| US 7,474,663 B2 | ||
| Flexible and scalable method for handling telecommunication equipments through the control of ATM access networks | ||
| Vittorio Natoli, Ronciglione (Italy); Marco Barili, Rome (Italy); and Giacomo Mangani, Haegersten (Sweden) | ||
| Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (Sweden) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/501,749 PCT Filed Jan. 09, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/00144 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 24, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/061332, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 24, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 02425012 (EP), filed on Jan. 15, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0180424 A1, Aug. 18, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04Q 11/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—395.5 [370/401] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A method for handling telecommunication equipment through the control of ATM access networks, the method comprising:
a Central Processor communicating to a plurality of Device Processor Boards of a shelf belonging to a system node, said communication
being directly addressable to at least one Device Processor Board via a path employing Internal Control Support (ICS) protocol,
providing a Board Relay functionality to one of plural Device Processor Boards whereby the one of the plural Device Processor
Boards can relay control messages from a Central Processor to other specified Device Processor Boards,
providing the Board Relay functionality through configuration messages from the Central Processor,
establishing said path employing the Internal Control Support (ICS) protocol only between the Central Processor and said Device
Processor Boards to which Board Relay functionality has been given.
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