Patent ID: 6892244

Claim:
A method of transmitting real-time data from a network element of a digital telecommunication network to a receiving server over a transmission link, the method comprising the steps of: collecting the real-time data generated during operation of the network element in buffers located in transient memory of the network element; reading out the data from the buffers; transmitting the data which has been read out from the buffers over the transmission link; flushing the data present in the buffers, if data transmission over the transmission link is disabled and the buffers are being filled, by storing the data onto a permanent storage medium as backup data; and reading out the backup data, if the backup data is present on the permanent storage medium, from the permanent medium into the buffers if data transmission over the transmission link is enabled, starting when an amount of the filled buffers is smaller than a first threshold value, and continuing as long as backup data are present on the permanent storage medium and the amount of the filled buffers lies below a second threshold value, the second threshold value being greater than the first threshold value.