, 687 and then stored in memory 604. Similarly the code may be downloaded over one or more networks, e.g., 650, 680, or not shown via I/O device 685, for example, for execution by processor 603 or stored in memory 604 and then accessed by processor 603. As would be appreciated, the code may be processor-dependent or processor-independent. JAVA is an example of processor-independent code. JAVA is a trademark of the Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. USA.
Information from device 01 received by I/O device 602, after processing in accordance with one or more software programs operable to perform the functions illustrated herein, may also be transmitted over network 80 to one or more output devices represented as display 692, reporting device 690 or second processing system 695.
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U.S. Classification 370/351, 379/219, 702/183
International Classification H04L12/28, H04M7/00, G06F11/30, G21C17/00
Cooperative Classification H04L41/145, H04L43/0829, H04L43/0852, H04L41/142, H04L41/0631, H04L41/5035, H04L41/5087, H04L65/1053, H04L41/5009, H04L65/103
European Classification H04L29/06M2N6, H04L29/06M2N2M4, H04L41/14B, H04L41/50A2, H04L41/50M2, H04L41/50E, H04L41/06B, H04L12/24D2
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This program addresses the expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, where Muslims ruled with tolerance for more than seven centuries. The introduction and consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the creation of the Umayyad emirate by the sole survivor of the Umayyad dynasty, the rise of Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule on the Iberian Peninsula are all discussed. Special attention is given to the prosperous reign of Abdel Rahman III and the flowering of a Muslim culture that respectfully welcomed the contributions of Christians and Jews alike.
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Original music, Bernhard Elsner; photography, Lionel San-Kenguistel.
a co-production of FIT Production, La Cinquième, and Canal Sur Televisión ; un film conc̦u et écrit par Mahmoud Hussein ; réalisé par Philippe Calderon.
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