KR20230133667A - Dedicated line operation management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is located in the internal network of a telecommunication company, and includes a telecommunication company agent that receives line operation status information, line contract status information, line event information, and usage information for each dedicated line from the telecommunication company system; and creating a group for at least one of a regional group, work group, and bandwidth group at the request of a customer company, and generating the line operation status information, the line contract status information, the line event information, and each of the dedicated groups received from the telecommunication company agent. It relates to a dedicated line operation management system that includes a line operation management server that classifies and analyzes usage information for each line according to the group that created it, and visualizes and displays the analysis results.

Description

Dedicated line operation management system

The present invention relates to a dedicated line operation management system that manages the operation of the dedicated line of each customer (customer company) provided by a telecommunication company (i.e., a communication network operator).

Currently, in Korea, communication network operators such as KT, SK Broadband, and LG U+ provide wired or wireless dedicated line services to individuals, companies, and public institutions. Among these, national agencies and companies have headquarters and branch offices located in multiple regions, and each head office and branch office has various departments, requiring tens to thousands of dedicated lines. In most cases, due to guarantees of security and service quality, etc. A dedicated line is being used.

However, information on the usage status of dedicated lines of national organizations or companies (e.g., line contract information, line usage, event information about lines, number of lines for each branch (branch) and status information of each line, etc.) Operational information is manually created and managed by the person in charge based on information provided by the telecommunication company.

For this reason, managers who manage hundreds or thousands of dedicated lines spend a considerable amount of time identifying and managing operation information about dedicated lines at the headquarters and each branch, and management accuracy is low.

1. Domestic Published Patent No. 10-2001-0041445 (publication date, May 25, 2001)

The present invention provides a dedicated line operation management system that automatically manages information on dedicated line operation in organizations or companies that use multiple dedicated lines.

The dedicated line operation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention to solve the above problem is located in the internal network of a telecommunication company, and receives line operation status information, line contract status information, line event information, and information for each dedicated line from the telecommunication company system. Telecommunications company agent that receives usage information; and creating a group for at least one of a regional group, work group, and bandwidth group at the request of a customer company, and generating the line operation status information, the line contract status information, the line event information, and each of the dedicated groups received from the telecommunication company agent. It includes a line operation management server that classifies and analyzes usage information for each line according to the group that created it, and visualizes and displays the analysis results.

The dedicated line operation management system according to another embodiment of the present invention to solve the above problem is located in the internal network of the telecommunication company, and the telecommunication company agent receives line operation status information, line contract status information, and line event information from the telecommunication company system. ; and creating a group for at least one of a regional group, work group, and bandwidth group at the request of the customer company, receiving the line operation status information, the line contract status information, and the line event information from the telecommunication company agent, and receiving the line operation status information, the line contract status information, and the line event information from the customer company agent. It includes a line operation management server that receives usage information for each dedicated line from the NMS, classifies and analyzes each received information according to the group that created it, and visualizes and displays the analysis results.

The line operation management server includes an interface unit responsible for an interface with the telecommunication company agent and an interface with the customer company system; A group management unit that creates groups for the dedicated lines owned by the customer by region, task, and bandwidth of the dedicated line according to the instructions of the customer representative, and allows the created groups to be edited, modified, and deleted; An information classification unit that classifies the collected line operation information for dedicated lines into customer company, regional group, business group, bandwidth group, and usage information using pre-stored group and line information for each customer company; a regional analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's regional group using line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of regional groups received from the information classification unit; A task-specific analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's work group using line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of work groups received from the information classification section; a bandwidth-specific analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's bandwidth group using line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of bandwidth groups received from the information classification section; Analyzes statistics by time zone, daily statistics, weekly statistics, monthly statistics, and yearly statistics for each group by using the usage of each dedicated line by regional group, business group, and bandwidth group of the customer company received from the information classification department. Usage Analysis Department; a visualization processing unit that visualizes the analysis results of the regional analysis unit, the task analysis unit, the bandwidth analysis unit, and the usage analysis unit and displays them on a dashboard; and a display unit that displays the analysis results processed by the visualization processing unit on a screen.

The usage analysis unit can calculate the line usage rate for each dedicated line and analyze whether the calculated line usage rate falls within the range of bandwidth increase, maintenance, or deceleration.

