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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Leo Nederlof, Berchem, BE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system in a telecommunications network for restoring network element failures or network link failures in case not all network elements possess distributed restoration capabilities, for example during an introduction-phase of the distributed restoration system, or in case a network consists of different kinds of network elements provided by different providers, i.e. a multivendor network. The distributed restoration of network elements which do not possess these capabilities is taken over by the distributed restoration module of network management. The interface which is used for communication between a network element and the network management, is preferably implemented according to the q,standard. The distributed restoration module within the network management can be replaced by a central restoration module which has the advantage over the distributed module that a better solution will be found.