KR100659405B1 - Sms for dividing data of multiple scp system and division method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service management system (SMS) for distributing data of a multiple service control point (SCP) system and a method of distributing the same, and in particular, an SMS shares information about an SCP on which a service is operated for service data distribution It manages as distribution rule information within, and designates target SCP according to final decision of distribution rule information retrieval through distribution rule type, information distribution type of subscriber, distribution range, etc., and delivers message to communication dedicated processor, communication dedicated process The present invention relates to SMS for data distribution of multiple SCP systems to be delivered to a physical SCP corresponding to a logical SCP ID, and to a method of distributing the same. By changing the operational SCP ID, SMS can change the service data without changing its service database configuration. It has an excellent effect on managing and distributing data.

SMS, SCP, SSP, IP, SCE

Description

SMS for distributing data of multi-SCP system and its distribution method {SMS FOR DIVIDING DATA OF MULTIPLE SCP SYSTEM AND DIVISION METHOD THEREOF}             

1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration for an SMS for data distribution of a multi-SCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is an operation flowchart showing a data distribution method of an SMS for a multi-SCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of changing a distribution rule in data distribution of an SMS for a multi-SCP system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: SMS

110: customer center interworking processor

120: first processor

130: operating processor

140: operation memory unit

150: shared memory

160: communication processor

170: second processor

180: memory unit

200: SCP

The present invention relates to a service management system (SMS) for distributing data of a multiple service control point (SCP) system and a method of distributing the same, and in particular, an SMS shares information about an SCP on which a service is operated for service data distribution It manages as distribution rule information within, and designates target SCP according to final decision of distribution rule information retrieval through distribution rule type, information distribution type of subscriber, distribution range, etc., and delivers message to communication dedicated processor, communication dedicated process The present invention relates to an SMS for distributing data of a multi-SCP system that delivers a physical SCP corresponding to a logical SCP ID, and a distribution method thereof.

The general mobile communication network system includes SSP (Service Switching Point), which is an exchange detecting intelligent network, Service Control Point (SCP) supporting intelligent network service, Service Management System (SMS) managing intelligent network service data and SCP, voice related resources It consists of IP (Intelligent Peripheral) that manages and controls the service, and SCE (Service Creation Environment) that creates and loads service logic.

As is well known, SMS manages and distributes service data of multiple SCP systems running intelligent network services, such as new subscriber information from customer centers, data loss due to SCP failure, or migration of service data to SCP. The data managed by the SMS should be delivered to the SCP. The SMS manages the entire service data and plays the role of distributing the operation service data to the specific operation SCP.

However, in the above-described conventional SMS, if the SMS separates and manages a DB for each service data of a specific SCP in order to manage service data of multiple SCPs in an intelligent network, the operation SCP for the service and the subscriber of the service is changed. In order to manage this, SMS has to reconfigure the entire data for the corresponding service, thereby degrading the performance of the system due to the load for reconfiguration and affecting the processing of other services.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to change the SCP designation information and the operation SCP ID of the corresponding service configured in the distribution rule information when the operation SCP for the specific service is changed. The SMS is to provide an SMS and its distribution method for data distribution of a multi-SCP system that can manage and distribute service data without changing the service database configuration.                         

In the intelligent network system including a plurality of SCP (Service Control Point) to support the intelligent network services of the mobile communication system to the data distribution of the multi-SCP system of the present invention to achieve the above object,

