WO2009089771A1

WO2009089771A1 - Method and system for network management, terminal and automatic configuration server

Info

Publication number: WO2009089771A1
Application number: PCT/CN2009/070018
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ke Zhang
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2008-01-11
Filing date: 2009-01-05
Publication date: 2009-07-23
Also published as: CN101483543A

Abstract

A method and a system for network management, a terminal and an automatic configuration server are disclosed. The network management method comprises: acquiring a management authority parameter for identifying a terminal allowing the automatic configuration server to manage the management authority; acquiring the management policy corresponding to the said management policy according to the relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy; managing the terminal according to the management policy.

Description

Network Management Method and System, Terminal and Automatic Configuration Server This application claims to be submitted to the Chinese Patent Office on January 11, 2008, the application number is 200810056076.0, and the invention is entitled "Network Management Method and System, Terminal and Automatic Configuration Server". Priority of the application, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technologies, and more particularly to a network management method and system, a terminal, and an automatic configuration server. Background technique

Among the existing communication technologies, the digital subscriber line (X Digital Subscriber Line, hereinafter referred to as xDSL) has become the mainstream of broadband access for homes and small businesses. The Simple Network Management Protocol (hereinafter referred to as SNMP) is the most commonly used environmental management protocol. It provides a method for collecting network management information from devices on the network, and also reports the device to the network management workstation. Problems and errors provide a way. According to the SNMP protocol, the network management server initiates network management. Because the network management server cannot know which terminal device is online, the terminal device cannot be effectively managed. Therefore, the SNMP protocol does not apply to the management of terminal devices.

In order to effectively manage the terminal equipment, the DSL Forum organization proposed a network management protocol applicable to the terminal equipment: TR069 protocol. The TR069 protocol can be used to automate device configuration, software and hardware upgrades, device status and performance monitoring, and troubleshooting. By deploying the network management system based on the TR069 protocol, you can reduce the user's configuration/management of terminal devices to a large extent, improve the ease of use and manageability of terminal devices, and facilitate the rapid deployment and service of terminal devices in the home network. Develop quickly.

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system based on the TR069 protocol in the prior art. The network management system includes Customer Premises Equipment (hereinafter referred to as: CPE), Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) and Automatic Configuration Server (Automatic Configuration Server, below) Abbreviation: ACS). In the network management system based on the TR069 protocol, the remote centralized management of the terminal devices in the home, namely: CPE, is mainly performed by the ACS. The managed terminal devices may be network devices such as a home gateway, a set top box, an IP telephone adapter, and a network storage device. .

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventor has found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: In the existing network management system based on the TR069 protocol, the operator sets various management policies for managing the terminal device on the ACS in advance. The ACS manages the terminal device according to the management policy, that is, the management authority of the terminal device is completely controlled by the ACS. The terminal device user lacks the authority to determine the terminal device's management rights managed by the ACS, and cannot participate in the network management. The management of the ACS is accepted. In this way, the personalized configuration parameters set by the user on the terminal device may be modified by the ACS, and the legitimate interests of the terminal device user cannot be guaranteed. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is: Allowing the terminal device user to participate in determining the authority of the terminal device to be managed by the network management.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a network management method includes: acquiring a management authority parameter for identifying a management authority that a terminal allows an automatic configuration server to manage;

Obtaining a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy;

The terminal is managed according to the management policy.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a terminal is provided, including:

A setting module for setting management for the identification terminal to allow the automatic configuration server to manage it And a sending module, configured to send the management permission parameter set by the setting module to the automatic configuration server or a pre-designated storage device.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an automatic configuration server is provided, including: a first obtaining module, configured to acquire a management authority parameter reported by a terminal;

a second obtaining module, configured to acquire, according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy, a management policy corresponding to the management permission parameter acquired by the first acquiring module;

