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Method for implementing virtual network element and system thereof

  • US 7,664,051 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2005
  • Issued: 02/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implementing a virtual Network Element (NE) implemented by a network management system of an optical network, comprising:

  • constructing and storing virtual NE type definition information in the network management system, each type of which includes type parameters of an actual NE of the same type;

    constructing and storing virtual board type definition information in the network management system, each type of which includes type parameters of an actual board of the same type;

    deciding the type of a virtual NE to be constructed;

    reading the corresponding virtual NE type definition information;

    constructing, in a data area of a management object, a virtual NE entity, which has property information of an actual NE;

    deciding the type of a virtual board to be constructed;

    reading the corresponding virtual board type definition information;

    constructing, in a designated slot of the constructed virtual NE entity, a virtual board entity which has property information of an actual board;

    configuring service information and protection information for the constructed virtual NE entity; and

    implementing a virtual NE device maintenance and a service allocation in the network management system by simulating the management features of an actual NE device.

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