Management information base (MIB) with threshold crossing alert (TCA) profiles
AssigneeECI Telecom Ltd.
InventorsYuval Lorian, Michal Nosatzki
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Abstract
A logical Management Information Base (MIB) residing in a Network Element (NE) including one or more Performance Management (PM) Group managed entities each having at least one PM Counter attribute, and a pointer; and a Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) profile managed entity, each instance thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and an associated threshold value, where an instance of an PM Group managed entity points to an instance of the TCA profile managed entity whose at least one PM Counter attribute match those of the PM Group managed entity whereupon each of whose at least one PM Counter attribute is correspondingly assigned a threshold value from the TCA profile managed entity instance.
Claims20
For use with a Network Element (NE) in a telecommunication network, the NE having a logical Management Information Base (MIB) resident therein, the MIB comprising:
- (a) one or more Performance Management (PM) Group managed entities each having at least one PM Counter attribute, and a pointer;
- and
- (b) a Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) profile managed entity, each instance thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and an associated threshold value,
- where an instance of an PM Group managed entity points to an instance of said TCA profile managed entity whose said at least one PM Counter attribute match those of said PM Group managed entity instance whereupon each of whose said at least one PM Counter attribute is correspondingly assigned a threshold value from said TCA profile managed entity instance.
A method for assigning a threshold value to a Performance Management (PM) Counter of a logical Management Information Base (MIB) resident in a Network Element (NE) of a telecommunication network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a MIB with one or more Performance Management (PM) Group managed entities each having at least one PM Counter attribute, and a pointer;
- and a Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) profile managed entity, each instance thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and an associated threshold value;
- and
- (b) pointing an instance of an PM Group managed entity to an instance of the TCA profile managed entity whose at least one PM Counter attribute match those of the PM Group managed entity whereupon each of whose at least one PM Counter attribute is correspondingly assigned a threshold value from the TCA profile managed entity instance.
A program storage device readable by a machine and tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for assigning a threshold to a Performance Management (PM) Counter of a logical Management Information Base (MIB) resident in a Network Element (NE) of a telecommunication network, the method steps including:
- (a) providing a MIB with one or more Performance Management (PM) Group managed entities each having at least one PM Counter attribute, and a pointer;
- and a Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) profile managed entity, each instance thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and an associated threshold value;
- and
- (b) pointing an instance of an PM Group managed entity instance to an instance of the TCA profile managed entity whose at least one PM Counter attribute match those of the PM Group managed entity whereupon each of whose at least one PM Counter attribute is correspondingly assigned a threshold value from the TCA profile managed entity instance.
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for assigning a threshold to a Performance Management (PM) Counter of a logical Management Information Base (MIB) resident in a Network Element (NE) of a telecommunication network, the MIB including:
- (a) one or more Performance Management (PM) Group managed entities, each one thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and a pointer;
- and
- (b) a one or more Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) profile managed entity, each instance thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and an associated threshold value,
- where an instance of an PM Group managed entity points to an instance of said TCA profile managed entity whose said at least one PM Counter attribute match those of said PM Group managed entity whereupon each of whose said at least one PM Counter attribute is correspondingly assigned a threshold value from said TCA profile managed entity instance.
A telecommunication network comprising:
- a Network Management Station (NMS);
- and
- at least one Network Element (NE) associated with said NMS, said at least one NE having a logical Management Information Base (MIB) resident therein the MIB comprising:
- (a) one or more Performance Management (PM) Group managed entities, each one thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and a pointer;
- and
- (b) a one or more Threshold Crossing Alert (TCA) profile managed entity, each instance thereof having at least one PM Counter attribute, and an associated threshold value,
- where an instance of an PM Group managed entity points to an instance of said TCA profile managed entity whose said at least one PM Counter attribute match those of said PM Group managed entity whereupon each of whose said at least one PM Counter attribute is correspondingly assigned a threshold value from said TCA profile managed entity instance.
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