System and method for dispatching commands to switching elements within a communications network

摘要

A system and method for dispatching commands to switching elements within a network in response to an outage comprising a control computer and a plurality of instructions resident on a memory device for operating the control computer, the plurality of instructions including a code segment for receiving and organizing connect and disconnect commands for the switching elements, a code segment for sending connect and disconnect commands to the switching elements, and a code segment for analyzing responses from the switching elements to determine whether communications are restored are disclosed.