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Method for describing problems in a telecommunications network

  • US 7,580,998 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2003
  • Issued: 08/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method implemented by a network management hardware server of a network for describing a problem in the network, the network comprising a plurality of network entities, the method comprising:

  • defining a service as a channel, from an originating network entity to a destination network entity, modulated by a dither tone specific to said channel, said originating network entity and said destination network entity belonging to said plurality of network entities, said service being carried by a path in the network;

    selecting a subset of alarms associated with said service, the subset of alarms being selected from a list of alarms in the network;

    grouping alarms in the subset of alarms associated with said service in a number of groups of alarms, each group of alarms being associated with said service and with a respective network entity from among said plurality of network entities;

    ordering the groups of alarms according to a sequence in which they appear in a traversal of the path of the service in the network; and

    transforming each alarm in each group of alarms into a problem description for the service.

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