Network Management Method, a System and a Device

A system for managing equipment in a communication network comprising a management device managing a management information base in the form of objects to be managed, said objects being referenced in accordance with a reference specification, and a managed equipment exchanging management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each corresponding to a respective referenced object and to which a respective identifier is being assigned, wherein the management device and the managed equipment each comprise:

• a memory for storing synchronization information associating the identifier of a pattern and the reference of the corresponding object;
• an interface unit for sending and/or receiving a pattern assigned an identifier and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern assigned said identifier;
• and
• wherein the device further comprises:
• a translator comprising means for to translating a received pattern into the respective referenced object as a function of the identifier of said pattern and said synchronization information.

A network equipment adapted to be managed by a management device managing a management information base in the form of objects to be managed, said objects being referenced in accordance with a reference specification;

• an equipment exchanging management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each corresponding to a respective referenced object and to which a respective identifier is being assigned, said equipment comprising:
• a memory for storing synchronization information associating the identifier of a pattern and the reference of a corresponding object;
• and
• an interface unit for sending and/or receiving a pattern assigned an identifier and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern and assigned said identifier.