WO2013056576A1

WO2013056576A1 - Method, device, and system for displaying key performance indicator

Info

Publication number: WO2013056576A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/078578
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘蕊; 焦保军; 何曦
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-10-21
Filing date: 2012-07-12
Publication date: 2013-04-25
Also published as: CN103067933A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device, and a system for displaying a key performance indicator. The method comprises: receiving a key performance indicator and an association rule of the key performance indicator from a UI; receiving a key performance indicator reported by a sampling point; calculating, by using the association rule, the key performance indicator reported by the sampling point to obtain a calculation result, and sending the calculation result to the UI for display. According to the technical solution of the present invention, a user can design and configure the key performance indicator and the association rule of the key performance indicator and flexibly customize the manner of displaying the key performance indicator according to the requirement of the user.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method, an apparatus, and a system for displaying a key performance indicator. BACKGROUND In the field of wireless communication, a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a direct observation method for operators to evaluate communication system performance, product utilization, and service quality, and is also an important measure for network products. Data Sources. In the field of wireless communication, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) protocol defines sampling points for key performance indicators, and sampling points ensure the consistency of the same performance indicators. However, different operators have different statistical periods and display methods for the same key performance indicators, such as: changes to the system statistical period, addition and subtraction calculation of different calculators, setting of different KPI display results, etc., will make statistics It becomes complicated and confusing, and changes frequently as user needs change. However, there is also a lack of technical solutions for displaying key performance indicators according to the individual needs of users. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a display implementation method, apparatus, and system for key performance indicators, so as to at least solve the problem that the key performance indicators in the related art are displayed in a single manner and cannot meet the personalized needs of users. According to one aspect of the invention, a display implementation method for key performance indicators is provided. The display implementation method of the key performance indicator according to the present invention includes: receiving a key performance indicator query from the UI and an association rule of the key performance indicator; receiving a key performance indicator reported from the sampling point; and reporting the sampling point by using the association rule The key performance indicators are calculated to obtain the calculation results, and the calculation results are sent to the UI for display. In the foregoing method, before receiving the key performance indicator from the UI and the association rule of the key performance indicator, the method further includes: generating an association rule of the key performance indicator, and parsing and saving the association rule of the key performance indicator. In the above method, key performance indicators and association rules are saved in an XML file format. In the above method, after receiving the key performance indicator from the UI and the association rule of the key performance indicator, the method further includes: parsing and saving the key performance indicator and the association rule. In the above method, the key performance indicators from the UI include: counter identification, reporting period, counter column number, counter column name, sampling point reporting event identifier, sampling point column number; key performance indicators reported by the sampling point include: sampling point The interpretation of the event identifier, sample point definition, total column number, and column index is reported. According to another aspect of the present invention, a display implementation apparatus for a key performance indicator is provided. The display implementation device of the key performance indicator according to the present invention includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive a key performance indicator from the UI and an association rule of the key performance indicator; and a second receiving module configured to receive the report from the sampling point The key performance indicator; the calculation module is configured to calculate the calculation result by using the association rule to calculate the key performance indicator reported by the sampling point; and the sending module is configured to send the calculation result to the UI for display. In the above apparatus, the method further includes: a parsing module configured to parse an association rule from a key performance indicator of the UI; and a saving module configured to save the parsed result. According to still another aspect of the present invention, a display implementation system for key performance indicators is provided. The display implementation system of the key performance indicator according to the present invention includes: a user side device, a middle layer device, and a sampling layer device; the user side device includes: a first sending module, configured to send a key performance indicator and an association of the key performance indicator through the UI The sampling layer device includes: a second sending module, configured to send the collected key performance indicators; the middle layer device includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive key performance indicators from the user side device and the key performance The second receiving module is configured to receive key performance indicators from the sampling layer device; the calculating module is configured to calculate the key performance indicators reported by the sampling points by using an association rule to obtain a calculation result; Set to send the calculation results to the UI for display. In the above system, the user side device further includes: a generating module, configured to generate an association rule of a key performance indicator; and a first saving module, configured to save the key performance indicator and the association rule. In the above system, the middle layer device further includes: a parsing module configured to parse key performance indicators and association rules; and a second saving module configured to save the parsed results. The invention solves the problem that the key performance indicators in the related art are displayed in a single manner and cannot meet the individualized requirements of the user, thereby achieving the association rule that the user can design and configure the key performance indicators and the key performance indicators according to their own needs. Flexible customization of key performance indicators to show the effect of the way. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a key performance indicator according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a key performance indicator according to an example 1 of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a display implementation device for key performance indicators according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a display of key performance indicators according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a display implementation system for key performance indicators according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a display implementation system for key performance indicators according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. 1 is a flow chart of a method for displaying a key performance indicator according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method mainly includes the following processes: Step S102: Receive a key performance indicator query from a user interface (UI) and an association rule of the key performance indicator; Step S104: Receive from sampling The key performance indicator reported by the point is as follows: Step S106: Calculate the calculation result by using the association rule to calculate the key performance indicator reported by the sampling point, and send the calculation result to the UI for display. In the related art, the key performance indicators are displayed in a single manner and cannot meet the individual needs of the users. The method shown in FIG. 1 is adopted, and the key performance indicators from the UI and the association rules of the key performance indicators are received; the key performance indicators reported from the sampling points are received; and the key performance indicators reported by the sampling points are calculated by using the association rules. Get the calculation result and send the calculation result to the UI for display, which solves the key performance in related technologies. The indicators are displayed in a single way and cannot meet the user's individual needs. The user can design and configure key performance indicators and the association rules of the key performance indicators according to their own needs, and flexibly customize the display of key performance indicators. In a preferred implementation, an intermediate layer device may be added between the sampling layer device and the user side device, and the intermediate layer device is configured to perform the above steps S102 to S104. Preferably, before performing step S102, the following processing may also be included:

