WO2011044786A1

WO2011044786A1 - Unified message scheduling system, service message notification method and system

Info

Publication number: WO2011044786A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/075403
Authority: WO
Inventors: 龙怡; 唐必胜; 赖天建
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2009-10-14
Filing date: 2010-07-22
Publication date: 2011-04-21
Also published as: CN102045451A

Abstract

A unified message scheduling system, a service message notification method and system are provided by the present invention. The service message notification method includes the following steps: a control module in the unified message scheduling system receives a unified message from a service system, and forwards the unified message to the corresponding execution module in the unified message scheduling system according to the type parameter of the unified message; the execution module processes the unified message and constructs a standard message according to the unified message parameter, and sends the standard message to the corresponding service gateway or server. The unified message scheduling system, which includes the control module and the execution module, is used for scheduling messages between the service system and the service gateway or server. The present invention can perform centralized management of the service message notification and reduce the networking complexity, and can realize smooth expansion in the case of not interrupting the system operation and improve the stability and scalability of the service system greatly.

Description

Unified message scheduling system, service message notification method and system

The present invention relates to the field of intelligent networks, and in particular to a unified message scheduling system and a service message notification method and system for applying the unified message scheduling system in a smart network. Background technique

With the development of communication technologies, especially in intelligent network systems, various types of telecommunication services have been widely carried out. There are various types of message notification interfaces closely related to various business applications. The most common ones include SMS (Short Message Service). Good service), MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), WAP service information ( WAP-Push), email (Email) and other types of interfaces.

The traditional service message notification system shown in FIG. 1 is a service system, mainly an SCP (Service Control Point) and an SMS Agent (Short Message Service Agent), an MMS Agent (Multimedia Message Service Agent), and a WAP-Push Agent. Interfaces such as WAP-Push proxy and Email Agent establish network connections respectively. The upper-layer service system controls the distribution policies of various types of messages. That is, the service selects which specific interface to use according to certain rules. Current message.

Since the processing capability of each independent message interface is limited, as the service is promoted and the number of user accesses increases, the processing capability of each message interface will become the bottleneck of the entire system. At this time, it is necessary to expand the system. The traditional methods of capacity expansion are: adding a message processing interface, modifying the business logic and intelligent network configuration, connecting it to more interfaces, and having the ability to access multiple interfaces of the same type. . This type of expansion will inevitably require more network elements to be added, modify the upper layer services, and greatly increase the complexity of the network connection. The most important thing is that it needs to upgrade the system while suspending the operation of the existing network. Business operations bring many disadvantages influences. Summary of the invention

In view of the above background, the present invention provides a unified message scheduling system, a service message notification method, and a system, which can achieve smooth expansion without interrupting system operation.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention uses the following technical solutions:

A service message notification method, which includes a unified message scheduling system including a control module and an execution module, the method further comprising the following steps:

The control module in the unified message scheduling system receives the unified message from the service system, and forwards the unified message to the unified message scheduling system by using the message type parameter of the unified message according to the message content of the unified message. The corresponding type of execution module;

The execution module constructs a standard message according to parameters included in the unified message, and sends the standard message to a downstream device of a corresponding type.

The downstream device is: one or more of a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP service message (WAP-Push) gateway, and an email (Email) server;

Correspondingly, the execution module is: one or more of a short message execution module, a multimedia message execution module, a WAP-Push execution module, and an email execution module.

Any type of execution module contains one or more;

When there are multiple execution modules of the same type, the control module forwards the unified message to one of the execution modules of the type according to a preset distribution policy.

The method further includes: expanding the unified message scheduling system;

The performing the expansion includes: adding an execution module to the unified message scheduling system, and registering with the control module; the control module authenticating the registration of the newly added execution module, and after the authentication is passed , the new execution module is included in the control.

The method further includes: monitoring a monitoring module of the unified message scheduling system to monitor operation of the control module and the execution module, and generating alarm and statistical information. A unified message scheduling system, comprising: a control module and an execution module; wherein the control module is configured to receive a unified message from the service system, and use the message type parameter of the unified message according to the message content of the unified message Forwarding the unified message to an execution module of a corresponding type;

The executing module is configured to process the unified message, and construct a standard message according to parameters included in the unified message, and send the standard message to a service downstream device of a corresponding type.

The downstream device is: one or more of a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP-Push gateway, and an email server;

Any type of execution module contains one or more;

Correspondingly, the control module is further configured to: when the execution modules of the same type have multiple, forward the unified message to one of the execution modules of the type according to a preset distribution policy.

