KR20010035347A - Apparatus and method for checking of network system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for monitoring a network equipment is provided to set up a communication protocol between a network monitor and an operator terminal as an SMS(Short Message Service) point to point message, and to directly transmit a wrong operation SMS to the operator terminal. CONSTITUTION: A network server(202) supplies determined services to communication terminals connected through networks. A router(204) connects the network server(202) with each different network of the communication terminals. A hub(206) is for integrated circuits of the communication terminals connected through the router(204). A network equipment monitor(212) transmits check data to a network equipment(200), and monitors a wrong operation state. A controller(214) outputs a control signal for a message transmission. An SMS(Short Message Service) generator(216) stores a wrong operation SMS to output the wrong operation SMS according to the control signal of the controller(214). A data transceiver(218) transmits wireless data to an operator terminal(220) by using a number of the pre-registered operator terminal(220). The operator terminal(220) includes a wireless data module in order to receive the wrong operation SAM, and transmits a wrong operation confirming signal to the data transceiver(218)

Description

Network equipment monitoring apparatus and method {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING OF NETWORK SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for monitoring network equipment, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for monitoring network equipment for quickly identifying an operating state of certain network system equipment connected through a network.

In general, with the development of communication technology, information transmission, which is performed by video media such as TV, radio, newspaper, etc., voice media, and typographic media, is performed through electronic media, that is, electronic terminals which are communication terminals connected through a predetermined network. .

In such a communication terminal, network equipment for network connection includes a hub, a router, a network server, and the like.

When the network equipment having the above-described configuration malfunctions, the communication terminal cannot access the network, that is, the Internet, and thus cannot receive desired information.

As such, the general network equipment monitoring apparatus for detecting an operation state of the network equipment monitors the malfunction by transmitting predetermined test data to the network equipment and receiving the response data accordingly.

The conventional network equipment monitoring apparatus is as shown in FIG.

1 is a block diagram of a network equipment monitoring apparatus according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional network equipment monitoring apparatus transmits predetermined check data to a network equipment 100 including at least a hub 102, a router 104, and a network server 106.

Subsequently, the network monitoring apparatus 110 monitors a malfunction of the network equipment 100 according to whether the response data according to the check data is received from the network equipment 100 within a predetermined time or whether the received data is deformed.

When the malfunction of the network equipment 100 is monitored, the network monitoring apparatus 110 transmits the malfunction information to the mobile communication base station 120 together with previously stored network equipment operator contact information, that is, the mobile communication terminal number.

The mobile communication base station 120 generates a malfunction message according to the malfunction information transmitted from the network monitoring apparatus 110 through the voice mail service (VMS) 130, and a malfunction message written to the network equipment operator according to the mobile communication terminal number. Send it.

Therefore, since the network equipment operator receives the malfunction message transmitted from the mobile communication base station 120 through the mobile communication terminal (not shown), the network equipment operator can detect whether the network equipment malfunctions.

However, since the network equipment monitoring apparatus according to the prior art always transmits a malfunction message after a user authentication through a mobile communication base station, when an attempt is made to simultaneously transmit a malfunction message to a plurality of mobile terminal users, an overload occurs in the mobile communication base station. As a result, there is a problem that a malfunction message is not properly transmitted.

In addition, since a communication channel is formed with a mobile communication base station for transmission of a malfunction message, and a communication fee is charged according to the channel formation, a network operator has to pay the generated fee.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, a network for transmitting a malfunction message from the network equipment to the mobile terminal without going through the authentication process by resetting the communication protocol between the network equipment and the mobile communication terminal It is an object of the present invention to provide a device monitoring apparatus and method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for monitoring network equipment for wirelessly transmitting a malfunction message to an operator mobile communication terminal through a wireless modem.

1 is a block diagram of a network equipment monitoring apparatus according to the prior art.

2 is a schematic structural block diagram of a network equipment sensing system according to the present invention;

3 is a screen configuration diagram for setting an environment for monitoring network equipment according to FIG. 2.

Figure 4 is a screen diagram showing the test results of the network equipment according to the PING program.

