CN103108336A - Method and device for network element permission asset management and network element - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a network element for network element license asset management. The network element of the present invention stores configured license asset information, and the license asset information includes capacity attributes and/or supported function attributes. The method consists of network elements Executing includes the following steps: receiving an operation command for configuration management or performance management of the network element itself or its management object; according to the information in the operation command and the capacity attributes in the configured license assets and/or supported Function attribute, judging whether to execute the operation command, wherein, the capacity attribute in the licensed asset is the maximum capacity supported by the licensed network element, and the function attribute supported by the licensed asset is the function supported by the licensed network element list; if yes, execute the operation command; otherwise, do not execute the operation command. The invention can avoid conflicts between the configuration result and the license asset information of the network element.

Description

Method, device and network element for network element licensing asset management

technical field

The invention relates to the field of telecommunication management, in particular to a method, a device and a network element for license asset management in a mobile communication network.

Background technique

In the field of telecom management, TMF (TeleManagement Forum, eleManagement Foru) defines asset management as the management of instance information including management objects in the telecom network, usually divided into management of resource assets, business assets, customer assets, product assets, etc. But TMF does not define license assets (License) in the communication network. In 3GPP, asset management specifically refers to the management of the constituent elements of network elements, and its assets are divided into hardware assets, software assets and license assets. Among them, the license asset is a management object under the network element. The information contained in each license asset includes: license identifier, license type (such as capacity, specific function, number of users, etc.), provider, validity period, key, license status, sales unique identifier and additional information, etc.

In the actual network operation process, the current licensed assets are mainly managed by equipment vendors. Operators can obtain information about licensed assets through the EMS (Element Management System, Network Element Management System) northbound interface, but there is a lack of licensed assets. Capacity or function information. This will lead to, on the one hand, when the operator needs to perform configuration management and performance management on network resources, if the prior art adopts the process shown in Figure 1, there may be a conflict between the configuration result and the license asset information of the network element, resulting in Configuration failed. Operators, on the other hand, do not have access to information about the capacity or capabilities defined by the licensed asset, making it impossible to fully evaluate the asset.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a network element license asset management method, device and network element to solve the conflict between the configuration result and the license asset information of the network element and the asset evaluation problem.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a management method of network element licensed assets. The network element stores the configured licensed asset information, and the licensed asset information includes capacity attributes and/or supported function attributes. The method consists of Network element execution, including the following steps:

receiving an operation command for configuration management or performance management of the network element itself or the management object to which it belongs;

According to the information in the operation command and the configured capacity attribute and/or supported function attribute in the license asset, it is judged whether to execute the operation command, wherein the capacity attribute in the license asset is the licensed network The maximum capacity that can be supported by the network element, the function attribute supported by the licensed asset is the list of functions supported by the licensed network element;

If yes, execute the operation command; otherwise, do not execute the operation command.

Preferably, before receiving the operation command for configuration management or performance management of network elements, the method further includes:

Create at least one of the following license asset objects:

a capacity license asset object including a capacity attribute in said license asset;

a function-type license asset object including a function attribute supported by the license asset;

A compound license asset object including a capacity attribute in the license asset and a function attribute supported by the license asset, wherein the capacity attribute in the license asset includes a license capacity, and the function attribute supported by the license asset includes licensed features.

Further, judging whether to execute the operation command according to the information in the operation command and the configured capacity attribute and/or supported function attribute in the license asset includes one of the following:

According to the information in the operation command indicating to create or modify the capacity-type license asset object, determine whether the number of the capacity-type license asset object and/or the number of users exceeds the capacity in the license asset after the operation command is executed The scope of the attribute, if so, the operation command will not be executed, otherwise, the operation command will be executed;

According to the information in the operation command indicating to create or modify the functional license asset object, determine whether the parameters of the functional license asset object after the operation command is executed belong to the functional attributes supported by the license asset, and if so , then execute the operation command, otherwise, do not execute the operation command;

According to the information in the operation command indicating to create or modify the composite license asset object, determine whether the number of composite license asset objects and/or the number of users after executing the operation command does not exceed the license asset The scope of the capacity attribute, and whether the parameter of the composite license asset object belongs to the function attribute in the license asset, if both are yes, execute the operation command; otherwise, do not execute the operation command.

