KR20110026748A - Ubiquitous-virtual center system and operating method of the same in ubiquitous-city - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A ubiquitous-virtual center system and an operating method of the same in a U(Ubiquitous)-city are provided to remarkably reduce a U-city operating cost and a TCO(Total Cost Ownership) by paying an IT resource cost through the use of a U-virtual center system when constructing a U-city. CONSTITUTION: An infrastructure pool(130) provides a U-city construction operator with an infrastructure necessary for constructing an IT infrastructure of the U-city. A platform pool(120) provides the U-city construction operator with an integrated platform. A U-service pool(110) provides infrastructure services so that the U-city construction operator may use the public and private services of the U-city. The infrastructure pool provides infrastructure resources including a storage and a server.

Description

Ubiquitous-virtual center system and operating method of the same in ubiquitous-city}

The present invention relates to a shock-virtual center system in a wet-city and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, to a shock-virtual center system and a driving method thereof in a shock-city that can reduce the cost of building an IT infrastructure. will be.

Today, IT (Information Technologies) technology is used in both wired and wireless environments, and is becoming ubiquitous with digital convergence. Here, ubiquitous is Latin, meaning "whenever, wherever" and "exists at the same time," meaning a natural state everywhere, such as water or air, by Mark Weise of the Xerox Palo Altos Institute in 1988. First presented ('Ubiquitous computing is a paradigm shift where technology becomes virtually invisible in our lives.').

Ubiquitous computing is a human-centred, environmentally-aware computing model that provides humans with automated and optimized processing. The ubiquitous computing is a computer that is installed in various objects and environments in the real world (physical space). It is to be effectively planted and fused in the environment so that it is not revealed.

The ubiquitous world aims at 5C Anytime (Anytime, Anywhere, Anynetwork, Anydevice, Anyservice) such as Computing, Communication, Connectivity, Contents, Calm.

The various devices that are components of ubiquitous computing include not only a series of personal support devices (eg PDAs) but also applications in home networks such as refrigerators, washing machines, gas ranges, stereos, and rice cookers with semiconductor chips. do.

U-City, which can apply the ubiquitous technology to the entire city, can further improve human living culture. For convenience of life, U-City is based on crime prevention / disaster prevention, U-GIS (Geographic Information System), public facilities management, Public services such as environmental monitoring, road / traffic management, and security / disaster prevention can be provided.

One of the biggest issues in the construction and operation of U-City in cities and new cities so far is the cost of operation that local governments cannot afford, and a large part of this operation costs the operation and maintenance of IT-based infrastructure. It takes In other words, local governments will bear the overall costs related to the construction of integrated operation centers, IT equipment such as servers and storage, air conditioning and cooling facilities, and power resource consumption. Therefore, there is a need to reduce maintenance costs, including the IT-based infrastructure required for U-city construction.

In general, since the specification is based on the peak time when calculating the integrated operating platform and IT resources, it is not possible to use 20% of the server capacity. However, if the system is implemented in a low specification, there is a problem in that it cannot flexibly cope with the scalability of a user or a device, and provide a stable service.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, in the construction of U-City, a ubiquitous virtual center system that can allocate resources in a flexible manner, and can reduce the stability of services and IT costs according to the situation and its Its purpose is to provide a method of operation.

The U-virtual center system of the present invention for achieving the above object is an infrastructure pool as a service for providing the U-city deployment operator with the infrastructure necessary for the construction of the IT infrastructure of ubiquitous city (hereinafter referred to as 'U-city'). It includes a pool of platforms as a service for providing an integrated platform to U-city construction operators, and a U-service pool that provides all services for U-city construction operators to use public and private services of U-city.

The infrastructure pool may provide infrastructure resources including storage and servers.

The platform pool may provide an integrated platform including transaction management, data management, security management, an external organization linked API (Application Programming Interface), and a field device linked API.

The U-service pool may provide a service for using the public service and the private service immediately after the U-city establishment operator sets up a configuration file including user registration, environment setting, and facility installation registration. At this time, the U-service pool provides public services including U-method, U-disaster prevention, U-facility management, U-environment, U-street, U-space, U-media board, U-travel Provide private services, including

The U-virtual center system constructs IT resources through an external cloud system, U-public service resources through an external U-public service cloud, and the U-virtual center system uses an external U-private service cloud. It is possible to build U-private service resources, build server resources through an external server cloud, build storage resources through an external storage cloud, and build network resources through an external network cloud.

The external cloud system is preferably a grid-based environment.

