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Hierarchical anomaly localization and prioritization

US8934352B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Dan Pei · Jersey City, US
Ashley Flavel · New York, US
Zihui Ge · Madison, US
Alexandre Gerber · Madison, US
Hiren Shah · Morristown, US
He Yan · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 30, 2011
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/0864
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for hierarchical anomaly localization and prioritization are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises obtaining reported status for a plurality of nodes of a hierarchical topology, the reported status for a particular node being at least one of normal, abnormal or indeterminate, and determining a subset of root cause abnormal nodes, a root cause abnormal node included in the subset of root cause abnormal nodes having a total number of abnormal direct descendent nodes and indeterminate direct descendent nodes that is greater than a number of normal direct descendent nodes of the root cause abnormal node.

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