JP2003303216A - Dark fiber connecting part selecting system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dark fiber connecting part selecting system selecting a part to be connected to a dark fiber based on facilities database. <P>SOLUTION: This dark fiber connecting part selecting system is provided with an input function specifying applicable storage stations for connecting an optical fiber cable extending over a plurality of storage stations, functions 21, 22 and 25 importing infrastructure data 1, electric pole data, and topographic data of the applicable storage stations, a function 23 importing local loop system optical fiber cable data 3, and a selecting function 31 of a remotest position in the storage station based on the local loop system optical fiber cable data. This system is characterized in having a function 32 selecting a candidate of a local loop system optical fiber cable connecting section in a section extending over the storage stations based on the imported infrastructure data 1, the electronic pole data 2, and the topographic data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dark fiber connection point selecting system. Specifically, it is to extract the location to connect the dark fiber based on the equipment database, and belongs to the telecommunications service field for constructing an optical fiber network more efficiently.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, since there is no case where a subscriber optical fiber cable is constructed across a plurality of accommodating stations, there is no similar system, and dark fiber is always provided via a relay optical fiber cable in operation. Will be done. When a relay optical fiber cable is used, the rent calculation method becomes more expensive as the distance becomes longer, resulting in higher cost. In addition, there is no mechanism by which the user can confirm the fiber route and the lowest cost form by designating the dark fiber site.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when a subscriber optical fiber cable is to be connected across accommodating stations, a corresponding point can be selected easily and quickly, and a dark fiber boasting a plurality of accommodating stations can be reduced. The purpose is to enable businesses that can be provided at low cost, and to enable users to select a low-cost dark fiber route by designating an arbitrary fiber site that they want to use.

[0004]

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 1 of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems is designed to connect an optical fiber cable across a plurality of accommodating stations. The designated input function, the function to capture the basic equipment data, telephone pole data, and terrain data of the corresponding accommodation station, the function to capture the joining optical fiber cable data, and the function to extract the farthest position in the accommodation station by the joining optical fiber cable data It is characterized by having a function of extracting a candidate of a joining optical fiber cable connection section in a section across the accommodation station based on the acquired infrastructure equipment data, telephone pole data, and topographical data.

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to a second aspect of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems is the dark fiber connection point selecting system according to the first aspect, wherein the dark fiber unit information input function and the relay optical fiber are used. It is characterized by having a function of taking in cable data and a function of prioritizing low-priced dark fiber forms based on the money information and the extracted information from the candidates of the joining optical fiber cable connection section extracted.

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to a third aspect of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems is a dark fiber connection point selecting system according to the first aspect. And a function of storing the extracted data, the added optical fiber cable data and the relay optical fiber cable data.

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems is a function of inputting an optical fiber cable lead-in point desired by a user in the dark fiber connection point selecting system according to the third aspect. , The function to confirm the position of the input location of the optical fiber cable, the function to extract the optical fiber cable location closest to the user based on the stored optical fiber cable data, and the location to pull in based on the infrastructure equipment data, telephone pole data, and topographical data To a user's closest optical fiber connection point, the connection section is extracted.

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problem is the dark fiber connection point selecting system according to the third aspect, in which NCC optical fiber cable equipment information represented by an electric power company is used. Input function, database construction function to store input information, stored optical fiber cable data and NCC
It is characterized by having a function of selecting a connection point with the optical fiber cable data.

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 6 of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems is provided with a function of disclosing section construction data on the Web in the dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 1. It is characterized by

A dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 7 of the present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems, in the dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 6, the end user accesses the published section construction data. It is characterized by having a function of selecting and displaying a dark fiber route that can be provided at the lowest cost by designating an arbitrary site.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The outline of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Normally, a subscriber optical fiber cable is laid from the NTT accommodation station for each accommodation station, and when attempting to build equipment that extends across accommodation stations, via a relay optical fiber cable that connects the accommodation stations. Will be connected.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the user base U1 in the accommodation station area I and the user base U2 in the accommodation station area II are to be connected by a dark fiber, the joining optical fiber cable from the user base U1 to the accommodation station A is used. Departure station A via
Is connected to the accommodating station B via a relay optical fiber cable connecting the accommodating station B to the user station U2 via the joining optical fiber cable of the accommodating station B. It should be noted that the dark fiber charge is a fixed charge for the subscription optical fiber cable in units of one core, whereas the relay optical fiber cable depends on the distance, and the longer the distance, the higher the charge.

