公开(公告)号：US07515546B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-07

申请号：US10029124

申请日：2001-12-19

申请人： Moise Gaspard ,  Philip Andrew Brown ,  Andre Neil Dominic Jacob ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Denis Proulx ,  Attaullah Zabihi ,  Afshan Zabihi-Seissan

发明人： Moise Gaspard ,  Philip Andrew Brown ,  Andre Neil Dominic Jacob ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Denis Proulx ,  Attaullah Zabihi ,  Afshan Zabihi-Seissan

IPC分类号： H04L12/16

CPC分类号： H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/50

摘要： In one embodiment, the present invention sends SNMP queries to sets and/or ranges of IP numbers to determine whether a network device exists at each IP number and whether the network device has IP forwarding capabilities. The set of IP numbers searched may be specified by specifying ranges or subnets or by providing a list of discrete IP numbers. When a new network device with IP forwarding capabilities is discovered, that network device is added to a list of discovered network devices. The list is displayed to the network manager. In one embodiment, in addition to discovering newly added devices via IP number polling, the invention also discovers newly added devices from SNMP messages (“traps”) broadcast by a newly added device. In one embodiment, each network device discovered as a result of a SNMP trap is added to the newly discovered device list.

摘要翻译： 在一个实施例中，本发明向IP号码的设置和/或范围发送SNMP查询，以确定网络设备是否存在于每个IP号码以及网络设备是否具有IP转发能力。 可以通过指定范围或子网或提供离散IP号码列表来指定搜索到的IP号码集。 当发现具有IP转发功能的新网络设备时，该网络设备被添加到已发现的网络设备的列表中。 列表将显示给网络管理员。 在一个实施例中，除了通过IP号轮询发现新添加的设备之外，本发明还从新添加的设备广播的SNMP消息（“陷阱”）中发现新添加的设备。 在一个实施例中，作为SNMP陷阱的结果发现的每个网络设备被添加到新发现的设备列表中。

公开(公告)号：US08040869B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-18

申请号：US10029123

申请日：2001-12-19

申请人： Moise Gaspard ,  Thomas Flynn ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Denis Proulx ,  Attaullah Zabihi

发明人： Moise Gaspard ,  Thomas Flynn ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Denis Proulx ,  Attaullah Zabihi

IPC分类号： H04J3/24

CPC分类号： H04L45/48 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/26

摘要： The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for automatic discovery of logical links between network devices. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises part of a network management system (“NM”) that manages a discrete set of network devices. The NM sends SNMP queries to individual network devices managed by the NM to obtain interface configuration data for each of the network interfaces of the device. The information requested includes destination information (“next hop” or “neighbor” IP address) for data packets sent from the interface. The NM checks to see whether a logical link corresponding to the received configuration information already exists in a logical link database maintained by the NM. If such a link exists the NM checks to see if the existing information for the link is valid. If the existing link data is valid, no change is made. If the existing information is not valid, or if no corresponding link is found in the link database, the NM creates a new link corresponding to the new configuration information. In one or more embodiments, the NM displays a graphical view of the discovered IP links on a graphical network map.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括一种用于自动发现网络设备之间的逻辑链路的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，本发明包括管理离散的一组网络设备的网络管理系统（“NM”）的一部分。 NM向NM管理的各个网络设备发送SNMP查询，以获取设备的每个网络接口的接口配置数据。 所请求的信息包括从接口发送的数据包的目的地信息（“下一跳”或“邻居”IP地址）。 NM检查由NM维护的逻辑链路数据库中是否存在与接收到的配置信息相对应的逻辑链路。 如果存在这样的链接，NM会检查链接的现有信息是否有效。 如果现有的链接数据有效，则不进行任何更改。 如果现有信息无效，或链路数据库中没有找到相应的链接，则NM会创建一个与新配置信息对应的新链路。 在一个或多个实施例中，NM在图形网络图上显示所发现的IP链路的图形视图。

公开(公告)号：US07856599B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-21

申请号：US10027821

申请日：2001-12-19

申请人： Denis Proulx ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Attaullah Zabihi ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Felix Katz

发明人： Denis Proulx ,  Chuong Ngoc Ngo ,  Attaullah Zabihi ,  David Wing-Chung Chan ,  Felix Katz

IPC分类号： G06F15/177

CPC分类号： H04L41/22 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0873 ,  H04L41/12

