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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1998
Mary Maureen Weber, Tempe, AZ (US);
George Xenakis, Tempe, AZ (US);
Gerald James Hogg, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
James Edward Greenwood, Jr., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods (,, and,) and a multi-layer service management system (,) enable mutilayer service management in a global network environment in a communication system (,) which includes a core network (,) and multiple Distributed Virtual Network Segments (DVNSs) (,). The system (,) includes a network service manager (,) capable of managing a set of services for operating the core network, DVNS service managers (DVNSMs) (,) residing within a core side (,) and a product side (,) of each item of DVNS equipment (,) for managing a first and second set of services associated with the DVNS and also a set of value added services (,) provided through the DVNS equipment (,), and a processor/server,residing within customer premises equipment (CPE) (,) for enabling provision of value added services to the CPE. Methods (,, and,) enable management of services using the service management system (,) by distributing service management across the layers of the network architecture (,).