Patent ID: 8032796

Claim:
A monitoring apparatus of a carrier, the monitoring apparatus comprising: a storage device that stores a plurality of function parts, including a managing part that assigns a related carrier path ID to network configuration information and manages the related carrier path ID, the related carrier path ID uniquely defining a path spanning between the carrier and a related carrier, a receiving part that receives a plurality of alarm information from a plurality of communications apparatuses in the carrier, a selecting part that selects main cause alarm information from the plurality of alarm information from the plurality of communications apparatuses in the carrier, a determining part that determines whether the main cause alarm information selected by the selecting part affects the related carrier by determining whether the related carrier path ID is assigned to corresponding network configuration information in the main cause alarm information, and a transmitting part that transmits the main cause alarm information including the related carrier path ID and a generating location to the related carrier where the main cause alarm information is determined to affect the related carrier; and a processor for executing the plurality of function parts.