Communicating a network event

• US 9,118,545 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2009
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Suerbaum, Clemens
• Primary Examiner(s): Abad, Jackie Zuniga
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jangbahadur, Lakeram
• Application Number:
  US13/145,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20110280157A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,395 Days
• Field of Search: 370254-255, 709220-223
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0663 Performing the actions predefined by failover planning, e.g. switching to standby network elements

Abstract

An Agent Apparatus is described including a Detecting Device for detecting the execution of an automated function within a communication network. The Agent Apparatus further includes a Type Determining Device for determining the type of the automated function and a Writing Device for writing information representing the type of the automated function in a predefined storage area of a record carrier.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting an execution of an automated function within a communication network;

determining a type of the automated function; and

writing information representing the type of the automated function in a predefined storage area of a record carrier,

said method being performed by an agent apparatus to enable a network management apparatus to detect remotely on said record carrier whether the automated function has been employed within said communication network,

wherein the automated function excludes employing a Network Management System;

wherein the type of the automated function is at least one type of a self-X function selected from the group of types of self-X functions consisting of;

Self-configuration;

Self-optimization of Interference Coordination;

Automatic Neighbour List Management;

Self-optimization load balancing;

Self-optimization Interference Coordination;

Self-optimization of Random Access Channel;

Self-optimization of capacity;

Self-optimization of coverage;

Self-Software-Management; and

Self-healing; and

wherein the predefined storage area is addressed by a sourceIndicator parameter of at least one of a method, a message, and a method and a message selected from the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662, the group consisting of;

a notifyObjectCreation method;

a notifyObjectDeletion method; and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

writing in a further predefined storage area of the record carrier information, which allows specifying the automated function.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the further predefined storage area is a further parameter of at least one of a method, a message, and a method and a message of the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662 consisting of:

a notifyObjectCreation method;

a notifyObjectDeletion method; and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating the information representing the type of the automated function between an Agent Apparatus and at least one of a Management Apparatus, a Self-X Server, and a Management Apparatus and a Self-X Server.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising code for performing the method of claim 1.

5. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

detecting an execution of an automated function within a communication network;

determining the type of the automated function; and

writing information representing the type of the automated function in a predefined storage area of a record carrier of said apparatus,

said apparatus being an agent apparatus enabling a network management apparatus to detect remotely on said record carrier of said apparatus whether the automated function has been employed within said communication network,

wherein the automated function excludes employing a Network Management System;

wherein the type of the automated function is at least one type of a self-X function selected from the group of types of self-X functions consisting of;

Self-configuration;

Self-optimization of Interference Coordination;

Automatic Neighbour List Management;

Self-optimization load balancing;

Self-optimization Interference Coordination;

Self-optimization of Random Access Channel;

Self-optimization of capacity;

Self-optimization of coverage;

Self-Software-Management; and

Self-healing; and

wherein the predefined storage area is addressed by a sourceIndicator parameter of at least one of a method, a message, and a method and a message selected from the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662, the group consisting of;

a notifyObjectCreation method;

a notifyObjectDeletion method; and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is contained in at least one network apparatus selected from the group of network apparatuses consisting of:

an Element Management System;

a network element;

a server;

a self-X server;

a self-healing server;

a BTS;

an RNC;

a NodeB; and

an eNodeB.

7. A method comprising:

reading out information representing a type of an automated function remotely from a predefined storage area of a record carrier of an agent apparatus; and

determining whether the automated function has been employed using the information,

said method being performed by a network management apparatus to detect remotely on said record carrier of the agent apparatus whether the automated function has been employed within said communication network,

wherein the automated function excludes employing a Network Management System;

wherein the type of the automated function is at least one type of a self-X function selected from the group of types of self-X functions consisting of;

Self-configuration;

Self-optimization of Interference Coordination;

Automatic Neighbour List Management;

Self-optimization load balancing;

Self-optimization Interference Coordination;

Self-optimization of Random Access Channel;

Self-optimization of capacity;

Self-optimization of coverage;

Self-Software-Management; and

Self-healing; and

wherein the predefined storage area is addressed by a sourceIndicator parameter of at least one of a method, a message, and a method and a message selected from the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662, the group consisting of;

a notifyObjectCreation method;

a notifyObjectDeletion method; and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.

10. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising code for performing the method of claim 7.

8. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

reading out information representing a type of an automated function of remotely from a predefined storage area of a record carrier of an agent apparatus; and

determining whether the automated function has been employed using the information,

said apparatus being a network management apparatus detecting remotely on said record carrier of the agent apparatus whether the automated function has been employed within said communication network,

wherein the automated function excludes employing a Network Management System;

wherein the type of the automated function is at least one type of a self-X function selected from the group of types of self-X functions consisting of;

Self-configuration;

Self-optimization of Interference Coordination;

Automatic Neighbour List Management;

Self-optimization load balancing;

Self-optimization Interference Coordination;

Self-optimization of Random Access Channel;

Self-optimization of capacity;

Self-optimization of coverage;

Self-Software-Management; and

Self-healing; and

wherein the predefined storage area is addressed by a sourceIndicator parameter of at least one of a method, a message, and a method and a message selected from the group of methods according to the 3GPP standard TS32.662, the group consisting of;

a notifyObjectCreation method;

a notifyObjectDeletion method; and

a notifyAttributeValueChange method.