Patent ID: 8462639

Claim:
A computer-readable storage device to store instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations to provision and maintain an operations support system associated with a telecommunications network, the operations comprising: receiving, from the operations support system, a request associated with a virtual network element of an element management system client, the virtual network element simulating behavior of the element management system client; creating a virtual subnetwork circuit associated with the virtual network element, the virtual subnetwork circuit including first and second simulated element management system clients, the first and second simulated element management system clients including a set of data descriptions based on the request associated with the virtual network element using a database including attribute information associated with the virtual network element and provisioning logic, the virtual subnetwork circuit connecting the virtual network element between the first and second simulated element management system clients; transmitting the set of data descriptions to the operations support system; and transmitting an asynchronous notification associated with the set of data descriptions to the operations support system.