TWI513261B - Passive communication management system - Google Patents

Description

Passive communication management system

The present invention relates to a passive communication management system, and more particularly to a passive communication management system that allows an automatic setting server to passively manage a passive communication device using the TR-069 protocol.

At present, the network management systems used in broadband networks are mostly based on the TR-069 network protocol. However, for many traditional communication devices that do not have the TR-069 network protocol or the communication devices used by the home/enterprise, the network management may still be used. The traditional Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) or Telnet protocol, which is based on a simple network management protocol or Telnet protocol, is not easy to be included in the cloud management. In addition, the above-mentioned network communication device or the communication device used by the home/enterprise is generally connected via a Network Address Translation (NAT) such as a Home Gateway (HGW). To the network, and because of the firewall characteristics of the network address converter, it is difficult to incorporate the above devices into the cloud management.

For example, please refer to the first figure, which shows a block diagram of a prior art management system of the present invention. As shown in the first figure, the management system The PA1 includes a network address translator PA11, a plurality of passive communication devices PA12, PA12a, PA12b and an automatic setting server PA13. The passive communication device PA12 is provided with a simple network management protocol transceiver PA121 for transmitting data by using a simple network management protocol; the passive communication device PA12a is provided with a Telnet protocol transceiver PA121a for transmitting data by using the Telnet protocol; and the passive communication device PA12b is provided. There is a TR-069 network protocol transceiver PA121b to transmit data using the TR-069 network protocol. In addition, the passive communication devices PA12, PA12a, PA12b are all communicatively coupled to the network address translator PA11.

The automatic setting server PA13 is provided with a TR-069 network protocol transceiver PA131, and is communicatively connected to the network address converter PA11, so that the automatic setting server PA13 can manage the passive communication device PA12b through the network address converter PA11. . It can be understood from the first figure that in the existing management system PA1, since the automatic setting server PA13 can only manage the passive communication that also transmits data by the TR-069 network protocol through the network address converter PA11. The device PA12b, therefore, the automatic setting server PA13 can only communicate with the passive communication device PA12b, and cannot further manage the passive communication device PA12 that transmits data with a simple network management protocol and the passive communication device PA12a that transmits data with the Telnet protocol.

In view of the firewall characteristics of the network address converter, the existing cloud system is generally unmanageable with a simple network management protocol or Telnet protocol. The issue of a device based on the discussion. Therefore, the present invention mainly provides a passive communication management system, which mainly provides a communication management module capable of transmitting data by a simple network management protocol, a Telnet protocol, and a TR-069 network protocol, and is set in a network address. The same domain of the converter is used to effectively solve the conventional technical problems.

Based on the above objective, the main technical means adopted by the present invention provides a passive communication management system, which includes at least one Network Address Translation (NAT), a plurality of passive communication devices, and an automatic setting server. (Auto Configuration Server, ACS) and a communication management module. The network address translator is located in an internet domain. The passive communication devices are connected to the network address converter and are located in the internet domain, and are connected by a simple network management protocol (Simple Network Management Protocol, SNMP). And transmitting data to one of the Telnet protocols, the automatic setting server is provided with at least one setting data of the passive communication devices, and transmits data by using a TR-069 network protocol. The communication management module is communicatively coupled to the passive communication device and the automatic setting server, and is connected to the network address converter and located in the internet domain, and is provided with a communication trigger condition for satisfying the communication trigger condition. Actively collecting configuration data from the automatic setting server by using the TR-069 network protocol, and managing the passive communication devices according to one of the simple network management protocol and the Telnet protocol according to the setting data, thereby generating at least one management result.

In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned passive communication management system, the passive communication device is a data machine and a broadband Router, a wide-band gateway, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway, a smart phone, a tablet, an Internet Protocol Set-Top Box (IP STB), At least one of a desktop computer and a notebook computer. In addition, the setting data is at least one of an updated version, an internet address, a device model, and a MAC address, and the communication trigger condition is a preset time. In addition, when the communication management module generates the management result, the management result is transmitted to the automatic setting server by the TR-069 network protocol.

