KR20050057871A - Customer network management service system in very high speed network and performance information advising methode thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a customer network management service system in a high-speed communication network capable of providing performance information to a customer network management service subscriber quickly and reliably in real time using a web browser, and a method of notifying the performance information thereof. By downloading the server object stub to the client, it activates COVA to register the user object reference to the server, and easily communicate with the server through IIOP by using it, so that the subscriber can be notified of the performance information in real time. It is to provide enhanced service to subscribers of customer network management service.

Description

Customer network management service system and its performance information notification method in a high-speed communication network {user network management service system in very high speed network and performance information advising methode}

The present invention relates to a customer network management system of a high-speed information communication network, and more particularly, to a customer network management service system and a method for reporting performance information thereof, by which a user's terminal can be notified in real time using a web browser. It is about.

The basic role of the customer network management service in the high-speed information communication network is to enable the customer to effectively manage his / her virtual network through the inquiry of management information and other additional functions for the portion of the customer's virtual network configuration in the high-speed information communication network. It can be seen that.

Customer Network Management Service (abbreviated as CNMS) provides management information on the portion of the customer's network in the public network in terms of configuration, performance, and failures, allowing customers to view their virtual networks. Defined as a service that supports efficient maintenance. The international standard information model proposed for the management of such a customer network is the Structure of Management Information (SMI) model suitable for SNMP (RFC1213, RFC1573) management.

However, these standards do not describe actual implementation methods for providing services, and do not provide specific implementation methods for performance information processing methods.

On the other hand, in the network management system, the provision of a service level agreement (SLA) must be performed essentially, and immediateness of providing performance information to subscribers in real time is required.

The SLA is a contract between the network service provider and the customer, which usually specifies what services will be provided as measurable terms, and the information that should be included in the SLA includes the percentage of time that can be serviced and the services at the same time. The number of users that can be done, the clear performance criteria to periodically compare actual performance, the schedule for proactively notifying users of changes in the network that users can be affected, and the response time of customer service for various kinds of problems. , Dial-up accessibility, usage statistics to be provided, and so on.

However, in the SNMP access method, which is one of the existing network management protocols, performance information is monitored and managed by polling. Therefore, there is a disadvantage in that it is not immediately used and inefficiently uses network resources.

In addition, since the open system interconnection system management basically takes an event reporting method, the reliability of the real-time performance information notification function is low.

Therefore, there is a need for an implementation method that can solve the above problems and provide immediateness and reliability for real-time performance information notification.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to consider distributed object technologies, web technologies, and Java technologies in consideration of problems such as compatibility and scalability in a multilayer network such as a high-speed information communication network. By applying Internet-based technology, it can provide network performance management information in real time stably and quickly, and provides customer network management service system and its performance information notification method in high-speed communication network that can provide various services in stable and real time. will be.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide the subscriber and the operator with the performance information as soon as possible immediately after the performance information is collected in the multi-layer network, to check whether the SLA violations, and to allow the operator to check the current network situation It is to provide a customer network management service system and its performance information notification method in a high-speed communication network to quickly recognize and manage network resources.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a customer network management service system for providing a user with the performance information of the network subscribed to the user in conjunction with the network management system for managing the network,

A configuration information processing unit for receiving and requesting configuration information of a connection used by a user from a lower network management system;

A management information database that stores various management information about a portion of a user's network in the public network;

A subscriber information processor configured to store profile information on details of connection and port information of the user processed by the configuration information processor in the management information database to make relevant contents current;

Collect performance information from the network management system, classify by user and store it in the management information database, check whether the user is logged in, save the related contents in the logout state if the user is logged out, and register the user registered in the access control unit if the user is logged in. A performance information processing unit which transfers the performance information to the user side using the object reference;

A statistical information processing unit which collects and processes information on a connection and port required for operation requested at the time of subscription for each user from a network management system;

An access control unit which manages an object reference of a user who has subscribed to a service and receives a performance information notification processing request from the performance information processing unit and notifies the user of the performance information; And

It characterized in that it comprises an interface management unit for enabling a web connection between the user and the customer network management service system.

