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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Murasato, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kimata, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Toyomura, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Zettsu, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provide a network visualizing apparatus giving a user to have a clear perspective of network configuration and operation. [Solution] The visualizing apparatus for monitoring a network having logical configuration changeable by software interpreting a network control command includes a display device, a first drawing unit drawing a first imagerepresenting cooperation between services provided on the network on the display device, and a second drawing unit drawing a second imagerepresenting what connection between which node and which switch realizes the service cooperation on the network, on the display device. The first and second drawing units update drawings of a service cooperation execution monitoring windowand a network configuration monitoring window, respectively, in a synchronized manner. A logrepresenting result of interpretation of descriptions describing cooperation between services and a logrepresenting network status may also be displayed in a synchronized manner.