Telecommunications network management observation and response system

摘要

The invention aims to provide a method for monitoring and managing a telecommunications network (38) with at least one echo canceller (46) having access to data transfer activity on the telecommunications network, the methodcharacterized in that the method comprises the following steps:receiving, through a computer unit, a user instruction to collect at least one elected function parameter relating to echo cancellation performed by the at least one echo canceller in connection with data transfer activity on telecommunications network.channels associated with the at least one echo canceller;equipping the at least one echo canceller with a programmable probe (22a, 22b, 22c, or 22d);programming the programmable probe through a management protocol with appropriate commands to obtain the selected function parameter from the at least one echo canceller through a suitable network protocol;receiving and storing the selected function parameter collected by the programmed probe;interpreting the selected function parameter by determining whether the selected function parameter or a value derived therefrom deviates from a reference by more than a preselected threshold to produce an indication that the preselected threshold has been exceeded;providing to the user, through a computer output, the indication that the preselected threshold has been exceeded collected by the programmed probe; andconfiguring a change in echo canceller functionality based on the indication in response to a network condition that caused the selected function parameter to deviate from the reference by more than the preselected threshold.