KR100211037B1 - Reservation structure and execution method of command for administering signal relay exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

An instruction reservation structure and method for managing the operation of a signal transit exchange.

2. Technical Challenges to be Solved by the Invention

When the operator of the signaling relay exchange system can not manage the operation for a long time or vacates the system for a while, the system can reserve the command that can be operated in advance, so that the operation corresponding to the time period or minute interval, Want to store and process results.

3. The point of the solution of the invention

It is possible to automatically execute a reserved command at a time reserved in advance by using a kind of permanent process called 'crontab' which is provided inside the operation management system that manages the signal transit exchange system and manages it Performance efficiency, and the processing of information can be done by time period (eg, every 30 minutes, etc.).

4. Important Uses of the Invention

It is used for operation management system of intelligent network and broadband communication network.

Description

Instruction Reservation Structure and Implementation Method for Operation Management of Signaling Intermediary Exchange

The present invention relates to a structure for reserving operational commands for operating and managing a signal relaying exchange (SMX-1) system and a method for performing the same.

The SMX-1 system, a signal transit switch developed in Korea, is a stand-alone, large-capacity signal transit switch that can maximize the functions, reliability, and performance that a signal transit switch must have, It is composed of redundant structure to facilitate expansion, maintenance and testing. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to cope with the rapidly increasing signaling message traffic and to be efficient in the operation management of the signaling relay switching system. The operation management system of the redundant structure needs to be capable of checking, storing, and processing the measurement and statistical data at desired time intervals regardless of the operator who manages the system, And can maximize efficiency. Therefore, if the operator reserves a command in advance according to the desired time, the system can automatically check and store / process the system status and the measurement and statistical results at the desired time.

In the conventional operation management system, it is possible to extract the operation situation and the information at that time while the operator operates passively at the operable time zone. In a situation where night or operator can not operate, only a printer (Eg, every 30-minute interval, 2-hour interval), it is difficult to measure and extract statistical data, and it is more time consuming to process and utilize it again, Of the information that was unavailable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a signal relaying system in which when an operator of a signal relaying exchange system can not manage operation for a long time, Provides a command reservation structure and its execution method that can save a lot of time investing in information processing and information interpretation by improving operation management method by storing and processing the operation result by each time interval, minute interval or desired timer cycle It has its purpose.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig.

2 is a connection structure diagram of an operation management system and a target system (SMX-1) to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a subsystem of an operation management system; FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a command reservation structure of the operation management system according to the present invention;

5 is a flow chart of a method of performing a command reservation in the operation management system according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

101: Operation management system (operation management module, system console)

102: Target system (consisting of SMX-1 system, various racks and boards)

103: Highway (connection system of target system and operation management module, subsystem connection subsystem)

104 ~ 105: Module embedded in the target system

106: Access terminal for interworking with SIGNOS (Signaling Network Management System) system

107 ~ 112: I / O devices connected to the operation management module

201: Operation management work

202: Operation management system (operation management module)

203: Function block for inputting / outputting operation command (Man-Machine Interface)

204: A database management function block that manages data operated by the operation management system

205: Function block for managing messages exchanged with the target system to and from the target system

206: Function block for interworking with signal network management system (SIGNOS)

207: Relational Database Systems

208: Signal network management system (SIGNOS)

209: Connection line connecting target system

210: target connection board

211: High-speed network subsystem for delivering target data at high speed

212: board connecting each board of target

213: Signal message processing module

214: Signal network management module

215: Target system (SMX-1 system)

301: Operation management system

302: Connection board for connecting data to and from the target at high speed

303: Operator access subsystem in the operation management system

304: target interface subsystem in the operation management system

305: Operation control subsystem in operation management system

306: SIGNOS matching subsystem in the operation management system

307: OMS management subsystem in operation management system

308: Data Management Subsystem in Operation Management System

309: Database system that manages all the data operated by the operation management system

310: Record and store files and operation records of all messages and commands input / output through the operator access subsystem

401: Operator of operation management system

402: Operation management system (system console)

403: Operator access subsystem

404: Operator Registration Function Block

405: Instruction processing function unit

406: Mask form processing function unit

407: System crontab function (daemon process)

408: Operation control subsystem

409: Reserved command processing function block

410: System status check function unit

411: Reserved instruction processing function unit

412: Target Interface Subsystem

413: Highway access function block

414: Database

415: SMX-1 (Signal Exchange Switch) target system

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a system for managing a signaling relay exchange system, comprising: Can be performed automatically so that the operator can provide a great deal of convenience and efficiency and can improve the reliability and function of the signal relaying exchange by enabling processing of information by time period (for example, every 30 minutes interval) .