And a management module, configured to manage the terminal according to the management policy acquired by the second obtaining module.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a network management system includes a terminal and an automatic configuration server, where the terminal includes:

a setting module, configured to set an administrative permission parameter that identifies an administrative authority that the terminal allows to automatically configure the server to manage;

a sending module, configured to send the management permission parameter set by the setting module to the automatic configuration server or a pre-specified storage device;

The automatic configuration server includes:

a first obtaining module, configured to acquire a management authority parameter sent by the sending module;

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the automatic configuration server obtains the management authority parameter for identifying the management authority that the terminal allows the automatic configuration server to manage, the automatic configuration server obtains the management authority parameter according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy. Corresponding management policies, and managing the terminal according to the management policy, allowing the terminal user to participate in determining the right of the terminal device to be managed by the automatically configured server to participate in the network management, thereby improving the management authority of the user, which can effectively ensure The legitimate interests of the terminal equipment user. The technical solution of the present invention will be further described in detail below through the accompanying drawings and embodiments. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network management system based on the TR069 protocol in the prior art; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a network management method according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a network management method according to the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a terminal according to the present invention;

5 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a terminal according to the present invention;

6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of an automatic configuration server according to the present invention;

7 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of an automatic configuration server according to the present invention;

8 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of a network management system according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of a network management system according to the present invention. detailed description

Because the terminal device is directly facing the user, in order to maintain the legitimate interests of the user, the user should be allowed to select the terminal device that can be managed by the ACS. For example, only the ACS is allowed to initiate an automatic upgrade to the terminal, but the configuration parameters of the terminal are not allowed to be modified. In the embodiment of the present invention, the ACS obtains the correspondence information between the identifier parameter and the management policy, acquires a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter, and manages the terminal according to the management policy, thereby allowing the user to participate in the decision. The terminal device is authorized by the ACS to manage administrative rights, which enhances the user's management rights. The terminal can be specifically a CPE.

As shown in FIG. 2, it is a flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a network management method according to the present invention, which includes the following steps:

Step 101: The user sets an administrative authority parameter for identifying the management authority of the CPE to allow the ACS to manage the CPE, for example: respectively, indicating that the ACS has high management on the CPE. Permissions, general administrative privileges, and "High", "Mid", "Low" with low administrative privileges. This administrative rights parameter can be stored in the CPE.

Step 102: The CPE reports the management authority parameter set by the user to the ACS.

Specifically, when the CPE initiates the registration request, the CPE may write the management permission parameter into the registration request information (Inform) of the TR069 protocol, and manage the permission parameter by using the registration request information to the ACS. As shown below, the specific content instance of an "Inform" message carrying the administrative permission parameter "High" reported to the ACS for the CPE is as follows:

<Name>XXXXXXX</Name>

<Value

Xsi:type="xsd:string">XXXXXXX</Value>

</ParameterValue Struct>

<Name>InternetGatewayDevice.ManagementServer.AcsPriority</Nam>

</ParameterList>

Step 103: The ACS receives the management authority parameter reported by the CPE. If the CPE reports the management authority parameter to the ACS through the registration request information, the privilege parameter is obtained from the registration request information.

Step 104: The ACS queries the corresponding relationship information between the preset management authority parameter and the management policy, and obtains a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter sent or acquired by the CPE.

Step 105: The ACS manages the CPE according to a management policy.

For example, if the CPE carries the management permission parameter "High" to the ACS, the ACS can initiate the configuration parameter query to the CPE through the "GetParameterValues" command. The configuration parameters of the CPE stored in the ACS database are compared. If the two do not match, the CPE is delivered to the CPE. The "SetParameterValues" command updates the configuration parameters of the CPE with the configuration parameters of the CPE stored in the database. If the privilege is that the privilege parameter is "Low", the ACS does not send the configuration parameter query and subsequent operations to the CPE.

