JP2003331170A - Collective acceptance system, collective acceptance method therefor, network equipment information management open system and management opening method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a collective acceptance system with high efficiency, its collective acceptance method, a network equipment information management open system and its management opening method. <P>SOLUTION: This collective acceptance system is configured by interconnecting an ordering proprietor terminal device T10, an order receiving proprietor system T20, a communication provider terminal device T40, an optical fiber holding provider terminal device T45, a device vender terminal device T50, a work proprietor terminal device T60, a maintenance provider terminal device T70, an iDC provider terminal device T80 and a provider's ISP/ASP/CSP provider terminal device T90. In this configuration, contents of inquiry/estimation/order related to network business are transmitted, order contents are received, data and information held by an information storing part are utilized and examined, results of the examination are answered, and the answers are summarized to perform business. An expert is requested to take care of complex and unfamiliar research and procedures necessary in receiving a network service, thereby reducing man-hour/personal expenses and realizing acceleration. An ordering proprietor constructs a network to make it easier for a user to receive the network service. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a batch reception system, a batch reception method, a network facility information management disclosure system, and a management disclosure method, and more particularly to a batch reception system and a batch reception system with improved network construction efficiency. The present invention relates to a reception method, a network facility information management disclosure system, and the management disclosure method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a network construction and network service batch acceptance system and the same batch acceptance method require the following work, for example, when an ordering company constructs a network and receives a network service.

(1) Determine a budget for network construction. (2) Identify the base of the network to be constructed. (3) Predict traffic demand between bases. (4) Select the required network service. (5) Determine a network construction policy such as a protection method and a multiplexing method (electrical multiplexing, wavelength multiplexing). (6) Conclude an interconnection contract with a carrier that owns dark fiber equipment.

(7) Location information of telecommunications carriers, installation and vacant status of dark fiber, type of optical fiber (single mode optical fiber, multimode optical fiber, etc.)
And fiber connector shape (SC connector, FC connector, etc.), optical fiber length between each site, and optical intensity attenuation rate are investigated. (8) Take the route that satisfies the network construction policy,
And identify dark fibers that meet the budget. (9) Having a function that satisfies the policy of network construction,
In addition, the communication device that satisfies the budget plan is specified. (10) Investigate the installation location (collocation space) of equipment required for network construction, and conduct negotiations to secure it.

(11) Apply for use of dark fiber. (12) Negotiation of construction with the owner of the site and procedures for permitting road occupancy will be carried out as necessary. (13) Arrange for connection work with the construction company. (14) Conclude a maintenance contract with the maintenance company.

[0006] As a prior art having a technical field similar to that of the present invention, there is an "information network design support system" disclosed in Patent Document 1. As for the conventional connection between devices of different device vendors, "inquiry (search / display) of connection example between devices" is known, as described in Example 1 of the prior application. It is possible to inquire information regarding only the possibility of connection between devices of different device vendors.

[0007]

[Patent Document 1] JP-A-8-153131

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional work, specialized knowledge is required, and much complicated work is required, which places a burden on the orderer. In addition, it also poses a problem for telecommunications carriers as a barrier to lending dark fiber equipment.

Compared with the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the present invention is
Not only connectivity, but also search by conditions such as price, delivery date, interface (protocol, communication speed, number of ports), function, size, etc. is possible, which is different from the point that the efficiency of network construction is further enhanced. .

An object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient batch acceptance system, the batch acceptance method, a network facility information management disclosure system, and the management disclosure method.

More specifically, the present invention is a system for selecting a construction / maintenance business operator that is a system that is easy for an orderer to use and is of a proper price based on the principle of competition, and a means for promoting the provision of network equipment and network services of a communication business operator. It is an object of the present invention to provide a package acceptance system, a package acceptance method, a network equipment information management disclosure system, and a management disclosure method that are constructed by.

[0012]

In order to achieve such an object, the network construction and network service batch reception system of the present invention provides a network construction, service provision, maintenance / management, and the like between and to the vendors. An information storage section that holds related data and information is connected to each other by terminals managed by each, and configured as a business network, and the contents of inquiries / quotes / orders related to the network business are sent out and the order is placed. It is characterized by utilizing the data and information held in the information storage unit to examine the contents of the above, answering the results of the examination, and collecting the answers to perform the work.

[0013] Further, the companies configured as the above-mentioned business network are the ordering company, the ordering company, the ordering company information storage / search function configuration unit, the communication company, the equipment vendor, the construction company, the maintenance company, Internet data center (iDC) operator, Internet service provider (ISP) / application service provider (A
SPs / content service providers (CSPs) providers may be included.

Furthermore, by simply unifying the destinations of the inquiries / quotes / ordering contents related to the above-mentioned network operations, and the terminal of the ordering enterprise presents the required conditions to the information storage unit, the network construction / Maintenance and management should be possible, and the contractor should be able to store and retrieve information necessary for network construction and network services.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned information storage unit confirms the presence / absence of network facilities of each business operator necessary for realizing the network construction and network service desired by the ordering business, and the function / quality / service·
By confirming the comparison of prices and delivery dates, it is possible to confirm the interoperability of equipment from multiple vendors, and the ordering business is able to check the location information, traffic demand information, price / service quality / service content / Present constraints such as delivery date to the contractor. As a result, multiple network construction proposals that satisfy the constraint conditions are presented, and outsourcing and ranking of network equipment surveys are possible, even if the ordering business does not research the network equipment information held by the telecommunications carrier. .

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network construction and network service batch acceptance method, which is an information storage for holding data / information relating to the business and between the business operators such as network construction, service provision, maintenance and management. And the departments are connected to each other with terminals managed by each other to form a business network, send out inquiries / quotes / order contents related to network operations, receive order contents, and store in information storage unit It is characterized in that the data and information to be used are used for examination, the result of the examination is answered, and the answers are compiled to perform the work.

Further, the companies configured as the above-mentioned business network are the ordering company, the ordering company, the ordering company information storage / search function forming section, the communication company, the equipment vendor, the construction company, the maintenance company, Internet data center (iDC) operator, Internet service provider (ISP) / application service provider (A
SPs / content service providers (CSPs) providers may be included.

Further, by only unifying the destinations of inquiries / quotes / ordering contents related to the above-mentioned network operations, and the terminal of the ordering enterprise presents the required conditions to the information storage unit to construct the network. Maintenance and management are possible, the information storage unit stores and retrieves information necessary for network construction and network services, and the information storage unit realizes the network construction and network services desired by the ordering business. It is possible to confirm the interoperability of equipment from multiple vendors by confirming the presence or absence of network equipment of each operator necessary for this purpose and confirming the comparison of functions, quality, services, prices, and delivery dates between operators. Good to do.

The terminal of the ordering company presents the information storage unit with constraints such as base information, traffic demand information, price / service quality / service content / delivery date, which are targets of network construction. It is possible to outsource and rank network equipment surveys by presenting a plurality of network construction plans that satisfy the constraint conditions, even if the ordering business does not conduct a survey of the network equipment information held by the telecommunications carrier. In addition, if you enter information about the bases for which the network is to be constructed, traffic demand between bases, protection method, and network topology (ring or mesh), the number of wavelengths between bases,
Optimal network design results including speed, interface, and route of each traffic are presented, enabling optimization design of the network. Furthermore, even if you do not have knowledge or experience of networks and devices, you can compare the multiple device vendors by simply presenting information such as price limits and delivery deadlines for network construction and network services to multiple device vendors. It is possible to construct a network using the device and use network services.

In addition, the terminal of the ordering business does not need to adjust the light intensity (light attenuation) of the dark fiber,
It is possible for the contractor to design a network that uses optical attenuators, etc. according to the light intensity (attenuation), and to outsource equipment selection / ordering for normal optical signal transmission / reception. When performing (optical fiber piping work / wiring work in / between floors), it is possible to construct or use the network without having to negotiate with the owner or manager of the base building for construction. It should be noted that the above maintenance and management may include maintenance / management / after-sales service work after construction of a new network, collection of various charges, and insurance service in case of a network equipment failure.

Further, the terminal of the ordering business transmits information indicating the manager of the building at the base of the network to be constructed to the information storage unit, and the information storage unit transmits the information indicating the manager of the building. Upon reception, information for prompting negotiation with the building manager for the construction of the network is displayed.

Further, the present invention is provided by a terminal of an ordering company operated by an ordering company desiring to use / construct a network, and one or more providers who provide facilities constituting the network. Connected to one or more provider terminals that store information about equipment to be installed, an ordering operator terminal, and one or more provider terminals
And an information storage unit that manages equipment information of one or more providers, which is received from the terminals of the provider, and the information storage unit receives an information provision request from the terminal of the orderer, It is characterized in that the facility information to be managed is transmitted to the terminal of the ordering business.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit stores the information on the installed network and the information on the network to be installed, according to the use / construction conditions of the network included in the information provision request. It is characterized by designing a network plan and transmitting the designed network plan to the terminal of the ordering business.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit combines the installed network and the planned installation network based on the network utilization / construction desired section and the network utilization / construction desired period included in the information provision request. It is characterized in that a network plan is designed according to the above, and the designed network plan is transmitted to the terminal of the orderer.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit converts the use / construction condition of the network included in the information provision request into another use / construction condition, and the network according to the converted use / construction condition. It is characterized by designing a plan.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit stores the information of the installed network and the information of the network which can be installed, and stores the desired use budget of the network included in the information provision request for the network. It is characterized by converting into a desired budget for use and construction, and designing a network plan within the desired budget for use and construction of the converted network.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit stores the information of the installed network and the information of the network that can be installed, and stores the desired delivery date of the network included in the information provision request of the network. It is characterized by converting to a desired delivery date of use and construction and designing a network plan that can be provided within the desired delivery date of use and construction of the converted network.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit stores information on the facilities provided by two or more providers who provide the facilities constituting the network, and stores the information of the network included in the information provision request. The feature is that the network desired by the desired use / construction section is designed by combining the facilities provided by two or more providers.

Further, according to the present invention, when one or more terminals of the service provider receive an information provision request from the terminal of the service provider, the terminal information of the service provider stores the facility information stored in the terminal. It is characterized in that it is transmitted to.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminals of one or more providers set permission / non-permission of transmission to the terminals of the ordering provider for each piece of facility information stored in the terminal. Is characterized by.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit is
Upon receiving the information provision request from the above terminals, the facility information to be managed is transmitted to one or more terminals.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit sets permission / non-permission of transmission to the terminal of the ordering business for each piece of facility information stored by itself.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit sets password information in the equipment information which is set to the transmission disapproval state, and receives the information provision request from the terminals of one or more providers. The password information included in the received information provision request is compared with the set password information, and if the two password information match, the equipment information that is not allowed to be transmitted is sent to the terminal that made the information provision request. It is characterized by

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit sets the name of the business operator who provides the network equipment of the equipment information to the private when transmitting the equipment information.

