Patent ID: 6477566
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
In a communications network comprising a plurality of network elements, each network element having a plurality of physical resources arranged into a plurality of pre-configured structures, a method of proving management data describing functional resources for one of said plurality of network elements, the method comprising:representing said functional resources by relating each said pre-configured structure with one or more predefined data templates which describe functional resources which are predefined according to a predetermined multi-layered communications protocol model; and referring to said pre-configured structures and related templates by means of a message generated by said network element, wherein said predefined functional resources comprise at least one termination point in a layer of said predetermined multi-layered communications protocol, at least one adaptation capability for adapting between said layer of said termination point and a client layer, and an internal connection capability for connecting said at least one termination point within said one of said plurality of network elements.