Patent ID: 8239476
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network alarm message processing system, a network alarm message provided by a network element of a network, the network alarm message being in a first message format; converting, by the network alarm message processing system, the network alarm message in the first message format to a new network alarm message defined in accordance with a network universal message format, the converting comprising: providing, by the network alarm message processing system, the new network alarm message in the network universal message format to a network surveillance module, wherein the network surveillance module conducts surveillance of the network by performing a root-cause analysis based at least in part on the new network alarm message in the network universal message format; receiving, by the network alarm message processing system, a request to add a new mapping data file and a new translation rules data file to a storage facility of the network alarm message processing system, the new mapping data file and the new translation rules data file associated with a second message format; and adding, by the network alarm message processing system, the new mapping data file and the new translation rules data file to the storage facility for use in translating one or more network alarm messages from the second message format to the network universal message format, wherein the adding of the new mapping data file and the new translation rules data file is performed without interrupting surveillance of the network.