A communications process and system

摘要

H:/dxI/Interwoven/NRPortbl/DCC/DXL/054384_I.doc-9/04/20l3 A communications system for controlling and interrogating a network of distributed remote units including: a network management server for requesting and serving data associated with the 5 remote units; concentrators for communicating with the network management server and communicating with respective remote units using respective communications protocols based on properties data maintained at the concentrators representing state and communications parameters associated with each remote unit; and 10 remote units for serving properties data and message data to a concentrator and receiving data, including application files and service level data.