CONSOLIDATED NETWORK REPOSITORY (CNR)

• US 20150271283A1
• Filed: 05/11/2015
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dowlatkhah, Sangar
• Granted Patent: US 9,635,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/213 with details for schema evolution support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24522 Translation of natural language queries to structured queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/256 in federated or virtual databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

An architecture that can facilitate support for or integration of disparate communications networks. The architecture can embody a consolidated network repository (CNR) that can be configured as a single logical repository that can potentially be configured according to a common schema regardless of the type or number of schema employed by the disparate communications networks.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an interface device that supports communication with devices of a group of communication network platforms and that is coupled to a data store that maintains data associated with the devices of the group of communication network platforms, wherein the data is stored in the data store according to a common schema;

a processor coupled to a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving, from a device of the devices, a request for first data of the data of the data store, wherein the request is formatted according to a native protocol associated with a communication network platform of the group of communication network platforms and specifies access to the first data according to a platform-specific schema associated with the communication network platform;

translating the request according to a common protocol that specifies access to the first data according to the common schema; and

generating a modified request based on the translating.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the platform-specific schema differs from the common schema.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing the modified request to the data store;

receiving a response to the modified request in accordance with the common schema;

translating the response to a modified response in accordance with the native protocol; and

serving the modified response to the device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the group of communication network platforms comprise at least two devices of:

a wireless network platform, a wireline network platform, an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem network platform, a broadband network platform, or a 911 emergency network platform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface device comprises interfaces that respectively facilitate communication support for a respective network platform of the group of communication network platforms.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the interfaces are data-less and support protocols including a lightweight data access protocol, a simple object access protocol, an extensible markup language, a hypertext transfer protocol, or a simple network management protocol.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise maintaining a location index comprising index data indicative of a location of defined portions of the data stored at the data store according to the common schema.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data store includes multiple data repositories that redundantly store the data associated with the devices of the group of communication network platforms.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data store further comprises layer data that comprises:

backend layer data describing backend stores for a first logical wide area network;

interface layer data describing interface devices included in a second logical wide area network; and

data management layer data describing data management devices in a third logical wide area network.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the backend stores are physically distributed among geographic locations, and a first portion of the layer data is stored at a first geographic location and a second portion of the layer data is stored at a second geographic location.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein a layer described by the layer data is independently updateable and an update to the layer does not require an associated update to other layers included in the layer data.

12. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

facilitating communication with a data store that maintains data associated with the devices of the different communication network platforms, wherein the data is integrated in the data store according to a first schema;

receiving, from a device of devices of a set of different communication network platforms, a request for first data stored by the data store, wherein the request specifies access to the first data according to a second schema that is platform-specific for the communication network platform and differs from the first schema;

transforming the request according to a common protocol that specifies access to the first data according to the first schema; and

creating a modified request based on the transforming.

13. The computer readable storage device of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the modified request to the data store.

14. The computer readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a response to the modified request in accordance with the common schema.

15. The computer readable storage device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise transforming the response to a modified response in accordance with the second schema that is platform-specific for the communication network platform.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the modified response to the device.

17. A method, comprising:

communicating, by the system, with a data store that maintains data associated with the disparate communication network platforms and stores the data according to a unified schema;

receiving, by a system comprising a processor and from a device of a set of devices of disparate communication network platforms, a query for first data stored by the data store, wherein the query is formatted according to a platform-specific protocol associated with a communication network platform of the disparate communication network platforms and specifies access to the first data according to a platform-specific schema that is platform-specific for the communication network platform;

translating, by the system, the query according to a unified protocol that specifies access to the first data according to a unified schema associated with a data store that maintains data associated with the disparate communication network platforms and stores the data according to the unified schema; and

creating, by the system, a modified query based on the translating.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting, by the system, the modified query to the data store;

receiving, by the system, a response to the modified query in accordance with the unified schema;

translating, by the system, the response to a modified response in accordance with the platform-specific protocol; and

providing, by the system, the modified response to the device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising managing, by the system, a location index comprising index data indicative of a location of defined portions of the data stored at the data store according to the unified schema.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising managing, by the system, layer data comprising managing:

backend layer data describing backend stores for a first logical wide area network, managing interface layer data describing interface devices included in a second logical wide area network, and managing data management layer data describing data management devices in a third logical wide area network.