Abstract Error or condition reporting messages known as "alerts" transmitted to a communication network management facility are correlated by including with each reporting message or alert a unique token having a length field, a key identifier field identifying the nature of the message and a data message field containing a unique n-byte pattern. Incoming reporting messages or alerts received at the communication network management facility are scanned for the existence of a reporting message correlation subvector and, if such a message is found, its token is extracted and compared against a list of previously received tokens to determine whether the reporting message concerns a facility or resource which has already been the subject of a previous report or alert. The inclusion of the length and key identifier fields in addition to the unique n-byte field to make up the token assures that correlation tokens generated under different communication protocols will not contain identical tokens.
Inventors
👤 Robert Edward Moore
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionEP
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-06 13:51
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L41/00; H04L41/06; H04L41/0631
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A method for correlating discontiguously generated reporting messages received at a management resource in a communications network having a network management resource, a plurality of managed resources, and a means for reporting, over communications facilities interconnecting all of said resources, conditions involving said managed resources to said management resource, said reporting messages conveying information concerning a circumstance or condition existing at or relating to a given managed resource, said method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: generating an identifier token, said token being unique to said managed resource, generating a reporting message identifying a specific circumstance or condition relating to said managed resource, said reporting message including said identifier token, transmitting said reporting message to said management resource through said communications network, receiving said reporting message at said management resource; comparing said identifier token with a record of any said identifier tokens in reporting messages previously received by said management resource, and aggregating for display or recording any reporting messages having matching said identifier tokens as correlated messages concerning the same managed resource.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said generating of said identifier token further comprises the steps of generating a unique identifier and concatenating to said identifier a message length field and a subfield key identifier from an SNA management services network management vector transport format.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
175 words
A system for correlating discontiguously generated reporting messages received at a management resource in a communications network having a management resource and a plurality of managed resources, said resources having means for reporting, over communications facilities interconnecting said resources, conditions involving said managed resources to said management resource, said system being characterized in that it comprises : means for generating an identifier token unique to the said resource being managed, means for generating a report message identifying a specific circumstance or condition relating to said managed resource and including therein said identifier token, means for transmitting said reporting message including said identifier token to said management resource through said communications network, means for receiving said reporting message at said management resource, means for comparing said identifier token with an existing record of said identifier token with an existing record of said identifier tokens in reporting messages previously received by said management resource, and means for aggregating for display or recordint any reporting messages containing matching identifier tokens as correlated messages concerning the same managed resource.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system according to claim 3 further comprising means for generating a unique identifier and means for concatenating to said identifier a message length identifier field and a key identifier subfield from an SNA management services network management vector transport format.
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