Abstract: A network includes an operations support system (20) for managing one or more network elements (40), and an interface (10) between the operations support system (20) and each network element (40). The interface (10) includes a network element side mediator object (14) and a corresponding operations support side proxy mediator object (14p). During initialization of the interface (10), method calls from the proxy mediator object (14p) to the mediator object (14) are employed by the operations support system (20) to obtain a list of data tables supported by the network element (40). The interface (10) also includes a network element side interface object (12) and a corresponding operations support system side proxy interface object (12p). In this case, during initialization of the interface (10), method calls from the proxy interface object (12p) to the interface object (12) are employed by the operations support system (20) to obtain a list of attributes for each data table listed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for network voice and data traffic monitoring and congestion management for diverse and converged networks. More particularly, the invention is directed to an interdomain congestion management architecture having the ability to analyze and correlate congestion problems across multiple domains, provide integrated network maps, tabular displays and/or reports and allow network managers, in appropriate circumstances, to navigate to a domain to implement corrective actions.