Patent · US Expired

Manager-directed method for event pressure reduction

US6832086B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2000
Grant dateDec 14, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W24/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for utilizing existing systems and components in a cellular network for managing network functionality to reduce event pressure between managers and agents. In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the invention, a filter, an event counter module, and a performance measurement module, all residing on the agent, perform event notification filtering, counting, and thresholding in the agent. In accordance with the preferred embodiments, only an alarm is sent to the manager from the agent if event notifications exceed a threshold that is established by the manager on the agent.

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