Further, before or after receiving the operation command for configuration management or performance management of the network element, the method further includes:

Receive license asset query commands;

Query qualified license asset information according to the license asset query command;

Feedback the qualified license asset information to the command sender.

Further, the operation command comes from a superior management system or an network element management system (EMS).

Optionally, the network element is a radio network controller (RNC), and the capacity attribute in the license asset includes a maximum number of manageable cells.

Further, the functional attributes in the licensed assets include at least one of the following: high-speed uplink packet access HSUPA function, high-speed downlink packet access HSDPA function, evolved high-speed packet access HSPA+ function, and donor base station function.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention also provides a license asset management device, which is located in a network element, and the device includes:

The command receiving module is used to receive operation commands for configuration management or performance management of the network element itself or its management objects;

The license asset information storage module is used for storing the license asset information of the network element where the network element is located, including configured capacity attributes and/or supported function attribute information;

A command execution judging module, configured to judge whether to execute the operation command according to the information in the operation command and the configured capacity attribute and/or supported function attribute in the license asset, wherein the The capacity attribute is the maximum capacity supported by the licensed network element, and the function attribute supported by the licensed asset is a list of functions supported by the licensed network element;

A command execution module, configured to execute the operation command when the judgment result of the command execution judging module is Yes; and not to execute the operation when the judgment result of the command execution judging module is No Order.

Preferably, the device also includes:

A creating module, configured to create at least one of the following licensed asset objects: a capacity-type licensed asset object including a capacity attribute in the licensed asset, wherein the capacity attribute in the licensed asset includes a licensed capacity; A function-type license asset object of the supported function attribute, wherein the function attribute supported by the license asset includes a license function; a composite type license asset including the capacity attribute in the license asset and the function attribute supported by the license asset object, wherein the capacity attribute in the licensed asset includes a licensed capacity, and the function attribute supported by the licensed asset includes a licensed function.

Further, the command receiving module is further configured to receive a license asset query command for the network element itself or the management object to which it belongs;

A command execution module, configured to query licensed asset information according to the licensed asset query command;

The device also includes an execution result feedback module for feeding back all licensed asset information or designated licensed asset information according to the query result of the query module.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention also provides a network element, which includes the above-mentioned device for managing licensed assets.

The scheme of the present invention stores licensed asset information by the network element and when receiving configuration management and performance management commands from the management system, combines the licensed asset information to judge whether to execute the management command, avoids conflicts between the configuration result and the licensed asset information of the network element, and satisfies network operations. In addition, the network element can also query licensed asset information according to the command of the management system, so as to provide operators with sufficient information for asset evaluation.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the application. The schematic embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute improper limitations to the present invention. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a prior art configuration/performance management operation flow;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for managing network element licensed assets in the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the license asset information query process of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the module structure of Embodiment 1 of the device for managing licensed assets of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the module structure of Embodiment 2 of the device for managing licensed assets of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the module structure of Embodiment 3 of the device for managing licensed assets in the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the module structure of Embodiment 4 of the device for managing licensed assets in the present invention.

Detailed ways

At present, the operator only knows the network element it belongs to through the license asset information inclusion relationship, and knows the functional entity associated with the license asset through its attributes. When an operator needs to perform configuration management and performance management on network resources, it is impossible to know the maximum capacity of the network element supported by the license asset. Even if the network element completes the configuration operation according to the operation command, the configuration result and the license asset information of the network element may still appear. The problem of conflict occurs, which leads to the problem of configuration failure. Since licensed assets directly relate to the maximum configurable capacity of network elements, or whether a specific function is authorized to be opened, the information about licensed assets learned through existing channels cannot meet the operator's management requirements for licensed assets. Operators also cannot successfully create corresponding performance measurement tasks based on the list of functions supported by licensed assets.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose a new license asset model and management method for license asset information that cannot support the operator's management of network resources.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and examples. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

As shown in Figure 2, the management method of network element licensed assets in the present invention is implemented by the network element to which the licensed asset belongs, and the network element stores the configured licensed asset information, and the licensed asset information includes capacity attributes and/or supported function attributes , the capacity attribute refers to the maximum capacity that the network element is allowed to support. The supported function attribute refers to a list of functions (which may be one or more functions) that the network element is allowed to support.

