System and method for measuring usage of gateway processes utilized in managing network elements
First Claim
1. A system for determining if at least one gateway is at a pre-selected processing capacity, said system comprising:
- said at least one gateway being responsible for managing one or more network elements, said at least one gateway communicatively coupled with one or more network elements;
said at least one gateway measuring an amount of processing performed by said at least one gateway;
a usage management system communicatively coupled to said at least one gateway, wherein said at least one gateway is operable to communicate said amount of processing performed to said usage management system; and
a management system capable of determining if said at least one gateway is at said pre-selected processing capacity based on the measured said amount of processing performed.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed which enable measurement of usage of one or more gateways in managing network elements. A system may include at least one gateway that is executable to maintain gateway usage information detailing the amount of usage of such gateway in managing network elements. Gateway usage may include, for example, gateway processing, such as handling of messages received by a gateway from one or more network elements. The gateway(s) may be communicatively coupled to a usage management system and may communicate usage information thereto. An Application Program Interface (API) may be implemented on a gateway, which may provide the functionality for maintaining a count of different types of usage that may occur thereon. The gateway may include software code that invokes the API upon occurrence of a particular type of usage, and the API may maintain a count of such particular type of usage.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for determining if at least one gateway is at a pre-selected processing capacity, said system comprising:
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said at least one gateway being responsible for managing one or more network elements, said at least one gateway communicatively coupled with one or more network elements; said at least one gateway measuring an amount of processing performed by said at least one gateway; a usage management system communicatively coupled to said at least one gateway, wherein said at least one gateway is operable to communicate said amount of processing performed to said usage management system; and a management system capable of determining if said at least one gateway is at said pre-selected processing capacity based on the measured said amount of processing performed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for monitoring an amount of processing performed by one or more gateways that are responsible for managing one or more network elements, said method comprising the steps of:
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tracking, by each of said one or more gateways, the amount of processing performed by said one or more gateways; communicating, by each of said one or more gateways, their respective amount of processing performed to a usage management system communicatively coupled to said one or more gateways; and determining if each of said one or more gateways is at a pre-selected processing capacity based on the amount of processing performed by each of said one or more gateways. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A gateway responsible for managing one or more network elements, said gateway comprising:
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means for handling messages received from one or more network elements to which said gateway is communicatively coupled; means for tracking an amount of processing performed by said gateway in handling said messages received from said one or more network elements; and means for determining if said at least one gateway is at a pre-selected processing capacity based on said measured amount of processing. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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