摘要： An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for network management that allows the configuration of IP links in one step, via a GUI form, even though the management protocols available at the two end links (routers) may differ. According to one embodiment, the method comprises gathering information from the user, validating this information, and then sending this information to the appropriate router(s). According to one embodiment, the method enables a user to specify various configurations when provisioning an IP link, for example, the type of IP link (Point-to-Point, Point-to-IP, or Point-to-Subnet), the numbering type (Numbered or Unnumbered), the application type (MPLS and/or IP Forwarding), and the sub-layer interfaces to be used (Packet Over Sonet, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, GigEthernet, and others). In addition, according to one embodiment, the method allows the IP link to be associated to existing router interface(s), or the interfaces can be created as part of the IP link creation process.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了一种用于网络管理的方法，其允许通过GUI形式在一个步骤中配置IP链路，即使在两端链路（路由器）可用的管理协议可能不同。 根据一个实施例，该方法包括从用户收集信息，验证该信息，然后将该信息发送到适当的路由器。 根据一个实施例，该方法使得用户能够在提供IP链路时指定各种配置，例如，IP链路的类型（点到点，点对IP或点到子网）， 编号类型（编号或未编号），应用程序类型（MPLS和/或IP转发）以及要使用的子层接口（Packet Over Sonet，异步传输模式，GigEthernet等）。 此外，根据一个实施例，该方法允许IP链路与现有路由器接口相关联，或者可以将该接口创建为IP链路创建过程的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US20110158111A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-30

申请号：US12647825

申请日：2009-12-28

申请人： Denis Proulx ,  Reda Laichi

发明人： Denis Proulx ,  Reda Laichi

IPC分类号： H04L12/26 ,  H04M1/24 ,  H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04L41/5054

摘要： The invention is directed to a method and system for bulk provisioning of telecommunications services on a live network and is suited to migrating telecommunications services from a legacy network to another network. Customer service data files can be imported, and validated against customer service rules and against live configuration data of the live network. Actions are logged and can be rolled back when errors are encountered.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及用于在实时网络上批量提供电信服务的方法和系统，并且适用于将电信服务从遗留网络迁移到另一网络。 客户服务数据文件可以根据客户服务规则和实时网络的实时配置数据进行导入和验证。 记录操作，并且可能会在遇到错误时回滚操作。

公开(公告)号：US07085277B1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-01

申请号：US09165735

申请日：1998-10-05

申请人： Denis Proulx ,  Angelica Kasvand ,  Ron Bolder

发明人： Denis Proulx ,  Angelica Kasvand ,  Ron Bolder

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04Q11/0478 ,  H04L2012/5617 ,  H04L2012/5623 ,  H04L2012/5626

摘要： A method of administratively dividing an emulated local area network (LANE) into multiple independent forwarding realms thereby restricting the connectivity of a particular local area network (LAN) to other LANs. The method also introduces the ability of allocating a number of forwarding realms to a service user (Customer).

摘要翻译： 一种将仿真局域网（LANE）划分为多个独立转发领域的方法，从而限制特定局域网（LAN）到其他LAN的连接。 该方法还引入了向服务用户（客户）分配多个转发范围的能力。

公开(公告)号：US20050229113A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US10820827

申请日：2004-04-09

申请人： Terrence Martineau ,  David Kiesekamp ,  Denis Proulx ,  Suyan Shao ,  Satvinder Bawa ,  Raymond Canton

发明人： Terrence Martineau ,  David Kiesekamp ,  Denis Proulx ,  Suyan Shao ,  Satvinder Bawa ,  Raymond Canton

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L41/22

摘要： For displaying information on all highlighted objects in a hierarchical chain of objects, a graphical user interface (GUI), identifies an original highlighted object displayed on a window at a selected hierarchically level. The highlighted object(s) subtended by the original object at the hierarchically next lower level is/are identified and selected from an object storage means, etc, until all highlighted objects corresponding to the original object are identified and selected. The selected objects are placed in a list, and the GIU displays the list in a highlighted objects window where the objects are arranged in a specified order. The list comprises a row for each highlighted object, and a plurality of columns, each column for providing a specified attribute of the object. The GUI may then selects order of the objects in the window by sorting the list by any of the columns.

