US 7,552,201 B2Granted

Method and system for configuration control in telecommunications networks

AssigneeTelecom Italia S.p.A.

InventorsMarco Areddu, Riccardo Arizio, Claudio Claretto, Luigi De Martino, Gabriele Gentile

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Abstract

The configuration of telecommunications-network elements is controlled by first generating a model configuration of the elements comprising, for at least one function of each element subjected to control, a respective model of implementation of the function itself. For each element subjected to control, at least one respective set of configuration data of the element itself is collected and, again for each element subjected to control and in the absence of interaction with the element itself, correspondence is verified between the one function as implemented on the basis of the at least one respective set of configuration data of the element and the model of implementation of the function itself included in the model configuration. These steps of generating, collecting and verifying are done relative to an interfacing element between two nodes of the plurality or a plurality of respective sets of configuration data of the element.

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Dependent claims

A method for controlling the configuration of elements of a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of nodes, the method comprising the steps of:

generating a model configuration of said elements comprising, for at least one function of each element subjected to control, a respective model of implementation of the function itself,
collecting, for each element subjected to control, at least one respective set of configuration data of the element itself,
verifying, for each element subjected to control and in the absence of interaction with the element itself correspondence between said at least one function as implemented on the basis of said at least one respective set of configuration data of the element and said model of implementation of the function itself included in said model configuration, and
performing the steps of generating a model configuration, collecting said at least one respective set of configuration data of the element and verifying said correspondence in relation with at least one of the group including:
an interfacing element between two nodes of said plurality, and
a plurality of respective sets of configuration data of said element, said plurality of respective sets of configuration data expressing respective different configuration states of the element.

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A system for controlling the configuration of elements of a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of nodes, the system comprising:

a database containing a model configuration of the elements of said network and comprising
for at least one function of each element subjected to control a respective model of implementation of the function itself,
for each element subjected to control at least one respective set of configuration data of the element itself,
for each element subjected to control a verification module to verify in the absence of interaction with the element itself correspondence between said at least one function, as implemented on the basis of said at least one respective set of configuration data, and said model of implementation of the function itself included in said model configuration, and
a model configuration as well as a set of configuration data to allow the verification by said verification module in relation with an interfacing element between two nodes of said plurality or a plurality of respective sets of configuration data of said element, said plurality of respective sets of configuration data expressing respective different configuration states of the element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.