The method is performed by a network element, and the method includes the following steps:

Step S202, receiving an operation command for configuration management or performance management of the network element itself or its management object;

Step S204, judge whether to execute the operation command according to the information in the operation command and the capacity attribute and/or supported function attribute in the configured license asset, wherein the capacity attribute in the license asset is supported by the licensed network element The maximum capacity of the license asset, the function attribute supported by the licensed asset is the list of functions supported by the licensed network element; if yes, go to step S206, otherwise, go to step S208;

Step S206, execute the operation command;

Step S208, do not execute the operation command.

Through the above steps, the network element determines whether to execute the operation command according to the information in the received operation command and the capacity attribute and/or supported function attribute in the licensed asset, which solves the problem that the information of the licensed asset cannot be obtained in the related technology. Support operators' problems in network resource management, improve system processing efficiency, and ensure the availability of network resources and data.

For example, the licensed capacity attribute in the licensed asset object can be the maximum number of management objects licensed by the network element, or the maximum number of users licensed by the network element; the licensed function attribute in the licensed asset object can be the licensed function of the network element, function Can be a list of one or more features.

Preferably, before receiving an operation command for configuration management or performance management of network elements, at least one of the following license asset objects may be created:

a capacity licensed asset object including a capacity attribute in the licensed asset, wherein the capacity attribute in the licensed asset includes the licensed capacity;

a function-type license asset object including a function attribute supported by the license asset, wherein the function attribute supported by the license asset includes a license function;

A composite licensed asset object including a capacity attribute in the licensed asset and a function attribute supported by the licensed asset, wherein the capacity attribute in the licensed asset includes the licensed capacity, and the functional attribute supported by the licensed asset includes the licensed function.

Considering that when the operator needs to perform configuration management and performance management on the license assets of the network elements, it is impossible to know the maximum capacity of the network elements supported by the license assets and create corresponding performance measurement tasks. This preferred embodiment creates a capacity-based license Asset objects and/or functional license asset objects meet the operator's management requirements for license assets.

For example, at least one or all of the following attributes are included when creating a licensed asset object: licensed capacity, licensed function. Wherein, the permitted function may be a list of one or more functions.

Preferably, in step S204, judging whether to execute the operation command according to the information in the operation command and the capacity attributes and/or supported function attributes in the configured license assets may include the following methods:

Method 1. According to the information in the operation command indicating to create or modify the capacity-type licensed asset object, determine whether the number of capacity-type licensed asset objects and/or the number of users exceeds the scope of the capacity attribute in the licensed asset of the network element after the operation command is executed. If so, the operation command is not executed, and the execution failure notification is fed back; otherwise, the operation command is executed, and the execution success notification is fed back;

Method 2: According to the information in the operation command to create or modify the functional license asset object, determine whether the parameters of the functional license asset object after the operation command is executed belong to the functional attributes supported by the license asset of the network element, and if so, perform the operation Command, feedback execution success notification, otherwise, do not execute the operation command, feedback execution failure notification;

Method 3: According to the information in the operation command to create or modify the composite license asset object, determine whether the number of composite license asset objects and/or the number of users after the execution of the operation command does not exceed the range of the capacity attribute in the license asset of the network element , and whether the parameters of the composite license asset object belong to the functional attributes of the license asset of the network element. If both are yes, the operation command is executed, and a notification of execution success is fed back. Otherwise, the operation command is not executed, and a notification of execution failure is fed back.

