System And Method For Analyzing A Network

Abstract

System and methods for analyzing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining a parameter for each of a plurality of devices, generating a signature for each of the plurality of devices based upon the determined parameters, comparing the signatures of two or more of the plurality of devices, and grouping the plurality of devices based upon the comparison of the signatures of the two or more of the plurality of devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 determining a parameter for each of a plurality of network devices;   determining a plurality of energy levels, each energy level of the plurality of energy levels being associated with a corresponding said determined parameter;   removing one or more energy levels of the plurality of energy levels from further analysis based on the one or more energy levels being associated with at least one of near-echo locations and far-echo-locations;   generating, for each of at least a portion of the plurality of network devices, a signature based on one or more of remaining energy levels not removed from the plurality of energy levels;   complex dividing one of the signatures into another of the signatures;   comparing a result of the complex dividing to a threshold;   recursively grouping at least the portion of the plurality of network devices based upon iterations of the complex dividing and comparing of respective signatures of the plurality of network devices until no device of the plurality of network devices is a member of more than one group; and   determining a unique priority score for each group.