In the existing network management system based on the TR069 protocol, the operator sets various management policies for managing the terminal device on the ACS in advance, and the ACS performs corresponding management on the terminal device according to the management policy, that is, management of the terminal device. The authority is completely controlled by the ACS. The terminal device user lacks the right to decide the terminal device to be managed by the ACS. It cannot participate in the network management and can only passively accept the management of the ACS. In this way, the personalized configuration set by the user on the terminal device. The parameters may be modified by the ACS and there is no guarantee of the legitimate benefit of the terminal device user.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2, the CPE can manage the user-configured management authority parameters to the ACS, and the ACS manages the management policy CPE corresponding to the management authority parameter, allowing the CPE user to participate in determining the CPE ACS. The power to manage the management rights to participate in network management, enhance the user's management authority, and effectively guarantee the legitimate interests of CPE users. As shown in FIG. 3, it is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of the network management method of the present invention, which includes the following steps:

Step 201: The user sets an administrative authority parameter for identifying the management authority for the CPE to allow the ACS to manage the CPE on the CPE, for example: respectively indicating that the ACS has high management authority, general management authority, and low management authority for the CPE. , "Mid", "Low".

Step 202: The CPE stores the management authority parameter in a pre-designated storage device. It can be set that only the CPE user has the modify permission for the administrative authority parameter, which is read-only for the ACS.

Step 203: After the CPE restarts the connection with the ACS, the CPE sends the registration request information to the ACS, where the registration request information carries the CPE user identifier.

Step 204: After receiving the registration request information sent by the CPE, the ACS obtains the management authority parameter corresponding to the CPE user identifier from the storage device according to the CPE user identifier carried in the CPE.

Step 205: The ACS sets a correspondence between the management authority parameter and the management policy according to a preset Information, obtain the management policy corresponding to the management permission parameters.

Step 206: The ACS manages the CPE according to the management policy. For example, the ACS configures the CPE according to the management policy, or updates the configuration parameters of the CPE.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3, the CPE may store the user-configured management authority parameter in a pre-designated storage device, and the ACS may obtain the management authority parameter set by the CPE user from the storage device according to the CPE identifier. And the management policy CPE corresponding to the management authority parameter is used for management, allowing the CPE user to participate in determining the power of the CPE to be managed by the ACS to participate in the network management, improving the management authority of the user, and effectively ensuring the legitimate interests of the CPE user. . In the foregoing network management method embodiment of the present invention, the network management authority parameter is used as an example for the ACS to have "High", "Mid" and "Low" with high management authority, general management authority and low management authority. In addition, the network management authority parameter may also be other embodiments. For example: The network management permission parameter is "High" and "Low" indicating that the ACS has all management rights and general management rights to the terminal, or directly indicates that the ACS has configuration parameter management rights to the terminal and does not have configuration parameter management rights. Y" and "N", etc. As long as the correspondence between the management authority parameter and the management policy is set in the ACS, the ACS can determine the management rights to the terminal.

A terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes interconnecting: a setting module 301, configured to send an administrative authority parameter set by the setting module 301 to an ACS or a pre-designated storage device.

As shown in FIG. 4, it is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of the terminal of the present invention. In this embodiment, sending The module is specifically configured as a reporting module 302, which is used to report the management authority parameters to the ACS.

Referring to FIG. 4, the terminal further includes a first storage module 303, which is respectively connected to the setting module 301 and the reporting module 302, and is configured to store the management authority parameter set by the setting module 301. The reporting module 302 is configured from the first storage module 303. The management authority parameter is obtained, and the management authority parameter is written into the registration request information, and the management authority parameter is reported to the ACS through the registration request information.

In the terminal embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4, after the setting module 301 sets the management authority parameter in the first storage module 303, the configuration permission parameter can be sent to the ACS by the reporting module 302, so that the ACS can access the terminal according to the management authority parameter. The corresponding management is performed, so that the terminal user can participate in determining the power of the terminal to be managed by the ACS, thereby improving the management authority of the user, and effectively ensuring the legitimate interests of the terminal user.

As shown in FIG. 5, it is a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the terminal of the present invention. In the terminal of the embodiment, the sending module is specifically a storage executing module 302, configured to store the management permission parameter in a pre-designated storage device, and Can be used to send registration request information to the ACS.