Further, according to the present invention, when the number of wavelengths of the network requested to provide information is multiplexed more than a predetermined number, the information storage unit orders the information indicating that an appropriate transmission line characteristic of the network cannot be obtained. It is characterized by transmitting information to a terminal of a carrier or displaying information indicating that appropriate transmission line characteristics cannot be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit orders the information indicating that appropriate transmission line characteristics of the network cannot be obtained when the transmission speed in the network requested to provide the information is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed. It is characterized in that the information is transmitted to the user's terminal, or information indicating that appropriate transmission path characteristics cannot be obtained is displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, when the transmission distance of the network requested to provide the information is equal to or more than the predetermined distance, the information storage unit orders the information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic of the network cannot be obtained. It is characterized in that the information is transmitted to the user's terminal, or information indicating that appropriate transmission path characteristics cannot be obtained is displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, the information storage unit sends information indicating the signal waveform and bit error rate in the network to the terminal of the ordering business as the information indicating that the proper transmission line characteristic cannot be obtained. It is characterized by displaying information indicating that it is transmitted or that appropriate transmission line characteristics cannot be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminal of the ordering business operator operated by the ordering business operator who desires to use / construct the network, and one or more provider companies that provide the equipment constituting the network, Network facility information management using one or more provider terminals for storing information about facilities to be respectively provided, an order provider terminal, and an information storage unit connected to one or more provider terminals In the disclosure method, the information storage unit manages equipment information of one or more providers, which is received from the terminals of one or more providers, and receives an information provision request from the terminals of the ordering provider, It is characterized in that the facility information to be managed is transmitted to the terminal of the ordering business.

[0040]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a network construction and network service batch reception system and a batch reception method according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 12, there is shown an embodiment of a network construction and network service batch reception system and a batch reception method according to the present invention.

(Main points of the embodiment) In this embodiment, the ordering company makes inquiries, estimates, orders, etc. of network construction and network services to the ordering company,
The ordering business collects the equipment and network services required for network construction and provides the ordering business with the optimum network and network services. In addition, in this specification, a building and a site are
It also includes the meaning of network repeaters or terminal devices installed in buildings and bases, respectively.

The network construction and network service batch acceptance system of this embodiment is an ordering carrier terminal device T10, an order accepting carrier system T20, a communication carrier terminal device T40, an optical fiber holding carrier terminal device T45,
Equipment vendor terminal equipment T50, construction company terminal equipment T6
0, maintenance operator terminal device T70, iDC operator (Internet data center) terminal device T80, ISP (Internet service provider) / ASP (application service provider) / CSP (content service provider) operator terminal device T90 mutually Connected and configured.

(1) In FIG. 1, the ordering company terminal device T10 operated by the ordering company 10 sends the contents of the inquiry / estimation / ordering of the network to the ordering company system T20. (2) When the order accepting company system T20 operated by the order accepting company 20 receives the inquiry / estimation / ordering contents information regarding the network construction and the network service at the order reception window 25, the order receiving company system T20 has an information storing / searching function 30 of itself. Use to find out the information you need.
Alternatively, the communication carrier terminal device T40, the optical fiber holding carrier terminal device T45, the device vendor terminal device T50, the construction carrier terminal device T60, the maintenance carrier terminal device T70, i
The DC carrier terminal device T80 and the ISP / ASP / CSP carrier terminal device T90 each identify necessary information.
Sort and send.

(3) The order accepting company system T20 includes a telecommunications carrier terminal device T40, an optical fiber holding carrier terminal device T45, a device vendor terminal device T50, a construction company terminal device T60, a maintenance carrier terminal device T70, and an iDC. Collect (receive) the search / answer results from the carrier terminal device T80 and the ISP / ASP / CSP carrier terminal device T90,
Information is provided (transmitted) to the orderer terminal device T10.
Alternatively, the order accepting company system T20 includes a telecommunications carrier terminal device T40, an optical fiber holding company terminal device T45, a device vendor terminal device T50, a construction company terminal device T60,
Maintenance company terminal device T70, iDC company terminal device T8
0, the network construction and the network service are provided to the ordering business 10 by transmitting the information indicating the necessary network construction and the arrangement of the network service to the ISP / ASP / CSP business operator terminal device T90.

(4) The order receiving company 20 obtains a profit from the order receiving company 10 as a consideration for the network construction and the network service provision. The ordering business 20 includes a communication business 40, an optical fiber holding business 45, a device vendor 50, a construction business 60, a maintenance business 70, an iDC business 80, I
Pay the necessary consideration to the SP / ASP / CSP business 90. Further, the order receiving company 20 obtains a profit from the telecommunications carrier 40, the device vendor 50, the construction company 60, the maintenance company 70, the iDC company 80, and the ISP / ASP / CSP company 90 as a consideration for the placement. (5) The ordering business 20 purchases the network equipment / network service owned by itself or the network equipment / network service borrowed from another company from the ordering business 1
Earn money by lending to 0. (6) Further, the order receiving company 20 also performs maintenance / management / after-sales service work after the construction of the new network. For example, a continuous procedure is required for a limited period such as the period of use of the optical fiber, the installation location of the network equipment, the period of use, and the like.
In addition, we will collect various charges. Furthermore, insurance services are provided in case of network equipment failure (device failure, optical fiber disconnection, etc.). It should be noted that this insurance agency may be carried out by the insurance business operator together with the order receiving business operator like the communication business operator and the construction business operator.

(Structure of Embodiment) Referring to FIG. 1, in the first embodiment of the present invention, an ordering carrier terminal device T10, an order accepting carrier system T20, a communication carrier terminal device T40, an optical fiber possessing carrier. Terminal device T45, device vendor terminal device T50, construction company terminal device T60, maintenance company terminal device T70, iDC company terminal device T80, ISP / A
It is composed of an SP / CSP provider terminal device T90.

The order accepting company system T20 has an order receiving window 25 and an order accepting company information storing / searching function 30.

The ordering business 10 is a business or an individual who plans a network construction by dark fiber / wavelength / bandwidth renting. The ordering company terminal device T10 operated by the ordering company 10 exchanges geographical information such as addresses, floors, and racks of its own sites (buildings) connected to the network to be constructed, and exchanges between those sites. It stores the traffic demand forecast information. Therefore, the ordering enterprise terminal device T10 sends this information from the Web client to the order receiving window 25 (W of the order receiving enterprise 20).
eb server). Here, the order reception window 25 is realized by a Web server, but the transmission and reception of information can be performed by telephone, without using Web technology.
It can also be realized by FAX, E-mail, Web (HTTP), FTP and the like.

The order accepting company system T20 stores information.
It has a search function 30. Information storage / search function 3 here
0 is realized by the database system. However, it can also be realized by a ledger manually. In addition, the information storage / search function 30 is used by the ordering company terminal device T
10, communication carrier terminal device T40, optical fiber holding carrier terminal device T45, device vendor terminal device T50, construction carrier terminal device T60, maintenance carrier terminal device T70, iD
The C operator terminal device T80 and the ISP / ASP / CSP operator terminal device T90 are connected to each other via a network.
However, if there is a system that the contractor 20 can manage,
It does not have to be connected by a network. The order accepting company system T20 can accept the request from the order accepting company terminal device T10 at the order acceptance window 25 (Web server), analyzes the request from the order accepting company 10, and searches by the information storage search function 30. In addition, the telecommunications carrier 40, the optical fiber holding company 45, the device vendor 50, the construction company 6
0, maintenance company 70, iDC company 80, ISP / AS
Necessary information can be sent and investigated to the P / CSP business 90.

The order accepting company system T20 includes a telecommunications carrier terminal device T40 and an optical fiber holding carrier terminal device T4.
5, device vendor terminal device T50, construction company terminal device T
60, maintenance company terminal device T70, iDC company terminal device T80, ISP / ASP / CSP company terminal device T9
From 0, you can receive information about network construction and network services. Further, the order accepting company system T20 includes a CRT (Cathode-ra).
y Tube), LCD (Liquid Crystal)
A display such as a display is provided and has a function of displaying information. Further, the order accepting business 20 can arrange a network and provide a network service to the order accepting business 10. Further, the order accepting business 20 can lend to the ordering business 10 the network equipment that the ordering business 10 owns or borrows from other businesses.

The information storage / search function 30 of the order accepting company system T20 stores information about network construction and network services, and the order accepting company system T20 is capable of searching. This information includes
It includes geographical information of each site, dark fiber / wavelength / bandwidth information stored in each site, information inside each site where fibers are installed, attribute information of dark fiber, network device information, and network service information. The order accepting company 20 can search using the order accepting company system T20.

The information inside each base where the fiber is installed is the floor inside the building, the rack information inside the floor, and the like.
The dark fiber attribute information is information such as fiber length, fiber type, fiber connector shape, and light intensity attenuation. The network device information is information such as function, protocol, speed, number of ports, number of slots, price, delivery date, size, power supply capacity, connection feasibility with other devices. The network service information is information such as service content, price, quality, warranty content, and delivery date.

The ordering enterpriser terminal device T10 transmits, to the ordering enterpriser system T20, constraints such as site information, traffic demand information, price / service quality / service content / delivery date, which are targets for network construction. The order accepting company system T20 refers to each information stored in the information storing and searching function 30 and outputs a plurality of network construction plans satisfying the constraint conditions received from the order accepting company terminal device T10 to place the ordering business. It transmits to the personal terminal device T10. The orderer terminal device T10 displays the plurality of received network construction plans. The ordering business 10 uses the ordering business terminal device T10 to select one of the displayed network construction plans desired by the ordering business 10 and sends it to the ordering business system T20. Based on the selected network construction plan, the order accepting company system T20 collects the communication carrier 40 and the optical fiber holding company 45, and designs a designated network. In this way, the network construction can be realized without the ordering company 10 conducting an investigation by itself of the network equipment information held by the telecommunications carrier 40 and the optical fiber holding company 45. Here, network equipment means the equipment and resources required for communication, such as communication equipment, peripheral equipment, power supply, air conditioning, installation location, various cables such as optical fiber and coaxial cable, cable wiring, optical Includes wavelength and communication band in communication.

Based on the demand forecast, the contractor 20 purchases or leases various facilities from the telecommunications carrier 40, the device vendor 50, etc. in advance in a large amount, and stores the usable facility information in the information storage / retrieval function 30. Or the ordering company 20
Buys or rents a large amount of various types of equipment that meet the demands received from a plurality of ordering companies, and stores usable equipment information in the information storage / retrieval function 30. Or
The order receiving company 20 does not purchase or rent equipment or services that can be provided by various companies, and the order receiving company 1
Prior to receiving orders from 0, various equipment information is stored in the information storage / retrieval function 30.

The telecommunications carrier 40 is a plurality of first-class telecommunications business or second-class telecommunications carrier, and various network services (high-speed digital service, wide area LAN service, A
It is possible to provide information regarding network construction and network services to the contractor 20 by providing a TM leased line service, etc. The telecommunications carrier 40 operates the telecommunications carrier terminal device T40.

The optical fiber holding company 45 is a plurality of companies holding optical fibers, and can lend the optical fibers to the ordering company 10 by IRU or wholesale telecommunications service. The optical fiber holding company 45 operates the optical fiber holding company terminal device T45.