The usage analysis unit determines the contracted bandwidth for one dedicated line, calculates the daily busy hour by determining the usage, that is, traffic, every day, and uses the calculated daily busy hour to add up the daily busy hour for 3 months. After calculating the average of the combined busy hours, the usage standard value corresponding to the dedicated line is calculated. Using the calculated usage standard value, the occupancy rate for the contracted bandwidth is calculated, and the calculated occupancy rate is You can determine whether it is in the acceleration range, maintenance range, or deceleration range.

One-way communication may be performed between the line operation management server and the telecommunication company agent in which information is transmitted only from the telecommunication company agent to the line operation management server.

The telecommunication company agent may perform one-way communication by only receiving information from the telecommunication company system.

The regional analysis unit, the task-specific analysis unit, and the bandwidth-specific analysis unit each identify line operation status information, line contract status information, and line event information among the information received from the information classification unit. A group information management unit: the group information management unit An operation status analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status information of the group received from (121) to determine whether each dedicated line matched to the group is normal, disabled, or closed, and provides the identified results to the visualization processing unit. : A contract status analysis unit that analyzes the line contract status information of the group received from the group information management department, determines the number of dedicated lines held by the group and changed line contract information, and provides the identified results to the visualization processing unit; And by analyzing the line event information of the group received from the group information management department, the number of dedicated lines with expiring contracts, the number of requests for line speed expansion, and the number of dedicated line failure reports are identified, and the identified results are provided to the visualization processing department. May include wealth.

The group management department creates the plurality of work groups based on the organization chart information provided by the customer, and the organization chart information includes the business department of the customer company's head office and each branch and identification information of the dedicated line used by each business department. can do.

The present invention analyzes and determines information such as the current status, changes, bandwidth increase or decrease, and usage amount of tens to thousands of dedicated lines used by government agencies or companies and provides visual information, so that customers can easily use dedicated lines. It allows you to understand and operate various information about.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the network environment of a dedicated line operation and management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a diagram showing the network environment of the dedicated line operation and management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram of a dedicated line operation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a block diagram of a region-specific analysis unit, a task-specific analysis unit, and a bandwidth-specific analysis unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the usage analysis unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a screen on which information processed by the visualization processing unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention is displayed.
Figure 7 is a screen on which information processed by the visualization processing unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention is displayed.
Figure 8 is a screen showing the results of increasing or decreasing bandwidth according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is a screen showing the results of increasing or decreasing bandwidth according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 10 is a dashboard showing the usage status of all dedicated lines according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments disclosed in the present specification will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. However, identical or similar components will be assigned the same reference numbers regardless of reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions thereof will be omitted. Additionally, in describing the embodiments disclosed in this specification, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known technologies may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, the detailed descriptions will be omitted.

Terms containing ordinal numbers, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In this application, each step described may be performed regardless of the listed order, except when it must be performed in the listed order due to a special causal relationship.

In this application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the network environment of a dedicated line operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the dedicated line operation system 1000 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a line operation management server 100 and a telecommunication company agent 200.

The line operation management server 100 is located on the Internet network and is connected through two-way communication with the customer system 20 operated by a customer, that is, a company or government agency, and is capable of one-way communication or data reception only from the communication company agent 200. It is connected through two-way communication capable of sending and receiving.

The telecommunication company agent 200 is located in the telecommunication company's internal network (e.g. VPN network) and is connected to the telecommunication company system 10 operated by the telecommunication company, and is also connected to the line operation management server 100 located in the Internet network. The telecommunication company agent 200 performs a first one-way communication to receive data from the telecommunication company system 10 and a second one-way communication to transmit data to the line operation management server 100. ), two-way communication is performed when the settings of the telecommunication company agent 200 can be changed.

The telecommunication company agent 200 receives line operation information from the telecommunication company system 10. Line operation information is operation information on the dedicated lines of customer companies registered as members, and includes line operation status information, line contract status information, line event information, and usage information (traffic information) for each dedicated line.

Line operation status information is information provided by the computer system 11 of the telecommunication company system 10, and is information indicating whether the current usage status of dedicated lines owned by each customer company is normal, disabled, or closed. For example, taking Company A as an example, the line operation status information includes the identification information of Company A, the identification information of each dedicated line owned by Company A, and the current status information (normal, faulty, closed, etc.) of each dedicated line. .

