Patent ID: 8199656

Claim:
In a telecommunications network, having at least one operations support system, a method for automatic provisioning and maintenance of the at least one operations support system, the method comprising: receiving from the at least one operations support system a request related to virtual network elements of at least one Element Management System (EMS) client, the virtual network elements configured to simulate the behavior of the at least one EMS client; creating a virtual subnetwork circuit for one or more of the virtual network elements, the virtual subnetwork circuit including a first and a second simulated EMS client, the first and second simulated EMS client each including a data set of detailed data descriptions based on the request for each of the virtual network elements using a database having information on attributes associated with the virtual network elements, and provisioning logic, wherein the virtual subnetwork circuit connects the virtual network elements between the first and second simulated EMS client; transmitting the resulting data set to one of the at least one operations support system which submitted the request; and transmitting an asynchronous notification of the resulting data set to all of the at least one operations support system.