The device vendor 50 is a plurality of vendors of communication devices, and can provide information of various devices to the order receiving company. It may be an agent of a communication device or a leasing company. The device vendor 50 operates the device vendor terminal device T50. The construction company 60 is a plurality of companies that can perform network connection construction, and can provide the contracting company with information such as construction details, prices, and delivery dates. The construction company 60 operates the construction company terminal device T60. The maintenance company 70 is a plurality of companies that can maintain the network.
Information such as prices can be provided. Maintenance company 70
Operates the maintenance operator terminal device T70.

The iDC company 80 is an Internet data center company and is a plurality of companies capable of installing and managing the network or server equipment of the ordering company, and can provide information such as service contents and prices. I can. The iDC company 80 uses the iDC company terminal device T80.
To operate. The ISP / ASP / CSP business 90 here draws the ISP business, the ASP business, and the CSP business collectively for simplicity. ISP / ASP
/ CSP business operator 90 operates ISP / ASP / CSP business operator terminal device T90.

The ISP business operators are a plurality of business operators that can substitute the connection between the ordering business operator and the Internet or another ISP. The ASP business operator is a plurality of business operators who can provide various applications to the ordering business operator via the network. The CSP business is a plurality of businesses that can provide various contents to the ordering business via the network. Each ISP / ASP / CSP business operator can provide the order business operator with information such as service content and price.

FIG. 9 shows a usage pattern of the optical fiber at each site used by the ordering business, the ordering business, and the communication business. WDM (Waveleng
th Division Multiplexing) device 300, OXC (Opti
cal cross connect) device 310 and multiplex device 320. The present embodiment also supports network construction and network services that use media other than optical fibers such as ISDN and xDSL.

(Operation of Embodiment) An operation example of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. (1) The ordering business is trying to connect the base A (100) and the base D (130) in FIG. 2 with a network. Here, the base A and the base D are assumed to be station buildings of communication carriers. It is assumed that the ordering company constructs a network between the bases A to D by the relay optical fiber. Note that the ordering business operator is the base B (1
10) and the location C (120) and the information about them does not need to be known.

(2) The ordering company uses the ordering company terminal device T10 to make an input on the order reception window 25 (Web server). FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen which the orderer terminal device T10 receives from the order reception window 25 and displays. (A) The "base information" includes information on the base (building, etc.) of the ordering company that should be connected via the network (address, floor, position on the floor, rack information, position of connection part on the rack, owner or Enter the administrator, etc.). Enter the interface or traffic demand between each location and the expected traffic pattern. The interface is
Determined by communication protocol and speed. Here, an example of entry when OC-3 is used as the interface is shown.

For the traffic pattern, by defining and using various parameters, uniform distribution, normal distribution, and other traffic patterns arbitrarily defined by the user can be used. When the ordering business operator has a plurality of bases, this input may be performed by increasing the number of lines according to the number. In addition, the telecommunications carrier can use the site (unused at that time)
Dark fiber need not be laid. When the dark fiber of the telecommunications carrier that can be used (not used at that time) is not installed at the base, the order receiving company requests the telecommunications carrier to install the dark fiber.

In (a) "budget", a budget that can be spent for constructing the network of the ordering business can be entered, and the initial cost and the running cost are separately entered. (C) In "delivery date", enter the delivery date when the network should operate. (D) In "Construction conditions", enter the requirements and conditions of the ordering company regarding network construction. (E) In "Maintenance content / SLA", the maintenance service content or SLA content during network operation is input. It is possible to select from a menu prepared in advance by the maintenance company / ordering company, such as 24-hour support and AM9-PM6 only support. However, it is also possible for the ordering business to arbitrarily define the service content.

(F) "Protection""Topology"
For the "hop count" and "delay", enter the policy or condition regarding the network construction of the ordering business. The protection is a detour route selection function to cope with a failure in the working circuit. The topology is a geometrical line configuration of the network, and is input as, for example, “star type”, “mesh type”, “bus type”, or “ring type”. The number of hops is the number of relay points, and the delay is the magnitude of signal delay.

(G) "Various services" are entered for network services that the ordering company wants to receive. iD
Requests can be input for C, ISP, ASP, CSP, and the like. Other services can be arbitrarily input. (H) In the “existing equipment information”, enter the network equipment / resources already owned or used by the orderer.
The purpose is to effectively use existing facilities and resources for new network construction and network services. (K) In "Others", various information, various requests, contact information, etc. not included in the above can be arbitrarily entered.

(3) The order accepting company system T20 is shown in FIG.
Is received from the ordering enterprise terminal device T10, the information storage / search function 30 (database) satisfies the request of the ordering enterprise, and the telecommunications carrier, equipment vendor, construction operator, maintenance operator, iDC operator , ISP, ASP
Search whether there is a business or CSP business. If there is no corresponding information in the database, the telecommunications carrier terminal device T40, the device vendor terminal device T50, the construction company terminal device T60, the maintenance company terminal device T70, the iDC company terminal device T80, the ISP company / ASP business. Person / CS
Send the request of the ordering business to the P business terminal device T90,
Wait for an answer. (4) The order accepting company system T20 includes a telecommunications carrier terminal device T40, a device vendor terminal device T50, a construction company terminal device T60, a maintenance company terminal device T70, and an iDC.
Business operator terminal device T80, ISP business operator / ASP business operator /
The information in the information storage / retrieval function 30 (database) is updated at any time by receiving the information provided from the CSP business terminal device T90.

(5) The communication carriers X, Y and Z reply to the order receiving carrier with the network information shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5. That is, telecommunications carriers X, Y, Z
Respectively operates the telecommunications carrier terminal device T40 to transmit the network information stored in each telecommunications carrier terminal device T40 to the order accepting carrier system T20. Location A
Dark fiber 20 between (100) and base B (110)
0, the dark fiber 210 between the base B (110) and the base D (130) is owned by the communication carrier X, and the usage fee, the fiber distance, the optical attenuation rate, and the number of free core wires that can be used are as shown in FIG. is there. Similarly, base A (100) to base C (1
20) dark fiber 220, and the dark fiber 230 between the base C (120) and the base D (130) are communication carriers Y.
2, the charge, the fiber distance, the optical attenuation rate, and the number of vacant core wires that can be used are as shown in FIG. Other than the dark fiber, the network service shown in FIG.

(6) The equipment vendors P and Q reply the equipment information shown in FIG. 6 to the contractor. That is, the device vendors P and Q are respectively the device vendor terminal device T50.
Is operated to transmit the device information stored in each device vendor terminal device T50 to the order accepting company system T20. (7) The construction company and the maintenance company are shown in Fig. 7 and
The cost shown in FIG. 8 is returned to the contractor. That is, the construction business operator and the maintenance business operator operate the construction business operator terminal device T60 and the maintenance business operator terminal device T70, respectively, so that the costs as shown in FIGS. Information indicating the ordering operator system T2
Send to 0. (8) Here, since the ordering business operator does not use the iDC business operator, the ISP business operator, the ASP business operator, and the CSP business operator, there is no inquiry or reply from the order accepting business operator to each business operator. That is, the order accepting company system T20 uses the iD
C carrier terminal device T80 and ISP / ASP / CSP
The information indicating the inquiry and the reply to the business entity terminal device T90 is not transmitted.

(9) The order accepting company system T20 synthesizes the information of FIGS. 2 and 4 to 8, and according to the conditions of FIG. 3 input from the ordering company, the telecommunications carrier, the equipment vendor, and the construction company. , Maintenance company, iDC company, ISP company, A
Select an appropriate business operator from SP business operators and CSP business operators. Here, the constraint conditions presented by the ordering company (transmitted from the ordering company terminal device T10) are the upper limit of the cost and the maintenance condition. In order to satisfy the cost constraint condition "running cost upper limit 300,000 yen" and the maintenance condition "24 hours maintenance support", the telecommunications carrier Y and the maintenance carrier S are selected. The telecommunications carrier Z cannot meet the cost constraint condition.

The communication carrier X or the maintenance company T cannot satisfy the cost constraint condition or the maintenance condition. Further, in order to satisfy the interface / speed condition and the cost constraint condition “initial cost upper limit of 1.3 million yen” indicated by the ordering business operator, the equipment vendor N and the construction business operator Q are selected. Note that i
There is no desire for use by DC operators, ISP operators, ASP operators, and CSP operators. The telecommunications carrier Y, the equipment vendor N, the construction company Q, and the maintenance company S make a network construction arrangement and deliver it to the ordering company.

(10) In this case, the ordering business lends the dark fiber borrowed from the communication business to the ordering business. This form is the “form 1” in FIG. 9, and the dark fiber used by both the ordering business operator / the ordering business operator is the optical fiber 400 in FIG.
Further, it is the form of item number 1 in FIG.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The ordering company terminal device T10 inputs the site information indicating the owner or manager of the site of the optical fiber construction at the time of network construction, and sends it to the ordering company system T20. The order accepting company system T20 stores the received base information in the information storage / retrieval function 30. The order accepting company system T20 displays information included in the received site information, which prompts the owner or manager of the site of the optical fiber construction to negotiate the construction work of the network (optical fiber). The order accepting company 20 confirms the display, and negotiates with the owner or manager of the optical fiber construction site to construct the network (optical fiber). Therefore, the ordering company 10 does not negotiate the construction with the owner or manager of the base building when performing the optical fiber construction within the base (optical fiber piping construction / wiring construction within the floor / between floors). However, the network can be constructed or used.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the ordering enterpriser terminal device T10 transmits to the ordering enterpriser system T20 the restrictions such as the upper price limit and delivery date of the entire network construction and network service. Contractor system T2
0 makes a comparison between a plurality of device vendors 50 to design a network using the optimum device. Therefore, even if the ordering business 10 has no knowledge or experience of the network or the device, it is possible to construct the network using the optimum device and use the network service.

Further, according to this embodiment, the order accepting company system T20 uses the network or constructs conditions (light intensity in the network) desired by the ordering company 10.
According to the above, the network is designed by determining the amount of attenuation by the optical attenuator to be installed in the network. Therefore, the ordering business 10 can use the optical attenuator or the like according to the light intensity (attenuation amount) by the order accepting business 20 without adjusting the light intensity (light attenuation amount) of the dark fiber by itself. This enables normal optical signal transmission and reception.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when the ordering enterpriser terminal device T10 desires to use or construct the network, the ordering enterpriser terminal device T10 transmits the information indicating the desired use / construction condition to the order receiving enterprise system T20, and When laying the fiber, order the road occupancy permission procedure to the contractor 20 or the like. Therefore,
The ordering business 10 can construct or use the network without performing the procedure for permitting road occupancy.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when the ordering enterpriser terminal device T10 desires to use or construct the network, the ordering enterpriser terminal device T10 transmits information indicating the desired utilization / construction condition to the contracting enterprise system T20 for construction.・ Order maintenance work from other companies. Therefore, the ordering business 10 can construct or use the network without performing the construction / maintenance work by itself.

Further, according to this embodiment, the order accepting company system T20 is used / constructed based on the information indicating the use / construction condition desired by the ordering company 10 received from the ordering company terminal device T10. A candidate for a construction business operator 60 / maintenance business operator 70 who performs construction / maintenance of the network is determined, and the information is transmitted to the ordering business operator terminal device T10.
The information indicating the candidate of each business is displayed by the ordering business terminal device T10. The ordering company 10 uses the ordering company terminal device T10 to select a company desired by itself from the displayed candidates of the company and transmits it to the ordering company system T20. The order accepting company 20 places an order with the selected company. Therefore, the ordering business 10
The construction company 60, which was previously designated by the telecommunications carrier 40, is selected from a plurality of construction companies 60 / maintenance companies 70.
/ It is possible to receive services from not only the maintenance company 70, but also a company that matches the needs more.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the orderer terminal device T10 transmits information indicating the content of the network service desired by the orderer 10 and other constraint conditions such as costs to the orderer system T20. . The order accepting company system T20 compares a plurality of companies in the iDC, ISP, ASP, CSP, etc. based on the received constraint conditions, and extracts a company satisfying the constraint conditions. Therefore, the ordering business operator 10 can select and order an appropriate business operator in the network to be used / constructed.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the order receiving company 20
Is able to receive a large discount because the network / equipment facilities for a plurality of ordering companies 10 can be purchased together. Therefore, the ordering company 10 constructs the network /
The cost can be reduced as compared with the case of using it.

(Effects of the Embodiment) The first effect is that the ordering business operator is required to set various information on network construction and network service (network service such as leased line service,
Dark fiber installation information, equipment, construction, maintenance, iDC /
It is possible to build a network and receive a network service without conducting a survey / procedure of each service (ISP / ASP / CSP). Further, it is possible to reduce the number of man-hours required for network construction and network service and to concentrate resources on the original work. Furthermore, a highly reliable network can be constructed by a contractor, who is a specialist in network construction and network services, acting on behalf of the business.

The second effect is that a telecommunications carrier, a construction company,
Competition among maintenance business operators, iDC business operators, ISP business operators, ASP business operators, and CSP business operators will occur, making it easier for ordering business operators to construct networks and receive network services in terms of cost and service. Also,
Efficient operation of network equipment and network services owned by telecommunications carriers will progress.

(Other Embodiments) The second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the construction target is a network including not only the relay communication line but also the subscriber communication line. In order to select the network construction, the request from the ordering company (the number of hops,
The first point is that the presence or absence of collocation space and network connection services other than dark fiber are considered.
Is different from the embodiment described above.

Buildings 1 and 2 in FIG. 11 are buildings owned by the ordering business. Here, a network for connecting the buildings 1 and 2 in FIG. 11 is constructed. Building 1-Base E
, And the building 2 to the site F are subscriber system dark fibers, and there is only one dark fiber path each. It is a relay system dark fiber that connects each of the bases E, F, G, H, I, J, and K of the telecommunications carrier,
There are four types of dark fiber paths. The order accepting company system T20 receives the information indicating the request of the order accepting company 10 received from the order accepting company terminal device T10, and investigates each route. The survey results of each route are as follows.

Route 1: The number of hops is large (the number of passing sites is large). It does not meet the request of the ordering business. For this reason,
Cannot be adopted. Route 2: The required collocation space calculated from the size of the device cannot be secured at the site I. Therefore, it cannot be adopted. Route 3: There is no empty fiber core wire. For this reason,
Cannot be adopted. Route 4: Adopted because it meets all the conditions. Also, although there is only one type of service that connects buildings 1 to 2 without using dark fiber (route 5), the usage fee is high and does not meet the cost constraint conditions of the ordering business. Therefore, it cannot be adopted. From the above, Route 4 is adopted.

As described above, according to the first and second embodiments, it is possible to construct a network using both a subscriber communication line and a relay communication line or to construct a network using only a relay communication line. Can also be applied. The former can be used for networks that connect the bases of general companies. Further, the latter can be used when a network is constructed to provide communication services to other companies as a second-class telecommunications carrier.

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the investment for the expansion is minimized in consideration of the existing network equipment of the ordering business. That is, in the third embodiment, the order accepting company system T20 minimizes the investment for the expansion based on the information indicating the existing network equipment of the ordering company 10 received from the ordering company terminal device T10. Network design. As shown in FIG. 12, the building 3 and the building 4 of the ordering business are connected. Building 3
Each of the base K and the building 4 to the base L is connected by one subscriber dark fiber, and there is no other choice. The bases K to L are connected by one relay dark fiber, and there is no other choice.

At the base K, the device a is already used,
There is one extra port. At the base L, the device b is already used, but there are not many ports. From the interface or the like desired by the ordering business, the remaining port of the device a is used at the site K, and the same device c as the devices a and b is purchased at the site L. It means that the additional investment for the equipment of the ordering company has been made only for the purchase of the equipment c.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
Not only when constructing a new network and when starting a new network service, but also when having an existing network facility and when using the network service, the order accepting company system T20 uses the existing and in-use network facility and service. Based on usage conditions, we will design networks and network services to optimize the additional investment by expansion.

A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the fourth embodiment, the order receiving company borrows dark fiber from the communication company. This is different from the first embodiment in that the order receiving company provides the ordering company with a specific wavelength in the corresponding dark fiber. In this case, it is the contractor who operates the dark fiber. This form is “form 2” or “form 3” in FIG.
It is item number 2 in FIG. In FIG. 9, the optical fiber 420 is used by the order accepting company, and the optical fiber 410 or 440 is used by the order accepting company.

A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the fifth embodiment, the ordering business rents a dark fiber from the telecommunications carrier, and the ordering business provides the ordering business operator with a specific band in the dark fiber.
Is different from the embodiment described above. In this case, it is the contractor who operates the dark fiber. This form is “form 4” in FIG. 9 and item number 3 in FIG. Figure 9
Is the optical fiber 420 used by the contractor,
The optical fiber 470 used by the orderer.

A sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The sixth embodiment differs from the first to third embodiments in that the order receiving company borrows a certain wavelength from the telecommunications carrier and the order receiving company provides an appropriate wavelength to the order receiving company. In this case, it will be the carrier that operates the dark fiber. This form is “form 4” in FIG. 9 and item number 2 or 3 in FIG. In FIG. 9, it is the optical fiber 410 or 430 used by the ordering business and the optical fiber 410 or 440 used by the ordering business.

A seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the seventh embodiment, the ordering carrier borrows a certain wavelength from the communication carrier, and the ordering carrier provides the ordering carrier with a specific band within an appropriate wavelength. Different from the example. In this case, it is the carrier that operates the dark fiber. This form is “form 5” in FIG. 9 and item number 4 in FIG. In FIG. 9, it is the optical fiber 450 or 460 used by the ordering business and the optical fiber 470 used by the ordering business.

An eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the eighth embodiment, the ordering business operator borrows a certain band from the telecommunications carrier, and the ordering business operator provides the ordering business operator with the relevant band or a part of the borrowed band. Is different from the embodiment described above. In this case, it will be the carrier that operates the dark fiber. This form is "form 6" in FIG. 9 and item number 4 in FIG. In FIG. 9, the optical fiber 470 is used by the order accepting company, and the optical fiber 470 or 480 is used by the order accepting company.

As described above, in the fourth to eighth embodiments, when the order accepting company 20 can predict that there is demand from a plurality of ordering companies 10 between certain bases, one or a plurality of orders are accepted. The dark fiber of the optical fiber carrier 45
It is possible to lend one type or a plurality of types of wavelengths, or an appropriate band included in a certain wavelength, to the ordering business 10. For example, the order receiving company 20 can make a profit by providing one dark fiber borrowed at a low cost to a plurality of ordering companies. That is, when the order accepting company system T20 receives the information indicating the design request for the network from the order accepting company terminal device T10, it does not only design part or all of the section of the network as the optical fiber itself, but also the wavelength or It can be designed as a band.

(1) Telecommunications carrier (telecommunications carrier terminal device T
40) presents the contents of the leased line service or surplus dark fiber / wavelength / band site information, price, optical fiber type, optical connector type, light intensity attenuation rate, etc. to the order receiving company (order receiving company system T20). If (transmitted) and registered in the information storage / retrieval function 30, it can be used by an ordering business operator who desires network design even if the communication business operator does not carry out sales activities. Alternatively, just by registering, the same effect as performing business activities can be obtained.

(2) Device vendor (device vendor terminal device T
If 50) presents (transmits) the device specification, cost, delivery date, size, etc. to the order accepting company (order accepting company system T20) and registers it in the information storing / searching function 30, the device vendor conducts business activities. Even if you do not do it, you can use it by the ordering company who wants to design the network. Alternatively, just by registering, the same effect as performing business activities can be obtained.

(3) Construction company (construction company terminal device T
If 60) presents (transmits) the construction content, cost, and delivery date to the order accepting company (order accepting company system T20) and registers it in the information storage search function 30, the construction company does not carry out business activities. Also, it can be used by ordering companies who desire network design. Alternatively, just by registering, the same effect as performing business activities can be obtained.

(4) Maintenance company (maintenance company terminal device T
70) presents (transmits) the maintenance contents and costs to the order receiving company (order receiving company system T20), and the information storage search function 3
If it is registered as 0, it can be used by an ordering company who wants to design a network even if the maintenance company does not carry out sales activities. Alternatively, just by registering, the same effect as performing business activities can be obtained.

(5) iDC carrier (iDC carrier terminal device T80) and ISP / ASP / CSP carrier (IS
If the P / ASP / CSP business operator terminal device T90) presents (transmits) the service content, cost, and SLA to the order accepting business (order accepting business system T20) and registers it in the information storage search function 30, Even if the business does not carry out sales activities,
It can be used by an ordering company who wants to design a network. Alternatively, just by registering, the same effect as performing business activities can be obtained.

The ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the configuration and operation of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description will proceed.
As shown in FIG. 1, the network facility information management publicizing system in the ninth embodiment has an ordering carrier terminal device T10, an ordering carrier system T20, a communication carrier terminal device T40, and an optical fiber holding device. Business terminal device T
45, a device vendor terminal device T50, a construction company terminal device T60, a maintenance company terminal device T70, an iDC company terminal device T80, and an ISP / ASP / CSP company terminal device T90. Contractor system T20
Is each company terminal device T10, T40, T50, T6
0, T70, T80, T90 are connected. Also,
The order accepting company system T20 has an order reception window 25 and an information storing / searching function 30.

The network facility information management publicizing system in the ninth embodiment not only presents the optimum network at the time of request from the ordering business, but also
The present embodiment is different from the first to eighth embodiments in that the use status of the network equipment or the communication service at a certain point in the future is investigated or predicted to realize the request of the ordering business.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing information on optical fibers held by the fiber holding company 45 in the ninth embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 14 shows a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing usage status information for each fiber core wire between the sites A and B of FIG. 2 held by the fiber holding company X in the embodiment of FIG. The configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system in this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14. The information shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 is the order accepting company system T.
It is assumed that they are stored (managed) by the information storage search function 30 of 20. In addition, the information related to the optical fiber and the usage status information are the optical fiber holding company terminal device T4.
It may be transmitted (provided) to the order accepting company system T20 from S5.

The order accepting company system T20 manages information relating to the optical fibers owned by each optical fiber holding company 45. As shown in FIG. 13, the information about the above-mentioned optical fiber includes "(name of) optical fiber carrier", "(optical fiber) starting point", "(optical fiber) end point", "(Use of optical fiber) price", "Fiber length (from start point to end point of optical fiber)", "Optical attenuation factor (of optical fiber)", "Number of installed core wires (of optical fiber)", "( It includes "remaining number of cores (of optical fiber)", "fiber type (of optical fiber)", "planned new installation time (of optical fiber)", "planned new installation number of cores (of optical fiber)", and the like.

Further, the order accepting company system T20 manages utilization status information for each optical fiber (dark fiber) owned by each optical fiber carrier 45. As shown in FIG. 14, the above-mentioned use status information includes “core number (of optical fiber owned by each optical fiber holder)”,
"User (for each core)", "User address, user contact information", "Start (planned date) for (for each core)", "Planned end date (for each core)", "(Each) Included are "rental form of core wire", "remarks", and the like.

The order reception window 25 is used to inquire / estimate / estimate the optical fiber that the ordering company 10 desires to use in the future.
When the order is received from the ordering company terminal device T10, the usage status of network facilities / services that can be provided in the future is predicted based on the inquiry / estimation / order contents. The order accepting company system T20 transmits information indicating the prediction result to the order accepting company terminal device T10 and provides the ordering company 10 with the information.

The operation of predicting the use status of the information indicating the facility / service of the network that can be provided to the ordering company 10 by the ordering company system T20 will be described below with a specific example.

For example, it is assumed that the ordering company terminal device T10 has transmitted the inquiry / estimation / ordering information having the following contents to the ordering company system T20. -[Connection form] Connect the bases A, B, and D in FIG.・ [Requested start time of connection, etc.] Assuming the current time is May 2002, it is hoped that connection will be started for three years from September 1, 2002. In addition, here, the usage status of the optical fiber is
Assume that・ [Fiber usage status] The number of remaining core wires of the fiber and the new installation schedule are shown in FIG. The planned usage period of each fiber core wire is shown in FIG.

In the case of the above example, the use of the core wire number 2 between the bases A and B is terminated at Kanagawa Co., Ltd. on August 1, 2002, and the ordering business 10 can be used at that time.
Further, since the bases B to D are scheduled to be newly installed on July 1, 2002, the bases A to B to D can be connected at that time.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The order accepting company system T20 registers and collectively manages the facility information (information relating to the optical fibers held) of a plurality of facility holding companies (optical fiber holding companies 45). Therefore,
Not only the optimum network at the time of request from the ordering business 10 is presented, but also the usage of the network equipment or the communication service at a certain time in the future is investigated or predicted to request the ordering business 10. Can be realized.

The tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The tenth embodiment is different from the other embodiments in that the system can flexibly convert the network conditions required by the ordering business 10 into other conditions and parameters. For example, if the ordering company 10 wants to use the network of a certain section and the network of the section is not installed at the moment, the ordering company 10 orders information about routes that can be installed in the section within the conditions presented by the ordering company 10. Provide to the business operator 10. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system according to the present embodiment are the same as those of the ninth embodiment, and the description will proceed assuming that the configuration is as shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing information on optical fibers held by each fiber holding company 45 in the tenth embodiment of the present invention. In addition, FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the installation cost of each optical fiber installation method in the tenth embodiment of the present invention. In addition, FIG. 17 is a diagram showing respective bases A to D and an optical fiber connecting the bases in the tenth embodiment of the present invention. The configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. Note that FIG.
The information shown in FIGS. 5 to 17 is stored (managed) by the information storage / retrieval function 30 by the order accepting company system T20.
It has been done. The information about the optical fiber is
It may be transmitted (provided) from the optical fiber holding company terminal device T45 to the order receiving company system T20. Further, the information indicating the installation cost may be transmitted (provided) from the construction company terminal device T60 to the order receiving company system T20.

The order accepting company system T20 manages information relating to the optical fibers owned by each optical fiber holding company 45. As shown in FIG. 15, the information regarding the above-mentioned optical fiber includes “(name of) optical fiber carrier”, “(optical fiber) starting point”, “(optical fiber) ending point”, "(Use of optical fiber) price", "Fiber length (from start point to end point of optical fiber)", "Optical attenuation factor (of optical fiber)", "Number of installed core wires (of optical fiber)", "( "Remaining number of cores (of optical fiber)", "Type of fiber (of optical fiber)", "Planned time of new installation (of optical fiber)", "Number of new cores of planned installation (of optical fiber)", and "Number of cores of optical fiber""Layingmethod" etc. are included.
In this embodiment, "fictitious", "buried", and "information box" are shown as examples of the types of "optical fiber laying method".

Further, the order accepting company system T20 manages information on the installation cost of each optical fiber installation method. FIG.
The installation cost information above, as shown in
"(Optical fiber laying method that construction company 60 can do)", "Optical fiber laying cost per meter (for each method) (per 100 cores)", and "Optical fiber laying period (for each method)" Etc. are included.

When the order accepting company system T20 receives the inquiry / estimation / ordering information of the network which the ordering company 10 desires to use from the ordering company terminal device T10, it receives the inquiry / estimate / ordering information based on the inquiry / estimate / ordering information. Search for available network facilities / services. The order accepting company system T20 transmits information indicating the search result to the order accepting company terminal device T10. In the present embodiment, even if there is a section in which the fiber core wire is not laid, the new laying of the fiber core wire in the corresponding section is the “desired delivery date” and the “desired delivery date” among the above-mentioned desired use conditions presented by the orderer 10. If it meets the "budget", the route including the section to be newly constructed is also presented to the ordering business as a selection candidate.

A specific example will be described below to describe the operation of searching for information indicating network facilities / services that can be provided to the ordering business 10 by the ordering business system T20.

For example, the order reception window 25 receives an inquiry / estimation / ordering information from the ordering company terminal device T10, and the content of the inquiry / estimation / ordering information is the request for connection of the bases A to D in FIG. Is shown. In this case, in FIG. 15, the number of remaining core wires between the bases A and B and between the bases B and D is “20”, respectively.
It is shown as "50". Therefore, since the layable optical fiber remains in the route A-B-D, the order acceptor system T20 outputs A-B-D as a candidate,
It is transmitted to the ordering company terminal device T10. The orderer terminal device T10 displays the received route candidate information.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, there is no optical fiber between the bases A to C on the route A to C, but the new installation cost between the bases A to C is shown in FIG. It can be calculated as 1,200,000. If the initial cost satisfies the request of the orderer, the orderer system T20 outputs A-C-D as a candidate and sends it to the orderer terminal device T10. Ordering company terminal device T1
0 displays the information of the received route candidate.

Further, not only the new installation cost as described above, but also the installation period (delivery time) is stored in a database, so that candidates satisfying the request of the ordering business operator 10 in terms of both cost and delivery time can be displayed. It will be possible. In this case, the order accepting company system T20 extracts an optical fiber that meets the desired delivery date contained in the inquiry / estimation / ordering information received from the ordering company terminal device T10 by the information storage / retrieval function 30.

Further, the order accepting company system T20 searches the route of the optical fiber based on the geographical condition around the optical fiber to be installed, and transmits the search result to the ordering company terminal device T10. May be. For example,
As a route candidate presented by the order accepting company system T20 to the order accepting company 10, there is one in which no optical fiber is laid, and a section where the optical fiber is not laid is connected to a river, a national road,
When a railway or the like is crossing, it is often difficult to lay an optical fiber in the section, and thus the priority is displayed low.

Here, as an example, it is assumed that the ordering enterprise terminal device T10 transmits an inquiry / estimation / ordering including a request to connect the bases A to D in FIG. 17 to the order receiving enterprise system T20. If no fiber remains in both routes A-B and A-C (no number of remnants),
Although it is necessary to compare the cost and delivery date of new installation, the railway runs through Routes A-C, which makes installation work difficult. In this case, the cost and period required for the installation work may be higher than those of other routes. As described above, the order accepting company system T20 does not consider only the construction cost and the construction delivery date shown in FIG. 16, but also parameterizes the cost and the period required for the application work for the construction and uses the information storage search function 30. By storing the information, it becomes possible to provide the information about the optical fiber according to the request of the orderer 10.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The order accepting company system T20 registers and collectively manages the facility information (information regarding the owned optical fiber, information regarding the laying of the optical fiber) of a plurality of the facility owners (optical fiber owner 45, construction operator 60). To do. Therefore, network construction / maintenance can be efficiently realized in terms of budget and man-hours, and the ordering company 10 can easily provide the ordering company 10 with information regarding the network facilities / services that the ordering company 10 desires to use at the present time or in the future. It becomes possible.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the order accepting company system T20 converts the parameter input as the "desired network condition" presented by the ordering company 10 into another parameter (for example, using the network). / Convert the desired section, cost, and delivery time for construction to the desired section, cost, and delivery time for laying and using the network, respectively). Therefore, it becomes possible to flexibly provide information on the network that the ordering business operator 10 desires to use / construct.

The eleventh embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system according to the present embodiment will be described as being similar to that of the ninth embodiment. In the eleventh embodiment, the order accepting company system T20 is designated by the ordering company 10 (the ordering company terminal device T1.
Another embodiment is that when an optical fiber that connects the start point and the end point (shown in the information transmitted from 0) is selected, a route is created by connecting the optical fiber core wires of a plurality of optical fiber owners. Different from

For example, when the ordering company 10 requests the use of the optical fiber of the route connecting the point X and the point Y via the point Z, the ordering company system T20:
An optical fiber between points X to Z owned by the fiber holding company A and points Z to Y held by the optical fiber holding company B.
The information of the route connecting the optical fiber between is created.
The order accepting company system T20 transmits the information of the created route to the order accepting company terminal device T10 and provides it. Also,
When the order accepting company system T20 receives the order for using the optical fiber of the route from the ordering company 10, the optical fiber holding company terminal device T45 and the construction company terminal device 60 perform construction for using the optical fiber of the route. Place an order.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the optical fiber of the route connecting the start point and the end point designated by the ordering enterprise 10 is selected, the order accepting enterprise system T20 connects the optical fiber cores owned by the plurality of fiber possessing enterprises 45 to connect the route. To create. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly construct the network that the ordering business operator 10 wants to use / provide, and to flexibly provide the information.

The twelfth embodiment will be described below.
Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system in this embodiment are the same as those in the ninth embodiment of the present invention, and the description will proceed.