The control module is further configured to: perform authentication on the registration of the newly executed execution module, and after the authentication is passed, include the newly added execution module into the control.

The system further includes a monitoring module for monitoring operation of the control module and the execution module to generate alarms and statistical information.

A service message notification system includes: a service system, a downstream device, and a unified message scheduling system; wherein

The service system is configured to send a unified message to the unified message scheduling system, where the unified message scheduling system is configured to receive a unified message from a service system, construct a standard message according to the unified message, and configure the standard message. Send to downstream devices.

The unified message scheduling system includes: a control module and an execution module; wherein

The control module is configured to receive a unified message from the service system, and forward the unified message by using a message type parameter of the unified message according to the message content of the unified message. Giving the execution module of the corresponding type;

The unified message scheduling system further includes: a monitoring module, configured to monitor operation of the control module and the execution module, generate alarms and statistics.

The invention establishes a unified message scheduling system between the service system and the service gateway or the server, and the service system sends a unified message to the unified message scheduling system, which is processed by the unified message scheduling system and sent to the corresponding service gateway or server. The new system architecture and message processing mechanism avoids the need for the existing service system to select a specific message service proxy interface to send messages according to the rules, so that the service message notification can be centrally managed, the complexity of the networking can be reduced, and Smooth expansion is achieved without interrupting system operation, which greatly improves the stability and scalability of the business system. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional service message notification system architecture;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a service message notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of an internal module of a unified message scheduling system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an implementation process of a service message notification according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a service message notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is directed to the original industry. The message notification system has been improved. The service system no longer connects to the corresponding downstream device through various message proxy interfaces, but a unified message scheduling system replaces various message proxy interfaces, and the service system sends the message to the unified message scheduling system. The unified message scheduling system uniformly processes the message, and then sends the processed message to a corresponding downstream device, such as a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP-Push gateway, or an email server.

As shown in FIG. 3, the unified message scheduling system of the embodiment of the present invention includes:

The control module is configured to perform a message parsing and distribution function, receive a request message of the service system or other interface, perform classification and parsing according to the type of the request message, and select, according to the pre-configured distribution policy, the parsed message to be forwarded to the lower specific execution module. And receiving a response message from the execution module and responding to the original requestor (eg, a business system). In this example, the Unified Messaging system is configured with only one control module.

The execution module is configured to perform necessary business logic processing, and the execution module is divided into a short message execution module, a multimedia message execution module, a WAP-Push execution module, an email execution module, and the like according to different processing logic processing capabilities, and each type of execution module One or more can be deployed according to system capacity requirements. The execution module receives the parsed message forwarded by the control module, performs necessary business logic processing on the message, and converts it into a request conforming to the corresponding specific protocol format, and then sends the request to the corresponding short message gateway, multimedia message gateway, and WAP-Push gateway. Or downstream devices such as email servers. In the embodiment of the present invention, the type of the downstream device includes one or more of a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP-Push gateway, and an email server. For example, the SMS execution module processes the forwarding message of the control module, converts it into a request conforming to the SMS protocol format, and sends it to the short message gateway.

The monitoring module is configured to monitor the control module and the execution module to generate corresponding alarms and statistics. In this example, only one monitoring module is configured in the Unified Messaging system.

As shown in FIG. 4, the service message notification method in the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps: Step 1: The service system fills the unified message notification structure, and in the embodiment of the present invention, the service request message sent by the service system to the unified message scheduling system Defined as Unified Messaging, the unification The parameters of the message notification structure include at least: parameters of the sender information, parameters of the receiver information, message types (eg, SMS, MMS, WAP-Push, Email) parameters, and message content.

Step 2: The service system sends the constructed unified message to the control module of the unified message scheduling system.

Step 3: The control module of the unified message scheduling system determines, according to the message type parameter included in the unified message, which type of execution module is selected according to the message content included in the unified message sent by the service system; And according to a pre-configured distribution policy, such as a load balancing policy, selecting to forward the unified message to one of the execution modules of the class, thereby better performing service processing allocation among multiple execution modules of the same type, and improving service processing. effectiveness. The execution module can be configured to include an execution module such as a short message execution module, a multimedia message execution module, a WAP-Push execution module, and an email execution module, and has processing capabilities such as short message, multimedia message, WAP-Push, and Email.

Step 4: The execution module processes the unified message forwarded by the control module, and constructs a corresponding request message (referred to as a standard message) conforming to the industry standard protocol according to the parameters included in the unified message, that is, according to a standard protocol (such as the SMPP protocol). The content of the message is filled in the required format, which is implemented in the prior art, and is not described here. The execution module sends the standard message to the corresponding type of downstream device (such as a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP-Push gateway, or an email server). For example, the downstream device corresponding to the short message execution module is a short message gateway.

