Communications network having management system architecture supporting reuse
US6233610A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5656
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications network, eg a distributed network, comprises a plurality of distributed physical resources in the form of components, assemblies of components, and systems based on components and composites. A network management system of such a network comprises an application level which represents the functionality of a plurality of different composites being hardware and/or software components of different proprietary manufacture and different function capability, and an implementation level which implements control of the composites. The application level is sub-divided into a plurality of application level elements each of which correspond to a function capability of a composite or system, a system being a highest level of composite. The implementation level is sub-divided into a plurality of implementation level elements each of which represents a system, a composite or a component. The internal structure of the elements within the application controller and implementation level corresponds to internal architectures of the systems and composites. As the communications network is assembled from a plurality of different components and composites, the network management system…
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