Interface for telecommunications network management
First Claim
1. A method of providing an interface to a telecommunications management network, said method comprising:
- providing an interpreter for converting between a command string input/output format having command strings including network management parameters and a network management protocol compatible format, said interpreter including interpreter scripts for converting said network management parameters between said command string format and said network management protocol compatible format; and
providing a compiler for compiling interpreter scripts for user definable parameter types, whereby said compiled interpreter scripts can be added, when required, to said interpreter.
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Abstract
An applications programming interface 20 to a telecommunications management network includes a command language interpreter 24 and a compiler 40. A command string input/output format is provided, the command strings 42 including network management parameters. The interpreter includes interpreter scripts for converting the network management parameters between the command string format and a network management protocol compatible format. The compiler compiles interpreter scripts for encoding and decoding user defined parameter types, which are then loaded dynamically to the interpreter. The interface provides a convenient "command line" API, while at the same time permitting extensions to the interpreter in a dynamic manner.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of providing an interface to a telecommunications management network, said method comprising:
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providing an interpreter for converting between a command string input/output format having command strings including network management parameters and a network management protocol compatible format, said interpreter including interpreter scripts for converting said network management parameters between said command string format and said network management protocol compatible format; and providing a compiler for compiling interpreter scripts for user definable parameter types, whereby said compiled interpreter scripts can be added, when required, to said interpreter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An interface for a telecommunications management network, said interface comprising:
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an interpreter providing a command string input/output format, said command strings including network management parameters, said interpreter including interpreter scripts for converting said network management parameters between said command string format and a network management protocol compatible format; and a compiler for generating interpreter scripts for user definable parameter types, said interpreter scripts output from said compiler being loadable, when required, to said interpreter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 34)
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24. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to serve as an interface for a telecommunications management network, said computer readable code comprising; computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect an interpreter providing a command string input/output format, said command strings including network management parameters, said interpreter including interpreter scripts for converting said network management parameters between said command string format and a network management protocol compatible format; and computer readable program code configured to cause said computer to effect a compiler for generating interpreter scripts for user definable parameter types, the compiled interpreter scripts being loadable, when required, to said interpreter. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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35. A method of interfacing to a telecommunications management network, said method comprising:
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inputting a command string in a command string format having network parameters including user definable network management parameter types; converting said network management parameters from said command string format to a network management protocol compatible format in an interpreter including compiled interpreter scripts for user definable parameter types.
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36. A method of interfacing to a telecommunications management network, said method comprising:
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converting network management parameters from a network management protocol compatible format to a command string format in an interpreter including compiled interpreter scripts for user definable parameter types; and outputting a string in said command string format.
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Specification