Specifically, if the network element receives the management system to perform configuration management (such as creating or modifying operations) or performance management (such as creating or modifying operations of performance measurement tasks or QOS monitoring tasks) on the network element and its subordinate objects ) operation command, judge whether to execute the configuration management operation command according to the stored license capacity information. Once the number of objects or the value of a parameter in a configuration operation command exceeds the capacity attribute in the licensed asset, the configuration management operation command is not executed. Alternatively, once the value of an object or parameter in a configuration operation command does not belong to its supported functional properties, it should not manage the operation. If the management operation is performed, the network element executes the management operation and returns a successful result. Otherwise, the network element does not execute the management operation and returns a failure result.

In this preferred embodiment, the capacity attribute and function attribute in the licensed asset can be judged according to the type of information in the operation command of the configuration management or performance management of the network element indicating to create or modify the licensed asset object, which improves the processing of the system Efficiency, ensuring the availability of network resources and data. That is to say, in step S204, the licensed capacity attribute of the licensed asset object can be judged; or, the licensed function attribute of the licensed asset object can be judged; or the licensed capacity and licensed function attribute of the licensed asset object can be judged. Because the capacity-type license asset object contains the license capacity attribute but not the license function attribute in the license asset object; the function-type license asset object includes the license function attribute in the license asset object but does not contain the license capacity attribute; the composite license asset object The licensed asset object contains both the licensed capacity attribute and the licensed function attribute.

Preferably, before or after receiving the operation command for configuration management or performance management of network elements, the method further includes a license asset query process, as shown in the figure, the process includes:

Step S302, receiving a licensed asset query command;

Step S304, querying qualified licensed asset information according to the licensed asset query command;

Step S306, feeding back the qualified licensed asset information to the command sender.

Specifically, if the network element receives a license asset query command from the management system, the command includes one or more of the following information: license asset identifier and license asset type. If the command includes the licensed asset ID, the network element shall return the licensed asset information of the specified ID, if no licensed asset ID is specified, the network element shall return all the licensed asset information; if the command includes the type of the licensed asset, the network element The specified type of licensed asset information should be returned. If the type of licensed asset is not specified, the network element should return all types of licensed asset information.

The license asset information returned by the network element includes all of the following information or one or more of them: license identifier, license type (such as capacity and/or specific functions, etc.), provider, validity period, key, license status, and unique sales identifier ,Additional Information.

Based on the licensed asset information received, the management system can be used to assist judgment in configuration management or performance management operations, and to centrally display licensed asset information to operators.

The capacity-type license asset object, function-type license asset object, and compound-type license asset object mentioned in the present invention are included in the network element. This method can improve the flexibility of the system.

Preferably, the above operation command comes from a superior management system or an element management system (Element Management System, EMS for short). This method can improve the adaptability of the system.

Preferably, the network element is a radio network controller (Radio Network Controller, RNC for short) network element, and the capacity attribute in the license asset may include the maximum number of manageable cells. The method is simple, practical and highly operable.

Preferably, the functional attributes in the licensed assets include at least one of the following: High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA for short) function, High Speed Downlink Packet Access for short HSDPA), Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+ for short), and Donor NodeB. The method is simple, practical and highly operable.

The present invention proposes a new solution to the problem that the current license asset management cannot meet the operator's management requirements for network resources. The network element stores the license asset information and when receiving the configuration management and performance management commands of the management system, Combining the information of licensed assets to determine whether to execute management commands, avoiding conflicts between configuration results and licensed asset information of network elements, and meeting the daily supervision needs of network operations. In addition, network elements can also query licensed asset information according to commands from the management system.

The method for managing network element license assets of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments and accompanying drawings, so as to make the technical features and beneficial effects of the present invention easier to understand.

Application Example 1 - Cell creation limited by licensed capacity and/or licensed functionality

In the network opening or operation phase, it is assumed that the licensed capacity of network elements such as RNC is 10,000 cells, and the licensed number of cells supporting HSDPA function is 500. The specific operation steps are:

Step S402, the network element receives a configuration management command from the management system, which instructs to create a cell, and the command carries cell information, including cell object identifier, alias, frequency point information, power information, and whether to support HSDPA information of the cell.