A customer center interworking processor for receiving new subscriber information from the customer center and delivering the new subscriber information; A first processor that receives data from the customer center interworking processor and outputs processing information according to the customer center interworking processor, initially configures distribution rule information during initial driving, and delivers service data together with distribution rule information; The processor determines whether to change the distribution rule according to the subscriber information received from the first processor, and outputs the distribution rule initial configuration control signal to the first processor during initial driving, and receives the processing result from the first processor. Wow; An operation memory unit for storing service data according to subscriber information received from the first processor and outputting service data to the first processor; A shared memory unit which receives and manages distribution rule information configured in the first processor and outputs distribution rule information according to a request of the first processor; A communication processor for receiving service data and distribution rule information from the first processor, interpreting a logical SCP ID indicated in a distribution rule, outputting service data to a corresponding SCP, and receiving and transmitting status information from the SCP; Receives state information from the communication processor, receives a distribution rule change control signal from the operating processor, outputs a result of the processing to the operating processor, and requires migration of the service data SCP due to the change of the distribution rule information. In the case of receiving the service data from the operating memory unit and outputs it to the communication processor, during the initial operation to configure the distribution rule information with reference to the service data stored in the operating memory unit or to generate and change the distribution rule information for a particular SCP A second processor configured to configure distribution rule information accordingly and output the distribution rule information to the shared memory unit; And a memory unit configured to receive and store information about all the operating SCPs from the SCP, and output information about the operating SCPs to the second processor when the first processor and the second processor are driven.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, a data distribution method of SMS for the multi-SCP system of the present invention, the first step of receiving a subscriber processing message from the customer center; Retrieving distribution rule information for selecting a target SPC; In step 2, if the distribution type is SVC or ALL, the distribution type of the distribution rule information retrieved in the second step is determined, and if the distribution type is RANGE, the flow proceeds to the fourth step. A third step of displaying the failure and ending the process if none; A fourth step of determining a subscriber information distribution type of the distribution rule information retrieved in the second step; A fifth step in which the process is ended and a process is ended if the corresponding subscriber information distribution type does not exist, and the process proceeds to the sixth step if the corresponding subscriber information distribution type exists. Wow; Checking a distribution range according to the subscriber information distribution type; A seventh step of selecting an SCP to which the service data is to be delivered; An eighth step of reading service data and appending a logical SCP ID to it to construct a delivery message; A ninth step of outputting the delivery message configured in the eighth step to the corresponding SCP through a communication processor; And searching for whether there are more applied SCPs, ending the process if there are no SCPs requiring further delivery, and returning to the seventh step if there are remaining SCPs requiring delivery. .

Meanwhile, in order to achieve the above object, a distribution rule changing method in SMS data distribution for a multi-SCP system of the present invention includes a first step in which a second processor receives generation rule information and a change request from an operating processor; ; A second step of generating and changing distribution rule information; A third step of storing distribution rule information configured in the second step; Determining whether or not the subscriber service data should be migrated due to a change in distribution rule information; And a fifth step of migrating subscriber service data for the corresponding SCP according to the change distribution rule information.

Hereinafter, an SMS for distributing data of a multi-SCP system according to the present invention and a distribution method thereof will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration for an SMS for data distribution of a multi-SCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention, for data distribution of the multi-SCP system 200 The SMS 100 may include a customer center interworking processor 110, a first processor 120, an operation processor 130, an operation memory unit 140, a shared memory unit 150, a communication processor 160, and a second processor 170. ) And a memory unit 180.

The customer center interworking processor 110 receives new subscriber information from a customer center and outputs the new subscriber information to the first processor 120 and receives processing information from the first processor 120.

In addition, the first processor 120 receives data from the customer center interworking processor 110 and outputs processing information according to the customer center interworking processor 110, and initially configures distribution rule information during initial driving. The service data input from the operation memory unit 140 is output to the communication processor 160 along with the logical SCP ID determined by the distribution rule information input from the shared memory unit 150.

Meanwhile, the operation processor 130 determines whether to change the distribution rule according to the subscriber information received from the first processor 120, and outputs an initial configuration control signal for distribution rule to the first processor 120 during initial driving. And, it receives a result of the processing from the first processor 120, and outputs a distribution rule change request signal to the second processor 170.

In addition, the operating memory unit 140 stores service data according to subscriber information received from the first processor 120, outputs service data to the first processor 120, and the second processor 170. In order to migrate the service data according to the change of the distribution rule, the data is outputted to the second processor 170 according to the request of.

