KR20070100437A - Method and system for providing remote management in mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

A remote monitoring system in a mobile communication network and a method thereof are provided to perform a convenient and speedy error recovery by making a mobile communication terminal check and execute commands needed in monitoring or operating a mobile communication network system. A method of a remote monitoring system in a mobile communication network comprises the following several steps. An MS(Mobile Station) accesses a relay server via a command execution mode(S200). The relay server checks a system monitoring or operating authority, and transmits an access response acknowledgement message in accordance with each authority(S202). Then, the MS transmits an arbitrary command to the relay server(S204). The relay server transmits the command to an MSC(Mobile Switching Center)(S206). The MSC forms a call with the MS. The MSC transmits a system message in accordance with the command to the relay server(S210), and finally to the MS(S212).

Description

Remote monitoring system and method in mobile communication network {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE MANAGEMENT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a remote monitoring system in a mobile communication network according to the present invention;

2 is a timing chart for implementing a remote monitoring method in a mobile communication network according to the present invention;

3A and 3B illustrate operator command commands displayed on a mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: mobile communication terminal

200: mobile communication network

202/1 to 202 / n, 204/1 to 204 / n: BTS (Base station transceiver system)

206/1 to 206 / n: BSC (Base Station Controller)

208: Mobile Switching Center (MSC)

300: relay server

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a system monitoring / operation technology in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a remote monitoring system and method in a mobile communication network suitable for checking a command command of an exchange directly in a mobile communication terminal and executing the command command.

As is well known, a mobile communication network is a communication network for mobile devices such as people, cars, ships, trains, and airplanes, which includes key phone systems, mobile phones (mobile phones, vehicle phones), port phones, aircraft phones, and airborne mobile phones. It includes communication networks such as telephones (installed in trains, cruise ships, express buses, etc.), radio calling, wireless telephones, satellite mobile communications, amateur radio, and fishing service ships.

In addition, as the Internet is widely used in recent years, a wireless Internet service that provides contents by connecting such a wireless communication network with the Internet has been widely spread. In recent years, the wireless Internet service goes beyond simply downloading ringtones and wallpapers, and is synchronizing with data of Internet web pages or providing various video contents and game contents to accommodate most services that are actually provided on the wired Internet. to be.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication network measures and controls the performance of the base station system for the continuous management of the equipment. In general, the base station is installed indoors or outdoors for communication with land mobile stations or communication with a mobile relay station, and the inside of the base station is composed of devices that generate a large amount of heat. If the internal temperature of the base station is out of the operating temperature range due to the failure of the self-cooling mechanism or its own cooling mechanism, each device causes a malfunction or the temperature rises continuously, resulting in a large failure such as a fire. Can be. Therefore, the base station is equipped with an environment detection and control system for preventing and detecting obstacles caused by various external environment changes.

However, in the conventional mobile communication network, the operator always monitors a message in front of a terminal or inputs a command to control the system for monitoring and operating a system such as a switching network.

Therefore, when the operator is in the field or outside the system terminal, even if a minor event occurs, it is cumbersome to call the system monitor room to receive the status or to request the command to receive the result.

The present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned limitations of the prior art, it is possible to check and execute the commands necessary for the system monitoring / operation of the mobile communication network through the mobile communication terminal can be more convenient and quick to handle the error recovery, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote monitoring system and method in a mobile communication network.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, an operator-side mobile communication terminal capable of processing information according to a command command input for monitoring and operating the system of the mobile communication network, by connecting the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication network to the A remote server in the mobile communication network including a relay server relaying command commands from a mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication network and relaying system messages according to system processing of the mobile communication network processed according to the command command to the mobile communication terminal, respectively. Provide a surveillance system.

