Automated Completion System
Once the FOXMAN-UN NP database is populated with existing NEs, the user has to create the missing connectivity with NEs of type FO in terms of missing logical Trails, Topological SNCs, and Circuits.
The manual completion operation is supported through the auto-creation of layer hierarchies and SNCs based on layer rates and port types defined by TTP creation for the NE of type FO.
In the example above, the NE of type FO may have two STM-1 ports and an E12 port. Each of the ports needs to be defined via a TTP:
• TTP on port 1 with:
− Port = 1
− Layer rate = STM1 PMS
− Label = leave empty; will be set automatically
− Active = true
− Port type = Ext. optical
− P12 mode = not relevant, leave as is
− Number of 64k = not relevant, leave as is
− Has CAS = not relevant, leave as is
− Support CAS in last TS = not relevant, leave as is
• TTP on port 2 with:
− Port = 2
− Layer rate = STM1 PMS
− Label = leave empty; will be set automatically
− Active = true
− Port type = Ext. optical
− P12 mode = not relevant, leave as is
− Number of 64k = not relevant, leave as is
− Has CAS = not relevant, leave as is
− Support CAS in last TS = not relevant, leave as is
• TTP on port 3 with:
− Port = 3
− Layer rate = E12
− Label = leave empty; will be set automatically
− Active = true
− Port type = Ext. electrical
− P12 mode = Terminated
− Number of 64k = 32
− Has CAS = true
− Support CAS in last TS = disabled
Once the two TTPs are applied, the NE of type FO is available for routing as its internal multiplex structure has been defined automatically based on the two ports and their TTPs.
The settings for the TTPs can be exported into an xml file or, when saved before, imported from an xml file.