Specifically, the apparatus for reserving an instruction according to the present invention comprises: an operator matching block for matching a system log in order to reserve an instruction of an operator; A command and a mask form processing unit for reserving an instruction to a command inputting method (command-driven) or a menu inputting method (menu-driven) for an operator's command input; An operator access system having a system daemon process (crontab) block, which is invoked when an instruction is reserved and performs control of command processing, and a system call which is called by the system daemon process (crontab) An operation control subsystem including a system check function unit for checking whether the structure of the system is correct or not correctly and providing the result, and a reservation command processing unit for processing a command reserved by the system timer; A target interface unit having a highway access block for receiving processed instructions and processing / processing traffic or signal messages currently operating in an external signaling exchange target system, and for storing the processed results in a database or automatically outputting the processed results; Special to include system It shall be.

In addition, a method for performing a reservation of an instruction word according to the present invention is a method for executing a reserved instruction word when an operation management system receives an instruction word from an operator when the operation management system is in an idle state and a permanent process (crontab) A second step of, when the reserved command is executed, causing the operation management system to transfer the signal to the highway access block to be converted into a binary code to be transmitted to an external signaling intermediate exchange target system; A third step of processing / editing all data of the signal transit exchange currently being operated on by the command transmitted to the target system according to a command and retransmitting the data to the highway access block again; And a fourth step of automatically outputting the image data.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an instruction reservation structure and an execution method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows the entire hardware structure to which the present invention is applied.

The operation management system 101 that manages and manages the signaling relay exchange (SMX-1) system is connected to the target system 102 through a subsystem connection subsystem 103 called a highway. The SMX-1 target system comprises a signaling message processing module 104 and a signaling network management module 105. The operation management system 101 uses the HP9000 / 375 system. Therefore, the operation management system is a super-micro computer based on HP-UX, which is interlocked with several (107, 108, 109, 110) monitors and dummy terminals, (111) and continuously outputs a message coming from the target. In addition, for the signal network management, the modem is connected to the signal network management system (SIGNOS) 106 through the modem, and the operation management system stores and retrieves messages using a database system called ALLBASE (112).

FIG. 2 shows a connection structure of an operation management system and a target system to which the present invention is applied.

The target system 215 has a dual structure of a signaling message processing module (SMHM) 213 and a signaling network management and testing and maintenance module (SNGTMM) 214. These modules are connected via a HIFU connection board 212 And is connected to the highway 211, which is a high speed connection network, to exchange messages. Therefore, since the target system must transmit the processing message to the operation management system, the target system is transmitted to the LMIO process (target access process) 205 of the operation management system through the HIFU connection board 210 (209).

There are many Daemon (permanent) and Transient processes in the management system. Therefore, the input / output window of the operation management system can roughly classify four processes (203, 204, 205, and 206) largely, a LMIO (target access management process) (OMCP) process for interworking with the system (SIGNOS: 208), an MMI (operator-related process) for allowing the user to more easily access the system from the operation management workstation 201, Matching process: 203) There is a database 207 system for managing processes, various data to be stored, retrieved, and changed, and there is a DBAB (database management process: 204) process for easily managing the database system.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of each functional block and the subsystem of the operation management system 301 to which the present invention is applied.

The operation management system is connected to the target system (SMX-1 system) via the highway 302 and is composed of six subsystems 303, 304, 305, 306 and 307. First, the operator access subsystem 303 ) Is a facility for the convenience of the user, which provides functions for several operations management and maintenance tasks, a dot printer, a graphic alarm monitor for displaying faults or alarms, and a system console , All input / output commands are managed in a command file 310.

The target interface subsystem 304 manages the messages exchanged with the target by connecting the HIFU [P] and the HIFU [S] board 302. When the system is in use, it always operates with HIFU [P], where HIFU [S] stays in the STANDBY state. Therefore, the connection of the highway system at a certain moment is connected to only one board of one line, and when the failure or the moment of change, it is switched to the stand-by highway. The operation control subsystem 305 has a function of controlling all the commands and messages input from the operation management task or the target interface subsystem into a message format suitable for the operation management system 301 or archiving and managing the messages.

Since the SIGNOS matching subsystem 306 has a function of supporting interworking with the SIGNOS (signal network management system) system, the SIGNOS matching subsystem 306 has a function of receiving a command of the SIGNOS or periodically reporting it to SIGNOS.

The OMS management subsystem 307 manages and supervises all the processes (permanent and temporary processes) existing in the operation management system and uses the message queue-based Interprocess Communication (IPC) mechanism for efficient process management . The data management subsystem 308 is a function capable of managing and monitoring all data related to the SMX-1 in a certain form so that it can change, search, input, output, and process all the data related to SMX-1 for data requested from the operator of the operation management system and SIGNOS Lt; / RTI > Accordingly, the type of data to be stored 309 includes system configuration, signal network specification, measurement and statistics, and operator connection data.

