公开(公告)号：US06260062B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-10

申请号：US09288622

申请日：1999-04-09

申请人： Kenton T. Davis ,  William H. Dudley ,  Derek Gallagher ,  Ken Gee ,  Pauric McCabe ,  Eric Podietz ,  Shao Weidong

发明人： Kenton T. Davis ,  William H. Dudley ,  Derek Gallagher ,  Ken Gee ,  Pauric McCabe ,  Eric Podietz ,  Shao Weidong

IPC分类号： G06F1300

CPC分类号： H04L41/5003 ,  H04L41/0206 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/022 ,  H04L41/0226 ,  H04L41/0233 ,  H04L41/046 ,  H04L41/5054

摘要： The element management system (“EMS”) of the present invention addresses the need for effective and efficient management of heterogeneous telecommunications networks that include network elements of different types, such as radios and fiber optic devices, made by different manufacturers. This EMS provides a core set of element-independent network management messages that support basic network management functions, such as fault and performance monitoring and configuration management. Element-independent messages to an individual network element are mapped to an element-dependent message for that network element; messages from individual network elements are correspondingly mapped into the core set of element-independent messages. Management applications and user interfaces in the EMS thus send and receive network management information using the core set of messages, in the common protocol of those messages. The EMS of the present invention thus supports rapid and low-cost integration of additional network elements of different types and different manufacturers, additional management functionality and additional and modified telecommunications services. The present invention also provides a method for developing the core set of element-independent network management messages for basic telecommunications management functions.

摘要翻译： 本发明的元件管理系统（“EMS”）解决了对包括不同制造商制造的不同类型的诸如无线电和光纤设备的网络元件的异构电信网络的有效和高效管理的需求。 该EMS提供了一组核心的独立于网络的管理消息，支持基本的网络管理功能，如故障和性能监控和配置管理。 与单个网元的元素独立消息映射到该网元的与元素相关的消息; 来自各个网络元件的消息相应地映射到与元素无关的消息的核心集合中。 EMS中的管理应用程序和用户界面因此在这些消息的通用协议中使用核心消息集发送和接收网络管理信息。 因此，本发明的EMS支持不同类型和不同制造商的额外网络元件的快速且低成本的集成，额外的管理功能和附加和修改的电信服务。 本发明还提供了一种开发用于基本电信管理功能的元件独立网络管理消息的核心集合的方法。