EP1342381A2 - Verfahren zur verwaltung von zumindest einem leistungsmerkmal eines vermittlungssystems eines telekommunikationsnetzes - Google Patents
Verfahren zur verwaltung von zumindest einem leistungsmerkmal eines vermittlungssystems eines telekommunikationsnetzesInfo
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- EP1342381A2 EP1342381A2 EP01271019A EP01271019A EP1342381A2 EP 1342381 A2 EP1342381 A2 EP 1342381A2 EP 01271019 A EP01271019 A EP 01271019A EP 01271019 A EP01271019 A EP 01271019A EP 1342381 A2 EP1342381 A2 EP 1342381A2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04Q—SELECTING
- H04Q3/00—Selecting arrangements
- H04Q3/42—Circuit arrangements for indirect selecting controlled by common circuits, e.g. register controller, marker
- H04Q3/54—Circuit arrangements for indirect selecting controlled by common circuits, e.g. register controller, marker in which the logic circuitry controlling the exchange is centralised
- H04Q3/545—Circuit arrangements for indirect selecting controlled by common circuits, e.g. register controller, marker in which the logic circuitry controlling the exchange is centralised using a stored program
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04Q—SELECTING
- H04Q2213/00—Indexing scheme relating to selecting arrangements in general and for multiplex systems
- H04Q2213/1305—Software aspects
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- the invention relates to a method for the administration of at least one feature requiring a license or at least one group of features requiring a license of a switching system of a telecommunication network.
- the invention also relates to a switching system of a telecommunication network, wherein at least one service feature requiring a license and / or at least one group of service features requiring a license is implemented in the switching system and the switching system is set up to provide the at least one service feature requiring a license and / or the at least one group of to manage licensed features.
- performance features are understood to mean network performance features and subscriber performance features.
- Network performance features are, for example, the dynamic thinning of traffic in the case of mass calls, for example in the case of tele-dialog surveys or TED surveys for short.
- TED surveys radio listeners or television viewers are able to take part in votes by phone that are immediately evaluated.
- the caller can use a uniform area code to reach a special number that corresponds to his
- Correspondence request corresponds.
- the calls are no longer delivered to the TED destination address from a predeterminable number of TED calls.
- Another example of a network performance feature is the blocking of certain targets in the event of a network congestion.
- Subscriber performance features are understood to mean functionalities that can be made available to telecommunication terminal devices on the part of a switching system. These features can be independent of the service and offer additional functions which, for example, facilitate and simplify the operation of the terminal. Subscriber features can also be based on service features. In the case of telephones, for example, transfer, automatic callback or call forwarding represent subscriber features.
- Reseller properties can also be supported with switching systems. This function enables several network operators to share a switching facility and to provide their respective subscribers with individual performance features. Again, it is desirable that either type and scope of the usable performance features by the switching system operator its various network operators can be restricted in accordance with the scope of the license negotiated with them, or that features which are implemented in the switching system are activated and license fees are charged in accordance with their actual use.
- This object is achieved with a method of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which at least one usage counter is assigned to the at least one performance feature requiring a license and / or the at least one group of performance features requiring a license, which counters the current number of uses of the performance feature or the group of Features indicates.
- This solution allows a switching system manufacturer to monitor the license of all performance features subject to license.
- an advantageous variant of the invention consists in comparing the usage counter with at least one threshold value, and if the usage counter exceeds this threshold value, no further uses of this feature and / or the group of performance features.
- the threshold value is compared with a capacity value which indicates the maximum physically possible number of uses of the performance feature and / or the group of performance features in the switching system.
- the current value of the usage counter and / or information about the performance feature assigned to the usage counter and / or the group of performance features assigned to the usage counter are advantageously generated in the form of data within the switching system.
- license monitoring can be implemented using periodic samples; For this purpose, the data are temporarily stored within the switching system at predeterminable time intervals.
- a data table is created from the data.
- the data can be drawn off on an external storage medium.
- Another possibility of transmitting the data to the manufacturer or to the exchange operator is to exchange the withdrawn data between the exchange system and a telecommunication terminal via a data connection.
- a switching system of the type mentioned at the outset is particularly suitable for implementing the method according to the invention, in which at least one usage counter is assigned to the at least one service feature requiring a license and / or the at least one group of service features requiring a license in the switching center, which counters the current number of uses of the at least one indicates a performance feature requiring a license and / or the at least one group of performance features requiring a license.
- the switching system is expediently set up to compare the usage counter with at least one threshold value and, if this threshold value is exceeded by the usage counter, to not permit any further uses of the associated performance feature and / or the group of performance features.
- the switching system is set up to compare the threshold value with a capacity value which represents the physically maximum possible number of uses of the at least one service feature requiring a license and / or the at least one group of license-requiring features Features indicates.
- the switching system is preferably set up to generate the current value of the usage counter and / or information about the performance feature assigned to the usage counter and / or the group of performance features assigned to the usage counter in the form of data. If the at least one feature requiring a license or the at least one group of features requiring a license is unlocked without restriction, a license can be monitored using periodic samples; For this purpose, the switching system is set up to temporarily store the data at predefinable time intervals.
- the switching system is set up to create a data table from the data.
- the switching system is advantageously set up to transfer the data to an external storage medium.
- the exchange can be set up to transmit the stored data to a telecommunication terminal via a data connection.
- Fig. 1 shows a telecommunications network with a first
- FIG. 2 shows a first variant of a data table generated in connection with the invention with performance features and counters assigned to them
- FIG. 3 shows the telecommunications network from FIG. 1 with a telecommunications terminal and a second variant of a switching system used in connection with the invention
- FIG. 4 shows a second variant of the data table from FIG. 2.
