公开(公告)号：US20070055701A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-08

申请号：US11220558

申请日：2005-09-08

申请人： Edwin Tse ,  Nicolas Gosselin ,  Andre Godin

发明人： Edwin Tse ,  Nicolas Gosselin ,  Andre Godin

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F16/27

摘要： A method and telecommunications node for synchronising the content of a first node database such as for example of a Manager Management Information Base (MIB) with another node's database, such as for example an Agent MIB. The first node sends a synchronization request to the second node indicating the time when the first node was last updated. The second node scans through a list of changes dating from its own last update until the first node's last update, said scan being performed in a last-in-first-out (LIFO) fashion. If an item was found to be deleted, there is no point in scanning further ahead for creation or changes on this item. If an item was created at a given time, there is no point in scanning further ahead for this item. If an item was changed (i.e. one of its attribute was modified), the scanning continues in order to sum all changes on this item. The second node then sends the sum of creations/changes/deletions for any relevant item to the first node, which in turns stores the information along with the time when the second node was last updated.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和电信节点，用于将诸如例如管理器管理信息库（MIB）的第一节点数据库的内容与另一个节点的数据库（例如代理MIB）同步。 第一节点向第二节点发送指示第一节点上次更新时间的同步请求。 第二个节点通过从自己的最后一次更新到第一个节点的最后一次更新的扫描列表进行扫描，所述扫描以先进先出（LIFO）方式执行。 如果发现某个项目被删除，则无需进一步扫描此项目的创建或更改。 如果在给定时间创建了一个项目，则无需进一步扫描此项目。 如果某个项目被更改（即其属性之一被修改），扫描将继续进行，以便对该项目进行所有更改的总和。 然后，第二个节点将任何相关项目的创建/更改/删除总和发送到第一个节点，它们随着第二个节点上次更新的时间来存储信息。

公开(公告)号：US07065053B2

公开(公告)日：2006-06-20

申请号：US10024234

申请日：2001-12-21

申请人： Andre Godin ,  Nicolas Gosselin ,  David McAleer ,  Edwin Tse

发明人： Andre Godin ,  Nicolas Gosselin ,  David McAleer ,  Edwin Tse

IPC分类号： H04J1/16

CPC分类号： H04W24/10 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04W88/18

摘要： A method, system and agent for exchanging the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Technical Specification document number a first node uses, with a second node of the network, so that subsequent communications can be properly carried between the nodes. The first node may be an agent and the second node may be a manager of a management system. The manager sends a GetXXXIRPVersion request message, a GetNotificationCategories request message, or a GetNetworkResourceSchemeId request message, to which the agent responds with an abridged version of the 3GPP TS document number the agent uses in this type of communications, so that the manager is informed of the protocol employed by the agent and can expect communications of the type indicated by the agent.

公开(公告)号：US20050260987A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-24

申请号：US10849142

申请日：2004-05-20

申请人： Nicolas Gosselin ,  Edwin Tse

发明人： Nicolas Gosselin ,  Edwin Tse

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0226

摘要： A method and associated agent in a management system of a network, wherein the management system comprises at least one manager and the agent comprises at least one old Management Information Table (MIT) containing Management Information (MI) from a plurality of network resources. The agent comprises a Management Information Module capable of gathering Management Information (MI) from the network resources into a current MIT. The agent also comprises a Database Handling Module capable of, following an event, associating one manager to the event, verifying if the associated manager is associated with one old MIT, building a Management Information Notification (MIN) from at least the current MIT, associating the associated manager with the current MIT, freezing the current MIT into a further old MIT and creating a further current MIT. The agent further comprises a Communication Module capable of sending the built MIN to the associated manager.

摘要翻译： 一种网络管理系统中的方法和相关代理，其中所述管理系统包括至少一个管理器，并且所述代理包括从多个网络资源中包含管理信息（MI）的至少一个旧的管理信息表（MIT）。 该代理包括能够从网络资源收集管理信息（MI）到当前麻省理工学院的管理信息模块。 代理还包括数据库处理模块，其能够在事件之后将一个管理器与事件相关联，验证相关联的管理器是否与一个旧的麻省理工学院相关联，从至少当前的麻省理工学院构建管理信息通知（MIN），关联 与目前的麻省理工学院相关的管理人员，将目前的麻省理工学院冻结成另一个旧的麻省理工学院，并创造了目前的麻省理工学院。 该代理进一步包括能够将内置的MIN发送给相关管理器的通信模块。

公开(公告)号：US06292099B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-18

申请号：US09400345

申请日：1999-09-20

申请人： Edwin Tse ,  David O'Flanagan ,  Fergus Kelledy ,  Nicolas Gosselin

发明人： Edwin Tse ,  David O'Flanagan ,  Fergus Kelledy ,  Nicolas Gosselin

IPC分类号： G08B2900

CPC分类号： H04L41/0631

摘要： An Event Management System (EMS) for logging and correlating alarm events in a network, and a method of efficiently integrating the EMS, which communicates in a standard format, with external devices and external viewers which communicate in device-specific formats. A plurality of core EMS components which log and correlate events are functionally separated from a plurality of EMS boundary components which interact with external devices and external viewers. The boundary components perform both generic external interface functions and device-specific functions. An external device's information, including a class and location for a protocol handler and a content handler for the external device, is stored in an information repository associated with the EMS. When a connection is initiated from the external device to one of the boundary components, the boundary component obtains the external device information from the information repository. The boundary component then remotely loads the protocol handler class and the content handler class, instantiates the protocol handler class and the content handler class, and connects the protocol handler class and the content handler class to the external device to convert information in the device's device-specific format to information in the standard format utilized by the EMS.

