Patent ID: 6330601
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
An interface module permitting a first network level management system to represent at least two different logical levels of a multi-level communication system, namely a first network level and a second network level, the first network level management system capable of receiving data from the first network level representative of events and conditions in the first network level, the data from the first network level being established according to a first protocol, said interface module including:an input for receiving data from a second network level management system representative of events and conditions in the second network level, the data from the second network level being established according to a second protocol;conversion functional block responsive to reception of data at said input for translating the data at said input into data according to the first protocol;an output for releasing the data according to the first protocol, the data according to the first protocol being suitable for processing by the first network level management system permitting the first network level management system to provide a representation of the first network level and at least a portion of the second network level.