Patent ID: 9572046
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: electronically communicating to a network management entity of a public land mobile network by another management entity of said public land mobile network, one or more notifications of the extent of progress of an operation performed remotely from the network management entity at a network element, in accordance with one or more input parameters, wherein the one or more input parameters specify one or more partial completion targets at which to provide said notification, and wherein the one or more input parameters are obtained by downloading of a network element software from a specified location, installing of the software at the network element, and activating of the network element software that has been downloaded or installed at the network element; and cancelling by the network management entity an uncompleted operation, in response to the one or more notifications, when the extent of progress fails to meet a predetermined progress rate threshold, wherein the uncompleted operation occurs in the network element.