JP2001168908A - Exchange and translator management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a revision work quantity of a translator set to an exchange. SOLUTION: Each of exchanges (nodes) 7-1-7-4, which are connected to subscriber channels and relay channels in a communication network, have input and output ports, and conduct connection of transmission channels through switching between the input and output ports, stores a translator 9 whose route number with respect to an identification code being a translation object corresponds one to one to a node identification number of the exchange (node) which is the component of the communication network. Then each of the exchanges (nodes) 7-1 to 7-4 use this translator 9 to decide a connection route, by translating the identification code and connects a transmission channel on the basis of the connection route.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exchange for connecting a transmission line in a communication network and a translator management system for centrally managing translators (translation data to be connected) input to the exchange.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An exchange constituting a communication network has a plurality of input ports and output ports, and connects a transmission line by switching between input and output ports. The exchange performs switching by translating an identification code associated with data such as voice and image to be transmitted using translation translation data (hereinafter, referred to as a “translator”) and determining a connection route. In a telephone network, which is a type of communication network, a telephone number (called number) is an identification code. The translator used in the exchange will be described below. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a translator used in a conventional exchange. The example of FIG. 9 schematically illustrates a model in which four exchanges are connected. In a network, a point (apparatus) having a network management function, an exchange function, a transmission function, and the like is called a “node”, and an exchange is one type of a “node”. Therefore, the exchange is shown as a "node" in the figure. In the figure, reference numerals 7-1 to 7-4 indicate nodes. Node 1 uses an identification code starting with “1” as a connection destination to its own node. Similarly, each of the nodes 2, 3, and 4 has an identification code starting with "2", "3", or "4" as a connection destination to its own node. Taking the telephone network as an example, the node 1 is an exchange connected to a terminal 8-1 having a telephone number starting with 1 "and a subscriber line. The line names connecting the nodes are shown in FIG. In this case, the translator for node 1 is conceptually indicated by reference numeral 6-1.
By using the translator shown in (1), for example, if the identification code starts with "1", it is possible to determine that the terminal under the own node is the connection route, and if the identification code starts with "2", the connection route is the root. Number "Routea"
Can be determined. Based on the result of this determination, the node 1 performs switching for transmission path connection.

[0003]

As can be seen from FIG. 9, the connection configuration of each node differs from node to node. For example, the node 1 connects a route (line) to each terminal specified by an identification code starting with “1” and each route specified by route numbers “Routea”, “Routec”, and “Routed”. It has a configuration. On the other hand, the node 2 has a route to each terminal specified by an identification code starting with “2” and route numbers “Routea”, “Routee”, “
Each route specified by "Routef" is configured as a connection. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 9, it is necessary to set a different translator for each node when the node is introduced. If the identification code is changed or added, the translator must be set or changed for each node, and the amount of work is enormous.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide an exchange and a translator management system that can reduce the amount of work required to change translators set in each node.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a communication network connected to a subscriber line or a trunk line, having a plurality of input ports and output ports, and switching between input and output ports. A translator stores a translator in which a route number for an identification code to be translated has a one-to-one correspondence with a node identification number of an exchange constituting a communication network, and translates the identification code using the translator. To determine a connection route, and to provide an exchange for performing transmission path connection based on the connection route. If the route number resulting from the translation of the identification code is a route number corresponding to the node identification number of the switch, the switch determines the connection route to be a device under the switch, and if not, the connection route is determined by another switch. Determined as an exchange. As described above, in the design of the translator used by the exchange, the translator in each node is designed so that the route number for the identification code to be translated corresponds to the node identification number of the exchange constituting the communication network on a one-to-one basis. Can be standardized and unified. As a result, there is no need to design an individual translator for each node, and the amount of translator design work for each node can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, the commonization and unification of the translators enables unified management of the translators. The communication network is a generic term for a packet network, a telephone network, and the like.

[0006] As a system for unified management of a common and unified translator, the present invention provides a master terminal and a plurality of designs for designing data necessary for realizing an exchange function in a managed exchange. In the translator management system including a terminal, the master terminal and the design terminal are connected via a communication line, and the master terminal determines a node number of an exchange constituting a communication network by a route number corresponding to an identification code to be translated. A storage unit for storing a unified translator corresponding to a number one-to-one,
A distribution unit that distributes the unified translator to each design terminal, wherein the design terminal includes a storage unit that stores equipment data that is setting information specific to the exchange under management, and a unified translator transmitted from the master terminal. A merge unit that receives and creates data that is to be input to the managed exchange using the unified translator and the equipment data and that includes the unified translator; and that inputs the created data to the managed exchange. And a translator management system provided with the input unit. In the translator management system described above, the master terminal performs centralized management of the unified translator and distributes the latest unified translator to the design terminal via a communication line. The design terminal stores equipment data that is data to be input to the switch and is setting information specific to the switch other than the translator, and includes a unified translator and a unified translator that is input for the managed switch using the equipment data. Creates data and submits it to managed exchanges. In this way, the master terminal can centrally manage the translator of the exchange, and the design terminal does not need to design a translator. Therefore, it is possible to significantly improve the productivity of the data input to the exchange at each design terminal, and to improve the design quality of the translator by centralized management.

