Generation at runtime of definable events in an event based monitoring system

摘要

A system and methods for updating event definitions to a control file of an event based monitoring (EBM) server in a wireless communication network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the invention provides a method for updating event definitions without an exchange of a complete control file containing updated and non-updated event definitions between at least one EBM client and the EBM server. The method includes receiving at an EBM client a new definition of an event from one of an operational unit and an operator. The new definition includes an event identifier and a condition, the fulfillment of which triggers sending the new definition of the event to the EBM server. The method also includes sending a configuration change record to the EBM server. The configuration change record informs the EBM server of the new definition of the event to enable the EBM server to update the control file.