KR20000045117A - Method for alerting processor alarm in communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for alerting a processor alarm in a communication system, is provided to automatically sense an error and alarm of every kind of processor within an electronic exchange of the communication system, and to automatically report the sense result to a pager of a system operator through a modem. CONSTITUTION: A method for alerting a processor alarm in a communication system comprises the steps of: grasping states of every kind of processor within an electronic exchange by performing a state monitoring program in an operation maintenance interface device(OMID)(a first step); sensing whether alarms are generated in the processors from the states result grasped in the first step(a second step); progressing to the next processor and performing the first step, when alarms are not generated in the first step(a third step); confirming pager number information of a system operator to whom corresponding number information and a state of a processor where an alarm generated are reported, when alarms are generated in the first step(a fourth step); initializing a modem by opening an RS-232C communication port after performing the fourth step(a fifth step); converting the corresponding number information of the processor where an alarm generated and pager number information into analog signals by using a modem instruction word in the initialized modem, and then transmitting the analog signals to a public switched telephone network(PSTN) through a telephone line(a sixth step); reporting the state of a present processor, by confirming information transmitted in the sixth step by the PSTN and calling a small-sized pager of the corresponding number which the operator has(a seventh step).

Description

Processor Failure Alarm and Method in Communication System

The present invention automatically detects anomalies and failures of various processors in an electronic exchange of a communication system and automatically reports a result of the detection to a pager of a system operator through a modem. It relates to an alarm device and a method.

In general, various communication systems such as a digital cellular system (DCS) and a personal communication system (PCS) are equipped with an electronic exchange, and there are many processors for operating the system. Dogs.

The electronic exchange is a Unix WorkStation used for the operation of the electronic exchange, and is provided with an Operation Maintenance Interface Device (OMID) for identifying and managing the state of the exchange.

On the other hand, the state of the conventional electronic exchange is made by the GUI (Graphic User Interface) method through the OMID, that is, failure of the OMID due to failure of the processor, failure (Fail), system down (Down), etc. It is detected by monitoring software and displayed on the graphic screen so that the system operator can visually confirm.

However, in the conventional fault notification method of the processor in the electronic exchange, a 24-hour monitoring system is established, which requires a lot of labor costs as well as rapid status reporting as the system operator must check the state of the electronic exchange through the naked eye. There was a problem that is not made.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its object is to automatically detect abnormalities and failures of various processors in the electronic switch of a communication system by means of fault monitoring software of the OMID, and the detection result is transmitted to the OMID. The present invention provides a processor failure alarm system and method in a communication system that enables a system operator to automatically report to a portable wireless pager through a connected transmission modem.

1 is a block diagram of a processor failure warning device in a communication system according to the present invention;

2 is an operation flowchart showing a processor failure warning method in a communication system according to the present invention;

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11 to 17 Processor 1 to Processor 7 20: OMID

30: modem 40: PSTN

50: pager

In order to achieve the above object, the processor failure alarming apparatus and method in the communication system of the present invention execute a program for monitoring the state of the OMID to determine the state of various processors in the electronic exchange, and as a result, when a processor having a failure is detected. After checking the corresponding number information of the processor that has failed and the pager number information of the system operator to report the status of this processor, the modem is initialized to convert the corresponding number information and pager number information of the processor into an analog signal and then through the telephone line. It transmits to the PSTN, and then calls the small pager carried by the system operator through the PSTN to report the current state of the processor, that is, the failed processor.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a processor failure alarm system and method in a communication system according to the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a processor failure alerting device in a communication system according to the present invention, which includes a plurality of processors 1 to 7 (11 to 17) and an electronic switch which are provided in an electronic switch and perform respective functions. OMID provided in the to detect the failure occurrence by detecting the state of the processors 1 to 7 (11 to 17) by the software by the status monitoring program, and when the failure is detected to report the result to the system operator 20 and a modem, which is provided in an electronic exchanger and is connected to the OMID 20 through an RS-232C communication port and inputs detection result information of a processor output from the OMID 20 to convert it into an analog signal. 30 and a small size that the system operator carries by wirelessly processing the detection result information of the processor connected to the modem 30 and converted into an analog signal by a telephone line. Public switched telephone network to automatically call the pager (50) comprises a (Public Switched Telephone Network or less, 'PSTN' quot;) 40.

