WO2017219550A1

WO2017219550A1 - Base station management method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2017219550A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/102577
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘浩然; 刘伟
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-06-23
Filing date: 2016-10-19
Publication date: 2017-12-28
Also published as: CN107548084A

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and provides a base station management method and device. The method comprises: detecting prompt information sent by a base station site; analyzing the type of the prompt information according to information carried in the prompt information; and outputting the positioning result of faults occurred in the base station site according to the type of the prompt information. By means of the base station management method and device, automated management of a base station is achieved, the communication costs and time cost in the process of checking faults are greatly reduced, and the problems of low efficiency and reliability caused by a large number of manual operations are avoided.

Description

Base station management method and device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a base station management method and apparatus.

Background technique

In recent years, with the development of communication technology, especially the rapid development of wireless communication technology, in the era of 2G and 3G, now it has entered the 4G era, and 5G will be launched in the near future. In order to provide good wireless communication services to users in cities, operators often need hundreds or even thousands of base stations to ensure signal quality. In the face of a large number of base station sites installed in various corners of the city, how to manage them more efficiently and conveniently has always been an important issue.

In the management of the base station, in order to check the alarms or abnormalities of some sites, the Telnet protocol and the FTP protocol are often used as channels, and the interaction between the front and the back is performed by means of inputting commands to obtain related information. However, the external field base station site is generally multi-mode (2G, 3G, 4G hybrid), and includes boards of different functions, and the boards of the same function are divided into many different models, wherein the baseband board includes at least seven or eight. Models, if you consider a lot of situations, you need to handle the batch site. If you manually input the command mode by the operator each time, it is not only inefficient, but also has the possibility of error, which greatly increases the communication cost and time overhead of troubleshooting.

Therefore, there is a need for a base station management method and apparatus that technically overcomes the above-mentioned deficiencies and better performs base station management.

Summary of the invention

The main object of the present invention is to provide a base station management method and apparatus for better managing a base station.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for managing a base station, the method comprising: detecting prompt information sent by a base station station; and parsing the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information; The type that outputs the location result of the problem that occurs at the base station site.

Optionally, before the parsing the type of the prompt information and outputting the location result of the problem that occurs in the base station site, the method further includes: calling, according to the type of the prompt information, a corresponding script.

Optionally, the method further includes: storing, according to the prompt information, configuration information of the base station site to a configuration table.

Optionally, the parsing the type of the prompt information, and outputting the location result of the problem that occurs in the base station site, includes: executing the script, and the script logs in according to the configuration information in the configuration table. The base station site and its corresponding board are obtained; the related information is obtained according to the board, and is calculated and parsed to solve the problem of the base station site or output the result of the problem location.

Optionally, the prompt information includes at least an alarm information and an abnormality information, where the type of the alarm information includes at least a serious alarm, a primary alarm, and a secondary alarm, and the type of the abnormal information is determined according to the abnormal data name.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a base station management apparatus, where the apparatus includes: a detection module, detecting prompt information sent by a base station station; and a parsing module, parsing the prompt according to information carried by the prompt information The type of the information; the execution module outputs a positioning result of the problem occurring at the base station site according to the type of the prompt information.

Optionally, the device further includes: a script selection module, and calling the corresponding script in the custom script library according to the type of the prompt information.

Optionally, the device further includes: a parameter configuration module, configured to store, according to the prompt information, configuration information of the base station site to a configuration table.

Optionally, the execution module includes: a login unit: executing the script, and the script logs in to the base station site and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table; The board acquires relevant information and calculates and parses it to solve the problem of the base station site or output the result of the problem location.

Optionally, the type of the alarm includes at least a critical alarm, a primary alarm, and a secondary alarm, and the type of the abnormality is determined according to the abnormal data name.

