JPH0548605A - Communication network management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a time required for data revision by storing management object information independently based on type of attribute so as to eliminate the need for revising entire management object information structure when number of management objects is increased. CONSTITUTION:Figure indicates examples of management objects S1-S4 having attributes A1-A4 whose attribute types are t1-t3 and the information is stored in a storage means depending on the type of the attribute. That is, the management object S1 consists of combinations of types t1, t2, the management object S2 consists of combinations of types t1, t2, the management object S3 consists of combinations of types t1, t2, and the management object S4 consists of combinations of types t1, t3. When the management object S5 is added to the other objects, the management object S5 consists of combinations of types t1, t2, and t3 and the information storage structure requires revision in a conventional system. On the other hand, when the information is stored based on the types of the attribute as shown in figure, new information has only to be added in the case of revision and it is not required to revise the information storage structure.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication network management system, and more particularly to a communication network management system having a plurality of management targets having different attributes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional communication network management method having a plurality of management targets having different attributes has a structure in which management target information is stored for each management target.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional managed object information storage system, in which information is stored for each managed object as shown in the figure.

[0004]

In the conventional communication network management method, when the number of management targets increases, it is necessary to add a structure for storing the information of the management targets, and the entire management target information structure must be changed. It was Therefore, there are problems that the management information so far must be saved in the external medium, the online system must be stopped, and that it takes time to change the data.

When there are a plurality of external media,
Since the types of data stored in the respective media are not standardized within the media, there is a problem that the efficiency becomes poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel communication network management system capable of solving the above problems inherent in the conventional technology. To do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the communication network management system according to the present invention has a structure in which management target information is stored for each attribute type. As a result, if the number of managed objects increases, or if the number of attributes increases and the number of new attribute types does not increase, the managed objects or attributes can be added without changing the managed object information structure.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the communication network management system according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a managed object information storage system according to the present invention, in which information is stored for each attribute.

Referring to FIG. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, as shown by attribute types t1, t2, ..., Tn, they are stored in the storage means by attribute type.

FIG. 3 shows an attribute A composed of attribute types t1 to t3.
It is a figure which shows the example of managed object S1-S4 which has 1-A4. (1) represents the correspondence between attributes and types. (2) shows the structure when information is stored for each management target by the conventional method, and (3) shows the structure when information is stored for each attribute type according to the present invention.

In FIG. 3, the management target S1 is an attribute type t.
The management target S2 is composed of attribute types t1 and t2, the management target S3 is composed of attribute types t1 and t2, and the management target S4 is composed of attribute types t1 and t3.

Here, when the management target S5 is added as shown in FIG. 4, the management target S5 is the attribute types t1, t2, and t3.
And a structure not shown in FIG.
Therefore, in the conventional method (2), it is necessary to change the information storage structure to store the management target S5. On the other hand, according to the present invention, if the information is stored according to the attribute type as in (3), new information may be added to the change as shown in FIG. 4, and it is not necessary to change the information storage structure.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the management target increases in communication network management,
Since it is not necessary to change the entire management target information structure, the time required to change data is shortened.

Further, according to the present invention, there is no need to save the management information to the outside when changing the data, and the online system is not stopped.

According to the present invention, when there are a plurality of external media, the media suitable for the attribute type can be selected, and the processing efficiency and information storage efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a management target information storage system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional managed object information storage system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of management target information, (1) represents a correspondence between attributes and types, (2) represents a structure when information is stored for each management target, and (3) represents a book. 3 shows a structure when information is stored for each attribute type according to the invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an information structure when a new attribute A4 and a new management target S5 are added in FIG.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A communication network management system having a plurality of management targets having different attributes, wherein the management target information is stored separately for each attribute type.