Telecom Access Orchestrator With Attribute Catalogue For Local Condition Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional broadband access network architectures fail to account for local conditions influencing end-user access situations and network resources, leading to inefficiencies in service modifications and usage changes.
Innovation Solution
A method that incorporates an attribute catalogue entity within the central office point of delivery, enabling decentralized subscription management and real-time updates through an access orchestrator, allowing for ad-hoc modifications and automatic synchronization of access line usage and service adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a self-service application is used to communicate with business and operations support system, then customers can attempt to apply changes to subscribed services, but the system cannot take precisely into account local conditions influencing end-user access situations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an attribute catalogue as an intermediary component between the self-service application and the business/operations support system. This attribute catalogue stores local network conditions, subscriber information, and access parameters, enabling the system to accurately interpret and process service modification requests while considering specific local circumstances. The attribute catalogue acts as a mediator that bridges the gap between generic self-service operations and localized network conditions.
2Productivity
If conventional architectures are used, then system structure is simpler, but service modifications and usage changes are inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network management system into distinct functional components: a self-service application layer for customer operations, an attribute catalogue layer for storing local conditions and subscriber data, and a business/operations support system layer for processing modifications. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific functions, improving overall productivity while maintaining manageable complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimensional layer - the attribute catalogue - that operates between the self-service application and the support system. This additional dimension enables the system to store and process local network conditions, subscriber-specific parameters, and access information, thereby improving service modification efficiency without fundamentally redesigning the existing architectural layers.
3Measurement precision
If decentralized attribute catalogue is implemented, then real-time local conditions are captured accurately, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements decentralized attribute catalogues at local network elements (such as access switches or routers) that are specific to each local domain. Each local attribute catalogue captures and stores conditions relevant to its specific area, such as local network topology, subscriber locations, and access parameters. This local quality approach ensures accurate capture of local conditions while distributing the complexity across multiple smaller, independent catalogues rather than a single centralized complex system.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating a broadband access network of a telecommunications network, the broadband access network comprising at least one central office point of delivery and the central office point of delivery comprising an access orchestrator entity or functionality, at least one element management system entity or functionality and a plurality of access nodes serving or being related to one or a plurality of end users or subscribers of the telecommunications network, wherein the telecommunications network furthermore also comprises a business and/or operations support system wherein the central office point of delivery additionally comprises or is assigned or related to an attribute catalogue entity or functionality, the attribute catalogue entity or functionality realizing a decentralized and/or access-related subscription layer or subscriber portfolio catalogue, comprising subscription information regarding the plurality of end users or subscribers, wherein the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, a modification event message is received by the access orchestrator entity or functionality, wherein the modification event message reflects a subscriber-related modification and/or a network-related modification, -- in a second step, the access orchestrator entity or functionality contacts the attribute catalogue entity or functionality resulting in an update operation of the attribute catalogue entity or functionality adapted to the subscriber-related modification and/or the network-related modification.