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Element management system for heterogeneous telecommunications network

  • US 6,260,062 B1
  • Filed: 04/09/1999
  • Issued: 07/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An element management system for a telecommunications network, comprisingmeans for receiving, from a software application, a downstream element-independent network management message selected from a core set of downstream element-independent network management messages, for transmission to a telecommunications network element, wherein the core set of downstream element-independent network management messages comprises a reduced number of downstream network management messages supporting basic telecommunications network management functionality, and, wherein, with respect to at least one telecommunications network element in the telecommunications network, basic telecommunications network functionality comprises core common network management functions and core equipment type-specific network management functions;

  • means for mapping the downstream element-independent network management message into a downstream element-dependent network management message, and into an element-dependent protocol, for the telecommunications network element; and

    means for transmitting the downstream element-dependent network management message to the telecommunications network element.

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