XML over TCP management protocol with tunneled proxy support and connection management
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1. A method comprising:
- employing an element management system (“
EMS”
) application within a network;
implementing an XML agent on a plurality of network elements, the plurality of network elements including a subtending network element that monitors a port to identify management data from the EMS application;
configuring a connection between the EMS application and a gateway network element;
delegating a proxy from the gateway network element to the subtending network element, such that the subtending network element is addressed by the EMS application;
tunneling proxy management traffic to the subtending network element from the gateway network element;
supplying the proxy management traffic from the subtending network element to remaining ones of the network elements; and
transmitting packets having a plurality of communication data fields, wherein the plurality of communication data fields comprise information related to a Proxy IP, a Target IP, a Proxy Port and a Target Port, the plurality of communication data fields being indicative of tunneling and chaining characteristics between the subtending network element and the gateway network element.
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Abstract
Network elements, which are network nodes in a transmission network, implement a proprietary XML agent which supports an XML over TCP network management protocol. The protocol permits tunneling of proxy management traffic, with connection management support, to a privately addressed subtending network element. This tunneling is performed via a publicly addressable gateway network element device without the need for configuration at the element management system software application relative to the subtending network element.
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1. A method comprising:
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employing an element management system (“
EMS”
) application within a network;implementing an XML agent on a plurality of network elements, the plurality of network elements including a subtending network element that monitors a port to identify management data from the EMS application; configuring a connection between the EMS application and a gateway network element; delegating a proxy from the gateway network element to the subtending network element, such that the subtending network element is addressed by the EMS application; tunneling proxy management traffic to the subtending network element from the gateway network element; supplying the proxy management traffic from the subtending network element to remaining ones of the network elements; and transmitting packets having a plurality of communication data fields, wherein the plurality of communication data fields comprise information related to a Proxy IP, a Target IP, a Proxy Port and a Target Port, the plurality of communication data fields being indicative of tunneling and chaining characteristics between the subtending network element and the gateway network element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A network system having a management protocol comprising:
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a plurality of network elements, each of which having a corresponding one of a plurality of XML agents, one of the plurality of network elements being a subtending network element; an element management system (“
EMS”
) that controls the plurality of network elements; anda gateway network element communicating with the EMS through which traffic is sent to the plurality of network elements; wherein the subtending network element is communicatively coupled to the gateway network element and has an associated proxy designation that receives tunneled proxy management traffic, such that the subtending network element supplies the tunneled proxy management traffic to remaining ones of the plurality of network elements, and the subtending network element transmits packets having a plurality of communication data fields, wherein the plurality of communication data fields comprise information related to a Proxy IP, a Target IP, a Proxy Port and a Target Port, the plurality of communication data fields being indicative of tunneling and chaining characteristics between the subtending network element and the gateway network element. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions which are computer-executable to implement:
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employing an element management system (“
EMS”
) application within the network;implementing an XML agent on a plurality of network elements, the plurality of network elements including a subtending network element that monitors a first port to identify management data from the EMS application; configuring a connection between the EMS application and a gateway network element; delegating a proxy from the gateway network element to the subtending network element the subtending network element is addressed by the EMS application; tunneling proxy management traffic to the subtending network element from the gateway network element; supplying the proxy management traffic from the subtending network element to remaining ones of the network elements; and transmitting packets having a plurality of communication data fields, wherein the plurality of communication data fields comprise information related to a Proxy IP, a Target IP, a Proxy Port and a Target Port, the plurality of communication data fields being indicative of tunneling and chaining characteristics between the subtending network element and the gateway network element. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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