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Centralized supervisory system for supervising network equipments based on data indicating operation states thereof

  • US 5,638,514 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1993
  • Issued: 06/10/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A centralized supervisory system for supervising a plurality of network equipments connected to each other by lines based on performance data indicating operation states of said plurality of network equipments, said system comprising:

  • a central supervisory device; and

    a medium supervisory system provided between the central supervisory device and said plurality of network equipments,said central supervisory device comprising;

    command output means for outputting a control command regarding gathering of the performance data, anda status table having state data indicating states of the respective network equipments;

    said medium supervisory system comprising;

    data gathering means for gathering the performance data output from said network equipments in accordance with the control command supplied from the command output means of said central supervisory device, anddata transmission means for transmitting to said central supervisory device the performance data gathered by the data gathering means, wherein the state data in said status table of said central supervisory device is updated based on the performance data transmitted from said data transmission means,wherein the control output from said command output means of said central supervisory device includes identification information identifying network equipments from which the performance data is to be gathered, and wherein said data gathering means of said medium supervisory system gathers at least the performance data output from the network equipments identified by said identification information included in said control command.

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