Lucent Technologies Inc.

Michael P Foley

Kurt A Vangsness

Girish Rai

Philip M Parsons

Jerome Edward Rog

William E Barker

Lisa M Connelly

Kenneth R Macfarlane

Marvin A Eggert

Gary Raymond Barrett

A telecommunications network( ) having a distributive network management system( ) for remotely managing the plurality of network elements( ) has a management computer, or work station( ) with a management program communicating through the Internet by via managed object commands. An element management server( ) communicates through the computer Internet with the plurality of network elements( ) via a simplified network management protocol, or SNMP, to communicate management information concerning the plurality of network elements( ). The managed objects are responsive to managed object commands from the management computer( ) to provide the management information to the management program and to take actions as directed. Commands are composed in EMAPI notation to render them independent of any protocol used between the element manager server( ) and the managed network elements( ). Communications between the management computer( ) and the element manager server( ) utilizes CORBA.

Telecommunications network with a distributive network management system

A method is provided for controlling a network element from a client at a remote work station connectable to the network, the network, element is registered for attributes to be tracked, and attributes associated with the network element are polled only if the client requests the monitoring of the network element.

Method for controlling a network element from a remote workstation

In accordance with the invention, a method is provided for remotely managing a plurality of network element of a telecommunications network through a special communication link including a computer internet such as a local area network, the world wide web or the Internet. A management computer is connected to an element management system server through a communication link including the computer internet. At least one of the plurality of network elements is also coupled to the element management server through the computer internet and the at least one of the plurality of network elements is managed via communications conveyed through the element management server between the management computer and the at least one network element.

Method for computer internet remote management of a telecommunication network element

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Michael P Foley