JPH06261362A - Radio base station extension control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the manpower of maintenance work, to prevent the erroneous setting of station information and to speedily start service for a portable telephone set user by automatically executing registration and setting from a radio base station being an extension object for a host controller. CONSTITUTION:The type of a self unit, a unit number, the number of software versions and service which can be supported, etc., are previously stored in the radio base station 7 as data. Information is transmitted to a radio base stations controller 5 or a network service controller 3 with the supply of power as a turning point. Radio base station management information which oneself has is given and edited and it is down-loaded on the radio base station 7 on a device-side receiving data. The station information is data which is previously set, and a maintenance worker at the extension site cannot rewrite station information. Thus, malfunction that a line cannot be opened due to the erroneous supply of the maintenance worker is prevented. When urgent extension is executed, the supply of station information on the site becomes unnecessary and work addition is reduced by the station information automatic registration function of the radio base station with the supply of power as the turning point.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio base station extension, and more particularly to a radio base station extension system having an automatic registration function suitable for station information setting and line opening when an urgent extension is required.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a radio base station is added, the radio base station is provided with a load request sending means, and the host controller is provided with a load request detecting means and a download control means, which are managed by the host controller. There is a method for downloading radio base station information, which is discussed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-34046.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, when a radio base station is added, the station information necessary for opening the line must be input from the terminal of the network service device without fail, and the station due to the input error is required. If the wrong information is set,
There is a problem that the service start to the mobile phone users in the extension wireless base station service area is delayed.

An object of the present invention is to automatically register / set a radio base station control device, an exchange, or a network service control device that requires station information of a radio base station from a radio base station to be added. By doing so, it is possible to save labor in maintenance work and prevent erroneous setting of station information, and to provide quick service start to mobile phone users in the extension wireless base station service area.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned object is to make a radio base station store in advance, as data, its own device type, device number, software version number, service that can be supported, and the like. This is achieved by transmitting the data to the radio base station control device or the network service control device, while adding and editing the radio base station management information possessed by the device on the receiving side, and downloading to the radio base station.

[0006]

When the power is turned on, the radio base station reads its own station information stored in the memory and transmits it to the radio base station control device or the network service control device located at a higher level.

The main station information is preset data, and it is impossible to rewrite the station information of a maintenance worker at the extension site. Therefore, the maintenance operator does not make a malfunction such as being unable to open the circuit due to a mistake.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, consider a case where a wireless base station 7 is newly added.

The radio base station 7 is constructed by the functions as shown in FIG. That is, a station information table 31, a station information read processing unit 32, a station information writing processing unit 33, and a transmission control unit that store in advance a model number, a file version number, a capacity, and a service type as data as self information in a memory. 34, a reception control unit 35, an initial setting control unit 36, and a call processing function unit 37. It is impossible to rewrite the self-information contents from outside.

After connecting to the radio base station controller 5, the radio base station 7 is turned on (21). As shown in FIG. 2, the wireless base station 7 has an initial setting control unit 36 triggered by power-on.
The self-diagnosis of the device is performed (22), and after the start-up is completed, the self-information is read from the station information table 31 by the station information reading processing unit 32 of FIG. 3 to the radio base station control device 5 (23). The transmission control unit 34 transmits self-information to the radio base station controller 5 (26). The radio base station control device 5 receives the transmitted data (2
9) Correlate the line number with the received information, store it as self-management information, add its own identification number and software version, and send it to the network service control device 3 via the exchange 4 (211). The network service control device 3 receives the information (215), and associates and edits the exchange 4, the radio base station control device 5, and the radio base station 7 from the received information (216), and stores and stores this information. (217), download to the wireless base station 7 via the wireless base station controller 5 (218).

The radio base station 7 receives information from the network service control device 3 by the reception control unit 35 (27), and based on the received information, the information held by the radio base station control device 5 is stored in the station information. The writing processing unit 33 takes in the information as its own station information, edits and stores it (28), and completes the setting of information necessary for opening the line.

On the other hand, as an embodiment of claim 2, FIG.
From the wireless base station 7 to the wireless base station controller 5 and the exchange 4
It is conceivable that the station information of the wireless base station 7 is directly registered in the network service control device 3 by relaying.

After the power is turned on (21) and the self-diagnosis (22), the radio base station 7 reads the station information table 31 by the station information read processing unit 32 (23) and determines the station information registration destination (24). ), And recognizes the registration destination as the network service control device 3. In this case, the transmission control unit 34 of the radio base station 7 assigns the identification number of the special call to the radio base station control device 5 as a transparent transmission medium and the destination as the network service control device 3, As shown in FIG. 4, the wireless base station 7
The station information of is set as the user-user information of the SET UP signal, and a pseudo call is originated (25).