In this embodiment, the creation command indicates that the newly created cell supports the HSDPA function. Here, one creation command can create one or more cells.

Step S404, the network element traverses each piece of licensed asset information according to the pre-stored licensed asset information and the number of cells carried in the creation command, and judges that the sum of the number of existing cells and the number of newly created cells under the network element is less than or equal to the licensed asset The capacity information stipulates 10,000; and the sum of the number of existing HSDPA-supporting cells under the network element and the number of newly created cells is less than the limit of 500 permitted capacity.

Step S406, the network element executes the creation operation, and returns the result to the management system.

In the above embodiments, preferably, the command execution result may be fed back to the management system after the creation operation is executed or when it is judged not to execute the creation operation, so that the management system can understand the command execution situation.

Application example 2 - Cell creation or modification is restricted by licensed functions

In the stage of network opening or operation, it is assumed that network elements (such as RNC) are not permitted to support the HSDPA function. The specific operation steps are:

Step S502, the network element receives a configuration management command from the management system, which instructs to create or modify cell configuration, and the command carries cell information, including cell ID, whether to support HSDPA function, etc. Moreover, the cell indicated in the cell information supports the HSDPA function.

Step S504, the network element traverses each piece of licensed asset information according to the pre-stored licensed asset information and the cell information specified in the creation or modification command, and judges that there is no HSDPA function in the licensed function information of the network element (such as RNC), so the creation is rejected or modify the action.

Step S506, the network element returns the result to the management system.

Application example 3-RNC performance measurement items are restricted by licensed functions

In the network opening or operation phase, it is assumed that network elements such as RNC are permitted to support the HSUPA function, and the specific operation steps are as follows:

Step S602, the network element receives a performance management command from the management system, which indicates the creation of performance, and the command carries the object to be measured and a list of performance measurement items, where the list of performance measurement items is the names of all performance measurement items related to HSUPA dual-cell scheduling .

Step S604, the network element traverses each piece of licensed asset information according to the pre-stored licensed asset information and the list of performance measurement items in the creation command, and judges that the HSUPA in the name of the performance measurement item matches the licensed function HSUPA in the licensed asset information, then execute Create performance measurement tasks.

Step S606, the network element executes the creation of the performance measurement task, and returns the result to the management system.

Application example 4 - query of all licensed assets

In the network opening or operation phase, it is assumed that the licensed capacity of network elements such as RNC is 10,000 cells, and the licensed number of cells supporting HSDPA function is 500. The specific steps of the process for the network element to perform all licensed asset queries are:

Step S702, the network element receives a licensed asset query command from the management system, and the licensed asset identifier or licensed asset type is not specified in the command;

Step S704, the network element queries the stored license asset information, and returns all license asset information to the management system, where the license asset information includes the following information: license ID, license type, license function, license capacity, provider, validity period, key , license status, sales unique identifier, additional information;

Step S706, the management system centrally displays the licensed asset information to the operator according to the received licensed asset information.

Application Example 5 - Query of Specified Licensed Assets

In the network opening or operation phase, it is assumed that the licensed capacity of network elements such as RNC is 10,000 cells, and the licensed number of cells supporting HSDPA function is 500. The specific steps for the network element to perform the query of specified licensed assets are as follows:

In step S802, the network element receives a licensed asset query command from the management system, in which the type of licensed asset is specified as a function type, but the identifier of the licensed asset is not specified.

Step S804, the network element queries the stored license asset information, and returns the license asset information conforming to the specified function type to the management system, where the license asset information includes the following information: license ID, license type, license capacity, provider, validity period, key , license status, sales unique identifier, additional information.

