KR20020054393A - Apparatus and method for matching of operating terminal for multiple management in transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An operation terminal interface unit for multi monitoring in a transmission system and a method thereby are provided to increase the efficiency of operation monitoring by extending a single user operation monitoring environment into a multiuser environment and to rapidly process various faults and to maximize maintenance by extending a serial communication environment into the intranet/Internet so that real-time operation monitoring can be achieved. CONSTITUTION: An operation terminal interface unit for multi monitoring is comprised of a control part(21), a serial interface(22), the first input/output port(23), a TCP/IP interface(24), a multi-terminal service processor(25), and the second input/output port(26). The control part(21) executes control so that the operation monitoring of a multiuser environment can be executed for an NE(Network Element). The serial interface(22) interfaces serial data according to the control of the control part(21). The first input/output port(23) makes the input/output of serial data executed between the serial interface(22) and the NE. The TCP/IP interface(24) executes TCP/IP interfacing according to the control of the control part(21). The multi-terminal service processor(25) transmits the data inputted through the serial interface(22) to a plurality of operation monitoring terminals. Also the multi-terminal service processor(25) transmits the data transmitted from a plurality of operation monitoring terminals to the NE through the serial interface(22). The second input/output port(26) makes data transmission executed between the multi-terminal service processor(25) and a plurality of operation monitoring terminals.

Description

Matching device and method for operating terminal for multiple monitoring in transmission device {Apparatus and method for matching of operating terminal for multiple management in transmission system}

The present invention relates to a matching device and a method of operating terminal for multi-monitoring in the transmission apparatus, and in particular, to extend the operational monitoring environment of a single user environment to a multi-user environment to increase the efficiency of the operation monitoring and intranet / serial communication environment Matching device and method of operation terminal for multiple monitoring in the transmission device that is suitable for real time operation monitoring that overcomes time and space limitations by extending to the Internet, to facilitate rapid processing and maximization of maintenance. It is about.

In general, a transmission device refers to a device that transmits a signal from one point to another point or points. The transmission can be done directly without intermediate media, indirectly through intermediate media, without intermediate storage, or with intermediate storage.

1 is a block diagram of a NE and an operation monitoring terminal in a general transmission device.

Here, reference numeral 10 denotes a network element (NE) that is a control target, and 30 denotes an operation monitoring terminal (Local Craft) for monitoring the state of the NE 10.

As the operation monitoring terminal 30, a general personal PC is usually used.

As shown in FIG. 1, the NE 10 and the operation monitoring terminal 30 usually communicate with each other using a RS-232 (Recommended Standard-232, connection standard between modem and terminal) serial protocol. Various state information and performance information generated in 10) is operated in the form reported to the operation monitoring terminal (30).

The operator grasps various state information appearing in the operation monitoring terminal 30 and performs various actions of controlling the NE 10.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for NE monitoring in a conventional operation monitoring terminal.

As shown therein, when the operation monitoring terminal 30 is turned on, determining the state of the RS-232 serial port connected to the NE (ST11) (ST12); Identifying the state of the RS-232 serial port and acquiring various state information from the NE 10 using RS-232 (ST13); The operation monitoring terminal 30 controls the NE 10 based on the identified state information (ST14).

Thus, as can be seen in Figure 2, the NE (10) and the operation monitoring terminal 30 is usually communicated with each other using the RS-232 serial protocol.

Thus, various status information and performance information generated in the NE 10 are reported to the operation monitoring terminal 30.

Accordingly, the operator who operates the operation monitoring terminal 30 grasps various state information of the NE 10 through the operation monitoring terminal 30 to perform various control actions necessary for the NE 10.

However, this conventional technique is limited in terms of spatial constraints caused by the distance limitations of the RS-232 serial communication (15 m maximum reach) and the number of users because many RS-232 ports provided by the equipment cannot be shared. There was a limit to being accompanied.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to extend the operational monitoring environment of a single user environment to a multi-user environment to increase the efficiency of the operational monitoring and to establish a serial communication environment for intranet / Provides a matching device and a method of operating terminal for multiple monitoring in the transmission device that can be extended to the Internet to enable real-time operation monitoring that overcomes time and space constraints and can maximize the processing and maintenance of various obstacles. It is.

In order to achieve the above object, the matching device of the operating terminal for multiple monitoring in the transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,

A controller for controlling operation monitoring of the multi-user environment for the NE; A serial interface for interfacing serial data under control of the controller; A first input / output port configured to perform input / output of serial data between the serial interface and the NE; A TCP / IP interface for performing a TCP / IP interface for performing an Internet / Intranet based on a stream under the control of the controller; A multi-terminal service processor under the control of the control unit, transmitting data input through the serial interface to a plurality of operation monitoring terminals, and transmitting data transmitted from the plurality of operation monitoring terminals to the NE through the serial interface; ; And a second input / output port configured to transmit data of the multi-terminal service processor and a plurality of operation monitoring terminals.

In order to achieve the above object, a matching method of an operation terminal for multiple monitoring in a transmission apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Determining whether a connection request event occurs when the event occurs after the processor initialization in the service waiting state; If the event is a connection request event, establishing a connection, recording the connection in a connection management table, and returning to a service waiting state; Checking whether the event is a data occurrence event if the event is not a connection request event, and if the data generation event comprises the step of performing a data service and then returning to the service standby state characterized in that the technical configuration.

