US 6,058,103 A · Network management system

Abstract

A system and method for managing a telecommunications network. The system and method employs a network management architecture that provides an overlay in which network management functions are performed. The network management architecture includes a workstation function that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user to interact with an object model of the physical telecommunications network, a telecommunications network management subsystem that provides an object model of the network including object models of network equipment and connectivity between the equipment, a database subsystem that stores "current" and "future" views of the network, and an object request broker that translates objects from a first object-oriented paradigm to a second object-oriented paradigm for use by the GUI. The network management architecture facilitates network design by determining network performance metrics. The network architecture can also be used to assess the performance of a given network configuration by virtue of simulation. The network architecture can also be used to initialize switchover logic for network restoration.

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A telecommunications network management system, comprising:

a network object model representing a telecommunications network having a plurality of sites that are physically interconnected by a plurality of physical connections and logically interconnected by a plurality of logical connections, said network object model being created from information extracted from said telecommunications network;
first display means for displaying a topological view of said telecommunications network, said topological view providing a view of said plurality of sites and said plurality of logical connections interconnecting said sites according to said network object model, each of said plurality of logical connections identifying a pair of sites that are configured to communicate with one another, and each of said plurality of logical connections being associated with one or more of said plurality of physical connections;
second display means for displaying a topographical view of said telecommunications network, said topographical view providing a view of said plurality of sites and said physical connections interconnecting said plurality of sites;
selecting means for selecting a logical connection displayed in said topological view;
and
a linking means for linking said topographical view with said topological view, wherein said linking means highlights said one or more physical connections associated with a selected logical connection.

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