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Path discovery in a distributed network management architecture

CA 2374064 C · Owner: Shkolnisky, Yoel · Inventors: Barkai, Sharon; Noy, Ariel; Shkolnisky, Yoel

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A method of determining a communications path in a computer network the , method including sending a simulated network message within a model of the computer network from a source device component (400) within the model to a destination device component (412) within the model along a device component path, where the message does not traverse the computer network and recording , the device components traversed by the message (408) thereby determining the , communications path (410).

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  • Filed August 3, 2001 and granted January 24, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 3, 2021.
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FiledAugust 3, 2001
GrantedJanuary 24, 2012
Term endedAugust 3, 2021
Patent numberCA 2374064 C
Classification (IPC)H04L41/00 +2 more

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