DE102004047361A1 - Control device and method in a mobile radio system for managing devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for managing devices in a mobile radio system, in which data and / or software (d0) are transmitted from a central device (OMC) to a plurality of different devices (MSC, RMC, HLR, BS, MS1-MS3) -d2, da-df), wherein portions of the data and / or software as common data and / or software (d0-d2) to be transmitted to a plurality of the various devices, via a common connection (B, BCCH) to the various devices at the same time, and portions of the data and / or software as individual data and / or software (da-df) to be transmitted to individual particular ones of the various devices are transmitted via individual links to the particular devices become.

Description

The The invention relates to a method for managing facilities in a mobile radio system with the generic features of Patent claim 1 or to a control device in a mobile radio system for too managing facilities.

In a mobile radio system, for example according to the GSM standard (GSM: Global System for Mobile Communication) or the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), it is increasingly necessary that from a central Instance or device from other facilities of the mobile system to wait. In particular, data and / or software are to such to transfer to other institutions, to update them accordingly. Such other facilities are both network facilities, as a facility for Assignment of radio resources, base stations, mobile switching centers or a home location register, as well as radio-based devices such as mobile radios.

For a corresponding Facility management will be a direct link between one Management server or a management authority, which for example a Operating and maintenance center assigned to the target device or a network node as the other device performed. For each single device In doing so, a separate management session (management session) is opened, whereupon all data is transmitted to the addressed device to subsequently required Perform actions in the other facility. If similar management actions for one Variety of devices perform are, then have to the appropriate management sessions for transferring data as well as the Actions according to the number of facilities to address many Male executed become. this leads to a high utilization of the transmission bandwidth, because redundant data is transmitted multiple times. Because with servers The number of concurrent sessions is limited, it may be appropriate take a very long time if a management action for a variety of addressed Facilities should be executed simultaneously.

To the Preventing interference essential functionalities, such as transmission data communications connections or data to establish communication links, become management sessions and management actions in succession for all devices to be addressed or Facilities performed. The management process therefore takes longer time. redundant Data will continue to be transmitted multiple times.

The The object of the invention is a method for managing Devices in a mobile radio system or, a control device in a mobile radio system for various facilities to be managed with a view to reducing to improve the load of the mobile radio system.

These Task is performed by a procedure for managing facilities in a mobile radio system with the features of claim 1 or by a control device in a mobile radio system with the features of claim 10.

Prefers Accordingly, a method for Managing facilities in a mobile radio system in which a central facility to a variety of different facilities Transfer data and / or software are, where shares of data and / or software as common data and / or software attached to a variety of different facilities transferred to are about communicate a common connection to the various institutions at the same time and portions of the data and / or software as individual Data and / or software which are sent to individual specific ones To transfer facilities are about transfer individual connections to the particular facilities become.

Device is preferred a control device in a mobile radio system for splitting Data and / or software for setting up or changing a service and / or a functionality for different facilities to be managed in common data and / or software for a variety of facilities and in individual data and / or software for individual the facilities and for individually transmitting the shared data and / or software over a first connection to the plurality of devices in common and to transfer of individual data and / or software to the facilities via individual Connections, wherein at least part of the facilities both shared and individual data and / or software required and transmitted gets.

advantageous Embodiments are the subject of dependent claims.

In particular, a method is preferred in which the data and / or software for a new or changed service and / or a new and / or an altered functionality of several different In a first step, the devices are divided into the common data and the individual data, and in a subsequent step the split data are transmitted.

Prefers In particular, there will be a procedure whereby common data on a Broadcast channel and / or a peer-to-peer connection become.

Prefers In particular, a process in which the individual data and / or software over transfer individual connections to the respective institutions become.

Prefers In particular, a process in which the individual data and / or software over be transferred to another transmission path as the transmission path the shared data and / or software.

Prefers In particular, a procedure in which first common data and / or software and then transmit individual data and / or software whereby the receiving entity is informed by the common Data for retrieving the individual data is triggered.

Prefers in particular, a procedure whereby some of the facilities both shared and individual data needed and transmitted gets.

Prefers in particular, a procedure whereby, after transfer of the common Data and / or software individual management sessions to the individual of the various institutions.

Prefers is particularly a method in which after initialization of network-side devices radio-based devices via a broadcast channel and additionally via individual connections be initialized.

Prefers In particular, a | control device |, which is configured and controlled, management actions in various to be managed Initiate facilities and to control.

highlight are three steps, which according to the method or by the control device carried out become. In a first step, a separation is more general or common and specific management data or management actions. Subsequently, a separate transfer of the general Data on another transmission path, especially by broadcast or peer-to-peer, as for the individual, specific data. In particular, data includes software data to understand which include a software algorithm. To conclude Special management sessions only for the device-specific management data or management actions carried out, so that the transfer redundant data or software is reduced. Optionally, for individual of the various facilities, facility-specific management actions or management sessions as well as previous transfers individual data even completely eliminated.

