Method and apparatus for self-adjustable design for handling event flows
US6909692B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0613
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention contemplates an apparatus and a method for limiting the number of specified messages placed onto a network thus to improve network performance. An element management system, upon detecting that a defined threshold has been exceeded for specified types of messages, determines which network element is generating the greatest number of such messages. Thereafter, the element management system instructs the network element that is generating the largest number of alarm messages to cease transmitting a specified type of alarm message. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, if the event flow rate is still too high, the element management system may instruct the cross connect network element to stop sending all threshold types of alarms. Finally, if the event flow rate is still too high, the element management system may cause all QoS alarms from the one network element to not be transmitted. Alternatively, the threshold alarms from other network elements may be muted for a period to reduce the overall event flow rate. For each embodiment, the element management system suspends the flow of messages for a defined period of time. For example, in one preferred embo…
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