Automatic detection of agents
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1. A telecommunication network, comprising:
- first agents;
first managers for configuring first agents; and
at least one central directory service element with a memory to store information about the first agents and the first managers, which information is at least partly used in case of a second agent or second manager being inserted into the telecommunication network,wherein the telecommunication network is a cellular mobile telecommunication network, wherein, when the second manager is inserted into the telecommunication network, the central directory service element broadcasts information concerning the second manager to all the first agents which are suitable for being managed by the second manager; and
wherein the first agents retrieve information about the second manager from the central directory service element to automatically administer the second manager to the first agents.
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Abstract
A telecommunication network has agents, managers for configuring agents, and at least one central directory service element with a memory to store information about these agents and these managers, which information is at least partly used in case of a further agent or manager being inserted into the telecommunication network. The central directory service element can use an object model and it can support a handshake mechanism for enabling communication between an agent and a manager in case of a new agent or manager in the telecommunication network.
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27 Claims
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1. A telecommunication network, comprising:
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first agents; first managers for configuring first agents; and at least one central directory service element with a memory to store information about the first agents and the first managers, which information is at least partly used in case of a second agent or second manager being inserted into the telecommunication network, wherein the telecommunication network is a cellular mobile telecommunication network, wherein, when the second manager is inserted into the telecommunication network, the central directory service element broadcasts information concerning the second manager to all the first agents which are suitable for being managed by the second manager; and wherein the first agents retrieve information about the second manager from the central directory service element to automatically administer the second manager to the first agents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A central directory service element for a telecommunication network having agents and managers for configuring agents, the central directory service element comprising:
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a memory to store information about first agents and first managers, which information is at least partly used in case of a second agent or second manager being inserted into the telecommunication network, wherein the telecommunication network is a cellular mobile telecommunication network, wherein, when the second manager is inserted into the telecommunication network, the central directory service element broadcasts information concerning the second manager to all the first agents which are suitable for being managed by the second manager; and wherein the central directory service element makes available information about the second manager upon request from the first agents, said information about the second manager being used by the first agents to automatically administer the second manager to the first agents. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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