KR100256672B1 - Data consistency method on communication management network environment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A data conforming method in a communication management network environment is provided to conform the state of data managed by a multi-manager by automatically informing a manager or an HMI operator that has not instructed a command of a change content of a switching system, a management resource, in a communication management network. CONSTITUTION: When a server receives a message(301), it verifies the message grammatically(302). The server analyzes whether the message is a system message generated by a switching system itself(303). If it is a system message , the server transmits the system message to an agent system and an HMI operator processor(304,305). If the message is not a system message generated by the switching system itself, the server determines whether a command from an upper portion is a switching system resource change command(306). If it is not the switching system resource change message, the server transmits an information output message to the switching system(307), receives a response from the switching system(308) and determines whether it is received from an agent system(312). If the response message of the switching system is a response message to the command received from the agent system, the server transmits the response message to the agent system(313), while if it is not a command received from the agent system, the server transmits the response message to the HMI operator processor(314). If it is the switching system resource change command, the server transmits the system resource change command to the switching system(309)and receives a response message from the switching system(310). It is analyzed whether a response received from the switching system is successful or failed(311). If it is successful, the server transmits the switching system resource change response to the agent system and the HMI operator processor(315,316). If the response is failed, the server determines whether it is a message received from the agent system(312).

Description

Data Matching Method in Communication Management Network Environment

The present invention automatically provides agent and human machine interface (HMI) operators linked with an administrator who does not instruct a change of data of an exchange system that is a manager in a telecommunication management network (TMN) environment. It is about data matching method which can inform and match the status of data which each manager manages.

The need for a systematic, comprehensive and extensive network management system for complex and diverse networks has resulted in TMN as the solution.

In general, TMN collects information, changes information, and monitors status of switching system, which is each network element that agent wants to manage, in central network management center. In addition, the exchange system, which is the target of network management, performs information collection, information change, and status monitoring separately from TMN management through HMI operation, which is its own operation management, and TMN command and its own HMI operation command are the same. You can issue a change command on a resource.

That is, TMN has a management object (Managed Object) standardized by the agent for management of the communication network, and the TMN manager manages the communication network by using network information stored in the management object. Here, management information stored by management objects is collected from each network element that the agent wants to manage.

In addition, the existing network management target has a management system that is configured separately from TMN network management through HMI operation, which is its own operation management, and the TMN command and its own HMI operation command have the authority to change the same resource. Holds.

Therefore, there is a need to ensure the consistency of management data of multiple system managers using such a TMN system for an exchange system.

In the existing network management method, the network operator operated and maintained the network elements through the operator interface provided by each network element locally.

However, such a conventional network management method provides only local and simple network management functions limited to one network element, and optimally manages the communication network as a whole or collects and analyzes management information collected from various network elements or communication networks. It was not possible to perform administrative functions.

Conventionally, a manual method of periodically rechecking the current state using a database or the like has been used, and there is no function of automatically notifying a system resource change by a server.

Therefore, in the case of managing the entire communication network by the conventional manual method, when the number of multiple managers increases, the batch data checking procedure becomes long, thereby degrading performance.

The present invention devised to solve the problems as described above, the communication management network automatically notify the administrator or HMI operator who did not instruct the change of the switching system, the cause of the administrator, the status of data managed by multiple administrators Its purpose is to provide a data matching method that matches.

1 is an exemplary view of a hardware system to which the present invention is applied.

2A to 2F are exemplary views illustrating a data matching method in a communication management network environment according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a data matching method in a communication management network environment according to the present invention;

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

11: manager system

12: human-machine interface (HMI) workstation

13: exchange system

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a data matching method applied to a communication network management system, comprising: a first step of classifying a command message to match data; A second step of grammatically verifying the received message to perform a message classification operation; A third step of transmitting the received message to the agent and the operator process if the received message is a system message generated by the switching system itself without a higher command; And a fourth step of transmitting a response message to the agent and the operator process according to the execution result of the command if the received message is not a system message and matching the operation data.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary view of a hardware system to which the present invention is applied.

The TMN system, which is a hardware system to which the present invention is applied, is composed of a manager system 11, an HMI workstation 12, and an exchange system 13.

The TMN system transmits the network management command to the agent system 121 through the data communication network of the Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) so that the manager system 11 can monitor and control the state of the network. A command for (13) is executed, and the result of the execution or the status reports of the exchange system 13 are collected and evaluated to generate useful network management information.

