Patent ID: 6138154
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of management information communication between a network management system center called as a manager, which manages the communication network according to a Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP), and at least one switching node called as an agent which is managed by the manager, comprising the steps of:transmitting, a management instruction sentence composed of a transfer syntax in accordance with an algorithm based on ITU-T recommendation from the network management system center to at least a specified switching node;converting the management instruction sentence formed according to the transfer syntax to an abstract syntactic sentence composed of parameters of a CMIS which is regulated within the management information communication system, at the specified switching node on receiving the management instruction sent from the network management center;converting said abstract syntactic sentence to a format of Graphic User Interface (GUI) corresponding to an existing application software;transferring said GUI to said application software;converting GUI expressed sentences of an execution result of said application software, an event occurred in the switching node, and a state change to an abstract syntactic sentences; andconverting the abstract syntactic sentences to transfer syntax and transmitting the transfer syntax to said network management system center.