Patent ID: 8498202

Claim:
A method for providing Diameter network management information in a communications network, the method comprising: at a Diameter signaling router (DSR): determining whether successful Diameter communications are available with a first Diameter application in response to receiving a Diameter message from a first Diameter node, wherein determining whether successful Diameter communications are available with the first Diameter application includes sending a Diameter request message to the first Diameter application and determining that successful Diameter communications are not available with the first Diameter application in response to receiving a response message indicating an error or communications issue; in response to determining that successful Diameter communications are not available with the first Diameter application, generating a first Diameter network management message (DNMM) indicating that successful Diameter communications are not available with the first Diameter application; and sending the first DNMM to a second Diameter node distinct from the DSR and the first Diameter node.