The line contract status information is information provided by the work management system 12 of the telecommunication company system 10, and is information that informs each customer of the results of subscription for a dedicated line as of the current date. For example, taking Company A as an example, the line contract status information includes information on new dedicated lines, information on changed dedicated lines, and information on canceled dedicated lines signed by Company A with the telecommunication company as of the current date. Here, the information on the new dedicated line includes the identification information of the newly contracted dedicated line, the location of the new subscription (head office or branch A or branch B, etc.), and detailed information on the dedicated line (i.e., speed, contract period, product information, bandwidth, etc.) ), etc. Information on the changed dedicated line includes the identification information of the changed dedicated line, the location where the change was applied for (head office or branch A or branch B, etc.), and change information (i.e., change information on at least one of speed, contract period, product information, bandwidth, etc.) ) includes. Information on the canceled dedicated line includes identification information of the canceled dedicated line.

Line event information is information provided by the computer system 11 of the telecommunication company system 10, and is event information such as contract expiration for a dedicated line, a request for line speed expansion, and a dedicated line failure report based on the current date for each customer company. Line event information includes identification information of the dedicated line where the event occurred and information on the type of event (speed increase, contract expiration, failure notification, etc.).

Usage information is information provided by the telecommunication company NMS (Network Management System) of the telecommunication company system 10, and includes traffic information (usage information) by time for each dedicated line. Specifically, usage information includes identification information for each dedicated line and traffic information for each dedicated line.

The line operation management server 100 classifies and analyzes the line operation information received from the telecommunication company system 10 and provides line operation status, line contract status, line events, and time-specific usage information for the customer by region, task, or bandwidth. Create. Then, the line operation management server 100 visualizes each generated information and displays it on the dashboard.

Meanwhile, when the line operation management server 100 requests dedicated line operation information from the line management system 21 of the customer system 20, it provides visualized usage information, line events, line contract information, and Provides line operation status.

Figure 2 is a diagram showing the network environment of the dedicated line operation and management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the dedicated line operation management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to include a line operation management server 100 and a telecommunication company agent 200, similar to the first embodiment.

However, the difference between the dedicated line operation management system 1000 according to the second embodiment of the present invention and the first embodiment is that the line operation management server 100 does not go through the telecommunication company agent 200 but operates through the customer company system 20. ) receives traffic information, that is, usage information for each dedicated line, from the customer NMS (Network Management System, 22). Here, the customer NMS system 22 is connected to the backbone network connected to the telecommunication company system 10, determines the usage amount of each dedicated line of the customer company by time, and provides the identified information to the line operation management server 100.

Figure 3 is a block diagram of a dedicated line operation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 3, in the line subscription management system 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the line operation management server 100 includes an interface unit 101, a group management unit 102, an information classification unit 103, and regional analysis. It includes a unit 104, an analysis unit 105 for each task, an analysis unit 106 for each bandwidth, a usage analysis unit 107, a visualization processing unit 108, a display unit 109, and a storage unit 110. Here, at least one of the analysis unit 104 by region, the analysis unit 105 by task, and the analysis unit 106 by bandwidth may be used.

The interface unit 101 is responsible for the interface with the telecommunication company's internal network (VPN), that is, the telecommunication company agent 200 and the interface with the customer company's system 20.

The group management unit 102, according to the instructions of the customer representative, creates at least one group of the dedicated line owned by the customer by region (by branch), by task, and by the bandwidth of the dedicated line, and edits, modifies, and deletes the created group. make it possible For example, when the customer company representative instructs the creation of a regional (branch) group, the group management unit 102 identifies the dedicated lines owned by the customer company and, among the information about the identified dedicated lines, information on the use of the dedicated line (i.e., the use of the dedicated line). After identifying the region (branch) information), multiple regional groups are created by classifying them into the same region (branch) based on the identified information, and dedicated lines corresponding to the created regional groups are matched. The regional group created in this way and the information on the dedicated line corresponding to the group are provided to the regional analysis unit 104 along with the customer company identification information, and the regional analysis unit 104 uses the information on the dedicated line for each regional group to determine the regional group. Each group analyzes status information and event information regarding dedicated line operation.

