RU2155455C2 - Method and device for packet generation of main image data - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: graphical user interfaces. SUBSTANCE: method involves production of data files for generation of elements, which are arranged into packet, and definition of packet generation structure, which is used for reading file data for generation of elements in corresponding unit of group of elements. Then, method involves reading respective data file, which is requested by command from packet generation structure definition unit, and packet generation of constituent elements using element generation functions. EFFECT: increased functional capabilities. 16 cl, 5 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to graphical user interfaces (STIs) used in mobile communication systems, in particular, to methods and apparatus for implementing an alarm indication informing of failures in a control unit of a base station (BBU) in a digital cellular communication system.

 Since the appearance on the market of cellular communication systems in the early 1980s, the demand for them has been growing rapidly, due to their mobility, speed, wide service area, as well as the amenities provided to subscribers of cellular systems. To meet this growing demand, new developments have arisen such as a microcellular structure to increase the capacity of radio channels, the use of digital technology, the use of a narrow frequency band for speech signals, high-performance frequency modulators, as well as systems with multiple access.

 Modern digital cellular mobile communication systems are divided into systems mdvr (with multiple access with time division of channels) and mdcr (with multiple access with code division of channels). TDMA systems use technology in which predetermined time intervals are allocated for transmitting and receiving signals. By setting the signal transmission time, it is possible to transmit multiple signals to different stations, while the signals superimposed on each other in the spatial domain do not interfere in the time domain. TDMA schemes are currently used in Europe, the USA and Japan, which have adopted the TDMA standard. As for CDMA systems, they are divided into two categories - systems with frequency hopping and systems with direct sequence. Quelcom has proposed a direct sequence CDMA system.

 The alarm indication, showing on the screen the failures of the cellular BBU, is implemented on the basis of commercial programs such as SL-GMS. SL-GMS is a type of graphical software tool that is very expensive to install, and which requires a large amount of memory to manage the corresponding system resources. Using SL-GMS increases the load required to change the alarm indication, which increases the total time required to change the indication. This also increases the time to update the display, and this reduces the efficiency of the alarm indication on the GUI, which requires real-time processing. Therefore, constant efforts are aimed at implementing an alarm indication using the main image elements (motif) instead of SL-GMS.

 Using the main image facilitates the formation of an indication. It is also economical, as this feature is provided on most UNIX systems. In addition, the use of the main image creates a lower load on the control system during the control process and provides higher performance compared to SL-GMS. But despite these advantages, the formation of widgets of the main image requires a large number of codes that are entered one at a time. In addition, the characteristics and structure of the elements are very difficult to change. For example, since just changing the color of one element requires adjustment and compilation of the code, the process of changing the color of the shown main image, which contains many elements, is very complicated and time-consuming.

 The basis of the invention is the creation of a device and method for batch formation of elements of the main image that can effectively implement the alarm indication in the control unit of the base station in a digital cellular communication system. Batch formation of elements of the main image includes the use of a data file containing a data set for generating elements of the main image.

 Another objective of the invention is to provide a device and method for batch formation of elements of the main image using a data file.

 The invention also solves the problem of creating a device and method that facilitate the formation of elements of the main image for the implementation of the alarm indication.

 To solve these problems, a device and method for batch forming the elements of the main image. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for batch forming the elements of the main image is to form data files for forming elements used to form the elements in a packet, and determine the structure of the packet formation for reading the file data of the formation of elements in the corresponding block of the group of elements. Then, reading from the corresponding data file is carried out, which is requested by the command from the unit for determining the structure of the formation of the packet, and the constituent elements are formed into a packet using the function of forming the elements.

The invention is further explained in the description of examples of its embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 depicts a block diagram of a digital cellular communication system comprising a BSC in which the invention may be implemented,
FIG. 2 is an exemplary view of the main image, contributing to the understanding of what a group of elements, group identifier (ID) and child identifier (ID),
FIG. 3 is a structure of a main image element for showing a main image illustrated in FIG. 2
FIG. 4 is an algorithm for generating a packet of elements according to one embodiment of the invention; and
FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of the proposed device batch formation of elements of the main image.

 In the digital cellular system, the BBU functions as a workstation and performs the tasks of managing, maintaining and maintaining the entire mobile communication system. BBU informs about the operating state of the mobile communication system using the displayed main image of the signal implemented in accordance with the invention.