In the driving method of the U-virtual system of the present invention, the U-virtual center system provides a service catalog including a service list to the U-city construction operator, and provides a service required by the U-city construction operator from the service catalog. Optionally, the U-virtual center system includes providing a selected service and the U-virtual center system includes a charging and settlement step in which the U-city building operator charges and pays a fee using the selected service.

The providing of the selected service may include registering, by the U-city building operator, master data, which is data required for service use, with the U-virtual center system.

The master data may include a user, a facility master, a geographic information system (GIS) master, a service item, a control item, and policy data.

The providing of the selected service may include setting, by the U-city building operator, configuration information including the service IP and a port number of the U-city building operator to the U-virtual center system. .

The charging and settlement step, the step of counting the usage amount for the service item used by the U-city establishment operator, the charging step of charging according to the charging policy based on the aggregated usage amount and the U-city establishment operator to the It may include a billing step for billing the billing item, and check the settlement of the payment payment.

The usage amount aggregation step may include the infrastructure usage including storage and server resources for service items used by the U-city construction operator for each settlement cycle.

The usage counting step may include the platform usage, including the number of transactions and data, for the service items used by the U-city construction operator for each settlement period.

In the usage amount counting step, the service items used by the U-city construction operator for each settlement period may be counted including the usage amount of the public service and the private service of the U-city.

The public services may include U-security, U-disaster prevention, U-facility management, U-environment and U-transportation.

The private service may include U-street, U-space, U-media board, U-travel and U-advertisement.

In the charging step, the charging policy may include a metering agent that applies a certain amount of money for a certain period and a metering agent that charges in proportion to the amount used.

The U-virtual center system is an infrastructure pool as a service for providing a U-city construction operator with the infrastructure necessary for the IT infrastructure construction of the U-city, a platform pool as a service for providing an integrated platform for the U-city construction operator, and U. -Services can be provided, including a U-service pool that provides all services for U-city building operators to use the city's public and private services.

In the providing of the selected service, the service level may be determined and provided based on a service level agreement (SLA) agreed between the U-city construction operator.

According to the present invention, U-City operators or local governments can use the U-Virtual Center system to pay for IT resources such as server cost, center operation cost, and network cost according to the amount of usage. This can significantly reduce the U-city operating cost and total cost ownership of the organization.

In addition, flexible resource allocation is made at peak time through gridization of IT resources, and it is easily adjustable to ensure stability and reliability of service operation.

In addition, there is an effect of reducing the physical time according to the individual construction of the U-integrated operation center, and secure the foundation to realize immediate U-city service.

In addition, it can be a technology and service model that realizes green IT by eliminating unnecessary power waste elements by ensuring efficient use of resources and minimizing carbon emissions by IT.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used for the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1 is a conceptual diagram of operation in a U-virtual center system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a U-city construction operator including a city hall, a wiretap, and other U-city operators does not establish an actual city integrated operation center or directly build an integrated platform, but through the U-virtual center system 100. You can choose to use the necessary infrastructure resources, platforms and services. In the present invention, the service provided by the U-virtual center system 100 is preferably provided in a cloud computing based environment.

In the present invention, the U-city construction operator may be connected to the U-virtual center system 100 in various communication environments. For example, in FIG. 1, the city hall is connected to the U-virtual center system 100 through a virtual private network (VPN) 410, and the wiretap is connected to the U-virtual center system 100 through a private line 420. In addition, other U-City operators are connected to the U-Virtual Center System 100 through the Internet network 430. In addition, it may be connected to the U-city construction operator and the U-virtual center system 100 by various communication methods.

In the present invention, the U-city construction operator including city hall and eavesdropping may establish a control room in a corresponding local office, and may use a U-virtual center system 100 to allocate separate spaces for hardware and IT resources. There is no need to build a related operating facility.

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating service provision in a U-Virtual Center system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the U-city construction operator 200 includes a city hall, a metropolitan city, a city development private business operator, an urban development public service provider, and other U-city business operators. The operator 200 may include various operators.

The external cloud system 300 includes a U-public service cloud, a U-private service cloud, a server cloud, a storage cloud, and a network cloud, but this is only an example. In addition, the external cloud system 300 may include various clouds. Can be.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the U-city building operator 200 is connected to the U-virtual center system 100 through the first internet network 400, and the external cloud system 300 is connected to the second internet network 500. Assume that is connected to the U-Virtual Center system 100 through the).

U-virtual center system 100 includes a U-service pool 110, a platform pool 120, and an infrastructure pool 130.

The U-service pool 110 serves to provide various services for the U-city construction operator 200 to use the public and private services of the U-city. In one embodiment of the present invention, the U-service pool 110 may use public and private services immediately after the U-city construction operator 200 sets up a configuration file including user registration, configuration, and facility installation registration. You can provide services to help. Public services may include U-security, U-disaster prevention, U-facility management, and U-environment. And, private services may include U-streets, U-spaces, U-media boards, and U-travels.