In addition, the customer network management service system in the high-speed communication network according to the present invention, the performance information processing unit monitors the performance information collection monitor for monitoring whether or not the collection of performance information on the connection and port associated with the subscriber in the network management system; A performance information collector for collecting performance information on a connection and a port of the subscriber whose performance information has been collected from the performance information collection monitor; A performance information classification and storage unit for classifying performance information collected by the performance information collector for each subscriber, storing the performance information in the management information database, and recording the contents in a log of a user; And a performance information notice requesting to the access control unit to notify the user and the operator of the collected performance information.

In addition, in the customer network management service system in the high-speed communication network according to the present invention, the access control unit

When the user accesses and logs in to the customer network management service system through the web browser, the user downloads the stub of the applet and the server object into the user's web browser, activates COVA, registers the user's object reference as the user location, and performs the above performance. When the notification request from the information processing unit is characterized in that the performance information is notified to the user by IIOP communication using the COVA.

In addition, as a configuration means for achieving the above object, the present invention comprises the steps of collecting and storing the contents related to the configuration of the connection desired by the subscriber when the customer network management service subscriber occurs; Storing a profile of details of the collected and stored connections and ports to actualize the related contents; Continuously monitoring whether performance information of the subscriber is collected in a network management system based on the stored configuration information of the connection and port of the subscriber; If the monitoring result confirms the collection of the performance information of the subscriber network in the network management system; Classifying and storing the collected performance information for each subscriber; Storing a collection record of the classified and stored performance information in a log of a corresponding subscriber; Checking whether the corresponding subscriber is logged in while the performance information is stored in the subscriber's log; And reading the object reference of the corresponding subscriber and notifying the collected performance information to the user when the subscriber is logged in as a result of the check, and provides the performance information notification method of the customer network management service system in the high-speed communication network. .

In the method for notifying performance information according to the present invention, the notifying the performance information to the user may include logging an applet tag after downloading an HTML document by logging in by contacting a customer network management service system through a web browser. Recognizing; Executing, by the Java interpreter of the logged-in user, the highest level code from the customer network management service server to execute the referenced highest level Java class; After the user has downloaded the interface definition language stub, downloading the required object web class; Activating Cova in a customer network management service system, and the Java applet downloaded to the user side interacts with the Cova using IIOP; Registering the user object reference generated when the user logs in as user location information when the cobar is activated; And notifying the performance information by using the object reference when the performance information of the subscriber is generated.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the customer network management service system and its performance information notification method in a high-speed information communication network according to the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network management model structure according to the present invention, in which a network resource 116 such as a frame relay network and / or an ATM network to which a subscriber's premises network is connected, and a network resource are controlled while controlling the network resource 116. A network management system 114 for managing a part corresponding to the network element of 116, subscriber management for storing and managing information on subscribers in association with the network management system 114, collecting information related to billing, A service management system 112 that performs billing management and customer network management services to manage, and a customer network management service user 102 and an operator 104 that are connected to the customer network management system 106 and receive customer network management services. )

Here, the network management system 114 is composed of a frame relay network management system 108 and an ATM network management system 110 according to the type of network resources, the service management system 112 is a subscriber management system, billing It consists of a management system and a customer network management system, in which only the customer network management service system 106 related to the present invention is shown.

The provided customer network management service system 106 transmits and receives information to and from the lower network management system 114 to monitor and control management information according to the present invention, and collects network management information including performance information. This function provides the user 102 and the operator 104 in real time.

That is, when all data including performance information data are collected from the network resource 116, the data is transmitted to the network management system 114, and the network management system 114 transmits the data to the service management system 112. It is transmitted to the customer network management service system 106 in order to classify the performance information for each subscriber to accurately process.

