Patent ID: 9160626
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network element comprising a processor configured for: creating an operational group object associating with one or more monitored objects; determining a status parameter for each of the one or more monitored objects which are monitored using corresponding one or more monitoring objects, wherein an operational status of said operational group object is a function of the status parameter of each of said one or more monitored objects; and associating said one or more monitoring objects with said operational group object, wherein an operating status of said one or more monitoring objects is a function of said operational status of said operational group object, such that if the operation status of the operational group object goes down, the operating status of the one or more monitoring objects goes down; wherein the operating status of the operational group object goes down only if the operation status of the operational group object goes down and stays at that level for a predefined period of time.