1 is a block diagram of a general NE and operation monitoring terminal,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for NE monitoring in a conventional operation monitoring terminal,

3 is a block diagram of a matching device of an operating terminal for multiple monitoring in a transmission device according to the present invention;

4 is a detailed block diagram of a multi-terminal service processor in FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a matching method of an operating terminal for multiple monitoring in a transmission apparatus according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: NE 20: matching device

21: control unit 22: serial interface

23: first input / output port 24: TCP / IP interface

25: multi-terminal service processor 26: second input / output port

30: operation monitoring terminal

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention, a matching device of an operating terminal for multiple monitoring in a transmission device, and a technical idea of the method will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram of a matching device of an operating terminal for multiple monitoring in a transmission device according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the control unit 21 for controlling to monitor the operation of the multi-user environment for the NE (10); A serial interface 22 for interfacing serial data under control of the controller 21; A first input / output port 23 for inputting / outputting serial data between the serial interface 22 and the NE 10; A TCP / IP interface 24 for performing a TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) interface for performing an Internet / Intranet based on a stream under the control of the controller 21; Under the control of the controller 21, the data input through the serial interface 22 is transmitted to the plurality of operation monitoring terminals 30, and the data transmitted from the plurality of operation monitoring terminals 30 is serialized. A multi-terminal service processor 25 for transmitting to the NE 10 via the interface 22; And a second input / output port 26 to transmit data of the multi-terminal service processor 25 and the plurality of operation monitoring terminals 30.

4 is a detailed block diagram of a multi-terminal service processor in FIG.

As shown therein, an NE communication interface 27 for interfacing serial data from the NE 10; A connection management unit 28 for performing connection management with a plurality of operation monitoring terminals 30; And a data management unit 29 for managing data through the NE communication interface 27 and the connection management unit 28.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a matching method of an operating terminal for multiple monitoring in a transmission apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, if the event occurs in the service waiting state after the processor initialization, and determining whether the connection request event (ST21 ~ ST24); If the event is a connection request event, establishing a connection, recording the connection management table, and returning to a service waiting state (ST25) (ST26); If the event is not a connection request event, it is determined whether or not it is a data occurrence event. If the event is a data occurrence event, a data service is performed and then the process returns to the service waiting state (ST27).

The operation of the matching device and the method of the operation terminal for the multi-monitoring in the transmission apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, there is a control unit 21 having a CPU, a memory, and the like, on which a real time operating system (RTOS) is mounted. The RTOS basically handles a serial interface that accepts serial data and has a LAN interface to accommodate the Internet / Intranet. It also has software modules that can control them in the form of libraries.

The multi-terminal service processor 25 transmits data received through the serial interface 22 to a plurality of operation monitoring terminals, and transmits command data received from the operation monitoring terminal 30 to the NE 10. Data transmission in each direction takes place in real time, and the multi-terminal service processor 25 accepts and terminates the connection of all operation monitoring terminals 30 requesting connection through the connection management unit 28, Connection management is performed to determine whether the connection is abnormally disconnected, and real-time data service is performed.

Thus, when the power is applied, the processor proceeds with initialization, and when the initialization is completed, the processor runs the multi-terminal service processor 25 to be in a service standby state.

If an event occurs, it is determined whether it is a connection request event or a data generation event.

If a connection request comes from the operational monitoring terminal, it accepts the connection and records it in the connection management table as a serviceable port.

If data is received from the first input / output port 23 of the serial interface 22, it is transmitted to the operation monitoring terminal 30.

The command data received from the operation monitoring terminal 30 is received and transmitted to the first input / output port 23 of the serial interface 22.

As such, the present invention extends the operational monitoring environment of a single user environment to a multi-user environment to enhance operational monitoring efficiency and extends a serial communication environment to an intranet / internet to enable real-time operational monitoring that overcomes time and space constraints, It is intended to maximize the rapid processing and maintenance.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention may use various changes, modifications, and equivalents. It is clear that the present invention can be applied in the same manner by appropriately modifying the above embodiments. Accordingly, the above description does not limit the scope of the invention as defined by the limitations of the following claims.

As described above, the matching device and the method of the operation terminal for multi-monitoring in the transmission apparatus according to the present invention extends the operation monitoring environment of a single user environment to a multi-user environment to increase the efficiency of the operation monitoring and serial communication environment It can be extended to Intranet / Internet to enable real-time operation monitoring that overcomes time and space constraints, thereby maximizing the rapid treatment and maintenance of various obstacles.

In addition, the present invention is to extend the operation monitoring terminal of all conventional synchronous transmission equipment to a multi-user environment, and also to enable the service in the intranet / Internet environment, because of the present invention the operation monitoring terminal in the same building or remote or unmanned It is possible to control and monitor the devices in the national office in real time regardless of the place and time by using the Internet / Intranet. As a result, failure detection and operation monitoring capability, failure handling capability, and restoration ability can be strengthened in case of various disasters, and it is easy to monitor the network in large networks because many operators can access and use it. It became.

Claims (3)

A controller for controlling operation monitoring of the multi-user environment for the NE; A serial interface for interfacing serial data under control of the controller; A first input / output port configured to perform input / output of serial data between the serial interface and the NE; A TCP / IP interface for performing a TCP / IP interface for performing an Internet / Intranet based on a stream under the control of the controller; A multi-terminal service processor under the control of the control unit, transmitting data input through the serial interface to a plurality of operation monitoring terminals, and transmitting data transmitted from the plurality of operation monitoring terminals to the NE through the serial interface; ; And a second input / output port configured to transmit data of the multi-terminal service processor and a plurality of operating monitoring terminals. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-terminal service processor, An NE communication interface for interfacing serial data from the NE; A connection manager for performing connection management with a plurality of operation monitoring terminals; And a data management unit configured to manage data through the NE communication interface and the connection management unit. Determining whether a connection request event occurs when the event occurs after the processor initialization in the service waiting state; If the event is a connection request event, establishing a connection, recording the connection in a connection management table, and returning to a service waiting state; Checking whether the event is a data occurrence event if the event is not a connection request event, and if the data occurrence event is performed, performing a data service and then returning to the service standby state. To match the operating terminal.