EP0850545A1 - Systeme environnemental operationnel pour des applications de services d'un reseau de telecommunication - Google Patents

Systeme environnemental operationnel pour des applications de services d'un reseau de telecommunication

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EP0850545A1
EP0850545A1 EP96930159A EP96930159A EP0850545A1 EP 0850545 A1 EP0850545 A1 EP 0850545A1 EP 96930159 A EP96930159 A EP 96930159A EP 96930159 A EP96930159 A EP 96930159A EP 0850545 A1 EP0850545 A1 EP 0850545A1
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service application
call
service
monitoring system
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Maximilian Sevcik
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Siemens AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q11/00—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems
    • H04Q11/04—Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems for time-division multiplexing
    • H04Q11/0428—Integrated services digital network, i.e. systems for transmission of different types of digitised signals, e.g. speech, data, telecentral, television signals
    • H04Q11/0435—Details
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
    • H04Q3/0016—Arrangements providing connection between exchanges
    • H04Q3/0029—Provisions for intelligent networking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
    • H04Q2213/13533—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems multivendor and hybrid, e.g. public/private, networks, inc. international
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
    • H04Q2213/13545—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems monitoring of signaling messages, intelligent network

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  • the intelligent network is intended to enable a network operator to introduce new services quickly and easily, without having to intervene in the system program systems in each network node.
  • the interventions mentioned are therefore restricted in an IN to as few central network nodes as possible, so-called service control points SCP, which are equipped at a central point with the appropriate application software for the new services, the so-called service applications, and then in a kind of "remote control" enable the individual network nodes to carry out the new services.
  • the aforementioned remote-controlled network nodes of the IN are also referred to as service access nodes or service switching points SSP. They are connected to a service control point SCP directly or via a signaling network such as the CCS7 signaling network.
  • a service management point SMP is used to administer the IN services by the network operator, the service provider and the service subscriber.
  • a call to a service of the intelligent network can first be routed from a normal, ie from a network node not remotely controlled by the SCP, to a service switching point SSP.
  • the service switching determines based on the dialed number and / or the service code Point, which service control point SCP contains the service application corresponding to this service and then sends a request to this service control point as to how it should handle the call.
  • the SCP After the SCP has examined the request, it sends a response to the service switching point, which contains information that it needs for further handling of the call.
  • the Service Control Point SCP requires an error-free (hardware / software) computer platform, since the service applications must have the same high availability as the other components in the basic network (SSP and other switching centers). For this reason, today the service applications are developed by software specialists from network suppliers and systematically tested with great effort. The network operator can only modify these service applications at the designated points (customizing). Examples of such service applications are:
  • a service application goes into an inactive loop (endless loop), in which no more meaningful function runs.
  • a service application periodically exchanges messages with the basic network or with other SCP functions, but without carrying out a useful network function (active loop). There is also a risk of system overload for other, uninvolved service applications.
  • the invention is based on the object of giving network operators or third parties (for example software houses) the opportunity to implement their service ideas directly and without going through the network supplier, and at the same time to ensure that faulty service implementations implemented in this way Applications have no negative effects.
  • FIGS 2 to 5 serve to illustrate the exemplary embodiment.
  • the fault-tolerant execution environment in the SCP should recognize the following serious logical software error classes in the service applications as quickly as possible and immediately end the handling of the calls or other network functions by the faulty service application as required:
  • FIG. 2 shows an SCP architecture which comprises an execution environment system FAU according to the invention.
  • a corresponding architecture can be used for the SMP.
  • the process environment system FAU provides the service applications SAP with a fail-safe application programming interface API.
  • the API provides a network operator and / or a third party with a system of function modules for programming an individual SAP.
  • the FAU and the API are detailed by the system supplier, i.e. stable, tested and thus perform the functions represented by the API (viewed individually) error-free.
  • the process includes the following features or process steps: 1) If an activated (ie in operation) service application reaches a state in which it is waiting for one or more network input events, these expected events (for example network messages to be received according to a known IN application protocol such as INAP or AIN) together with their identifier in a so-called event list IER of the FAU. If the service application mentioned leaves this waiting state, the events corresponding to this state are removed from the event list IER by the FAU.
  • these expected events for example network messages to be received according to a known IN application protocol such as INAP or AIN
  • Context changes include, for example:
  • - procedure call including remote procedure call (RPC), - sending / processing of an internal, external message,
  • RPC remote procedure call
  • the context change events are normally recognized by the underlying operating system and dealt with in the runtime environment system in relation to the relevant service applications.
  • the context change timestamp enables the FAU to assess the activity of a SAP.
  • a time stamp of the last network input event received by the base network or of the network output event output to the base network, the meaning of which will become clear later, is also stored by the runtime environment system.
  • NEZ One event counter NEZ is kept in the workflow environment system for each network output event. All possible network output events and their maximum number are given for a given Basic network protocol (e.g. according to the international standards INAP, AIN) well defined.
  • Basic network protocol e.g. according to the international standards INAP, AIN
  • the process environment system periodically triggers an Application Activity Test AAT.
  • the adjustable time period is recorded in the runtime environment system as a time stamp tn.
  • FIG. 4 shows the process running in the runtime environment system for recognizing the logical errors mentioned in the service applications.
  • the triggering event of the method is the periodic Application Activity Test AAT.
  • the list IER of network input events for a specific call is first examined in tests. If it is not empty, it is checked whether all entered network input events are logically correct. This test is derived from knowledge of the standardized basic network protocol (e.g. INAP, AIN).
  • a check is also carried out to determine whether the base network can send these network input events at all (if the call was ended prematurely by the base network, this transmission is not possible, for example).
  • a network activity test NAT is carried out using a known method, using one for this standardized test transaction is carried out (eg as part of the INAP, AIN protocol). If it is determined that the call is still active in the basic network, the call processing in the service application is continued.
  • process environment system must also carry out additional conventional checks, for example checking the correct structure and syntax of all network events and their compatibility with the call handling in the basic network. This is done using known methods, that do not require further explanation here. In the event of errors or inconsistencies of this type, the call handling in the relevant service application is terminated by the process environment system.

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Abstract

L'invention a pour objet d'offrir la possibilité aux exploitants du réseau ou à des tiers (p.ex. aux sociétés de logiciels) de mettre en application leurs idées de services directement, sans devoir passer par le fournisseur de réseau tout en garantissant que la mise en oeuvre d'applications de services défectueuses n'engendrent pas d'effets négatifs. Dans cette optique, l'invention propose un système environnemental opérationnel insensible aux défaillances (FAU).
EP96930159A 1995-09-15 1996-09-03 Systeme environnemental operationnel pour des applications de services d'un reseau de telecommunication Ceased EP0850545A1 (fr)

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