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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2021
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Ghulam Mustafa, Aligarh, IN;
Gagan Garg, Gurgaon, IN;
Khujasta Afreen Mohsini, New Delhi, IN;
Nilakantha Swain, Puri, IN;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for tracking and reporting the existence or absence of faults in a Network Element (NE) or node of a network, network domain, or Maintenance Domain (MD) are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes a step of tracking the existence or absence of a plurality of faults in a NE within a network domain. Each of the plurality of faults is categorized in one of a plurality of priority levels. In response to a detection of one or more new faults in the NE or a rectification of one or more old faults in the NE, the method further includes the step of updating a fault indication variable that individually signifies the existence or absence of a fault at each of the priority levels.