As another example, when the customer company representative instructs the creation of a work group, the group management unit 102 creates a plurality of work groups based on the organization chart information provided by the customer company and identifies dedicated lines corresponding to the created plurality of work groups. . Here, the organization chart information includes the business department (sales department, development department, marketing department, production department, etc.) of the customer company's head office and each branch, as well as identification information of the dedicated line used by each business department. The work group created in this way and the information on the dedicated line corresponding to the work group are provided to the task analysis unit 105 along with the customer company identification information, and the task analysis unit 104 provides information on the dedicated line for each work group. It analyzes each status information and event information about dedicated line operation.

As another example, when the customer company representative instructs the creation of a bandwidth group, the group management unit 102 identifies the dedicated line owned by the customer company, determines the bandwidth information of the dedicated line among the information about the identified dedicated line, and then uses the identified bandwidth information. Based on this, a bandwidth group of the same bandwidth is created and a dedicated line corresponding to the created bandwidth group is matched. The information on the dedicated line corresponding to the bandwidth group created in this way is provided to the bandwidth-specific analysis unit 106 along with the customer company identification information, and the bandwidth-specific analysis unit 106 uses the information on the received bandwidth group and dedicated line to provide dedicated line information. Analyze each status information and event information regarding line operation.

Meanwhile, the group management unit 102 stores group and line information for each customer in the storage unit 110.

The information classification unit 103 receives information from the telecommunication company agent 200 or receives information from the telecommunication company agent 200 and the customer NMS 22 to collect line operation information for each dedicated line, and the storage unit 110 ) Using group and line information for each customer stored in , line operation information for dedicated lines is classified into customer, regional group (branch group), business group, bandwidth group, and usage information, and classified information. is stored and provided to the regional analysis unit 104, task analysis unit 105, bandwidth analysis unit 106, and usage analysis unit 107.

The regional analysis unit 104 uses line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of regional groups (e.g., Seoul main branch, Daejeon branch, Gwangju branch, Busan branch, Gangneung branch, etc.) received from the information classification unit 103. Analyze the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's regional group.

The task-specific analysis unit 105 uses the line operation information for the dedicated line of each task group (e.g., development group, marketing group, human resources group, management group, etc.) received from the information classification unit 103 for each customer. Analyze line operation status, line contract status, and line events for the work group.

The bandwidth analysis unit 106 uses the line operation information of each customer's dedicated line for each bandwidth group (e.g., the first bandwidth, the second bandwidth, the third bandwidth, etc.) received from the information classification unit 103. Analyze line operation status, line contract status, and line events for the bandwidth group.

The usage analysis unit 107 uses the dedicated line usage for each regional group, business group, and bandwidth group of the company (or organization) received from the information classification unit 103 to provide statistics by time slot and daily for each group. Statistics, weekly statistics, monthly statistics and yearly statistics are analyzed and the analysis results are provided to the visualization processing unit 108.

Additionally, the usage analysis unit 107 performs a bandwidth management function. The usage analysis unit 107 calculates the line usage rate for each dedicated line, analyzes whether the calculated line usage rate falls within the range of bandwidth increase, maintenance, and deceleration, and informs the manager so that the manager can manage the bandwidth for each dedicated line ( This is a function that allows you to apply for speed increase, speed reduction, etc.).

According to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security's communication line bandwidth management guidelines for administrative agencies' dedicated lines based on Article 64 (Information and Communication Service Utilization System) of the Enforcement Decree of the Electronic Government Act and Presidential Decree No. 370, "communication line utilization rate (line usage rate) is appropriate." “If it exceeds or falls below the standard, scientific line management based on traffic analysis is necessary.”

More specifically, according to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security's communication line bandwidth management guidelines, the standard value of communication line usage is calculated for one line, and the ratio of the standard usage value to the communication line bandwidth (same as the line usage rate below) is calculated. If the calculated ratio is more than 70%, the communication line is subject to speed increase, if it is less than 20% to 70%, the communication line is subject to maintaining the current bandwidth, and if it is less than 20%, the communication line is subject to deceleration. .

Here, the calculation of the standard value of communication line usage is as follows:

The daily busy hour is the maximum of the 3-5 minute average value for daily input and output, and the measurement period is the last 3 months.

Therefore, the usage analysis unit 107 calculates and averages the daily busy hours for each dedicated line every day over a three-month period to determine the usage reference value for each dedicated line. And the usage analysis unit 107 calculates the bandwidth occupancy rate (%) (line usage rate) using Equation 2 below.