4 shows a command reservation structure of the operation management system according to the present invention. The five function blocks or the functional units 405, 406, 410, 411, and 413 operate organically for command reservation.

FIG. 5 shows a method of performing a command reservation in the operation management system according to the present invention.

When the operation management system is in the idle state 501, the operator inputs a command to the screen provided by the command processing function unit 504 or the mask form processing function unit 505 in the system console or operation management workstation 502 do. At this time, the operator can select the command (503, 504, 505) by selecting the method he / she is accustomed to (the two methods are command-driven or menu-driven) .

The reserved command remains in a standby state in a file associated with the 'crontab' process 508 and invokes the crontab process 508 of the operation management system by the system state check function unit 507, (509) whether or not the display unit 508 is activated. At this time, the system timer 510 periodically checks the reserved command file together. If the crontab process is activated, the reserved command is executed (511). Otherwise, the crontab process is activated (512) and then the process is repeated (513).

When the reserved command is executed, the operational management system transfers the signal to the highway connection function block 515 of the target interface subsystem 514 to be converted into a binary code to be transmitted to the SMX-1 target system 516 do.

The command sent to the SMX-1 target system processes / edits all the data of the currently operating signaling relay exchange according to the command and retransmits it to the highway function block 518 of the target interface subsystem 517 of the operation management system. At this time, the operation management system converts 519 data into two types according to the type of data. First, in order to store the data in the database of the operation control system 519, formatting is performed in the form of a table with the help of the database change function unit 521 and then automatically stores it in the database 523. Second, in order to send to the dot printer 524, it is automatically output according to the dot printer setting format with the help of the message queue buffering function unit 522 (525, 526).

This process is repeated according to the time zone desired by the operator, that is, in the reserved state. Even if the operator does not always keep his / her place, the operator can obtain the operation result of the signal transit exchange according to the need and maximize the efficiency and reliability of the signal transit exchange have.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. It is not.

As described above, according to the command reservation structure and the execution method of the present invention, when the operator of the signaling relay switching system can not manage the operation for a long time, or reserves a command to be executed when the terminal is vacated for a while, By saving and processing the corresponding operation results of the signaling exchange at each time interval, minute interval, or desired timer cycle, it is possible to improve the management method and save a lot of time investing in information processing and information interpretation. These functions can overcome the difficulty of monitoring and operating the system at night by adding the ability to appropriately use the minimal resources (ie, crontab functions) provided by the operation management system and to reserve the commands. In addition, it is possible to provide the operator with a lot of convenience and efficiency so that the reserved command can be automatically performed at the reserved time, and the information can be processed every time period (for example, every 30 minutes) There is an excellent effect of improving the reliability and function of the exchanger.

Claims (4)

A system for managing operation of a signaling relay exchange, An operator matching block 404 that matches the system to log in for operator ' s instruction reservation; Commands and mask form processing units 405 and 406 for reserving commands to command-driven or menu-driven commands for operator input; An operator access system 403 having a system daemon process (crontab) block 407 which is invoked when an instruction is reserved to perform control of command processing, A system check function unit 410 that is called by the system daemon process (crontab) block 407 to check whether the structure that can be reserved is correct or not correct and provides the result, and a system timer An operation control subsystem 408 having a reserved command processing unit 411 for processing the reserved command, Receives the processed command from the operation control system 408, processes / processes the traffic or signaling messages that are active in the external signaling exchange target system 415, stores the processed result in the database 414 And a target interface subsystem (412) having a highway connection block (413) for automatically outputting the highway connection block (413). A method for reserving an instruction to be applied to an instruction reservation system for managing a signal transit exchange, When the operation management system is in an idle state 501 and receives a reservation command from an operator, a permanent process (crontab) for processing the reservation command is activated and executes the instruction, When the reserved command is executed, the operation management system transfers the signal to the highway connection block 515 to be converted into a binary code to be transmitted to the external signaling intermediate switching target system 516, A third step of processing / editing all data of the signal transit exchange currently being operated on by the command transmitted to the signal transit exchange target system according to a command and retransmitting the data to the highway access block 518 again; And storing the transferred data in the database (523) or automatically outputting the data to the printer (523). 3. The method of claim 2, In the fourth step, Formatting the retransmitted data in a table format for storage in a database and then automatically storing the formatted data in the database 523, And causing the message queue buffering function unit 522 to automatically output the retransmitted data according to a dot printer setting format. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the command input of the operator in the first step is selected by one of a command input method or a menu input method.