METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED RECORDING OF TOPOLOGICAL DATA OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, SWITCHING NODE, HEAD END, CONTROL PROGRAMME FOR SWITCHING NODE AND CONTROL PROGRAMME FOR HEAD END

摘要

According to the invention, when a message comprising at least one result of a transmission quality measurement is transmitted from a first switching node that is monitored by means of the transmission quality measurement to a head end, information that characterises the first switching node is incorporated into said message. When the message is forwarded to the head end by at least one second switching node, information that characterises the second switching node(s) is incorporated into said message. When the message is received by the head end, the information that characterises the first and the second switching node(s) is read out and saved as topological data that characterises the network path.