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Abstract

Various embodiments include one or more of systems, methods, and software for self-governance of network entity timeout periods in network management. Some embodiments include sending at least one message to a network entity, receiving a response, and measuring a period between the sending and receiving. Some such embodiments further include calculating a timeout period for the network entity as a function of the measured period between the sending and the receiving and storing the calculated timeout period for the network entity. The timeout period for the network entity is a period after the passage of which a network management system declares contact has been lost with the network entity.

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