Patent · US Expired

Network management system

US6490255B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1999
Grant dateDec 3, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to make an extension/deletion of management function possible without interruption of a system operation and make a conversion between a plurality of management protocols possible in a network communication system for use and maintenance of a communication network, a managed object obtained by abstracting a physical subject such as a communication device or a communication service to be managed transfers from a management manager or an object server storing a plurality of managed objects on the basis of an instruction from the management manager performing a management operation and the transferred managed object is executed.

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