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NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH PHYSICAL LAYER INFORMATION

  • US 20100211665A1
  • Filed: 02/12/2010
  • Published: 08/19/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network management system (NMS) comprising:

  • an interface to communicatively couple the NMS to a network; and

    a programmable processor configured to execute software, wherein the software comprises physical layer information (PLI) functionality that receives physical layer information, wherein the NMS uses at least a portion of the physical layer information in performing a network management function; and

    wherein at least a portion of the physical layer information was read from a storage device included in or on physical communication media.

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