Topology-based fault analysis in telecommunications networks
June 21, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesCommunications network state and topology monitor Transmission line switching system Methods and systems for alarm correlation and fault localization in communication networks Apparatus and a method for setting a communication path Tracing system for tracing transmission route in transmission network Wrap-around route testing in packet communications networks Method of sectionalizing trouble on telecommunication network connections Virtual path connector and virtual path tracing method and apparatus Patent #: 5634097 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 669259 filed on 06/21/1996US Classes:379/22.03, Fault detection or fault location on telephone link (e.g., continuity, leakage)340/3.43, Fault condition detection370/242, Fault detection370/250, Of a switching system379/14.01, Fault segmentation (e.g., error location in network)379/15.05, Determining fault location379/16Of switching pathExaminersPrimary: Kuntz, CurtisAssistant: Tieu, Binh K. International ClassesH04M 001/24H04M 003/08 H04M 003/22 AbstractA method and apparatus for detecting traffic-affecting failures in a telecommunications network; by inferring the most probable location of each such failure, given multiple alarm indicators along a network circuit; correlating circuit alarms to trunk failures, or inferring trunk failures from circuit alarms; inferring the location of major network outages by topologically correlating multiple trunk failures; and filtering alarm reporting to the Fault Management System users such that only the most significant derived or inferred conditions are automatically displayed. | |
