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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1996
Curtis Brownmiller, Richardson, TX (US);
Mike Bencheck, Garland, TX (US);
Minh Tran, Plano, TX (US);
Robert Branton, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Mark DeMoss, The Colony, TX (US);
Steve Landon, Richardson, TX (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for processing performance data in a telecommunication system. The system includes a site controller which is part of an element management layer of a network management hierarchy. Briefly stated, the site controller receives performance data from a network element. The performance data is associated with a plurality of ports of the network element. The network element is part of a network element layer of the network management hierarchy. The site controller selects a first port of the network element to process. The site controller determines whether the first port is cross-connected to a second port of the network element. If the first port is cross-connected to the second port, then the site controller combines performance data associated with the first port and performance data associated with the second port into a performance report. The site controller forwards the performance report to a monitoring module. The monitoring module is part of a network management layer and/or a service management layer of the network management hierarchy.