Apparatus and method for managing a network

Details Apparatus and method for managing a network Apparatus and method for managing a network

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Lim, Krisna (Department: 2453)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer network managing

Computer network monitoring

C709S223000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07865593

ABSTRACT:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server comprising a controller to monitor a physical layer, a data link layer and a network layer of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, obtain a plurality of alarm signals from one or more of the physical layer, the data link layer and the network layer that are associated with an undesired condition of the IPTV network, synthesize the plurality of alarm signals to determine a correlation, obtain topology information associated with network devices in the IPTV network, and isolate the undesired condition to a network component in the IPTV network using the correlation and the topology information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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