Patent ID: 7184414
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a system including an integrated testing and analysis system (INTAS), a broadband network management system (BNMS), and an element management system (EMS) for a data network, a method for obtaining a map of the data network, comprising: receiving a first command message from the INTAS including information required for obtaining the network map and communicating with the EMS; searching a database of the BNMS to identify all relevant permanent virtual circuits (PVCs); and generating and sending a second command message to the EMS with instructions for communicating with a switch of the data network to obtain link management interface (LMI) status information for logical ports of at least one of the identified PVCs; receiving the LMI status information from the EMS, wherein the EMS receives the LMI status from the switch; transmitting the network map to the INTAS.