WO2012071856A1

WO2012071856A1 - Method and device for processing alarm data

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Publication number: WO2012071856A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/074008
Authority: WO
Inventors: 俞翠
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-12-03
Filing date: 2011-05-12
Publication date: 2012-06-07
Also published as: CN102013999A

Abstract

The invention provides a method and device for processing alarm data, both of which can be applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network manager, foreground network elements and readers. The method includes: the background network manager determines the alarms to be deleted, and then sends a foreground network element an alarm deletion message with the unique identifications of the alarms to be deleted; the foreground network element deletes the corresponding alarms according to the received alarm deletion message, and transmits an alarm recovery message for the alarms to be deleted to the background network manager; the background network manager deletes the alarms corresponding to the received alarm recovery message. The application of the method and device of the invention guarantees the consistency of the alarm data among the readers, the foreground elements and the background network manager, and reduces the communication pressure within the system.

Description

Method and device for processing alarm data

The present invention relates to the field of radio frequency identification, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for processing alarm data in a radio frequency identification system. Background technique

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is a non-contact automatic identification technology that automatically identifies target objects and acquires relevant data through RF signals. The specific identification process requires no manual intervention and can work in a variety of harsh environments. In addition, RFID technology can recognize high-speed moving objects and recognize multiple labels at the same time, which is quick and easy to operate. With the rapid development of radio frequency identification technology, the technology has been applied to various industries such as transportation, medical, and military.

The RFID system consists of a reader and a tag for controlling, detecting and tracking objects. Reader As an important part of the RFID system, its normal and stable work plays an important role in the whole system. However, during the operation of the equipment, various faults and alarms will inevitably occur. In order to facilitate the user's use and let the user know the cause and location of the fault and alarm in time, the fault and alarm must be managed uniformly. Alarm management requirements are real-time and accurate. Real-time performance refers to real-time monitoring of reader status and its changes, and timely notification of abnormal occurrences. Accuracy means that reports on abnormal conditions must be accurate, and that alarms are not missed and false alarms are reported.

In the RFID system shown in Fig. 1, in order to manage the reader, the RFID system further includes a foreground network element and a background network management unit. In the RFID system, in order to maintain the consistency of the alarm data of the reader, the foreground network element and the background network management, the background network management system and the foreground network element are generally used for synchronization, as shown in FIG. 2, between the background network management system and the foreground network element. The method of comparing synchronization specifically includes the following steps:

S201, the background network management system obtains the unique identifier of the current current active alarm, and organizes the alarm into the same The step message is sent to the corresponding foreground network element;

After receiving the alarm synchronization message, the front-end network element extracts the unique identifier of the current active alarm in the background network, and compares it with the locally cached alarm.

5203. The front-end network element reports the corresponding alarm or alarm recovery message to the background according to the comparison result.

The above method ensures that the alarms of the foreground network element and the background network management are consistent. However, when there is an inconsistency between the foreground network element and the real alarm of the reader, the above method is difficult to function; Moreover, the above method is used in each synchronization. All of them carry the identifiers of all alarms for communication. In the case of a short synchronization period, the burden of front and back communication will be increased. Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and a device for processing alarm data to ensure the consistency of alarm data between the background network element, the foreground network management system, and the reader in the RFID system.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is achieved as follows:

A method for processing alarm data is applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network management system, a foreground network element, and a reader, and the method includes:

The background network management system determines the alarm to be deleted, and sends an alarm deletion message to the foreground network element; the alarm deletion message carries the unique identifier of the alarm to be deleted;

The front-end network element deletes the corresponding alarm according to the received alarm deletion message, and sends an alarm recovery message for the to-be-deleted alarm to the background network management system;

The background network management system deletes the alarm corresponding to the received alarm recovery message.

The determining the to-be-deleted alarm includes: selecting all the alarms to be deleted alarms; selecting the alarms that the user is interested in as the alarms to be deleted; or selecting the alarms that the user suspects that the non-existence is the alarms to be deleted.

