CN100362804C - A method and system for area management in next generation network - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for area management in a next-generation network, comprising: an area manager sends an area operation command to an area management server through an area management client; the area management server judges area operation according to the area management authority of the area manager Whether the command is legal, if not, return an error message, and end the regional operation, otherwise, the regional management server converts the regional operation command into the target operation command according to the regional management authority of the regional manager; the regional management server executes the target operation command. Therefore, mutual interference between regional managers and operators is eliminated, and the stability of the system is improved. The invention also discloses a sub-area management system, which includes an area management client and an area management server, and the area management server is used to execute an area operation command according to the request of the area management client.

Description

A method and system for area management in next generation network

technical field

The invention relates to network communication technology, in particular to a method and system for area management in the next generation network.

Background technique

With the continuous development of NGN (next generation network), the capacity of the softswitch system is also expanding day by day, and the softswitch system has developed into the stage of transnational number distribution. Not only operators who have access network resources participate in the operation of communication services, but also some operators who rely on leased access resources but actually do not have access resources also participate in the operation of communication services.

Usually, users of the softswitch system may belong to different countries or regions, therefore, there are usually different regional managers for these different regions. On the other hand, in some cases, for example, when multiple operators jointly use the same resource in the softswitch system, each operator also needs to manage or maintain the resources it uses separately.

In the prior art, since the operation of various resources in the softswitch system is a public operation, that is, after a certain area manager or operator in the system logs in to the system, he can not only operate the resources he manages, It is also possible to operate on resources managed by other regional managers or operators. Therefore, it cannot be managed according to a certain characteristic (such as a region or operator), that is, it is impossible to control an operator or a regional manager only for its own Resources that should be maintained and managed are maintained and managed. In this way, it will cause chaos in the management of the softswitch system. For example, a certain regional manager or operator has performed operations on resources that are not managed by him, sometimes even destructive operations. Therefore, this may cause regional management problems. Operators and operators interfere with each other, causing system instability.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for regional management in the next generation network to solve the problems of each operator and maintenance operator only managing and maintaining their own resources. problem, improve the stability of the softswitch system.

The method for area management in the next generation network of the present invention includes:

A. Set up the regional management server;

B. When it is necessary to perform management operations on any area in the next generation network, send an area operation command to its area management server;

C. The area management server performs area management operations in its corresponding area according to the area operation command.

The said area includes the area determined according to the operator's operation scope or the area managed by the area manager.

A regional management table is set in the regional management server, and the regional management table includes regional managers and regional management rights.

The area management authority indicates the area range or resource range managed by the area manager.

The method for sending an area operation command to its area management server in step B includes: the area manager sends an area operation command to the area management server through an area management client.

After sending the regional operation command to its regional management server, the step B also includes:

B1. The regional management server judges whether the regional operation command is legal according to the regional management authority of the regional manager, and if it is legal, then executes step B2, otherwise, returns an error message and ends the regional operation;

B2. The regional management server converts the regional operation command into the target operation command according to the regional management authority of the regional manager;

B3. The regional management server executes the target operation command.

After sending the regional operation command to its regional management server, the step B also includes:

B11. The regional management server generates virtual devices and resources according to the regional management authority of the regional manager;

B21. The operation commands of the area manager directly access the generated virtual devices and resources;

B31. The regional management server periodically synchronizes the virtual devices and resources with the actual devices and resources according to the regional operation commands.

The management operation in step C includes modification and/or deletion and/or addition of various devices and resources in the area.

After performing the step A, before the step B, it also includes:

The regional manager logs in to the regional management server,

The regional management server judges whether the identity information of the regional manager is legal, and if it is legal, executes step B; otherwise, refuses to log in.

The present invention also provides a sub-area management system, including: at least one area management client, which is connected to the area management server, and is used to send an area operation command request to the area management server; an area management server, which is connected to the managed device , which is used to execute zone operation commands at the request of the zone management client.

According to the present invention, before executing various operation commands, the area management server first authenticates them, so that each operator and area manager only manages and maintains its own resources, thereby eliminating the need for communication between area managers, Interference between operators improves the stability of the system.

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Fig. 1 is the flowchart of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the flowchart of the second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the system structure of the sub-area management of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make it easier for those skilled in the art to understand and realize the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention are described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, the core idea of regional management is: to set different regional management rights for different operators or different regional managers, so that each operator or each regional manager can only operate and maintain the resources managed and maintained by them , but cannot manage resources managed by other operators or other regional managers.