When the usage analysis unit 107 calculates the occupancy ratio for each dedicated line, it determines the results of bandwidth increase, maintenance, and deceleration for each dedicated line, and provides the determined results to the visualization processing unit 108.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the visualization processing unit 108 analyzes the analysis results of each of the regional analysis unit 104, task-specific analysis unit 105, bandwidth-specific analysis unit 106, and usage analysis unit 107. Visualize it and display it on the dashboard.

The display unit 109 displays the analysis results processed by the visualization processing unit 108 on the screen.

The storage unit 110 stores information received from the communication company agent 200, analysis results from each analysis unit 104 to 107, customer company information, and organization chart information of each customer company.

Meanwhile, it further includes a common interface unit (not shown) of the line operation management server 100, and the common interface unit is responsible for the interface with the customer system 20.

Next, the communication company agent 200 includes an internal interface unit 210, an information collection unit 220, and an external interface unit 230.

The internal interface unit 210 is responsible for the interface with the telecommunication company system 10, and the information collection unit 220 collects various information provided by the telecommunication company system 10. The external interface unit 240 is responsible for the interface with the customer company's system 10.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a region-specific analysis unit, a task-specific analysis unit, and a bandwidth-specific analysis unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the analysis unit 104 by region, the analysis unit 105 by task, and the analysis unit 106 by bandwidth have the same internal configuration.

That is, the regional analysis unit 104, task-specific analysis unit 105, and bandwidth-specific analysis unit 106 each include a group information management unit 121, an operation status analysis unit 122, a contract status analysis unit 123, and an event unit. Includes a grasping portion 124.

The group information management unit 121 identifies line operation status information among the information received from the information classification unit 103 and provides it to the operation status analysis unit 122, and identifies the line contract status information to the contract status analysis unit 123. The line event information is identified and provided to the event identification unit 124.

The operation status analysis unit 122 analyzes the line operation status information of the group received from the group information management unit 121 to determine the current status of each dedicated line matched to the group, that is, whether it is normal, disabled, or closed, The identified results are provided to the visualization processing unit 107.

The contract status analysis unit 123 analyzes the line contract status information of the group received from the group information management department 121 to determine the number of dedicated lines held by the group and changed line contract information (e.g., number of new contract lines, contract number). number of canceled lines, number of lines changed, etc.) are identified, and the identified results are provided to the visualization processing unit 107.

The event identification unit 124 analyzes the line event information of the group received from the group information management unit 121 to determine the number of dedicated lines with expiring contracts, the number of requests for line speed expansion, the number of dedicated line failure reports, etc. The results are provided to the visualization processing unit 107.

Figure 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the usage analysis unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 5, the usage analysis unit 107 performs a bandwidth management function for all dedicated lines of the customer company.

Taking one dedicated line as an example, the usage analysis unit 107 determines the bandwidth (eg, 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, etc.) contracted for one dedicated line (S501). And the usage analysis unit 107 determines the usage amount, that is, traffic, every day and calculates the daily busy hour (S502).

The usage analysis unit 107 adds the daily busy hours for 3 months using the daily busy hours calculated every day (S503), calculates the average of the summed busy hours, and then uses Equation 1 above to calculate the corresponding dedicated hours. A usage reference value corresponding to the line is calculated (S504).

The usage analysis unit 107 applies the calculated reference value to Equation 2 above to calculate the occupancy ratio for the bandwidth identified in the S501 process (S505), and determines whether the calculated occupancy ratio is within the speed increase range or within the maintenance range. Determine whether the speed is decelerating or is within the deceleration range (S506).

The usage analysis unit 107 determines the range of traffic identified in S506 as bandwidth management information and provides it to the visualization processing unit 108 (S507).

Figure 6 is a screen on which information processed by the visualization processing unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention is displayed. Referring to FIG. 6, among all screens on which information processed by the visualization processing unit 108 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is displayed, screen 1 includes Seoul, Gyeongin, Gangwon, Gyeongbuk, Chungcheong, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, Displays regional line status for regional groups for Busan and Jeju. The line status on screen (1) displays a group display field for each group. Each group display field displays the local group name based on the map, the number of dedicated lines owned by the local group, and the normal operation of the dedicated lines. The number of errors and the number of reported failures are displayed. For example, looking at the group display field of the Gangwon Group shown in Figure 6, it can be seen that the Gangwon Group has a total of 27 dedicated lines, of which 26 are operating normally and one is receiving a failure.

