Patent ID: 8717978

Claim:
A method for implementing self-discovery of network element, comprising: step A: importing layout data of a newly-established network element to a network manager of the newly-established network element, wherein the layout data contains identifier information of the newly-established network element and basic information of the newly-established network element; step B: sending, by the newly-established network element, after the newly-established network element is powered on, the identifier information of the newly-established network element to one or more adjacent network elements and requesting to find the basic information of the newly-established network element; and step C: requesting, by one adjacent network element of the one or more adjacent network elements, according to the identifier information of the newly-established network element, the network manager of the newly-established network element to find the basic information of the newly-established network element, and sending back to the newly-established network element the basic information of the newly-established network element found by the network manager of the newly-established network element together with the identifier information of the newly-established network element.