One preferred embodiment will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawing. Show it:

1 an exemplary arrangement of various devices of a mobile radio system;

2 three exemplary method steps of a method for managing devices in such a mobile radio system.

1 shows an exemplary arrangement of devices of a mobile radio system. Usually, a mobile radio system has a plurality of other devices, for which the following embodiments are preferably implemented accordingly.

at the exemplary arrangement is an operation and maintenance center OMC (Operation and Maintenance Center) serve as a management server or management authority and a facility management for different or all others Facilities and functionalities take over within the mobile radio system. The management functionality can of course also from another appropriately suitable facility within the mobile radio system or possibly a device external to the mobile radio system be taken over with connection to the mobile radio system.

Line-side Facilities are accordingly, for example, mobile exchanges MSC (Mobile Switching Center), facilities for assigning radio-technical Resources RNC (Radio Network Controller), base stations BS to Establishing radio links to radio-based devices MS1 - MS3 and a home location register HLR (Home Location Register). Radio-based devices MS1 - MS3 are in particular usual Mobile devices.

For example, a facility management should be performed to introduce new functionality or to change existing functionality. This requires required data and / or software in operation and maintenance Center OMC. Like this, too 2 It can be seen that in a first step the data and / or software are divided into general or common data and / or software d0-d2 and into device-specific or individual data and / or software da-df.

Possibly not only a division into a single or several Groups of shared data and / or software for all or one Variety of devices to be addressed but another Division into different groups of common data and / or software d0 - d2. For example, a first group of shared data and / or Software d0 for all mobile devices MS1 - MS3 as radio-based To transfer facilities to them. Optionally, here too, a breakdown into certain types from mobile devices be made. Another group of shared data and / or Software d1 is, for example, to all facilities or a variety of facilities of network hardware as network facilities MSC, RMC, BS. A third group of shared data and / or software d2 is for example only to network facilities RNC, BS with transmission hardware transferred to, these devices BS, RNC are active functionalities for Build a radio connection.

The individual data and / or software are subdivided into, for example Data and / or software there for mobile devices a first type a, data and / or software db for mobile devices one second type b, data and / or software dc for all base stations BS as Network-side devices, data and / or software dd for facilities for Assign radio resources RNC, data and / or software de for Mobile switching centers MSC and data and / or software df for a home location register HLR.

To the division are network-side devices according to, for example Mobile switching centers MSC, facilities for assigning radio Resources RNC, base stations BS for establishing radio links to radio-based Facilities and a home location register HLR. Radio-based devices MS1 - MS3 are in particular usual Mobile devices.

To the distribution of the data and / or software is done in a subsequent Step a transfer of the data and / or software d0 - d2, da - df too the respective facilities. According to the exemplary distribution be first common data d1 via a bus B or another Compound, especially in the manner of a peer-to-peer connection to the device for allocating radio resources RNC, to the base stations BS and to the mobile switching centers MSC. The second group of data and / or software d2 will be corresponding to the devices with broadcast hardware, i. to the device for allocating radio resources RNC and the base stations BS transferred.

Prefers is the transmission over the peer-to-peer connection, which in a system using layered Logs is used. Every software or hardware component communicates in particular only with their peer in the same layer via a connection, which is provided by the lower layers.

following be individual management sessions to perform individual or facility-specific management actions to individual network-side Facilities between the operation and maintenance center and the set up to be addressed various facilities. Beyond that then transfer the individual data and / or software. According to the above In particular, the individual data and / or Software de about the bus B or the peer-to-peer connection to the mobile switching centers Transmit MSC, to specifically update these below. In addition, over a individual connection the appropriate data and / or software df is transmitted to the home location register HLR. In the illustrated embodiment For example, the home location register HLR should only have individual data and / or software df get transferred.

Further individual data and / or software dd, dc are provided by the operating and maintenance center OMC to the facility for assigning radio-technical RNC resources or transmitted to the base stations BS.

