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Method of management information communication in communication network and memory device for storing a conversion program of management information between network center and switching nodes

  • US 6,138,154 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1998
  • Issued: 10/24/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of management information communication between a network management system center called as a manager, which manages the communication network according to a Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP), and at least one switching node called as an agent which is managed by the manager, comprising the steps of:

  • transmitting, a management instruction sentence composed of a transfer syntax in accordance with an algorithm based on ITU-T recommendation from the network management system center to at least a specified switching node;

    converting the management instruction sentence formed according to the transfer syntax to an abstract syntactic sentence composed of parameters of a CMIS which is regulated within the management information communication system, at the specified switching node on receiving the management instruction sent from the network management center;

    converting said abstract syntactic sentence to a format of Graphic User Interface (GUI) corresponding to an existing application software;

    transferring said GUI to said application software;

    converting GUI expressed sentences of an execution result of said application software, an event occurred in the switching node, and a state change to an abstract syntactic sentences; and

    converting the abstract syntactic sentences to transfer syntax and transmitting the transfer syntax to said network management system center.

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