In addition, screen (2) of the entire screen displays an operation status field that displays the nationwide dedicated line operation status for each regional group. The operation status field on screen (2) displays the total number of dedicated lines owned by the company (or organization), as well as the number of broken lines, the number of newly contracted lines, and the number of closed lines. In addition, the operation status field on screen (2) displays the number of newly subscribed lines and changed lines, the number in process and the number of lines that have been processed, and the total number of reported failures, the number of cases currently being processed, and the number of cases that have been processed are displayed. . Additionally, the operation status field on screen (2) displays the total number of dedicated lines whose contracts have expired, the number currently being processed, and the number of completed lines.

Lastly, screen 3 of the entire screen displays an event display field where line event information is displayed. The event display field displays line event information such as contract expiration, line speed expansion request, and line failure notification.

Figure 7 is a screen on which information processed by the visualization processing unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention is displayed. Referring to FIG. 7, menu items such as dashboard, overall status, subscription management, fee management, and bandwidth management are displayed on the full-screen middle screen (1) according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and clicking the corresponding menu item As time goes by, detailed information will appear on the screen.

Among the entire screens, screen (2) displays the total number of dedicated lines owned by the customer, the number of dedicated lines in normal operation among all dedicated lines, and the number of dedicated lines subject to speed increase according to bandwidth management. , the number of dedicated lines subject to deceleration is displayed.

In addition, the line status is displayed on screen (3) of the entire screen, with the top 5 and bottom 5 usages for each dedicated line displayed.

Figure 8 is a screen showing the results of increasing or decreasing bandwidth according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, the screen showing the results of increasing or decreasing the bandwidth according to the first embodiment of the invention displays the line usage, the bandwidth of the dedicated line, that is, the line speed, and the fee for the dedicated line. 3 The monthly traffic usage status is displayed, and whether the speed is increased or slowed down according to the 3-month traffic usage status is displayed. For example, Gangnam branch number 1 is indicated as subject to speed increase because the traffic for 3 months is more than 70% of 100M, and Songpa branch number 2 is indicated as subject to slowdown because traffic is less than 20% of 100M.

Figure 9 is a screen showing the results of increasing or decreasing bandwidth according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 9, the screen showing the results of bandwidth increase or decrease according to the second embodiment of the present invention has a field for searching for a specific dedicated line, and the list includes the line number and branch name of each dedicated line, service start date, and contract end date. is displayed, and along with the line usage rate, whether it is maintained (normal), decelerated, or increased according to the line usage rate is displayed.

Figure 10 is a dashboard showing the usage status of all dedicated lines according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 10, screen 1 of the usage management dashboard displays a circular graph showing usage by regional group. Through these graphs of usage by regional group, users can determine which region (or branch) has the highest and least usage.

Additionally, screen 2 of the usage management dashboard displays a bar graph showing total usage on a monthly basis. Through the usage of these bar graphs, users can determine which months have the most usage and which months have the least usage.

In addition, screen (3) of the usage management dashboard displays the usage status by time period and day of the week in a graph.

The technical features disclosed in each embodiment of the present invention are not limited to the corresponding embodiment, and unless they are incompatible with each other, the technical features disclosed in each embodiment may be combined and applied to other embodiments.

Therefore, in each embodiment, each technical feature is mainly explained, but unless the technical features are incompatible with each other, they can be applied in combination with each other.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various modifications and variations will be possible from the perspective of those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be determined not only by the claims of this specification but also by equivalents to these claims.

1000: Dedicated line operation management system 100: Line operation management server
200: Telecommunications company agent 101: Interface unit
102: Group management department 103: Information classification department
104: Analysis department by region 105: Analysis department by task
106: Bandwidth analysis unit 107: Usage analysis unit
108: visualization processing unit 109: display unit
110: storage unit 210: internal interface unit
220: Information collection unit 230: External interface

Claims (9)

