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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2003
Cosmin Dini, San Jose, CA (US);
Petre Dini, San Jose, CA (US);
Jackson Shyu, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cosmin Dini, San Jose, CA (US);
Petre Dini, San Jose, CA (US);
Jackson Shyu, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark Ammar Rayes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for a method for measuring the availability of a network element or service. For each network element N, a current real availability value CRAVand a current time value CTVare associated with network element N. Additionally, for each network element N, an operational state value OSVis associated with network element N. At a later time, indicated by a new time value NTV, a new real availability value NRAVfor network element N is determined based on the current availability value CRAV, the current time value CTV, the new time value NTV, and the operational state value OSV. The new real availability value NRAVis stored. Thus, each separate network element N may be associated with a separate real availability value that accurately reflects the availability of network element N specifically, regardless of any availability approximated for network element N's type.