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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Christopher M. Goringe, Seven Hills, AU;
Muneyb Minhazuddin, Quakers Hill, AU;
James D. Schreuder, Summer Hill, AU;
Alex M. Krumm-heller, Gladesville, AU;
Christopher M. Goringe, Seven Hills, AU;
Muneyb Minhazuddin, Quakers Hill, AU;
James D. Schreuder, Summer Hill, AU;
Alex M. Krumm-Heller, Gladesville, AU;
Avaya TechnologyCorp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for discovering a topology of a distributed processing network that includes a first topology discovery agentconfigured to contact a first set of routers to obtain a first type of information stored in each router in the first set of routers; a second topology discovery agentand/orconfigured to contact a second set of routers to obtain a second type of information stored in each router in the second set of routers, and a phase controllerconfigured to select between the first and second topology discovery agents. The first and second sets of routers are different, and the first and second types of information are different. In one configuration, the first type of information is defined by a network management protocol, and the second type of information is defined by a routing protocol.