Telecommunications system craft interface device with broadband end-to-end cross-connect capability
First Claim
1. A craft interface device for accessing a telecommunications network for purposes of maintenance and provisioning, said network including a plurality of levels or layers of interactive structure, comprising:
- a graphical user interface for providing on a monitor a sequence of graphical representations of operatively interconnected network objects in a respective layer of the telecommunications network, whereby a user can navigate graphically through said network from a highest hierarchical level of network objects to a lowest hierarchical level of objects and operational interrelationships, said graphical user interface being operatively connected to a display interactive user input component for detecting user selection via said input component of a broadband first end point displayed in a first window by said graphical user interface and a broadband second end point displayed in a second window by said graphical user interface; and
connection means operatively connected to said graphical user interface and to said network for automatically establishing a broadband end-to-end cross-connection in the network in response to the user selection via said input component of said first end point and said second end point.
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Abstract
A craft interface device for accessing a telecommunications network having several levels or layers of interactive structure has a graphical user interface for displaying on a monitor a sequence graphical representations of operatively interconnected objects in a respective layer of the telecommunications network, whereby a user can navigate graphically through the network from a highest hierarchical level of objects to a lowest hierarchical level of objects and operational interrelationships. The graphical user interface is operatively connected to a display interactive user input component (e.g., a mouse) for detecting user selection via the input component of a broadband first end point displayed in a first window by the graphical user interface and a broadband second end point displayed in a second window by the graphical user interface. Connection componentry is operatively connected to the graphical user interface and to the network for automatically establishing a broadband end-to-end cross-connection in the network in response to the user selection via the input component of the first end point and the second end point.
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17 Claims
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1. A craft interface device for accessing a telecommunications network for purposes of maintenance and provisioning, said network including a plurality of levels or layers of interactive structure, comprising:
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a graphical user interface for providing on a monitor a sequence of graphical representations of operatively interconnected network objects in a respective layer of the telecommunications network, whereby a user can navigate graphically through said network from a highest hierarchical level of network objects to a lowest hierarchical level of objects and operational interrelationships, said graphical user interface being operatively connected to a display interactive user input component for detecting user selection via said input component of a broadband first end point displayed in a first window by said graphical user interface and a broadband second end point displayed in a second window by said graphical user interface; and
connection means operatively connected to said graphical user interface and to said network for automatically establishing a broadband end-to-end cross-connection in the network in response to the user selection via said input component of said first end point and said second end point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for accessing a telecommunications network for purposes of maintenance and provisioning, said network including a plurality of levels or layers of interactive structure, said method comprising:
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displaying, on a monitor, a first browser window showing a graphical representation of broadband facilities at a first terminal of the telecommunications network;
detecting user selection via a display interactive input component of a broadband first end point displayed in said first browser window;
displaying, on said monitor, a second browser window showing a graphical representation of broadband facilities at a second terminal of the telecommunications network;
detecting user selection via said display interactive input component of a broadband second end point displayed in said second browser window; and
automatically establishing a broadband end-to-end cross-connection in the network in response to the user selection via said input component of said first end point and said second end point. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
automatically checking said other terminal for availability of said STS-1 time slot for pass through in said other terminal; and
automatically reserving said STS-1 time slot in said first terminal, said second terminal and said other terminal.
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15. The method defined in claim 10 wherein the establishing of said cross-connection includes automatically discovering an available broadband telecommunications path in said network between said first end point and said second end point and automatically reserving said path.
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16. The method defined in claim 10 wherein the establishing of said cross-connection includes automatically identifying an available STS-1 time slot in an optical carrier at said first terminal and in an optical carrier at said second terminal.
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17. The method defined in claim 16 wherein said first terminal and said second terminal are connected to one another via at least one other terminal, the establishing of said cross-connection further including:
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automatically checking said other terminal for availability of said STS-1 time slot for pass through in said other terminal; and
automatically reserving said STS-1 time slot in said first terminal said second terminal and said other terminal.
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