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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Abb Research Ltd, Zürich, CH;
Inventor:
Hubert Kirrmann, Dättwil, CH;
Assignee:
ABB Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 7/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/0206 (2013.01); H04L 41/046 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); Y04S 40/164 (2013.01); Y04S 40/168 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network management agent, device or module determine the network topology of a communication network based on at least one neighbor network or end device identity and corresponding network link communication delay collected from, determined by, and stored in a Management Information Base of, at least one first network device of the communication network. Neighbor identities and communication delays are determined according to the IEEE 1588 standard.