According to the present invention, an optical fiber cable is independently constructed in advance in a section extending over accommodation stations as shown in section (2) to connect optical fibers without using a relay optical fiber cable. It is a system that selects the relevant section, and also selects the connection points including the optical fiber cable equipment of NCC (New Common Carrier) represented by electric power companies, comparing the cost with the case where a relay optical fiber cable is used. It is possible. Also,
It has a function to publish the selected section data, and by allowing the end user to access the data and specify the desired location that the user wants to use, the dark fiber route can be confirmed and the cost can be reduced. It can be confirmed.

The structure of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The configuration is roughly divided into an instruction input zone 100, a data processing zone 200, a function zone 300, a display processing zone 400, a data storage zone 500, and a Web publication zone 6.
It is classified into 00. In addition, the underlying infrastructure equipment data 1,
It is premised that the telephone pole equipment data 2, the subscription optical data 3, the relay optical data 4, the terrain data 5, and the telephone equipment data 6 are loaded from the already existing database 10.

In the instruction input zone 100, 11 is a function of arbitrarily inputting a corresponding accommodating station and a priority input instruction function of connection points, 12 is an input function of a user base where dark fiber should be provided, and 13 is an NCC. An optical fiber cable facility data input function, and 14 is a dark fiber fee unit input function.

In the data processing zone 200, 21 is a function for taking in infrastructure data such as pipelines, 22 is a function for taking in utility pole data of aerial equipment, 23 is a function for taking in optical fiber cable data for a subscriber system, and 24 is an optical system for a relay system. A function of taking in fiber cable data, a function of taking in topographical map data centering on a road route, a function of taking in metal equipment information with a telephone number as a key item, 26 are NCC data inputted in the instruction input zone 100 and It is provided with NCC optical data 7 and a storage area 8 for money data, which is a database for storing money data.
In the data processing zone 200, the corresponding data can be temporarily stored.

In the functional zone 300, 31 is an optical fiber point extraction function of the farthest point in the accommodation station based on the subscriber optical fiber cable data, 32 is an extraction function of a section extending over a plurality of accommodation stations, and 33 is an optical fiber. Function for specifying the position of the user base to be pulled in, 34 for specifying the position of the joining optical fiber cable, 35 for processing the relay optical fiber cable data, 36 for ranking the extracted connection sections by the dark fiber charge Function,
Reference numeral 37 is a function of extracting a connection candidate between the optical fiber cable data and the NCC optical fiber cable data.

In the display system processing zone 400, 41 is a table tabulation / display function of connection sections extracted in the functional zone 300, and 42 is a map display function of similar information. In the data storage zone 500, 51 is a data storage function of the section information extracted in the functional zone 300, and is equipped with a database 9 for construction. Web publication zone 600
In 61, 61 is a function of disclosing the section construction data of the data storage zone 500 on the Web, and 62 is a function of designating and displaying a dark fiber route based on the section construction data when the user designates an arbitrary site. Is.

The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 3, the service operator inputs arbitrary accommodation station information to the condition data input function 11 as shown by arrow # 1. The added optical fiber cable data corresponding to the accommodated station information is sent to the optical fiber cable data such as the distance data, the position data, and the number of cores data by the added optical data acquisition function 23 as shown by arrow # 2. Take in the necessary information. The farthest optical fiber point in the accommodation station is extracted by the added optical fiber farthest point extraction function 31 as indicated by an arrow # 3 based on the received optical fiber cable data.

[0020] Basic equipment data such as pipelines required for new route selection without optical fiber equipment, utility pole data that is a fictitious route, and understanding of road routes so that even routes with no equipment can be selected The possible topographic map data is taken in from the corresponding database by the base data taking function 21, the telephone pole data taking function 22, and the topographic map data taking function 25 as shown by arrow # 4, and the light taken by arrow # 2 is taken. Along with the fiber cable data and the farthest point information extracted by arrow # 3, the connection interval extraction function 32 extracts, as a candidate, a connectable portion in the interval across the plurality of accommodating stations specified by arrow # 1, as shown by arrow # 5. . The topographic map data import function 25 also imports map data required by the map display function 42. Extraction result is arrow #
As shown in FIG. 6, display processing is performed by the table totalizing / displaying function 41 and the map displaying function 42, and the service operator can confirm it as indicated by arrow # 7.

Next, as shown by arrow # 8, the service operator inputs, through the condition data input function 11, the prioritization instruction input of each connection point for the plurality of points extracted as candidates by the connection section extraction function 32. To do. In calculating the dark fiber charge, it is necessary to take into account the optical fiber cable charge for the relay system. Therefore, as shown by arrow # 9, the optical fiber cable data for the relay system that crosses multiple accommodating stations specified in # 1 is used as the optical data for the relay system It is fetched by the fetching function 24, and the distance is calculated by the relay optical fiber data processing function 35 as shown by arrow # 10.