The exchange 4 recognizes that the call is a special call and receives the call to the network service control device 3. Upon receiving the incoming call information (215), the network service control device 3 extracts the user / user information of the SET UP signal, edits (216) and stores (217) the necessary information about the wireless base station 7, and the wireless base station It is downloaded to the control device 5 (218).

The radio base station control device 5 receives the information from the network service control device 3 (212), takes in the necessary station information of the radio base station 7 as self information, and obtains the information managed by the radio base station control device 5. It is edited / stored (213) and downloaded to the wireless base station 7 (214).

In the radio base station 7, the reception control section 35 receives the management information of the radio base station control apparatus 5 (27), and the station information writing processing section 33 fetches the information held by the radio base station control apparatus 5. , Edit / store (28), and complete setting of information necessary for opening the line. An embodiment of claim 3 will be described. In the above-described two embodiments, the condition that the self-information content of the wireless base station 7 is not externally rewritten, however, depending on the extension situation, when it is desired to rewrite the station information of the wireless base station 7 from the host device. That is, there is a case where it is desired to download and set all the station information of the wireless base station 7 from the host device. In order to satisfy both of the above conditions, a flag indicating presence / absence of higher-level device control is set in advance in the non-illuminating memory of the wireless base station 7.

In FIG. 3, after the power is turned on (51), the initial setting control unit 36 of the radio base station 7 judges the flag of presence / absence of upper device control (52). According to the processing flow, the station information is automatically registered to the host device,
Receives upper management information. If there is host device control,
To the transmission control unit 34 of the wireless base station 7, a station information of the wireless base station 7 itself and a signal requesting all information of higher management information are sent to the network service control device 3 (53). Network service control device 3
Downloads the necessary information of the radio base station 7 which is input and set from the maintenance terminal 1 via the maintenance device 2 via the radio base station control device 5 (54).

The reception control section 35 of the radio base station 7 receives the station information of the radio base station 7, and the station information writing processing section 33.
The station information table is rewritten according to the information received at (55).

[0019]

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to input station information on-site due to the station information automatic registration function of the wireless base station triggered by power-on even when a wireless base station is urgently added. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the work load and prevent the maintenance worker from accidentally inputting the work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a processing flow chart of wireless base station station information setting.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a functional configuration of a wireless base station.

FIG. 4 is a pseudo transmission sequence to a network service control device.

FIG. 5 is a processing flow chart of wireless base station station information setting.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Maintenance terminal, 2 ... Maintenance device, 3 ... Network service control device, 4 ... Switch, 5 ... Radio base station control device, 6,7 ... Radio base station, 8-11 ... Mobile phone, 31 ... Station information table, 32 ... Station information read processing unit, 33 ... Station information writing processing unit, 34 ... Transmission control unit, 35 ... Reception control unit, 36 ... Initial setting control unit, 37 ... Call processing function unit.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takumi Hirayae 180 Totsuka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Hitachi Communication Systems Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A switch, a radio base station controller connected to the switch via a transmission path, and a plurality of radio base stations installed for each area connected to the radio base station controller via the transmission path. And a network service control having a mobile phone connected to the wireless base station via a wireless transmission line, having subscriber information and location registration information of the mobile phone and station information of the wireless base station on the upper side of the exchange. In a wireless communication system comprising a device, the exchange, a wireless base station control device, and a maintenance device for maintaining and controlling the wireless base station, the wireless base station is turned on when the wireless base station is added. A means for registering station information in the radio base station control device is provided, and the radio base station control device adds radio base station management information to the station information,
A radio base station extension control method, characterized in that means for registering in the network service control device is provided, and after registration, information is downloaded from the network service control device to the radio base station and the radio base station control device. 2. When a wireless base station is added, means for registering the wireless base station information in the network service control device by turning on the power of the wireless base station is provided. The radio base station management information setting means of the station control device is provided, and after the power of the radio base station is turned on, the network service control device notifies the exchange and the radio base station control device of the radio base station station information in the radio base station control device. The radio base station extension control system according to claim 1, wherein the radio base station management information is added and downloaded to the radio base station and the radio base station controller. 3. A radio base station is provided with a mode setting means, and when the radio base station is added, the mode setting is changed so that the radio base station can automatically register station information in the host controller of the radio base station. 2. The wireless base station extension control system according to claim 1, wherein it is possible to select whether or not to allow rewriting of download information from the host controller.