Figure 2 shows a detailed configuration of the customer network management service system 106 according to the present invention, a management information database 221 that stores a variety of management information for the portion occupied by the user in the public network, network management system 114 Store and manage the performance information that has been informed of the performance information in the management information database 221, and classify the performance related information stored in the management information data 221 for each user, and log the related content when the user is logged out. And the performance information processing unit 211 which delivers the performance information to the user 102 and the operator 104 by using the user object reference if the user is logged in, and the connection and port determined when the user subscribes to the customer network management service. The configuration information processing unit 209 for managing the configuration state, and the connection and port managed by the configuration information processing unit 209 The network management system stores the profile of the details in the management information database 221 and updates the information related to the subscriber information processing unit 215 and the connection and port information required for the operation requested by the user for each subscriber. A statistical information processing unit 213 which collects and processes from 114 and manages a user object reference for notifying the performance information for each user, and provides the user with a performance information notification processing request from the performance information processing unit 211. An access control unit 217 for notifying performance information and an interface unit 219 for interfacing a web connection for performance information notification with the user 102 and the operator 104 are included.

3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the performance information processing unit 211 of the customer network management service system 106 according to the present invention, wherein the performance information processing unit 211 is a lower network management system. A performance information collection monitor 303 that monitors whether performance information on the connection and port associated with the subscriber is collected from the 114 and a connection and port of the subscriber whose performance information collection has been confirmed from the performance information collection monitor 303; A performance information collector 305 for collecting performance information about the performance information, and the performance information collected from the performance information collector 305 for each subscriber and stored in the management information database 221 and storing the stored information in a log. Performance information classification and storage unit 307, and performance information communication requesting the access control unit 217 to notify the user and operator of the collected performance information details It comprises a group (309).

FIG. 4 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a process of activating COVA to provide performance information to a logged-in user. In the customer network management service system 106, the customer network management service user 102 accesses and logs in through a web browser. When the user 102 downloads an HTML document from the customer network management service system 106 through a web browser and recognizes an applet tag (S405).

Subsequently, the Java interpreter of the user 102 downloads the top-level code from the customer network management service system 106 to execute the referenced top-level Java class (S407), downloads the interface definition language stub, and then requests the requested object web. Download the class (S409).

Accordingly, CORBA (Corba: Common Object Request Broker) in the customer network management service system 106 is activated, and the Java applet downloaded to the user 102 uses 'IIOP (Internet Inter ORB protocol)'. In order to interact with the activated COVA processor of the customer network management service system 106 (S411).

The COVA is a standard specification of an object request mediator (ORB) established by an object management group (OMG), and an ORB is a function of handling communication between objects in a distributed object environment, which is a basic structure of a distributed object type system established by OMG. It is the core of the five components of the object management structure (OMA). In addition, recent CORBA 2.0 allows interoperability between different platforms. According to this specification, distributed object type information technology that can be processed as one system by interconnecting each developed system on most platforms such as Windows 95, Windows NT, Unix, Macintosh, OS / 2 can be expected.

When COVA is activated as described above, the object reference of the user is converted into a string when the user logs in and stored in the management information database 221, and the user network management service server obtains the user's reference each time each user logs in. Manage your registration.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of notifying performance information in a customer network management service system configured as described above.

Referring to FIG. 5, when a subscriber using the customer network management service is generated, the configuration information processing unit 209 receives and transmits the contents related to the configuration of the desired connection to the lower network management system 114. The management information database 221 is stored (S501).

Next, the subscriber information processing unit 215 stores the profile of the details of the connection and the port desired by the subscriber in a management information database to make the relevant information current (S502).

Next, the performance information collection monitor 303 of the performance information processing unit 211 monitors whether the performance information of the corresponding subscriber is collected in the lower network management system based on the stored configuration information on the connection and port of the subscriber ( S503).

As described above, continuous monitoring is performed until the performance information on the connection and port of the subscriber is collected, and when the collection of the performance information is confirmed (S504), the performance information collector 305 of the performance information processing unit 211 collects it. In operation S505, the performance information collected through the performance information classification and storage unit 307 is classified for each subscriber and stored in the management information database 221 (S506).

As such, when the collection and storage of the performance information on the subscriber's customer network is successfully performed, the performance information collection record is recorded in the log of the corresponding user (S507), and the user and the user through the performance information notification (309). Notify the collected performance information to the operator (S509).

