Patent · US Expired

Method and configuration for operating a communication network

US6714973B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References

15Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Harald Heiske · Augsburg, DE
Wolfgang Backer · Dormagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2000
Grant date	Mar 30, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2213/13349
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a communication network, in which the states of the hardware units in the communication network are ascertained and information about assignments of the communication links to the hardware units is used to determine the states of the communication links.

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