The method and device for managing a base station according to the present invention, by detecting the prompt information sent by the base station, parsing the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information, and outputting the positioning result of the problem occurring at the base station according to the type of the prompt information. Thereby, the automatic management of the base station is realized, the communication cost and the time overhead occurring in the process of troubleshooting are greatly reduced, and the problems of low efficiency and low reliability brought by a large number of manual manual operations are avoided.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flowchart of a base station management method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a base station management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a sub-flow of a base station management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic block diagram of a base station management apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a base station management apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an execution module in a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The implementation, functional features, and advantages of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting.

Referring to FIG. 1, a method for managing a base station according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes:

S110. Detect the prompt information sent by the base station.

Specifically, when there is a problem in one or more of the hundreds of base station sites, the prompt information sent by the problematic base station is detected, and the prompt information includes at least the alarm and/or the abnormal information.

S130. Parse the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information.

Specifically, the alarm code and the alarm code are parsed according to the information carried in the alarm information to determine the alarm type. The types of alarms include at least serious alarms, major alarms, and secondary alarms. For the base station, when the highest severity alarm occurs, it will affect the normal operation of the base station.

The type of the exception is determined and determined based on the name of the exception data.

S150. Output a positioning result of a problem that occurs in the base station site according to the type of the prompt information.

Specifically, according to the parsed alarm and/or the type of the abnormality, the related information is acquired, the related information is parsed by using an expression or an algorithm, and the problem occurring at the output base station site or the result of the problem location is analyzed through calculation and judgment.

Further, the expression may be a regular expression.

The base station management method provided by the present invention detects the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information by detecting the prompt information sent by the base station, and outputs the positioning result of the problem occurring at the base station according to the type of the prompt information. Thereby, the automatic management of the base station is realized, the communication cost and the time overhead occurring in the process of troubleshooting are greatly reduced, and the problems of low efficiency and low reliability brought by a large number of manual manual operations are avoided.

Referring to FIG. 2, a second embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station management method. In the second embodiment, the content of S210, S220 is similar to the content of S110, S130 in the first embodiment, and details are not described in this embodiment.

S210. Detect the prompt information sent by the base station.

S220. Parse the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information.

S230. Call the corresponding script in the custom script library according to the type of the prompt information.

Specifically, the corresponding customized script is invoked in the custom script library according to the parsed alarm and/or the type of the exception.

S240. Store, according to the prompt information, configuration information of the base station site to a configuration table.

Specifically, according to the alarm and/or the abnormality information, the base station site configuration information of the problem and the related information of the problem board are written into the parameter configuration table to define the object and scope of the script execution.

Further, the configuration information of the base station site includes at least a site name and a site IP address.

S250. Output, according to the type of the prompt information, a positioning result of a problem that occurs in the base station site.

Referring to FIG. 3, S250 further includes:

S310. The script is executed, and the script logs in to the base station site and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table.

Specifically, the script is run, and the script logs in to the corresponding site according to the site name and the site IP in the configuration table, and logs in to the corresponding board in each site.

S330. Acquire relevant information according to the board, and calculate and parse to solve a problem of the base station site or output a result of the problem location.

Specifically, the related information is acquired, the related information is parsed by using an expression or an algorithm, and the problem occurring at the output base station site or the result of the problem location is analyzed by calculation and judgment.

Further, the expression may be a regular expression.

The base station management method provided in this embodiment further refines the base station management process on the basis of the first embodiment, and according to the type of the prompt information, invokes a corresponding script in the customized script library, and according to the prompt information, the base station site is The configuration information is stored in the configuration table, and the script is executed, and the script logs in to the base station and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table, obtains related information, and performs calculation and analysis to solve the problem or output of the base station site. The result of the problem location. Thereby achieving the purpose of automatically managing the base station and improving work efficiency.

In order to make the base station management method of the present invention clearer and easier to understand, the following two examples are further explained.

