Alarm monitoring system for a telecommunications network
First Claim
1. In a communications network having one or more network elements capable of generating various messages having attributes indicating the existence of an alarm condition, an apparatus for remotely monitoring alarm messages comprising:
- first means for receiving communication of original textual messages generated from one or more network element subsystems the network element subsystems including console connections and application connections;
means for mapping text of a received original message to one or more of a plurality of alarm attributes;
means for determining the presence of an alarm condition from said one or more attributes and generating one or more responses according to said type of alarm condition; and
, means for enabling a remotely located user access to said one or more network elements via a display interface at a remote terminal, said response including automatically presenting said remotely located user of an alarm condition at a network element via said display interface, said remotely located user being enabled to access said network element from said remote terminal for further responsive action thereof.
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Abstract
A Network Alarm Monitoring System for monitoring messages generated by network elements that provides for a great degree of configuration and reliability. Via a display interface, e.g., Web-based or otherwise, clients may create and configure text-based rules for monitoring alarms. These rules are applied to specify which actions are to be taken on which messages, based on designated field values of alarm messages. Actions include writing messages to an alarm database, sending messages to downstream network management systems, triggering an e-mail or page. Furthermore, remote access to the network element being monitored is provided.
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38 Claims
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1. In a communications network having one or more network elements capable of generating various messages having attributes indicating the existence of an alarm condition, an apparatus for remotely monitoring alarm messages comprising:
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first means for receiving communication of original textual messages generated from one or more network element subsystems the network element subsystems including console connections and application connections;
means for mapping text of a received original message to one or more of a plurality of alarm attributes;
means for determining the presence of an alarm condition from said one or more attributes and generating one or more responses according to said type of alarm condition; and
,means for enabling a remotely located user access to said one or more network elements via a display interface at a remote terminal, said response including automatically presenting said remotely located user of an alarm condition at a network element via said display interface, said remotely located user being enabled to access said network element from said remote terminal for further responsive action thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. (Amended) In a communications network having one or more network elements capable of generating various messages having attributes indicating the existence of an alarm condition, a method for remotely monitoring alarm messages comprising:
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receiving communication of original textual messages generated from one or more network element subsystems the network element subsystems including console connections and application connections;
mapping text of a received original message to one or more of a plurality of alarm attributes;
determining the presence of an alarm condition from said one or more attributes and generating one or more responses according to said type of alarm condition; and
,enabling a remotely located user access to said one or more network elements via a display interface, wherein a response includes automatically presenting said remotely located user of an alarm condition via said display interface, said remotely located user capable of accessing said particular network element generating said alarm condition for further responsive action thereof. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A telecommunications network alarm monitoring system comprising:
a service control point comprising;
a transaction server;
a communications server; and
a terminal server to provide access to a plurality of event messages from the transaction server and communications server and to transmit the same over a network link;
a telecommunications network alarm monitoring server linked to the terminal server of the service control point over the network link;
a network alarm monitoring process to map the event messages to an alarm data structure; and
a network link to the telecommunications network alarm monitoring server to enable transmission of messages by the network alarm monitoring server in response to recognized alarm conditions. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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