System and method for network management

Abstract

System and methods for inferring network topology are described, including a method comprising determining a normalized transmit power of a first device, identifying a second device based upon a parameter of the second device and the normalized transmit power of the first device, and generating a topology including the first device and the second device based upon at least one of the normalized transmit power of the first device and the parameter of the second device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 determining, by a computing device, a transmit power entering a network comprising a first communication device, wherein the first communication device is configured to receive content from a content distribution system;   determining, by the computing device, a normalized transmit power of the first communication device, wherein the normalized transmit power is determined based on the transmit power,   identifying, by the computing device, a distribution device in the network by comparing a loss value of the distribution device to the normalized transmit power of the first communication device; and   determining, by the computing device, a topology of the network comprising the first communication device and the distribution device based on at least one of the normalized transmit power of the first communication device and the loss value of the distribution device.