Telecommunication network usage metering management architecture
First Claim
1. A telecommunication usage metering management architecture, comprising:
- a telecommunication network formed of a plurality of hierarchically structured network elements, and management means comprising a hierarchical set of software components;
wherein;
each software component of said hierarchical set of software components is associated with a corresponding network element of said plurality of hierarchically structured network elements, each hierarchical level of said hierarchical set of software components corresponds to a hierarchical level of said telecommunication network, at least one of said hierarchical set of software components includes means for sending messages to at least one usage metering unit, and only ones of said hierarchical set of software components in the lowest hierarchical level have means for access to information contained in and relating to the use of said corresponding network elements in a call, and wherein said information relating to the use of said corresponding network element in a call is transmitted periodically in one or more of said messages.
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Abstract
A telecommunication usage metering management architecture includes a telecommunication network formed of a plurality of hierarchically structured elements and a management system comprising a hierarchical set of software components. Each software component is associated with an element of the telecommunication network and each hierarchical level of the set corresponds to a hierarchical level of the telecommunication network. At least one of the software components can send messages to at least one usage metering system. Only the lowest level software resources can access information contained in the network elements and relating to the use of the associated network elements.
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6 Claims
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1. A telecommunication usage metering management architecture, comprising:
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a telecommunication network formed of a plurality of hierarchically structured network elements, and management means comprising a hierarchical set of software components;
wherein;
each software component of said hierarchical set of software components is associated with a corresponding network element of said plurality of hierarchically structured network elements, each hierarchical level of said hierarchical set of software components corresponds to a hierarchical level of said telecommunication network, at least one of said hierarchical set of software components includes means for sending messages to at least one usage metering unit, and only ones of said hierarchical set of software components in the lowest hierarchical level have means for access to information contained in and relating to the use of said corresponding network elements in a call, and wherein said information relating to the use of said corresponding network element in a call is transmitted periodically in one or more of said messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A telecommunication usage metering management architecture, comprising:
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a telecommunication network formed of a plurality of hierarchically structured network elements, and management means comprising a hierarchical set of software components;
wherein;
each software component of said hierarchical set of software components is associated with a corresponding network element of said plurality of hierarchically structured network elements, each hierarchical level of said hierarchical set of software components corresponds to a hierarchical level of said telecommunication network, at least one of said hierarchical set of software components includes means for sending messages to at least one usage metering unit, only ones of said hierarchical set of software components in the lowest hierarchical level have means for access to information contained in and relating to the use of said corresponding network elements in a call, and said at least one usage metering unit transmits, to some of said hierarchical set of software components, a policy setting parameters of said means for sending messages.
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