After the passive communication management system adopted by the present invention, the communication management module or the device having the communication management module can transmit data through the simple network management protocol, the Telnet protocol, and the TR-069 network protocol, and the communication is satisfied. When the trigger condition is met, the setting data can be actively taken to the automatic setting server, and the passive communication device can be managed by itself, so that the automatic setting server can passively manage the old simple network management under the TR-069 network protocol. The passive communication device of the protocol and the Telnet protocol can further integrate the device based on the simple network management protocol or the Telnet protocol into the cloud management, thereby greatly improving the practicability.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be further described by the following examples and drawings.

PA1‧‧‧Management System

PA11‧‧‧Network Address Translator

PA12, PA12a, PA12b‧‧‧ Passive communication device

PA121‧‧‧Simple Network Management Protocol Transceiver

PA121a‧‧‧ Telnet protocol transceiver

PA121b‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

PA13‧‧‧Automatic setting server

PA131‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

1, 1a‧‧‧ Passive Communication Management System

11, 11a‧‧‧ Network Address Translator

12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e‧‧‧ Passive communication devices

121‧‧‧Simple Network Management Protocol Transceiver

121a‧‧‧Telnet protocol transceiver

121b‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

121c‧‧‧Simple Network Management Protocol Transceiver

121d‧‧‧Telnet protocol transceiver

121e‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

122c, 122d, 122e‧‧‧ communication management module

13, 13a‧‧‧Automatically set the server

131, 131a‧‧‧Setting information

132, 132a‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

14‧‧‧Passive communication management device

141‧‧‧Communication Management Module

100, 100a‧‧‧ Internet domain

S1‧‧‧ capture signal

S2, S3‧‧‧ setting signal

S4‧‧‧ reply signal

The first figure shows a block diagram of a management system of the prior art of the present invention; the second figure shows the passive communication management system of the first embodiment of the present invention. The schematic diagram of the system; and the third diagram shows a schematic diagram of the passive communication management system of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Since the combined implementation of the passive communication management system provided by the present invention is numerous, it will not be repeated here, and only two preferred embodiments will be specifically described.

Please refer to the second figure, which is a schematic diagram showing the passive communication management system of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the second figure, the passive communication management system 1 provided by the present invention comprises a Network Address Translation (NAT), a plurality of passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b, and an automatic setting server. 13 (Auto Configuration Server, ACS) and a passive communication management device 14.

The network address translator 11 is located in an internet domain 100. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the network address translator 11 refers to a relay device having a network address translation function, such as a home network gate. Home Gateway (HGW), router, but is not limited thereto in other embodiments.

The passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b are in communication with the network address translator 11 and are located in the Internet domain 100. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b are wirelessly coupled to each other. Network address translator 11, in other embodiments, passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b may be wired to network address translator 11 and network address translator 11 in the same internet domain 100.

In addition, the passive communication device 12, 12a, 12 can transmit data by one of a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and a Telnet protocol, or can transmit data by the TR-069 network protocol. Further, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the passive communication device 12 is provided with a simple network management protocol transceiver 121 for transmitting data by a simple network management protocol; the passive communication device 12a is provided with a Telnet protocol transceiver. 121a, in turn, transmits data by using the Telnet protocol; the passive communication device 12b is provided with a TR-069 network protocol transceiver 121b, and then transmits data by using the TR-069 network protocol, and it is needless to mention that the present invention is preferred. The simple network management protocol and Telnet protocol defined in the embodiment are defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and the TR-069 network protocol is defined by the DSL Forum (later renamed Broadband Forum). Defined by the technical standards development organization.

In addition, the passive communication device 12, 12a, 12b refers to a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), which can be a data machine, a broadband router, a broadband gateway, and a voice over Internet Protocol (Voice over Internet Protocol, VoIP) at least one of a gateway, a smart phone, a tablet, an Internet Protocol Set-Top Box (IP STB), a desktop computer, and a notebook computer, but Other embodiments are not limited thereto.

The Auto Configuration Server (ACS) 13 is a cloud server, and is provided with a plurality of setting materials 131 (only one is shown) of the passive communication devices 12, 12a, and 12b. The fixed data 131 is, for example, an updated version, an internet address, a device model and a MAC address, and can be stored in a storage module of an Auto Configuration Server (ACS) 13. (not shown), the storage module is, for example, an Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM) and a non-volatile memory (NVRAM) of a flash memory. In addition, the automatic setting server 13 is further provided with a TR-069 network protocol transceiver 132 for transmitting data in the TR-069 network protocol.

