Apparatus and method for evaluating a network related relevance of associated with one or more further network element / s in a network the network element, program element and machine-readable data carrier

Means (100) for evaluating a network related relevance of one or more further network element / s (202 to 206) in a network (200) connected to the network element (201), said apparatus (100) comprising: a determination unit (103) which is adapted to the network related relevance of the network element (201) based on a quantitative occurrence of the network element (201) matches a number of predetermined network element patterns (207) to determine, at least a portion of the number of predetermined network element patterns ( 207) indicative of a link between at least two network elements (208, 209), which form a part of the network (201).