MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION

• US 20130024568A1
• Filed: 04/12/2010
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Tomczak, Piotr, Biernat, Krzysztof, Popczynski, Przemyslaw, Setkowski, Maciej
• Granted Patent: US 9,396,019 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0882 Utilisation of link capacity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0888 Throughput
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving management communication. One or more performance parameter measurements may be received by a throughput optimisation system wherein the one or more performance parameters relate to one or more communication links between one or more management applications and one or more managed entities, and the one or more performance parameters provide an indication of a performance of the one or more communication links. The throughput optimisation system may adapt one or more system parameters for the one or more management applications which are performing one or more active management tasks based on the received one or more performance parameters relating to the one or more communication links.

Claims

1. A method comprising the steps of:

receiving one or more performance parameter measurements wherein said one or more performance parameters relate to one or more communication links between one or more management applications and one or more managed entities, and said one or more performance parameters provide an indication of a performance of said one or more communication links; and

adapting one or more system parameters for said one or more management applications which are performing one or more active management tasks based on said received one or more performance parameters relating to said one or more communication links.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which said step of adapting one or more system parameters for said one or more management applications is achieved by adapting one or more system parameters for said one or more active management tasks.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the step of:

receiving a registration request from said one or more management applications.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

receiving a notification of one or more scheduled management tasks; and

determining when to activate said one or more scheduled management tasks.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 further comprising the step of:

determining information relating to each of said one or more scheduled management tasks; and

wherein said step of determining when to activate said one or more scheduled management tasks is based on at least said determined information relating to each of said scheduled management tasks and said one or more performance parameters.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 further comprising the step of instructing the respective management application as to when to activate their scheduled management task.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 in which said one or more system parameters are adapted within a predefined criteria.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a first input adapted to receive one or more performance parameter measurements wherein said one or more performance parameters relate to one or more communication links between one or more management applications and one or more managed entities, and said one or more performance parameters provide an indication of a performance of said one or more communication links; and

a first processor adapted to adapt one or more system parameters for said one or more management applications which are performing one or more active management tasks based on said received one or more performance parameters relating to said one or more communication links.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, in which said first processor adapt one or more system parameters for said one or more management applications by adapting one or more system parameters for said one or more active management tasks.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

a second input adapted to receive a registration request from said one or more management applications.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

a third input adapted to receive a notification of one or more scheduled management tasks; and

a second processor adapted to determine when to activate said one or more scheduled management tasks.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11 in which said second processor is further adapted to determine information relating to each of said one or more scheduled management tasks;

and

wherein said second processor determines when to activate said one or more scheduled management tasks based on at least said determined information relating to each of said scheduled management tasks and said one or more performance parameters.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11 in which said second processor is further adapted to instruct the respective management application as to when to activate their scheduled management task.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 in which said first processor adapts one or more system parameters within a predefined criteria.

15. A computer program product comprising computer readable executable code for:

receiving one or more performance parameter measurements wherein said one or more performance parameters relate to one or more communication links between one or more management applications and one or more managed entities, and said one or more performance parameters provide an indication of a performance of said one or more communication links; and

adapting one or more system parameters for said one or more management applications which are performing one or more active management tasks based on said received one or more performance parameters relating to said one or more communication links.