 In FIG. 1 shows a structural diagram of a digital cellular system mdcr containing BBU. The system comprises mobile stations (PS) 10-1 - 10-n, a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) 12, a base station controller (BSC) 14, a base station control unit (BSC) 16, and a mobile switching unit (PCU) 18. Mobile stations 10-1 to 10-n are mobile communication terminals that carry out radio communications under the control of BTS 12. BTS 12 is a base station that provides radio communications with mobile stations 10-1 - 10-n located within the radius of its cells. BSC 14 is connected between the BTS 12 and the control panel 18 and controls all transmissions associated with the BTS 12. The BSC 16 is connected to the BSC 14 and interacts with the operators in the BTS 12. The BSC 18 is connected to the BSC 14 and switches the mobile stations 10-1 to 10- n

 The first embodiment of the invention is directed to the effective implementation of an alarm indication to indicate a failure signal of the BSC 16 to a user or an operator. To this end, a method for batch forming the elements of the main image using data files that contain a data set for generating elements of the main image is proposed. This method allows you to easily form elements in a package, by placing only the data that is necessary for the formation of elements in a file. This reduces working time and increases efficiency, since the structure of elements is changed in data files, which does not require a compilation operation.

 The main image refers to a collection of user interface objects called elements. The set of elements of the main image includes all objects associated with GUI that a programmer or user may need, for example, drop-down menus, dialog boxes, linear scrolling, screen buttons, etc. When a programmer intends to create an application program using the main image, he simply selects the set of elements that will be used to obtain the GUI, and includes this set of elements in the codes. The results of the encoded elements are displayed on the screen. But to obtain many elements having the same property, using the main image requires a laborious repetition of the identical encoding. The code parts of elements having the same property differ in position, color and sequences of elements. Therefore, if you provide independent management of the data necessary for the formation of elements, then the elements can be easily and quickly formed into a package. Coding is simplified by entering the data of the formation of elements into data files, reading data files and creating a function for the automatic generation of elements. In addition, coding efficiency can be improved by simply modifying the data files to change the characteristics of the elements.

 Although there are many types of controls needed to create elements, form elements are used instead because of the convenience of arranging the elements in accordance with the position, as described below. The data file contains the position of the parent element, the type of element being formed, the position of the element in the parent element, as well as the color and sequence of the element. Relative coordinates are used to position the element for use in the XmATTACH_POSITION resource of the form element. Elements are grouped by type, and elements of the same group have the same parent element. To represent the type of element, instead of the name of the original element of the main image, a sequence is used that indicates the function of forming a package of elements of the main image. Despite the fact that a function can be created as necessary to use elements, the basic necessary functions are created in advance.

 When forming elements of the main image, data files are used in exactly the same way as in the user interface language (YPI), which uses precompiled functions. Therefore, the YPI must have the same structure as the structure of the element in the codes of the main image, and therefore requires compilation. However, the use of data files in accordance with the invention makes it possible to determine the structure of an element independently of the source file, and therefore no compilation is required. In addition, the function of forming elements is created as necessary, and the coding efficiency is improved by eliminating the unnecessary function of forming elements in the source. Traditional methods are practically not feasible in coding, especially in the case of an alarm indication, since the structure of the alarm indication must be changed every time when the requirements for the alarm state change. But in the proposed method for batch generation of elements, the alarm indication can be changed simply by modifying the data files, which simplifies the encoding. In the following, the structure of an element for forming a packet of elements according to the invention is discussed.

(1) Determining the structure of an element for forming a packet
Elements are grouped to form elements in a package. Each group of elements has an identical parent element and child elements with the same property. By a parent element is meant a control element of the main image, and by a child element - an element formed on the parent element. The structure of an element is defined as follows:
struct Page {
int ^* N;
Widget ^** Buttons;
Pos ^** POSPTR;
COL ^** COLPTR;
Str ^** STRPTR;
Prt ^* PRTPTR;
Knd ^* KNDPTR;
int ^* MAXLEN;
};
In this case, the field "N" means the number of elements to be placed in memory. N [O] means the total number of groups of elements that form the image. N [n] (n> 0) means the number of children in the nth group. The Buttons field indicates the address of each child in the group. A child element is identified by a double pointer consisting of a group ID and a child ID that are assigned to this child element. The fields "POSPTR", "COLPTR", "STRPTR" respectively indicate the position, color and sequence of the element. Structures "Pos", "Col", "Str" store the data necessary to change the position, color and sequence of the element, respectively. The "PRTPTR" and "KNDPTR" fields indicate the position of the parent element and the type of group of elements. Since the children in the group are the same and share the same parent, "PRTPTR" and "KNDPTR" are defined by the same pointer. The "MAXLEN" field stores data corresponding to the length of the longest sequence in the group, which is used to assign the appropriate font to the element. "MAXLEN" differs from other fields in that its value is set after comparing the sequences during the implementation of the program, while the initial values of other fields are set in the data file. This means that the initial value "MAXLEN" cannot be set in the data file. The structures "Pos", "Col", "Str" and "Knd" are defined as follows:
typedef struct_Pos {
int Nth, Sth, Wst, Est;
} Pos;
typedef struct_Col {
char Tsh [20], Bsh [20], Bgd [20];
} Col;
typedef struct_Str {
char str [100];
char fore [20];
} -Str;
typedef struct_Prt {
int i, j;
} Prt;
typedef struct_Knd {
char knd [20];
} Knd.

