Patent ID: 7447161

Claim:
A method for providing SONET ring data, comprising: identifying data related to a SONET ring; identifying from said data a plurality of nodes comprised in the SONET ring; identifying from said data a plurality of communication links located between said plurality of nodes in the SONET ring; generating a graphical representation of the SONET ring, said graphical representation of the SONET ring representing the plurality of nodes and the plurality of communication links; receiving an input that expressly selects at least one of the plurality of communication links without selecting one of the plurality of nodes; retrieving data identifying characteristics of the selected at least one of the plurality of communication links, the data identifying characteristics including: a unique identifier, a first node between which the communication link communicates, a second node between which the communication link communicates, the location of the first node, the location of the second node, a circuit access code, an STS number and the data rate; and displaying said data identifying characteristics of the selected at least one of the plurality of communication links.