Method and apparatus for providing a reliable fault management for a network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorMOSHIUR RAHMAN
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing reliable fault management for a network are disclosed. For example, a method receives one or more alarms from one or more network elements (NEs) by an element management system, and determines whether the one or more alarms need to be forwarded to a fault management platform (FMP) over a wireless data network. The method then forwards the one or more alarms over the wireless data network if it is determined that the one or more alarms need to be forwarded over the wireless data network.
Claims20
A method for providing fault management for a network, comprising:
- receiving one or more alarms from one or more network elements (NE) by an element management system;
- determining whether said one or more alarms need to be forwarded to a fault management platform (FMP) over a wireless data network;
- and
- forwarding said one or more alarms over said wireless data network if it is determined that said one or more alarms need to be forwarded over said wireless data network.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of a method for providing fault management for a network, comprising:
- receiving one or more alarms from one or more Network Elements (NE) by an element management system;
- determining whether said one or more alarms need to be forwarded to a Fault Management Platform (FMP) over a wireless data network;
- and
- forwarding said one or more alarms over said wireless data network if it is determined that said one or more alarms need to be forwarded over said wireless data network.
A method for providing fault management for a network, comprising:
- sending a heartbeat signal by a fault management platform (FMP) to one or more element management systems (EMSs) over a wired data network in accordance with a predetermined schedule;
- gathering one or more responses from said one or more element management systems (EMSs);
- identifying one or more EMSs that are non-responsive;
- and
- communicating with said one or more EMSs identified as non-responsive via a wireless data network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.