The passive communication management device 14 can be a communication device such as a data machine, a router, or a gateway. The passive communication management device 14 is provided with a communication management module 141 that is wirelessly connected to the network address translator 11 The passive communication management device 14 is communicatively coupled to the passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b and the automatic setting server 13 in the same Internet domain 100, wherein in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the passive communication management device The 14-series wireless communication is connected to the passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b and the automatic setting server 13, while in other embodiments, the passive communication management device 14 is wired to the passive communication devices 12, 12a, 12b and wirelessly The communication is connected to the automatic setting server 13. In addition, in general, the passive communication management device 14 can be provided with a general processing chip and a related module of the wireless communication interface, in addition to the communication management module 141, which is determined according to the actual situation.

The communication management module 141 is, for example, a processor having processing capability, and may also be an application (Application, APP) such as a software. The letter management module 141 is provided with a communication trigger condition, and can transmit data by the TR-069 network protocol, the simple network management protocol, and the Telnet protocol. Further, the communication management module 141 has the capability of packet conversion, so that the packet of the simple network management protocol can be converted with the packet of the TR-069 network protocol, or the Telnet protocol can be combined with the TR-069 network protocol. The packet is converted so that the Simple Network Management Protocol or the Telnet protocol can communicate with the TR-069 network protocol.

Briefly, the communication management module 141 communicates with the automatic setting server 13 via the TR-069 network protocol, communicates with the passive communication device 12 via a simple network management protocol, and communicates with the passive communication device 12a via the Telnet protocol.

In addition, the communication triggering condition set by the communication management module 141 is, for example, a preset time, and the preset time can be determined by the user end or the management end, for example, one minute, one day, one month, etc., depending on the actual situation. To decide.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that since the passive communication device 12b transmits data by the TR-069 network protocol, the automatic setting server 13 also transmits data by the TR-069 network protocol, and the passive communication management device 14 also sets The communication management module 141 has the capability of transmitting data by the TR-069 network protocol. Therefore, the passive communication device 12b itself can be incorporated into the automatic setting server 13 through the passive communication management device 14 and the network address converter 11. In management, therefore, the passive communication device 12b will not be described below.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if the operator installs the passive communication management device 14 having the communication management module 141 provided by the present invention, Thereafter, the automatic setting server 13 passively manages the passive communication devices 12, 12a of the customer premises equipment. Specifically, when the communication management module 141 satisfies (reaches) the communication trigger condition, the capture signal S1 is automatically sent to the automatic setting server 13 by the TR-069 network protocol periodically or immediately, and the servo is automatically set. The device 13 captures the setting data 131 of the passive communication device 12, 12a, and after acquiring the setting data 131, manages the setting passive communication device 12 according to the setting data 131 by transmitting a setting signal S2 in a simple network management protocol, and according to the setting The data 131 transmits a setting signal S3 in the Telnet protocol to manage the setting of the passive communication device 12a, thereby generating a management result.

Wherein, the management setting passive communication device 12, 12a may manage the setting at the same time, or after managing the setting passive communication device 12, and then managing the setting passive communication device 12b, for example, when the setting data is an updated version, communication management The module 141 updates the passive communication device 12 according to the updated version, and then updates the passive communication device 12b. After the update is completed, the management result of the successful update is used to report the management result by the TR-069 network protocol. S4 is transmitted to the automatic setting server 13 to report the update status of the passive communication devices 12, 12a.

In short, the communication management module 141 provided by the present invention can actively retrieve the setting data 131 from the automatic setting server 13 and manage the setting passive communication devices 12 and 12a according to the setting data 131, so that the automatic setting server is enabled. 13 Passively managing the passive communication devices 12, 12a, thereby achieving the passive communication device 12, 12a that the automatic setting server 13 can manage with a simple network management protocol or Telnet protocol.