It is also possible to carry out corresponding installations of radio-based devices MS1 - MS3 in parallel with installation of network devices. In the illustrated embodiment, however, it should be assumed that the new or changed functionalities should first be installed on the network-side devices before the radio-based devices MS1 - MS3 are updated accordingly. Therefore, at the same time as the transmission of the individual and / or shared data and / or software dc, d1, d2 to the base stations BS, the subsequent updating of the radio-based devices MS1-MS3 is to be initiated. Accordingly, the transmission of the corresponding common data and / or software d0 via the bus B or a corresponding one takes place subsequently peer-to-peer connection from the operation and maintenance center OMC via the radio resources allocating device RNC and the base stations BS and via a broadcast radio interface BCCH to the radio-based devices MS1-MS3. In addition, before, in parallel or subsequently, individual radio links V1-V3 for transmitting the individual data and / or software da are transmitted from the operation and maintenance center OMC via the intermediary devices to the radio-based devices MS1-MS3. By means of the individual connections V1-V3 via the radio interfaces, a management action can also be carried out in order to carry out a targeted update in the radio-supported devices MS1-MS3. Optionally, with regard to the radio-aided devices, in particular by the transmission of the common data and / or software d0, the setting up of the individual connections V1-V3 can be triggered in order subsequently to transmit the individual data and / or software da, db and carry out the updates. In particular, this allows the structure of the individual connections V1-V3 to be postponed to a later time after the completion of an active communication connection.

According to the method and apparatus according to thus redundant data and / or software as well as management actions summarized, which are to be carried out by many devices or devices, resulting in management packages. These management packages can, for example, per Broadcasting or peer-to-peer techniques are distributed to transmission bandwidth to save. Such a management package will then be available on the respective Device or the addressed device worked off. For individual or institution-specific Management data or management actions can then still with a device-specific Management session essential management actions for this Facility performed become. The advantage lies in the separation of the general, redundant and the device-specific Data and actions and the associated savings in transmission bandwidth and overhead on the management server.

A Exemplary application is when a provider has a new one Service for would like to introduce a multiplicity of portable radio customers. This service requires one new software on the various devices or facilities and usually some general common settings, such as the information a portal to use. In addition, customer-specific settings, such as customer access parameters. The corresponding compiled Management package receives to do this the necessary data and software including the necessary portal settings. After the management package has been processed an individual session per facility is performed to only the customer-specific or device-specific settings work off. In particular, this can be the completion of the processing of the first step, i. the processing of the management package in the appropriate facility, the second step of establishing individual connections and sessions.

Claims (11)

Method for managing devices in a mobile radio system, in which data and / or software (d0 - d2, da - df) are transmitted from one central device (OMC) to a plurality of different devices (MSC, RMC, HLR, BS, MS1 - MS3) ), characterized in that - shares of the data and / or software as common data and / or software (d0 - d2) to be transmitted to a plurality of the different devices via a common connection (B, BCCH) transferred to the various facilities at the same time, and - portions of the data and / or software as individual data and / or software (da-df) to be transmitted to individual particular ones of the various facilities are transmitted to the designated facilities via individual connections , Method according to Claim 1, in which the data and / or Software (d0 - d1, there - df) for one new or changed Service and / or a new and / or changed functionality of several various of the facilities are split in a first step be in the common data (d0 - d2) and in the individual Data (da - df) and in a subsequent step, the split data is transmitted. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the common Data (d0 - d2) over one Broadcast channel (BCCH) and / or a peer-to-peer connection become. Method according to any preceding claim, in which the individual data and / or software (da - df) via individual connections transferred to the respective institutions become. Method according to any preceding claim, in which the individual data and / or software (da - df) via another transmission path (V1, V2) transmitted be considered the transmission route (BCCH) of the common data and / or software (d0). Method according to any preceding claim, in which first common data and / or software (d0) and then individual Data and / or software (da, db) are transmitted, the receiving device (MS1 - MS3) by the common data (d0) for retrieving the individual data (da, db) triggered becomes. Method according to any preceding claim, in which a part of the facilities both common and individual Data (d0, da; d0, db; d1, d2, dd) is needed and transmitted. Method according to any preceding claim, in which after transmission the shared data and / or software (d0-d1) individual management sessions furnished to the individual of the various facilities become. Method according to any preceding claim, in which after initialization of network-side devices (RNC, BF) radio-based devices (MS1 - MS3) over one Broadcast Channel (BCCH) and additionally via individual Connections (V1 - V3) be initialized. Control device (OMC) in a mobile radio system - to split of data and / or software for setting up or changing a service and / or a functionality for different To be managed facilities (MSC, RMC, HLR, BS, MS1 - MS3) in common Data and / or software (d0 - d2) for one Variety of facilities and in individual data and / or software (da - df) for individual of the facilities and - to transfer the common data and / or software via a first connection (B, BCCH) to the plurality of devices in common and for individual transmission the individual data and / or software (da - df) to the facilities via individual Connections (V1 - V3), at least part of the facilities being both common and also needs and transfers individual data and / or software. Control device according to claim 10, which is configured and controlled, management actions in various to be managed Initiate facilities and to control.