If the alarm is selected as the alarm to be deleted, the method for deleting the alarm by the foreground NE is as follows: The foreground network element clears the local alarm pool according to the alarm deletion message.

If the alarm that the user is interested in is selected as the alarm to be deleted, or the alarm that the user suspects that the non-existent alarm is selected as the alarm to be deleted, the method for deleting the alarm by the foreground network element is: the foreground network element according to the alarm Delete the information to detect the local alarm pool, and delete the alarm when the local alarm pool contains the alarm corresponding to the alarm deletion message.

Wherein, the method further comprises:

After deleting the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message, the background network management device transfers the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message to the alarm history database.

Wherein, the method further comprises:

When the alarm recovery message for the alarm to be deleted is sent to the network management system, the alarm recovery message is marked as manually deleted.

Wherein, the method further comprises:

The reader reports a new alarm to the foreground network element, and the foreground network element receives the report and reports it to the background network management.

The process of reporting the new alarm to the foreground network element by the reader, and the process of reporting the report to the background network management system after receiving the network element of the foreground includes:

If the reader still has an alarm, the reader reports the alarm to the foreground network element;

The front-end NE sends the received alarm to the local alarm pool and reports it to the background network management system. The background network management system stores the received alarm into the current alarm database and displays it to the user.

An apparatus for processing alarm data is applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network management system, a foreground network element, and a reader, the apparatus comprising:

The background alarm module is located in the background network management system, and is configured to determine an alarm to be deleted, and send an alarm deletion message to the foreground network element; and delete the alarm corresponding to the received alarm recovery message; the alarm deletion message carries the unique alarm to be deleted. Identification

The alarm transmission module is located in the foreground network element and is used to delete the received alarm deletion message. Corresponding alarms are sent to the background network management system to send alarm recovery messages for the alarms to be deleted.

The determining the to-be-deleted alarm includes: selecting all the alarms to be deleted alarms; selecting the alarms that the user is interested in as the alarms to be deleted; or selecting the alarms that the user suspects that the non-existent alarms are to be deleted.

The device further includes an alarm reporting module, located in the reader, for reporting the alarm to the front network element;

The alarm transmission module is further configured to: after receiving the alarm, send the network management to the background network management system.

The alarm reporting module is used when reporting the alarm to the foreground network element: when the reader still has an alarm, the alarm is sent to the foreground network element;

The alarm transmission module is further configured to put the received alarm into the local alarm pool and report the alarm to the background network management system;

The background alarm module is further configured to store the received alarm into the current alarm library and display it to the user.

The method and device for deleting the alarm are ensured by the invention. The alarm data is consistent, and is particularly suitable for the RFID system. After the alarm occurs, the reader will not report the alarm, but when the alarm disappears, the reader only reports the alarm once. The message is recovered, so the alarm has been recovered in the reader and the probability of the alarm still exists in the foreground NE. The user deletes the alarm in the foreground NE by the method of deleting the alarm to ensure the alarm data of the reader and the foreground NE. Consistency, and achieve consistency of alarm data between the reader, the foreground network element, and the background network management. Applying the method and the device provided by the present invention, on the one hand, by deleting all the alarms, the alarms that exist in the foreground network element but not in the background network management tube are reported, and the alarms that exist in the background network management tube and do not exist in the foreground network element are also caused. It can be restored, and the consistency of the alarm data between the reader, the foreground network element, and the background network management is ensured. On the other hand, for the alarms that the user is more concerned about, the user can refresh by the alarm deletion method, thus reducing the communication aspect. pressure.

