Method and system for the transfer of communication network administration information

1. A method for minimizing a bandwidth required for a transfer of communication network administration information, said information relating to objects pertaining to hardware, software or network operation elements, catalogued in an administration information base and with each of which is associated a formal language specification, comprising the steps of:

generating on a basis of a formal language specification for each object, a pair of words for which a value of first word pertains to an indication of the object and a value of second word pertains to an information length of the object;

constructing a template comprising an ordered set of pairs of words generated and an identifier of said template, said template indicating an ordered string of information to be sent;

exporting said template; and

progressively exporting the ordered string of information corresponding to said template, said ordered string of information corresponding to said communication network administration information relating to said object.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

traversing a tree of the administration information base each node of which is associated with an object;

testing at each node whether the object is of scalar or table type;

constructing the template by appending the word pair generated to the template if the object is of scalar type;

constructing template if the object is of table type for the objects of the table.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the step of constructing a configuration template comprising the pairs of words generated for objects with modifiable access.

4. A method of transmitting communication network administration information, said information relating to objects pertaining to hardware, software or network operation elements, catalogued in an administration information base and with each of which is associated a formal language specification, comprising the steps of:

obtaining a template comprising an identifier of said template and an ordered set of pairs of words, each pair of words being generated for one of said objects on a basis of a formal language specification associated with said object and comprising a first word having a value pertaining to an indication of said object and a second word having a value pertaining to an information length of said object;

exporting said template; and

progressively exporting an ordered string of information corresponding to said template, said ordered string of information corresponding to said communication network administration information relating to said object.

5. A system for minimizing a bandwidth required for a transfer of communication network administration information, said information relating to objects pertaining to hardware, software or network operation elements, catalogued in an administration information base and with each of which is associated a formal language specification, said system comprising: a translator machine configured:

to generate on a basis of a formal language specification for each object, a pair of words a value of whose first word pertains to an indication of the object and a value of whose second word pertains to an information length of the object;

to generate a template comprising an ordered set of pairs of words and an identifier, said template indicating an ordered string of information to be sent;

to export said template; and

to progressively export the ordered string of information corresponding to said template, said ordered string of information corresponding to said communication network administration information relating to said object.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the translator module is designed to traverse a tree of the administration information base each node of which is associated with an object, to test at each node whether the object is of scalar or table type and to construct the template by appending the word pair generated to the template if the object is of scalar type or construct another so-called table template if the object is of table type for the objects of the table.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the translator module is designed to construct in addition a configuration template comprising the pairs of words generated for objects with modifiable access.

8. The system as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a supervisor module designed to collect measurements and an exportation module designed to transmit at least one ticket of data pertaining to these measurements to a server.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said exportation module is designed to transmit:

a data ticket comprising a reference to a template,

preceded, in the transmission, by the template referenced in said data ticket.

10. A computer-readable memory having stored thereon a program executable by a processor for performing a method, the program including:

an exportation module for a system for minimizing a bandwidth required for a transfer of communication network administration information, said information relating to objects pertaining to hardware, software or network operation elements, catalogued in an administration information base and with each of which is associated a formal language specification;

program codes for generating a template comprising:

an ordered set of pairs of words; and

an identifier; and

a supervisor module to carry out measurements,

wherein said exportation module comprises means for transmitting at least one ticket of data pertaining to measurements carried out by said supervisor module to a server, said ticket of data being according to said template and data being related to said communication network administration information.

11. The computer-readable memory as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said exportation module is designed to transmit:

a data ticket comprising a reference to a template,

preceded, in the transmission, by the template referenced in said data ticket.