Abstract:
A method includes determining, at a processor of an automated attendant system, whether a customer service representative is available to speak with a caller. The method also includes scheduling a call back time in response to a determination that the customer service representative is not available to speak with the caller. The call back time indicates a time where the customer service representative will call the caller. The method further includes providing the call back time to the caller and receiving an availability flag from the caller at the call back time. The availability flag indicates whether the caller is available to receive a call from the customer service representative. The method also includes providing a call back signal to the customer service representative based on the availability flag. The call back signal indicates to the customer service representative whether to call the caller at the call back time.
Abstract:
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for quantifying a total number of customers impacted by a cellular tower outage are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a plurality of cellular towers, detects a failure of one of the plurality of cellular towers, identifies a subset of the plurality of cellular towers that are included in an affected region, calculates a number of additional customers served by each one of the subset of the plurality of cellular towers that are included in the affected region due to the failure of the one cellular tower, and quantifies the total number of customers impacted by the failure of the one cellular tower by adding the number of additional customers served by the each one of the subset of the plurality of cellular towers that are included in the affected region.
Abstract:
A technique for monitoring performance in a network uses passively monitored traffic data at the server access routers. The technique aggregates performance metrics into clusters according to a spatial hierarchy in the network, and then aggregates performance metrics within spatial clusters to form time series of temporal bins. Representative values from the temporal bins are then analyzed using an enhanced Holt-Winters exponential smoothing algorithm.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are described that that dynamically configure high-speed data link lightpaths between access routers and backbone routers at geographically dispersed locations to reassign traffic when a backbone router fails or is removed from service. Embodiments reduce the quantity of backbone router ports used in dual backbone router-homed networks.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are described that that dynamically configure high-speed data link lightpaths between access routers and backbone routers at geographically dispersed locations to reassign traffic when a backbone router fails or is removed from service. Embodiments reduce the quantity of backbone router ports used in dual backbone router-homed networks.