Voice network monitoring: what metrics to use and for what?
The monitoring of voice networks provides information that prevents attacks, prevents fraud, anticipates service drops and detects anomalous patterns. Although there are elements that support advanced metrics (even with other protocols such as MEGACO, MGP, ISUP, etc) in the SIP world they are usually measured in SBC and softswitches. These are the most common metrics: IETF RFC 6076 – first specific…