- a switching center VER used in connection with the invention has a memory SPR, in which a database DAT is provided, which can contain the data of all subscribers, network operators, switching center operators and performance features.
- the database DAT is advantageously based on a semi-permanent database, ie it has a backup copy on a hard disk of the switching system VER in order to enable it to be restored if necessary, but can be changed during operation.
- a usage counter can be assigned in the switching center VER to every feature subject to license. This counter gives the current number of uses of a licensed feature or a licensed group of
- the number of current uses of a service feature subject to license can contain further information, for example in the form of a table TAB.
- a usage counter C is assigned to each performance feature F1, F2, F3 in the table TAB. This counter indicates the current number of uses of a licensed feature Fl, F2, F3 or a group Gl, G2, G3 of features Fl, F2, F3 by a switching center operator.
- the installation i.e. the utilization of a feature Fl, F2, F3 for a subscriber or a network operator, is subject to a license, but not the actual use in terms of using the feature Fl, F2, F3 or the group Gl, G2, G3 of features Fl , F2, F3 by a subscriber or network operator.
- the current number of uses of a feature Fl, F2, F3 or a group Gl, G2, G3 of features Fl, F2, F3 is therefore in this document the number of features Fl, F2, F3 or groups Gl set up, ie made usable, G2, G3 understood by features Fl, F2, F3.
- the usage counter C indicates the number of service features F1, F2, F3 that have been set up and are subject to license in the switching system VER.
- a subscriber or a network operator wants to use a performance feature F1, F2, F3, it is usually necessary to set up this performance feature F1, F2, F3 in the switching system of the telecommunications network to which the subscriber belongs for this subscriber or network operator.
- the request to set up this subscriber performance feature F1, F2, F3 is usually made by a corresponding request from the subscriber or network operator.
- This application can, for example, be made in writing to the switching system operator, who will then set up the corresponding service features F1, F2, F3.
- the exchange operator can provide a special command, for example “CREATE”.
- a command for example “DELETE”
- the subscribers and network operator data are typically stored in a database of the switching system.
- a command to set up a feature Fl, F2, F3 or a group Gl, G2, G3 of features Fl, F2, F3 for a subscriber or network operator causes a in the area of the database that is assigned to this subscriber or network operator the corresponding entry is made, for example in the form of a variable that corresponds to a specific performance feature F1, F2, F3 or
- Group Gl, G2, G3 is assigned by performance features Fl, F2, F3.
- the usage counter C mentioned above can automatically adjust itself in the exchange VER.
- Each setup command that assigns a feature Fl, F2, F3 to a subscriber or network operator increments the usage counter C of the relevant feature Fl, F2, F3 or the group Gl, G2, G3 of features Fl, F2, F3.
- Each alignment command * that deletes a feature Fl, F2, F3 for a subscriber or network operator decrements the usage counter C accordingly.
- a program can be provided that is started by the alignment or setup command.
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- the threshold value B can advantageously only be changed by the manufacturer. Such changes can be made during operation by the manufacturer's service personnel in accordance with the license scope negotiated with the respective exchange operator.
- passwords are used that change dynamically / automatically according to an algorithm known by the manufacturer.
- the capacity value A which indicates the maximum physically usable number of a performance feature, as well as the threshold value B and the usage counter C, like the database mentioned at the beginning, are semi-permanent.
- the further threshold value D1, D2 indicates the maximum number of uses of a feature F licensed by the reseller vis-à-vis a further exchange operator and thus corresponds to one set by the reseller Stock threshold.
- the further threshold value D1, D2 can be changed, for example, by the manufacturer or the reseller. Changes can be made during operation by the respective service personnel in accordance with the scope of the license negotiated with the respective exchange operator.
- the further usage counter El, E2 indicates the number of performance features F1, F2, F3 actually used by the respective exchange operator.
- the further usage counter El, E2 automatically adjusts itself in the switching system when a service feature F1, F2, F3 is used / set up for a customer of a switching center operator.
- the usage counter C for one of these features Fl, F2, F3 corresponds to the sum of the other usage counters El, E2, which are assigned to this feature.
- a ⁇ B ⁇ ⁇ D. ⁇ ⁇ E, and D n ⁇ E n for n 1, 2, ... in which A is the capacity value described above, B the threshold value for the maximum number of uses, D n the respective reseller license threshold for a specifiable number of further exchange operators and E n mean the reseller usage counter associated with the individual reseller license thresholds.
- Each command for setting up a feature Fl, F2, F3 for a customer of a switching center operator increments the usage counter C, El, E2 of the respective feature Fl, F2, F3 or the group G of features Fl, F2, F3. If the meter reading continues Usage counter El, E2 exceeds the reseller license threshold D, the corresponding command is rejected. Each command to remove a feature for a customer decrements the reseller usage counter El, E2 accordingly.
- FIG. 3 Another embodiment of the invention according to FIG. 3 consists in that all performance features F1, F2, F3 are unlocked indefinitely and the license monitoring is carried out on the basis of periodic samples or memory dumps of the switching system VER.
- the license threshold of a feature Fl, F2, F3 is equal to the capacity value A, which defines the maximum number of possible uses of this feature Fl, F2, F3.
- the license monitoring based on periodic samples is based on the fact that a data collector searches the semi-permanent database of the database of the switching system VER for configured features Fl, F2, F3 on request or at predefinable time intervals.
- This data collector can be implemented in the form of a program that does all
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