5 is a flow chart for performing a malfunction alarm of network equipment according to the present invention.

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200: network equipment 210: network equipment monitoring means

220: operator terminal

The present invention for achieving the above object is to notify the operation status of the network equipment to the network equipment operator communication terminal, by setting a test environment for monitoring the network equipment, by monitoring the malfunction of the network equipment according to the set environment, The wireless device directly transmits malfunction short messages according to the monitored malfunctions to the network equipment operator communication terminal. The test environment is configured for the malfunction monitoring interval, monitoring interval, operator terminal registration, network equipment malfunction monitoring device between the equipment and the operator communication terminal. (phone to phone) A feature of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for monitoring a network device for setting a protocol for wireless communication.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a network equipment monitoring apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of a network equipment detection system according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a screen configuration diagram for setting the environment for monitoring the network equipment according to Figure 2, Figure 4 is a test of the network equipment according to the PING program A screen example showing the results.

As shown in FIG. 2, the network equipment monitoring system according to the present invention includes a network equipment 200, a network equipment monitoring means 210, and an operator terminal 220.

Here, the network equipment 200 is equipment for interconnecting a plurality of systems through a network such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN).

The network equipment 200 is configured to provide at least a network server 202 for providing a predetermined service to a communication terminal (not shown) connected through a network, for different network connection between the network server 202 and the communication terminal. And a hub 206 for an integrated line of a plurality of communication terminals connected through the router 204 and the router 204.

In addition, it is apparent that the network equipment 200 may include a modem, a high speed modem, a LAN card, a transceiver, a bridge, and the like.

The network device monitoring unit 210 transmits check data according to a preset test environment to the network device 200 to test the malfunction of the network device monitoring unit 212 and the network device monitoring unit 212. Control unit 214 for outputting a control signal for message transmission according to the environment setting and malfunction monitoring.

Here, the test environment setting is an operator registration process according to a check data transmission cycle, a test interval, that is, selection of a network device 200 to be tested and a mobile communication terminal telephone number of an operator of the network device 200. Meanwhile, when registering an operator, an e-mail address may be set as well as the operator's mobile communication terminal number.

In this case, the test interval is designated by a unique address of the network equipment 200, and detects an operation state of various points included in the network equipment 200 by designating a plurality of sections.

In addition, the network equipment monitoring unit 210 stores the short message SMS (SMS) according to the malfunction of the test section configured when the test environment is set, and outputs the short message generating unit 216 to be output according to the control signal of the controller 214. Include.

In addition, the network equipment monitoring means 210 is configured to include a data transmission and reception unit 218 for transmitting wireless data to the operator terminal 220 using the number of the operator terminal registered in advance when setting the malfunction short message.

Here, the data transmission and reception unit 218 is composed of a wireless modem, the wireless data communication protocol between the operator terminal 220 is set by the control unit 214, a mobile communication base station (not shown) for user authentication in short message transmission It is set to transmit directly to the operator terminal 220 without going through).

That is, the short message type SMS_MSG_TYPE of the transport layer message format of the communication protocol between the data transmission / reception unit 218 and the operator terminal 220 is set in the form of an SMS point-to-point message (00000000).

The operator terminal 220 includes a wireless data module for receiving a malfunction short message from the data transmission / reception unit 218 and is configured to transmit the malfunction short message confirmation signal to the data transmission / reception unit 218.

The operation of the network equipment monitoring system according to the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

First, the controller 214 sets a test environment according to the check data transmission cycle, the test interval, and the corresponding operator registration of the test interval by the network equipment monitoring unit 212.

At this time, when setting the test environment, a short message according to the malfunction monitoring of the test section may be set.

That is, the control unit 214 first sets the test period 300 of how many seconds to transmit the check data according to the test environment setting screen as shown in FIG. 3, and the destination address of the network device 200 to be tested or Set the domain name 302.

Here, the destination address or domain name 302 is generally set by the unique address of the network equipment.

