KR20050055865A - A method for managing gatekeeper by remote - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a gatekeeper in charge of call control in a Voice of Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication. In particular, a remote administrator manages the gatekeeper through an IP network to integrate various management items. The present invention relates to a remote gatekeeper management method that can be managed.

The constituent means of the gatekeeper management method of the present invention proposed as described above is a method of managing a gatekeeper, in which a gatekeeper manager remotely accesses the gatekeeper using a PC to access the gatekeeper zone. Registering terminals in Zone; Storing information about management items in a database while the gatekeeper performs call connection between terminals in a gatekeeper zone; Requesting, by the gatekeeper administrator, the gatekeeper to request information on a desired management item from a remote computer; And finding information about a management item requested by the gatekeeper in a database and delivering the information to a manager.

Description

How to manage gatekeepers remotely {A METHOD FOR MANAGING GATEKEEPER BY REMOTE}

The present invention relates to a method for managing a gatekeeper in charge of call control in a Voice of Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication. In particular, a remote administrator manages the gatekeeper through an IP network to integrate various management items. The present invention relates to a remote gatekeeper management method that can be managed.

The gate keeper is connected to a plurality of IP terminals through a LAN or an internet network to manage overall call control, and the IP terminals include wired / wireless VoIP phones and PC phones.

A typical gatekeeper has a function of controlling a network, performs an authentication operation to determine whether to permit an incoming call from outside, and executes a control for a bandwidth change request. In addition, the conversion between the telephone number and the IP address of the Internet phone is performed using the IP conversion table already registered in the database.

For customers using a static IP, the IP address that matches the Internet phone number in the conversion table is fixed.However, if the customer uses a dynamic IP, such as an ADSL and a cable modem, regularly between the customer's Internet phone and the gatekeeper. Through the exchange of personal information, it always checks and stores the changed IP address corresponding to the subscriber ID (the phone number of the Internet phone, the H.323 ID and the E.164 ID), thereby confirming the IP address corresponding to the incoming Internet phone number. Internet phone telephony is possible.

The gatekeeper is periodically managed by the user. In order to manage the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper is managed by a procedure of registering a terminal such as a gateway or an IP phone directly in a PC where the gatekeeper is installed.

As described above, the conventional gatekeeper management registers a terminal such as a gateway or a PC phone directly in the PC where the gatekeeper is installed. However, the purpose of the gatekeeper management is limited to the registration of the terminals. It can be managed only on a PC, which is inconvenient in management.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, an administrator remote from the gatekeeper can access the gatekeeper through the IP network using a PC to remotely manage the gatekeeper, The purpose of the management item is to provide a remote gatekeeper management method that can manage not only the registration of terminals but also various items such as call usage.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention proposes a constituent means for constituting a remote gatekeeper management method.

In the method of managing the GateKeeper,

A gatekeeper manager remotely accessing the gatekeeper using a PC to register terminals in the gatekeeper zone;

Storing information about management items in a database while the gatekeeper performs call connection between terminals in a gatekeeper zone;

Requesting, by the gatekeeper administrator, the gatekeeper to request information on a desired management item from a remote computer;

And finding information about a management item requested by the gatekeeper in a database and delivering the information to a manager.

The information on the management items stored in the database is characterized in that the information on the total call usage, call usage by terminal, specific terminal designation management and terminal registration management.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the configuration operation and the preferred embodiment of the gatekeeper management method for the present invention remotely composed of the above configuration means.

1 is a system configuration diagram for managing a gatekeeper by the present inventor remotely, with reference to this will be described in detail with respect to the operation and implementation method of the relevant components.

In the overall system configuration, the gatekeeper 2 is connected to various terminals, which may be directly connected to the IP phone 6, and is connected to a gateway and a general telephone connected to the PSTN network. It is connected. In addition, it is connected to various base station devices 5 which are connected to the wireless switching network 4 to enable wireless communication.

In the above configuration, the administrator PC is connected through the Internet network 3 so that the administrator manages the gatekeeper remotely, which is a characteristic of the present invention. The administrator PC will have a management application installed on the PC to manage the gatekeeper remotely, and the web program and web interface will be included to manage the gatekeeper on the web.

The gatekeeper 2 has a function of controlling a network, performs an authentication operation for determining whether to permit an incoming call from the outside, and controls a bandwidth change request. In addition, the conversion between the telephone number and the IP address of the Internet phone is performed using the IP conversion table already registered in the database.

For customers using a static IP, the IP address that matches the Internet phone number in the conversion table is fixed.However, if the customer uses a dynamic IP, such as an ADSL and a cable modem, regularly between the customer's Internet phone and the gatekeeper. Through the exchange of personal information, it always checks and stores the changed IP address corresponding to the subscriber ID (the phone number of the Internet phone, the H.323 ID and the E.164 ID), thereby confirming the IP address corresponding to the incoming Internet phone number. Internet phone telephony is possible.

