NETWORK MANAGEMENT FILTER SYSTEM

• US 20090254606A1
• Filed: 04/07/2008
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Power, John, Tse, Edwin
• Application Number:
  US12/098,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20090254606A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/052 using standardised network management architectures, e.g. telecommunication management network [TMN] or unified network management architecture [UNMA]

Abstract

A device associated with a network receives, from a requestor, a request for managed object information filtered based on a managed object attribute, and identifies a managed object based on the request. The device identifies, based on the request, the managed object attribute from the identified managed object, and provides the identified managed object attribute to the requestor.

Claims

1. A method, performed by a device associated with a network, comprising:

receiving, from a requester, a request for managed object information filtered based on a managed object attribute;

identifying a managed object based on the request;

identifying, based on the request, the managed object attribute from the identified managed object; and

providing the identified managed object attribute to the requestor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving managed object information from the requester; and

storing the managed object information in a database.

3. The method of claim 1, where receiving a request, comprises:

receiving a request that includes a base object parameter, a scope parameter, and a filter parameter; and

receiving a request that include a managed object attribute filter.

4. The method of claim 3, where:

identifying a managed object based on the request comprises identifying the managed object based on the base object parameter, the scope parameter, and the filter parameter; and

identifying a managed object attribute comprises identifying the managed object attribute based on the managed object attribute filter.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the requester, a subscription for a notification filtered based on a notification parameter;

identifying a notification type based on the subscription;

identifying, based on the subscription, the notification parameter from the identified notification type; and

providing a notification filtered based on the identified notification parameter to the requestor.

6. The method of claim 5, where receiving a subscription, comprises:

receiving a subscription that includes a notification type parameter; and

receiving a subscription that includes a notification parameter filter.

7. The method of claim 6, where:

identifying a notification type based on the subscription comprises identifying the notification type based on the notification type parameter; and

identifying the notification parameter comprises identifying the notification parameter based on the notification parameter filter.

8. A method, performed by a device associated with a network, comprising:

providing, to a managed object storage device, a request for managed object information filtered based on a managed object attribute; and

receiving, from the managed object storage device, the managed object attribute identified based on the request.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing managed object information to a database associated with the managed object storage device.

10. The method of claim 8, where:

providing a request comprises;

providing a request that includes a base object parameter, a scope parameter, and a filter parameter, and

providing a request that includes a managed object attribute filter; and

receiving the managed object attribute comprises receiving the managed object attribute based on the base object parameter, the scope parameter, the filter parameter, and the managed object attribute filter.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing, to the managed object storage device, a subscription for a notification filtered based on a notification parameter; and

receiving, from the managed object storage device, a notification filtered based on the notification parameter identified based on the subscription.

12. The method of claim 11, where:

providing a subscription comprises;

providing a subscription that includes a notification type parameter, and

providing a subscription that includes a notification parameter filter; and

receiving a notification comprises receiving a notification filtered based on the notification parameter identified based on the notification parameter and the notification parameter filter.

13. A device associated with a network, comprising:

processing logic to;

receive, from a client device, a request for managed object information filtered based on one or more managed object attributes,

identify one or more managed objects based on the request,

identify, based on the request, the one or more managed object attributes from the one or more identified managed objects, and

provide the one or more identified managed object attributes to the client device.

14. The device of claim 13, where the managed object information comprises at least one of:

an abstract representation of network functions,

an abstract representation of managed devices associated with the network, or

information relating to a resource within the network that is managed through the use of operation, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAMP) protocols.

15. The device of claim 13, where the request comprises:

a base object parameter,

a scope parameter,

a filter parameter, and

a managed object attribute filter.

16. The device of claim 15, where the processing logic is further configured to:

identify the one or more managed objects based on the base object parameter, the scope parameter, and the filter parameter, and

identify, based on the managed object attribute filter, the one or more managed object attributes from the one or more identified managed objects.

17. The device of claim 13, where the processing logic is further configured to:

receive, from the client device, a subscription for one or more notifications filtered based on one or more notification parameters,

identify one or more notification types based on the subscription,

identify, based on the subscription, the one or more notification parameters, from the one or more identified notification types, and

provide one or more notifications, filtered based on the one or more identified notification parameters, to the client device.

18. The device of claim 17, where the subscription comprises:

a notification type parameter, and

a notification parameter filter.

19. The device of claim 18, where the processing logic is further configured to:

identify the one or more notification types based on the notification type parameter, and

identify, based on the notification parameter filter, the one or more notification parameters from the one or more identified notification types.

20. The device of claim 13, where the device comprises a server device.

21. A device associated with a network, comprising:

processing logic to;

provide, to a managed object storage device, a request for managed object information filtered based on one or more managed object attributes, and

receive, from the managed object storage device, the one or more managed object attributes identified based on the request.

22. The device of claim 21, where the device comprises a client device.

23. The device of claim 21, where the request comprises:

a base object parameter,

a scope parameter,

a filter parameter, and

a managed object attribute filter.

24. The device of claim 23, where the processing logic is further configured to:

receive the one or more managed object attribute based on the base object parameter, the scope parameter, the filter parameter, and the managed object attribute filter.

25. The device of claim 21, where the processing logic is further configured to:

provide, to the managed object storage device, a subscription for one or more notifications filtered based on one or more notification parameters, and

receive, from the managed object storage device, one or more notifications filtered based on the one or more notification parameters identified based on the subscription.

26. The device of claim 25, where the subscription comprises:

a notification type parameter, and

a notification parameter filter.

27. The device of claim 26, where the processing logic is further configured to:

receive the one or more notifications filtered based on the one or more notification parameters identified based on the notification parameter and the notification parameter filter.