Fecha de publicación: 17/10/2018 Fuente: WIPO "circular economy" A life cycle network management system for performing life cycle management of distributed network devices (2), each network device (2) comprising a communication link (CL) to a central network management unit (1) and an attached transponder (3) configured to store life cycle data (LCD) of the network device (2) updated by said network device (2), wherein if the communication link (CL) between the network device (2) and the central network management unit (1) is at least temporarily unavailable the updated life cycle data (LCD) of the network device (2) stored in the attached transponder (3) is read by an interrogation unit (5) of the life cycle network management system (LC-NMS) and processed to provide a life cycle management result.