Patent ID: 6347336
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for automatic discovery and positioning of network elements, said method comprising:a fiber loop carrier-curb network management system having a plurality of fiber loop carrier-curb optical network systems, a host digital terminal for each fiber loop carrier-curb optical network system, and a plurality of optical network units, said fiber loop carrier-curb network management system performing the steps of: automatically assigning an identification number and a position on a variable visual display to each network element of a plurality of fiber loop carrier-curb optical network systems and storing the information of each said identification number and position to a database of said fiber loop carrier-curb network management system; designating a selected one of a fiber loop carrier-curb optical network system from said plurality of fiber loop carrier-curb optical network systems for automatic discovery of optical network units in said selected fiber loop carrier-curb optical network system; making a determination as to whether optical network units of said selected fiber loop carrier-curb optical network system are added or deleted, and automatically notifying the information about said determination to said fiber loop carrier-curb network management system; when said determination establishes that an optical network unit has been added, automatically generating an icon corresponding to said added optical network unit and placing said generated icon in a designated position of a star network topology; and when said determination establishes that an optical network unit has been deleted, removing the icon corresponding to said optical network unit from said designated position in said star network topology.