Patent ID: 8868725
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for real-time management of wireless and converged networks, comprising steps of: determining a network topology including a plurality of network clusters having a plurality of network elements; providing a management system to define and maintain a master copy of network configurations, sensor attributes and said plurality of network elements; said management system deploying sensors to the plurality of network elements, wherein each of said sensors emulates a respective element to which each of said sensors is deployed; said sensors determining which information items of said network elements are of a type which must change in real-time based on a pre-emptive diagnostics of said network elements and said network clusters; said sensor systems generating instructions to the management system and other sensors using bit mapped vectors to represent a real-time status of said network elements, and one or more of fault, configuration, performance, accounting, security, and control network management types and services in the wireless and converged networks and controls, and non-optimal components of network elements; responsive to said instructions from said sensor systems, a plurality of recipient sensors performs real-time analysis and determines corrective actions to maintain optimal network operations and network services; responsive to said real-time analysis, said recipient sensors provide real-time information to said management system; responsive to said real-time analysis from said recipient sensors, said management system updates the master copy of the network topology and said network element attributes; said management system instructs operation support systems about the real-time status of the network and components of the said network elements; and wherein said management system is configured to create a service element based on a requirement of a sensor entity; identifying a supervisory sensor for each of said plurality of network clusters among said sensors; determining at least one of said sensors is an unreachable sensor; and routing traffic around said unreachable sensor through said supervisory sensor to manage communication among said sensors and across network clusters and network elements in response to said determination.