US 5,285,494 AGranted

Network management system

AssigneePacTel Corporation

InventorsJerry W. Sprecher, Donald J. Winters, Jr., Amirali S. Rajwany, Michael W. Dodson, Gene R. Penning, Darryl F. Harrington, Simon Chou

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Abstract

A system and method for network support that addresses the needs of a cellular phone system which handles large volumes of information. The invention comprises a complex computer network for performing various tasks including data collection and processing, equipment inventory management, customer service, tactical surveillance, trend forecasting, modeling and other interrelated processes. The system incorporates state-of-the-art computer hardware and software into an engineering platform for providing a modular base to accommodate multiple applications as well as to ease integration of future applications.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for managing and integrating data in a cellular telephone network comprising:

(a) a computer network including means for collecting real-time data and near real-time data from a plurality of telephone network elements, master server means for receiving and formatting the data, slave server means coupled to the master server means for parsing and reformatting the data;
(b) a plurality of modular task handlers running on the computer network for application by at least one user, the plurality of modular task handlers being easily integrated with future application programs, the modular task handlers including,
(i) means for processing the data,
(ii) on-line relational data base means for storing the data,
(iii) means for managing equipment inventory in response to the processing of the data,
(iv) means for providing customer service in response to the processing of the data,
(v) means for providing tactical surveillance in response to the processing of the data,
(vi) means for providing trend forecasting in response to the processing of the data,
(vii) means for modeling cell sites in response to the processing of the data;
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(c) a plurality of user workstations coupled together and to the master server means and slave server means through the computer network, for providing user access to the plurality of modular task handlers.

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Facts

Application: 07/922,856Filed 31 Jul 1992
Granted: 8 Feb 1994
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04W 24/00
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
H04L 41/22
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: comprising specially…
H04Q 3/0062
Arrangements providing connection between exchanges: provisions for network management
H04W 16/18
Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures: network planning tools