KR20000037635A - Widget for sector information management - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A widget for sector information management is provided to improve processing speed by simplifying the procedure to create and cancel a widget according to the number of sectors for extending or removing the base station. CONSTITUTION: An X protocol(5) is previously agreed form used when data are transmitted on a network. An X library(4) is provided in the shape of a high level function of C language by binding several X protocols(5). A toolkit(3) is a hierarchy generated by a request to provide an interface of a higher level than the X library function. A widget set(2) is a package that various widgets needed in the X toolkit(3) are gathered. An X server(7) takes functions of permitting approach about display, sharing resources and transmitting messages. An X protocol(6) is a set of instructions capable of being connected each other between the X server(7) and clients. A display(9) in X-Windows is a generic term of CRT displays, mouses, keyboards, etc.

Description

Widget for managing sector information

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to mobile communications, and in particular, it is convenient to manage sector information such as neighbor list management by applying a graphical user interface (hereinafter referred to as GUI) field to a mobile communications management system. The widget is newly developed to be.

In general, a widget includes data and a procedure for operating the data. A widget such as a button or a switch used in a GUI is composed of data of a graphic pattern, a processing function during operation, and the like.

Here, the GUI is an interface where a person and a computer communicate with each other through a picture, not a text-based method in which the computer responds to characters according to a command inputted in a type. It is executed by clicking on a button attached to a mouse.

Almost any operation can be performed with the mouse, such as selecting a command from a menu, manipulating a file, starting a program, moving or reducing a window, enlarging or scrolling.

System software that provides the functionality required for such GUIs includes Windows and Motif.

In addition, in order to realize a GUI or a motif, an X window system (hereinafter referred to as X-windows), which is a multi-window display management software for a UNIX environment, is used.

X-Windows is a basic windowing system built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to undertake the Athena project to develop educational programs for undergraduates.

Looking at the structure of X-Windows, the client / server model, which is closely related to distributed processing systems, is the basic framework of X-Windows.

1 is a diagram showing the overall structure of a basic X-Windows.

Referring to FIG. 1, X-Windows may be largely classified into a client (X client) and a server (X server).

A client is an application written to take advantage of the functionality provided by the server and is responsible for ensuring that the user provides the necessary functionality.

One thing to note is that unlike other windowing systems, it is network-based, so servers and clients do not necessarily have to run on the same device.

The client is a complex structure, which consists of several layers.

The lowermost X protocol (5) refers to the already promised format for sending data over the network. This protocol (5) is a very complicated and difficult part of the assembler in a normal computer. Therefore, it is the X library 4 that bundles several X protocols 5 and provides them in the form of higher-level functions of the C language.

A layer called the X Toolkit (3) is a layer created by the need to provide an interface higher than the X library functions.

The X toolkit 3 refers to a hierarchy that provides an upper interface created using the X library 4, and provides an X toolkit function by appropriately combining the X library functions.

Widgets are created in the form of individual components for use in X toolkit functions.

The widget set (2) is a collection of various widgets needed in the X toolkit (3) and packaged together. The widget set (2) has a unique style for each company and organization that created it. Has

In the server, the X server 7 is responsible for allowing access to the display of the clients, sharing the resources of the clients, and delivering network messages.

A server refers to hardware moving around the network, but a server in X-Windows is a process for managing the display 9. In other words, the reality of the X server 7 is not software but mechanical.

The X protocol 6 can be said to be a set of instructions that can be communicated between the X server 7 and the client. As the number of protocols increases, the number of possible instructions increases. For example, X11R5 supports about 150 protocols.

The X protocol (6) can be broadly classified into Request, Response, Error, and Event. When the client makes a request, the server asynchronously receives and processes these signals. Afterwards, it sends back a signal of response, error and input. At this time, the server collects the signals from each client in the buffer and processes them in batches when the buffer is full.

Because X-Windows runs over a network, running asynchronously is essential to speed up X-Windows. However, it is difficult to track errors immediately because it does not know when the result of the request will come, and there is a difficulty in real time processing.

In X-Windows, the display 9 is a generic term for a display device (CRT), a mouse, and a keyboard. The application 1 for X-Windows must always open the display 9 before carrying out the task, and the application 1 must have permission for various devices from the server to operate as a client.

