Template-Driven Element Adapter for Multi-Vendor Network Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wide area networks with multiple independent layers and devices from different vendors face operational inefficiencies due to separate management systems, leading to poor network utilization, configuration errors, and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A template-driven element adapter (TDEA) is implemented, using a JSON structure and JSONPath to standardize communication across diverse networked devices, enabling reusable components and simplifying management through a common data model and data transformation processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate vendor-specific management systems are used for each network layer, then each layer can be managed independently, but the overall system complexity increases and operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent vendor-specific management systems into a single unified network management system that can manage all network layers and devices from different vendors through a common interface and standardized data models, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining independent management capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal management system that can handle multiple network layers (transport, network, access, wireless) and devices from various vendors through standardized information models and common management functions, allowing one system to perform multiple management roles that previously required separate vendor-specific systems
2Reliability
If separate vendor-specific management systems are used, then each system can be optimized for its specific vendor, but configuration errors increase and resolution time delays occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces standardized information models and common management interfaces as intermediaries between the management system and vendor-specific network devices, allowing the system to maintain vendor-specific optimization capabilities while enabling centralized management and faster issue resolution through unified monitoring and control
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of management by implementing standardized data models and common information structures that allow the system to adapt to different vendors through parameterized configurations rather than requiring separate systems, thereby reducing configuration errors and enabling faster cross-vendor issue resolution
3Ease of operation
If multiple independent management systems are used, then each system can operate autonomously, but network utilization decreases and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent management systems into a unified system that maintains autonomous operation capabilities for each network layer while enabling coordinated resource allocation and optimization across all layers, thereby improving overall network utilization without sacrificing operational independence
Data Source
AI summary
Various examples of methods and systems for template driven element adapter are described. In one implementation, one or more processors of a computing device may interface between a user and a networked device of a network of a plurality of networked devices to render a communication between the user and the networked device. The one or more processors may process the communication between the user and the networked device by: transforming data contained in the communication; filtering the communication; and performing one or more of the following: aggregating additional data with the communication; translating the communication; and constructing a second structure for the data in the communication using a template based on a first structure of the data in the communication.