According to another aspect for achieving the object of the present invention, in a mobile communication network having a relay server for transmitting a command message from the mobile terminal of the operator side to the mobile communication network and the system message from the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal The remote monitoring method of claim 1, wherein when the mobile communication terminal is connected to the relay server in the command execution mode, the relay server examines the system monitoring and operation authority of the mobile communication terminal and sends a connection response confirmation message for each permission. Transmitting a command command from the mobile communication terminal to the relay server when the access response for each permission of the relay server is completed; and transmitting a command command from the mobile communication terminal to the relay server. When the transmission server in the relay server Transmitting the command command to a network; if the command command is transmitted to the mobile communication network, forming a call with the mobile communication terminal; and confirming a confirmation message according to a system processing result of the command command in the mobile communication network. It provides a remote monitoring method in a mobile communication network comprising the step of transmitting to the relay server, and the message from the relay server to the mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a remote monitoring system in a mobile communication network according to the present invention, which is referred to as a mobile station (MS) 100, a mobile communication network 200, and a base station transceiver system (hereinafter referred to as BTS). (202/1 to 202 / n, 204/1 to 204 / n), base station controller (abbreviated as BSC) 206/1 to 206 / n, mobile switching center (Abbreviated as MSC) 208 and the relay server 300.

The MS 100 refers to a mobile client such as (or possessed) a mobile communication terminal, for example, a cellular phone, a PCS phone, a DMB phone, and the like. The BTSs 202/1 to 202 / n, 204/1, 204 / n) and provide wireless communication service to subscribers by interfacing with wireless connection according to IS-2000 standard. In particular, the MS 100 applied to the present embodiment is characterized in that the operator's mobile communication terminal capable of checking and inputting a command command for monitoring and operating the system of the mobile communication network. At this time, only one MS 100 is shown in the drawing, but this is only for convenience of description, and those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that a plurality of MSs connected to the mobile communication network 200 may be configured.

The BTSs 202/1 to 202 / n, 204/1, and 204 / n represent base stations, which respectively manage communication areas allocated in sector units, and enter the MS 100 and IS- which enter the communication area. It provides wireless communication service such as call processing, handoff and location registration to subscribers by interfacing with wireless connection according to 2000 standard.

The BSCs 206/1 to 206 / n are located between the MSC 208 and the BTSs 202/1 to 202 / n, 204/1 and 204 / n, respectively, and have an Internet matching function through a PSTN (not shown). Performs a vocoding function for the voice. The BSCs 206/1 to 206 / n control the plurality of BTSs 202/1 to 202 / n, 204/1, and 204 / n, and perform call processing and handoff for communication with the MSC 208. It performs the role of delivering location registration information from each base station to the MSC (208).

The MSC 208 performs an exchange function in, for example, a CDMA 2000 network, and provides an additional service by connecting a subscriber to various additional equipment in a mobile communication network such as a location based service (LBS) server and an additional service server. Or, it connects with other network, for example, PSTN, to provide services. When the MSC 208 according to the present embodiment receives a command command from the relay server 300 to be described later, it forms a call with the MS 100 to perform a function of delivering a system message related to the command command to the MS 100. . In this case, the system message delivered to the MS 100 may be transmitted in the form of a short message service (SMS).

The relay server 300 according to the present embodiment connects the MS 100 and the mobile communication network 200 to relay command commands, system messages, and the like. At this time, the relay server 300 reviews the authority of the MS, for example, the authority of the operator to monitor and operate the system according to the connection of the MS 100, and checks the access response for each authority of the operator to the MS 100. To pass. The MS 100 may transmit an arbitrary command command only when such permission-specific access response confirmation is completed, and the command command transmitted from the MS 100 may be transmitted to the MSC 208 by the relay server 300. . Similarly, system messages provided from the MSC 208 may also be forwarded from the relay server 300 to the MS 100 in accordance with the initially identified operator rights.

As described above, the present invention can check and select system operation messages, command commands, etc. for each authority in real time through the mobile communication terminal, so that even if the operator is located at a remote location instead of the terminal, real-time system monitoring and operation is possible. It is implemented.