Step S806, the management system centrally displays the licensed asset information to the operator according to the received licensed asset information.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention may have various modifications and changes. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Corresponding to the above method, the present invention also provides Embodiment 1 of an apparatus for managing licensed assets. Fig. 4 is a structural block diagram of a device for managing licensed assets according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, Embodiment 1 of the device is located in a network element, including:

A command receiving module 42, configured to receive an operation command for configuration management or performance management of the network element itself or its management object;

The command received by the command receiving module comes from a management system responsible for network element management, which may be a network element management system, a network management system or other operation and maintenance systems.

License asset information storage module 44, configured to store license asset information of the network element where it is located, including configured capacity attributes and/or supported function attribute information;

The command execution judging module 46 is coupled to the command receiving module 42 and the license asset information storage module 44, and is used to judge whether to execute the An operation command, wherein the capacity attribute in the licensed asset is the maximum capacity supported by the licensed network element, and the function attribute supported by the licensed asset is a list of functions supported by the licensed network element;

The command execution module 48 is coupled to the command execution judgment module 44, and is used to execute the operation command when the judgment result of the command execution judgment module 44 is yes; and when the judgment result of the command execution judgment module 44 is No, The operation command is not executed.

Through the above-mentioned device, according to the information in the operation command received by the command receiving module 42 and the capacity attribute and/or supported function attribute in the license asset, the command execution judging module 44 determines whether to execute the operation command, solving the problem of Licensing asset information cannot support operators' problems in network resource management, improve system processing efficiency, and ensure the availability of network resources and data.

Fig. 5 is a structural block diagram of the preferred embodiment 2 of the license asset management device according to the present invention. Compared with the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the device shown in Fig. 5 further includes: a creation module 52, coupled to the license asset information storage module 44 , used to create at least one of the following licensed asset objects: a capacity licensed asset object that includes a capacity attribute in the licensed asset, where the capacity attribute in the licensed asset includes the licensed capacity; a functional license that includes the functional attributes supported by the licensed asset An asset object, wherein the functional attribute supported by the licensed asset includes the licensed function; a composite licensed asset object including the capacity attribute in the licensed asset and the functional attribute supported by the licensed asset, wherein the capacity attribute in the licensed asset includes the licensed capacity, The feature attributes supported by a licensed asset include licensed features.

Embodiments 3 and 4 of the device for managing licensed assets according to the present invention are shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7 respectively. Compared with the embodiment shown in Figure 4 or Figure 5, in the two devices,

The command receiving module 42 is also configured to receive a license asset query command for the network element itself or its management object;

The command execution module 44 is configured to query licensed asset information according to the licensed asset query command;

In addition, the device further includes an execution result feedback module 64, coupled with the command execution module 44, for feeding back all licensed asset information or specified licensed asset information according to the query result of the query module.

Preferably, the execution result feedback module 64 is further configured to feed back the execution result of the configuration management or performance management operation command.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention judges whether to execute the command according to the stored configured license asset information when the network element receives the configuration management and performance management commands, and solves the problem that the current technology cannot support the configuration management and performance management of license assets and network elements. In addition to joint management of performance management, it can also support the query operation of network element license asset information.

In addition, the present invention also provides a network element, which includes the device for managing licensed assets as described above.

Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps in the above method can be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like. Optionally, all or part of the steps in the foregoing embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiments may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of software function modules. The present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

Claims (11)

1. the management method of network element license assets, is characterized in that, network element is preserved the license assets information that has configured, and described license assets information comprises capacity attribute and/or the functional attributes of supporting, the method is carried out by network element, comprises the following steps:

Reception is to described network element itself or the configuration management of management object or the operational order of performance management under it;

According to the capacity attribute in the information in described operational order and the license assets that configured and/or the functional attributes of supporting, judge whether to carry out described operational order, wherein, capacity attribute in described license assets is the supported heap(ed) capacity of network element of permitting, the functional attributes that described license assets are supported is the supported feature list of network element of permitting;

If so, carry out described operational order; Otherwise, do not carry out described operational order.

