Network management system

• US 20030131090A1
• Filed: 11/27/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Komiya, Noriyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,343,403 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

The present invention provides a network management system where as setup processing of a target network can be done at other network, it is possible to perform a network setup from a remote place. The network management system according to the present invention includes a plurality of networks to which equipment is connected and a management node connected between the plurality of networks, for exchanging setup information on equipment between different networks through the management node. The management node includes: first transmission/reception means which performs data communications with one network, second transmission/reception means which performs data communications with another network, setup information store means which stores setup information on the above-mentioned another network, setup information frame analysis means which analyzes a setup information frame received from the above-mentioned one network and making the setup information store means store the setup information on the above-mentioned another network, setup means which sets up the above-mentioned another network by using the setup information on the above-mentioned another network, setup state acquisition means which acquires a setup state of the above-mentioned another network from equipment which is connected to the above-mentioned another network and making the setup information store means store the setup state as the setup information on the above-mentioned another network, and setup information frame forming means which forms a setup information frame in order to transmit the setup information on the above-mentioned another network to the above-mentioned one network and transmitting to above-mentioned one network.

Claims

1. A network management system which includes a plurality of networks to which equipment is connected and a management node connected between the plurality of networks, for exchanging setup information on equipment between different networks through the management node, wherein the management node comprises:

first transmission/reception means which performs data communications with one network;

second transmission/reception means which performs data communications with another network;

setup information store means which stores setup information on the above-mentioned another network;

setup information frame analysis means which analyzes a setup information frame received from the above-mentioned one network, and making the setup information store means store the setup information on the above-mentioned another network;

setup means which sets up the above-mentioned another network by using the setup information on the above-mentioned another network;

setup state acquisition means which acquires a setup state of the above-mentioned another network from equipment which is connected to the above-mentioned another network, and making the setup information store means store the setup state as the setup information on the above-mentioned another network; and

setup information frame forming means which forms a setup information frame in order to transmit the setup information on the above-mentioned another network to the above-mentioned one network, and transmitting to above-mentioned one network.

2. The network management system of claim 1, wherein each element which composes the setup information on a network in the setup information frame is an equipment address of the equipment linked to the system, and a connection setup between each equipment based on a correspondence between the equipment address and an equipment property number.

3. The network management system of claim 1 or claim 2,

wherein the setup information frame analysis means and the setup information frame forming means include interpreting and forming means of a data structure description language which can be used for communications on a world wide web, and

wherein a communication frame based on the data structure description language is used for communications of the setup information between the plurality of networks.