Subsequently, operator registration is performed according to the input of the name and contact information 304 of the operator who manages the network equipment of the test interval. The contact information is preferably a mobile communication terminal number. In addition, the contact information may be configured to include the operator's e-mail address.

In this case, when registering an operator, a plurality of operator names and contact information may be input.

In addition, for example, a message for notifying that a malfunction of the test section has occurred, for example, an attachment message 306 indicating that a failure of the OOO section (test section) starts from 00:00 is set.

Here, the transmission period of the check data may be set to be transmitted to the network device 200 in a minute, hour or day cycle as well as in seconds (SEC).

Through the test environment setting, a plurality of test sections may be set to simultaneously monitor operating states of various network devices 200 such as the hub 206, the router 204, and the network server 202.

The network equipment monitoring unit 212 transmits the check data according to a predetermined system monitoring program to the set test period, that is, the network equipment 200 according to a set cycle.

In addition, the network equipment monitoring unit 212 monitors a malfunction of the network equipment 200 according to whether the response data according to the transmitted check data is received from the network equipment 200 within a predetermined time or whether the received data is modified. .

Here, the schedule system monitoring program may be implemented by any one of a file transfer protocol (FTP), a PING program, and a simple network management protocol (SNMP).

A process of monitoring a malfunction of the router 204 by the PING program among the system monitoring programs will be described below.

In the PING program, malfunction status monitoring is performed by a certain unique address of the router 204, for example, an IP address.

That is, as shown in Figure 4a, if the address of the router 204 is '203.123.456.789' (400), the network device monitoring unit 212 by the PING program command of the form 'ping -t 203.123.456.789' It transmits the check data of the schedule according to the input to the router 204.

Here, when the router 204 operates normally, a result 402 including information such as the number of bytes of response data, response time, etc. according to the check data is output. At this time, the shorter the response time is, the better.

On the other hand, when the router 204 does not operate normally, since the router 204 does not generate response data according to the check data, as shown in FIG. 4B, a 'Request timed out' signal 404 is output. The network equipment monitoring unit 212 monitors the malfunctioning state of the router 204 by the signal 'no response'.

As described above, the network equipment monitoring unit 212 outputs a malfunction monitoring signal to the control unit 214 when a network malfunction is monitored by a predetermined system monitoring program.

The controller 214 outputs a message creation control signal corresponding to the malfunction monitoring signal input from the network equipment monitoring unit 212 to the short message generating unit 216.

The short message generator 216 outputs a preconfigured short message to the data transceiver 218 through a test environment setup as shown in FIG. 3 according to the control signal of the controller 214.

In this case, the malfunction message stored in the short message generator 216 may be configured as a voice message as well as a short message.

The data transmitting / receiving unit 218 wirelessly transmits the malfunction message of the short message output from the short message generating unit 216 to the operator terminal 220 by the operator terminal number registered at the test environment setting.

Here, the data transmission / reception unit 218 is wireless to the operator terminal 220 without undergoing an authentication process of a communication base station (not shown) for data transmission of a malfunctioning short message by a wireless data communication protocol set by the control unit 214. Transferring Data The data communication protocol has been set.

That is, the data transmitting / receiving unit 218 is a short message type (SMS_MSG_TYPE) in the transport layer message format, which is a layer 4 of the OSI reference model for explaining how application information is transmitted to an application program of another communication terminal through a network medium. Set to 'SMS point-to-point message' (00000000).

The operator terminal 220 confirms a short message received from the data transmission / reception unit 218 and transmits a short message confirmation signal thereof to the data transmission / reception unit 218.

The data transmitting / receiving unit 218 repeatedly transmits the malfunctioning short message to the operator terminal 220 with a predetermined period and stops transmitting the short message when a short message confirmation signal is received.

On the other hand, it is apparent that the data transmission / reception unit 218 may transmit the malfunction short message only a predetermined number of times.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the process of performing a malfunction alarm of the network equipment of the present invention configured and operated as described above is as follows.

5 is a flowchart for performing a malfunction alarm of network equipment according to the present invention.

