Operating network entities in a communications system comprising a management network with agent and management levels
First Claim
1. A method of operating network entities in a communications system, said communications system comprising a management network comprising agent and management levels, the agent and management levels being disposed at respectively different hierarchical levels within the management network and having between them an operation, administration, and maintenance interface for the exchange of operation, administration, and maintenance related data, the agent level being contained within the communications system, and the communications system being configured to provide radio communication with subscriber terminals, wherein the communications system is a distinct entity from the subscriber terminals, and wherein the communications system communicates with the subscriber terminals via radio connections, the method comprising:
- correlating in an agent level at least one of fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level with at least one of further fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level by use of configuration management relationships in said agent level, the configuration management relationships indicating network entities between which the at least one of fault or performance management related data is to be transferred, wherein one of the network entities at the agent level combines its own at least one of fault or performance management data with the at least one of fault or performance management data of another of the network entities at the agent level; and
transmitting information derived from the correlation to a management level of said management network of said communications network, wherein the information is a combination of the at least one of fault or performance management related data and the at least one of further fault or performance management related data.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to operating of network entities in a communications system, wherein said communications system comprises a management network with agent and management levels, wherein a fault and/or performance management related data provided or occurring in an agent level is correlated and/or analyzed in said agent level with further fault and/or performance management related data provided or occurring in said agent level by use of configuration management relationships in said agent level, and wherein an information derived from the correlation is transmitted to at least one management level of said management network of said communications network being responsible for management of the corresponding agent level.
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1. A method of operating network entities in a communications system, said communications system comprising a management network comprising agent and management levels, the agent and management levels being disposed at respectively different hierarchical levels within the management network and having between them an operation, administration, and maintenance interface for the exchange of operation, administration, and maintenance related data, the agent level being contained within the communications system, and the communications system being configured to provide radio communication with subscriber terminals, wherein the communications system is a distinct entity from the subscriber terminals, and wherein the communications system communicates with the subscriber terminals via radio connections, the method comprising:
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correlating in an agent level at least one of fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level with at least one of further fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level by use of configuration management relationships in said agent level, the configuration management relationships indicating network entities between which the at least one of fault or performance management related data is to be transferred, wherein one of the network entities at the agent level combines its own at least one of fault or performance management data with the at least one of fault or performance management data of another of the network entities at the agent level; and transmitting information derived from the correlation to a management level of said management network of said communications network, wherein the information is a combination of the at least one of fault or performance management related data and the at least one of further fault or performance management related data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising software code embedded in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed on a computing system, causes the computing system to perform a method of operating network entities in a communications system, said communications system comprising a management network comprising agent and management levels, the agent and management levels being disposed at respectively different hierarchical levels within the management network and having between them an operation, administration, and maintenance interface for the exchange of operation, administration, and maintenance related data, the agent level being contained within the communications system and the communications system being configured to provide radio communication with subscriber terminals, wherein the communications system is a distinct entity from the subscriber terminals, and wherein the communications system communicates with the subscriber terminals via radio connections, the method comprising:
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correlating in an agent level at least one of fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level with at least one of further fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level by use of configuration management relationships in said agent level, the configuration management relationships indicating network entities between which the at least one of fault or performance management related data is to be transferred, wherein one of the network entities at the agent level combines its own at least one of fault or performance management data with the at least one of fault or performance management data of another of the network entities at the agent level; and transmitting an information derived from the correlation to a management level of said management network of said communications network, wherein the information is a combination of the at least one of fault or performance management related data and the at least one of further fault or performance management related data.
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13. A network entity for operation in an agent level of a management network of a communications system, wherein said network entity comprises:
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an operation, administration, and maintenance interface configured to exchange operation, administration, and maintenance related data link with a management level, the agent and management levels being disposed at respectively different hierarchical levels within the management network; an agent level interface configured to receive at least one of fault or performance management related data provided in said agent level from another network entity by use of at least one configuration management relationship in said agent level; a processor configured to correlate said at least one of fault or performance management related data with at least one of own fault or performance management related data occurring in said agent level a processor configured to combine at the agent level at least one of own fault or performance management data with the at least one of fault or performance management data of the another network entity; and a transmitter configured to transmit an information derived from the correlation to the management level of said management network of said communications network, wherein the information is a combination of the at least one of fault or performance management related data and the at least one of own fault or performance management related data, wherein the agent level is contained within the communications system and wherein the communications system is configured to provide radio communication with subscriber terminals, wherein the communications system is a distinct entity from the subscriber terminals, and wherein the communications system communicates with the subscriber terminals via radio connections. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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