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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2018
Adva Optical Networking SE, Meiningen OT Dreissigacker, DE;
Klaus Grobe, Planegg, DE;
Michael Huthart, Barlow, GB;
ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SE, Meiningen ot Dreissigacker, DE;
Abstract
A life cycle network management system for performing life cycle management of distributed network devices, each network device comprising a communication link to a central network management unit and an attached transponder configured to store life cycle data of the network device updated by said network device, wherein if the communication link between the network device and the central network management unit is at least temporarily unavailable the updated life cycle data of the network device stored in the attached transponder is read by an interrogation unit of the life cycle network management system and processed to provide a life cycle management result.