Then, as shown in # 11, a pattern in which the already-extracted connection section and the relay optical fiber cable are connected is calculated based on the previously entered money data 8 and the dark fiber charge is calculated. It is calculated by the inter-station connection prioritization function 36 for each connection pattern. The result can be displayed by the table totalizing / displaying function 41 as shown by arrow # 12, and can be confirmed by the service operator as shown by arrow # 13. Further, as shown by arrows # 14 and # 15, the construction data storage function 51 stores, as the section construction database 9, the existing optical fiber cable data and the optical fiber cable data and connection section data of all the accommodation stations designated in # 1. .

A procedure for extracting a lead-in section by designating a user base will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the database 9 exists. The service operator inputs information on an arbitrary user base or the like to the user base input function 12 as shown by arrow # 16. At the time of loading, by inputting the telephone number pulled in to the place as a key item, the pull-in for specifying the user position from the telephone equipment data 6 from the telephone equipment data 6 as shown by arrow # 17 is performed. The facility information is fetched, and the position of the user designated in # 16 is specified by the user base position specifying function 33 as shown by arrow # 18.

Subsequently, the optical fiber cable information including the connection point of the accommodation station boundary has already been extracted by the joining optical position confirmation function 34 as shown by arrow # 19, and is shown together with the user base position information by arrow # 20. Connection section extraction function 3
In step 2, the connection section from the closest optical fiber cable point in the user base designated in # 16 is extracted. The extraction result is displayed by the table aggregation / display function 41 and the map display function 42 as shown by arrow # 6, and can be confirmed by the service operator as shown by arrow # 7. Further, as shown by arrows # 14 and # 15, the construction data storage function 51 stores the user base attraction data as the section construction database 9.

A procedure for inputting NCC data and extracting a connection section including NCC data will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the database 9 exists. The service operator arbitrarily inputs NCC optical fiber cable data to the NCC data input function 13 as shown by arrow # 21. Input data is NCC Hikari Database 7
Stored in. When the service operator wants to select a connection point based on the optical fiber cable data and the NCC optical fiber cable data as shown by arrow # 22, the arrow # 22
As shown in (3), arbitrary accommodation station information is input to the NCC data input function 13.

In order to grasp the optical fiber cable information in the accommodating station, the optical fiber cable information including the connection points of the accommodating station boundary is already extracted and confirmed by the optical fiber position confirmation function 34 as shown by arrow # 19. . As shown in # 23, the NCC optical fiber cable data and the optical fiber cable data are extracted from the NCC optical data 7 that has been input in advance and the data confirmed by the optical position confirmation function 34 of the joining system, and the NTT-other company connection point extraction is performed. The connection location is extracted by the function 37. The extraction result is displayed by the table aggregation / display function 41 and the map display function 42 as shown by arrow # 24, and can be confirmed by the service operator as shown by arrow # 7. Further, as shown by arrows # 14 and # 15, the construction data storage function 51 stores the user base attraction data as the section construction database 9.

Next, the function of allowing the end user to confirm the dark fiber route by designating an arbitrary site and to confirm the low cost dark fiber route will be described with reference to FIG. Users who want to use dark fiber,
Access the website that is published based on the dark fiber section construction data as indicated by arrow # 25.

Subsequently, since the user wants to input the dark fiber using the user site input function 12,
Arbitrary site information is input according to the flow indicated by arrow # 26. Next, as shown by an arrow # 27, the section construction data 9 already constructed by the user base route selection function 62 based on the input data information is taken in as shown in # 28, and the dark fiber route is selected.

At this time, if there are a plurality of routes, all of them can be displayed, and the dark fiber charge can also be displayed.
The result is that the Web processing function 61 is indicated by the arrow # 29.
Is processed so that it can be displayed on the Web, and the result can be confirmed by the user as shown in # 30.

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIG. 2, existing data can be used for the basic equipment data 1, telephone pole equipment data 2, subscriber optical data 3, relay optical data 4, terrain data 5, and telephone equipment data 6. Database 10
Can be imported by connecting to the system of the present invention.

Condition data input function 1 specified by the user
1, user base input function 12, NCC data input function 1
3. The money data input function 14 can be realized by software technology of a computer, and based on the designation of the user,
Subscriber optical fiber farthest point extraction function 31, connection section extraction function 32, user base position specification function 33, subscriber optical position confirmation function 34, repeater optical fiber data processing function 35 that utilizes the captured data for processing The inter-station connection prioritization function 36 and the NTT-other company connection location extraction function 37 can also be realized by computer software technology. Also, similarly, table aggregation / display function 4 which is a display function
The map display function 42 and the construction data storage function 51 for storing data can also be realized by computer software technology.