In addition, it can also be combined with the alarm synchronization method to achieve better results. DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a structural diagram of an RFID system;

2 is a flow chart of a method for comparing synchronization between a background network controller and a foreground network element;

3 is a flow chart of a method for processing alarm data in the radio frequency identification system of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for processing alarm data in the radio frequency identification system of the present invention. detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments in order to make the present invention. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The present invention provides a method for processing alarm data, which is applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network management system, a foreground network element, and a reader. As shown in FIG. 3, the method for processing alarm data in the radio frequency identification system of the present invention specifically includes the following steps. :

S301: The background network management system determines the alarm to be deleted, and sends an alarm deletion message to the foreground network element, where the alarm deletion message carries the unique identifier of the alarm to be deleted.

After receiving the alarm deletion message, the front-end network element deletes the corresponding alarm according to the alarm deletion message, and sends an alarm recovery message for the to-be-deleted alarm to the background network management system;

After receiving the alarm recovery message, the background network management system deletes the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message.

5304, the reader reports the alarm to the foreground network element, and the front-end network element reports the alarm to the background network management system.

Through the above method, the consistency of the alarm data between the background network management system, the foreground network element and the reader in the RFID system is ensured.

The present invention provides a first embodiment of an alarm data processing method, which is applied to an RFID system. As shown in FIG. 4, when the alarm is an alarm selected by the user, the method in the first embodiment of the present invention specifically includes the following steps:

5401. In the background network management, the user selects an alarm that is concerned or an alarm that is suspected to be absent, and determines the selected alarm as the alarm to be deleted, and sends an alarm deletion message to the foreground network element, where the alarm deletion message carries the alarm to be deleted. Unique identifier

After receiving the alarm deletion information, the front-end network element detects the local alarm pool. If the local alarm pool contains the alarm corresponding to the alarm deletion message, the alarm corresponding to the alarm deletion message is deleted; otherwise, the alarm is not processed;

After detecting the local alarm pool, the front-end network element sends an alarm recovery message for the to-be-deleted alarm to the background network management system, and marks the alarm recovery message as manual deletion, whether the alarm corresponding to the alarm deletion message is detected.

After receiving the alarm recovery message, the background network management system deletes the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message from the current alarm database, and transfers the deleted alarm to the alarm history database.

5405. If the alarm that has been deleted still exists in fact, the reader will report the alarm to the foreground network element again, and the alarm is not lost, and the process goes to S406; otherwise, the alarm actually does not exist, and the alarm is guaranteed. The consistency of the alarm data on the reader, the foreground network element, and the background network management;

5406. The front-end network element sends the alarm reported by the reader to the local alarm pool, and reports the alarm to the background network management system.

5407. The background network management system stores the alarms on the front-end NEs into the current alarm database and displays them to the user, which also ensures the consistency of the alarm data in the reader, the foreground network element, and the background network management.

The present invention further provides a second embodiment of the alarm data processing method, which is applied to the RFID system. As shown in FIG. 5, in the case that the alarm is all deleted, the specific processing flow of the alarm data processing method in the second embodiment of the present invention is provided. as follows:

S501, in the background network management, the user selects all the alarms to be the alarm to be deleted, and sends an alarm deletion message to the foreground network element, where the alarm deletion message carries the unique identifier of the alarm to be deleted; 5502. After receiving the alarm deletion message, the foreground network element clears the local alarm pool.

5503. The front-end network element sends an alarm recovery message to the background network management system for each alarm to be deleted, and marks the alarm recovery message as manual deletion.

After receiving the alarm recovery message, the background network management system deletes the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message and transfers it to the alarm history database. In this case, neither the front-end NE nor the back-end network management has any alarm information;

5505. At this time, if the reader still has an alarm, the reader will report the alarm to the foreground network element again, and these alarms will not be lost;

After receiving the alarm, the front-end network element is placed in the local alarm pool and reported to the back-end network management system.

After receiving the alarm, the background network management system stores the alarm in the current alarm database and displays it to the user. At this time, the consistency of the alarm data in the reader, the foreground network element, and the background network management system is ensured.

