Communicating a Network Event

• US 20110280157A1
• Filed: 02/02/2009
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Suerbaum, Clemens
• Granted Patent: US 9,118,545 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/255
• 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 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0663 Performing the actions predefined by failover planning, e.g. switching to standby network elements

Abstract

An Agent Apparatus is described including a Detecting Device for detecting the execution of an automated function within a communication network. The Agent Apparatus further includes a Type Determining Device for determining the type of the automated function and a Writing Device for writing information representing the type of the automated function in a predefined storage area of a record carrier.

Claims

1. Method for detecting employing an automated function comprising:

detecting the execution of an automated function within a communication network;

determining a type of the automated function;

writing information representing the type of the automated function in a predefined storage area of a record carrier.

2. Method of claim 1, wherein the automated function excludes employing a Network Management System.

3. Method of claim 1, wherein the type of the automated function is at least one type of a self-X function selected from the group of types of self-X functions consisting of

Self-configuration;

Self-optimization of Interference Coordination;

Automatic Neighbour List Management;

Self-optimization load balancing;

Self-optimization Interference Coordination;

Self-optimization of Random Access Channel;

Self-optimization of capacity;

Self-optimization of coverage;

Self-Software-Management; and

Self-healing.

4. Method of claim 1, wherein the storage area is addressed by a sourceIndicator parameter of at least one method and/or message selected from the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662, the group consisting of

a notifyObjectCreation method,

a notifyObjectDeletion method and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.

5. Method of one of claim 1, further comprising:

writing in a further predefined storage area of the record carrier information, which allows specifying the automated function.

6. Method of claim 5 wherein the further predefined storage area is a further parameter of at least one method and/or message of the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662 consisting of

a notifyObjectCreation method,

a notifyObjectDeletion method and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.

7. Method of one of claim 1, the method further comprising:

communicating the information representing the type of the automated function between an Agent Apparatus and a Management Apparatus and/or a Self-X Server.

9. Agent Apparatus of claim 6, wherein the Agent Apparatus is contained in at least one network apparatus selected from the group of network apparatuses consisting of

an Element Management System;

a network element;

a server;

a self-x server;

a self-healing server;

a BTS;

an RNC;

a NodeB; and

an eNodeB.

12. Computer readable medium, comprising program code, which, when being executed on a processor is adapted to carry out at least one method of the method for detecting employing an automated function within a communication network of claim 1;

and

the method for detecting in a Management Apparatus employing an automated function within a communication network, the method comprising;

reading-out information representing the type of the automated function of a predefined storage area of a record carrier;

determining employing an automated function using the readout information.

8. Agent Apparatus comprising:

a Detecting Device for detecting the execution of an automated function within a communication network (101);

a Type Determining Device for determining the type of the automated function;

a Writing Device for writing information representing the type of the automated function in a predefined storage area of a record carrier.

10. Method for detecting in a Management Apparatus employing an automated function within a communication network, the method comprising:

reading-out information representing the type of the automated function of a predefined storage area of a record carrier;

determining employing an automated function using the readout information.

11. Management Apparatus comprising:

a Reading Device for reading-out information representing the type of the automated function of a predefined storage area of a record carrier;

a Determining Device for determining employing an automated function using the read-out information.

13. Data structure of the 3GPP standard TS32.662, comprising at least one predefined parameter for storing a type of an automated function within a network;

wherein the parameter can be addressed by an address scheme based on an object definition.

14. Record carrier, comprising a storage area for storing a type of an automated function within a network;

wherein the storage area can be addressed by an address scheme based on an object definition.

15. Use of an object according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662 for storing a type of an employed automated function on a predefined storage area of a record carrier.