In the X-Windows structure described above, the widget set 2 is further described. The widget includes an Athena widget and a MOTIF widget.

The adena widget is a widget that comes with X-Windows, and the graphics are clunky, so users don't prefer to program with this adena widget. Recently, 3-D adena widgets have been released, but they are not as gorgeous as other commercial widgets.

The MOTIF Widget, created by Open Software Foundation, is a collection of widgets that run on the X toolkit (3).

Most of the applications (1) running on X-Windows say that the interface is clean and nice, this motif widget is used.

A management system that manages a mobile communication system uses such widgets to manage sector information such as neighbor list management.

However, in the related art, one base station is displayed with widgets as many as the number of boards and sectors. When up to eight sectors are added, there is a limit to outputting them to the screen.

Accordingly, in the conventional mobile communication management system, when displaying sector information by using a button provided by a motif, a procedure for creating and destroying a widget according to the number of sectors when adding or deleting a base station has to go through.

In addition, there is a problem that a large amount of resources occupied at this time may cause the window to pause.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a widget for managing sector information that can display and operate variable sector information using one widget for one base station. It is to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a widget for managing sector information can display variable sector information using one widget for one base station, and can operate the displayed sector information. In addition, the resource value according to the base station change is characterized in that the direct control.

Preferably, in order to directly control the resource value according to the base station change, the neighbor information of the base station is included in the widget.

In addition, the widget according to the present invention can arbitrarily directly modify the attributes to be given to the widget itself.

1 is a diagram showing the overall structure of a basic X-Windows.

2 is a diagram illustrating a basic form of a widget for managing sector information according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating a basic form of a widget for managing sector information according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the present invention may display and operate variable sector information by using one widget in one base station, and directly includes Xlib Intrinsics because neighbor information is included in the widget. Can be controlled.

Basically, the widget according to the present invention is set to three sectors (α, β, γ) (10, 20, 30), and the number of sectors can be changed variably.

In FIG. 2, parts except for the 3 sector area are excluded from processing according to event occurrence, so that the actual widget is processed only in the original.

The operation and internal commands of the widget according to the present invention as described above, and other functions used are described as follows.

"Set" is an operation of showing a neighbor list of the corresponding sectors 10, 20, and 30 when a mouse is clicked.

"Drag" is added by dragging and dropping to the corresponding sector (10, 20, 30) when adding a neighbor list, and when deleting, it is deleted by dragging and dropping it in the trash.

Initialize is a part of initializing a resource in a widget internal command. In addition to the basic Xt resource, the initialization has a sector number, a minimum sector allowance, a maximum sector allowance, and a neighbor list. The callback function used here includes an increment function, a decrement function, and a change function.

Resize resizes the widget accordingly if the window is resized. Destroy returns the resources used by the widget to the manager.

Redisplay redraws the widget on update so that the contents of the window can be preserved, and there are setvalues that allow you to change the widget's resource values.

Other functions used include the sector move function (Movesector), the sector plot function (Drawsector), the label plot function (Drawlabel), and the numerical readjustment function (Revalue).

Here, the sector moving function (Movesector) is a function for moving another sector when the sector is changed, the sector drawing function (Drawsector) is a function for representing the sector information on the screen in accordance with the resource.

In addition, a label labeling function (Drawlabel) is a function for outputting a sector value, and a numerical readjustment function (Revalue) is a function for reflecting this to the resource when the base station information is changed.

As described above, the present invention can arbitrarily modify the attributes to be applied to the widget itself, thereby simplifying the procedure for creating and destroying the widget according to the number of sectors when the base station is added or deleted, thereby improving the processing speed. have.

In addition, it is possible to overcome the limitation of the screen output when the sector is expanded.

Claims (3)

A widget for sector information management, wherein variable sector information is displayed using one widget for one base station to directly control a resource value according to the change of the base station. The widget as claimed in claim 1, further comprising neighbor information of the base station in the widget to directly control a resource value according to the change of the base station. The widget for managing sector information according to claim 1, wherein the widget can arbitrarily directly modify attributes to be provided to the widget itself.