Further, the present invention provides a master terminal, a plurality of design terminals for designing data necessary for realizing the switching function in the exchange under management, and a plurality of representative terminals for managing the plurality of design terminals. In the translator management system, the master terminal and the representative terminal, and,
The representative terminal and the design terminal are connected via a communication line, and the master terminal is a unified translator in which a route number for an identification code to be translated has a one-to-one correspondence with a node identification number of an exchange constituting a communication network. And a distribution unit that distributes the unified translator to each representative terminal, wherein the representative terminal receives the storage unit and the unified translator distributed from the master terminal,
A receiving unit to be stored in the storage unit of the representative terminal, and a notifying unit that notifies the managed design terminal of the distribution of the unified translator, the design terminal transmits equipment data that is setting information specific to the managed exchange. A storage unit for storing, receiving a notification from the representative terminal, acquiring a unified translator from the representative terminal, and using the unified translator and the equipment data to input data for an exchange under management, wherein the unified translator is The present invention provides a translator management system comprising: a merging unit for creating data including the following; and an input unit for inputting the generated data to an exchange under management. This translator management system can reduce the distribution load on the master terminal because the unified translator only needs to be distributed to the representative terminal when the number of exchanges in the communication network is large.

Further, in the present invention, in the above translator management system, the input unit of the design terminal further notifies completion of input of the unified translator to the exchange,
At least one of the master terminal and the representative terminal is an information file indicating a loading status of the unified translator to each exchange, and stores an information file in which the loading status is updated by the notification in a storage unit; Alternatively, at least one of the representative terminals further includes an information display unit for displaying a status of input to the unified translator to each exchange by referring to the information file. The information file is updated by the notification of the status of input of data including the unified translator to the exchange by the design terminal. Therefore, when the master terminal or the representative terminal is provided with the information display unit, it is possible to confirm from the terminals whether the latest unified translator is inserted into each exchange from these terminals.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An exchange and a translator management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, a translator used in each node of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 also shows an example of a four-point model composed of four nodes, similarly to FIG. In FIG. 1, parts corresponding to the respective parts in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 1, when the node identification numbers for identifying the nodes 7-1 to 7-4 are "1", "2", "3", and "4", respectively,
In the design of the translator, each route number is set to correspond one-to-one with each node identification number. For example, the node identification number of the node 1 is “1”, and the node 1 is connected to a terminal specified by an identification code starting with “1” by a subscriber line. Therefore, the translator 9
, The route number corresponding to the identification code “1xxx” is a route number “Ro” corresponding to the node identification number on a one-to-one basis.
ute1 ". In this example, the identification code is four digits, and" x "in the identification code indicates that any numerical value may be used.
, The root number for each identification code starting with “2”, “3”, “4” corresponds one-to-one with the node identification number of the node having the terminal specified by the identification code, and the identification code “2xxx”, “3xxx”, “4”
xxx "for route numbers" Route2 "and" R ", respectively.
oute3 "and" Route4 "are set. By designing such a translator, the connection configuration of each node is changed from the route number" Route1 "to the route specified by" Route4 ". Since the number and the node identification number are associated with each other on a one-to-one basis, if each node translates the identification code using the translator 9 into a root number corresponding to the own node, the identification of each node is established. Therefore, each node can determine whether it is an identification code connected to its own node or an identification code connected to another node when translating the identification code using the translator 9. The reference numeral 9 in FIG. The translator shown in (1) is an illustration of the identification code and route number part particularly related to the connection destination determination, which are conceptually easy to understand. However, the data structure of the actual translator is more complicated.

As described above, in the design of the translator, the root number for the identification code to be translated corresponds to the node identification number of the exchange constituting the communication network on a one-to-one basis. Can be standardized and unified. As a result, it is not necessary to design an individual translator for each node, and the amount of translator design work for each node can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, the commonization and unification of the translators enables unified management of the translators.