A telecommunication company agent located in the telecommunication company's internal network and receiving line operation status information, line contract status information, line event information, and usage information for each dedicated line from the telecommunication company system; and
At the request of the customer company, a group for at least one of a regional group, a work group, and a bandwidth group is created, and the line operation status information, the line contract status information, the line event information, and each dedicated circuit received from the telecommunication company agent are created. It includes a line operation management server that classifies and analyzes selected usage information according to the group that created it, and visualizes and displays the analysis results,
Dedicated line operation management system. A telecommunication company agent located in the telecommunication company's internal network and receiving line operation status information, line contract status information, and line event information from the telecommunication company system; and
According to the customer's request, a group for at least one of the regional group, work group, and bandwidth group is created, the line operation status information, the line contract status information, and the line event information are received from the telecommunication company agent, and the customer's NMS It includes a line operation management server that receives usage information for each dedicated line from the network, classifies and analyzes each received information according to the group that created it, and visualizes and displays the analysis results.
Dedicated line operation management system. According to claim 1 or 2,
The line operation management server is,
an interface unit responsible for an interface with the telecommunication company agent and an interface with the customer company's system;
A group management unit that creates groups for the dedicated lines owned by the customer by region, task, and bandwidth of the dedicated line according to the instructions of the customer representative, and allows the created groups to be edited, modified, and deleted;
An information classification unit that classifies the collected line operation information for dedicated lines into customer company, regional group, business group, bandwidth group, and usage information using pre-stored group and line information for each customer company;
a regional analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's regional group using line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of regional groups received from the information classification unit;
A task-specific analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's work group using line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of work groups received from the information classification section;
a bandwidth-specific analysis unit that analyzes the line operation status, line contract status, and line events for each customer company's bandwidth group using line operation information on dedicated lines of a plurality of bandwidth groups received from the information classification section;
Analyzes statistics by time zone, daily statistics, weekly statistics, monthly statistics, and yearly statistics for each group by using the usage of each dedicated line by regional group, business group, and bandwidth group of the customer company received from the information classification department. Usage analysis department;
a visualization processing unit that visualizes the analysis results of the regional analysis unit, the task analysis unit, the bandwidth analysis unit, and the usage analysis unit and displays them on a dashboard; and
Comprising a display unit that displays the analysis results processed by the visualization processing unit on a screen,
Dedicated line operation management system. According to clause 3,
The usage analysis unit,
Calculate the line usage rate for each dedicated line and analyze whether the calculated line usage rate falls within the range of bandwidth increase, maintenance, or deceleration.
Dedicated line operation management system. According to clause 4,
The usage analysis unit,
Determine the contracted bandwidth for one dedicated line, calculate the daily busy hour by determining the usage, i.e. traffic, every day, and use the calculated daily busy hour to add up the daily busy hours for 3 months, and calculate the daily busy hour. After calculating the average of the busy hour, the usage standard value corresponding to the dedicated line is calculated. Using the calculated usage standard value, the occupancy rate for the contracted bandwidth is calculated, and the calculated occupancy rate is within the speed increase range. to determine whether it is in the maintenance range or deceleration range,
Dedicated line operation management system. According to claim 1 or 2,
Between the line operation management server and the telecommunication company agent, one-way communication occurs in which information is transmitted only from the telecommunication company agent to the line operation management server,
Dedicated line operation management system. According to clause 6,
The telecommunication company agent performs one-way communication that only receives information from the telecommunication company system,
Dedicated line operation management system. According to paragraph 3,
The regional analysis unit, the task-specific analysis unit, and the bandwidth-specific analysis unit,
Group information management unit that identifies line operation status information, line contract status information, and line event information among the information received from the information classification department:
Analyzes the line operation status information of the group received from the group information management unit 121 to determine whether each dedicated line matched to the group is normal, disabled, or closed, and provides the identified results to the visualization processing unit. Operation status analysis department:
a contract status analysis unit that analyzes the line contract status information of the group received from the group information management department, determines the number of dedicated lines held by the group and changed line contract information, and provides the identified results to the visualization processing unit; and
An event identification unit analyzes the line event information of the group received from the group information management department to identify the number of dedicated lines with expiring contracts, the number of requests for line speed expansion, and the number of dedicated line failure reports, and provides the identified results to the visualization processing department. containing,
Dedicated line operation management system. According to clause 3,
The group management department,
The plurality of work groups are created based on the organization chart information provided by the customer, wherein the organization chart information includes the business department of the customer company's headquarters and each branch and identification information of the dedicated line used by each business department,
Dedicated line operation management system.