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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTAGE MEASUREMENT

  • US 20070028147A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2006
  • Published: 02/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • one or more processors;

    a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;

    monitor for outages occurring locally at a network device that is a single-point-of-failure for one or more remote endpoints that send communications from a first private network, through the network device, to a second network;

    monitor for outages occurring remotely on first network links that connect the remote endpoints to the network device;

    identify outage information according to the local and remote monitoring; and

    send the outage information from the network device, over the second network to a remote system that is located outside the first private network and that monitors for outages located on remote links located in the second network.

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