Real-time device data management for managing access to data in a telecommunication system
First Claim
1. A real-time data management system for managing access to data describing devices in a telecommunications network, comprising:
- a partition data structure for each device, the partition data structure having a header section and a port data section, the header section containing data elements describing the device, the port data section having a port data structure for each port of the device containing data elements describing the port; and
a standard interface having functions for providing read and write access to the partition data structures, each read function for reading multiple data elements of a header section or a port data structure, each write function for writing to a single data element of a device, the standard interface being device independent such that an external system can use the standard interface to access device data for any type of device whose data is stored in a partition data structure.
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Abstract
A real-time device data management (RTNDD) system for managing access to data describing devices in a telecommunications network. The RTNDD system maintains a partition data structure for each device. The partition data structure has a header section and a port data section. The header section contains data elements describing the device (e.g., number of ports and device type). The port data section has a port data structure for each port of the device that contains data elements describing the port (e.g., current cross-connect and actual port address for device). The RTNDD system also provides a standard interface through which external systems access the device data. The standard interface has functions for reading and writing to the partition data structures. Each read function reads multiple data elements of a header section or a port data structure at a time, and each write function writes a single data element of a device at a time. The standard interface is device independent such that an external system can use the standard interface to access device data for any type of device whose data is stored in a partition data structure.
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8 Claims
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1. A real-time data management system for managing access to data describing devices in a telecommunications network, comprising:
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a partition data structure for each device, the partition data structure having a header section and a port data section, the header section containing data elements describing the device, the port data section having a port data structure for each port of the device containing data elements describing the port; and a standard interface having functions for providing read and write access to the partition data structures, each read function for reading multiple data elements of a header section or a port data structure, each write function for writing to a single data element of a device, the standard interface being device independent such that an external system can use the standard interface to access device data for any type of device whose data is stored in a partition data structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. The real-time data management system of claim I wherein the port data structures within a partition data structure are organized into an array and wherein the port data structures are identified by an external system by an index into the array.
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