Network management system and graphical user interface
AssigneeQwest Communications International Inc.
InventorsJohn T. Pugaczewski, Jeffrey T. Kays, Nicholas P. Chantiloupe, Fred M. Hendricks
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Abstract
A network management system and graphical user interface for configuring a network connection between first and second service access points utilizes a configuration manager and information manager to provide a generic set of models so that different manufacturer's nodal processors and other network hardware can be inserted into the network with minimal changes to the software which controls the device. The system comprises an information manager including routing information for the network. The configuration manager operates to establish a connection across each subnet on the route by sending requests to element managers to program the subnet elements.
Claims10
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executable by a computer to provide, to a user, a user interface to a network management system for configuring a network connection between a provider access point and a user access point over a network including a permanent virtual circuit between a switch and the user access point, the medium further comprising:
- instructions for providing a user interface to the user at the user access point that interfaces the user with the network management system and that directs the user to select a connection bandwidth for the permanent virtual circuit between the switch and the user access point;
- instructions for receiving at the network management system, through the user interface, a message indicative of a selected bandwidth from the user;
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- instructions for remotely provisioning the switch with the network management system in response to receiving the message to throttle the network connection at the switch such that the connection bandwidth between the switch and the user access point is limited by the user selected bandwidth thereby allowing the user, from the user access point, to interface with the network management system and select a bandwidth that is, in turn, provisioned as the connection bandwidth between the switch and the user access point.
A method for providing, to a user, a user interface to a network management system for configuring a network connection between a provider access point and a user access point over a network including a permanent virtual circuit between a switch and the user access point, the method further comprising:
- establishing a graphical user interface to the user at the user access point that interfaces the user with the network management system;
- directing the user, through the user interface, to select a connection bandwidth for the permanent virtual circuit between the switch and the user access point;
- receiving at the network management system, through the user interface, a message indicative of a selected bandwidth from the user;
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- remotely provisioning the switch with the network management system in response to receiving the message to throttle the network connection at the switch such that the connection bandwidth between the switch and the user access point is limited by the user selected bandwidth thereby allowing the user, from the user access point, to interface with the network management system and select a bandwidth that is, in turn, provisioned as the connection bandwidth between the switch and the user access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.