Patent ID: 7796500
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more nontransitory computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of determining if an alarm originating from a component within a communications network impacts service of the network, the method comprising: referencing a first data structure to identify a faulty network component, wherein the faulty network component is one of an optical facility or a digital facility; when the faulty network component is an optical facility, determining a set of a number of network components that are supported by the faulty network component, wherein the number of network components are digital facilities; calculating a percentage of network components in said set that indicate a fault by dividing a number of network components that indicate a fault by the number of network components in said set; determining if the percentage is above a threshold, wherein if the percentage is above the threshold then identifying the faulty network component as a service-impacting faulty network component, which is one that, if not corrected, actually impacts service to an end user of the communications network; and communicating that the service-impacting faulty network component impacts the service of the communications network.