Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation

Details Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation

1996-04-15

1998-09-01

Kuntz, Curtis

Telephonic communications

Diagnostic testing, malfunction indication, or electrical...

Monitoring

379 1, 379 12, 379 22, 379 26, 370242, 370248, H04M 124, H04M 308, H04M 322

Patent

active

058021442

ABSTRACT:
A method and related system dynamically determines the location of a network outage in a telecommunications network. A plurality of alarm generating network equipments are located at spaced sites along the network. Alarms are generated upon the detection of problems with a signal passing through continuous signal trunks connected between the alarm generating network equipments. The alarm data from the alarm generating network equipments is connected at a single point. Network topology data is stored in a database, defining the relative locations of the alarm generating network equipments in the network and their respectively connected trunks. The alarmed equipment ports are correlated with respective connected alarmed trunks from data obtained in the database as well as collected alarm data. The alarmed trunks are analyzed for identifying the corresponding minimum number of alarm generating network equipments that exist between the alarmed trunks thereby defining effected inter-equipment trunks. The alarmed trunks passing through a particular inter-equipment trunk are analyzed. The analysis then establishes a minimum common span of all alarmed trunks that pass through the inter-equipment trunk, and along which the outage occurs.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5049873 (1991-09-01), Robin et al.
patent: 5146452 (1992-09-01), Pekarske
patent: 5233600 (1993-08-01), Pekarske
patent: 5282200 (1994-01-01), Dempsey et al.
patent: 5457729 (1995-10-01), Hamann et al.
patent: 5473596 (1995-12-01), Garafola et al.
patent: 5495471 (1996-02-01), Chow et al.
patent: 5537532 (1996-07-01), Chug et al.
patent: 5623481 (1997-04-01), Russ et al.
patent: 5636203 (1997-06-01), Shah
patent: 5657320 (1997-08-01), Russ et al.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Minimum common span network outage detection and isolation will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-277982