Patent ID: 6018625
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of constructing a management base of a communications network, said communications network comprising:a plurality of components, each component comprising a unit of manufacture providing a functionality within said network, and which is capable of being managed individually as a discrete entity;said plurality of components arranged into a plurality of assemblies of components, each said assembly arranged to cooperate with other said assemblies, and each said assembly capable of being managed as a whole;said method comprising the steps of:representing an overall functionality of said network by an application model, in which each said function of said network is modeled independently of its implementation within said network;decomposing said application model into an implementation model, in which every function represented by said application model is represented in said implementation model;representing said application model as a first plurality of objects;modeling a connectivity layering between individual modeled functions within said application model;representing said implementation model as a second plurality of objects;connecting said first plurality of objects with said second plurality of objects to obtain a combined object model; andconstructing said management base in accordance with said combined object model.