MANAGED OBJECT MEMBER ARCHITECTURE FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO

• US 20100242021A1
• Filed: 06/02/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Treble Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Adkins, Ronald P., Jordan, Thomas L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,788,710 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/120
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A method for managing a flow of information in an object oriented software environment. A master MOM (130) and at least a second MOM (135) can be initialized. A third MOM (140) also can be initialized. A change resolution (150), which includes data correlating to a change in a device in a system, can be automatically propagated from the second MOM to the master MOM. The change can be a change in configuration data or a change in a run-time state of the device. Data in the master MOM correlating to the change resolution can be updated. In response to the change resolution, a change publication (160), which includes data correlating to the change resolution, can be automatically propagated from the master MOM to at least the third MOM. Data in the third MOM correlating to the change publication can be updated.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a first remote node comprising a memory and a first managed object member; and

a second remote node comprising a memory and a second managed object member;

wherein the first remote node and the second remote node are configured to communicate via a first communications protocol;

wherein the first managed object member and the second managed object member are configured to communicate via a second communications protocol; and

wherein the first communications protocol is different than the second communications protocol.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first communications protocol is at least one of a link access procedure-D channel protocol (LAPD), a transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP), a simple network management protocol (SNMP), or an internetwork packet exchange (IPX).

3. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first remote node and the second remote node are configured to communicate via a landline and wherein the first managed object member and the second managed object member are configured to communicate via a wireless communication link.

4. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first remote node and the second remote node are configured to communicate via a wireless communication link and wherein the first managed object member and the second managed object member are configured to communicate via a landline.

5. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the communication system is at least one of a software defined radio system, a mobile radio communication system, a cellular telephone communication system, or a telemetry system.

6. The communication system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first remote node or the second remote node is at least one of an operations and maintenance center-radio (OMC-R) server, an OMC-R client, a base station system, or a base transceiver station.

7. The communication system of claim 1, further comprising a master remote node comprising a memory and a master data structure with master data elements, wherein the master data structure comprises a complete data set of the communication system.

8. The communication system of claim 7, wherein the first managed object member comprises a temporary data structure configured to store update data, and wherein the second remote node is configured to communicate the update data to the first remote node.

9. The communication system of claim 8, wherein the first managed object member is configured to delete the temporary data structure in response to transmitting the update data to the master remote node.

10. The communication system of claim 9, wherein the temporary data structure is configured to store at least a portion of the update data in an update data element that is different than the master data elements of the master data structure.

11. A method comprising:

communicating, using a first communications protocol, from a first remote node to a second remote node; and

communicating, using a second communications protocol, from a first managed object member of the first remote node to a second managed object member of the second remote node;

wherein the first communications protocol is different than the second communications protocol.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing update data in a temporary data structure in the first managed object, wherein the update data is received from the second remote node.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising deleting the temporary data structure in response to transmitting the update data to a master remote node in a communication system.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the master remote node comprises a master data structure with master data elements, and wherein the master data structure comprises a complete data set of the communication system.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the temporary data structure stores at least a portion of the update data in an update data element that is different than the master data elements of the master data structure.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising validating the update data at the first remote node prior to transmitting the update data to the master remote node.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising updating the master data structure with the update data in response to validating the update data at the master remote node, wherein the master remote node comprises a master managed object member that includes the master data structure.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising initializing a second managed object member in a third remote node.

19. A communication system, comprising:

means for communicating, using a first communications protocol, from a first remote node to a second remote node; and

means for communicating, using a second communications protocol, from a first managed object member of the first remote node to a second managed object member of the second remote node;

wherein the first communications protocol is different than the second communications protocol.

20. A tangible computer readable medium having non-transitory instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

communicating, using a first communications protocol, from a first remote node to a second remote node; and

communicating, using a second communications protocol, from a first managed object member of the first remote node to a second managed object member of the second remote node;

wherein the first communications protocol is different than the second communications protocol.