Patent ID: 8332533
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a test of a functionality of network resources in a communication network having a first device on a first management level, a second device on a second management level that is a lower level than the first level, and a manufacturer-independent interface between the first device and the second device using an information model that is based on functional, manufacturer-independent object classes and/or objects that model the network resources from a functional, manufacturer-independent point of view, comprising: initiating, by the first device, one or more tests of the functionality of the network resources and transmitting, from the first device to the second device via the interface, a message requesting the one or more tests; generating, by the second device upon receiving the message, a parameter value that uniquely identifies each of the one or more tests and transmitting, by the second device, each parameter value to the first device via the interface; executing, by the second device as a result of receiving the message requesting the one or more tests, the one or more tests; and upon completion of execution of each of the one or more tests by the second device, transmitting, from the second device to the first device via the interface, an additional message containing the respective parameter value along with results of the respective test.