Method and system for reporting defects within a network
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1. A method for reporting defects within a network comprising:
- detecting by a network element that a plurality of defects have occurred within the network;
determining by the network element that the number of defects is greater than a threshold;
generating a single summary alarm by the network element based on the plurality of defects;
sending the summary alarm from the network element instead of an individual defect alarm for each of the plurality of defects;
receiving at the network element a first request from a network management system for the detected defects within the network in response to generation of the summary alarm; and
reporting the detected defects by the network element in response to the first request from the network management system.
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Abstract
A method and system for reporting defects within a network are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for reporting defects within a network comprises generating a summary alarm by a network element based on defects detected within a network. The method further comprises receiving at the network element a first request for the detected defects within the network from a network management system in response to generation of the summary alarm. The method further comprises reporting the detected defects by the network element in response to the first request from the network management system.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for reporting defects within a network comprising:
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detecting by a network element that a plurality of defects have occurred within the network; determining by the network element that the number of defects is greater than a threshold; generating a single summary alarm by the network element based on the plurality of defects; sending the summary alarm from the network element instead of an individual defect alarm for each of the plurality of defects; receiving at the network element a first request from a network management system for the detected defects within the network in response to generation of the summary alarm; and reporting the detected defects by the network element in response to the first request from the network management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for reporting defects within a network, comprising:
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a network element comprising at least one network interface that includes one or more physical ports each coupled to a transmission medium that enables the network element to receive data from and transmit data to one or more other network elements, the network element configured to; detect that a plurality of defects have occurred within the network; determine that the number of defects is greater than a threshold; and generate a single summary alarm based on the plurality of defects; and report the detected defects to a network management system in response to a request from the network management system; the network management system communicatively coupled to the network element and configured to; receive the summary alarm from the network element instead of receiving an individual defect alarm for each of the plurality of defects; and generate a first request to the network element for the detected defects within the network in response to receiving the summary alarm. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A network element, comprising:
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a processing unit configured to; detect that a plurality of defects have occurred within a network; determine that the number of defects is greater than a threshold; and generate a single summary alarm based on the plurality of defects; and send the single summary alarm instead of an individual defect alarm for each of the plurality of defects over the network to a network management system; a network interface comprising one or more physical ports each coupled to a transmission medium that enables the network element to receive data from and transmit data to one or more other network elements, the network interface, associated with the processing unit and configured to; receive a first request for the detected defects within the network from the network management system in response to the summary alarm; and report the detected defects in response to the first request from the network management system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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