Patent ID: 7535824

Claim:
A method of controlling a communications network, the method comprising: generating at least one fault table comprising fault entries, each fault entry comprising a binary fault code, each binary fault code indicating a fault associated value range class of one of multiple indicators, each indicator associated with at least one of a communications network resource, a communications network service, and a service provided over a communications network, generating a state table comprising state entries, each state entry comprising a binary state code, each binary state code indicating a value range class of a piece of collected data related to one of said multiple indicators, detecting a change in at least one of said state entries, comparing said state table with said at least one fault table to determine whether said at least one changed state entry equals at least one corresponding fault entry, determining, if said at least one changed state entry equals said at least one corresponding fault entry, at least one control action associated with said at least one corresponding fault entry, and performing said determined at least one control action.