Computer network availability system
US5913035A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for determining the availability of a computer network includes a computer program which receives outage signals that are representative of outages of network devices and network device interfaces, in the event that a particular device has more than one network interface. Also, the program receives online signals on a periodic basis and based on the online signals, determines the average number of online interface-minutes during a subset of a preselected period. Then, the number of outage minutes is divided by the average number of online interface-minutes and substracted from one, to generate an availability signal which can be output as an indication of network availability during the preselected period.
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