Patent ID: 11940868
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. An information analysis method performed by an information analysis apparatus comprising a storage unit configured to store a restoration handling method rule where a first apparatus that is a fault occurrence location in a communication network, a factor of the fault, and an appropriate restoration handling method for the fault are associated, the method comprising:
inputting information indicating the first apparatus that is the fault occurrence location and the factor of the fault;
analyzing an appropriate restoration handling method for the first apparatus and the factor indicated by the information that is input, based on information related to a past fault for the first apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, or a condition inherent in the first apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, from the restoration handling method rule;, wherein:
the information related to the past fault includes the number of past natural recoveries at a time of occurrence of the past fault,
the restoration handling method rule is a first restoration handling method rule where the first apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, the factor of the fault, a condition related to the number of the past natural recoveries, and the appropriate restoration handling method for the fault are associated,
the analyzing includes analyzing the appropriate restoration handling method for the first apparatus and the factor from the first restoration handling method rule based on a magnitude of the number of the past natural recoveries; and
performing the appropriate restoration handling method for the first apparatus, and wherein the appropriate restoration handling method includes a package replacement, an apparatus replacement or a combination thereof.