Method and communication system for handling alarms using a management network that has a number of management levels
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1. A method for handling alarms, which comprises:
- providing a management network having at least two management devices on different management levels;
receiving active alarms by the management devices;
storing active alarms by one management device as agent or by the other management device as superior manager;
handling active alarms for a specific period of time by operators that are coupled to the management devices; and
introducing between the management devices a checking function having at least one checking attribute for reciprocal information about alarm handling.
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Abstract
In a management network, active alarms are received by management devices, acting as agent or as superior manager, each of which can be stored on any of the management devices and can be handled for a specific period of time by operators. The management devices can have different management levels. Operators are coupled to the management devices to handle active alarms for a specific period of time. A checking function is introduced having one or more checking attributes for reciprocal information about alarm handling between the management devices. The checking function having the checking attributes results in automatic coordination between the management devices situated in a manager-agent relationship on different management levels during alarm handling.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for handling alarms, which comprises:
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providing a management network having at least two management devices on different management levels;
receiving active alarms by the management devices;
storing active alarms by one management device as agent or by the other management device as superior manager;
handling active alarms for a specific period of time by operators that are coupled to the management devices; and
introducing between the management devices a checking function having at least one checking attribute for reciprocal information about alarm handling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
directing the agent to use an allocation table that contains, allocated to one another, respective values for identifying the alarm notifications and storing the respective values;
forwarding the respective values for identifying the alarm notifications for the active alarms to the manager to identify an original alarm pertaining to the active alarm; and
replacing the checking attribute identifying the current handling status with the checking attribute received in the setting notification.
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17. The method according to claim 15, which comprises:
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directing the agent to use an allocation table that contains, allocated to one another, respective values for identifying the alarm notifications and storing the respective values;
forwarding the respective values for identifying the alarm notifications for the active alarms to the manager to identify an original alarm pertaining to the active alarm; and
replacing the checking attribute identifying the current handling status with the checking attribute received in the setting notification.
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18. The method according to claim 1, which comprises directing the respective management device to apply the values and checking attributes set for the first alarm in a corresponding manner for the subsequent alarms when there is any correlation between a first active alarm and subsequent alarms.
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19. The method according to claim 1, which comprises forming an operation and maintenance center by the management device acting as agent and forming a network management center that is superior to the operation and maintenance center by the management device acting as manager.
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20. A communication system for handling alarms, comprising:
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a management network having at least two management devices on different management levels receiving active alarms, one of said management devices storing the active alarm as agent or the other of said management devices storing the active alarm as superior manager;
operators coupled to the management devices handling the active alarms for a specific period of time; and
a communication interface between the management devices for introducing a checking function having at least one checking attribute for reciprocal information about alarm handling.
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