摘要翻译： 为了显示关于对象等级链中所有突出显示的对象的信息，图形用户界面（GUI）以选定的分层级标识在窗口上显示的原始突出显示对象。 从对象存储装置等中识别和选择在分级下一个较低级别处的原始对象对准的突出显示的对象，直到识别和选择与原始对象相对应的所有突出显示的对象为止。 所选对象被放置在列表中，并且GIU在突出显示的对象窗口中显示列表，其中对象以指定的顺序排列。 该列表包括每个突出显示的对象的行，以及多个列，每列用于提供对象的指定属性。 然后，GUI可以通过任何列排序列表来选择窗口中的对象的顺序。

公开(公告)号：US20050022189A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-27

申请号：US10820111

申请日：2004-04-08

申请人： Denis Proulx ,  Craig Timmerman ,  Felix Katz ,  Margaret Rachniowski ,  Afshan Zabihi ,  Macmohana Virdy

发明人： Denis Proulx ,  Craig Timmerman ,  Felix Katz ,  Margaret Rachniowski ,  Afshan Zabihi ,  Macmohana Virdy

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  G06F17/50

CPC分类号： H04L41/00

摘要： A framework for connectivity verification is provided. The framework includes a connectivity verification server performing unattended connectivity verification, and a connectivity verification application, both the connectivity verification server and connectivity verification application operating in a network management context. Connectivity verification jobs are defined via the connectivity verification application and the connectivity verification server is configured accordingly. Connectivity verification jobs can also be scheduled. The connectivity verification application also provides a display of connectivity verification results. The results of each connectivity verification job may be compared against a desired connectivity profile and deviations from the connectivity profile being used to raise alarms. Connectivity verification results, including alarm information, are further used to highlight displayed managed communications network entities on a network map displaying selected connectivity verification results. The advantages are derived from using the connectivity verification framework to automate connectivity verification testing at reduced operational costs.

摘要翻译： 提供了一个连接验证框架。 该框架包括执行无人值守连接验证的连接性验证服务器，以及在网络管理环境中操作的连接性验证服务器和连接性验证应用程序的连接性验证应用程序。 通过连接验证应用程序定义连接验证作业，并相应地配置连接验证服务器。 还可以安排连接验证作业。 连通性验证应用程序还提供连接验证结果的显示。 可以将每个连接性验证作业的结果与期望的连接配置文件和与用于引发警报的连接配置文件的偏差进行比较。 包括报警信息在内的连通性验证结果进一步用于突出显示选定连接性验证结果的网络地图上显示的受管通信网络实体。 这些优点来源于使用连通性验证框架，以降低运营成本来自动进行连接验证测试。

公开(公告)号：US4892458A

公开(公告)日：1990-01-09

申请号：US245814

申请日：1988-09-19

申请人： Denis Proulx

发明人： Denis Proulx

IPC分类号： B65G57/18

CPC分类号： B65G57/18 ,  Y10S414/12

摘要： A board stacking machine comprising a feed conveyor for feeding a plurality of boards, precut to a predetermined size, to an accumulator which is displacebly secured at a discharge end of the feed conveyor for storing and releasing accumulated boards maintained in substantially horizontal alignment by the stacking effect in the accumulator and onto an input end of a control feed conveyor. A discharge conveyor is provided for feeding boards from an end section of the control feed conveyor to a feed supply position of a single board feed conveyor. The board orienting station has a delivery conveyor for supporting and transporting the boards in substantially horizontal alignment and in side-by-side abutting relationship. A discharge conveyor feeds the boards to a board holding station which supports a predetermined number of these boards oriented side by side in a board layer thereon, and positions the board layer on a vertically displaceable support with the boards maintained in alignment. A stopper member is actuable to prevent delivery of boards to a stacker. Control devices are provided for positioning a predetermined number of board layers on top of one another to form a squared stack, and the support is displaced each time a layer is placed on the stack.

摘要翻译： 一种纸板堆垛机，包括用于将预定尺寸的多个板进给的进料输送机，该储料器在进料输送机的排料端可移动地固定，用于储存和释放通过堆叠保持基本水平对准的积聚板 在蓄能器和控制进料输送机的输入端上产生影响。 提供排料输送机，用于将板从控制进料输送机的端部进给到单板进料输送机的进料供应位置。 板定向站具有用于以基本上水平的对准和并排邻接关系来支撑和运输板的输送输送机。 排出输送机将板输送到板保持站，该板保持站支撑预定数量的这些板在其上的板层中并排定向，并且将板层定位在可保持对准的板的可垂直移位的支撑件上。 止动构件可致动以防止板向堆垛机输送。 提供控制装置用于将预定数量的板层定位在彼此之上，以形成平方堆叠，并且每当层叠放置在堆叠上时支撑件就被移位。