Patent ID: 7536716
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing a network element (NE) of a communication network between a plurality of operators, said method comprising the following steps: providing all NEs that include elements that do not support management by said operators in a compartment of a compartmented network management system (NMS) with a label conversion gateway( LCG) that acts as a reverse proxy for said NMS and provides at least one of said operators with management access to said NE; mapping, with said LCG, an incoming service request with a management service to be executed by said NE as defined by a Labeling Conversion Policy (LCP) stored in a database on said NE; making changes corresponding to entries in said LCP, when needed, to at least one of the following: executing, at said NE, said service according to a policy pre-established for said operators of said compartment of said NMS,