The present invention also provides an apparatus for processing alarm data, which is applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network management system, a foreground network element, and a reader. As shown in FIG. 6, the apparatus for processing alarm data in the radio frequency identification system of the present invention includes:

The background alarm module is located in the background network management system, and is configured to determine an alarm to be deleted, and send an alarm deletion message to the foreground network element; the alarm deletion message carries a unique identifier of the alarm to be deleted; and is further configured to: after receiving the alarm recovery message, , deleting the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message;

The alarm transmission module is located in the foreground network element, and is configured to: after receiving the alarm deletion message, delete the alarm corresponding to the alarm deletion message, and send an alarm recovery message for the to-be-deleted alarm to the background network management system; After the alarm is sent to the background network management;

The alarm module is located in the reader and is used to upload the alarm to the foreground network element.

In the device, the determining the to-be-deleted alarm includes: the user selects all the alarms as the to-be-deleted alarms; the user selects the alarms that are of interest to be the alarms to be deleted; or the user selects the alarms that the suspects have not existed as the to-be-deleted alarms. The device further includes:

The alarm reporting module is configured to report the alarm to the foreground network element when the reader still has an alarm;

The alarm transmission module is configured to put the received alarm into the local alarm pool and report it to the network management system of the back office;

The background alarm module is configured to store the received alarm into the current alarm library and display it to the user.

It can be seen that the processing method and device for applying the alarm data of the present invention ensure the consistency of the alarm data between the reader, the front-end network element and the background network management, and also reduce the communication pressure between the systems.

The above description shows and describes a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but as described above, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the form disclosed herein, and should not be construed as being Other combinations, modifications, and environments are possible and can be modified by the teachings of the above teachings or related art within the scope of the inventive concept described herein. The modifications and variations made by those skilled in the art are intended to be within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

Claim

A method for processing alarm data, which is applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network management system, a foreground network element, and a reader, the method comprising:

The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the alarm to be deleted comprises: selecting all the alarms to be deleted alarms; selecting the alarms that the user is interested in as the alarms to be deleted; or selecting an alarm that the user suspects that the non-existence is not present Delete the alarm.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein if the user selects all the alarms to be deleted, the method for deleting the alarm by the foreground network element is:

The foreground network element clears the local alarm pool according to the alarm deletion message.

The method according to claim 2, wherein if the alarm that the user is interested in is selected as the alarm to be deleted, or the alarm that the user suspects that the non-existent alarm is selected as the alarm to be deleted, the method for deleting the alarm by the foreground network element For:

The foreground network element detects the local alarm pool according to the alarm deletion information, and deletes the alarm when the alarm corresponding to the alarm deletion message is included in the local alarm pool.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method further comprises: after the background network management device deletes the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message, and transfers the alarm corresponding to the alarm recovery message In the alarm history library.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method further comprises: when the alarm recovery message for the alarm to be deleted is sent to the background network management, marking the alarm recovery message as manual deletion.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the method further comprises: the reader reporting a new alarm to the foreground network element, and the foreground network element receives the report and reports it to the background network management unit.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the process of reporting a new alarm to the front-end network element by the reader, and reporting the report to the background network management system after the network element is received by the front-end network element includes:

9. An apparatus for processing alarm data, which is applied to a radio frequency identification system including a background network management system, a foreground network element, and a reader, the apparatus comprising:

The alarm transmission module is located in the foreground network element, and is configured to delete the alarm corresponding to the received alarm deletion message, and send an alarm recovery message for the to-be-deleted alarm to the background network management system.

The device according to claim 9, wherein the determining the alarm to be deleted comprises: selecting all the alarms to be deleted alarms; selecting the alarms that the user is interested in as the alarms to be deleted; or selecting the alarms that the user suspects that the non-existence is The alarm to be deleted.

11. Apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

The alarm reporting module is configured to: when the alarm is sent to the foreground network element, when the reader still has an alarm, the alarm is sent to the foreground network element; The alarm transmission module is further configured to put the received alarm into the local alarm pool and report the alarm to the background network management system;