Here, a translator that is standardized and unified at each node, such as the translator indicated by reference numeral 9 in FIG. 1, is hereinafter referred to as a “unified translator”. A translator management system for centrally managing the unified translator will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the translator management system of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the translator management system includes a master terminal 1 and a plurality of design terminals 5-1 to 5-n for designing data necessary for realizing the switching function in a managed node. Also, the master terminal 1 and the design terminals 5-1 to 5-n
Are connected via the communication line 2. Here, the communication line 2 is, for example, an ISDN (Intenet) having a relatively high communication speed.
grated Service Digital Network). Next, an outline of functions of the master terminal 1 and the design terminals 5-1 to 5-n will be described. The master terminal 1 is a terminal for centrally managing the unified translator. When there is an addition or change of an identification code due to addition or abolition of a node, editing work of the unified translator is performed in the master terminal 1. When the unified translator is changed, the master terminal 1 replaces the latest unified translator with the design terminals 5-1 to 5-1.
5-n. The design terminals 5-1 to 5-n are terminals set for the nodes, and are terminals for designing data other than the translator. Design terminals 5-1 to 5
“-N” stores facility data 63 including node-specific setting information including a node identification number of the managed node. Upon receiving the unified translator transmitted from the master terminal 1, the design terminals 5-1 to 5-n store the unified translator 62 in the storage unit. And the design terminal 5
Data -1 to 5-n are data to be input to the managed node using the facility data 63 and the unified translator 62, and data including the unified translator is created and input to the node. Here, "input" means to set data necessary for realizing the exchange function in the exchange. The data input to the node includes not only translators but also node-specific settings. Therefore, the design terminal stores the equipment data 63 as data that needs to be input to the node other than the translator, and creates data to be input to the managed node using the equipment data 63 and the unified translator 62.

Next, the configuration of the node 1 (7-1) will be described. The node 1 is connected to a subscriber line or a trunk line in a communication network. The node 1 has a plurality of input / output ports 93, and a subscriber line and a trunk line are connected to the input / output ports 93, respectively. Further, the node 1 includes a translation unit 91 and a switching unit 92. The translator 91 uses the translator 9 to determine a connection route by translating the identification code to be translated. Switching section 92
Is based on the connection route determined by the translation unit 91,
Switching between the input / output ports 93 is performed and a transmission path is connected. Other nodes have the same configuration as node 1.

Next, another configuration example of the translator management system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, parts corresponding to the respective parts in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The translator management system shown in FIG. 3 includes a master terminal 1 and a plurality of design terminals 5 for designing data necessary for realizing the switching function in the managed node.
1 to 5-n and a plurality of representative terminals 3-1 to manage a plurality of design terminals. Note that only one representative terminal is shown in FIG. 3 due to space limitations.
Also, the master terminal 1, the representative terminals 3-1,..., And the representative terminals 3-1,... And the design terminals 5-1 to 5-n under their management are connected via a communication line. You. Here, a communication line connecting the master terminal 1 and a plurality of representative terminals is an integrated service digital network (ISDN).
The communication line connecting the representative terminal and the plurality of design terminals is a LAN (Local Area Network).

Next, an outline of the functions of the master terminal 1, the representative terminal 3-1, and the design terminals 5-1 to 5-n will be described. The master terminal 1 shown in FIG. 3 has the same functions as the master terminal shown in FIG. 2, but differs in that the distribution destination of the unified translator 21 is changed from the design terminal to the representative terminal. Representative terminal 3-1
Receives the unified translator delivered from the master terminal 1, stores it in the storage unit, and notifies the managed design terminals 5-1 to 5-n of the delivery of the unified translator. The design terminal shown in FIG. 3 has almost the same functions as the design terminal shown in FIG. 2, but differs in that the unified translator is obtained from the master terminal 1 instead of the representative terminal connected to the design terminal via the LAN 4. Here, the representative terminal is provided for each predetermined area block, and a design terminal for a node in the area block is a design terminal under management.

Although FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example in which each design terminal has one managed node, a plurality of managed nodes may be provided. When the number of nodes in the communication network is large, the configuration shown in FIG. 2 requires the master terminal 1 to deliver a unified translator to many design terminals, and the distribution burden becomes enormous. Therefore, when the number of nodes is large, the configuration of the translator management system shown in FIG. 3 allows the unified translator to be distributed only to the representative terminal, so that the distribution load on the master terminal 1 can be reduced. From the above points, the translator management system shown in FIG. 2 is an effective configuration for a small communication network having a relatively small number of nodes, and the translator management system shown in FIG. This is an effective configuration in the case of a network.

Next, the configurations of the master terminal, the representative terminal, and the design terminal in the translator management system shown in FIG. 3 will be described. In the following, since the device configurations of the terminals have commonality, the representative terminals 3-1,.
Are designated as “representative terminals 3”, and the design terminals 5-1 to 5-n are represented as “
Design nodes 5 ". Nodes 7-1 to 7-n are denoted by"".
Node 7 ".

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of the master terminal 1. As shown in the figure, the master terminal 1 is connected to a processing unit 10 for editing and distributing the unified translator, a storage unit 20 storing various files required for centralized management of the unified translator, and a communication line 2. And a communication interface (communication IF) 24 for performing the operation. The processing unit 10, the storage unit 20, and the communication IF 24 are connected by a bus system. An input device, a display device, and the like (neither is shown) are connected to the master terminal 1 as peripheral devices. Here, the input device refers to an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. A display device is a CRT (Cathode
Ray Tube) and liquid crystal display devices.

