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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2009
Jonathan Olsson, Sollentuna, SE;
Jonathan Olsson, Sollentuna, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A topology aware entity, such as an OSS (Operations Support System), an NMS (Network Management System) or an RM (Resource Manager), associated with an Ethernet network is configured to execute a method for topological location discovery of nodes that are added to the network. According to the method, the topology aware entity receives (step) a notification about a new node that has been added to the network. Then, the topology aware entity causes (step) an existing node to initiate a path discovery to the new node using an Ethernet Connectivity and Fault Management, CFM, protocol, such as IEE 802.1 ag or ITU-T Y.1731. The topology aware entity receives (step) the resulting path data from the existing node and identifies (step), based on the path data, a topological position of the new node in the Ethernet network. The method may be embodied as Identify topological position of new program instructions stored on a computer-readable medium.