XML Configuration Sub-stream Generation for Network Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network management systems face inefficiencies when processing XML configuration streams, particularly in generating metadata trees and processing resource configurations, which leads to high computational resource usage and time consumption.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a network management system that receives an XML configuration stream, maintains a minimal data model, generates a metadata tree, and processes it to create XML configuration sub-streams associated with specific resource configurations, utilizing resource processing modules to optimize processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the system processes the entire XML configuration stream to generate metadata tree and process all resource configurations, then complete processing accuracy is achieved, but computational resource usage and processing time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the XML configuration stream into multiple sub-streams based on resource configuration types. Each sub-stream contains configurations for specific resources (e.g., security resources, interface resources, routing-policy resources), allowing the system to process only relevant portions simultaneously rather than treating the entire stream as a single unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing by generating the metadata tree structure before processing the actual configuration data. The metadata tree defines the schema and structure for configuration elements, enabling the system to process XML streams more efficiently by having pre-established processing guidelines ready before encountering the actual configuration data.
2Loss of information
If the system waits for the entire XML configuration stream to be received before processing, then complete data availability is ensured, but processing time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous processing of the XML configuration stream by generating sub-streams as data becomes available rather than waiting for the complete stream. The system can process configurations for different resource types concurrently as they arrive in the stream, maintaining continuous productive action while ensuring data completeness through proper stream segmentation and metadata-guided processing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system processes all resource configurations in the XML stream, then comprehensive resource management is achieved, but computational resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the comprehensive resource management task into separate sub-streams for different resource types. Each sub-stream can be processed by dedicated processing modules that handle only their specific resource configurations, reducing the computational burden on any single module while maintaining comprehensive coverage across all resource types through parallel processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows the system to process only the necessary portions of the XML stream based on the metadata tree structure and current processing requirements. By generating sub-streams selectively and processing them in parallel, the system achieves comprehensive resource management coverage without the excessive computational cost of processing every single configuration element sequentially through all processing modules.
Data Source
AI summary
In some implementations, a system may receive an extensible markup language (XML) configuration stream that indicates one or more resource configurations. The system may maintain a data model that includes metadata that describes the XML configuration stream. The system may process the data model to generate a metadata tree. The system may generate, based on the XML configuration stream and the metadata tree, one or more XML configuration sub-streams that are respectively associated with a subset of the one or more resource configurations. The system may process, using respective resource processing modules of the system, the one or more XML configuration sub-streams to generate respective information associated with the subset of the one or more resource configurations.