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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2008
Applicant:
Vikas Kumar, New Delhi, IN;
Inventor:
Vikas Kumar, New Delhi, IN;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); G06F 17/30292 (2013.01); H04L 41/5003 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for handling performance monitoring (PM) data in a database in a manner that supports different PM data sets from different network element (NE) device types in an integrated manner. The present invention defines a single database structure that can be utilized to store, handle, retrieve, etc. PM counters from multiple NEs including NEs of different types, e.g. SONET/SDH NE, DWDM NE, optical switch, Ethernet switch, etc. The single database enables an efficient mechanism to handle PM data in a uniform way across a network with different device types.