The storage unit 20 includes a unified translator 21
, Representative terminal management file 22, generation management file 2
3 is stored. As described above, the unified translator 21 associates the identification number to be translated with the root number corresponding to the one-to-one correspondence between the identification number of the node forming the communication network and the root number to the connection destination node. Translator. The representative terminal management file 22 is a file containing information on the representative terminal 3 to which the unified translator is distributed. Representative terminal management file 22
Includes information about the representative terminal 3 such as a terminal ID, address information (telephone number and the like) for connecting to the representative terminal 3, and the like. Furthermore, the representative terminal management file 22 includes a distribution status indicating the distribution status of the latest unified translator. The generation management file 23 stores the history of unified translators edited and distributed in the past. In this embodiment, the history of the unified translator up to five generations before is managed by the generation management file 23. The storage unit 20
Is constituted by a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, and a flash memory.

The processing unit 10 includes an editing unit 11, a checking unit 1,
2, a distribution unit 13, a generation management unit 14, and an information display unit 15. The editing unit 11 causes the user to re-edit the unified translator in accordance with the addition / change of the identification code to be translated in the unit, and performs a process of storing the edited unified translator 21 in the storage unit 20. Check part 1
2 performs a process of checking the edited unified translator 21 for any omissions or the like. Distribution unit 13
Performs a process of distributing the newly created unified translator 21 to each representative terminal 3 using the information contained in the representative terminal management file 22. Further, the distribution unit 13
A process of checking whether the unified translator 21 has been distributed to all the representative terminals 3 is also performed. After the unified translator 21 is distributed to all the representative terminals 3, the generation management unit 14 updates the generation management file 23 using the unified translator 21, so that history management and generation management of the unified translator can be performed. I do. Information display section 15
Performs processing for displaying on the display device the latest unified translator loading status and the like in each node by acquiring information in the information file 44 stored in the representative terminal 3 described separately. The processing unit 10 includes a memory and a C
The functions of the respective units are realized by loading a memory (not shown) for realizing the functions of the respective units constituting the processing unit 10 into a memory and executing the programs. The above is the configuration of the master terminal 1.

Next, the configuration of the representative terminal 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The representative terminal 3 stores a processing unit 30 for receiving the unified translator distributed from the master terminal 1 and notifying the design terminal 5, and stores various files necessary for the management of the design terminal 5 under management. And a communication interface (communication IF) 45 for connecting to the communication line 2 or the LAN 4. The processing unit 30, the storage unit 40, and the communication IF 45 are connected by a bus system. An input device, a display device, and the like (neither is shown) are connected to the representative terminal 3 as peripheral devices.

The storage unit 40 includes a distribution translator 41
, A unified translator 42, a design terminal management file 43, and an information file 44. The distribution translator 41 is a file in which the unified translator distributed from the master terminal 1 is temporarily stored. The unified translator 42 is a unified translator distributed from the master terminal 1, and is a file that can be referred to by the design terminal 5 managed by the representative terminal 3. The design terminal management file 43 is a file that stores information about the design terminal 5 that is connected to the representative terminal 3 via the LAN 4 and is to be managed. The design terminal management file 43 includes a terminal ID as information on the design terminal 5, address information (IP address or the like) for accessing the design terminal 5, a node identification number as information on a node under the control of the design terminal 5, and the like. Is included. The information file 44 is a file including information items for indicating the processing status of the unified translator edited and distributed by the master terminal 1. Information file 4
As shown in FIG. 6, the information included in “4” is “arrival status” (44a) indicating whether a new unified translator is distributed from the master terminal 1 to the representative terminal 3, and the unified translator 42 is The "update status" (44b) indicating whether or not the latest unified translator can be referred to by the design terminal 5 by the design terminal 5, the representative terminal 3
And the like, such as "input status" (44c), which indicates the input status of a new unified tongue translator to each node under the subordinate. The storage unit 40 is configured by a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, and a flash memory.

The processing unit 30 includes a receiving unit 31 and a difference checking unit 3
2, an update notification unit 33 and an information display unit 34 are provided. When receiving the distribution of the unified translator from the master terminal 1, the receiving unit 31 performs a receiving process on the distribution and stores it in the storage unit 40 as the distribution translator 41. In addition, the receiving unit 31
If the unified translator has successfully completed the receiving process,
A reception completion notification is sent to the master terminal 1. The difference check unit 32 performs a process of comparing the unified translator 42 and the delivery translator 41 to check whether the same unified translator has been redistributed due to an operation error or the like of the master terminal 1. When a new unified translator 42 is distributed, the update notification unit 33 performs a process of updating the unified translator 42 by the distribution translator 41. Further, the update notifying unit 33 uses the design terminal management file 43 to perform a process of notifying the managed design terminals 5 that the unified translator 42 has been updated. Using the information in the information file 44, the information display unit 34 performs a process of displaying on the display device the latest translator input status and the like in each node under the representative terminal 3. The processing unit 30 includes a memory and a CPU (Central Processing Unit). By loading a program (not shown) for realizing the function of each unit constituting the processing unit 30 into the memory and executing the program, Function is realized. The above is the configuration of the representative terminal 3.

