METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OAM & P OF WIRELESS NETWORK

• US 20100020699A1
• Filed: 05/27/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AirHop Communications, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AirHop Communications, Inc.
• Inventors: On, Hanson
• Application Number:
  US12/473,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20100020699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/241.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

There is provided a system and method of operating, administering, managing and provisioning of a communications network. A network element enters the registration and discovery mode during its initial auto-configuration, restarting, restarting from different geological location, or forming peer-to-peer groups for self-organized and/or self-coordinated networks. Managing mode is entered after the network element completes its registration with the registrar server.

Claims

1. A system for operating, administering, managing and provisioning of a communications network comprising:

a network element in a first network;

for each network element, an element agent;

an interface between network elements in a first network;

an interface for coupling the first network to a second network; and

a registrar in the second network for registering each element agent.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the registrar is a session layer protocol (e.g. SIP) compliant registrar.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network is via a local area network (LAN).

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network is via a wide area network (WAN).

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network is via a local fixed wireless network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network is via a cellular data network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network is via a cellular short message service (SMS) network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network and the second network is via a local area network (LAN).

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network and the second network is via a wide area network (WAN).

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network and the second network is via a local fixed wireless network.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network and the second network is via a cellular data network.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface between the network elements in the first network and the second network is via a cellular short message service (SMS) network.

13. A method of operating, administering, managing and provisioning of a communications network, the method comprising:

enabling each network element in a first network to communicate with another network element in the first network;

interfacing each network element in the first network with another network element in the first network; and

sending a message from a selected network element of the first network to another network element for at least one of operating, administering, managing and provisioning.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of sending a message to another network element in the first network.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of sending a message includes operating each network element in the first network.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of sending a message includes administering each network element in the first network.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of sending a message includes managing each network element in the first network.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of sending a message includes provisioning each network element in the first network.

19. A method of operating, administering, managing and provisioning of a communications network, the method comprising:

enabling each network element in a first network to communicate with a server in a second network;

interfacing each network element in the first network with the second network; and

sending a message from a selected network element of the first network to the second network for at least one of operating, administering, managing and provisioning the selected network element.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of sending a message includes registering each network element in the first network in a register of the second network

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of sending a message includes operating each network element in the first network using a register of the second network.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of sending a message includes administering each network element in the first network using a register of the second network

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of sending a message includes managing each network element in the first network using a register of the second network

24. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of sending a message includes provisioning each network element in the first network using a register of the second network

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the register is maintained by a session layer protocol registrar.