The gateway 7 converts signal specifications to enable voice telephone calls between the Internet, a communication network having different specifications, and a PSTN and a wireless switching network, including call control, DTMF reception, and DTMF tone generation functions. Runs the function that connects When connected to a public public telephone network or a wireless switching network, it connects based on a telephone number, and when connected to an internet network, which is a packet network, it is connected based on an IP address. Therefore, the IP address and the telephone number are stored at the same time in the gateway.

The VoIP system is configured according to the operation of the gatekeeper and the gateway as described above, with reference to FIG. 2 to which the administrator and the preferred embodiment of the method for managing the gatekeeper remotely configured as described above. Explain.

First, the gatekeeper manager must access the gatekeeper using the administrator's PC remote from the gatekeeper to register terminals in the gatekeeper zone (S10). That is, when the administrator processes the terminals existing in a certain area on the network remotely and registers the terminals with the gatekeeper by driving a gatekeeper access program and a management application built in the PC, the gatekeeper registers the terminals. Only the call processing is performed and when the unregistered terminal attempts to call through the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper controls this. Meanwhile, an area managed by one gatekeeper is called a gatekeeper zone, and a call between terminals in one gatekeeper zone can be controlled, and a call between the gatekeeper zones can be controlled.

On the other hand, when registering the terminals with the gatekeeper, the gatekeeper receives a unique ID and IP address of each terminal, and the gatekeeper itself has a number plan so that each terminal has an IP address matching the dialed number. Thus, when an IP phone dials a number, the number is sent to the gatekeeper, which forwards the call to an IP address that matches the number. Of course, since the general telephone is not IP-based, it cannot be registered in the gatekeeper directly, but is transmitted to the gatekeeper through the gateway. That is, when a call number and a counterpart phone number calling a gateway are pressed in a general telephone, the call is transmitted to the gatekeeper through the gateway.

After the administrator registers the terminals in the gatekeeper zone with the gatekeeper through the Internet network, the gatekeeper performs a call connection between the terminals in the gatekeeper zone to support a call (S20). On the other hand, while the gatekeeper supports the call connection between the terminals performs the operation of storing the items for each management item in the database for various management items. That is, the database continuously records information on the total call usage of the terminals attempting to connect through the gatekeeper, the call usage through the gatekeeper for each terminal, the management contents of the specific terminal designated by the administrator, and the registration management of the terminals. It is to classify and store each item in.

While the gatekeeper performs call processing as described above, while storing information on various management items in a database, the remote administrator registers new terminals or learns information on various management items stored in the gatekeeper. In order to see the request information to the gatekeeper using the remote PC, the gatekeeper management program is installed (S30).

As described above, in order to request information on a desired management item, an attempt is made to access a gatekeeper through an IP network, and when a new terminal is registered or an administrator has information on a desired management item, an information delivery request is attempted. That is, there will be a list for each management item in the gatekeeper management program, and the management item list desired by the administrator is transmitted to the gatekeeper.

When the remote administrator requests information on a specific management item as described above, the gatekeeper searches the database for the received management item information and transmits the information to the manager (S40). That is, when an administrator requests the gatekeeper for total call usage for a specific period, the gatekeeper searches a database in which information is stored for each management item, reads information on the total call usage, and transmits the information to the administrator. In addition, when the administrator requests a call usage during a specific time period of a specific terminal, the gatekeeper reads information on the call usage of the specific terminal from the database and transmits the information to the manager. Based on the requested information, the administrator can request the gatekeeper to suspend or allow the use of a specific terminal, and the requested gatekeeper allows or disallows the use of the call for the specific terminal.

As described above, since the conventional gatekeeper consists of a PC-based program, in order to manage the terminals registered in the gatekeeper zone, the gatekeeper management system can be modified based on the web by directly modifying the operation of only the gatekeeper-installed PC. By constructing the gatekeeper can be managed remotely, the convenience of gatekeeper operation can be pursued. In other words, the gatekeeper operates in the form of a server for call processing and not only manages the registration of terminals, but also allows the administrator to set and manage the entire contents of call processing regardless of the place through the web. More efficient management of VoIP communication can be achieved.

According to the remote gatekeeper management method of the present invention having the configuration and operation and the preferred embodiment as described above, unlike the conventional method, the gatekeeper operates in the form of a server for call processing, and does not merely manage the terminal registration or the like. Since the administrator can set and manage the entire contents of call processing regardless of the place through the web, there is an effect that more efficient VoIP communication management can be achieved.

1 is a block diagram of a remote gatekeeper management system for the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for managing a gatekeeper remotely by the present inventors.

Claims (2)

In the method of managing the GateKeeper, A gatekeeper manager remotely accessing the gatekeeper using a PC to register terminals in the gatekeeper zone; Storing information about management items in a database while the gatekeeper performs call connection between terminals in a gatekeeper zone; Requesting, by the gatekeeper administrator, the gatekeeper to request information on a desired management item from a remote computer; And finding information about a management item requested by the gatekeeper from a database and delivering the information to a manager. The method according to claim 1, The information on the management item stored in the database is a gatekeeper management method of the remote, characterized in that the information on the total call usage, call usage by terminal, specific terminal designation management and terminal registration management.