First, it introduces the responsibilities and functions of operators and regional managers in the softswitch system. Operators are responsible for the following management: system management, equipment management, office data management, billing data management, media gateway management, relay routing management, business acceptance, user management, authority management, etc. The responsibility of the area manager is to independently complete service provisioning and operation and maintenance management within the area. Therefore, the operation and maintenance allowed by the area manager includes: number resource management (user number allocation, shutdown, etc.), user management (configuration of Centrex, PBX , black and white lists, etc.), device resource management (adding and maintaining user access devices IADs, adding and maintaining trunk circuits, etc.), routing management (adding new routes, modifying routing attributes, etc.), number analysis management (different configuration how to select the corresponding route), signaling management (control signaling for configuring inter-office communication), etc.

In order to realize sub-area management, first define the sub-area management object, that is, assign specific attributes to various resources in the softswitch system, which include area attributes and operator attributes. Area attributes include: number range, device identifier, office direction (that is, the defined identifier to a certain exchange, generally a value), destination signaling point (destination code in the signaling network, similar to the IP network in the IP network) IP address), etc.; the operator attribute not only includes all area attributes, but also includes system management, etc.; if the attribute is an area attribute, various resources in the softswitch system can be managed according to the area; if the attribute is Carrier attributes, based on which carrier attributes can be used for sub-carrier management. Regional management and operator-specific management of resources in the softswitch system are two aspects of the present invention, and they will be introduced respectively below.

Firstly, the method of the present invention will be described in detail by taking regional management as an example.

Before introducing the method of sub-area management, firstly introduce how to define the objects of the area management of the softswitch system. Firstly, an area attribute is set for each resource included in the softswitch system to implement area management. For example, for number resources, some of the bits can be set as region attributes, and the setting rules are as follows: numbers in the same region have the same region attributes; numbers in different regions have different region attributes. For example, for a number resource, if the 4th-5th digits in the number resource are region attributes, take the number 13901123456 as an example, that is, 01 is the region attribute, and if 01 represents the Beijing area, then the 4th-5th digits are 01 The number is the number in the Beijing area, that is, 13901XXXXXX (the 1st-3rd digit is the operator attribute, the 4th-5th digit is the region attribute, and the X in the 6th-11th digit is any number) is the number in the Beijing area. For device resources, some characters in the device identifier can be set as geographical attributes. If the device identifier is a 32-byte string, the first 10 digits of the device identifier can be set as regional attributes, such as Beijing IAD *Indicates all devices in BeijingIAD area. For routing management, the object of area management is the office route (because the operation of adding and deleting routes will indirectly refer to the office route); for signaling management, the object of area management is the signaling gateway or signaling link.

In order to carry out regional management, a regional management table should also be set in the regional management server, and the regional management table includes regional managers and regional management rights. The area management authority is used to indicate the scope of area resources managed by the area manager, and the area manager performs area management according to the area management authority. For the area management authority, when adding an area manager, specify the area management authority of the area manager, or change the management authority of the area manager through modification. In the present invention, the area management authority of the area manager can manage resources in a certain area or in multiple areas, or manage resources with a certain attribute, such as number resources within a certain range. Area managers can be divided into ordinary area managers and super area managers. Ordinary area managers can only manage resources corresponding to their management rights according to their area management rights. Super area managers can manage resources in all areas, or Manage common area managers, such as adding or deleting common area managers, or modifying the management authority information of common area managers as needed.

The process of sub-area management in the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 .

As shown in Figure 1, in step 1, the area manager logs in to the area management server through the area management client. In step 2, the regional management server judges whether the identity of the regional manager is legal according to the identifier and password of the regional manager. If it is not legal, in step 6, it refuses to log in and prompts an error message; The management server determines the area management authority of the area manager through the area management table according to the area manager's identifier. Next, in step 4, the regional management server allocates the resources it manages according to the regional management rights of the regional manager, such as regenerating virtual devices and data from the data and equipment allowed by the regional manager. In 5, the regional manager performs various accesses to the generated virtual devices and data through the regional management client, and the access includes adding, deleting or modifying. In step 7, the regional management server periodically updates the actual equipment and data with the result of the visit.

The second embodiment of the partition management of the present invention will be introduced below with reference to FIG. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 2, in step 21, the area manager logs in to the area management server through the area management client. In step 22, the area management server judges whether the identity of the area manager is legal according to the identifier and password of the area manager, if not, in step 26, refuses to log in, and prompts an error message; otherwise, executes step 23, the area The manager sends an area operation command to the area management server as needed.