(1) Generate association rules for key performance indicators, and save key performance indicators and association rules; for example, the above key performance indicators may include but are not limited to: counter identification, reporting period, counter column number, counter column name, sampling point reporting The event identifier and the sampling point column number; the association rule may be a summation calculation rule; the key performance indicators reported by the sampling point mentioned above include but are not limited to: sampling point reporting event identifier, sampling point interpretation, total column number, column index corresponding Interpretation.

(2) Send the saved key performance indicators and association rules via the UI. Preferably, the above key performance indicators and association rules may be, but are not limited to, being saved in an XML file format. In the above method, key performance indicators and association rules can be saved in any file format, just need to parse the file correctly. This article uses an XML file as an example. Preferably, after performing step S102, the following processing may also be included: parsing and saving key performance indicators and association rules. In a preferred implementation process, a rule base (including: the above-mentioned key performance indicator KPI and association rules of the key performance indicator) may be designed and stored in a file format according to user (eg, operator) personality requirements in the user side device. The rule base is a set of the KPI of the user side device and the association rule of the key performance indicator and the KPI correspondence reported by the sampling layer device. The rule base is downloaded through the UI, and then the middle layer device is responsible for parsing and saving the parsing result. The middle layer device calculates the KPI reported by the sampling layer device according to the parsed rule, and sends the calculation result to the UI for display. The above preferred embodiments are further described below in conjunction with the examples of FIGS. 2 and 3. Example 1: FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method for displaying a key performance indicator according to Example 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the display implementation method mainly includes the following processing: Step S202: It is assumed that the counter A is a combination of the counter B and the counter C, etc., for example, the cell throughput is a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP), and a Radio Link Control (Radio Link Control, abbreviated as RLC), Medium Access Control (MAC), and a combination of different statistical level throughputs of the physical layer. The PDCP, RLC, MAC, and physical layers perform throughput sampling at their respective layers. The events and structures reported by the sampling layer are shown in Table 1.

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Table 1

Step S204: The cell throughput is the result displayed by the user, and the PDCP, the RLC, the MAC, and the physical layer of the sampling layer can be implemented on different components. In order to achieve the unified observation of the cell throughput by the user, the rule base is designed, and the rule base is used. Establish mapping relationship between PDCP, RLC, MAC, physical layer and cell throughput, so the rule base of the design mainly includes the following parameters: counter id, reporting period, counter column number, counter column name, sampling layer reporting event, sampling layer Column number, calculation method; Step S206: Configure the rule base according to user requirements; Assume that the order of display results that the user wants to see is: uplink PDCP throughput, uplink RLC throughput, uplink MAC throughput, uplink physical layer throughput, downlink PDCP Throughput, downstream RLC throughput, downstream MAC throughput, downstream physical layer throughput. Configure the rule base file as shown in Table 2; Table 2

Column name sampling layer sampling layer calculation unit id column report event column method

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5 minutes 1 uplink PDCP swallow 3860 1

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5 minutes 2 up RLC swallow 3861 1 sum

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5 minutes 3 uplink MAC swallow 3862 1

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5 minutes 4 Upstream physical layer swallow 3863 1 Sum

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5 minutes 5 downlink PDCP swallow 3860 2

