Patent ID: 7610371
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for mediating event records between a generation layer of events and an operation system layer of events in a communications network by means of a mediation layer of events, which includes at least one first self-contained component, at least one second self-contained component, and at least one third self-contained component, which first, second, and third self-contained components operate independently of each other, and wherein the mediation layer of events further comprises at least one buffer, the method comprising passing the event records through a processing chain of the at least three self-contained components, starting from one of the first self-contained components, then through one of the third self-contained components, and finally through one of the second self-contained components, and for said mediating and passing, the method further comprising: collecting the event records from an element of the generation layer of events substantially continuously as a stream, by the first self-contained component in the processing chain, processing the collected event records substantially continuously in the processing chain, wherein the step of processing includes: