WO2020244306A1

WO2020244306A1 - Alarm reporting method and apparatus

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Publication number: WO2020244306A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/084012
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈晓静; 邓宇; 刘卓
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2019-06-03
Filing date: 2020-04-09
Publication date: 2020-12-10
Also published as: CN112039681A

Abstract

Provided are an alarm reporting method and apparatus. The method comprises: subscribing to an alarm from an element management system (EMS); adding an alarm serial identifier to the alarm which has been subscribed to, and storing the alarm in an alarm database; and reporting the alarm to a northbound interface. In the present invention, before an alarm is reported to a northbound interface, an alarm serial ID is added to the alarm and the alarm is stored in an alarm database. In this way, after the northbound interface receives the alarm, whether the alarm is lost can be determined according to the alarm serial ID, such that the lost alarm can be re-collected from the database.

Description

Alarm reporting method and device

Cross references to related applications

This application is filed based on a Chinese patent application whose application number is 201910477364.1, and the filing date is June 3, 2019, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire content of the Chinese patent application is hereby incorporated into this application by way of introduction.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication, and in particular to an alarm reporting method and device.

Background technique

The North Bounding Interface (NBI) of the network management is the interface software provided by the EMS network management to the integrated network management (OSS) to connect to the EMS network management. It can provide the integrated network management with public management functions, security management functions, configuration management functions, and performance management Functions and fault management functions, among which fault management is one of the main monitoring methods for integrated network management to monitor various devices through the northbound interface.

With the rapid development of the communication industry, the types and quantities of communication equipment are increasing, and the number of alarms is increasing day by day. In order to better monitor and maintain network equipment, the northbound interface is required to report alarms in real time, and the reported alarms are complete Timeliness and timeliness puts forward higher requirements. However, due to various reasons, there may be problems such as inconsistency between the northward reporting alarm and the EMS alarm, and the alarm is lost. Once lost alarms cannot be discovered and reported to the upper network management in time, the fault will not be solved in time, which will have a serious impact on the normal operation of the entire network.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides an alarm reporting method and device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an alarm reporting method is provided, which includes: subscribing to an alarm from a network element management system EMS; adding an alarm stream identifier to the subscribed alarm, and saving the alarm to an alarm database; The alarm is reported to the northbound interface.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an alarm reporting device is provided, which includes: a subscription module for subscribing to alarms from a network element management system EMS; a storage module for adding an alarm stream identifier to the subscribed alarms, and The alarm is saved to the alarm database; the reporting module is used to report the alarm to the northbound interface.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium in which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the steps in the foregoing method embodiment when running.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an electronic device, including a memory and a processor, the memory is stored with a computer program, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to execute the foregoing method embodiments Steps in.

Description of the drawings

The drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of this application. The exemplary embodiments and descriptions of the present invention are used to explain the present invention, and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. In the attached picture:

Figure 1 is a flowchart of an alarm reporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a structural block diagram of an alarm reporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a structural block diagram of an alarm reporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of an alarm supplement collection device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a processing flowchart of an alarm standardization processing module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a processing flowchart of an alarm database storage module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a processing flowchart of an alarm continuity monitoring module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a processing flowchart of an automatic alarm supplement collection module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in this application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other if there is no conflict.

An alarm reporting method is provided in an embodiment of the present application. FIG. 1 is a flowchart according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the process includes the following steps:

Step S102, subscribe to the alarm from the network element management system EMS;

Step S104, adding an alarm stream flag to the subscribed alarm, and saving the alarm in the alarm database;

Step S106: Report the alarm to the northbound interface.

In the above step S102, various generated alarms and message alarms can be obtained from the EMS network manager through subscription.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, it is also possible to complete the standardized conversion of the alarms based on the TMF international standard before storing them in the database, and then add the alarm serial ID to each alarm and store them in the database.

In step S104, the main purpose of adding the alarm stream ID is to facilitate monitoring whether the alarms are continuous. Using a separate database table can store the generated and disappeared alarms in the same table in the database, which is convenient for judging the continuity of the alarms, and can also be solved In the past, alarms were reported directly after being subscribed through EMS. If the alarm is lost, it will not be able to synchronize to the problem of the lost alarm.

In the above embodiment, since the generated alarm and the message alarm are both stored in the same table, it may cause pressure on the database due to the excessive amount of alarms. Therefore, the database can be cleared regularly and the expiration time can be configured in advance according to different network scales. If the alarm in the database table exceeds the configured time, the overdue alarm will be automatically cleared to reduce the pressure on the database. Because the overdue time is a configurable content, the project site can be flexibly configured according to the on-site network scale and alarm volume.

In the above step S106, after the standardization processing of the alarm is completed, the alarm is also reported to the northbound interface in real time while it is stored in the database.

In the above embodiment, after the northbound interface receives the reported alarm, it can judge whether the reported alarm is continuous through the alarm continuity monitoring system. If it is not continuous, the automatic alarm supplement collection module will be automatically activated, and the alarm automatic supplement collection module will pass the alarm The ID accurately locates the missing alarms, and then supplements the missing alarms from the database.

The targeted alarm supplementary collection of this embodiment can ensure that there is no repetition of the alarms collected from the supplementary collection, and the automatic monitoring and supplementary collection of connectivity can increase the speed of detecting missing alarms. The user has not yet sensed the loss of alarms. The alarm supplementary mining has been completed.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform, of course, it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is Better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention essentially or the part that contributes to the existing technology can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, The optical disc) includes several instructions to enable a terminal device (which may be a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method described in each embodiment of the present invention.

An alarm reporting device is also provided in the embodiments of the present application, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred implementations, and those that have been explained will not be repeated. As used below, the term "module" can implement a combination of software and/or hardware with predetermined functions. Although the devices described in the following embodiments are preferably implemented by software, hardware or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and conceived.

FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of an alarm reporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the device includes a subscription module 10, a storage module 20, and a reporting module 30.

The subscription module 10 is used to subscribe to alarms from the network element management system EMS. The storage module 20 is configured to add an alarm flow identifier to the subscribed alarms, and save the alarms to the alarm database. The reporting module 30 is configured to report the alarm to the northbound interface.

As shown in FIG. 3, in another embodiment, in addition to the above-mentioned modules, the alarm reporting device may also include a standardized processing module 40, a monitoring module 50, an alarm supplement collection module 60, and an overdue alarm clearing module 70.

The standardized processing module 40 is configured to perform standardized processing on the subscribed alarms before adding the alarm stream identifier. The monitoring module 50 is configured to, after receiving the alarm at the northbound interface, determine whether there is an alarm loss according to the continuity of the alarm running flag. The alarm supplemental collection module 60 is configured to supplementally collect the lost alarm from the database in the case of a lost alarm. The overdue alarm cleaning module 70 is used to determine whether there are overdue alarms in the database, and if there are overdue alarms, delete the overdue alarms.

The technical solution provided by the present invention is described in detail below through a specific embodiment.

In this embodiment, a technical solution for automatic alarm collection based on the northbound interface is provided. First, subscribe to the alarms from the EMS, and perform standardized conversion of the subscribed alarms according to the TMF international standard, and then add an alarm serial ID to each alarm for subsequent alarm continuity monitoring. The converted alarms are reported to the northbound interface and stored in the alarm database at the same time. After the northbound interface receives the alarm, it will use the alarm continuity monitoring module to determine whether the alarm is lost according to the alarm flow ID. If the alarm is lost, it will automatically start the automatic recovery of the alarm and re-collect the missing alarm from the database and report it to the upper network management.

In this embodiment, the introduction of the database table to store the alarms can solve the problem that the northbound interface directly subscribes to the report alarms. If the alarms are lost, the missing alarms cannot be re-obtained. Adding the alarm serial ID to the standardized alarms can accurately monitor the missing alarms. , And quickly make up for missing alarms.

This embodiment is different from the previous embodiment in the division of functional modules. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, this embodiment includes an alarm standardization processing module 100, an alarm database storage module 200, an alarm continuity monitoring module 300, The alarm automatic supplement collection module 400. In this embodiment, the above-mentioned four modules are used to complete the precise identification of the northbound interface loss alarm and automatic supplementation, thereby solving the problem of the northbound interface alarm loss.

The processing procedures of the above four modules will be specifically described below.

In this embodiment, the alarm standardization processing module 100 is mainly responsible for initiating an alarm subscription to the EMS network manager, standardizing the subscribed alarms, and then adding an alarmSeqID value that will be used to determine the continuity of the alarm. As shown in Figure 5, it includes the following steps:

Step S501: Initialize the alarm standardization processing module.

Step S502: subscribe to an alert to the EMS, if the subscription fails, then subscribe to the underlying EMS for a notification at regular intervals, if the subscription is successful, then go to step S503

Step S503: Monitor and receive the alarm reported on the EMS.

Step S504: Standardize the alarm based on the TMF international standard, and move forward the standardized processing of the alarm to ensure that the reported alarm is consistent with the inbound alarm.

Step S505: Add an alarm sequence ID (alarmSeqID) for each alarm. Each additional alarmSeqID will add 1 to the alarm. The introduction of alarmSeqID can ensure that each alarm has a unique alarm ID for subsequent alarm continuity monitoring modules The alarmSeqID can be used to determine whether the alarm is missing, and determine the specific missing alarms, and then automatically fill in the missing alarms from the database according to the alarmSeqID, and report to the upper-layer network management.

Step S506: Store the standardized alarms in a database table, and the database table will store all alarms, which may include generating an alarm, acknowledging an alarm, or clearing an alarm.

Step S507: Report the standardized alarm to the upper network management.

In this embodiment, the alarm data storage module 200 is mainly used to store all the alarms reported by the EMS that have undergone standardized processing, in order to ensure that the alarms generated on the network management are stored without loss. In this embodiment, all alarms, including generated alarms, confirmed alarms, disappeared alarms, etc., are not limited to these types of alarms after all alarmSeqIDs are added and stored in the same table in the database. To adapt to network environments of different scales, the present invention adds a configuration function for the alarm table. Users can adjust the amount of alarms stored in the alarm table according to different network management scales and alarms. As shown in FIG. 6, the alarm data storage module 200 mainly includes the following processing flow steps:

Step S601: The network management database is started, and the northbound alarm storage database table is then initialized.

Step S602: Set the storage duration of the northbound interface database table data through the configuration file according to the size of the network and the alarm volume of the network management. If not set, the default configuration duration will be used. Database alarm table alarms that exceed the configured time will be deleted, and the deletion mechanism will be performed at a fixed time every day. In this embodiment, the alarm volume of the database table can be flexibly controlled through the configuration file.

Step S603: After the network management is started, the database connection is automatically performed;

Step S604: Database connection control, if the connection fails, the connection will be tried again. The connection is successful and enter step S605;

Step S605: store all the alarms completed by the standardized processing in the database;

Step S606: Start the database clearing mechanism at a fixed time every day;

Step S607: Access the database alarm generation time, determine whether the alarm exceeds the time configured for the configuration file, if it exceeds, proceed to step S608, if it does not exceed, continue to receive the alarm without clearing any alarm;

Step S608: Clear all overdue alarms to reduce database pressure.

In this embodiment, the alarm continuity monitoring module 300 is mainly responsible for monitoring whether the reported alarm is missing. If the alarm is missing, it will automatically start the alarm automatic supplement collection module to accurately collect the missing alarm. If the alarm is continuous, the alarm will be reported to the upper network management. As shown in FIG. 7, the alarm continuity monitoring module 300 in this embodiment mainly includes the following processing procedures:

Step S701: monitor and receive new alarms;

Step S702: extract each alarm alarmSeqID and store it in the buffer to provide judgment conditions for the next alarm continuity judgment;

Step S703: The alarmSeqID of the newly received alarm is continuously compared with the alarmSeqID of the previous alarm, and the next step is determined according to the judgment result;

Step S704: If it is determined in step 303 that the alarmSeqID is not continuous, it is considered that the alarm is missing, and the alarm automatic supplementary acquisition system is activated to automatically supplement and collect the lost alarm;

Step S705: If it is determined in step 303 that the alarmSeqID is continuous, it is considered that the alarm is not lost, and the alarm is directly reported to the upper network management. In this embodiment, the alarm continuity monitoring module 300 can use the alarmSeqID to perform a continuity ratio to automatically determine whether the alarm is lost.

In this embodiment, the alarm automatic replenishment module 400 is mainly responsible. When the alarm continuity monitoring module monitors that the reported alarm is missing, the alarm automatic replenishment collection module is automatically activated, and the alarm automatic replenishment module can accurately determine the specific loss. Alarm, and then accurately supplement the specific missing alarms and then report to the upper-layer network management in a notification manner. The present invention only supplements the missing alarms to ensure that all reported alarms are not lost and repeated. As shown in FIG. 8, the alarm automatic supplementary mining module 400 mainly includes the following processing procedures:

Step S801: After the alarm continuity monitoring module determines that the alarm is lost, it will automatically start the alarm automatic supplementary mining module;

Step S802: Obtain the latest received alarm alarmSeqID_1 from the cache;

Step S803: Obtain the previous alarm alarmSeqID_2 from the cache;

Step S804: Connect to the database and prepare to retrieve the loss alarm from the database;

Step S805: the database judges, if the connection is successful, it starts to obtain a loss alarm, and if the database connection fails, the connection is tried again;

Step S806: Issue a SQL command to the database to obtain the missing alarms from alarmSeqID_2 to alarmSeqID_1;

Step S807: Step 408 is executed if the acquisition of the loss alarm is successful, and step S806 is executed again if the acquisition of the loss alarm fails to acquire the loss alarm.

