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Alarm and event coordination between telecom nodes

US8605601B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2008
Grant dateDec 10, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W24/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telecom node (210, 310) such as a base station is configured to detect events. A low priority event may not be serious enough on its own to raise an alarm to a network management system (220, 420) managing the telecom node (210, 310). However, the low priority event can collectively have a serious impact on the network performance if the event occurs over multiple nodes (210, 310) of the network (200). When a low priority event occurs over multiple nodes (210, 310), the telecom node (210, 310) notifies the network management system (220, 420) of the event by raising an alarm so that the situation can be addressed. In a partitioned network installation, not all neighboring nodes (210, 310) are managed by a same network management system (220, 420). When the alarm is raised to the network management system (220, 420), other network management systems (220, 420) managing the neighboring nodes (210, 310) are notified of the alarm by the network management system (220, 420).

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