Patent ID: 9225588
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An alarm management apparatus comprising: a processor configured to receive alarms notified upon a plurality of communication apparatuses detecting a failure, the alarms including identification information for identifying types of the respective alarms, each of the plurality of communication apparatuses being included in one of a plurality of communication networks, check development situations of respective types of alarms received from each of the plurality of communication networks on basis of the identification information, determine a discrepancy between a current development situation of the alarms and a previous development situation of the alarms, and identify a particular communication network and a particular type of alarm, the particular communication network being identified when the discrepancy exceeds a predetermined value for the particular communication network, and cause a first relay apparatus of a plurality of relay apparatuses to discard first alarms of the particular type, the first alarms of the particular type being notified from a first communication apparatus included in the particular communication network and that is not adjacent to a development location of the failure, the plurality of relay apparatuses being configured to relay alarms notified from the plurality of communication apparatuses to the alarm management apparatus.