In the twelfth embodiment, the terminal devices of various equipment carriers (communication carrier terminal device T40, optical fiber carrier operator terminal device T45, device vendor terminal device T50,
Construction company terminal device T60, maintenance company terminal device T7
0, iDC carrier terminal device T80, ISP / ASP / C
The SP operator terminal device T90) is different from the other embodiments in that it owns and manages the information storage and retrieval function (which can be realized by the database and the CPU), and the ordering operator can use the information storage and retrieval function. . Since the ordering company uses the information storing and searching function, a web (HTTP) interface (Web server) is provided between them (between the ordering company terminal device and the information storing and searching function of various equipment holding companies). You may be equipped with a special order reception desk.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a twelfth embodiment of the network facility information management publicizing system of the present invention. This embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, the network facility information management disclosure system includes an orderer terminal device 510,
It has one or more terminal equipment 520 having various facilities. In this embodiment, the configuration does not have to include the order accepting company 20 (order accepting company system T20) shown in FIG. The ordering enterprise terminal device 510 has the same function as the ordering enterprise terminal device T10. The various equipment holding company terminal devices 520 include a communication carrier terminal device T40, an optical fiber holding company terminal device T45, a device vendor terminal device T50, a construction company terminal device T60, a maintenance company terminal device T70, and an iDC company terminal. Device T80, ISP / AS
It has the same function as any one of the P / CSP provider terminal devices T90.

[0130] Further, various equipment possessing business operator terminal devices 520
Has an order reception window 525 and an information storage / search function 530, respectively.

The order reception window 525 is the order reception window 25.
It is a part that has the same function as the above and transmits and receives information, and is realized by, for example, a Web server. Note that information can be sent and received by telephone, FA, etc. without using Web technology.
It can also be realized by X, E-mail, FTP, or the like.

The information storage / retrieval function 530 has the same function as the information storage / retrieval function 30, and manages the facility information of its own (various facility owners). In this embodiment, the information storage / retrieval function 530 is realized by a database system, but it can also be realized by a manual ledger or the like.
The information storage / search function 530 is used by the orderer terminal device 510.
And other various equipment-owning enterprise terminal devices 520 are connected via a network, but they may not be connected via a network as long as there is a mechanism that various equipment-owning enterprises can manage. The information storage / retrieval function 530 can be used by the equipment holding company terminal device 520 for management of the company's own equipment, or can be used for disclosure to the ordering company terminal device 510. For example, an optical fiber owner 45
However, information necessary for application for laying an optical fiber may be stored in the information storage / retrieval function 530 for in-house management (non-disclosure). In addition, the optical fiber owner 45
In order to disclose the information on the number of remaining core wires of the optical fiber that can be rented out in the optical fiber owned by the user, the information on the number of remaining core wires can be stored in the information storage / retrieval function 530.

When the ordering business operator terminal device 510 transmits various conditions (section, cost, delivery date, etc.) relating to the desired network to the corresponding equipment holding business operator terminal device 520 (information storage / search function 530), The information storage / retrieval function 530, which has received the various conditions of the information, searches for an optical fiber (network) that satisfies the various conditions, and sends the search result to the orderer terminal device 510.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The ordering business 10 has various equipment holding business terminal devices 520.
By using the information storage / search function 530 included in, it becomes possible to acquire various information regarding the network desired to be used.

The thirteenth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system according to the present embodiment will be described as being similar to that of the twelfth embodiment.
In the thirteenth embodiment, the facility information disclosure business operator possesses an information storage search function for managing the equipment information of a plurality of various equipment business operators, and the order business operator uses the information storage search function. This is different from the other embodiments. A web (HTTP) interface (web server) between the two in order for the ordering business to use the information storage search function.
You may have an order reception window like this. Unless otherwise specified below, the configuration and operation of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the thirteenth embodiment of the network facility information management publicizing system of the present invention. The configuration of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 19, the network facility information management disclosure system is the ordering company terminal device 6
10 and various equipment possession business operator terminal devices 620 and equipment information disclosure business operator system 640. It should be noted that there may be a plurality of various equipment possessing business operator terminal devices 620. The ordering company terminal device 610 is the ordering company terminal device T10.
It has the same function as. Terminal equipment 6 of various equipment owners
Reference numeral 20 denotes a telecommunications carrier terminal device T40, an optical fiber holding carrier terminal device T45, a device vendor terminal device T50, a construction carrier terminal device T60, a maintenance carrier terminal device T70, i.
It has the same function as one of the DC carrier terminal device T80 and the ISP / ASP / CSP carrier terminal device T90.

The facility information disclosure business operator system 640 has an order reception window 625 and an information storage / search function 630.

The order reception window 625 is the order reception window 25.
It is a part that has the same function as the above and transmits and receives information, and is realized by, for example, a Web server. Note that information can be sent and received by telephone, FA, etc. without using Web technology.
It can also be realized by X, E-mail, FTP, or the like.

The information storage / retrieval function 630 has the same function as the information storage / retrieval function 30, and manages the facility information of various facility owners. In this embodiment, the information storage search function 6
Although 30 is realized by a database system, it can also be realized by a ledger manually. The information storage / retrieval function 630 is connected to the ordering company terminal device 610 and various equipment possessing company terminal devices 620 via a network, but is not connected to the network if a facility information disclosure company can manage it. May be.

Various equipment possessing enterprises can manage their own facility information and disclose it to the ordering enterprise by using the information storing / searching function 630 of the facility information public enterprise system 640.

FIG. 20 is a diagram more specifically showing the thirteenth embodiment of the network facility information management publicizing system of the present invention. This embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 20, the network facility information management disclosure system is constructed by the construction company terminal device 7
11, 712 and the optical fiber holding terminal device 74
1, 742, an ordering enterprise terminal device 760, and an equipment information disclosure enterprise system 780. Further, the facility information disclosure business operator system 780 has a management server 720, an information disclosure server 750, and a correspondence window 770. In addition, the management server 720 has a database 730 that stores and retrieves facility information of each company.

Here, the facility information disclosure business operator system 78
0 corresponds to the facility information disclosure business operator system 640.
Further, the correspondence window 770 and the information disclosure server 750 correspond to the order reception window 625 in FIG. The management server 720 (including the database 730) corresponds to the information storage / retrieval function 630 of FIG. The ordering business operator terminal device 760 corresponds to the ordering business operator terminal device 610 of FIG. In addition, the construction company terminal devices 711, 712,
The optical fiber holding company terminal devices 741 and 742 are shown in FIG.
It corresponds to 9 equipment holding company terminal devices 620.

The facility information disclosure business operator is the management server 720.
The information disclosure server 750 and the correspondence window 770 are owned or connected by themselves or by procurement from the outside to configure the facility information disclosure business operator system 780,
to manage. The facility information disclosure business operator is entrusted with the business related to the dark fiber lending by multiple optical fiber business operators, and efficiently performs the consignment business from the multiple optical fiber business operators using common resources. , Earn money.

The construction company terminal devices 711 and 712 are information processing devices managed and operated by a construction company that carries out optical fiber laying work by consignment from an optical fiber holding company. The construction company terminal devices 711 and 712 are
The facility information such as the starting point, the end point, the type, and the loss of the optical fiber laid by each construction business operator is sent to the management server 720 while distinguishing the optical fiber possession business operator.

Optical fiber holding company terminal devices 741 and 7
Reference numeral 42 is an information processing device managed and operated by an optical fiber holding company that holds an optical fiber.

The ordering company terminal device 760 is an information processing device managed and operated by the ordering company who makes inquiries / estimates / orders the desired network.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing the operation flow of the network facility information management publicizing system in the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the network facility information management publicizing system according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 20 and along FIG.

First, the construction company terminal devices 711 and 712.
Sends equipment information such as the starting point, the end point, the type, and the loss of the installed optical fiber to the management server 720 by distinguishing the optical fiber holding business operator (step S101).

The management server 720 registers the facility information sent from the construction company terminal devices 711 and 712 in the database 730 in its own server (step S102).

Optical fiber holding company terminal devices 741 and 7
42 is the management server 72 for the optical fiber information that it has.
0 is used to search the usage status from the database 730, and the usage status information is acquired (step S10).
3).

Optical fiber holding company terminal devices 741 and 7
42 determines an optical fiber to be released as a surplus fiber from the acquired usage status information, sends the information on the surplus fiber to the management server 720, and registers it in the database 730 (step S104).

Information on the surplus fiber is provided by the information disclosure server 7.
It is registered in 50 and is disclosed to the ordering company terminal device 760 (ordering company) (step S105).

The ordering business makes an inquiry to the response window 770 based on the disclosed information (step S10).
6). For example, it is assumed that the ordering company terminal device 760 displays the information on the surplus fiber published on the Web, inputs the information indicating the inquiry about the displayed surplus fiber, and transmits the information to the correspondence window 770 as the Web interface. Good.

When the response window 770 receives an inquiry from the ordering company (when the inquiry information is received from the ordering company terminal device 760), the management server 720 informs the surplus fiber and connection points stored in the database 730. And sends information about the optical fiber of the inquiry target to the ordering company (sends information indicating the answer to the inquiry to the ordering company terminal device 760) (step S107).

[0157] Based on the published information and inquiry results, the ordering business operator sends information indicating a usage application for the surplus fiber desired to be used to the response window 770 (step S).
108). For example, the ordering company terminal device 760 responds to information indicating a surplus fiber use application that the ordering company desires to use, based on the surplus fiber public information or response information received from the facility information disclosing company system 780. It may be transmitted to the window 770.

The response window 770 sends the usage application content to the management server 720 and registers it in the database 730 (step S109).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
Since the equipment information of a plurality of equipment owners is managed in a lump, efficiency can be realized both in terms of database construction / maintenance costs and man-hours.

In this embodiment, the information storage / retrieval function 63
An example of the database held by 0 is shown in FIGS. 22 and 23. The database includes a core management database, a site management database, and a user management database.

As shown in FIG. 22, in the core wire management database, "the name of the optical fiber carrier",
"Start point (for each optical fiber)", "End point (for each optical fiber)", "Distance (for each optical fiber) (total length and extra length)",
"User name (of each optical fiber)", "Number of cores (of each optical fiber) (total number, core / tape, number of tapes)", "Type", "Loss (optical attenuation rate)", "Contract details" (type of contract,
Information such as “contract years)” and “lending unit price” are stored in association with each other.

As shown in FIG. 23A, information such as "name of each base" and "address of each base" is stored in the base management database in association with each other. There is.

As shown in FIG. 23 (b), the user management database includes "the name of the organization to which the user of each optical fiber belongs" and "the user of each optical fiber". "Name of individual", "Address of each optical fiber user",
And “contact information of user of each optical fiber” and the like are stored in association with each other.

In this embodiment, each equipment holding company terminal device 620 searches the above database using the optical fiber holding company information as a key, and can display only its own equipment information, but the equipment information of other equipment holding companies. The restriction that makes it impossible to display (reception from the facility information disclosure business operator system 640) is set. For example, the equipment information disclosure business operator system 640 sets password information for each piece of equipment information that is not disclosed among pieces of equipment information stored by the information storage / retrieval function 630. When each equipment holding company terminal device 620 transmits information indicating an information provision request including the password information of the company's own facility information to the facility information disclosure company system 640, the facility information disclosure company system 64
0 collates the transmitted password with the password stored in the own system, and if they match, transmits the corresponding equipment information to the equipment holding company system 640.

