Systems and methods of provisioning data storage and runtime configuration in telecommunications systems and devices

Abstract

Systems and methods of provisioning data storage and runtime configuration in telecommunications systems and devices. The systems and methods employ at least one decentralized revision control system as a data repository for storing data, such as configuration data, and at least one data provisioning component as an interface for accessing the configuration data stored in the data repository. By employing the decentralized revision control system in conjunction with the data provisioning component, the systems and methods can provide a data storage and runtime configuration provisioning framework that is data agnostic, application agnostic, and user agnostic, while further providing at least the capability of tracking and maintaining the version history of the configuration data.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system for provisioning data storage and runtime configuration in a telecommunications system or device, comprising:
 a telecommunications platform including a decentralized revision control system, a data provisioning component communicably connected to the decentralized revision control system, and a client-server interface communicably connected to the data provisioning component, the client-server interface being communicably connectable to a user device, 
 wherein the decentralized revision control system includes a data repository operative to store, as one or more data objects, at least configuration data including real-time configuration data for the telecommunications system or device, 
 wherein the data provisioning component is operative to receive, from the user device via the client-server interface, at least one subscription message for subscribing to at least one of the data objects in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system, and 
 wherein the data provisioning component is further operative without being dependent upon network access:
 to determine whether at least one characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system has changed; 
 having determined that at least one characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object has changed, to generate at least one notification of the at least one changed characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object; and 
 to send the at least one notification of the at least one changed characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object to the client-user interface for notifying a user at the user device. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1  wherein the decentralized revision control system has a source code management (SCM) interface, and the data provisioning component is further operative to send at least one command to the decentralized revision control system over the SCM interface. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1  further comprising:
 one or more application program components, at least one of the application program components being operative to register, with the data provisioning component, at least one application entity that requires access to the data objects stored in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system. 
 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1  wherein the telecommunications platform is implementable as one of an access system, a network management system, a media switching center, a cross-connect, and a session border controller. 
     
     
       5. A method of provisioning data storage and runtime configuration in a telecommunications system or device, comprising:
 providing a telecommunications platform including a decentralized revision control system, a data provisioning component communicably connected to the decentralized revision control system, and a client-server interface communicably connected to the data provisioning component, the decentralized revision control system including a data repository, the client-server interface being communicably connectable to a user device; 
 storing at least configuration data including real-time configuration data for the telecommunications system or device as one or more data objects in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system; 
 receiving, at the data provisioning component from the user device via the client-server interface, at least one subscription message for subscribing to at least one of the data objects in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system; 
 in a determining step, determining, by the data provisioning component, whether at least one characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system has changed; 
 having determined that at least one characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object has changed, generating, by the data provisioning component, at least one notification of the at least one changed characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object; and 
 sending, by the data provisioning component, the at least one notification of the at least one changed characteristic of the at least one subscribed data object to the client-user interface for notifying a user at the user device, 
 wherein the determining step, the generating of the at least one notification, and the sending of the at least one notification are performed without being dependent upon network access. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5  further comprising:
 registering, by one or more application program components with the data provisioning component, at least one application entity that requires access to the data objects stored in the data repository of the decentralized revision control system. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 5  wherein the providing of the telecommunications platform includes implementing the telecommunications platform as one of an access system, a network management system, a media switching center, a cross-connect, and a session border controller.