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Centralized supervisory system for transmission network elements and method of supervising transmission network elements

  • US 5,299,207 A
  • Filed: 03/12/1992
  • Issued: 03/29/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for centralized supervision of a plurality of interconnected transmission network elements, in a plurality of system zones, comprising:

  • a plurality of supervisors in each system zone, adapted to be connected respectively to the transmission network elements, for supervising respective statuses of the transmission network elements;

    central supervisors, one in each system zone, for managing the transmission network elements based on supervisory data transmitted from said supervisors, each of said central supervisors including means for selecting, initially and in the event of a fault of the system supervisor a system supervisor from among said central supervisors, to supervise all the transmission network elements in all of the system zones; and

    extensive supervisors, each connected between said supervisors in one of the system zones and a corresponding central supervisor, for collecting the supervisory data from said supervisors and transmitting the collected supervisory data to the corresponding central supervisor and also to an adjacent extensive supervisor of an adjacent one of the system zones.

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