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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Philip Eardley, London, GB;
Trevor Burbridge, London, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining diagnostic test results in respect of network elements in a network, the test results being obtained from a population of probes associated with network elements. The method comprises receiving a first-stage set of probe reports comprising, in respect of probes in an initial subset, a test result and metadata, each test result indicating a state of the network element associated with the probe; identifying a specific subset of probes in the initial subset wherein the test results from the probes in the specific subset satisfy a predefined condition; determining a subsequent subset based on the metadata of the probes in the specific subset; and triggering the probes in the subsequent subset to provide a second-stage set of probe reports comprising test results indicating states of network elements associated with probes in the subsequent subset.