Next step, in step 24, the area management server first determines the area management authority according to the area manager identifier through the area management table, and judges whether the area operation command is legal according to the area manager's area management authority, if legal, then Execute step 25, for example, the operation of the regional manager to modify the number resource, now assume that the range of numbers that the regional manager is allowed to access is 12340000-12349999, if the modified number resource operation of the regional manager is to modify the number within the range of 12340000-12349999 If not, step 25 is executed; otherwise, in step 27, an error message is returned to inform the area manager that the access right is not available.

In step 25, the area management server generates a purpose operation command, and converts the area operation command into a purpose operation command, and the purpose operation command is used to realize access to various resources within the permitted authority. The server executes purpose operation commands to perform various operations on various devices and data in its allowed management area, and the operations include adding, deleting or modifying.

According to the present invention, various resources in the soft exchange system are defined, and an area management table is added in the area management server, and the area manager and area management authority are recorded in the area management table. The regional management table corresponds the regional managers with the various resources they manage, so that regional managers can only access within the scope specified in their regional management authority, so as to realize the function of sub-regional management, so that each regional manager They can work relatively independently, avoid mutual interference, increase the privacy of each other's work, and at the same time, increase the security of the communication system and improve the efficiency of the communication system.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, it is equivalent to adding an authentication layer on all commands executed by the area manager, that is, all commands of the area manager pass the authentication, and if they pass the authentication, continue to Otherwise, notify the regional manager that the operation command is an error command. In this way, the regional management function is realized.

The above method of the present invention is also applicable to the situation where multiple operators perform respective management according to their respective service rights. The implementation process is briefly introduced below. A regional management table is added to the regional management server, and the operator and the operator's management authority are recorded in the regional management table. The area management table corresponds operators to the various resources they manage, so that operators can only access within the scope specified in their area management rights, so as to realize the sub-operator management function, so that each operator can relatively Working independently avoids interference with each other and increases the privacy of each other's work. At the same time, it also increases the security of the communication system and improves the efficiency of the communication system.

As shown in Figure 3, the present invention also provides a sub-area management system, including: at least one area management client, which is connected to the area management server, and is used to send an area operation command request to the area management server; the area management server, It is used to execute regional operation commands to manage managed devices and resources according to the request of the regional management client.

Although the present invention has been described by the embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art know that, without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, the present invention can have many modifications and variations, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended rights Requirements to limit.

Claims (10)

1. A method for regional management in a next-generation network, characterized in that, comprising: A. Set up the regional management server; B. When it is necessary to perform management operations on any area in the next generation network, send an area operation command to its area management server; C. The area management server performs area management operations in its corresponding area according to the area operation command. 2 . The method for area management in the next generation network according to claim 1 , wherein the area includes an area determined according to an operator's operating area or an area managed by an area manager. 3. The method for area management in the next generation network according to claim 1, wherein an area management table is set in the area management server, and the area management table includes an area manager and an area management authority. 4. The method for area management in the next generation network according to claim 3, wherein the area management authority indicates the area range or resource range managed by the area manager. 5. The method for area management in the next generation network as claimed in claim 4, wherein the method for sending an area operation command to its area management server in the step B comprises: The regional manager sends regional operation commands to the regional management server through the regional management client. 6. The method for area management in the next generation network as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that, after sending the area operation command to its area management server, said step B further comprises: B1. The regional management server judges whether the regional operation command is legal according to the regional management authority of the regional manager, and if it is legal, then executes step B2, otherwise, returns an error message and ends the regional operation; B2. The regional management server converts the regional operation command into the target operation command according to the regional management authority of the regional manager; B3. The regional management server executes the target operation command. 7. The method for area management in the next generation network as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that, after sending the area operation command to its area management server, said step B further comprises: B11. The regional management server generates virtual devices and resources according to the regional management authority of the regional manager; B21. The operation commands of the area manager directly access the generated virtual devices and resources; B31. The regional management server periodically synchronizes the virtual devices and resources with the actual devices and resources according to the regional operation commands. 8. The method for area management in the next generation network according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the management operation in the step C includes modification and/or modification of various devices and resources in the area delete and/or add. 9. The method for area management in the next generation network according to claim 1, characterized in that, after performing the step A, before the step B, further comprising: The regional manager logs in to the regional management server, The regional management server judges whether the identity information of the regional manager is legal, and if it is legal, executes step B; otherwise, refuses to log in. 10. A sub-area management system, characterized in that it comprises: At least one regional management client, which is connected to the regional management server, and is used to send a regional operation command request to the regional management server; The area management server is connected to the managed device and is used for executing area operation commands according to the request of the area management client.

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