摘要翻译： 用于记录和关联网络中的报警事件的事件管理系统（EMS），以及以标准格式与外部设备和外部观看者进行通信的EMS的高效集成方法。 在与外部设备和外部观察者交互的多个EMS边界部件功能上分离记录和关联事件的多个核心EMS组件。 边界组件执行通用外部接口功能和设备特定功能。 外部设备的信息，包括协议处理程序的类和位置以及外部设备的内容处理程序，存储在与EMS关联的信息库中。 当从外部设备发起连接到其中一个边界组件时，边界组件从信息库获取外部设备信息。 边界组件然后远程加载协议处理程序类和内容处理程序类，实例化协议处理程序类和内容处理程序类，并将协议处理程序类和内容处理程序类连接到外部设备，以转换设备设备中的信息 - 以EMS为标准格式的信息的特定格式。

公开(公告)号：US06253339B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-26

申请号：US09181583

申请日：1998-10-28

申请人： Edwin Tse ,  Nicolas Gosselin

发明人： Edwin Tse ,  Nicolas Gosselin

IPC分类号： G06F1130

CPC分类号： H04Q3/0075 ,  H04L41/0604 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04Q2213/13103 ,  H04Q2213/13106 ,  H04Q2213/13162 ,  H04Q2213/13163 ,  H04Q2213/13349

摘要： A system and method of correlating alarms from a plurality of network elements (NEs) in a large communications network. A plurality of uncorrelated alarms are collected by an alarm collector from alarm reporters. An alarm correlator then partitions the alarms into correlated alarm clusters such that alarms of one cluster have a high probability that they are caused by one network fault. The partitioning of the alarms is performed by creating alarm sets, expanding the alarm sets into alarm domains, and merging the alarm domains into alarm clusters if predefined conditions are met. The sets are formed by selecting an alarmed NE at the highest network hierarchy level which is not tagged, finding all of its contained NEs, and finding NEs that are peer-related to those contained NEs that are in an alarmed state. The sets are expanded into domains by finding NEs that are not in an alarmed state which contain the highest level alarmed NE in each alarm set. The domains are merged into one alarm cluster if the two domains have at least one common NE, at least one of the common NEs is not tagged, and the majority of the NEs contained by the non-tagged common NE are in an alarmed state.

摘要翻译： 一种将来自大型通信网络中的多个网元（NE）的报警相关联的系统和方法。 多个不相关的报警由报警器的报警收集器收集。 然后，报警相关器将报警分成相关的报警集群，使得一个集群的报警具有由一个网络故障引起的高概率。 通过创建报警集，将报警集合扩展到报警域中，并通过满足预定义条件将报警域合并到报警群集中来执行报警分区。 通过选择没有标记的最高网络层次级别的报警NE，查找所有包含的网元，以及查找与包含处于告警状态的网元相关的网元，形成集合。 通过查找不在每个报警集中包含最高级别的报警NE的报警状态的网元，将这些集合扩展到域中。 如果两个域具有至少一个通用网元，至少有一个通用网元没有被标记，并且非标记的普通网元所包含的大多数网元处于告警状态，则该域名合并到一个报警群集中。

公开(公告)号：US07343376B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-11

申请号：US10849142

申请日：2004-05-20

申请人： Nicolas Gosselin ,  Edwin Tse

发明人： Nicolas Gosselin ,  Edwin Tse

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0226

摘要： Method and corresponding agent in a management system of a network. At least one manager and the agent have at least one old Management Information Table (MIT) containing Management Information (MI) from network resources. A Management Information Module of the agent gathers Management Information (MI) from the network resources into a current MIT. A Database Handling Module of the agent, following an event, associates one manager to the event, verifies if the associated manager is associated with one old MIT, builds a Management Information Notification (MIN) from at least the current MIT, associates the associated manager with the current MIT, freezes the current MIT into a further old MIT and creates a further current MIT. A Communication Module of the agent further sends the built MIN to the associated manager.