Hereinafter, with the configuration described above, a remote monitoring process in a mobile communication network according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the timing chart of FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the MS 100 connects to the relay server 300 in an instruction execution mode in step S200, the relay server 300 proceeds to step S202 and the system of the MS 100. After reviewing the monitoring and operation authority, send the connection response confirmation message for each authority. In this case, the instruction execution mode refers to a mode in which a BSC instruction or an MSC instruction can be selected as illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B.

Upon completion of the authorization check of the access response for each authority from the relay server 300, the MS 100 proceeds to step S204 and transmits an arbitrary command command to the relay server 300. For example, the first command (DIS-CALL-CNT) among the BSC commands of FIG. 3A is selected and transmitted to the relay server 300.

When the command command (DIS-CALL-CNT) from the MS 100 is transmitted to the relay server 300, the relay server 300 proceeds to step S206 to tell the MSC 208 the command command DIS-CALL. -CNT).

If a command command (DIS-CALL-CNT) is passed to the MSC 208, the MSC 208 proceeds to step S208 to form a call with the MS 100.

Subsequently, in step S210, the MSC 208 relays a system message according to the command command DIS-CALL-CNT, that is, a confirmation message according to a system processing result of the command command DIS-CALL-CNT. To send).

Finally, the system message transmitted to the relay server 300 is delivered to the MS 100. At this time, the system message may be delivered to the MS 100 in the form of SMS.

On the other hand, in order to more easily select and input the command command as described above on the MS 100 side, an application of the "hands-free function" that allows the operator to talk to the system side while viewing a message on the mobile phone liquid crystal is also applied. It is possible, and such techniques will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

As described above, the present invention is implemented so that the system can be monitored and operated in real time even when the operator is located at a remote location, not near the terminal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to check and select system operation messages, command commands, etc. for each authority in real time through a mobile communication terminal, so that even if an operator is located at a remote location, not near a terminal, real-time system monitoring and operation is possible. There is. As a result, rapid failure measures can be taken in the mobile communication network, thereby enabling a more efficient and smooth monitoring and operation environment.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims below.

Claims (7)

An operator-side mobile communication terminal capable of processing information according to a command command input for monitoring and operating a system of a mobile communication network; The command message from the mobile communication terminal is relayed to the mobile communication network by connecting the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication network, and each system message according to the system processing of the mobile communication network processed according to the command command is relayed to the mobile communication terminal. Relay server Remote monitoring system in a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, The relay server may review the system monitoring operation authority of the mobile communication terminal and relay the command command and system message between the mobile communication terminal and the mobile communication network according to the system monitoring operation authority of the mobile communication terminal. Remote monitoring system in mobile communication network. The method of claim 1, The system message transmitted from the relay server to the mobile terminal is transmitted in the form of a short message service. A remote monitoring method in a mobile communication network having a relay server transferring a command message from an operator-side mobile communication terminal to a mobile communication network and transmitting a system message from the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal, When the mobile communication terminal is connected to the relay server in the command execution mode, reviewing the system monitoring and operation authority of the mobile communication terminal in the relay server, and transmitting an access response confirmation message for each permission to the mobile communication terminal; Transmitting an arbitrary command command from the mobile communication terminal to the relay server when the access response for each permission of the relay server is completed; Transmitting the command command from the relay server to the mobile communication network when the command command from the mobile communication terminal is transmitted to the relay server; Forming a call with the mobile communication terminal when the command command is transmitted to the mobile communication network; Transmitting a confirmation message according to a system processing result of the command command from the mobile communication network to the relay server; Delivering the message from the relay server to the mobile communication terminal; Remote monitoring method in a mobile communication network comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The command execution mode is a remote monitoring method in a mobile communication network, characterized in that the BSC command or MSC command can be selected in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 4, wherein Hands-free function is applied to the mobile communication terminal, the remote monitoring method in a mobile communication network. The method of claim 4, wherein And a system message transmitted from the relay server to the mobile communication terminal in a short message service.

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