US Patent:
20110250883, Oct 13, 2011
Inventors:
Christopher D. Pyhtila - Sterling VA, US
Thomas H. Rollins - Ashburn VA, US
Charles Gumas - Fairfax VA, US
L. Perry Seip - Ashburn VA, US
Assignee:
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
H04W 24/00
Abstract:
A network monitoring system includes data source routers, data servers, and user interface modules for depicting visual data presentations that show call activity within a satellite-based communication network. The data source routers capture signaling data from a terrestrial portion of the network and supply the signaling data to the data servers. The user interface modules request selected data from the data servers based on selected display filtering settings and generate the visual data presentations, including a geo view, a satellite activity grid, and a message view. The geo view shows a time progression of live or recorded call activity data on a map. The satellite activity grid organizes a time-progression of live or recorded call activity on a two-dimensional grid representing each satellite spot beam in the system. The message view shows a detailed listing of individual messages that have occurred within selected call flows in the network.