Next, the configuration of the design terminal 5 will be described with reference to FIG. The design terminal 5 includes a processing unit 50 for inputting data including the unified translator to the managed node 7.
And a storage unit 60 storing various files necessary for creating data to be input to the node 7, and a communication interface (communication IF) 65 for connecting to the LAN 4 and the node 7. These processing unit 50 and storage unit 6
0, the communication IF 65 is connected by a bus system. An input device, a display device, and the like (neither is shown) are connected to the design terminal 5 as peripheral devices.

The storage unit 60 stores input data 61 and 64,
The unified translator 62 and the node equipment data 63 are stored. The unified translator 62 is an unified translator obtained and stored from the representative terminal 3. As described above, the equipment data 63 is data including the managed node identification number, and includes equipment information unique to the node that is necessary to realize the switching function in the managed node. That is, the facility data 63 is data input to the node 7 and includes data required other than the translator. The input data 61 is data that is actually input to the node 7 using the unified translator 62 and the equipment data 63. Therefore, the input data 61
Include the contents of the unified translator 62. The input data 64 is input data actually input to the node 7, and after the input of data to the node 7 is completed, the input data 61
Is the data to be updated using. The storage unit 6
Reference numeral 0 denotes a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, or a flash memory.

The processing unit 50 includes a merging unit 51, an input unit 5
2. An information display unit 53 is provided. Upon receiving the distribution notice of the unified translator from the representative terminal 3, the merge unit 51 acquires the unified translator 42 stored in the representative terminal 3, and performs a process of storing the unified translator 42 in the storage unit 60 as the unified translator 62. Further, the merging unit 51 performs a process of using the unified translator 62 and the facility data 63 to create input data 61 to be input to the node. The input unit 52
A process for inputting the created translator 61 to the managed node is performed, and after the input is completed, the input data 64
Is updated with the input data 61. Information display section 5
3 acquires the information in the information file 44 stored in the representative terminal 3 and performs a process of displaying the latest translator input status and the like in the node 7 managed by the design terminal 3 on the display device. The processing unit 50 includes a memory and a CPU (Central Processing Unit). By loading a program (not shown) for realizing the function of each unit configuring the processing unit 50 into the memory and executing it, Function is realized. The design terminal 5 also changes the equipment data 63, manages the history, and the like.
The description of these points is omitted. The above is the configuration of the design terminal 5.

Next, the operation of the translator management system until the master terminal 1 edits the unified translator and the design terminal 5 sets a new unified translator in the node 7 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the operation of each of the master terminal 1, the representative terminal 3, and the design terminal 5 constituting the translator management system. In the figure, steps S11 to S17 show the operation of the master terminal 1, steps S21 to S28 show the operation of the representative terminal 3,
Steps S31 to S34 show the operation of the design terminal 5.

Steps S11 to S in master terminal 1
The processing shown in FIG.
Start by launching. First, the editing unit 11 of the master terminal 1 refers to the representative terminal management file 22 to check whether distribution of the latest unified translator at the time of startup has been completed to all the representative terminals 22 (step S11). This is because, even if the distribution of the latest unified translator at the time of activation is not completed, if the user is allowed to edit the unified translator, a mismatch occurs in the unified translator sent between the representative terminals 3. The editing unit 11 enables editing of the unified translator 61 when distribution of the latest unified translator at the time of startup has been completed to all representative terminals 22 (step S11: Yes). Otherwise (step S11: No), the editing unit 11 displays a message indicating that distribution is not completed on the display device, and ends the process.

If the editing of the unified translator 61 is possible (step S11: Yes), the editing unit 11 causes the user to edit the unified translator (step S12). Here, the editing unit 11 is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) for facilitating editing by the user.
To make it easy to select a node to be added or changed, to set the node identification number of the added / selected node, and to identify the terminals under the node It would be nice to be able to easily set the code. When the user edits the unified translator, the editing unit 11 saves the edited unified translator as the unified translator 21 in the storage unit 20.

When the storage of the unified translator 21 is performed, the checking unit 12 checks the contents of the unified translator 21 (step S13). Checks performed here include omission of setting required information such as omission of setting of node identification information of the added node, and setting information error such that a newly added / set identification code is already set. If an error is found as a result of the check, the user is required to edit the unified translator again.

If there is no problem in the check by the check unit 12, the distribution unit 13 sends the new unified translator 21
Is distributed to each representative terminal (step S1).
4). Prior to distribution, the distribution unit 13 changes the distribution status of each representative terminal 3 in the representative terminal management file 22 from "completed" indicating completion of distribution to "waiting" indicating transmission wait.
Then, the distribution unit 13 sends the file 2 to the representative terminal 5 whose distribution status in the representative terminal management file 22 is “waiting”.
The access is performed using the address in the second translator 2 and the distribution of the unified translator 21 is sequentially performed.

