Network management for wireless appliances in a mobile data network

摘要

A network management system utilizes an element manager at the RNC level to reduce the workload and efficiently manage multiple wireless appliances in a mobile data network. Management communications from the network management system flow through the element manager to all devices under the RNC level appliance hosting the element manager. The element manager provides for fault management, performance monitoring and configuration of the many breakout appliances and reports necessary information back to the network management system.

主权项

1. A method for a network management system in a mobile data network, the method comprising the steps of:
a plurality of antennas sending and receiving network messages between user equipment and a plurality of basestations in the radio access network, each basestation communicating with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas; wherein each basestation includes a first service mechanism that defines an existing first data path in the radio access network for non-broken out data, defines a second data path for broken out data, identifies first data corresponding to a user equipment (UE) received from a corresponding basestation as data to be broken out, sends the first data on the second data path, and forwards other data that is not broken out on the first data path; providing a second service mechanism in the mobile data network that communicates with the first service mechanism with an overlay network, wherein the second service mechanism includes an element manager to manage a plurality of first service mechanisms; providing an element management interface in a third service mechanism on a network management system having a configuration manager, a fault manager, and a performance manager; wherein the third service mechanism communicates with the first service mechanism and the second service mechanism on the overlay network; and managing the first service mechanism on the plurality of basestations from the element management interface in the third service mechanism through the element manager in the second service mechanism.