Signaling network management system for converting network events into standard form and then correlating the standard form events with topology and maintenance information
First Claim
1. A system for managing information related to a signaling network, the signaling network including plural network elements generating plural network events, the system comprising:
- network event receiving means coupled to said network elements for receiving said network events, said network events received by said network event receiving means including topology information;
network event standardizing means responsive to events received by said network event receiving means for converting the received network events to standard form;
network event correlating means responsive to the standard form events for correlating the standard form events;
a network maintenance scheduling system with an output to said network event correlating means, said network event correlating means correlates network events with network maintenance scheduling information;
display means for displaying correlated standard form events;
a network topology data base storing information related to network topology;
means responsive to said network topology data base for creating standard form events from said network topology data base; and
means coupling said created standard form events to said network event correlating means.
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Abstract
A signaling network management system (SNMS) collects network topology, traffic, performance and fault information, correlates that information and displays the information to system operators. It includes a distributed client/server platform that receives and processes information relating to network events that is generated by various signaling network elements. Each network event is parsed and formatted to a standardized format to allow processing of events generated by any type of element. The formatted events are correlated and displayed to system operators. Correlation of the different types of events is performed using programmable analysis rules. The system also correlates signaling network events with transmission alarms and network maintenance schedule information. This allows the system operators to account for outages due to transmission events, such as fiber cuts, and to network maintenance. It also allows operator to worn maintenance personnel of maintenance impacting events. The system employs extensive topology processing of both carrier-owned and foreign networks. This allows system operators to perform impact assessments, such as which customers are affected by specific events. The system provides a graphical interface to operators that allows localized displays, so that only events and impacts pertaining to a specific STP cluster or LATA, for example, are shown. An interface to an external trouble management system allows system operator to submit trouble tickets for signaling network events, without the restriction of a proprietary trouble management system.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for managing information related to a signaling network, the signaling network including plural network elements generating plural network events, the system comprising:
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network event receiving means coupled to said network elements for receiving said network events, said network events received by said network event receiving means including topology information; network event standardizing means responsive to events received by said network event receiving means for converting the received network events to standard form; network event correlating means responsive to the standard form events for correlating the standard form events; a network maintenance scheduling system with an output to said network event correlating means, said network event correlating means correlates network events with network maintenance scheduling information; display means for displaying correlated standard form events; a network topology data base storing information related to network topology; means responsive to said network topology data base for creating standard form events from said network topology data base; and means coupling said created standard form events to said network event correlating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of managing information related to a signaling network, where the signaling network includes plural network elements which generate plural network events, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving network events from the network elements, where the network events include topology information; standardizing the received network events to produce standard form events; correlating the standard form events, including receiving information relating to a network maintenance schedule from a network maintenance scheduling system and correlating the standard form events with the received network maintenance schedule information; displaying the correlated standard form events; providing a network topology data base storing information related to network topology;
creating standard form events from said network topology data base; andcorrelating said created standard form events along with the standard form events. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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