Element management system with data-driven interfacing driven by instantiation of meta-model
First Claim
1. A method for configuring an interface between a network element management system and a network element, comprising:
- maintaining a meta-model having a plurality of configuration parameters, at least two of the configuration parameters being associated with different customized interface features corresponding to a plurality of system products of a plurality of manufacturers, at a network element management system;
instantiating the meta-model; and
automatically selecting first configuration parameters, of the plurality of configuration parameters, to build a first correct configuration for a first interface between the network element management system and a first network element.
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Abstract
A network element management system which can exploit the customized interface features of a variety of versions of a variety of complex system products from a variety of manufacturers. This is done by maintaining a meta-model, which is not itself a model until instantiated, of the possible known product configurations to be interfaced to. Once the meta-model is instantiated, it provides configuration parameters which the interface program uses to build a correct configuration for the management and/or monitoring interface. This is particularly advantageous in the preferred embodiment of a telecommunications network element management system, but also has potential applicability to other large “supersystem” applications.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for configuring an interface between a network element management system and a network element, comprising:
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maintaining a meta-model having a plurality of configuration parameters, at least two of the configuration parameters being associated with different customized interface features corresponding to a plurality of system products of a plurality of manufacturers, at a network element management system; instantiating the meta-model; and automatically selecting first configuration parameters, of the plurality of configuration parameters, to build a first correct configuration for a first interface between the network element management system and a first network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for configuring an interface between a network element management system and a network element, comprising:
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a network element management system; a memory module of the network element management system storing a meta-model having a plurality of configuration parameters, at least two of the configuration parameters being associated with different customized interface features corresponding to a plurality of system products of a plurality of manufacturers; a first interface between the network management system and a first network element; a processor of the network element management system instantiating the meta-model; and the processor automatically selecting first configuration parameters of the plurality of configuration parameters to build a first correct configuration for the first interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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