The HMI workstation 12 includes an agent system 121, a server 123, and an HMI operator process 122 that operates independently from the manager system 11, and exchanges the system 13 through an interface. Perform operator management functions such as information output, information change, and status reporting.

The server 123 controls the operation commands from the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 1220, aggregates them, and transmits them to the exchange system 13, and responds from the exchange system 13 and internally in the exchange system 13 The message generated as a result is transmitted to the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122.

At this time, a problem that may occur is that when the resource change command of the exchange system 13 is received from the agent system 121 to the server 123, the HMI operator process 122 performs the execution of the server 123 and the exchange system 13 Does not know whether to change the resource status, and vice versa may cause this problem.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, the server 123 classifies the command message into an information browse message, a state change message, and a system message of the switching system 13, and the success (OK) and failure of the result of performing these commands. Depending on the result of NOK, the response message of the exchange system 13 should be kept the same as the operation data of the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122.

2A to 2F are exemplary views illustrating a data matching method in a communication management network environment according to the present invention, and illustrating a method for matching data between the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122.

The server 123 classifies the command message into an information browsing message, a status change message, and a switching system message, and responds to the switching system 13 according to whether the results of the execution of these commands are successful (OK) and failed (NOK). May be kept identical to the operational data of the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122.

The server 123 is a command for viewing information on the type of message to be serviced, a resource change command of the exchange system 13 by the manager system 11, and a resource change of the exchange system 13 by the HMI operator process 122. Commands are managed by dividing them into system messages generated by the exchange system 13 and reported to the server 123.

2A illustrates performance of a command for viewing information.

Referring to FIG. 2A, since the resource change of the switching system 13 does not occur in the case of a command for viewing information, the server 123 responds only to the sender of the command.

For example, when the server 123 receives an instruction for viewing information from the agent system 121 (202), it requests the exchange system 13 to perform such an instruction (203) and receives it from the exchange system 13. The response 204 is only answered by the agent system 121 (205).

In addition, when the server 123 receives an instruction for viewing information from its HMI operator process 122 (207), it requests the exchange system 13 in response (203) received from the exchange system 13 The response 204 only responds 208 to the HMI operator process 122.

FIG. 2B shows a case where an exchange system 13 resource change command by the manager system 11 is answered by the exchange system 13 with success (OK).

Referring to FIG. 2B, when the exchange system 13 resource change command is received from the manager system 11 through the agent system 121 (211,212), the server 123 requests the exchange system 13 (213). The success response (OK) received from the exchange system 13 (214) is sent to the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122 to send the status changes of the message (OK) responded to the success (215, 217).

FIG. 2C shows a case in which an exchange system 13 resource change command by the manager system 11 is answered by the exchange system 13 with a failure NOK.

Referring to FIG. 2C, when an exchange system 13 resource change command is received from the manager system 11 through the agent system 121 (221, 222), the server 123 requests the exchange system 13 (223). The failure (NOK) response received from the exchange system 13 is transmitted 226 only to the agent system 221 (226).

FIG. 2D shows the case where the exchange system 13 resource change command by the HMI operator process 122 has been answered by the exchange system 13 with success (OK).

Referring to FIG. 2D, when the exchange system 13 resource change instruction is received from the HMI operator process 122 (231), the server 123 requests the exchange system 13 (232) from the exchange system 13. The received OK response 233 is transmitted to the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122 to transmit the state change of the OK responded message (235, 234).

2E shows the case where the exchange system 13 resource change command by the HMI operator process 122 has been responded by the exchange system 13 with a failure (NOK).

Referring to FIG. 2E, when the exchange system 13 resource change instruction is received from the HMI operator process 122 (241), the server 123 requests the exchange system 13 (242) from the exchange system 13. The received failure (NOK) response is sent 243 only to the HMI operator process 122 (244).

2F shows the case of a system message that is generated by the switching system 13 and reported to the server 123.

Referring to FIG. 2F, when the server 123 receives a system message generated by itself from the switching system 13 (251), the server 123 transmits a system status message to the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122 ( 252,254).

3 is a flowchart illustrating a data matching method in a communication management network environment according to the present invention.

First, when the server 123 always waits to receive a message from an external port and receives a message (301), the server 123 grammatically verifies the message (302).