The above is the main process of unified message scheduling. The following describes the expansion process.

Step 5: When the message processing capability needs to be expanded, the execution module in the unified message scheduling system needs to be added. Since the expansion is performed within the unified message scheduling system, the service is not interrupted, and the ongoing service can continue normally. . When expanding the capacity, just use the control module as the server, add the execution module as the client, and establish a network connection between the two. The expansion mode is simple and easy; at the same time, the execution module establishes the corresponding downstream device (gateway or server, etc.) Network connection. New execution modules can be deployed with control modules or other execution modules. The same device, such as a computer, can also be deployed on a different device than the control module or other execution modules, thereby maximizing support for processing capacity extensions.

Step 6: After the new execution module is accessed, register with the control module of the unified message scheduling system, and the control module performs authentication processing on the registration message, and the newly added execution module through the authentication is included in the control scope, that is, the dynamic loading pass The new execution module of the right enables the processing capability of the unified message scheduling system to be dynamically and smoothly extended.

In order to improve the reliability of the system, a monitoring process is further added to the unified message scheduling in the embodiment of the present invention, including:

Step 7: The Unified Messaging System provides a monitoring module to monitor the operation of the control module and the execution module.

When detecting the execution module abnormality or abnormal recovery, the monitoring module reports the execution module status to the control module, and the control module can dynamically adjust the unified message distribution policy according to the current state of the execution module, and does not send a unified message to the abnormal execution module, so as to improve the system. Fault tolerance and processing efficiency.

The service message notification system of the embodiment of the present invention includes a service system and a downstream device, and performs unified message scheduling between the service system and the downstream device through the unified message scheduling system.

The invention realizes a service message notification method and system capable of smooth expansion, and replaces various message service agent interfaces, service systems and unified messages in the original system architecture by the unified message scheduling system by modifying the existing system architecture. The service system delivers the service message through the unified message, so that various types of messages can be centrally managed and the complexity of the networking can be reduced. When the system is expanded, there is no need to change the external system architecture, but only the execution module is added in the unified message scheduling system. The new execution module can be included in the control scope by the control module after registration, so that it can be interrupted. When the system is running, the dynamic and smooth expansion of the business processing capability is realized, which greatly improves the stability and scalability of the business system.

The above is a further detailed description of the present invention in conjunction with specific preferred embodiments, but This is only an example for ease of understanding, and the specific implementation of the invention should not be construed as being limited to the description. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

Claim

A service message notification method, characterized in that a unified message scheduling system including a control module and an execution module is provided, the method further comprising the following steps:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the downstream device is: one or more of a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP service message (WAP-Push) gateway, and an email (Email) server. ;

3. The method of claim 2, wherein any one type of execution module comprises one or more;

The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: expanding the unified message scheduling system;

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: monitoring module of the unified message scheduling system monitors operation of the control module and the execution module, and generates alarms and statistics information.

A unified message scheduling system, comprising: a control module and an execution module; wherein

The control module is configured to receive a unified message from the service system, and forward the unified message to an execution module of a corresponding type by using a message type parameter of the unified message according to the message content of the unified message;

The system according to claim 6, wherein the downstream device is: one or more of a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP-Push gateway, and an email server;

8. The system of claim 7 wherein any one type of execution module comprises one or more;

The system according to claim 8, wherein the control module is further configured to: perform authentication on the registration of the newly executed execution module, and after the authentication is passed, include the newly added execution module into the control. .

The system according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that the system further comprises a monitoring module for monitoring the operation of the control module and the execution module to generate alarms and statistical information.

A service message notification system, comprising: a service system, a downstream device, and a unified message scheduling system; wherein

The service system is configured to send a unified message to the unified message scheduling system; the unified message scheduling system is configured to receive a unified message from a service system, according to the The unified message constructs a standard message and sends the standard message to a downstream device.

The system according to claim 11, wherein the unified message scheduling system comprises: a control module and an execution module;

The control module is configured to receive a unified message from the service system, and forward the unified message to the execution module of the corresponding type by using a message type parameter of the unified message according to the message content of the unified message;

The system of claim 12, wherein the downstream device is: one or more of a short message gateway, a multimedia message gateway, a WAP-Push gateway, and an email server;

The system of claim 12, wherein the unified message scheduling system further comprises: a monitoring module, configured to monitor operation of the control module and the execution module, generate alarms and statistical information.