Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel

Bertrand Lapraye

Michel Chevanne

Philippe Drugmand

Franck Thome

Fabien Heritier

A data processing device comprises processing module capable of receiving from equipment in a communications network primary data defining events in at least one primary format, and delivering to a management device in the network secondary data defining alarms representing events, in a secondary format. The processing module comprise an interpreter provided with conversion rules, arranged in the form of scripts associated with the various primary event formats, and arranged to convert, using these rules, primary data received in one of the primary formats into secondary data in the secondary format which can be interpreted by the management device.

Method and device for processing data for generating alarms within a communication network

To solve problems of congestion of processing caused by the simultaneous occurrence of a very large number of alarms, the alarms are processed off-line or at least as not particularly urgent tasks. In practice, assessing the severity of an alarm is not treated in itself as an urgent event, even if the assessed severity indicates that the alarm is associated with a very serious event. It is shown that by operating in this way it is possible to retain control over a system for managing a transmission network and to avoid being unable to react if the network is subject to a major disruption, in particular if a very high rate link fails.

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Gif sur Yvette, France

Bertrand Lapraye