When the equipment-owning enterprise publishes its own equipment information to the outside, each equipment-owning enterprise terminal device 620
May set the classification of disclosure / non-disclosure (transmission permission / non-permission) for each management information unit for each equipment possession business operator, and transmit the equipment information disclosure business operator system 630. This makes it possible to customize the public information type of each equipment owner. The management information and confidential information of the equipment-owning company itself should be kept private. Similarly, the Web screen for disclosure to the outside can be changed for each equipment owner.

Also, when the facility information disclosure business operator discloses the equipment information of a plurality of equipment possession businesses to the outside, the equipment business operator name of the equipment (optical fiber) is intentionally hidden (no Can be branded). For example,
When an equipment-owning company with a name value wants to dispose of a large amount of excess equipment, it is possible to dispose of the excess equipment by hiding the name of the operator. In this case, each equipment holding company terminal device 62
0 sets the company name to be hidden from the company's facility information and transmits it to the facility information disclosure company system 630.

Further, in the present embodiment, the facility information disclosure business operator may provide the information storage search function to the equipment business operator and receive the consideration from the business operator.

Further, the facility information disclosure business operator may disclose information to the ordering business operator and receive a part or all of the member registration fee (initial cost) for information disclosure and the information disclosure fee from the ordering business operator. .

As described above, according to this embodiment,
In the network facility information management disclosure system, each facility-owner can only browse the own facility information, and cannot browse the facility information of other facility-owners. Therefore, it becomes possible to conceal the equipment information of each equipment owner.

Further, according to the present embodiment, in the network facility information management disclosure system, the disclosure destination (disclosure level) is set for each facility information. Therefore, the facility owner company can divide the facility information to be registered into information that can be displayed only by the terminal device of the company and information that is disclosed on the network facility information management disclosure system. The former information can be used for management information and confidential information of the equipment-owning enterprise itself.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the network facility information management publicizing system conceals the owned carrier information in each network facility from the ordering carrier. Therefore, it becomes possible to conceal the information of each facility owner.

The fourteenth embodiment will be described below. Less than,
Unless otherwise specified, the configuration and operation of the network facility information management publicizing system according to the present embodiment are the ninth aspect of the present invention.
The description will proceed on the assumption that this is the same as the embodiment described above.

When the number of wavelengths is small, the transmission speed is low, and the transmission distance is short, the optical loss value (optical attenuation rate) is mainly used.
In consideration of the above, communication is basically possible and no special measures are required for the quality of the transmission path,
In case of high speed and long distance, advanced technology is required for preliminary research and examination.

In the fourteenth embodiment, when the number of wavelengths multiplexed in the optical fiber is increased by a predetermined number or more, the transmission speed is a predetermined speed or more (for example, a high speed of 10 Gbps or more), or the transmission distance is a predetermined distance or more. (For example, 100k
In the case of long distances (such as m or more), the contractor system T
Reference numeral 20 denotes an orderer terminal device T10 in advance before the optical fiber is actually procured and used by the orderer 10.
, The information indicating that appropriate transmission line characteristics cannot be obtained is transmitted. Further, in this case, the order accepting company system T20
May display information indicating that appropriate transmission path characteristics cannot be obtained. At this time, the order receiving company 20 confirms the display indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic is not obtained, and
The ordering business 10 is notified that appropriate transmission line characteristics cannot be obtained by communication means such as electronic mail. At this time, the order accepting company system 20T performs a transmission path simulation, and transmits the transmission path characteristics based on the simulation result to the ordering operator terminal device T10. This allows the ordering business 10 to know the transmission path characteristics of the optical fiber before using the optical fiber, and decide whether or not to procure the corresponding optical fiber. Note that the order accepting company 20 may determine whether or not to procure the corresponding optical fiber by knowing the transmission path characteristics in advance.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing information for each optical fiber core wire registered by the optical fiber carrier 45 in the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 shows "dispersion of each optical fiber (ps / nm / km)" and "dispersion slope (ps of each optical fiber)" as an example of parameters relating to the transmission path quality of each optical fiber (core wire). / Nm ² / km) ”and“ non-linear factor (m ² / w) ”. In addition, in FIG.
In addition, "Name of each fiber owner 45", "Start point of each optical fiber", "End point of each optical fiber", "Price of each optical fiber", "Fiber length of each optical fiber (k
m) ”,“ optical attenuation factor (dB) of each optical fiber ”,“ number of installed cores ”,“ number of remaining cores ”, and“ fiber type ”
The information for each optical fiber core wire is shown.

The order accepting company system T20 has parameters relating to the transmission path quality shown in FIG. 24, a band desired by the ordering company 10, a wavelength, an optical fiber type, an optical fiber core diameter, and a wavelength (band) to be used. Are input to the transmission line simulator of the order accepting company system T20. The transmission line simulator may be realized by the CPU. The transmission path simulator outputs an expected optical signal waveform and an error rate (bit error rate) in response to the above input. Where dispersion, dispersion slope,
The optical fiber core wire diameter does not necessarily need to be input to the transmission line simulator because a typical value can be obtained from the optical fiber type. Further, the parameters such as the optical input intensity, the optical output intensity, and the optical attenuation amount of the optical relay amplifier inserted into the relay point of the transmission line and used may be input to the transmission line simulator.

The order accepting company system T20 places an order for the output (expected optical signal waveform and error rate) of the transmission line simulator thus obtained as information indicating that appropriate transmission line characteristics cannot be obtained. It is transmitted to the business entity terminal device T10 or displayed on the display of the own system. As a result, the order receiving company can design an appropriate network for the request of the ordering company.

Further, if the ordering business is expected to speed up the network in the future, the transmission line simulation will be performed with the band expected to be used in the future as an input to avoid refinancing in the future. , More efficient network design is possible.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the number of wavelengths to be multiplexed on the optical fiber is increased, the transmission speed is high such as 10 Gbps or higher, or the transmission distance is long such as 100 km or longer, the ordering company 1
0 can know the transmission line characteristic in advance by the transmission line simulation performed by the order accepting company system T20 before actually procuring and using the optical fiber, and can decide whether or not to procure the corresponding optical fiber. it can.

The above-mentioned embodiment is an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0182]

As is clear from the above description, the network construction and network service batch acceptance system and method according to the present invention can be applied to a network construction, service provision, maintenance, management, etc. The data / information relating to this trader is held, and the terminals managed by them are connected to each other to form a business network. Using the system of this configuration, we send out inquiries / quotes / order contents related to network operations, receive the contents of the orders, utilize the data / information held in the information storage section, and examine the results of this examination. You can answer and collect the answers to carry out your work.

According to the above invention, man-hours / labor costs are reduced by entrusting specialists with complicated and unfamiliar surveys and procedures necessary for the ordering business operator to construct a network and receive network services. And achieve speed. Also, it becomes easy for the ordering business operator to build a network and receive network services. Therefore, the network services of the communication carrier and the iDC / ISP / ASP / CSP carrier are promoted and activated. There is a possibility that proper competition will occur between construction companies and maintenance companies, and by providing better services, not only contract work from a specific telecommunications carrier but also an arbitrary ordering company Occurs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a network construction and network service batch acceptance system and a batch acceptance method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relationship between respective bases in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents presented by the ordering business to the order receiving business according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents regarding a dark fiber presented by a telecommunications carrier to an order receiving company in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents other than the dark fiber presented by the device vendor to the order receiving company in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents presented by the device vendor to the order receiving company in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents presented by the construction company to the order receiving company in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents presented by the maintenance company to the order receiving company in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of how to use an optical fiber in the third to eighth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an optical fiber providing form from a telecommunications carrier to an order receiving enterprise and an optical fiber providing form from the order receiving enterprise to the order placing enterprise in the third to eighth embodiments of the present invention. is there.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a relationship between bases in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a relationship between bases and a device used in each base in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing information on optical fibers held by a fiber holding company in a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing usage status information for each fiber core wire between the sites A and B held by the fiber holding company X in the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing information on optical fibers held by each fiber holding company in the tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an installation cost of each optical fiber installation method in the tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing each location A in the tenth embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the optical fiber which connects D and its base.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a twelfth embodiment of the network facility information management publicizing system of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a thirteenth embodiment of the network facility information management publicizing system of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram more specifically showing a thirteenth embodiment of the network facility information management publicizing system of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing the flow of operations performed by the network facility information management publicizing system in the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a core wire management database according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 (a) is a diagram showing a site management database in a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 23 (b) is a diagram showing a user management database.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing information for each optical fiber core wire registered by the optical fiber holding business operator in the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Ordering company 20 Ordering company 25, 525, 625 Order reception counter 30, 530, 630 Information storage and retrieval function 40 Telecommunications carrier 45 Optical fiber holding company 50 Equipment vendor 60 Construction company 70 Maintenance company 80 iDC company 90 ISP / ASP / CSP company 100 base A 110 base B 120 base C 130 base D 300 WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)
Device 310 OXC (Optical Cross Connect) device 320 Multiplexers 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, ..., 4
80 Optical fiber 510, 610, 760, T10 Ordering company terminal device 520, 620 Various equipment holding company terminal device 720 Management server 730 Database 741, 742, T45 Optical fiber holding company terminal device 750 Information disclosure server 770 Correspondence window 771 , 712, T60 Construction company terminal device 780, T20 Contractor system T40 Carrier company terminal device T50 Vendor terminal device T70 Maintenance company terminal device T80 iDC company terminal device T90 ISP / ASP / CSP company terminal device

Claims (45)