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1 5 minutes 6 Downstream RLC Swallow 3861 2 Summation Volume

1 5 minutes 7 Downstream MAC Swallow 3862 2 Summation

Volume

1 5 minutes 8 downlink physical layer swallow 3863 2

Step S208: Save the rule base as a file; the file format selects the XML file format for storage; Step S210: The user downloads the configured rule base to the mobile communication product through the UI, and notifies the middle layer device after the download is completed; Step S212 After receiving the rule base download completion message, the middle layer device starts parsing the XML file of the rule base, parsing the report event id, the counter column number, the counter column name, the sampling layer report event, and the sampling layer column number is stored as the rule base structure. The timer is set according to the reporting period. Step S214: After the sampling layer device reports the statistical data to the middle layer device, the middle layer device queries the rule base structure, and calculates the event reported by the sampling layer device according to the calculation method of the rule base configuration. In this embodiment, the calculation methods of the PDCP throughput are all summed, and the middle layer device accumulates all the received 3860 sampling events to the rule base structure; Step S216: When the sampling period is reached, the middle layer device Send all accumulated results of PDCP, RLC, MAC, and physical layer UI display. Example 2: FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a method for displaying a key performance indicator according to Example 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the display implementation method mainly includes the following processing: Step S302: Counter A=Counter B+Counter C+Counter D, such as total number of PDCP layers = PDCP layer normal processing total number of packets + PDCP packet loss number + PDCP discarding The number of packages. The events and structures reported by the sampling layer are shown in Table 3.

table 3

Step S304: The rule base establishes the total number of PDCP packets, the total number of normal PDCP packets, the number of PDCP packets, and

The correspondence between the number of discarded PDCP packets. Using the rule base designed in Example 1, the filling rules are shown in Table 4; Table 4

Step S306: The rule base generates a file, and the user downloads the configured rule base to the mobile communication product through the UI interface, and notifies the middle layer device after the download is completed; Step S308: the middle layer device starts to parse after receiving the rule base download completion message. The XML file of the rule base parses the report event id, the counter column number, the counter column name, the sampling layer report event, the sample layer column number is stored as a rule base structure, and the timer is set according to the reporting period; Step S310: sampling layer After the device reports the statistics to the middle-layer device, the middle-layer device queries the rule-base structure, and calculates the events reported by the sampling layer device according to the calculation method configured by the rule base. In this example, the calculation method of the total number of PDCP packets is summed, and the intermediate layer device accumulates all the received 3900, 3901, and 3902 sampling events to the rule base structure; Step S312: When the sampling period is reached, The middle layer device sends the calculated PDCP total packet number result to the UI for display. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of a display implementation apparatus for key performance indicators according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the display implementation device of the key performance indicator may include: a first receiving module 402, configured to receive a key performance indicator from the UI and an association rule of the key performance indicator; and a second receiving module 404, configured to Receiving the key performance indicator reported from the sampling point; the calculating module 406 is configured to calculate the calculation result by using the association rule to calculate the key performance indicator reported by the sampling point; and the sending module 408 is configured to send the calculation result to the UI for display. In the display implementation device of the key performance indicator shown in FIG. 4, the calculation module 406 calculates the calculation result of the key performance indicator reported by the sampling point received by the second receiving module 404 by using the association rule received by the first receiving module 402; The module 408 sends the calculation result to the UI for display, thereby realizing the key performance indicators designed according to the user's own requirements and the association rules of the key performance indicators, and flexibly customizing the display manner of the key performance indicators. It should be noted that the display implementation device of the above-mentioned key performance indicators may be disposed on the user side, or may be disposed on the base station side (ie, on the same side as the sampling side device), or may be disposed between the user side device and the sampling side device. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus may further include: a parsing module 410 configured to parse an association rule from a key performance indicator of the UI; and a saving module 412 configured to save the parsed result. 6 is a structural block diagram of a display implementation system for key performance indicators according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the display implementation system of the key performance indicator includes: a user side device 10, a middle layer device 20, and a sampling layer device 30. The user side device 10 includes: a first sending module 102, configured to send key performance through the UI. The indexing device 30 includes: a second sending module 302, configured to send the collected key performance indicator; the middle layer device 20 includes: a first receiving module 202, configured to receive from The key performance indicator of the user-side device and the association rule of the key performance indicator; the second receiving module 204 is configured to receive a key performance indicator from the sampling layer device; and the calculating module 206 is configured to report the sampling point by using an association rule. The key performance indicator is calculated to obtain a calculation result; the third sending module 208 is configured to send the calculation result to the UI for display. In the display implementation system of the key performance indicator shown in FIG. 6, the middle layer device 20 receives the key performance indicator from the user side device 10 and the association rule of the key performance indicator and the key performance indicator reported by the sampling layer device 30. The association rule is used to calculate the key performance indicators reported by the sampling point to obtain the calculation result, and the calculation result is sent to the user side device 10 for display, thereby realizing that the user can design and configure the key performance indicator and the key performance indicator according to his own needs. The association rules, flexible customization of key performance indicators display. It should be noted that the user side device may be set on the carrier device, the sampling layer device may be set on the base station, and the middle layer device may be set on the operator device, or may be set on the base station, or may be set in the operation. On the other device between the commerce device and the base station. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 7, the user side device 10 in the above system may further include: a generating module 104, configured to generate an association rule of key performance indicators; and a first saving module 106 configured to set key performance indicators and association rules Save it. For example, the foregoing key performance indicators may include, but are not limited to: a counter identifier, a reporting period, a counter column number, a counter column name, a sampling point reporting event identifier, and a sampling point column number; the association rule may be a sum calculation rule; The key performance indicators reported by the sampling point include, but are not limited to: the sampling point reporting event identifier, the sampling point definition, the total number of columns, and the column index corresponding to the interpretation. For the specific calculation manner of the calculation module 206, refer to the descriptions of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, and details are not described herein again. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 7, the middle layer device 20 in the above system may further include: a parsing module 210 configured to parse key performance indicators and association rules; and a second saving module 212 configured to parse the results. Save it. From the above description, it can be seen that the present invention achieves the following technical effects: The middle layer device receives key performance indicators from the user side device and association rules of the key performance indicators and key performance indicators from the sampling layer device; The intermediate layer device uses the association rule to calculate the key performance indicators reported by the sampling point to obtain the calculation result, and then sends the calculation result to the UI for display, thereby achieving that the user can design and configure the key performance indicator according to the requirement and the key performance indicator. The association rules, flexible customization of key performance indicators show the effect of the way. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

