Patent ID: 9100267
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of managing an equipment by a management device in a communications network, comprising: managing, with said management device, a management information base in the form of referenced objects conforming to a reference specification; according to a first protocol, exchanging, with said equipment, management data in the form of data structures indicated by patterns each of which corresponds to a respective referenced object and is assigned a respective identifier, wherein, the data structures indicated by patterns according to the first protocol are different from data structures defined by the reference specification; wherein, for managing a given object, the management device and the equipment store the same synchronization information, said synchronization information associates a reference of the given object and an identifier of a corresponding pattern; sending, from the equipment to the management device, the corresponding pattern to which the identifier is assigned and a data ticket having a structure indicated by said pattern and assigned said identifier; and translating the corresponding pattern received by the management device into the respective referenced object as a function of said synchronization information and, based on the translation, storing data included in the data ticket in the management information base of the management device, wherein the synchronization information is received and stored on starting up the management device or on starting up the equipment and wherein said first protocol is the IPFIX protocol employing the options template flowset pattern as a synchronization pattern.