The representative terminal 3 starts the processing shown in steps S21 to S27 by the access for distribution from the master terminal 1. When receiving the unified translator sent from the master terminal 1, the receiving unit 31 in the representative terminal 3 stores it as the delivery translator 41 in the storage unit 40. When the receiving unit 31 completes the reception of the unified translator, the receiving unit 31 notifies the master terminal 1 of the reception completion including the terminal ID of the representative terminal 3 (step S2).
1).

The distribution unit 13 of the master terminal 1
When the reception completion notification is received, the design terminal management file 43 waits for the distribution status corresponding to the terminal ID.
To “completed” (step S15). continue,
The distribution unit 13 checks whether the distribution of the unified translator has been completed to all the representative terminals 3 by checking the distribution status of each representative terminal 3 in the design terminal management file 43 (step S16). If there is any representative terminal 3 for which distribution has not been completed (step S16: No), the distribution unit 14 returns to step S14 to distribute the unified translator to the representative terminal 3 for which distribution has not been completed.

When distribution to all the representative terminals 3 is completed (step S16: Yes), the generation management unit 14 of the master terminal 1 uses the unified translator 21 to perform history management and generation management of the unified translator. The generation management file 23 is updated (step S17). Then, the master terminal 1 ends the processing related to editing and distribution of the unified translator. By providing the generation management file 23, if any trouble occurs in the node 7, it is possible to return to the unified translator created in the past. In addition, it is possible to confirm when and how the unified translator of each generation has been changed.

When the receiving unit 31 of the representative terminal 1 finishes storing the distribution translator 41 in the storage unit 40 and transmitting the reception completion notification, the information file 44 as shown in FIG.
In the item “arrival status”, a value indicating the presence of distribution from the master terminal 1 is set, and in the item “update status”, the storage unit 40 is set.
A value indicating that the unified translator 42 has not been updated is set (step S23).

Subsequently, the difference checking unit 32 checks whether there is a difference between the distribution translator 41 and the unified translator 42 by comparing them (step S23). If there is no difference, the difference check unit 32 does not need to update the unified translator 42.
As shown in FIG. 6D, the value indicating no delivery is set again in the item "arrival status" in the information file 44, and the value indicating that the unified translator 42 has been updated is reset in the item "update status". , And the process ends.

When the difference is confirmed by the difference confirming unit 32, the update notifying unit 33 updates the unified translator 42 with the distribution translator 41 (step S24). The unified translator 42 can be referred to via the LAN 4 by the design terminal 5 managed by the representative terminal 3. Therefore,
By this update process, each design terminal 5 can refer to the unified translator 42 newly distributed to the representative terminal 3. With the above processing, the processing for the distribution translator 41 and the update of the unified translator 42 are completed, so that the update notification unit 33 distributes the information to the item “arrival status” in the information file 44 as shown in FIG. A value indicating none is set, and a value indicating update of the unified translator 42 is set in the item “update status”. further,
In this state, since the update to the latest unified translator is not performed in each node under the representative terminal 3, the update notifying unit 33 transmits the latest translator of each node as shown in FIG. A value indicating "unloaded" is set in the "loading status" (step S25). Further, the update notifying unit 33 performs a process of notifying each design terminal 5 that the unified translator 42 has been updated, using the address of the design terminal 5 under management in the design terminal management file 43 (step). S26).

The design terminal 5 starts the processing shown in steps S31 to S34 upon receiving the notification of the update from the representative terminal 3. First, the merge unit 51 of the design terminal 5
Performs a process of storing the unified translator 42 stored in the representative terminal 3 in the storage unit 60 as the unified translator 42. Further, the merging unit 51 creates the input data 61 to be input to the managed node 7 using the unified translator 62 and the node equipment data 43 (Step S31). The input data 61 is called an original form.
It is composed of multiple originals, including the original for translators.

Next, the input unit 52 performs a process of inputting the created input data 61 to the managed node 7 (step S32). Further, when the input is completed normally, the input unit 52 notifies the representative terminal 3 of the input completion including the node identification number of the node to which the input has been made (step S3).
3). Further, the input unit 52 performs a process of updating the input data 64 with the input data 61 (Step S34), and ends the process. The input data 61 for the node 7
The input data 64 is updated after the completion of the input. If an error occurs while the latest input data 61 is input to the node 7, the setting in the node 7 can be returned to the input data 64 before the update. Because.

When the representative terminal 3 receives from the design terminal 5 a notification of completion of input of input data including the unified translator, the update notifying unit 33 uses the node identification number included in the input completion notification as a search key to retrieve the information file 44. Perform a search. Then, a value indicating “input completed” is set in the node identification number corresponding to the item “input status” (step S2).
7). FIG. 6C shows that the node identification number is “node 1”, and the “input state” is obtained by the processing in step S27.
Indicates a state updated to “input completed”. If the latest unified translator has been input to all nodes under the representative terminal 3 (step S28: Ye
s), the representative terminal 3 ends the processing associated with the input of the latest unified translator. On the other hand, if there is a node to which the latest unified translator has not been input (step S2)
8: No), the update notification unit 33 waits for the input notification to receive the input notification from the subordinate design terminal 5.

