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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Alcatel-lucent Deutschland Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Nagaraj Prasanth Anthapadmanabhan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joerg Hehmann, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Michael Straub, Maulbronn, DE;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for network monitoring, and more specifically for correlating downstream devices in an optical network with downstream ports of an optical splitter through which they are communicating with a central office. The downstream devices operational on the network are indentified and listed in a correlation table. Selected subsets of these devices are then monitored, preferably by an ISM under the direction of a management node, in a series of monitoring cycles until a satisfactory correlation may be achieved. The correlation cycle may be performed at startup, as needed, or on a periodic basis.