摘要翻译： 网络管理系统中的方法和相应的代理。 至少有一名经理和代理人具有至少一个包含来自网络资源的管理信息（MI）的旧管理信息表（MIT）。 代理的管理信息模块将管理信息（MI）从网络资源收集到当前的麻省理工学院。 代理人的数据库处理模块，在事件之后，将一个管理器与事件相关联，验证相关联的管理器是否与一个旧的MIT相关联，从至少当前的MIT构建管理信息通知（MIN），将关联的管理器 与目前的麻省理工学院一起，将目前的麻省理工学院冻结成另一个旧的麻省理工学院，并创建了一个进一步的当前麻省理工学院。 代理的通信模块还将内置的MIN发送给相关的管理器。

公开(公告)号：US06604208B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-05

申请号：US09545541

申请日：2000-04-07

申请人： Nicolas Gosselin ,  Edwin Tse

发明人： Nicolas Gosselin ,  Edwin Tse

IPC分类号： G06F1130

CPC分类号： H04Q3/0075 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04Q2213/13054 ,  H04Q2213/13163 ,  H04Q2213/13349

摘要： Alarms are processed in view of an historical context to determine instances of correlation such that alarms are partitioned into correlation sets where the alarms within one set have a high probability of being caused by the same network fault. As each new alarm is received, a check is made to se whether a managed object originating that alarm is a member of a previous set and is already in an alarmed state. If so, the alarm is added to that managed object. If not, a set is built containing that alarmed managed object and its related managed objects as determined from consideration of alarm propagation rules and network topology. That set is then compared with previously built sets to determine the existence of any correlation as measured by whether the sets share managed objects in common or satisfy some other correlation test. When such correlation is found, the sets are merged together to form a larger set relating to the same network fault.

摘要翻译： 根据历史背景来处理警报以确定相关性的实例，使得警报被划分为相关集，其中一组内的警报具有由相同网络故障引起的高概率。 当接收到每个新的警报时，检查发起该警报的被管理对象是否是上一个组的成员，并且已经处于警报状态。 如果是这样，则将该警报添加到该管理对象。 如果没有，则构建一个集合，其中包含从报警传播规则和网络拓扑的考虑中确定的受到警报的受管对象及其相关管理对象。 然后将该集合与先前构建的集合进行比较，以确定是否存在任何相关性，通过集合是否共享管理对象或满足一些其他相关性测试来衡量。 当发现这种相关性时，这些集合被合并在一起以形成与相同的网络故障相关的更大的集合。

公开(公告)号：US06175306B1

公开(公告)日：2001-01-16

申请号：US09400345

申请日：1999-09-20

申请人： Edwin Tse ,  David O'Flanagan ,  Fergus Kelledy ,  Nicolas Gosselin

发明人： Edwin Tse ,  David O'Flanagan ,  Fergus Kelledy ,  Nicolas Gosselin

IPC分类号： G08B2900

摘要： An Event Management System (EMS) for logging and correlating alarm events in a network, and a method of efficiently integrating the EMS, which communicates in a standard format, with external devices and external viewers which communicate in device-specific formats. A plurality of core EMS components which log and correlate events are functionally separated from a plurality of EMS boundary components which interact with external devices and external viewers. The boundary components perform both generic external interface functions and device-specific functions. An external device's information, including a class and location for a protocol handler and a content handler for the external device, is stored in an information repository associated with the EMS. When a connection is initiated from the external device to one of the boundary components, the boundary component obtains the external device information from the information repository. The boundary component then remotely loads the protocol handler class and the content handler class, instantiates the protocol handler class and the content handler class, and connects the protocol handler class and the content handler class to the external device to convert information in the device's device-specific format to information in the standard format utilized by the EMS.

公开(公告)号：US20090313307A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-17

申请号：US12139748

申请日：2008-06-16

申请人： John POWER ,  Edwin Tse

发明人： John POWER ,  Edwin Tse

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/0213

摘要： A device associated with a network receives a request to modify a sub-attribute of an attribute associated with a software object that represents one of a representation of a managed resource or a collection of attributes associated with the managed resource. The device also modifies the sub-attribute of the software object based on the request, and sends a notification about the sub-attribute that has been modified.

摘要翻译： 与网络相关联的设备接收修改与表示被管理资源的表示或与被管理资源相关联的属性的集合之一的与软件对象相关联的属性的子属性的请求。 该设备还根据请求修改软件对象的子属性，并发送关于已修改的子属性的通知。

公开(公告)号：US09032420B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-12

申请号：US13269898

申请日：2011-10-10

申请人： Edwin Tse ,  Robert Petersen ,  John Power

发明人： Edwin Tse ,  Robert Petersen ,  John Power

IPC分类号： G06F9/54 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/00

CPC分类号： H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/042 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04L41/069 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/16

摘要： Methods and apparatus for correlating event notifications between agents in a management network are provided. An agent constructs a network notification in response to receiving an event notification. If the received event notification is associated with a prior notification already received and stored by the agent, a correlation attribute is added to the constructed network notification. If the received notification matches a peer agent notification category that another agent in the management network is interested in receiving, the constructed network notification is sent to the other agent.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于在管理网络中的代理之间关联事件通知的方法和装置。 响应于接收到事件通知，代理构建网络通知。 如果接收到的事件通知与代理已经接收和存储的先前通知相关联，则将相关属性添加到构造的网络通知中。 如果接收到的通知与管理网络中有其他代理人接收的对等代理通知类别相匹配，则将构建的网络通知发送给其他代理。