Control system and operations system interface for a network element in an access system

US5608720A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hubbell Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Charles H. Biegel · Reston, US
• Nicholas Carter · Shelton, US
• Chung Chen · Irvine, US
• Michael Christofferson · Falls Church, US
• Mahesh P. Desai · Annandale, US
• Rita A. Eberhart · Herndon, US
• Steven Klonsky · Arlington, US
• Shaun Noel Missett · Abdulrahman Khaleefah Street, US
• Theodore F. Rabenko · Duluth, US
• John R. Tomassone · Salem, US
• David S. Turvene · Arlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 4, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/13381
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A control system for a network element (NE) such as a remote digital terminal (RDT) in an integrated digital loop carrier (DLC) system is provided which comprises subsystems for operating circuit packs and for providing functions that are common to the circuit packs. Each subsystem has a subagent residing on a network processor circuit pack. The subagents communicate via a common subagent interface. A NE which supports both OSI and non-OSI interfaces such as Transaction Language 1 (TL1) and Common Management Services Element (CMISE) interfaces is provided, along with a method for mapping TL1 commands to CMISE messages using TL1 proxy objects.