In the terminal embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5, after the setting module 301 sets the management authority parameter, the storable execution module 302 may store the management authority parameter in a pre-specified storage device, so that the ACS performs the terminal according to the management authority parameter. Corresponding management, so that the end user can participate in the power to determine the terminal's management rights managed by the ACS, enhance the user's management authority, and effectively guarantee the legitimate interests of the end user.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of an ACS according to the present invention, where the ACS of the embodiment includes:

The first obtaining module 401 is configured to obtain a management authority parameter reported by the terminal;

The second obtaining module 402 is configured to obtain, according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy, a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter acquired by the first obtaining module 401, where the management authority parameter and the management policy are Correspondence information can be preset by the administrator;

The management module 403 is configured to manage the terminal according to the management policy acquired by the second obtaining module 402. Referring to FIG. 6, the ACS of the foregoing embodiment may further include a second storage module 404, and is connected to the second obtaining module 402, and configured to store correspondence relationship information between the management authority parameter and the management policy. The corresponding relationship information in the second storage module 404 acquires a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter.

In this embodiment, the second storage module 404 configured in the ACS may store the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy, so that the ACS determines the corresponding management policy according to the management authority parameter set by the user, and performs corresponding processing on the terminal. Rights management, which enables end users to participate in determining the terminal's authority to be managed by the ACS. As shown in FIG. 7 , it is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of an ACS according to the present invention. In the ACS of the embodiment, the first obtaining module 401 is connected to each other: a receiving unit 501 is configured to receive a registration request reported by the reporting module 302 in the terminal. The information obtaining unit 502 is configured to acquire, from the pre-designated storage device, a management authority parameter corresponding to the terminal user identifier carried in the registration request information received by the receiving unit 501. The second obtaining module 402 is connected to the obtaining unit 502, and is configured to obtain a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter acquired by the acquiring unit 502 according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy.

Further, the ACS of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 may further include a second storage module 404, and is connected to the second obtaining module 402, and configured to store correspondence relationship information between the management authority parameter and the management policy. The second obtaining module 402 is configured according to Corresponding relationship information in the second storage module 404 acquires a management policy corresponding to the management authority parameter.

The network management system provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal 1 and an ACS 2, which can be used to implement the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 of the present invention. The terminal 1 is connected to each other: a setting module sending module is configured to send the management authority parameter set by the setting module 301 to the ACS or the pre-specified storage device. The ACS2 includes: a first obtaining module 401, configured to obtain a management authority parameter reported by the sending module; and a second obtaining module 402, configured to acquire, according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy, the first obtaining module 401 The management authority parameter 403 is used to manage the terminal 1 according to the management policy acquired by the second obtaining module 402. Management.

In the network management system provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal 1 may set a management authority parameter that allows the ACS2 to manage the management authority, and the ACS2 may obtain a corresponding management policy according to the management authority parameter set by the terminal 1, and according to the management policy. The terminal 1 is managed to implement the power of the terminal user to determine the management authority of the terminal to be managed by the ACS, thereby improving the management authority of the user, and effectively ensuring the legitimate interests of the terminal user.

As shown in FIG. 8 , it is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of the network management system of the present invention. The network management system of this embodiment can implement the process of the network management method embodiment shown in FIG. 2, which includes the terminal 1 and the ACS 2, where The terminal 1 can use the terminal in any embodiment shown in FIG. 4, and the ACS2 can use the ACS provided in any embodiment shown in FIG. 6, where the upper 4艮 module 302 of the terminal 1 is the first in the ACS2. The obtaining module 401 reports the management authority parameter.