1. A display implementation method for key performance indicators, including:

Receiving key performance indicator queries from the UI of the user interface and associated rules for the key performance indicators;

Receiving key performance indicators reported from sampling points;

The correlation performance rule is used to calculate the key performance indicator reported by the sampling point, and the calculation result is obtained, and the calculation result is sent to the UI for display.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before receiving the key performance indicator from the UI and the association rule of the key performance indicator, the method further includes:

The association rule of the key performance indicator is generated, and the association rule of the key performance indicator is parsed and saved.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the key performance indicator and the association rule are saved in an XML file format.

The method according to claim 1, wherein after receiving the key performance indicator from the UI and the association rule of the key performance indicator, the method further includes: parsing the key performance indicator and the association rule And save.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the key performance indicators from the UI include: a counter identifier, a reporting period, a counter column number, a counter column name, a sampling point reporting event identifier, The sampling point column number; the key performance indicators reported by the sampling point include: the sampling point reporting event identifier, the sampling point definition, the total number of columns, and the column index corresponding to the interpretation.

6. A display implementation device for key performance indicators, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a key performance indicator from the UI of the user interface and an association rule of the key performance indicator;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a key performance indicator reported from the sampling point; and a calculating module, configured to calculate, by using the association rule, a key performance indicator reported by the sampling point to obtain a calculation result;

The sending module is configured to send the calculation result to the UI for display. The device according to claim 6, wherein the device further comprises:

The parsing module is configured to parse the association rule of the key performance indicator from the UI; and save the module, and set to save the parsed result. A display implementation system for key performance indicators, including: a user side device, a middle layer device, and a sampling layer device;

The user side device includes:

a first sending module, configured to send a key performance indicator and an association rule of the key performance indicator through the user interface UI;

The sampling layer device includes:

a second sending module, configured to send the collected key performance indicators;

The middle layer device includes:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a key performance indicator from the user side device and an association rule of the key performance indicator;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a key performance indicator from the sampling layer device; and a calculating module, configured to calculate, by using the association rule, a key performance indicator reported by the sampling point to obtain a calculation result;

The third sending module is configured to send the calculation result to the UI for display. The system of claim 8, wherein the user side device further comprises:

Generating a module, configured to generate an association rule of the key performance indicator;

The first saving module is configured to save the key performance indicator and the association rule. The system according to claim 8, wherein the middle layer device further comprises: a parsing module configured to parse the key performance indicator and the association rule; and a second saving module configured to perform the parsing The results are saved.