Template-driven management of telecommunications network via utilization of operations support services clients
First Claim
1. A method of managing telecommunications networks, comprising:
- accessing an operations support services (OSS) client;
opening a first connection between the OSS client and a first network management system (NMS) server;
opening a second connection through the OSS client between the first NMS server and a first network device loading a first provisioning template containing both required parameters and modifiable parameters into the OSS client; and
executing the first provisioning template to provision services within the first network device;
wherein said provisioning template may be utilized to configure both said first network device, and a plurality of additional network devices.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of managing telecommunications networks through an Operations Support Services (OSS) client and templates. Using an OSS client and various provisioning templates a network manager may interactively provision network services in one or more network devices, in one or more networks, through one or more network management systems. A network manager may interactively establish connections between an OSS client and an NMS server and network device, or the network manager may employ a control template to non-interactively establish these connections. The client/server architecture allows network managers to access multiple different network management servers through multiple OSS clients, and an OSS client may be downloaded from a web accessible server to provide “manage anywhere” flexibility. Moreover, multiple control and provisioning templates may be ordered and sequenced within a batch template to non-interactively complete multiple provisioning tasks on multiple different network devices managed by multiple different network management systems. Through templates and an OSS client, therefore, one or more network management systems may be integrated with a telecommunication network carrier'"'"'s OSS to simplify the network device provisioning process.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of managing telecommunications networks, comprising:
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accessing an operations support services (OSS) client; opening a first connection between the OSS client and a first network management system (NMS) server; opening a second connection through the OSS client between the first NMS server and a first network device loading a first provisioning template containing both required parameters and modifiable parameters into the OSS client; and executing the first provisioning template to provision services within the first network device; wherein said provisioning template may be utilized to configure both said first network device, and a plurality of additional network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of managing telecommunications networks, comprising:
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accessing an operations support services (OSS) client; loading a first control template into the OSS client; executing the first control template to establish a first connection with a first network management system (NMS) server and a second connection with a second network device; loading a first provisioning template containing both required parameters and modifiable parameters into the OSS client; and executing the first provisioning template to provision services within the first network device; wherein said provisioning template may be utilized to configure both said first network device, and a plurality of additional network devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of managing telecommunications networks, comprising:
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accessing an operations support services (OSS) client; loading a batch template into the OSS client; executing a first control template to establish a first connection with a first network management system (NMS) server and a second connection with a first network device; and executing a first provisioning template containing both required parameters and modifiable parameters to provision services within the first network device; wherein said provisioning template may be utilized to configure both said first network device, and a plurality of additional network devices. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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