The platform pool 120 serves to provide an integrated platform for the U-city building operator 200. In an embodiment of the present invention, the platform pool 120 may provide an integrated platform including transaction management, data management, security management, an external organization linked API (Application Programming Interface), and a field device linked API.

The infrastructure pool 130 serves to provide the U-city construction operator 200 with the infrastructure necessary for the IT infrastructure construction of the U-city. In one embodiment of the present invention, the infrastructure pool 130 may provide infrastructure resources, including storage, server.

As described above, in the present invention, the U-virtual center system 100 has an embodiment in which IT resources such as the service pool 110, the platform pool 120, and the infrastructure pool 130 are locally built.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the U-virtual center system 100 may establish IT resources through the external cloud system 300. This will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2, the external cloud system 300 includes a U-public service cloud, a U-private service cloud, a server cloud, a storage cloud, and a network cloud.

The U-virtual center system 100 may establish U-public service resources through the U-public service cloud, and U-private service resources through the U-private service cloud. In addition, the U-virtual center system 100 may build server resources through the server cloud, build storage resources through the storage cloud, and build network resources through the network cloud.

In the present invention, the U-virtual center system 100 may configure a resource optimization system such as self healing and self configuration through communication between the external cloud system 300.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the external cloud system 300 is preferably a grid-based environment.

A detailed operation method of the U-virtual center system 100 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a U-virtual center system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the U-virtual center system 100 provides a service catalog including a list of services for the U-city building operator 200 to select, the U-city building operator 200 selects a required service from the service catalog ( S301).

If the U-city construction operator 200 selects a required service from the service catalog, a virtual center use contract is concluded between the U-city construction operator 200 and the provider of the U-virtual center system 100 offline (S303). . At this time, it is desirable to enter into a contract based on Service Level Agrement (SLA) to provide the service promised to each other according to the promised quality. For example, the SLA includes detailed service items defined in the service catalog, key performance indicators (KPIs) for each item, service contract quality grades for each KPI and the method of billing for them, and performance penalty for additional performance or penalty for quality dissatisfaction. The contents are described.

Next, it is checked whether the facilities required for providing the service are installed (S305). If installation of the facility is required, install the facility (S307), complete the field test for the facility in the field and proceed to the next step (S309).

Next, the U-city building operator 200 registers master data, which is data necessary for using the service, to the U-virtual center system 100 (S311). In the present invention, the master data may include a user, a facility master, a Geographic Information System (GIS) master, a service item, a control item, and policy data.

Next, the U-city construction operator 200 sets environment setting information including the service IP and the port number of the U-city construction operator 200 to the U-virtual center system 100 (S313).

In addition, the U-city construction operator 200 uses the necessary services through the U-virtual center system 100 (S315).

At a certain point in time, the U-virtual center system 100 aggregates the usage amount for the service item used by the U-city construction operator 200 (S317). In an embodiment of the present invention, step S317 may include an infrastructure usage including storage and server resources for service items used by the U-city construction operator 200 for each settlement period. Alternatively, in step S317, the service items used by the U-city construction operator 200 may be included in each settlement period, including the number of transactions, data usage, and the like. Alternatively, in step S317, the service items used by the U-city construction operator 200 for each settlement period may be included, including the amount of public service and private service usage of the U-city.

Next, charging and billing are performed according to the charging policy based on the aggregated usage amount (S319). In the present invention, the billing policy in step S319 includes a quantitative to apply a certain amount of money for a certain period, and a pay-as-you-go billing in proportion to the amount used. In addition, the billing policy may be subject to adjustments to the SLA's performance pay and penalty items.

Finally, the billing is made to the U-city construction operator 200 for the billing item, and the settlement is made in a manner of confirming whether the payment is made (S321). The settlement method in step S321 may use a direct debit, bill billing, payment gateway (payment gateway). In one embodiment of the present invention, if the U-city construction operator 200 does not pay the bill, the U-virtual center system 100 provider may suspend the service according to the contract after sufficient notice. At this time, the data and business information of the U-city establishment operator 200 should be preserved, and it is preferable that there is no problem due to resumption of service and relocation of the provider.

While the invention has been described using some preferred embodiments, these embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the rights set forth in the appended claims.