Example 1:

As an example, the specific implementation steps of the base station management method are as follows:

The first step: detecting the alarm information of insufficient CE resources;

Step 2: According to the information of the alarm, determine that the CE resource is insufficient as a serious alarm, and then parse the alarm type according to the alarm code and the alarm subcode;

The third step: according to the alarm type, the baseband board resource inspection script is selected in the custom script library;

Step 4: According to the reported alarm information, write the problem site name and the site IP address in the configuration table.

Step 5: Log in to the corresponding site according to the site IP in the configuration table. In each site, log in to each baseband board to check their resource status, determine whether there are resources that have not been used, and use regular expressions to resolve. Through calculation and judgment, it is finally found that there is no use of unreleased resources, and insufficient CE resources are normally used.

This example detects the alarm information, analyzes the alarm type, and selects the corresponding script to write in the configuration table. When the name of the problem site and the IP address of the site are determined, when it is determined that there is no resource that has not been used, it is determined that the insufficient CE resources appearing at the problem site are normally used, and the automatic management of the base station is realized, which is efficient and convenient.

Example two:

Taking the problem that the user access is significantly reduced in the peak period in the vicinity of the 5 km edge position of the base station site as an example, in combination with the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the specific implementation steps of the base station management method are:

The first step: detecting the vicinity of the 5 km edge location of the cell site of the base station, and the abnormality of the user access is significantly reduced during the peak period;

The second step: parsing the type of the exception according to the abnormal data name;

The third step: according to the type of exception, the delay inspection script is selected in the custom script library;

Step 4: According to the reported abnormality information, the name of the problem site and the site IP address are written in the configuration table;

Step 5: Log in to the corresponding site according to the IP address of the site in the configuration table. Log in to the main control board in each site. The baseband board and the radio unit board check their delay information and use regular expressions to parse. Calculation and judgment, finally found that the problem of significant reduction in user access during the peak period is caused by improper setting of parameters related to the antenna angle in the RF unit, which requires the developer to modify it before returning to normal.

This example detects the abnormality information, and then parses the alarm type, and selects the corresponding script to write the name of the problem site and the IP address of the site in the configuration table. After calculation and judgment, it is found that the user access is significantly reduced during the peak period. In the unit, the parameters related to the antenna angle are improperly set, and the developer needs to modify it before returning to normal. Therefore, the developer is promptly reminded to handle and realize the automatic management of the base station.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a base station management apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In a third embodiment, the apparatus comprises:

The detecting module 410 is configured to detect prompt information sent by the base station.

Specifically, when one or more of the hundreds of base station sites have a problem, the detecting module 410 detects the prompt information sent by the base station that has the problem, and the prompt information includes at least the alarm and/or the abnormal information.

The parsing module 430 is configured to parse the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information.

Specifically, the parsing module 430 parses the alarm code and the alarm code according to the information carried in the alarm information to determine the alarm type. The types of alarms include at least serious alarms, major alarms, and secondary alarms. For the base station, when the highest severity alarm occurs, it will affect the normal operation of the base station.

The executing module 450 is configured to output a positioning result of a problem that occurs in the base station site according to the type of the prompt information.

Specifically, the execution module 450 acquires related information according to the parsed alarm and/or the type of the abnormality, parses the related information by using an expression or an algorithm, and analyzes and judges the problem that occurs at the output base station site or the result of the problem location.

Further, the expression may be a regular expression.

The base station management apparatus provided by the present invention detects the prompt information sent by the base station by the detecting module 410, and the parsing module 430 parses the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information, and the executing module 450 outputs according to the type of the prompt information. The positioning result of the problem occurring at the base station site. Thereby, the automatic management of the base station is realized, the communication cost and the time overhead occurring in the process of troubleshooting are greatly reduced, and the problems of low efficiency and low reliability brought by a large number of manual manual operations are avoided.

Referring to FIG. 5, a fourth embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station management apparatus. In a fourth embodiment, the apparatus comprises:

The detecting module 510 is configured to detect prompt information sent by the base station.

The parsing module 520 is configured to parse the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information.