In the process from the editing of the unified translator to the input of the unified translator to each node, the master terminal 1, the representative terminal 3, and the design terminal 5 constituting the translator management system operate as described above.

Each terminal 1, 3, 5 has an information display unit 15, 3,
4 and 53, the information display units 15, 34 and 53
The activation is performed by the user independently of the processing flow shown in FIG. 8, and the state of the latest unified translator in each node is displayed on the display device. Here, the information display unit 15 of the master terminal 1 refers to the information file 44 of each representative terminal 3 via the communication line 2 to:-To each node by referring to the item "input status" in the information file 44 Of the latest unified translator in the information file 44-Distribution status of the latest unified translator to each representative terminal by referring to the item "arrival status" in the information file 44-Each representative by referring to the item "update status" in the information file 44 The update status of the unified translator 42 at the terminal can be displayed.

The representative terminal 3 and the design terminal 5 managed by the representative terminal 3 refer to the information file 44 stored in the representative terminal 3. Of the latest unified translator to each node of the latest processing status of the latest unified translator at the representative terminal 3 by referring to the item "arrival status" in the information file 44-The item "update status" in the information file 44 , The update status of the unified translator 42 at the representative terminal 3 can be displayed.

The configuration and operation of the master terminal 1, the representative terminal 3, and the design terminal 5 in the translator management system of FIG. 3 have been described above. On the other hand, the configurations of the master terminal 1 and the design terminal 5 in the translator management system of FIG. 2 are as follows. The configuration of master terminal 1 is similar to that of FIG. However, the representative terminal management file 2
2 include the terminal ID and address of the design terminal 5 connected via the communication line 2 and the distribution status to the design terminal 5, and the distribution unit 13 distributes the unified translator to the design terminal 5. The configuration of the design terminal 5 is, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 7, further provided with a reception unit 31 and a difference confirmation unit 32 of the representative terminal 3 in the processing unit 50, and further includes a distribution translator 41 and an information file 44 of the representative terminal in the storage unit 60. Remember.
Further, the merging unit 52 of the design terminal does not need to perform the process of acquiring the unified translator. Further, the update process of the information file 44 performed by the update notification unit 33 of the representative terminal 3 is shared by the difference confirmation unit 32 and the input unit 52. The operations of the master terminal 1 and the design terminal 5 in the translator management system shown in FIG. 2 are within a range that can be sufficiently inferred from the configuration described above and the operation shown in FIG.

In the translator management system of FIG. 3, the merging unit 51 of the design terminal 5 acquires the unified translator 42 stored in the design terminal 5, and
It has been described as being stored in 0. Since the representative terminal 3 and the design terminal 5 are connected by the LAN 4, the design terminal 5 mounts the storage area of the unified translator 42 of the representative terminal 3 to save the unified translator 62 in the storage unit 60. It may not be performed. Thereby, the design terminal 5 can reduce the required storage area of the storage unit 60. Also, at this time, the merging unit 51 does not create the input data using the old unified translator,
If the “update status” in the information file 44 indicates that the data has not been updated, the input data 61 may not be created.

Further, in the translator management system in FIG. 3, it has been described that the representative terminal 3 stores the information file 44 indicating the processing status of the unified translator in the storage unit 40. This is because the representative terminal 3 is connected to the master terminal 1 and the design terminal 5 so that the information file 44 can be easily referred to from any terminal. However, the information file 44 is stored in the storage unit 4 of the representative terminal 3.
0, the master terminal 1 or the design terminal 5 may store the same file. Further, the master terminal 1 indicates the processing status of the latest unified translator to each representative. It may be obtained from the terminal 5 and stored only in the master terminal 1.

Node (exchange) described in the present embodiment
As a specific example, PHM in an ISN packet network
(Packet Handling Module)
(Packet Switch: Packet Switch) in I / O and DDX packet networks, as well as ISN packet networks and DD
MHN-P used in X packet network (Multimedia Han
dling Node-Packet). Furthermore, an exchange in an existing telephone network is also an example of a node (exchange) of the present invention. That is, an apparatus that translates an identification code using a translator in a communication network and has an exchange function is a node (exchange) in the present invention.

A program for realizing the functions of the processing units 10, 30, and 50 of the master terminal 1, the representative terminal 3, and the design terminal 5 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and is recorded on the recording medium. The functions of the processing units of the terminals may be realized by causing the computer system to read and execute the recorded programs. The “computer system” here means
It includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, an RO
M, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. And those holding programs for a certain period of time. Further, the above program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the "transmission medium" for transmitting a program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes a design and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is.