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, before the described operational order that receives the configuration management of network element or performance management, the method also comprises:

Create following license assets object one of at least:

The capacity type license assets object that comprises the capacity attribute in described license assets;

The functional form license assets object that comprises the functional attributes that described license assets are supported;

The compound license assets object that comprises the functional attributes that capacity attribute in described license assets and described license assets are supported, wherein, capacity attribute in described license assets comprises License Capacity, and the functional attributes that described license assets are supported comprises licensing function.

3. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, judges whether to carry out described operational order according to the capacity attribute in the information in described operational order and the described license assets that configured and/or the functional attributes supported and comprise one of following:

Create or revise the information of described capacity type license assets object according to described operational order indicating, after described operational order is carried out in judgement, described capacity type is permitted the quantity of assets object and/or the scope whether number of users exceeds the capacity attribute in described license assets, if, do not carry out described operational order, otherwise, carry out described operational order;

Create or revise the information of described functional form license assets object according to described operational order indicating, after described operational order is carried out in judgement, described functional form permits whether the parameter of assets object belongs to the functional attributes of supporting in described license assets, if, carry out described operational order, otherwise, do not carry out described operational order;

Create or revise the information of described compound license assets object according to described operational order indicating, the quantity of described compound license assets object and/or the scope whether number of users does not exceed the capacity attribute in described license assets after the described operational order of judgement execution, and whether the parameter of described compound license assets object belongs to the functional attributes in described license assets, if be, carry out described operational order, otherwise, do not carry out described operational order.

4. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: before or after the described operational order that receives the configuration management of network element or performance management, the method also comprises:

Receive license asset search order;

According to the qualified license assets information of described license asset search order inquiry;

To the described qualified license assets information of order transmit leg feedback.

5. the described method of any one according to claim 1 to 4, is characterized in that, described operational order is from upper management system or Element management system (EMS).

6. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described network element is radio network controller (RNC), and the capacity attribute in described license assets comprises maximum manageable number of cells.

7. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the functional attributes in described license assets comprise following one of at least: High Speed Uplink Packet access HSUPA function, high-speed downlink packet access HSDPA function, evolved high-speed packet access HSPA+ function, host's base station functions.

8. a management devices of permitting assets, is characterized in that, this device is positioned at network element, and this device comprises:

The order receiver module be used for to receive network element itself or the configuration management of management object or the operational order of performance management under it;

License assets information memory module is used for storing the license assets information that the place network element is used for storing the place network element, comprises the capacity attribute that has configured and/or the functional attributes information of supporting;

The command execution judge module, be used for according to the capacity attribute in the information of described operational order and the license assets that configured and/or the functional attributes of supporting, judge whether to carry out described operational order, wherein, capacity attribute in described license assets is the supported heap(ed) capacity of network element of permitting, the functional attributes that described license assets are supported is the supported feature list of network element of permitting;

Command execution module is used in the situation that judgment result is that of described command execution judge module is to carry out described operational order; And in the situation that described command execution judge module the determination result is NO, do not carry out described operational order.

9. device according to claim 8, is characterized in that, this device also comprises:

Creation module, be used for to create following license assets object one of at least: comprise the capacity type license assets object of the capacity attribute of described license assets, wherein, the capacity attribute in described license assets comprises License Capacity; Comprise the functional form license assets object of the functional attributes that described license assets are supported, wherein, the functional attributes that described license assets are supported comprises licensing function; The compound license assets object that comprises the functional attributes that capacity attribute in described license assets and described license assets are supported, wherein, capacity attribute in described license assets comprises License Capacity, and the functional attributes that described license assets are supported comprises licensing function.

10. according to claim 8 or 9 described devices, is characterized in that, described order receiver module also be used for to receive described network element itself or the license asset search order of management object under it;

Command execution module is used for according to described license asset search order inquiry license assets information;

This device also comprises the execution result feedback module, is used for feeding back all license assets informations or specifying the license assets information according to the Query Result of described enquiry module.

11. a network element is characterized in that, this network element comprises the management devices of license assets as described in any one in claim 8 to 10.

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