Patent · US Expired

Device for detecting failure of communication network

US7359329B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2004
Grant dateApr 15, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/16
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Of a plurality of segments of traffic inside monitor target equipment, a flow rate of abnormal traffic is computed using traffic flow rate information in each interface of the monitor target equipment disposed within a communication network, and a network failure is detected using the obtained rate of flow.

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