System and Method for Model-based Inventory Management of a Communications System
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorJohn Charles Strassner
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Abstract
A method for management entity operations includes receiving a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system, collecting the data for the entity utilizing a set of protocols selected using knowledge defined by a first data model of a data model list derived from an information model of the communications system, and saving the data collected.
Claims49
A method for management entity operations, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a management entity, a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system;
- collecting, by the management entity, the data for the entity utilizing a set of protocols selected using knowledge defined by a first data model of a data model list derived from an information model of the communications system;
- and
- saving, by the management entity, the data collected.
A management entity comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to collect the data for the entity utilizing a set of protocols selected using knowledge defined by a first data model of a data model list derived from an information model of the communications system, and to save the data collected.
A management system comprising:
- a managed entity;
- and
- a management entity operatively coupled to the managed entity, the management entity including a receiver configured to receive a request to collect data for the managed entity in a communications system, and a processor operatively coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to collect the data for the managed entity utilizing a set of protocols selected using knowledge defined by a first data model of a data model list derived from an information model of the communications system, and to save the data collected.
A method for management entity operations, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a management entity, a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system;
- collecting, by the management entity, data for the entity utilizing a set of protocols selected using knowledge defined by a first data model of a data model list derived from an information model of the communications system;
- detecting, by the management entity, that the data collected includes an object that cannot be recognized;
- replacing, by the management entity, the unrecognizable object in the data collected with an equivalent recognizable object thereby producing revised data collected;
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- saving, by the management entity, the revised data collected.
The method of claim 36, wherein the unrecognizable object is related to an optional plurality of objects that is detected and identified.
A management entity comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a request to collect data for an entity in a communications system;
- and
- a processor operatively coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to collect data for the entity utilizing a set of protocols selected using knowledge defined by a first data model of a data model list derived from an information model of the communications system, to detect that the data collected includes an object that cannot be recognized, to replace the unrecognizable object in the data collected with an equivalent recognizable object thereby producing revised data collected, and to save the revised data collected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.