Patent ID: 6400689
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A network service management apparatus used in communication services which are provided on one or a plurality of networks, comprising:a network managing part managing network elements, a physical link, or a path, which constructs said network; a service managing part managing the services which are provided on said network; a policy management information part managing a work definition of a user which is connected to said network; and a service management information generating part generating information which is provided to the user by relating information from said network managing part with information from said service managing part and, further referring to said policy management information part in response to a request from the user to generate information to be provided to the user, only information needed by said user individually being generated and provided, wherein said service management information generating part comprises: an element accessing part collecting information from network elements; a domain managing part which serves as an upper module of said element accessing part and divides said network into domains and manages the domains, each of which is managed by each subnetwork manager; and a multi-domain managing part, provided in every said network, and setting and releasing an end-to-end communication path on said network as an upper module of said domain managing part.