In addition, please refer to the third figure, which is a schematic diagram showing a passive communication management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the third figure, in the second embodiment, the passive communication management system 1a includes a network address converter 11a, passive communication devices 12c, 12d, 12e, and an automatic setting server 13a. The passive communication devices 12c, 12d, and 12e are located in the same Internet domain 100a as the network address translator 11a. Unlike the first embodiment, the passive communication device 12c is provided with a simple network management protocol transceiver 121c. The communication module 122c is electrically connected to the communication management module 122c of the simple network management protocol transceiver 121c. The passive communication device 12d is provided with a Telnet protocol transceiver 121d and a communication management module 122d electrically connected to the Telnet protocol transceiver 121d. The passive communication device 12e is provided with a TR-069 network protocol transceiver 121e and a communication management module 122e electrically connected to the TR-069 network protocol transceiver 121e, so that the communication management modules 122c, 122d, and 122e are respectively wired. The communication is connected to the passive communication devices 12c, 12d, and 12e. The communication management modules 122c, 122d, and 122e may be embedded in the passive communication devices 12c, 12d, and 12e, respectively, in the form of an application.

The rest of the configuration information 131a (only one of which is shown) and the TR-069 network protocol transceiver 132a of the plurality of passive communication devices 12c, 12d, and 12e are the same as those of the first embodiment. ,No longer. That is to say, the difference between the first embodiment and the second embodiment is that the communication management modules 141, 121c, 121d, and 121e are different in position, and in other embodiments, the communication management module can be set in the automatic mode. The servers 13 and 13a are set.

In summary, after adopting the passive communication management system adopted by the present invention, the communication management module or the device having the communication management module can use the simple network management protocol, the Telnet protocol, and the TR-069 network protocol. The data is transmitted, and when the communication trigger condition is met, the setting data can be actively retrieved from the automatic setting server, thereby managing the passive communication device, so that the automatic setting server can passively be based on the TR-069 network protocol. Manages passive communication devices with simple network management protocols and Telnet protocols, which in turn can incorporate devices based on simple network management protocols or Telnet protocols into the cloud management, greatly improving the usability.

In addition, the passive communication management system adopted by the present invention can also manage the existing passive communication device based on the TR-069 network protocol, and thus is compatible with the existing network management system, thereby eliminating the need to update any device and having considerable convenience. .

The features and spirit of the present invention will be more apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiments. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various modifications and equivalents within the scope of the invention as claimed.

1‧‧‧Passive Communication Management System

11‧‧‧Network Address Translator

12, 12a, 12b‧‧‧ Passive communication devices

121‧‧‧Simple Network Management Protocol Transceiver

121a‧‧‧Telnet protocol transceiver

121b‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

13‧‧‧Automatic setting server

131‧‧‧Setting information

132‧‧‧TR-069 Network Protocol Transceiver

14‧‧‧Passive communication management device

141‧‧‧Communication Management Module

100‧‧‧Internet domain

S1‧‧‧ capture signal

S2, S3‧‧‧ setting signal

S4‧‧‧ reply signal

Claims (5)

A passive communication management system includes: at least one Network Address Translation (NAT), located in an Internet domain; a plurality of passive communication devices connected to the network address converter The Internet domain, and transmitting data by one of a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and a Telnet protocol; an Auto Configuration Server (ACS), which is provided At least one setting data of the passive communication device, and transmitting data by using a TR-069 network protocol; and a communication management module communicatively connecting to the passive communication device and the automatic setting server, and communicating with the communication device The network address converter is located in the internet domain, and is provided with a communication trigger condition for actively taking the setting to the automatic setting server by using the TR-069 network protocol when the communication trigger condition is met. Data, and according to the setting data, the passive communication device is managed by one of the simple network management protocol and the Telnet protocol, according to Health Management least a result. The passive communication management system according to claim 1, wherein the passive communication device is a data machine, a broadband router, a wideband gateway, and a voice over internet protocol (VoIP). Gateway, a smart phone, a tablet, an Internet Protocol Set-Top Box (IP STB), a desktop computer and At least one of a notebook computer. The passive communication management system of claim 1, wherein the setting data is at least one of an updated version, an internet address, a device model, and a MAC address. The passive communication management system according to claim 1, wherein when the communication management module generates the management result, the management result is transmitted to the automatic setting server by using the TR-069 network protocol. . The passive communication management system of claim 1, wherein the communication trigger condition is a preset time.