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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Martin Eckert, Moetzingen, DE;
Roland Frech, Ostfildern, DE;
Claudio Siviero, Schoenaich, DE;
Jochen Supper, Herrenberg, DE;
Otto A. Torreiter, Boeblingen, DE;
Thomas-Michael Winkel, Schoenaich, DE;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0823 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 41/065 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2013.01);
Abstract
Network power fault detection. At least one first network device is instructed to temporarily disconnect from a power supply path of a network, and at least one characteristic of the power supply path of the network is measured at a second network device connected to the network while the at least one first network device is temporarily disconnected from the network.