As described above, according to the present invention, in the case where dark fibers are mutually connected in a section extending over a plurality of accommodating stations to construct a line, it is possible to efficiently connect the dark fibers without using a relay optical fiber cable. It is a dark fiber connection point selection system that has a function of economically selecting a section to connect a dark fiber. Therefore, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to efficiently select the optimum position for the connection point of the subscriber optical fiber cable.

[0033]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily extract a joining optical fiber cable connection point in a section across accommodation stations, and it is possible to select a more efficient section. As a result, telecommunications carriers that provide dark fibers will be able to provide low-priced optical fibers to users who demand optical fibers, which may lead to gaining users over other carriers. is there. In addition, it will lead to the improvement of the optical fiber usage rate of the existing optical fiber cable owners, which can be expected to make effective use of the equipment and increase the income. Furthermore, since such a partial optical fiber construction form does not exist at present, it can be expected as a new business.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an equipment configuration in the case of straddling a plurality of accommodating stations.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of an optical fiber construction section selection function.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of selecting an optical fiber construction section (boundary of a containing station).

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of selecting an optical fiber construction section (section for drawing in a user base).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of section selection including NCC data input and NCC data.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of designation of a site and route selection of a service using user.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Infrastructure data 2 Utility pole equipment data 3 Subscriber optical data 4 Repeater optical data 5 Topographical data 6 Telephone equipment data 7 NCC optical data 8 unit data 9 section construction data 10 Various databases 11 Condition data input function 12 User base input function 13 NCC data input function 14 Single money input function 21 Basic equipment data import function 22 Telephone pole data import function 23 Subscription optical data acquisition function 24 Relay optical data acquisition function 25 Topographic map data import function 26 Telephone facility data import function 31 Addition optical fiber farthest point extraction function 32 Connection section extraction function 33 User base location specification function 34 Addition optical position specifying function 35 Optical fiber data processing function for relay system (subscription) 36 Connection priority setting between stations 37 NTT-Other company connection point extraction function 41 Table tabulation / display function 42 Map display function 51 Section information data storage function 61 Web processing function 62 User base route selection function 100 instruction input zone 200 data processing zones 300 functional zones 400 display processing zone 500 data storage zone 600 Web Publication Zone

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Tsuneo Matsumura             2-3-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F term (reference) 5B046 AA01 DA01 KA05                 5K030 GA11 HB17 JL03 KA07                 5K051 AA05 AA09 DD01 DD09 DD11                       GG06                 5K102 AA12 AA35 AB00 PA00

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. To connect an optical fiber cable across a plurality of accommodating stations, an input function for designating a corresponding accommodating station and a function for taking in infrastructure data, telephone pole data, and terrain data of the corresponding accommodating station and a subscription system. It has a function to capture optical fiber cable data and a function to extract the farthest position in the accommodation station from the optical fiber cable data. Based on the captured infrastructure equipment data, telephone pole data, and topographical data, the subscription system in the section that crosses the accommodation stations. A dark fiber connection point selection system having a function of extracting a candidate for an optical fiber cable connection section. 2. The dark fiber connection point selection system according to claim 1, wherein a function of inputting dark fiber unit price information, a function of importing relay optical fiber cable data, and a candidate of a connection optical fiber cable connection section extracted A dark fiber splicing point selection system having a function of prioritizing low-priced dark fiber forms based on the money information and the extracted information. 3. The dark fiber connection point selection system according to claim 1, wherein a table tabulation / display function of the extracted connection points and a display function on a map, the extracted data and the imported optical fiber cable data and relay are provided. A system for selecting a dark fiber connection point, which has a function of storing system optical fiber cable data. 4. The dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 3, wherein the user inputs a desired optical fiber cable pulling point, a function of confirming the position of the input optical fiber cable pulling point, and a stored optical fiber. A function to extract the latest optical fiber cable location for the user based on the cable data and a function to extract the connection section from the lead-in location to the user's nearest optical fiber connection point based on the infrastructure equipment data, telephone pole data, and terrain data A dark fiber splice point selection system. 5. The dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 3, wherein a function of inputting NCC optical fiber cable equipment information represented by an electric power company, a database construction function of storing the input information, a stored optical fiber cable A dark fiber connection point selection system having a function of selecting a connection point between data and NCC optical fiber cable data. 6. The dark fiber connection point selection system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of publishing section construction data on the Web. 7. The dark fiber connection point selecting system according to claim 6, wherein a dark fiber route which can be provided at the lowest cost by the end user accessing the published section construction data and designating an arbitrary point is selected. A dark fiber splicing point selection system characterized in that it has a display function.