Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for collecting counter data from a set of counters in a network element. According to the present invention, the updating block updates an accounting file, and the changed counter data is collected from said accounting file by a centralized counter handling block for writing into a transfer file. The collecting of said counter data is controlled using collecting information from a control file, wherein the specific counters are to be taken into account by changing said information in said control file. Information in said control file also specifies the user interface by specifying the format of the counter data which is to be written to the transfer file.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radio system and a method of connecting network elements to the radio system comprising one or more network elements, a base station controller and a network management system that are operatively interconnected by means of telecommunication connections. Information between the network elements is transmitted in frames that are divided into time slots. The base station controller controls one or more network elements. Network identification information is fed into a network element to be installed and the network element is physically connected to the system by means of the telecommunication connections. To ensure reliable and quick network element installation in the frames that are used for communication with the network elements by the base station controller, unused consecutive time slots of the frames are divided into one or more groups. Each group has one time slot used as a communication control channel as regards time slot allocation from said group.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for collecting counter data from a set of counters in a network element. According to the present invention, the updating block updates an accounting file, and the changed counter data is collected from said accounting file by a centralised counter handling block for writing into a transfer file. The collecting of said counter data is controlled using collecting information from a control file, wherein the specific counters are to be taken into account by changing said information in said control file. Information in said control file also specifies the user interface by specifying the format of the counter data which is to be written to the transfer file.