[0051]

As described above, according to the exchange and translator management system of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

The exchange of the present invention determines a connection route by translating an identification code using a translator having a one-to-one correspondence between a route number for an identification code to be translated and a node identification number of an exchange constituting a communication network. , Transmission line connection. If the route number resulting from the translation of the identification code is a route number corresponding to the node identification number of the exchange, the exchange determines the connection route as a device under the exchange, and otherwise determines the connection route. Decide with another exchange. As described above, in the design of the translator used by the exchange, the translator in each node is designed such that the route number for the identification code to be translated corresponds to the node identification number of the exchange constituting the communication network on a one-to-one basis. Can be standardized and unified. As a result, there is no need to design an individual translator for each node, and the amount of translator design work for each node can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, the commonization and unification of the translators enables unified management of the translators.

As a system for unified management of a common and unified translator, the present invention provides a master terminal and a plurality of designs for designing data necessary for realizing an exchange function in a managed exchange. A translator management system including terminals and the like is provided. In the translator management system described above, the master terminal performs centralized management of the unified translator and distributes the latest unified translator to the design terminal via a communication line. The design terminal stores equipment data that is data to be input to the exchange and is setting information specific to the exchange other than the translator, and creates data to be input for the managed exchange using the unified translator and the equipment data. , And put it in the exchange under management. In this way, the master terminal can centrally manage the translator of the exchange, and the design terminal does not need to design a translator. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of work of changing the translator to be input to the exchange, and to improve the productivity of designing data input to the exchange at each design terminal. Furthermore, the design quality of the translator can be improved by centralized management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a translator used in an exchange (node) of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a translator management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the translator management system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a master terminal configuring the translator management system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a representative terminal included in the translator management system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing items included in an information file used to grasp the update status of the translator.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a design terminal constituting the translator management system.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing operations of a master terminal, a representative terminal, and a design terminal.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a conventional translator used in an exchange (node).

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 master terminal 10 processing unit 11 editing unit 12 checking unit 13 distribution unit 14 generation management unit 15 information display unit 20 storage unit 21 unified translator 22 representative terminal management file 23 generation management file 24 communication IF 2 communication line 3 representative terminal 30 processing unit 31 receiving unit 32 difference checking unit 33 update notifying unit 34 information display unit 40 storage unit 41 distribution translator 42 unified translator 43 design terminal management file 44 information file 45 communication IF 4 LAN 5 design terminal 50 processing unit 51 merging unit 53 information display unit Reference Signs List 60 storage unit 61, 64 input data 62 unified translator 63 equipment data 7-1 to 7-n node (exchange) 9 translator

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An exchange which is connected to a subscriber line or a trunk line in a communication network, has a plurality of input ports and output ports, and connects a transmission line by switching between input and output ports. The translator stores a translator whose route number corresponds to the node identification number of the exchange constituting the communication network on a one-to-one basis. An exchange characterized by performing. 2. A translator management system comprising a master terminal and a plurality of design terminals for designing data required for realizing a switching function in a managed exchange, wherein the master terminal and the design terminal have a communication line. A storage unit for storing a unified translator in which the master terminal has a one-to-one correspondence with a node identification number of an exchange constituting a communication network, and a root number corresponding to an identification code to be translated; And a distribution unit that distributes the design terminal to each design terminal, wherein the design terminal receives a unified translator transmitted from the master terminal, and a storage unit that stores equipment data that is setting information specific to the exchange under management. Data input for a controlled exchange using the unified translator and the equipment data, Translator management system comprising: the merging unit for creating data including translator, and a feeding section for introducing the created data under the control of the exchange. 3. A translator management system comprising a master terminal, a plurality of design terminals for designing data necessary for realizing the switching function in a managed exchange, and a plurality of representative terminals for managing the plurality of design terminals. In the above, the master terminal and the representative terminal, and the representative terminal and the design terminal are connected via a communication line, and the master terminal has a route number corresponding to an identification code to be translated, of an exchange constituting a communication network. A storage unit for storing a unified translator corresponding to the node identification number on a one-to-one basis; and a distribution unit for distributing the unified translator to each representative terminal, wherein the representative terminal is distributed from the storage unit and the master terminal. A receiving unit that receives the unified translator and stores it in the storage unit of the representative terminal. A notification unit for notifying the terminal; a storage unit for storing equipment data that is setting information specific to the exchange under management; and a notification from the representative terminal, and obtaining a unified translator from the representative terminal. A merging unit that creates data including the unified translator, which is data to be input to the managed exchange using the unified translator and the equipment data, and inputs the created data to the managed exchange. A translator management system comprising an input unit. 4. The input unit of the design terminal further notifies completion of input of the unified translator to the exchange, and at least one of the master terminal and the representative terminal indicates a status of input of the unified translator to each exchange. An information file, which is an information file whose input status is updated by the notification, is stored in the storage unit, and at least one of the master terminal and the representative terminal is integrated into each exchange by referring to the information file. 4. The translator management system according to claim 3, further comprising an information display unit for displaying a state of insertion into the translator.