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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Stephen John Unger, Allen, TX (US);
David Joseph Haas, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Stephen John Unger, Allen, TX (US);
David Joseph Haas, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method may include a given maintenance end point receiving connectivity fault management (CFM) messages (e.g., CCMs) at the provisioned maintenance level of the maintenance end point. Additionally the method may also include snooping CFM messages at maintenance levels higher the provisioned maintenance level of the given maintenance end point and storing the configuration information necessary for transmitting alarm indication suppression message from the lowest higher-level CFM message snooped across the maintenance end point. The method may further include a timeout of the stored information if transmission of the higher-level CFM messages cease. The method may include snooping these higher-level CFM messages in either direction and also include the ability to display the higher-level CFM information to an operator through a user-interface.