Patent ID: 7139244
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for inventorying a switch fabric in a broadband access network multiplexing element, the multiplexing element comprising a managed element in a broadband access network management system coordinated by a network manager, the method comprising: inventorying a switch fabric in a broadband access network multiplexing element in a broadband access network from a remote location; forming a portion of the broadband access network with a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM); establishing communication with an element manager in the plurality of element managers from the remote location, the element manager comprising an intermediary between the network manager and the multiplexing element; gathering status information for the multiplexing element in a plurality of multiplexing elements by issuing a first interface retrieve command to the element manager from the remote location, wherein gathering the status information comprises determining a number of logical cross-connects provisioned in the multiplexing elements; gathering status information for the switch fabric by issuing a second interface retrieve command to the multiplexing element from the remote location by utilizing the status information from the element manager; repeating the gathering status information for the switch fabric for each remaining multiplexing element in the plurality of multiplexing elements; repeating the gathering status information for the element manager for each remaining element manager in the plurality of element managers; receiving and compiling the status information into a report; and maintaining an inventory of the number of cross-connects in the DSLAM and in the broadband access network from the remote location.