Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for determining the failure probability of a data network

US6598184B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Peter Merget · Eßlingen, DE
Dieter Seidl · Reutlingen, DE
Eberhard Zeeb · Ulm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2000
Grant date	Jul 22, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2011/0081
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for determining the failure probability of a data network which has at least one transmitter, a transmission medium, components which attenuate and/or amplify the power, and at least one receiver, the data network is subdivided into individual point-to-point connecting paths, and a failure probability is determined separately for each point-to-point connecting path. The total failure probability of the data network is determined as the sum of the individual probabilities of the individual point-to-point connecting paths, minus the probability that two or more point-to-point connecting paths will fail simultaneously.

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