Controlled display mode diagnostic tool for communication networks using results of real tests and/or validation tests

摘要

A communication network diagnosis tool is adapted to analyze network analysis data using diagnostic trees consisting of nodes each associated with a network test or a set of network tests and connected together by branches representing logical relationships between tests to deliver diagnostic reports describing causes of problems in said network. The diagnostic tool comprises i) processor means adapted in the event of using at least a portion of a diagnostic tree for a test to associate with at least some of the nodes and/or links of said portion information data representing the result of the test on the node or link concerned and corresponding to selected levels of importance and ii) display means adapted to display selectively a graphical representation of the nodes and/or links of said portion representing at least a portion of the results of said test as a function of at least one selected level of importance.