Patent ID: 9122599
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a communications network, comprising: activating an initial handshake process by a network manager prior to a network provisioning process to identify network elements (“NEs”) capable of implementing enhanced diagnostic code system (“EDCS”) and registering a first NE of the NEs indicating able to handle the EDCS; detecting an operation failure associated with the first NE during the network provisioning process of performing a request sent from the network manager; generating a response message including a standard error code and an enhanced diagnostic code indicating failure diagnostic information associated with the operation failure; transmitting the response message from the first NE to the network manager via a communications network; and decoding the enhanced diagnostic code in accordance with enhanced diagnostic information stored in a manager database of the network manager upon receipt of the response message by the network manager.