As a result of the verification, if the grammatical does not match, the state transitions back to the waiting state, and if the grammatical corrects, the message classification operation is performed (303). That is, it is analyzed whether it is a system message generated by the switching system 13 (303).

As a result of the analysis, if the message is a system message generated by the switching system 13 without a higher command, the server 123 transmits a system message which is a status output message of the switching system 13 to the agent system 121 and the HMI operator process 122. (304,305).

As a result of the analysis, if it is not a system message generated by itself in the switching system 13, it is determined whether the command from the higher level is the switching system 13 resource change command (306).

If the switching system 13 is not a resource change message, the command outputs an information output message to the switching system 13 (307), and after receiving a response from the switching system 13 (308), the agent system 121 It is determined whether the message is received from (312).

If it is determined that the response message of the exchange system 13 is a response message to the command received from the agent system 121, the response message is transmitted to the agent system 121 (313), and the command received from the agent system 121 Otherwise, the response message is sent to the HMI operator process 122 (314).

On the other hand, if the exchange system 13 resource change command, and transmits a system resource change command to the exchange system 13 (309), and receives a response message from the exchange system 13 (310).

At this time, it is analyzed whether the response received from the exchange system 13 is success (OK) or failure (NOK) (311).

If the response received from the exchange system 13 is OK, the content of the resource change of the exchange system 13 is notified. Therefore, the resource change response of the exchange system 13 is changed to the agent system (regardless of the type of the process that sent the command). 121) and transfer to HMI operator process 122 (315, 316).

On the other hand, if the response received from the exchange system 13 is a failure (NOK), it is determined whether the message received from the agent system 121 (312).

Finally, when the server 123 finishes processing the command and message, the server 123 returns to the message reception waiting state.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited to the drawing.

According to the present invention as described above, it is applicable not only to the communication management network environment but also to the management environment where multiple resource change requests can occur, and has a database storing state data for resource matching and response service. There is no need to do this, and it can be applied not only to the data matching of managed resources for two management commands, but also to a multi-administrator environment where multiple administrators manage to access a single target.

Claims (4)

In the data matching method applied to the communication network management system, A first step of classifying the command message to match data; A second step of grammatically verifying the received message to perform a message classification operation; A third step of transmitting the received message to the agent and the operator process if the received message is a system message generated by the switching system itself without a higher command; And If the received message is not a system message, sending a response message to the agent and the operator process according to the execution result of the command to match the operation data. Data matching method made, including. The method of claim 1, The second step, A fifth step of receiving a message by the server in standby state; A sixth step of grammatically verifying the message; And A seventh step of determining whether it is a system message generated by the switching system itself in order to classify the message if it is grammatically corrected, if it is not grammatically corrected Data matching method made, including. The method of claim 2, The fourth step, An eighth step of analyzing whether the command from a higher level is the resource change command unless it is a system message generated by the switching system itself; A ninth step of transmitting an information output message to the switching system if the result of the analysis of the eighth step is not a resource change command message; A tenth step of receiving a response message from the switching system and determining whether the message is received from the agent; An eleventh step of transmitting a response message to the agent and returning to a message reception waiting state if the response message of the switching system is a response message to the command received from the agent system; A twelfth step of transmitting a response message to the operator process and returning to a message reception waiting state if the command is not received from the agent as a result of the determination in the tenth step; A thirteenth step of transmitting a system resource change command to the switching system and receiving a response message if the resource change command message is a result of the analysis of the eighth step; A fourteenth step of analyzing whether the response received from the exchange system is success or failure; As a result of the analysis of step 14, if the response received from the exchange system is OK, the message indicates a change of resources of the exchange system. Transmitting the message to the message reception waiting state after transmitting the message to the message; A sixteenth step of determining whether the received message is from the agent again if the response received from the switching system is a failure (NOK); A seventeenth step of transmitting a response message to the agent and returning to a message reception waiting state if the response message of the switching system is a response message to the command received from the agent system; And As a result of the determination of the sixteenth step, if the command is not received from the agent, the eighteenth step of transmitting a response message to the operator process and returning to a message reception waiting state again. Data matching method made, including. The method of claim 1, The classified command message of the first step is Data comprising a command for viewing information, a resource change command of the switching system by the administrator, a resource change command of the switching system by the operator process, and a system message generated by the switching system and reported to the server. Match method.

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