Notifications in a telecommunications network
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Abstract
In a telecommunications network in which a threshold crossing alert (TCA) notification is generated when a threshold set for a variable related to an object of a network element (NE) of the network is crossed, there is provided a method of identifying the object, comprising: creating an entry for the variable in an alarm table of the NE, the entry comprising information concerning the identity of the NE and information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table, constructing a managed object identity (MOID) of the object and storing this in the alarm table entry, using the alarm table entry to generate the TCA notification when the threshold is crossed, the TCA notification comprising the information concerning the identity of the NE and the information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table, interrogating the TCA notification to read the information concerning the identity of the NE and the information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table, accessing the alarm table entry using the information read from the TCA notification and identifying the object by reading the MOID of the object from the alarm table entry. The MOID of the object may be stored in a free format text alarm owner field of the alarm table entry.
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59 Claims
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32. In a telecommunications network in which a threshold crossing alert (TCA) notification is generated when a threshold set for a variable related to an object of a network element (NE) of the network is crossed, a method of identifying the object, comprising the steps of:
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a) creating an entry for the variable in an alarm table of the NE, the entry comprising information concerning an identity of the NE and information concerning a position of the entry in the alarm table;
b) constructing a managed object identity (MOID) of the object and storing the MOID in the alarm table entry;
c) using the alarm table entry to generate the TCA notification when the threshold is crossed, the TCA notification comprising the information concerning the identity of the NE and the information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table;
d) interrogating the TCA notification to read the information concerning the identity of the NE and the information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table;
e) accessing the alarm table entry using the information read from the TCA notification; and
f) identifying the object by reading the MOID of the object from the alarm table entry. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. In a telecommunications network in which a threshold crossing alert (TCA) notification is generated when a threshold set for a variable related to an object of a network element (NE) of the network is crossed, a computer program product for identifying the object, comprising:
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a) means for creating an entry for the variable in an alarm table of the NE, the entry comprising information concerning an identity of the NE and information concerning a position of the entry in the alarm table;
b) means for constructing a managed object identity (MOID) of the object and storing the MOID in the alarm table entry;
c) means for generating the TCA notification when the threshold is crossed using the alarm table entry, the TCA notification comprising the information concerning the identity of the NE and the information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table;
d) means for interrogating the TCA notification to read the information concerning the identity of the NE and the information concerning the position of the entry in the alarm table;
e) means for accessing the alarm table entry using the information read from the TCA notification; and
f) means for identifying the object by reading the MOID of the object from the alarm table entry.
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