Intelligent Presentation Network Management System
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Abstract
A system and method has been provided for the intuitive management of communication networks including a large number of network elements diffused across large geographical areas. The network management system permits the system operator to identify system problems while monitoring the top-level map of the communications network. The organization of network displays permits an operator to “zoom” from the higher levels of network abstraction, depicting a large number of elements across a large geographic area, to local geographical areas where specific problems associated with individual elements can be identified.
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22. A system for presenting a communications network comprising:
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a plurality of network elements; a database in communication with the plurality of network elements, the database including a geographical location of each network element; an application coupled to said database for arranging a plurality of geographic areas in a hierarchy, each network element located at a lower level in the hierarchy, summarizing the network elements of each geographic area at a higher level in the hierarchy; a display coupled to the application to present a modifiable display of network elements as represented in multiple levels in the hierarchy; and a supervisor interface coupled to the application, the supervisor interface providing commands to said application to modify the display; wherein the communication network is a fixed wireless system, and in which the network elements are base stations and remote units. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for presenting a communications network comprising:
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a database including a geographical location of each network element in a plurality of network elements; an application coupled to said database for representing the communications network using a hierarchical arrangement of geographic areas, each network element located at a lower level in the hierarchy of geographical areas, a summary of the plurality of network elements of each geographic area at a higher level in the hierarchy of geographical areas; a display connected to the application to present network elements represented in multiple levels in the hierarchy of geographical areas; and a supervisor interface connected to the application, the supervisor interface providing commands to said application to modify the display; wherein the communication network is a fixed wireless system, and the network elements are base stations and remote units. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of managing network elements in a communications network comprising:
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storing a geographical location of each network element in a plurality of network elements in a database; representing the geographical position of each network element in a geographical area at a first level in the geographical hierarchy on a graphical user interface; summarizing the representation of the network elements within a geographical area at a second level in the geographical hierarchy, the second level having a plurality of geographical areas represented on the graphical user interface; wherein the communications network includes a fixed wireless service and the plurality of network elements include base stations and remote units. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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