Method and apparatus for defining interface and telecommunication system
First Claim
1. A method for defining an interface between a network management system and a network element in a telecommunication network, the method comprising defining data elements that can be transferred over an interface, coding the data elements that can be transferred over the interface and their values by means of a self-describing mark-up language, conveying the data elements and their values coded by means of the self-describing mark-up language over the interface and decoding the received data elements and their values.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for defining an interface between a network management system and a network element in a telecommunication network, wherein data elements that can be transferred over the interface are defined and stored in the network management system and network element. The data elements that can be transferred over the interface are defined by means of a self-describing mark-up language, the data elements and their values are coded by means of the self-describing mark-up language, the coded data elements and their values are conveyed over the interface and decoded at the receiving end. Different element definitions can be stored in the network management system and network element, whereby the element definition that can be transferred over the new interface can be stored either in the network management system or in the network element.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for defining an interface between a network management system and a network element in a telecommunication network, the method comprising
defining data elements that can be transferred over an interface, coding the data elements that can be transferred over the interface and their values by means of a self-describing mark-up language, conveying the data elements and their values coded by means of the self-describing mark-up language over the interface and decoding the received data elements and their values.
- 11. A telecommunication system comprising a network management system and at least one network element, and an interface between them, the interface being configured to be defined by means of data elements, wherein the data elements and their values are configured to be coded by means of a self-describing mark-up language, the data elements and their values coded by means of the self-describing mark-up language are configured to be conveyed over said interface and the received data elements and their values coded by means of the self-describing mark-up language are configured to be decoded.
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20. A telecommunication network element apparatus configured to define an interface between a network management system and a network element in the telecommunication network, the apparatus comprising
means for coding data elements and their values by means of a self-describing mark-up language and communication means for receiving the coded data elements and their values and conveying them over the interface.
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25. A telecommunication network element apparatus configured to define an interface between a network management system and a network element in the telecommunication network, the apparatus comprising
communication means for receiving the coded data elements and their values and means for decoding the data elements and their values coded by means of the self-describing mark-up language.
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