Controling elements of a telecommunications network
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorsAdam Spector, Paul Abraham
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Abstract
A plurality of elements of a system, such as a telecommunications network are controlled by generating a generic instruction, in a generator selecting the element for which the instruction is directed, in a matcher and interface module and transmitting the instruction to the respective elements. By transmitting a generic instruction applicable to all relevant elements the operator of the system can control all the elements with a single instruction. A generic instruction can be translated in translators into separate instructions applicable to each individual element or defined groups of elements.
Claims23
A method of controlling a telecommunications network, the network comprising at least two groups of elements, wherein at least some of the elements of at least two of the groups are capable of performing a predetermined function in response to a group-specific instruction, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a generic instruction, for performance by a selected group of the elements there being a plurality of the elements in at least one selected group;
- converting the generic instruction to group-specific instructions appropriate to each group of elements in which there is at least one of the selected elements;
- and
- transmitting to each selected element the group-specific instruction appropriate to its group.
A controller for a telecommunications network, the network comprising at least two groups of elements, wherein at least some of the elements of at least two of the groups are capable of performing a predetermined function in response to a group-specific instruction, the controller comprising:
- means for selecting a plurality of the elements, to which an instruction to perform the predetermined function is to be transmitted;
- means for generating a generic instruction, for performance by the selected plurality of the elements;
- means for converting the generic instruction to group-specific instructions appropriate to each of plural groups of elements in which there at least one of the selected elements;
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- means for transmitting to each selected element the group-specific instruction appropriate to its group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.