As shown in FIG. 9 , it is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of the network management system of the present invention. The network management system of this embodiment can be used to implement the process flow of the network management method shown in FIG. 3 , which includes the terminal 1 and the storage device 3 . And the ACS2, wherein the storage device 3 is configured to store correspondence information between the terminal user identifier and the management authority parameter; the terminal 1 uses the terminal shown in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the ACS2 can use any of the devices shown in FIG. The ACS of the embodiment, wherein the storage execution module 302 in the terminal 1 stores the management authority parameter in the storage device 3; the second acquisition module 402 in the ACS 2 is configured to acquire the terminal user carried in the registration request information from the storage device 3 Identifies the corresponding administrative permission parameters.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above method embodiments may be completed by using hardware related to program instructions, and the foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program is executed when executed. The method includes the steps of the foregoing method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user can set the management authority parameter for identifying the management authority for the terminal to allow the automatic configuration server to manage the terminal, and the automatic configuration server obtains the management authority according to the correspondence relationship between the management authority parameter and the management policy. Parameter corresponding management strategy, and The terminal is managed according to the management policy, and the user is allowed to participate in determining the right of the terminal device to be managed by the automatically configured server to participate in the network management, thereby improving the management authority of the user, and effectively ensuring the legitimate interests of the terminal device user.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will understand that the invention may be modified or equivalently substituted without departing from the teachings of the present invention. The spirit and scope of the programme.

Claims

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A network management method, characterized in that it comprises:

Obtaining a management permission parameter for identifying an administrative authority that the terminal allows the automatic configuration server to manage;

The terminal is managed according to the management policy.

The network management method according to claim 1, wherein before the obtaining the management authority parameter for identifying the management authority that the terminal allows the automatic configuration server to manage, the method further includes: setting the terminal An administrative authority parameter that identifies the administrative authority that the terminal allows to automatically configure the server to manage it.

The network management method according to claim 2, wherein the obtaining the management authority parameter for identifying the management authority that the terminal allows the automatic configuration server to manage is specifically: the terminal is configured to the automatic configuration. The server reports the management permission parameter; or

The terminal stores the management authority parameter in a pre-designated storage device;

After receiving the registration request information sent by the terminal, the automatic configuration server acquires the management authority parameter corresponding to the terminal user identifier from the storage device according to the terminal user identifier carried in the registration request information.

The network management method according to claim 3, wherein the terminal reporting the management authority parameter to the automatic configuration server is specifically:

The terminal writes the management authority parameter into the registration request information, and reports the management authority parameter to the automatic configuration server by using the registration request information.

The network management method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein managing the terminal according to the management policy is specifically:

The automatic configuration server configures the terminal according to the management policy, or the

6. A terminal, comprising:

And a sending module, configured to send the management permission parameter set by the setting module to the automatic configuration server or a pre-designated storage device.

The terminal according to claim 6, further comprising:

a first storage module, configured to store an administrative permission parameter set by the setting module;

The sending module acquires the management authority parameter from the first storage module, and writes the management authority parameter into the registration request information, and reports the management authority parameter to the automatic configuration server by using the registration request information.

8. An automatic configuration server, comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to acquire a management authority parameter reported by the terminal;

The automatic configuration server according to claim 8, wherein the first obtaining module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive registration request information reported by the terminal;

And an obtaining unit, configured to acquire, from the pre-designated storage device, an administrative authority parameter corresponding to the terminal user identifier carried in the registration request information received by the receiving unit.

The automatic configuration server according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising: a second storage module, configured to store correspondence relationship information between the management authority parameter and the management policy; And the corresponding relationship information in the second storage module acquires a management policy corresponding to the management permission parameter.

11. A network management system, comprising a terminal and an automatic configuration server, characterized in that: The terminal includes:

The dynamic configuration server includes:

The network management system according to claim 11, wherein the terminal further comprises: a first storage module, configured to store a management authority parameter set by the setting module;

The network management system according to claim 12, wherein the first obtaining module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive registration request information sent by the sending module;

The network management system according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the automatic configuration server further comprises:

a second storage module, configured to store correspondence information between the management authority parameter and the management policy; the second obtaining module acquires, according to the correspondence relationship information in the second storage module, a corresponding to the management permission parameter Management strategy.