Meanwhile, the shared memory unit 150 receives and manages distribution rule information configured in the first processor 120, outputs distribution rule information according to a request of the first processor 120, and the second processor. It receives and stores the changed distribution rule information from (170). An example of the configuration of the distribution rule information is shown in Table 1 below.

service Distribution type Subscriber Information Type Subscriber Information Distribution Type Distribution range Target SCP ID first final PRS SVC - - - - One ... ONS RANGE PN PN 99910000 99929999 One PN 99930000 99959999 2 PN 99960000 99999999 3 ALL LSN LSN - - 1,2,3 ... PPS RANGE CARD CARD 00000000001 59999999999 One CARD 50000000000 99999999999 2 RANGE BAN BAN 000000001 599999999 One BAN 599999999 999999999 2 RANGE MDN PREFIX 100 499 One PREFIX 500 999 2

PRS: Premium Rate Service

ONS: One Number Service

PPS: Pre Paid Service

PN: Private Number

LSN: Limit Service Number

BAN: Billing Account Number

MDN: Mobile Directory Number

In Table 1, SVC (Service) of the distribution type means that a specific service is operated only in a single SCP, ALL means that a specific service is distributed in multiple SCP, the information should be applied equally to all of the multiple SCP, RANGE Means that subscribers are distributed by scope in multiple SCPs. In addition, the subscriber information type indicates the type of corresponding information for determining the subscriber information distribution type, and the subscriber information distribution type can distinguish a range of distribution according to the characteristics of the subscriber information, where PREFIX is 011, Refers to a business operator leading number such as 016. On the other hand, the distribution range refers to the range of subscriber information stored by the SCP in which the subscriber information is operated, and the target SCP ID refers to the logical SCP ID for the physical SCP managed by the communication dedicated process.

In addition, the communication processor 160 receives the service data and distribution rule information from the first processor 120, interprets the logical SCP ID displayed in the distribution rule information, and outputs the service data to the corresponding SCP 200, It receives the state information from the SCP (200) serves to deliver to the first processor 120 and the second processor 170.

Meanwhile, the second processor 170 receives state information from the communication processor 160, receives a distribution rule change control signal from the operating processor 130, and returns a processing result to the operating processor 130. When the migration of the service data to the SCP (200) due to the change of the distribution rule information is required, and receives the service data from the operating memory unit 140 and outputs it to the communication processor 160, when the initial drive The distribution rule information is configured by referring to the service data and SCP 200 information stored in the operating memory unit 140 and the memory unit 180 or distributed according to generation and modification of distribution rule information for a specific SCP 200. It configures rule information and outputs it to the shared memory unit 150.

In addition, the memory unit 180 receives and stores information on all the operation SCPs 200 from the SCP 200, and when the first processor 120 and the second processor 170 are driven, the operation SCP ( And outputs information about 200 to the second processor 170.

Meanwhile, the SCP 200 supports an intelligent network service of a mobile communication system and exchanges data with the communication processor 160 and the memory unit 180 installed in the SMS 100.

2 is an operation flowchart showing a data distribution method of an SMS for a multi-SCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where S represents a step.

First, the customer center interworking processor 110 receives a subscriber processing message from the customer center and outputs it to the first processor 120 (S1).

Next, the first processor 120 retrieves distribution rule information stored in the shared memory unit 150 to select the target SCP 200 among the plurality of SCPs 200 (S2).

Thereafter, the first processor 120 determines the distribution type of the distribution rule information retrieved in the second step, and proceeds to the seventh step when the distribution type is SVC or ALL, and when the distribution type is RANGE, While proceeding to step 4, if there is no distribution type, it displays that the failure and ends the process (S3). The distribution type is as shown in Table 1 above.

Next, the first processor 120 determines the subscriber information distribution type of the distribution rule information retrieved in the second step (S4). The subscriber information distribution type is as shown in Table 1 above.

Thereafter, if the corresponding subscriber information distribution type does not exist according to whether the corresponding subscriber information distribution type exists, the first processor 120 displays that it has failed and terminates the process, while the corresponding subscriber information distribution type exists. There is a sixth step (S5).

Next, the first processor 120 checks the distribution range according to the subscriber information distribution type (S6). The distribution range is as shown in Table 1 above.

Thereafter, the first processor 120 selects the SCP to finally deliver the service data according to the distribution rule (S7).

Next, the first processor 120 reads the service data from the operating memory unit 140 and attaches a logical SCP ID thereto to construct a delivery message (S8).

Thereafter, the delivery message configured in the eighth step is output to the corresponding SCP 200 through the communication processor 160 (S9).

Then, it searches for whether there are more applied SCPs 200, and if there is no SCP 200 requiring further delivery, the process is terminated, and if there are remaining SCP 200 requiring delivery, the process proceeds to the seventh step. Return (S10). For example, if the distribution type is SVC, only one SCP 200 needs to deliver data, so the process is terminated. However, if the distribution type is ALL, the service data must be delivered to multiple SCP 200, so the process continues. Done.

