Kenneth Robert Macfarlane, 649820 Mahogany Run, Ijamsville, MD 21754

7028217, Apr 11, 2006

May 31, 2002

10/158999

Edward J. Franckowiak - West Chicago IL, US
Kenneth R. MacFarlane - Ijamsville MD, US
Kurt A. Vangsness - Geneva IL, US

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

G06F 11/00

714 11, 714 12

A system and method of replicating changed data between an active process and a standby process is provided. The active and standby processes each include an application and a processor having memory. The method includes organizing active and standby processor memories into regions, with each region including one or more tuples, datamarking the tuples having changed data in the active processor corresponding to the active application, and transferring copies of the changed data from the active process to the standby process to replicate data between the active and standby processors. The system includes means for datamarking changed data and transferring copies of the changed data between active and standby processes having active and standby processors configured as mated pairs. The system can include a wireless cellular communication network having an active process including an active radio control software application running on an active processor and a standby process including a standby radio control software application running on a standby processor.

2001005, Dec 13, 2001

May 31, 1998

09/088463

WILLIAM E. BARKER - GENEVA IL, US
LISA M. CONNELLY - LISLE IL, US
MARVIN A. EGGERT - AURORA IL, US
MICHAEL P. FOLEY - ELMWOOD PARK IL, US
KENNETH R. MACFARLANE - WHEATON IL, US
PHILIP M. PARSONS - LISLE IL, US
GIRISH RAI - BARTLETT IL, US
JEROME E. ROG - BARTLETT IL, US
KURT A. VANGSNESS - AURORA IL, US

G06F015/16
G06F015/173

709/223000, 709/203000

In accordance with the invention, a method is provided for remotely managing a plurality of network element of a telecommunications network through a special communication link including a computer internet such as a local area network, the world wide web or the Internet. A management computer is connected to an element management system server through a communication link including the computer internet At least one of the plurality of network elements is also coupled to the element management server through the computer internet and the at least one of the plurality of network elements is managed via communications conveyed through the element management server between the management computer and the at least one network element. Preferably, management is facilitated by the management server generating an interactive web page at a client workstation with objects associated with management of the at least one network element. The interactive web page is transmitting from the management server through the computer internet to the management computer and displayed at the interactive web page at the management computer for management communications between the management computer and the network element. Objects of the interactive web page include objects associated with preferably all three of operation, administration and maintenance of the network lement. The interactive web page includes detailed status summary page for each network element of the telecommunications network, a relatively high system status summary of all the plurality of network elements and a list of all active alarms within the telecommunications network. The plurality of network elements each have an associated applications processor with a management agent application for interfacing the element management server with the network element. The application processor includes a maintenance application for performing maintenance of the network element command request are interfaced from the element management server through the management agent application to the maintenance application to selectively perform maintenance tasks. The element management server is provided with application processor specific events and command acknowledgments.