First, the test environment according to the test period, the section, the operator registration and the attachment message registration of the network equipment 200 is set by the test period, the test interval, the operator's mobile communication terminal number and the malfunctioning short message information from the network equipment operator. (S500)

Subsequently, the check data by the network equipment monitoring program is transmitted to the test section according to a preset period (S502).

In step S502, it is detected whether the response data is received from the network equipment of the corresponding test period according to the check data transmitted (S504).

Subsequently, when response data is not received from the network equipment within a predetermined time (S504), it is determined that the network equipment 200 is in a malfunction state and a malfunctioning short message is transmitted through the mobile terminal terminal number of the operator terminal 220 preset. Wireless data transmission to the 220 (S506).

On the other hand, if the response data is received within a predetermined time in the above step (S504), and continuously monitor the malfunction state of the network equipment 200 by repeatedly transmitting the check data with a predetermined period.

Here, the malfunction short message transmission is directly transmitted to the operator terminal 220 without user authentication by the communication base station.

Subsequently, when the malfunction short message confirmation signal is input from the operator terminal 220 (S508), the transmission of the malfunction short message is stopped.

The apparatus and method for monitoring network equipment according to the present invention sets the communication protocol between the network monitoring means and the operator terminal as an SMS point-to-point message to directly transmit a malfunctioning short message of the monitored network equipment to the operator terminal.

Therefore, the present invention can transmit the malfunction short message without access of the mobile communication base station for user authentication when transmitting the short message by the malfunction monitoring, thereby preventing the problem caused by the overload of the mobile communication base station.

In addition, the present invention, since the authentication process through the mobile communication base station is omitted when transmitting a short message, there is an effect that can reduce the communication charges occurring during the time required for the authentication process.

Claims (12)

In the network equipment monitoring method for notifying the operating state of the network equipment to the communication terminal of the network equipment operator, Setting up a test environment for monitoring the network equipment; Monitoring a malfunction of network equipment according to the set environment; Transmitting wireless data to the communication terminal of the network equipment operator according to the detected malfunctioning short message; Including but not limited to: The apparatus for monitoring the operating state of the network equipment includes a wireless modem set up a phone-to-phone wireless communication protocol with the operator communication terminal, Setting up the test environment Registering the operator communication terminal information. The method of claim 1, And wherein the malfunctioning short message is at least one of a text message or a voice message. The method of claim 1, The phone-to-phone communication protocol is configured to set a short message type (SMS_MSG_TYPE) of the transport layer message format as an SMS point-to-point message. The method of claim 1, And the operator communication terminal information comprises at least one of a mobile communication terminal number and an e-mail address information. The method of claim 1, And repeatedly outputting the malfunctioning short message until a short message confirmation signal is input from the operator communication terminal. The method of claim 1, Setting a test environment for monitoring the network equipment And setting a malfunction monitoring period and a monitoring interval of the network equipment. In the network equipment monitoring apparatus for notifying the operating state of the network equipment to the communication terminal of the network equipment operator, Means for establishing a test environment for monitoring the network equipment; Means for monitoring a malfunction of network equipment according to the set environment; Means for wirelessly transmitting a malfunction short message according to the detected malfunction to a communication terminal of the network equipment operator Including, The network equipment malfunction monitoring apparatus includes a wireless modem configured with a phone-to-phone wireless communication protocol with the operator communication terminal, Means for setting up the test environment And registering the operator communication terminal information. The method of claim 7, wherein And wherein the malfunctioning short message is at least one of a text message or a voice message. The method of claim 7, wherein The phone-to-phone communication protocol is a network device monitoring apparatus, characterized in that for setting the short message type (SMS_MSG_TYPE) of the transport layer message format to the SMS point-to-point message. The method of claim 7, wherein And said operator communication terminal information is at least one of a mobile communication terminal telephone number or e-mail address information. The method of claim 7, wherein And means for repeatedly outputting the malfunctioning short message until a short message confirmation signal is input from the operator communication terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein Means for setting a test environment for monitoring the network equipment Network equipment monitoring device, characterized in that for setting the malfunction monitoring period and the monitoring interval of the network equipment.