Priority-based network fault analysis
US8068432B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0677
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for reducing fault analysis times in a network having a plurality of pollable objects. Poll responses are received from pollable objects, priorities are assigned to each received poll response in accordance with one or more of a received poll response value, a pollable object status and a type of pollable object, and the assigned priorities are processed and to determine any fault locations, wherein a pollable object with a higher priority is processed before a second pollable object with a lower priority. A status manager is operable to receive poll responses from one or more of the pollable objects, a status analyzer is operable to assign, in conjunction with one or more analyzers, priorities to each received poll response in accordance with the received poll response value, a pollable object status and a type of pollable object, and analyzers coupled the status analyzer use the assigned priorities and the corresponding received poll responses to determine a fault location.
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