Patent ID: 8886186
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of assessing the compatibility of a selected feature in a network element or elements with the network features of an existing telecommunications network, the method comprising: a) providing, by at least one processor, a model of the network features defining the relationships between the network features, network elements, software elements and software features required for each network feature; b) collecting, by the at least one processor, information about said existing telecommunications network to identify the deployment of the feature in the existing network; c) building, by the at least one processor, a feature compatibility matrix from said model using said information collected from the existing telecommunications network, said matrix defining the compatibility of network features in said existing telecommunications network; d) interrogating, by the at least one processor, the matrix with information defining the parameters of the selected feature; and e) determining, by the at least one processor, from said matrix whether said selected feature is compatible with features of the existing network.