Signal Routing Error Reporting for Conflict Debugging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing signal routing systems lack comprehensive error reporting, making it difficult for users to identify and resolve conflicts between routes, especially in complex systems, as they only indicate that a route has failed without providing sufficient information about the conflicting resources.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for analyzing routing conflicts by identifying incompatible configurations and reservations of routing resources across multiple routes, providing detailed error messages that include information about the conflicting routes, resources, and their configurations to aid in debugging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If routing systems report routing conflicts as simple errors, then the error reporting process is fast and simple, but the user cannot effectively debug routing problems due to insufficient information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the routing conflict information into distinct components: the conflicting route being configured, the existing route causing the conflict, and the specific routing resource involved. This segmentation allows comprehensive error information to be presented in an organized, manageable format that helps users debug without overwhelming complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by providing detailed error messages that include information about both the conflicting route and the existing route. This feedback loop gives users actionable information about what caused the conflict and how to resolve it, transforming a simple error report into a diagnostic tool.
2Ease of operation
If routing systems provide detailed error messages about conflicting routes and resources, then debugging effectiveness is improved, but the error reporting mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by analyzing and identifying routing conflicts before the user attempts to configure a route. The system proactively detects conflicts between desired routes and existing routes, and prepares detailed error information in advance, making the debugging process easier when conflicts are encountered.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary error reporting mechanism that mediates between the complex internal routing conflict detection logic and the user. This intermediary layer translates complex routing resource conflicts into user-friendly error messages that include specific information about conflicting routes and resources, improving debugging ease without exposing the underlying complexity.
3Reliability
If routing systems track and reserve routing resources for each route, then routing conflicts can be detected, but the system complexity increases due to resource tracking requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by using a single routing resource tracking mechanism that serves multiple functions: it tracks which routing resources are allocated to which routes, detects conflicts when new routes are configured, and provides information for error reporting. This multi-functional approach improves reliability without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The routing resource tracking system performs self-service by automatically detecting conflicts and generating error information without requiring additional user input or manual analysis. The system self-monitors resource allocations and self-reports conflicts, improving reliability while keeping the interface simple.
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AI summary
System and method for analyzing routing in a system. Routing information for the system, received, e.g., from a user and/or tool, is analyzed, where the routing information specifies a plurality of routes in the system, and where each route comprises one or more routing resources in the system. A routing conflict between two routes of the plurality of routes is determined based on the analyzing, where the routing conflict is with respect to a routing resource comprised in each of the two routes, e.g., incompatible reservations and/or incompatible specified configuration of a routing resource included in each of the two routes. An error message useable in debugging routing for the system is output indicating the routing conflict, where the error message includes identification of the two routes, e.g., respective names, sources and destinations, and/or routing resource sequences, of the two routes, and may optionally include identification of the routing resource.