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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Florin Balus, Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul Kwok, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinod Prabhu, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/0233 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 43/0847 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to an operational group in a network element of a communication network, where the operational group is associated with monitored objects and monitoring client objects such that the status of the operational group is a function of the operational status of the monitored objects or services. Monitoring client objects can monitor the status of the operational group such that the status of each of the monitoring client objects reflects the status of the operational group.