Step S808: After the loss alarm is successfully obtained, it will be reported to the upper-layer network management through notification. In this embodiment, the alarm continuity monitoring module can use alarmSeqID to accurately judge and automatically supplement the missing alarms to ensure that all reported alarms are not lost or repeated.

In the alarm automation and precision supplementary acquisition scheme of the northbound interface software provided in this embodiment, the alarm identification alarmSeqID is added to each reported alarm, and continuous monitoring is performed on the reported alarms through the alarmSeqID. When the alarmSeqID is not continuous, it can automatically determine which alarms are missing, and use the automatic supplementary acquisition module to accurately supplement the lost alarms to ensure that the reported alarms are not lost or repeated.

It should be noted that each of the above modules can be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, it can be implemented in the following manner, but not limited to this: the above modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above modules are combined in any combination The forms are located in different processors.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a storage medium in which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the steps in the foregoing method embodiment when running.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may be configured to store a computer program for executing the following steps:

Optionally, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may include, but is not limited to: U disk, Read-Only Memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), Random Access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM for short), Various media that can store computer programs, such as mobile hard disks, magnetic disks, or optical disks.

The embodiment of the present application also provides an electronic device, including a memory and a processor, the memory is stored with a computer program, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to execute the steps in the foregoing method embodiment.

Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above-mentioned modules or steps of this application can be implemented by a general computing device, and they can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed in a network composed of multiple computing devices. Above, alternatively, they can be implemented with program codes executable by the computing device, so that they can be stored in the storage device for execution by the computing device, and in some cases, can be executed in a different order than here. Perform the steps shown or described, or fabricate them into individual integrated circuit modules, or fabricate multiple modules or steps of them into a single integrated circuit module to achieve. In this way, this application is not limited to any specific hardware and software combination.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not used to limit the application. For those skilled in the art, the application may have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the principles of this application shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

An alarm reporting method includes:

Subscribe to alarms from the network element management system EMS;

Add an alarm stream identifier to the subscribed alarm, and save the alarm in the alarm database;

Report the alarm to the northbound interface.
The method according to claim 1, wherein, before adding an alarm stream flag for each obtained alarm, the method further comprises:

Standardize the subscribed alarms.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

After receiving the alarm, the northbound interface judges whether there is an alarm loss according to the continuity of the alarm running flag;

If any alarm is missing, then supplementally collect the missing alarm from the database.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the judging whether there is an alarm loss according to the continuity of the alarm flow flag comprises:

Cache the alarm stream identifier of each received alarm, and compare the alarm stream identifier of the currently received alarm with the alarm stream identifier of the previous received alarm. If the alarm stream identifier is not continuous, it is determined that the alarm is missing .
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

Determine whether there is an overdue alarm in the database;

If there is an overdue alarm, delete the overdue alarm.
The method according to claim 5, wherein before determining whether there is an overdue alarm in the database, the method further comprises:

Set the expiration time of the alarm stored in the database.
An alarm reporting device includes:

Subscription module, used to subscribe to alarms from the network element management system EMS;

The storage module is used to add an alarm flow identifier to the subscribed alarms, and save the alarms to the alarm database;

The reporting module is used to report the alarm to the northbound interface.
The device according to claim 7, further comprising:

The standardized processing module is used to perform standardized processing on the subscribed alarms before adding the alarm stream identifier.
The device according to claim 7, further comprising:

The monitoring module is configured to determine whether there is an alarm loss according to the continuity of the alarm running flag after receiving the alarm at the northbound interface;

The alarm supplement collection module is used to supplement the collection of the missing alarm from the database in the case of an alarm loss.
The device according to claim 7, further comprising:

The overdue alarm clearing module is used to determine whether there are overdue alarms in the database, and if there are overdue alarms, delete the overdue alarms.
A storage medium in which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program is configured to execute the steps in the method of any one of claims 1 to 6 when running.
An electronic device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to execute the steps in the method of any one of claims 1-6.