3 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of changing a distribution rule in data distribution of an SMS for a multi-SCP system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where S represents a step.

First, the second processor 170 receives a request for generating and changing distribution rule information from the operating processor 130 (S1).

Next, the second processor 170 generates and changes distribution rule information (S2).

Thereafter, the distribution rule information configured by the second processor 170 is stored in the shared memory unit 150 in the second step (S3).

Next, the second processor 170 determines whether the subscriber service data should be migrated due to the change of the distribution rule information, and if the migration does not need to be migrated, the process is ended. ).

Thereafter, the second processor 170 outputs subscriber service data for the corresponding SCP 200 according to the change distribution rule information to the communication processor 160 to migrate to the SCP 200 (S5).

As described above, according to the SM for data distribution of the multi-SCP system and the distribution method thereof, when the operation SCP for a specific service is changed, the SCP designation information and the operation SCP ID of the corresponding service configured in the distribution rule information are changed. By doing so, SMS has an excellent effect of managing and distributing service data without changing the service database configuration.                     

Claims (3)

An intelligent network system including a plurality of service control points (SCPs) supporting intelligent network services of a mobile communication system, A customer center interworking processor for receiving new subscriber information from the customer center and delivering the new subscriber information; A first processor that receives data from the customer center interworking processor and outputs processing information according to the customer center interworking processor, initially configures distribution rule information during initial driving, and delivers service data together with distribution rule information; The processor determines whether to change the distribution rule according to the subscriber information received from the first processor, and outputs the distribution rule initial configuration control signal to the first processor during initial driving, and receives the processing result from the first processor. Wow; An operation memory unit for storing service data according to subscriber information received from the first processor and outputting service data to the first processor; A shared memory unit which receives and manages distribution rule information configured in the first processor and outputs distribution rule information according to a request of the first processor; A communication processor for receiving service data and distribution rule information from the first processor, interpreting a logical SCP ID indicated in a distribution rule, outputting service data to a corresponding SCP, and receiving and transmitting status information from the SCP; Receives state information from the communication processor, receives a distribution rule change control signal from the operating processor, outputs a result of the processing to the operating processor, and requires migration of the service data SCP due to the change of the distribution rule information. In the case of receiving the service data from the operating memory unit and outputs it to the communication processor, during the initial operation to configure the distribution rule information with reference to the service data stored in the operating memory unit or to generate and change the distribution rule information for a particular SCP A second processor configured to configure distribution rule information accordingly and output the distribution rule information to the shared memory unit; And a memory unit configured to receive and store information on all the operating SCPs from the SCP, and output information on the operating SCPs to the second processor when the first processor and the second processor are driven. SMS for data distribution of the system. Receiving a subscriber processing message from a customer center; Retrieving distribution rule information for selecting a target SPC; In step 2, if the distribution type is SVC or ALL, the distribution type of the distribution rule information retrieved in the second step is determined, and if the distribution type is RANGE, the flow proceeds to the fourth step. A third step of displaying the failure and ending the process if none; A fourth step of determining a subscriber information distribution type of the distribution rule information retrieved in the second step; A fifth step in which the process is ended and a process is ended if the corresponding subscriber information distribution type does not exist, and the process proceeds to the sixth step if the corresponding subscriber information distribution type exists. Wow; Checking a distribution range according to the subscriber information distribution type; A seventh step of selecting an SCP to which the service data is to be delivered; An eighth step of reading service data and appending a logical SCP ID to it to construct a delivery message; A ninth step of outputting the delivery message configured in the eighth step to the corresponding SCP through a communication processor; And a tenth step of searching for whether there are more applied SCPs and ending the process if there are no SCPs requiring further delivery, and returning to the seventh step if there are remaining SCPs requiring delivery. SMS data distribution method for multi-SCP system. A first step of receiving, by the second processor, distribution rule information generation and change requests from the operating processor; A second step of generating and changing distribution rule information; A third step of storing distribution rule information configured in the second step; Determining whether or not the subscriber service data should be migrated due to a change in distribution rule information; And a fifth step of migrating subscriber service data for the corresponding SCP according to the change distribution rule information.

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