Patent ID: 8305877

Claim:
A system for distributed fault recovery in a communication system including a plurality of cable stations, said system comprising: a plurality of master controllers, each of said master controllers being associated with one of said cable stations, each of said cable stations configured to communicate with other of said cable stations along a communication path, each said master controller being configured for receiving local alarms indicating a fault in one or more network elements associated therewith, and each said master controller being provisioned with associated fault data and recovery data; and a communication network between each of said master controllers, whereby each one of said master controllers is configured for receiving remote alarms from other ones of said master controllers, said remote alarms indicating a fault in one or more network elements associated with said other ones of said master controllers, each of said master controllers being configured for performing a fault recovery function for modifying communication between one or more of said cable stations on said communication path if said local alarms or said remote alarms correspond to a profile included in said fault data or said recovery data associated therewith.