KR100639493B1 - How to provide trouble management service using mobile agent - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention, an agent that has completed the processing of the failure of one network element moves according to the criticality of the failure of the network element to perform a given task to reduce the load of the data network and at the same time to provide an efficient failure management service A method of providing a failure management service using an agent, the method comprising: a first step of broadcasting a signal to all base stations to be processed by a mobile agent; Receiving a response signal for the criticality of the failure from each of the base stations; A third step of selecting a base station according to the priority of the received failure priority and transmitting a failure management agent to the selected base station; And a fourth step of the agent grasping the state of the failure of the base station and transmitting the same to the failure management system.

Fault Management System, Mobile Agent, Fault Management, Fault Criticality

Description

How to provide trouble management service using mobile agent {METHOD FOR OFFERING FAULT MANAGEMENT SERVICE USING MOBILE AGENT}             

1 is a block diagram of a general next generation mobile communication system.

2 is a configuration example of a failure management system to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a failure management service using a mobile agent according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

21: trouble management system 22: data communication network (DCN)

23: base station controller (BSC) 24: base station (BS)

The present invention relates to a method of providing a fault management service using a mobile agent and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method. In particular, the present invention reduces the load of a data network connecting the management system and network elements. A method of providing a failure management service for providing an efficient trouble management service for a mobile communication (IMT-2000) system, and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method.

Conventionally, in the operation management of a specific system, if the data is directly connected between the management system and the network elements, the load of the data network becomes very high, and the number of network elements increases, and the overall management efficiency is also significantly reduced.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the agent which has completed the processing of the failure of one network element is moved according to the criticality of the failure of the network element to perform a given task to reduce the load on the data network In addition, the present invention provides a method of providing a failure management service using a mobile agent that can provide an efficient failure management service and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for providing a failure management service applied to a failure management system, comprising: a first step of broadcasting a signal to all base stations to be processed by a mobile agent; Receiving a response signal for the criticality of the failure from each of the base stations; A third step of selecting a base station according to the priority of the received failure priority and transmitting a failure management agent to the selected base station; And a fourth step of the agent grasping the state of the failure of the base station and transmitting the same to the failure management system.

The present invention also provides a fault management system having a processor, comprising: a first step of broadcasting a signal to all base stations to be processed by a mobile agent; Receiving a response signal for the criticality of the failure from each of the base stations; A third step of selecting a base station according to the priority of the received failure priority and transmitting a failure management agent to the selected base station; The agent provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the fourth step of identifying the status of a failure of the base station and transmitting the same to the failure management system.

The present invention is to apply the mobile agent technology to the failure management of the next generation mobile communication (IMT-2000) system for efficient operation management, the mobile agent moves with priority according to the criticality of the failure of the base station to process the corresponding data This result is then reported to the management system. Therefore, it is possible to reduce network traffic and improve network passing speed.

Here, in the mobile agent technology, the executing program moves the network and performs its purpose. While similar to applets currently used on the web, applets are moved from the server at the request of the browser, while mobile agents move the system to various targets at their discretion.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a general next generation mobile communication system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the base station (BS) 11 performs a radio access function with terminals related to call processing, and the base station controller 12 is located between the base station 11 and the exchange 13. In case of call processing, it performs all functions necessary for wireless call processing such as control of wired / wireless link, base station management, transcoding, handover control. The exchange 13 performs a circuit and packet mode exchange function for providing next generation mobile communication (IMT-2000) service, and is a gateway for connection between the exchange 13 for basic call processing and another network. Are divided into exchanges.

On the other hand, the Home Location Register (HLR) 14 manages the subscriber's call processing information and mobility information.

Next-generation mobile communication (IMT-2000) base station fault management method using the mobile agent technology proposed in the present invention allows the fault management mobile agent starting from the management system to move the base station to perform its task. At this time, the rule for moving each base station is determined according to the criticality of the failure.

2 is an exemplary configuration diagram of a failure management system to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 2, the failure management system 21 has a failure order of priority by user definition, and each base station 24 automatically generates a flag corresponding to the failure importance when a failure occurs. The mobile agent broadcasts a signal to all base stations 24 to be processed to finish the processing for the base station 24 having the highest failure rate and notify the failure management system 21 of the result. Then, all the base stations 24 are broadcasted, and after the processing for the next highest base station 24 is finished, the result is notified to the failure management system 21 again. The mobile agent repeats this process for the entire process of troubleshooting.

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Table 1 above illustrates types of failure events that may occur in the failure management system 21.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a failure management service using a mobile agent according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, in order to provide a failure management service, a signal is first broadcast to all base stations 24 to be handled by the mobile agent 301 and a response to the importance of the failure occurring in each base station 24 is shown. Receive a signal (302).

The base station 24 having the highest criticality of failure is identified (303), the base station 24 is moved (304), and the state of the failure of the base station 24 is identified and the data is processed (305).

Subsequently, after transmitting the data processing result to the failure management system 21 (306), the process proceeds to step 301 of broadcasting a signal to all the base stations 24 that the mobile agent must process.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be clear to those of ordinary knowledge.

In the present invention as described above, in providing efficient operation management by applying the mobile agent technology to the failure management of the IMT-2000 base station controller, the mobile agent moves with priority according to the failure importance of the base station and processes the corresponding data. The result is then notified to the management system. Therefore, there is an effect that the reduction of network traffic and the speed through the network can be improved.

In addition, since the process created from the management system is transmitted to the base station and executed, the present invention has the effect of load balancing, dynamic addition of management functions, and easy network management.

Claims (4)

delete In the failure management service providing method applied to the failure management system, A first step of broadcasting a signal to all base stations to be processed by the mobile agent; Receiving a response signal for the criticality of the failure from each of the base stations; A third step of selecting a base station according to the priority of the received failure priority and transmitting a failure management agent to the selected base station; A fourth step in which the agent grasps the state of the failure of the base station and transmits it to the failure management system; How to provide a failure management service using a mobile agent comprising a. The method of claim 2, The fourth step, The agent processing a data by identifying a state of a failure of the base station; And Transmitting the processed result to a failure management system How to provide a failure management service using a mobile agent comprising a. In the fault management system with a processor, A first step of broadcasting a signal to all base stations to be processed by the mobile agent; Receiving a response signal for the criticality of the failure from each of the base stations; A third step of selecting a base station according to the priority of the received failure priority and transmitting a failure management agent to the selected base station; A fourth step in which the agent grasps the state of the failure of the base station and transmits it to the failure management system; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the program.

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