Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Verizon Laboratories Inc.

William James Moran

Michael T Bayne

Lily F Chen

Stephen S Liu

Dhaval V Thaker

Anurag K Mishra

Benjamin Pomales

Randolph Torres

Syed Raza

Srinivasu Narumanchi

A network device receives a first configuration management message from a first network element, where the first configuration management message has a first data format. The network device translates the first configuration management message from the first data format to a Common Network Data (CND) model format to produce a first translated message, where the CND model format comprises a graph schema based on nodes, edges, and properties to represent and store configuration management message data. The network device stores the first translated message in a CND model format data structure for subsequent use in message querying, message comparison, message anomaly detection, or message discrepancy detection.

Network management data translation, querying, and discrepancy detection

Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to receive input from a user, the input including information associated with a change to a network element configuration; process the information associated with the change to a network element configuration, receive an indication from the network element that the network element configuration was successfully changed, and notify a provisioning system of the change to the network element configuration based on the indication from the network element configuration that the network element configuration was successfully changed.

Network management system integrated with provisioning system

Policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth is disclosed. In one of many possible embodiments, a system is provided for policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth. The system includes a layer-specific operation support subsystem (OSS) configured to manage network elements that form a sub-network over an optical transport network. The optical transport network provides bandwidth-on-demand provisioning capabilities. The layer-specific OSS includes one or more predefined bandwidth provisioning policies. The layer-specific OSS is configured to selectively request on-demand provisioning of bandwidth on the sub-network based on the predefined bandwidth provisioning policies.

Systems and methods for policy-based intelligent provisioning of optical transport bandwidth

Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to maintain a policy within a network management system, receive a command to be executed on one of the one or more network elements, determine whether the command can be executed on the one of the one or more network elements based on the policy maintained within the network management system, and provide an indication that the command can be executed on the one of the one or more network elements based on a determination that the command can be executed on the one of the one or more network elements.

Policy management within a network management system

Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to receive a logical command associated with a network management system to be executed on a network element, convert the logical command into a physical command associated with the network element, communicate the physical command to the network element.

Network element abstraction within a network management system

Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to receive a logical command, the logical command being associated with a target identifier of a network element, determine connection parameters of the network element based on the target identifier, define a work flow based on the logical command, the work flow including a connection manager work unit, and execute the connection manager work unit to retrieve a connection from a connection pool based on the connection parameters.

Network element connection management within a network management system

Toothpick and holder

Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to receive a command associated with the network management system, define a work flow based on the command, and execute the work flow on a network element. During execution of the work flow, a network management system determines whether a recovery is necessary and performs a recovery based on a determination that a recovery is necessary.

Network management using dynamic recovery and transitioning

Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to observe one or more network elements associated with a network, receive an indication of an event relating to one or more network element configurations associated with the network, observe a potential outcome associated with the network, store the potential outcome such that the potential outcome is associated with the event, determine a probable outcome based on the potential outcome and store the probable outcome such that the probable outcome is associated with the event.

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Wesley Chapel, FL, United States of America

William James Moran