Patent ID: 6470385
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A network monitoring system which employs a plurality of monitoring stations to observe status of controllers on an ATM network, comprising:(a) a monitored controller being observed by said plurality of monitoring stations, comprising connection set-up means for establishing a point-to-multipoint connection over the ATM network, and status message transmission means for transmitting status messages through the point-to-multipoint connection upon detection of a status change in said monitored controller; (b) a broadcast unit which broadcasts the status messages through the point-to-multipoint connection; and (c) a plurality of monitoring controllers coupled to the plurality of monitoring stations, each being a destination of the point-to-multipoint connection, and each comprising status message format conversion means for converting the status messages received from said broadcast unit to a format suitable for the monitoring station being coupled thereto.