The processor 1 to the processor 7 (11 to 17) is a processor provided in the electronic switch, OMP (Operation Maintenance Processor), INP (Interconnection Network Processor), NTP (Number Translation Processor), ASS (Access Switching Subsystem), etc. The OMID 20 is connected to an RS-422 Inter Processor Communication (IPC) or Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) communication port.

The alarm operation in the processor failure alarm device configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2.

First, the OMID 20 executes a state monitoring program for the processor (S1) to determine the state of each processor 11 to 17 in the electronic switchboard (S2).

From the state result identified in step S2, the processor detects whether a failure such as an operation abnormality / failure or system down has occurred in the processor (S3). If the process has not failed, the process proceeds to the next processor to continuously identify the state. (S4).

If the processor fails in step S3, the corresponding number information of the processor in which the failure occurs and the pager number information of the system operator to report the status of the processor in which the failure occurs are checked (S5).

Thereafter, the OMID 20 initializes the modem 30 by opening the RS-232C communication port (S6).

Then, the initialized modem 30 converts the corresponding number information and pager number information of the failed processor into an analog signal by using a modem command and transmits it to the PSTN 40 through a telephone line (S7).

Subsequently, the PSTN 40 checks the information input from the modem 30 and calls the small pager of the corresponding number carried by the system operator (S8) to determine the state of the current processor, that is, which processor is the failed processor. And report the status of this processor.

In this case, when using the character support pager, it is also possible to inform the status of the current processor through text.

As described above, according to the present invention, the manpower generated by the operator's existing 24-hour operation by sensing information about the state of the processor by software by situation and contacting the operator's pager using a modem command when a failure occurs. Along with the economics of avoiding consumption, there is an effect of being able to report the status of the processor to the operator quickly.

In addition, even if the operator is far from the system, it is possible to quickly report the status of the processor so that there is no obstacle in the place.

Claims (2)

A plurality of processors 1 to 7 (11 to 17) provided in the electronic exchange and performing respective functions, and a plurality of processors 1 to 7 (11 to 17) provided in the electronic exchange and provided by software by a status monitoring program. OMID (20) for detecting the occurrence of a failure by detecting the state of the ~ 17), and reports the result to the system operator and an electronic exchange, RS-232C communication with the OMID (20) Modem 30 for inputting the detection result information of the processor connected through the port and output from the OMID 20 to convert into an analog signal, and the detection of the processor connected to the modem 30 and the telephone line is converted into an analog signal It is composed of PSTN 40 which automatically processes the result information and automatically calls the small pager 50 carried by the system operator. Standing failure alarm. A first step of identifying a state of the various processors 11 to 17 in the electronic exchange by executing a state monitoring program in the OMID 20; and detecting whether a failure has occurred in the processor from the state result identified in the first step. In step 2, if the process does not fail in the second step, proceed to the next processor, and then perform the first step, and if the processor fails in the second step, A fourth step of confirming the pager number information of the system operator to report the corresponding number information and the status of the processor in which the failure occurs; and after performing the fourth step, open the RS-232C communication port in the OMID 20 to perform the modem 30. In the fifth step of initializing the step, and using the modem command in the modem 30 initialized in the fifth step and the corresponding number information of the processor having the failure and A sixth step of converting the entry number information into an analog signal and transmitting it to the PSTN 40 through a telephone line; and the corresponding number carried by the system operator by checking the information transmitted by the PSTN 40 in the sixth step. And a seventh step of reporting a status of the current processor by calling the small pager of the processor.