Patent ID: 7293082

Claim:
A switching system for modeling a telecommunications network, comprising: a chassis system operable to transmit and receive data; and a modeling system operable to generate a model of a telecommunications network for use by the chassis system by: representing a first physical element of the telecommunications network by a child node, the child node having a child service state; representing a second physical element of the telecommunications network by a first parent node, the first parent node having a first parent service state, the first physical element physically dependent on the second physical element; linking the child node and the first parent node with a containment link, the containment link indicating that the first physical element is physically dependent on the second physical element; storing the first parent service state in the child node; generating a second parent node in response to a triggering occurrence, the second parent node representing a logical element of the telecommunications network, the second parent node having a second parent service state, the first physical element logically dependent on the logical element in accordance with a dynamic condition; linking the child node and the second parent node with a dynamic link, the dynamic link indicating that the first physical element is logically dependent on the logical element; and storing the second parent service state in the child node.