The detection module 510 and the parsing module 520 in this embodiment are similar to the detection module 410 and the parsing module 430 in the third embodiment, and are not described in detail in this embodiment.

The script selection module 530 is configured to invoke a corresponding script in the custom script library according to the type of the prompt information.

Specifically, the script selection module 530 calls the corresponding custom script in the custom script library according to the type of the parsed information.

The parameter configuration module 540 is configured to store configuration information of the base station site to a configuration table according to the prompt information.

Specifically, the parameter configuration module 540 writes the base station site configuration information of the problem and the related information of the problem board to the parameter configuration table according to the alarm and/or the abnormality information, so as to define the object and range of the script execution.

The executing module 550 is configured to output a positioning result of a problem that occurs in the base station site according to the type of the prompt information.

Referring to FIG. 6, the execution module 550 further includes:

The login unit 610: executes the script, and the script logs in to the base station site and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table.

Specifically, the script is run, and the login unit 610 sequentially logs in to the corresponding site according to the site name and the site IP in the configuration table, and sequentially logs in to the corresponding board in each site.

The executing unit 630: acquires related information according to the board, and performs calculation and parsing to solve the problem of the base station site or output the result of the problem location.

Specifically, the execution unit 630 acquires related information, and parses the related information by using an expression or an algorithm. Overcoming and judging to resolve the problem that occurs at the output base station site or the result of the problem location.

Further, the expression may be a regular expression.

The base station management apparatus provided in this embodiment further refines the base station management process based on the third embodiment, and the script selection module 530 calls the corresponding script in the custom script library according to the type of the prompt information, and the parameter configuration module The 540 is configured to store the configuration information of the base station site to the configuration table according to the prompt information, and the execution module 550 executes the script, and the script logs in to the base station and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table, and obtains related information. Computation and resolution to resolve problems at the base station site or to output the results of the problem location. Thereby achieving the purpose of automatically managing the base station and improving work efficiency.

Example 1:

Taking the alarm that the site reports insufficient CE resources as an example, in combination with the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment, the specific implementation process of the base station management device is:

Step 1: The detection module detects the alarm information of insufficient CE resources;

Step 2: The parsing module determines that the CE resource is not a serious alarm according to the alarm information, and then parses the alarm type according to the alarm code and the alarm subcode.

The third step: the script selection module selects the baseband board resource inspection script in the custom script library according to the alarm type;

Step 4: The parameter configuration module writes the problem site name and the site IP address in the configuration table according to the reported alarm information.

Step 5: The execution module sequentially logs in to the corresponding site according to the site IP in the configuration table, and sequentially logs in each baseband board in each site to check their resource status, determine whether there is any unused resources, and use regular expressions to After parsing, through calculation and judgment, it is finally found that there is no unused resource after use, and the shortage of CE resources is normal use.

In this example, the detection module detects the alarm information, and then the parsing module parses the alarm type. The script selection module selects the corresponding script. The parameter configuration module writes the name of the problem site and the site IP address in the configuration table, and the execution module does not exist in the determination. When the resources are released, it is determined that the insufficient CE resources appearing at the problem site belongs to the normal use, and the automatic management of the base station is realized, which is efficient and convenient.

Example two:

Taking the problem that the user access is significantly reduced in the peak period in the vicinity of the 5km edge position of the base station site as an example, combined with the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment, the specific implementation process of the base station management device is:

The first step: the detecting module detects the vicinity of the 5km edge position of the cell site of the base station, and the abnormality of the user access is significantly reduced during the peak period;

The second step: the parsing module parses the type of the exception according to the abnormal data name;

The third step: the script selection module selects the delay patrol script in the custom script library according to the type of the exception;

Step 4: The parameter configuration module writes the name of the problem site and the site IP address in the configuration table according to the reported abnormality information;

The fifth step: the execution module logs in to the corresponding site according to the site IP in the configuration table, and then logs in to the main control board in each site, and the baseband board and the radio unit board check their delay information, and use regular expressions to analyze Through calculation and judgment, it is finally found that the problem that the user access is significantly reduced during the peak period is caused by improper setting of parameters related to the antenna angle in the radio unit, which needs to be modified by the developer to return to normal.

