Path commissioning analysis and diagnostic tool

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2007-04-17

2007-04-17

Baderman, Scott (Department: 2114)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Data processing system error or fault handling

Reliability and availability

C714S031000, C714S048000, C714S057000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10338719

ABSTRACT:
A method for identifying service critical faults in a communications network and a network management system employing the method are provided. A service provisioning tool associated with the network management system and operating in accordance with the method, performs operations on a multitude of managed entity instances stored in a containment hierarchy associated with the network management system, the managed entity instances corresponding to managed field installed equipment. Received alarm information is used to ascribe operational states to corresponding managed entities in the containment hierarchy. Operating in accordance with the presented method, the service provisioning tool inspects low-level managed entities in the containment hierarchy and, if each managed entity of a group of low-level managed entities which provide a unitary function is “unavailable”, then the operational state of a corresponding high-level managed entity is set to the “unavailable” state. Service critical failures are distinctly pointed out from the multitude of reported failures. Benefits are derived from an improved failure reporting enabling fault management to address service critical failures on a priority basis.

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