| 摘要 |
A node (100) for a communications network having a control plane distributed across multiple nodes, the node having a controller (20) arranged to run protocols of the control plane and an event logger (10) for logging events in the operation of the control plane protocols at the node. A local timing reference (30) in the node is synchronised to a common network clock, and an interface is provided for the event logger to communicate with an external log server at a different location. The event logger is arranged to use the local timing reference to determine a time for each logged event and to send an indication to the external log server of the logged events and their times. By timing events based on a common network clock, the log server can then determine a relative timing of events at different nodes more accurately, and thus facilitate tracing of events through the network.
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