As described above, the present invention provides a client network management service, which is an improved service in a multilayer network, and promptly notifies a user of performance information of a client network in real time, while using a polling method. It solves the problem of wasting network resources and server load due to the increase of the number of subscribers, and can easily solve the problem of notifying performance information to clients using the service through IIOP using Java portability. As a result, it provides an excellent effect of providing enhanced services to subscribers of network management services.

In addition, the user of the customer network management service can check the performance information on the network resources of the network provider that he is using in real time, check the performance information management history, and immediately confirm the compliance with the service level agreement. There is.

1 is a structural diagram showing a configuration model for providing a customer network management service in a high-speed information communication network.

2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a customer network management service system according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the performance information processing unit provided in the customer network management service system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of activating CORBA on a subscriber side when a subscriber logs in according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a performance information processing procedure of a customer network management service system according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

102: user 104: operator

106: customer network management service system

114: network management system 209: configuration information processing unit

211: performance information processing unit 213: statistical information processing unit

215: subscriber information processing unit 217: access control unit

219: interface management unit 221: management information database

Claims (5)

In the customer network management service system that provides the user with the performance information of the network subscribed to the user in conjunction with the network management system for managing the network, A configuration information processing unit for receiving and requesting configuration information of a connection used by a user from a lower network management system; A management information database that stores various management information about a portion of a user's network in the public network; A subscriber information processor configured to store profile information on details of connection and port information of the user processed by the configuration information processor in the management information database to make relevant contents current; Collect performance information from the network management system, classify by user and store it in the management information database, check whether the user is logged in, save the related contents in the logout state if the user is logged out, and register the user registered in the access control unit if the user is logged in. A performance information processing unit which transfers the performance information to the user side using the object reference; A statistical information processing unit which collects and processes information on a connection and port required for operation requested at the time of subscription for each user from a network management system; An access control unit which manages an object reference of a user who has subscribed to a service and receives a performance information notification processing request from the performance information processing unit and notifies the user of the performance information; And And a user interface management unit for enabling a web connection between the user and the customer network management service system. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance information processing unit A performance information collection monitor for monitoring whether collection of performance information on a connection and a port related to a subscriber in a network management system; A performance information collector for collecting performance information on a connection and a port of the subscriber whose performance information has been collected from the performance information collection monitor; A performance information classification and storage unit for classifying performance information collected by the performance information collector for each subscriber, storing the performance information in the management information database, and recording the contents in a log of a user; And a performance information notification unit requesting an access control unit to notify the user and the operator of the collected performance information. The method of claim 1, wherein the access control unit When the user accesses and logs in to the customer network management service system through the web browser, the user downloads the stub of the applet and the server object into the user's web browser, activates COVA, registers the user's object reference as the user location, and performs the above performance. Customer network management service system in a high-speed communication network, characterized in that when the notification request from the information processing unit, the performance information is notified to the user by IIOP communication using the COVA. Collecting and storing the contents related to the configuration of the connection desired by the subscriber when the subscriber of the network management service occurs; Storing a profile of details of the collected and stored connections and ports to make relevant contents current; Continuously monitoring whether performance information of the subscriber is collected in a network management system based on the stored configuration information of the connection and port of the subscriber; If the monitoring result confirms the collection of the performance information of the subscriber network in the network management system; Classifying and storing the collected performance information for each subscriber; Storing a collection record of the classified and stored performance information in a log of a corresponding subscriber; Checking whether the corresponding subscriber is logged in while the performance information is stored in the subscriber's log; And If the subscriber is logged in, reading the object reference of the subscriber and notifying the collected performance information to the user, wherein the performance information notification method of the customer network management service system in the high-speed communication network is included. The method of claim 4, wherein the notifying the user of the performance information comprises: Recognizing an applet tag after the user logs in by contacting the customer network management service system through a web browser, downloading an HTML document; Executing, by the Java interpreter of the logged-in user, the highest level code from the customer network management service server to execute the referenced highest level Java class; After the user has downloaded the interface definition language stub, downloading the required object web class; Activating Cova in a customer network management service system, and the Java applet downloaded to the user side interacts with the Cova using IIOP; Registering the user object reference generated when the user logs in as user location information when the cobar is activated; And And notifying the performance information by using the object reference when the performance information of the corresponding subscriber is generated.