Network Modeling, Service Provisioning, and Service Management
First Claim
1. A network modeling method comprising:
- accessing information describing a set of nodes of a communications network, physical links physically connecting the nodes, and logical links logically connecting the nodes using the physical links;
based on the information, creating a different connection group object for each of the physical links and for each of the logical links, each connection group object comprising;
a connection representing the link;
a first endpoint representing a first node of the set connected to the link; and
a second endpoint representing a second node of the set connected to the link; and
using at least one of the connection group objects to configure an operating behavior of at least one of the nodes of the network.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for network modeling, service provisioning, and service management are disclosed. A network modeling method includes accessing information describing a set of nodes of a communications network, physical links physically connecting the nodes, and logical links logically connecting the nodes using the physical links. The method further includes, based on the information, creating a different connection group object for each of the physical links and for each of the logical links. Each connection group object includes a connection representing the link, a first endpoint representing a first node of the set connected to the link; and a second endpoint representing a second node of the set connected to the link.
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20 Claims
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1. A network modeling method comprising:
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accessing information describing a set of nodes of a communications network, physical links physically connecting the nodes, and logical links logically connecting the nodes using the physical links; based on the information, creating a different connection group object for each of the physical links and for each of the logical links, each connection group object comprising; a connection representing the link; a first endpoint representing a first node of the set connected to the link; and a second endpoint representing a second node of the set connected to the link; and using at least one of the connection group objects to configure an operating behavior of at least one of the nodes of the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. The method of claim 8 further comprising determining resource consumption of all or part of the network by examining the one or more resource fields of one or more of the connections of the connection group objects.
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9. A service provisioning method comprising:
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accessing a plurality of connection group objects representing physical links and logical links that connect a set of nodes of a communications network, each connection group object comprising two endpoints representing two nodes of the set joined by the link represented by the connection group object; creating a service object representing a communications service between a first node of the network and a second node of the network; determining a first set of one or more of the connection group objects that together provide logical connectivity between the first node and the second node and identifying the first set of the connection group objects as supporting services of the service object; determining a second set of one or more of the connection group objects that together provide connectivity between the endpoints of the first set of connection group objects and identifying the second set of the connection group objects as supporting services of the first set of connection group objects; and allocating resources of the links represented by the first and second sets of connection group objects to the communications service. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A service management method comprising:
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establishing a communications service between an originating node of a communications network and a terminating node of the network by; associating one or more first objects with the service, the one or more first objects representing logical links joining nodes of the network; associating one or more second objects with the first objects, the second objects representing physical links joining endpoints of the logical links; and allocating resources of the first objects and the second objects to the service; and responsive to a request to terminate the service, deallocating at least some of the resources without disrupting the association between the service and the first and second objects. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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