This example detects the abnormal information through the detection module, and then parses the module to resolve the alarm type. The script selection module selects the corresponding script. The parameter configuration module writes the name of the problem site and the site IP address in the configuration table. The execution module calculates and judges and finds the peak. The problem of significantly reduced user access during the period is caused by improper setting of parameters related to the antenna angle in the RF unit, which requires the developer to modify it before returning to normal, so as to promptly remind the developer to handle and realize the automatic management of the base station.

It is to be understood that the term "comprises" or any other variation thereof is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device that comprises a plurality of elements includes not only those elements but also Other elements that are explicitly listed, or include elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or device. An element that is defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional equivalent elements in the process, method, item, or device that comprises the element.

The serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for the description, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the foregoing embodiment method can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is better. Implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, The optical disc includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a cell phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The modules such as the detection module, the analysis module, the execution module, and the like, and the login unit, the execution unit, and the like in the above modules may include hardware components, software modules, or a combination of hardware and software. The same unit may be implemented by the same hardware/software or by a combination of different hardware/software. The above modules or units may all be located in the same hardware structure, for example, in the same processor; or, the above modules or units are respectively located in a plurality of hardware structures, and may interact through a communication connection.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structure or equivalent process transformations made by the description of the present invention and the drawings are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields. The same is included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention. Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are also possible. Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be limited to the above embodiments.

Industrial applicability

The invention is applicable to the field of communication, and is used for realizing automatic management of the base station, which can greatly reduce the communication cost and time overhead occurring in the process of troubleshooting, and avoids the problems of low efficiency and low reliability brought by a large number of manual manual operations.

Claims

A base station management method, the method comprising:

Detecting prompt information sent by the base station site;

Parsing the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information;

And according to the type of the prompt information, outputting a positioning result of a problem occurring at the base station site.
The base station management method according to claim 1, wherein before the parsing the type of the prompt information and outputting the positioning result of the problem occurring in the base station site, the method further includes:

According to the type of the prompt information, the corresponding script is called in the custom script library.
The base station management method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

And storing, according to the prompt information, configuration information of the base station site to a configuration table.
The base station management method according to claim 3, wherein the parsing the type of the prompt information and outputting the location result of the problem occurring at the base station site includes:

The script is executed, and the script logs in to the base station site and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table.

Acquiring relevant information according to the board, and calculating and parsing to solve the problem of the base station site or output the result of the problem location.
The base station management method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the prompt information includes at least alarm information and abnormality information, and the type of the alarm information includes at least a serious alarm, a primary alarm, and a secondary alarm, The type of exception information is determined based on the name of the exception data.
A base station management apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a detecting module, configured to detect prompt information sent by the base station station;

The parsing module is configured to parse the type of the prompt information according to the information carried by the prompt information;

And an execution module, configured to output a positioning result of a problem occurring at the base station site according to the type of the prompt information.
The base station management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

The script selection module is configured to call the corresponding script in the custom script library according to the type of the prompt information.
The base station management device according to claim 7, wherein the device further comprises:

The parameter configuration module is configured to store the configuration information of the base station site to the configuration table according to the prompt information.
The base station management apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the execution module comprises:

a login unit: executing the script, and the script logs in to the base station site and its corresponding board according to the configuration information in the configuration table;

The execution unit: acquires related information according to the board, and calculates and parses to solve the problem of the base station site or output the result of the problem location.
The base station management apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the prompt information includes at least alarm information and abnormality information, and the type of the alarm information includes at least a serious alarm, a primary alarm, and a secondary alarm. The type of exception information is determined based on the name of the exception data.