Integrated server module and method of resource management therefor
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a network element adapted for providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality; and
a plurality of integrated services modules connected to the network element, each one of said integrated services modules including;
a functionality server adapted for providing prescribed server-specific functionality and adapted for communicating information via a universal interface format; and
an access server connected between a system interface of the network element and the functionality server and adapted for translating said information between a system-specific interface format compatible with the system interface of the network element and the universal interface format, wherein the system-specific interface format is a proprietary interface format; and
the universal interface format is an industry standardized interface format;
wherein the functionality server of at least one of said integrated services modules is further adapted for initiating provisioning of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system; and
wherein the functionality server is further adapted for assessing at least one of a parameter associated with a subscriber quality of service and a parameter associated with bandwidth of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system, and initiating provisioning is performed after said assessing; and
wherein the network element is further adapted for implementing said provisioning of the connection.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is a method for facilitating prescribed application functionality via a network element adapted for providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality. In accordance with such a method, a first functionality server implements server-specific functionality whereby information associated with the server-specific functionality is generated. In response to implementing the server-specific functionality, information in a universal interface format is transmitted for reception by a first access server from a first functionality server. After receiving the information, the information is translated from the universal interface format to a system-compatible interface format.
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39 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network element adapted for providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality; and a plurality of integrated services modules connected to the network element, each one of said integrated services modules including; a functionality server adapted for providing prescribed server-specific functionality and adapted for communicating information via a universal interface format; and an access server connected between a system interface of the network element and the functionality server and adapted for translating said information between a system-specific interface format compatible with the system interface of the network element and the universal interface format, wherein the system-specific interface format is a proprietary interface format; and
the universal interface format is an industry standardized interface format;wherein the functionality server of at least one of said integrated services modules is further adapted for initiating provisioning of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system; and wherein the functionality server is further adapted for assessing at least one of a parameter associated with a subscriber quality of service and a parameter associated with bandwidth of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system, and initiating provisioning is performed after said assessing; and wherein the network element is further adapted for implementing said provisioning of the connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network element adapted for providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality; a first integrated services module including a first functionality server adapted for providing a first type of server-specific functionality and an access server adapted for translating information between a system-specific interface format compatible with a system interface of the network element and a universal interface format different than the system-specific interface format, wherein the access server is connected between the functionality server and the system interface of the network element; and a first data processor program capable of enabling the first integrated services module to facilitate; transmitting universal interface formatted information for reception by the first access server from the first functionality server; translating said universal interface formatted information to system-compatible interface formatted information, wherein translating is performed by the first access server after receiving said universal interface formatted information; and transmitting said system-compatible interface formatted information from the first access server toward the system interface after performing said translating, wherein enabling the first integrated services module to facilitate transmitting said universal interface formatted information includes enabling the first integrated services module to facilitate transmitting said universal interface formatted information via a first access server interface maintained between the first access server and the first functionality server; wherein the first data processor program is further capable of enabling the first integrated services module to facilitate; initiating provisioning of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system prior to transmitting said information toward the system interface; and wherein the first data processor program is further capable of enabling the first integrated services module to facilitate; assessing at least one of a parameter associated with a subscriber quality of service and a parameter associated with bandwidth of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system; and initiating provisioning is performed after said assessing; and wherein the first data processor program is further capable of enabling the first integrated services module to facilitate; implementing provisioning of the connection, wherein said implementing is performed by the network element. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for facilitating application functionality via a network element adapted for providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality, comprising:
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transmitting universal interface formatted information for reception by a first access server from a first functionality server, wherein the first access server is connected between a network element adapted capable of providing Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexing (DSLAM) functionality and the first functionality server, wherein transmitting said universal interface formatted information includes transmitting said universal interface formatted information via a first access server interface maintained between the first access server and the first functionality server; translating said universal interface formatted information to system-compatible interface formatted information, wherein translating is performed by the first access server after receiving said universal interface formatted information and wherein the system-specific interface formatted is different than the universal interface formatted; transmitting said system-compatible interface formatted information from the first access server toward the system interface after performing said translating; initiating provisioning of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system prior to transmitting said information toward the system interface; assessing at least one of a parameter associated with a subscriber quality of service and a parameter associated with bandwidth of a connection between the network element and a subscriber data processing system;
wherein initiating provisioning is performed after said assessing; andimplementing provisioning of the connection, wherein said implementing is performed by the network element. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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