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Network monitoring method and system

US8099489B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Jurgen Quittek · Heidelberg, DE
Marcus Brunner · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2004
Grant date	Jan 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of monitoring a network, in particular a data or telecommunication network, where the network includes a number of units to be monitored, and where relevant states of these units are controlled with respect to functionality, efficiency and/or security by means of provided information elements called managed objects at the monitored units, that reflect states and/or parameters to be monitored, and that are read and/or written by a network management system using network management protocols, is characterized in that at the managed units an additional management object—the health check object—is being implemented, such that almost all relevant states of the respective monitored unit are aggregated into a single value, that can be read by the network management system.

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