| 摘要 |
<p>A universal agent (42) for interfacing a telecommunications management network (TMN) with a managed network (47) having a plurality of network elements (50) which are not compliant with TMN standards. The universal agent polls (71) the non-standard network elements to initially determine the number and types of network elements in the managed network, and subsequently determine the status of the network elements. The universal agent receives requests (63) from a manager in the TMN and sends those requests to the non-standard network elements. The agent retrieves management information from the non-standard network elements, and maps (74) that management information to a plurality of standard generic managed object models. The universal agent interfaces with the manager via a standard Q3 interface.</p> |
