Christopher B Hunt

US Patent:

53352297, Aug 2, 1994

Filed:

Dec 14, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/990385

Inventors:

Christopher J. Hunt - Howell NJ
C. Daniel Vanevic - Fremont NH

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04J 312
H04L 1224

US Classification:

3701101

Abstract:

Development cost and time required to support new transmission interfaces is reduced in a digital communication system including a network element provisioned as a Directory Services Network Element (DSNE) by partitioning the telecommunications management network in such a manner that permits the integration of the DSNE with other network elements, or portions thereof, to present an external appearance of it being a single, integrated network element from an OAM&P perspective. This is realized by provisioning the integrated network element, or portions thereof, such that it can only provide its identity information to the DSNE and can only receive the DSNE identity information. The DSNE will not provide the identity information of the integrated network element, or portions thereof, to any network elements in a sub-network interfaced to the integrated network element. Consequently, the fact that the network element, or portions thereof, has been integrated into the DSNE is transparent to the network elements in the interface sub-network and the DSNE and integrated network element appear to the sub-network as a single "new DSNE".

US Patent:

55398812, Jul 23, 1996

Filed:

Dec 14, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/990479

Inventors:

Christopher J. Hunt - Howell NJ
Christopher S. Welles - Weston MA

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G06F 1100
G06F 1122

US Classification:

39520002

Abstract:

In a telecommunications management network including a network element provisioned as a so-called Directory Services Network Element (DSNE) and at least one sub-network intended to include one or more network elements, automatic registration network element identity information is realized by employing a routing exchange protocol to dynamically maintain identity information of network elements reachable within the network, enhancing the routing exchange protocol interface to automatically supply an indication of detection of a newly reachable network element to an applications layer protocol, and using the indentity information of a newly reachable network element in the applications layer protocol of the DSNE to establish communications with the newly reachable network element. Then, the newly reachable network element supplies additional identity information (e. g. , its name, network address and the like) to the DSNE.