Telecommunications network with a distributive network management system
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, the improvement being a distributive network management system for remotely managing the plurality of network elements, comprising:
- a management computer with a management program and means for enabling communications through the Internet by the management program of one or more parent commands; and
an element management server on the computer Internet with at least one managed object in communication through the computer Internet with the plurality of network elements via a simplified network management protocol to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements;
wherein the element management server processes a chain of commands that comprise a parent command of the one or more parent commands and one or more suboperations;
wherein the at least one managed object comprises a parent command object, wherein the element management server creates the parent command object upon receipt of the parent command from the management computer, wherein upon creation of the parent command object, the element management server communicates one or more of the one or more suboperations with the plurality of network elements to provide the management information to the management program and to take actions as directed, such that said plurality of network elements thereby comprise managed network elements.
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Abstract
A telecommunications network(10) having a distributive network management system(20) for remotely managing the plurality of network elements(38) has a management computer, or work station(22) with a management program communicating through the Internet by via managed object commands. An element management server(24) communicates through the computer Internet with the plurality of network elements(38) via a simplified network management protocol, or SNMP, to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements(38). The managed objects are responsive to managed object commands from the management computer(22) to provide the management information to the management program and to take actions as directed. Commands are composed in EMAPI notation to render them independent of any protocol used between the element manager server(24) and the managed network elements(38). Communications between the management computer(22) and the element manager server(24) utilizes CORBA.
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39 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, the improvement being a distributive network management system for remotely managing the plurality of network elements, comprising:
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a management computer with a management program and means for enabling communications through the Internet by the management program of one or more parent commands; and
an element management server on the computer Internet with at least one managed object in communication through the computer Internet with the plurality of network elements via a simplified network management protocol to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements;
wherein the element management server processes a chain of commands that comprise a parent command of the one or more parent commands and one or more suboperations;
wherein the at least one managed object comprises a parent command object, wherein the element management server creates the parent command object upon receipt of the parent command from the management computer, wherein upon creation of the parent command object, the element management server communicates one or more of the one or more suboperations with the plurality of network elements to provide the management information to the management program and to take actions as directed, such that said plurality of network elements thereby comprise managed network elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
wherein the element management server obtains a response command from the parent command object upon completion of the first suboperation;
wherein the element management server sends a second acknowledgement message to the parent command object to begin the second suboperation.
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34. The telecommunication network of claim 1, wherein upon failure of a suboperation of the one or more of the one or more suboperations, the element management server communicates a failure message for the chain of commands to the management computer.
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35. The telecommunication network of claim 1, wherein a first network element of the plurality of network elements employs a first protocol and a second network element of the plurality of network elements employs a second protocol;
wherein the element management server employs a mediator to translate the managed object commands into the protocol of the network elements to allow the managed object to communicate with the first and second managed network elements.
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36. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, the improvement being a method for remote distributive network management of the plurality of network elements, comprising the steps of:
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communicating through the Internet between a management program of a management computer by means of object commands with an element management server;
processing a chain of commands that comprise a parent command and one or more suboperations with the element management server;
creating a parent command object upon receipt of the parent command from a management computer;
communicating by means of an element management server on the computer Internet with the parent command object with the plurality of network elements via a simplified network management protocol to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements; and
responding with the one or more of the one or more suboperations to the parent command from the management computer to provide the management information to the management program and to take actions as directed with respect the network elements. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, the improvement being a method for remote distributive network management of the plurality of network elements, comprising the steps of:
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receiving and storing at a network server a chain of commands that comprise a parent command, a first suboperation, and a second suboperation;
creating a parent command object upon receipt of the parent command from a management computer;
sending a first acknowledgment message to the parent command object to begin the first suboperation;
obtaining a response command from the parent command object upon completion of the first suboperation at a network element; and
sending a second acknowledgement message to the parent command object to begin the second suboperation at the network element;
wherein said network server with said parent command object in communication through a computer Internet with the plurality of network elements via a simplified network management protocol to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements.
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39. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, the improvement being a distributive network management system for remotely managing the plurality of network elements, comprising:
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a management computer with a management program and means for enabling communications through the Internet by the management program of one or more parent commands; and
an element management server on the computer Internet with at least one managed object in communication through the computer Internet with the plurality of network elements via a simplified network management protocol to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements;
wherein the element management server processes a chain of commands that comprise a parent command of the one or more parent commands and one or more suboperations;
wherein the at least one managed object comprises a parent command object, wherein the element management server creates the parent command object upon receipt of the parent command from the management computer, wherein upon creation of the parent command object, the element management server communicates one or more of the one or more suboperations with the plurality of network elements to provide the management information to the management program and to take actions as directed, such that said plurality of network elements thereby comprise managed network elements;
wherein the element management server includes means for automatically polling the plurality of network elements for status information associated with the parent command object.
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