Network management system
First Claim
1. A telecommunications network, comprising:
- a plurality of network elements having internal command languages, said internal command languages being mutually different in at least two of said network elements, and at least one of said network elements being provided with a reading command for reading internal data structures of any internal command or command response of said at least one of said network elements,a network management system for configuration and reading data or states of said network elements, said system comprising;
memory for storing parameters describing the respective said internal command language of each of said network elements,means for generating service requests in a network-independent format,conversion means for converting said service requests in a network independent format into commands according to the respective said internal command language of a respective said network element which is a target of service, by means of parameters describing the respective said internal command language of said respective network element,means for sending said converted commands to said respective network element which is the target of service, andmeans for receiving command responses sent by the respective said network element which is the target of service, and for converting said command responses into said network-independent format; and
said network management system utilizes said reading command to update said parameters which describe the respective said internal command language of said at least one network element in said memory of said network management system.
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Abstract
A network management system for configurating and reading data and states of several network elements, such as telephone exchanges, of a telecommunication network by giving the network elements commands according to their internal command language when at least some of the network elements of the telecommunication network have mutually different internal command languages includes a memory for storing parameters describing the command language of each network element, a generator for generating service requests (Rq) in a network element-independent format, a converter (21, 22, 23) for converting the network element independent service requests into commands according to the command language of the network element which is the target of service by using parameters describing the command language of the network element, and a sender for sending the generated commands to the network element which is the target of service. The network management updates the parameter files automatically by giving the network elements a specific command which reads the internal data structures, such as syntactic, semantic and user help data, of any other internal command or command response of the network element.
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11 Claims
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1. A telecommunications network, comprising:
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a plurality of network elements having internal command languages, said internal command languages being mutually different in at least two of said network elements, and at least one of said network elements being provided with a reading command for reading internal data structures of any internal command or command response of said at least one of said network elements, a network management system for configuration and reading data or states of said network elements, said system comprising; memory for storing parameters describing the respective said internal command language of each of said network elements, means for generating service requests in a network-independent format, conversion means for converting said service requests in a network independent format into commands according to the respective said internal command language of a respective said network element which is a target of service, by means of parameters describing the respective said internal command language of said respective network element, means for sending said converted commands to said respective network element which is the target of service, and means for receiving command responses sent by the respective said network element which is the target of service, and for converting said command responses into said network-independent format; and said network management system utilizes said reading command to update said parameters which describe the respective said internal command language of said at least one network element in said memory of said network management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A telecommunications network, comprising:
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a plurality of network elements having internal command languages, said internal command languages being mutually different in at least two of said network elements, and at least one of said network elements being provided with a reading command for reading internal data structures of any other internal command or command response in the respective said internal command language of the respective said at least one network element; a network management for configuration and reading data or states of said network elements, and system comprising memory for storing parameters describing the respective said internal command language of each of said network elements, said network management system utilizes said reading command to update said parameters which describe the respective said internal command language of said at least one network element in said memory of said network management system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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