Multi-stage state model for the administration of physical, logical, and hybrid resources

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12388768-B2
Application number	US-202318179044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2023
Priority date	Nov 15, 2022
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a database being maintained that has information indicating states of network resources, which can be determined based on physical activities, logical activities and hybrid activities performed on or by the network resources; obtaining activity information for a particular network resource, where the activity information is a physical activity, a logical activity and/or a hybrid activity; and determining whether a state change for the particular network resource should be made such as to whether the activity information corresponds to and warrants change to at least one of an inventory state, an operational state, or a detailed state. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
maintaining a database indicating states of network resources that are determined based on physical activities, logical activities and hybrid activities performed on or by the network resources;
obtaining activity information for a particular network resource, wherein the activity information is one of a physical activity, a logical activity or a hybrid activity;
determining whether the activity information corresponds to at least one of an inventory state, an operational state, or a detailed state;
responsive to the activity information corresponding to the inventory state, adjusting the inventory state to one of active, pending or decommissioned based on the activity information;
responsive to the activity information corresponding to the operational state, adjusting the operational state to one of operational or non-operational based on the activity information; and
responsive to the activity information corresponding to the detailed state, adjusting, based on the activity information, the detailed state to indicate an ability for the particular network resource to process events, alerts or tickets.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the network resources include sites, equipment, equipment holders, cards, ports, physical connections, connection end points, and logical connections, and wherein a total number of values that are identifiable by the detailed state are expandable.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the activity information includes one of designing, hardware ordering, building, equipment verification testing, or system verification testing.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the activity information includes one of base configuration, operating system installation, production configuration, or alarm verification.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is a site, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of BUILD_IN_PROCESS, CANCELLED, CAPPED, INACTIVE_IN_CSS, RESERVED or PENDING_DECOMMISSION.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is an equipment, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of BUILD_IN_PROCESS, CANCELLED, CAPPED, COLD_SPARE, INACTIVE_IN_CSS, INSTALLED, NVTPROV, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, PREPROV, PROV, RETIRED_IN_PLACE, ARCHIVED, HOT_SPARE, RESERVED, ORDERED, WARM_SPARE, or RETIRED.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is an equipment holder, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of BUILD_IN_PROCESS, CANCELLED, INACTIVE_IN_CSS, INSTALLED, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, RETIRED_IN_PLACE, ARCHIVED, RESERVED, ORDERED, or RETIRED.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is a card, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of BUILD_IN_PROCESS, CANCELLED, CAPPED, COLD_SPARE, INSTALLED, NVTPROV, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, PREPROV, PROV, RETIRED_IN_PLACE, ARCHIVED, RESERVED, ORDERED, or RETIRED.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is a port, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of CANCELLED, INSTALLED, NVTPROV, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, PREPROV, PROV, RETIRED_IN_PLACE, ARCHIVED, DEFECTIVE, FAILED, RESERVED, SUSPECT, UNEQUIPPED, NOT_WIRED, WIRED_UNEQUIPPED, or ORDERED.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is a physical connection, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of CANCELLED, INSTALLED, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, RETIRED_IN_PLACE, ARCHIVED, RESERVED, ORDERED, or RETIRED.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is a connection endpoint, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of CANCELLED, NVTPROV, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, PREPROV, PROV, ARCHIVED, TESTING, or RESERVED.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the particular network resource is a logical connection, and wherein the activity information corresponding to the detailed state includes one of DOWNSPEED, UPSPEED, ASR_SUBMITTED, CANCELLED, DISCO_ASR_ISSUED, DISCO_FOC_RECEIVED, FAILED_ACTIVATION, DLR_RECEIVED, FOC_RECEIVED, PENDING_DECOMMISSION, ARCHIVED, TESTING, RESERVED, DESIGN, ADD, or CHANGE.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the activity information for the particular network resource comprises receiving a user input indicating completion of the physical activity, the logical activity or the hybrid activity.

14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the activity information for the particular network resource comprises receiving, over a network from the particular network resource, an activity completion message indicating completion of the physical activity, the logical activity or the hybrid activity.

15. A method, comprising:
receiving, over a network by a processing system including a processor, a notification indicating an event associated with a network resource;
responsive to the notification, accessing, over the network by the processing system, a database to identify state information corresponding to the network resource, wherein the database stores states of network resources that are determined based on physical activities, logical activities and hybrid activities performed on or by the network resources;
determining, by the processing system according to the state information, an inventory state, an operational state, and a detailed state for the network resource resulting in a multi-state determination;
generating, by the processing system, a service ticket according to an analysis of the event and the multi-state determination;
obtaining activity information for a particular network resource, wherein the activity information is one of a physical activity, a logical activity or a hybrid activity;
determining whether the activity information corresponds to at least one of the inventory state, the operational state, or the detailed state;
responsive to the activity information corresponding to the inventory state, adjusting the inventory state to one of active, pending or decommissioned based on the activity information;
responsive to the activity information corresponding to the operational state, adjusting the operational state to one of operational or non-operational based on the activity information; and
responsive to the activity information corresponding to the detailed state, adjusting, based on the activity information, the detailed state to indicate an ability for the particular network resource to process events, alerts or tickets.

16. The method of claim 15 , comprising:
providing, over the network by the processing system, the service ticket to equipment of a technician, wherein the inventory state is active, wherein the operational state is operational, and wherein the event is an alarm.

17. The method of claim 15 , comprising:
receiving, over the network by the processing system, a second notification indicating a second event associated with a second network resource;
responsive to the second notification, accessing, over the network by the processing system, the database to identify second state information corresponding to the second network resource;
determining, by the processing system accordin

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Bayha Ernest
• Harris Aaron
• Horen Brian
• Skinner Nathan
• Lin Enhsing
• Michael Theresa
• Whitney David
• Johnson Jeff
• Mitsanas Laurie
• O'Connor Michael

Classifications

• H04L47/762 Primary

  triggered by the network · CPC title

• H04L47/808 Primary

  User-type aware · CPC title