[Claims] 1. A network construction, service provision,
A business network is constructed by connecting terminals such as maintenance and management, and an information storage unit that holds data and information relating to the businesses, with terminals managed by each, and is related to the business of the network. Send the inquiry / estimation / ordering content, receive the ordering content, examine the data / information held in the information storage unit, and reply the result of the examination, collect the responses, and collect the business A system for collectively accepting network construction and network services, which is characterized by performing 2. The contractor configured as the business network includes an ordering company, an ordering company, an ordering company information storage / search function configuration unit, a communication company, a device vendor, a construction company, a maintenance company, and the Internet. Data Center (iD
C) Businesses, Internet service providers (IS
P) / Application Service Provider (ASP)
The network construction and network service collective reception system according to claim 1, wherein the system is a business operator including a / content service provider (CSP) business operator. 3. A network for inquiring / estimating / ordering contents related to business of the network is unified, and the terminal of the ordering company merely presents a request condition to the information storage unit, and 3. The network acceptance system for network construction and network services according to claim 2, wherein the construction, maintenance, and management of are possible. 4. The information storage unit is capable of storing and retrieving information necessary for constructing the network and services of the network so as to be searchable.
A network reception system for network construction and network services described in. 5. The information storage unit confirms presence / absence of network equipment of each business operator necessary for realizing the network construction and network service desired by the ordering business, and the function / quality between the business operators. ·service·
The network construction and network service batch reception system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein it is possible to confirm the interoperability of a plurality of vendors' devices by confirming the comparison of prices and delivery dates. . 6. The terminal of the ordering business operator presents to the information storage section constraints such as base information, traffic demand information, price / service quality / service content / delivery date, which is a target for constructing the network. Therefore, even if the ordering company does not research the network equipment information held by the telecommunications carrier by itself, a plurality of network construction plans satisfying the constraint conditions are presented, and the outsourcing and ranking of the network equipment research are enabled. The network construction and network service batch reception system according to any one of claims 2 to 5. 7. A network construction, service provision,
A business network is constructed by connecting terminals such as maintenance and management, and an information storage unit that holds data and information relating to the businesses, with terminals managed by each, and is related to the business of the network. Send the inquiry / estimation / ordering content, receive the ordering content, examine the data / information held in the information storage unit, and reply the result of the examination, collect the responses, and collect the business A method for collectively accepting network services and network services, characterized by performing the following. 8. The contractor configured as the business network is an ordering company, an ordering company, an ordering company information storage / search function configuration unit, a communication company, a device vendor, a construction company, a maintenance company, the Internet. Data Center (iD
C) Businesses, Internet service providers (IS
P) / Application Service Provider (ASP)
8. The network construction and network service batch acceptance method according to claim 7, wherein the method is a trader including a / content service provider (CSP) business operator. 9. The network is provided by simply unifying the destinations of inquiries / quotes / ordering contents related to the operations of the network and allowing the terminal of the ordering company to present the request condition to the information storage unit. 9. The network construction and network service batch acceptance method according to claim 8, wherein said construction, maintenance and management are possible. 10. The maintenance and management includes maintenance / management / after-sales service operations after construction of a new network, collection of various charges, and insurance service in case of failure of network equipment. A method for collectively accepting network construction and network services according to claim 9. 11. The information storage unit stores information necessary for constructing the network and services of the network, and is searchable.
0. The network construction and network service batch acceptance method according to any of 0. 12. The information storage unit confirms presence / absence of network equipment of each business operator necessary for realizing a network construction and a network service desired by the ordering business operator, and a function / function between each business operator. 12. The network construction and network service according to claim 8, wherein it is possible to confirm the interoperability of the devices of a plurality of vendors by confirming the comparison of quality, service, price and delivery time. Batch acceptance method. 13. The terminal of the ordering company presents to the information storage section constraints such as base information, traffic demand information, price / service quality / service content / delivery date, which is a target for constructing the network. Thus, a plurality of network construction proposals satisfying the constraint conditions are presented without the network operator holding the network equipment information held by the ordering operator, and it is possible to outsource and rank the network equipment survey. 13. The method for collectively accepting network construction and network services according to any one of claims 8 to 12. 14. When the terminal of the ordering business operator inputs information on bases to be constructed of the network, traffic demand between bases, protection method, network topology (ring, mesh, star, etc.) 13. The optimum network design result including the number of wavelengths, the speed, the interface, and the route of each traffic is presented to enable the optimization design of the network. Network construction and batch acceptance method for network services. 15. The ordering business operator's terminal presents, to the information storage unit, restrictions such as price limits and delivery dates for network construction and network services as a whole even without knowledge or experience of the network or equipment. 13. The network according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the information storage unit makes a comparison between a plurality of device vendors and enables network construction and use of network services using an optimum device. How to receive construction and network services all at once. 16. The information storage unit uses an optical attenuator or the like according to the light intensity (attenuation amount) even if the ordering business does not adjust the light intensity (light attenuation amount) of the dark fiber. 13. The network construction and network service batch reception according to claim 8, wherein outsourcing of device selection / ordering for normal optical signal transmission / reception is made possible by designing a network to be used. Method. 17. A terminal of the ordering business transmits information indicating a manager of a building at a base of a network to be constructed to the information storage unit, and the information storage unit is a manager of the building. 13. When receiving the information indicating, the information for prompting the negotiation of the construction work of the network with the building manager is displayed.
5. A method for collectively accepting network construction and network services according to any one of 1. 18. A terminal of an ordering company operated by an ordering company desiring to use / construct a network, and facilities provided by one or more providers that provide facilities constituting the network, respectively. One or more provider terminals that store information, a terminal of the ordering provider, and a terminal of the one or more provider companies are connected to and received from the terminals of the one or more provider companies. An information storage unit that manages equipment information of the one or more providers, and the information storage unit orders the facility information to be managed when receiving an information provision request from a terminal of the orderer. A network equipment information management disclosure system characterized by transmitting to a terminal of a business operator. 19. The information storage unit stores information on a network that has already been installed and information on a network that will be installed, and designs a network plan according to the use / construction conditions of the network included in the information provision request. The network facility information management disclosure system according to claim 18, wherein the designed network plan is transmitted to the terminal of the orderer. 20. The information storage unit combines the installed network and the planned installation network based on a network use / construction desired section and a network use / construction desired period included in the information provision request, and proposes a network plan. 20. Designing the network, and transmitting the designed network plan to the terminal of the orderer.
Network facility information management disclosure system described. 21. The information storage unit converts a network use / construction condition included in the information provision request into another use / construction condition, and designs a network plan according to the converted use / construction condition. 20. The network equipment information management publicizing system according to claim 19, wherein 22. The information storage unit stores information on installed networks and information on networks that can be installed, and a desired budget for network use included in the information provision request, a desired use and construction of the network. 22. The network facility information management publicizing system according to claim 21, wherein the system is converted into a budget, and a network plan within a budget desired for use and construction of the converted network is designed. 23. The information storage unit stores information on already installed networks and information on networks that can be installed, and a desired delivery date of the network included in the information provision request, a desired use and construction of the network. 23. The network facility information management disclosure system according to claim 21 or 22, wherein the network facility information management disclosure system is designed to convert to a delivery date and to provide a network plan that can be provided within a delivery and desired delivery date of the converted network. 24. The information storage unit stores information on facilities provided by two or more providers that provide facilities constituting the network, and uses / constructs the network included in the information provision request. 20. The network facility information management publicizing system according to claim 19, wherein the network desired by the desired section is designed by combining facilities provided by the two or more providers. 25. Upon receiving an information provision request from the terminal of the orderer, the one or more terminals of the provider transmit the facility information stored by the terminal to the terminal of the orderer. 20. The network facility information management publicizing system according to claim 19, wherein 26. The terminal of the at least one provider sets permission / non-permission of transmission to the terminal of the orderer for each piece of facility information stored in the terminal. The network facility information management disclosure system according to claim 25. 27. The information storage unit, when receiving an information provision request from the one or more terminals, transmits the facility information to be managed to the one or more terminals. Network equipment information management disclosure system. 28. The network facility according to claim 27, wherein the information storage unit sets permission / non-permission of transmission to the terminal of the ordering business for each facility information stored by itself. Information management disclosure system. 29. The information storage unit sets password information in the facility information set to the transmission disapproval, and when an information provision request is received from a terminal of the one or more providers, the information storage unit receives the request. The password information included in the information provision request is collated with the set password information, and when the both password information match, the equipment information set to the transmission disallowed is sent to the terminal device that has made the information provision request. It transmits, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
8. A network facility information management disclosure system described in 8. 30. The information storage unit, when transmitting the facility information, sets the name of a business operator who provides the network facility of the facility information to be non-public. 29. A network facility information management disclosure system described in 29. 31. The information storage unit, when the number of wavelengths of the network requested to provide information is multiplexed for a predetermined number or more, provides the information indicating that appropriate transmission line characteristics of the network cannot be obtained by the ordering business operator. 20. The network equipment information management publicizing system according to claim 19, wherein the information is transmitted to the terminal of the device or information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic is not obtained is displayed. 32. When the transmission speed in the network requested to provide the information is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed, the information storage unit provides information indicating that an appropriate transmission line characteristic of the network cannot be obtained, to the ordering operator. The information transmitted to a terminal or displaying information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic cannot be obtained.
The network equipment information management disclosure system according to 9 or 31. 33. The information storage unit, when the transmission distance of the network requested to provide the information is equal to or more than a predetermined distance, provides information indicating that an appropriate transmission path characteristic of the network cannot be obtained from the ordering business. The information transmitted to a terminal or displaying information indicating that the appropriate transmission path characteristic cannot be obtained.
The network equipment information management disclosure system according to 1 or 32. 34. The information storage unit transmits information indicating a signal waveform and a bit error rate in the network to the terminal of the orderer as the information indicating that the appropriate transmission path characteristic cannot be obtained. Or, displaying information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic is not obtained.
3. The network facility information management disclosure system according to any one of 3 above. 35. A terminal of an ordering company operated by an ordering company desiring to use / construct a network, and facilities provided by one or more providers that provide facilities constituting the network. A network facility information management disclosure method using one or more provider terminals for storing information, an ordering provider terminal, and an information storage unit connected to the one or more provider terminals. When the information storage unit manages equipment information of the one or more providers, which is received from the terminals of the one or more providers, and receives an information provision request from the terminals of the ordering provider. A method for disclosing network equipment information, comprising transmitting the equipment information to be managed to a terminal of the orderer. 36. The information storage unit stores information on a network that has already been installed and information on a network that will be installed, and designs a network plan according to the use / construction conditions of the network included in the information provision request. The network facility information management disclosure method according to claim 35, wherein the designed network plan is transmitted to the terminal of the orderer. 37. The information storage unit converts a network use / construction condition included in the information provision request into another use / construction condition, and designs a network plan according to the converted use / construction condition. 37. The network equipment information management disclosure method according to claim 36. 38. The information storage unit stores information on facilities provided by two or more providers that provide facilities constituting the network, and uses / constructs the network included in the information provision request. 37. The network equipment information management disclosure method according to claim 36, wherein a network desired by a desired section is designed by combining equipment provided by the two or more providers. 39. The terminal of the one or more provider, when receiving the information provision request from the terminal of the orderer, transmits the equipment information stored in the terminal to the terminal of the orderer. 37. The network facility information management disclosure method according to claim 36. 40. The terminal of the at least one provider sets permission / non-permission of transmission to the terminal of the orderer for each piece of facility information stored in the terminal. The network facility information management disclosure method according to claim 39. 41. The information storage unit according to claim 36, upon receiving an information provision request from the one or more terminals, transmits the facility information to be managed to the one or more terminals. Network equipment information management disclosure method. 42. The network facility according to claim 41, wherein the information storage unit sets permission / non-permission of transmission to the terminal of the ordering business for each facility information stored by itself. Information management disclosure method. 43. The information storage unit, when the number of wavelengths of the network requested to provide information is multiplexed for a predetermined number or more, provides the information indicating that appropriate transmission line characteristics of the network cannot be obtained by the ordering business operator. 37. The network equipment information management disclosure method according to claim 36, further comprising displaying information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic is not obtained, to the terminal device. 44. When the transmission rate in the network requested to provide the information is equal to or higher than a predetermined rate, the information storage section provides information indicating that an appropriate transmission line characteristic of the network cannot be obtained from the ordering business. 4. The information transmitted to a terminal or displaying information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic cannot be obtained.
6 or 43. Network equipment information management disclosure method. 45. The information storage unit, when the transmission distance of the network for which the information provision is requested is a predetermined distance or more, provides the information indicating that appropriate transmission path characteristics of the network cannot be obtained by the ordering business operator. The information transmitted to a terminal or displaying information indicating that the appropriate transmission line characteristic is not obtained is displayed.
3. The network equipment information management disclosure method described in 3 or 44.