Methods for reconciling trunk group identification information among various telecommunication network management systems

• US 7,630,325 B1
• Filed: 12/28/2005
• Issued: 12/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bajpay, Paritosh, Eslambolchi, Hossein, McCanuel, John, Best, Robert, Simon, Richard, Glozzy, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton; Dang T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhou; Li
• Application Number:
  US11/319,181
• Time in Patent Office: 1,441 Days
• Field of Search: 370/389, 370/356, 370/254, 370/32.021, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0062 Provisions for network management

Abstract

A method includes retrieving a first data set from a switch within a network, the first data set including a set of switch records. Among the switch records included in the first data set is a first switch record associated with and including a field identifying a first trunk group from a set of trunk groups included within the switch. A second data set is retrieved from a configuration management system configured to facilitate an operation associated with the network. The second data set includes a plurality of configuration records, which includes a first configuration record associated with and including a field identifying the first trunk group. When the field included in the first configuration record differs from the field included in the first switch record a report is produced.

Claims

1. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:

retrieve a first data set from a switch within a network, the first data set including a plurality of switch records, the plurality of switch records including a first switch record associated with a first trunk group from a plurality of trunk groups included within the switch, the first switch record including a base traffic number associated with the first trunk group;

retrieve a second data set from a configuration management system configured to facilitate an operation associated with the network, the second data set including a plurality of configuration records, the plurality of configuration records including a first configuration record associated with the first trunk group, the first configuration record including a base traffic number associated with the first trunk group;

determine, using a rules-based algorithm, whether the base traffic number included in the first configuration record differs from the base traffic number included in the first switch record;

produce a report when the base traffic number included in the first configuration record differs from the base traffic number included in the first switch record; and

produce a report when the first data set includes a switch record associated with a second trunk group from the plurality of trunk groups and the second data set does not include a configuration record associated with the second trunk group.

2. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:

retrieve a first data set from a switch within a network, the first data set including a plurality of switch records, the plurality of switch records including a first switch record associated with a first trunk group from a plurality of trunk groups included within the switch, the first switch record including a base traffic number associated with the first trunk group;

retrieve a second data set from a configuration management system configured to facilitate an operation associated with the network, the second data set including a plurality of configuration records, the plurality of configuration records including a first configuration record associated with the first trunk group, the first configuration record including a base traffic number associated with the first trunk group;

determine, using a rules-based algorithm, whether the base traffic number included in the first configuration record differs from the base traffic number included in the first switch record;

produce a report when the base traffic number included in the first configuration record differs from the base traffic number included in the first switch record;

produce a report when the first data set includes a switch record associated with a second trunk group from the plurality of trunk groups and the second data set does not include a configuration record associated with the second trunk group;

update the second data set to include a configuration record associated with the second trunk group; and

transmit the second data set to the configuration management system.