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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Daniel Edward Cowan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Gerard Lawrence Commerford, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Barbara A. Paul, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
MCI Communications Corporation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for verifying spare capacity in a communications network comprising a database containing the configuration of switching elements within the network and a plurality of instructions resident on a memory device for operating a control computer, wherein the plurality of instructions includes a code segment for generating alarms on the switching elements, a code segment for receiving the alarms from the switching elements, and a code segment for updating the database to reflect the spare capacity based upon the alarms.