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Network management system

  • US 6,285,688 B1
  • Filed: 09/27/1999
  • Issued: 09/04/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for prioritizing a plurality of synchronization paths in a telecommunications network, wherein each of the plurality of synchronization paths connects a given user of timing to a source clock, comprising the steps of:

  • identifying the plurality of synchronization paths;

    calculating a quality metric for each identified synchronization path, wherein said quality metric is a measure of cumulative phase disruption of intervening network elements in a synchronization path; and

    selecting a primary syschronization path and a secondary sychronization path based on said quality metric calculated for each identified sychronization path.

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