1 is a conceptual diagram of operation in a U-virtual center system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating service provision in a U-Virtual Center system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a U-virtual center system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100 U-Virtual Center System 200 U-City Building Operator

300 External Cloud System 400 First Internet Network

500 Second Internet

Claims (26)

An infrastructure pool as a service for providing a U-city construction operator with the infrastructure necessary to construct an IT infrastructure of ubiquitous city (hereinafter referred to as 'U-city'); A platform pool as a service for providing a unified platform to the U-city building operator; And U-Virtual Center System in U-City, which includes a U-Service Pool that provides all services to U-City Public Operators and Private Services. The method of claim 1, The infrastructure pool U-Virtual Center system in the U-City, characterized in that to provide infrastructure resources including storage, server. The method of claim 1, The platform pool is a U-virtual center system in the U-city, characterized in that it provides an integrated platform including transaction management, data management, security management, external organization application API (Application Programming Interface) and field device connection API. The method of claim 1, The U-service pool provides services so that U-city construction operators can use public and private services immediately after setting configuration files including user registration, environment setting, and facility installation registration. U-Virtual Center System in City. The method of claim 1, The U-service pool is a U-virtual center system in U-city, characterized in that providing public services including U-security, U-disaster prevention, U-facility management, U-environment. The method of claim 1, The U-service pool is a U-virtual center system in the U-city, characterized in that for providing private services including U-street, U-space, U-media board, U-travel. The method of claim 1, The U-virtual center system is a U-virtual center system in the U-city, characterized in that for building the IT resources through an external cloud system. The method of claim 7, wherein The U-Virtual Center System is a U-Virtual Center system in the U-City, characterized in that to establish a U-Public Service resources through an external U-Public Service Cloud. The method of claim 7, wherein The U-Virtual Center system is a U-Virtual Center system in the U-City, characterized in that to establish a U-Private service resources through an external U-Private service cloud. The method of claim 7, wherein The U-Virtual Center System is a U-Virtual Center System in the U-City, characterized in that to establish server resources through an external server cloud. The method of claim 7, wherein The U-virtual center system is configured to build storage resources through an external storage cloud. The method of claim 7, wherein The U-Virtual Center System is a U-Virtual Center System in the U-City, characterized in that for building the network resources through an external network cloud. The method of claim 7, wherein The external cloud system is a grid-based environment (U)-U- virtual center system in the U-city, characterized in that. Providing, by the U-virtual center system, a service catalog including a service list to the U-city building operator; When the U-city building operator selects a required service from the service catalog, the U-virtual center system providing a selected service; And The U-virtual center system is a method of operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city comprising the charging and settlement step of the U-city establishment operator to charge and settle the charges using the selected service. The method of claim 14, Providing the selected service, And registering, by the U-city building operator, master data, which is data necessary for using a service, with the U-virtual center system. The method of claim 15, The master data includes a user, a facility master, a geographic information system (GIS) master, a service item, a control item, and policy data. The method of claim 14, Providing the selected service, The U-city establishment operator includes setting the configuration information including the service IP and the port number of the U-city establishment operator in the U-virtual center system. How the virtual center system works. The method of claim 14, The charging and settlement step, Counting the usage amount of the service item used by the U-city building operator; A charging step of charging according to the charging policy based on the aggregated usage amount; And And billing the billing item to the U-city construction operator and checking and confirming the payment of the billing item. The method of claim 18, The usage counting step, A method of operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city, characterized in that the service items used by the U-city construction operator are included in each settlement cycle, including the usage of infrastructure including storage and server resources. The method of claim 18, The usage counting step, A method for operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city, characterized in that the service items used by the U-city construction operator are included in each settlement period, including platform usage including the number of transactions and the number of data. The method of claim 18, The usage counting step, A method for operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city, characterized in that the service items used by the U-city construction operator for each settlement period are included, including the use of U-city public and private services. The method of claim 19, The public service includes U-security, U-disaster prevention, U-facility management, U-environment and U-transportation method of the U-virtual center system operation method. The method of claim 19, The private service includes a U-street, a U-space, a U-media board, a U-travel, and a U-advertisement. The method of claim 18, In the charging step, the billing policy is a method for operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city, characterized in that a fixed amount to apply a certain amount of money for a certain period, and a pay-as-you-go bill proportional to the amount used. The method of claim 14, The U-virtual center system is an infrastructure pool as a service for providing a U-city construction operator with the infrastructure necessary for the IT infrastructure construction of the U-city, a platform pool as a service for providing an integrated platform for the U-city construction operator, and U. A method of operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city, characterized by providing a service including a U-service pool that provides various services for the U-city construction operator to use the city's public and private services. . The method of claim 14, Providing the selected service, A method of operating a U-virtual center system in a U-city, characterized in that the service level is determined and provided based on the SLA (Service Level Agreement) agreed with the U-city establishment operator.

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