 The "Pos" fields indicate the top, bottom, left, and right coordinates of the position of the child relative to the parent. The "Col" fields indicate the darkest hue, the lightest hue and background of the element. The "Str" fields indicate the sequence and color of the sequence, respectively. The fore field may be omitted, in which case black is indicated. The two “Prt” fields indicate the group ID and child ID of the parent, respectively. The Knd field indicates the type or type of element. In the following, the essence of the formation of elements according to the invention will be described.

(2) The essence of the formation of elements
A group of elements is a set of elements of the same type on an identical parent element. The group ID indicates the group number among the groups defined in the data file, in ascending order, starting from one. The child ID indicates the number of the element in the group, starting with 1 in ascending order. Each item defined in the data file has a group ID and a child ID. In FIG. 2 shows a simplified view of the main image in order to facilitate understanding of what a group of elements, a group ID, and a child ID are.

 In order to obtain a view structure of the main image shown in FIG. 2, four groups of elements and five child elements are used. The indicated four groups contain respectively one, one, one and two children. Although the background element 20 (i.e., the form element) below does not belong to any group, it is used as the parent element for other elements in the data file, and therefore has a group ID and a child ID. Accordingly, the background element 20 is assigned a group ID 0 and a child ID 0. In FIG. 3 shows the structure of the main image illustrated in FIG. 2. To simplify the description of the elements, if we designate the b-th child element in the a-th group as the element {a, b}, then the background element 20 will be the element {0,0}. Groups 1-4 have parent elements {0,0}, {1,1}, {2,1} and {3,1} respectively. Elements of the same type with a parent element are usually included in the same group, but can be in different groups under certain circumstances, for example, to assign different fonts to elements of the same group or for the convenience of managing elements. The following describes the function of forming elements.

(3) Function of forming elements
The function of forming elements performs the following operations: creates child elements on the parent element by placing in memory as many child elements as they are needed; changes the characteristics of children, such as position and color, and returns pointers to children. The values of the returned pointers are grouped and used to designate children using the group ID and child ID. The data of the parent element, as well as the number, positions and colors of the child elements, are obtained from the element structures in the data file. If necessary, you can form a composite element with a complex structure. For example, to form a control element with a three-dimensional visual effect, three form elements are placed in memory, they are assigned different colors and superimposed with a slight shift. Although the position of the child element relative to the parent element is determined by the form element located at the bottom of the parent element, the address of the form element at the top in the parent element is returned as the address of the group of elements. There are no certain restrictions on the functions of forming the elements, and they can be determined by the user if the pointer to the form element returns to the function of forming the composite element. This is because other elements can only be located on a composite control element, including form elements. If a sequence indicating each function is used in a conditional sentence, the target function of forming the elements can be implemented by reading only one function, instead of including several functions of forming the elements in separate codes. The following describes the creation of a data file for batch generation of elements in accordance with the invention.

(4) Creating a data file for batch forming elements
Consider a data file for a simplified display of the main image implemented by the functions of forming the elements and used in the alarm indication in the control unit of the base station in a digital cellular communication system. It should be noted that this data file is not ideal and can be easily determined by the programmer. The data file corresponding to FIG. 2, looks like this:
4: 1 1 1 2
KNDO1 {large buttons}
KND02 {large buttons}
KND03 {large buttons}
KNDO4 {vertical bar}
PRTO1 {0,0}
PRTO2 {1,1}
PRTO3 {2,1}
PRTO4 {3,1}
POSO1 {25, 76, 3, 97}
POSO2 {5, 95, 5, 95}
POSO3 {5, 93, 5, 95}
POSO4 {7, 93, 15, 43} {7, 95, 57, 85}
COLO1 {smoky, gray 50, light gray}
COLO2 {gray 50, smoky, gray 70}
COLO3 {smoky, gray 50, light gray}
COLO4 {zero, zero, light green} {zero, zero, light green}
STRO1 {zero}
STRO2 {zero}
STRO3 {zero}
STRO4 {A} {B}
The first line means that there are four groups of elements having one, one, one and two children, respectively. These numbers are used to place in memory the elements necessary for the function of forming elements, and should be located in the established order in the first line. “KND” means the type or type of element and should be at the beginning of the line, since it usually serves as a marker representing the location of the target data in the data file. A sequence (sequence of characters) indicating the type of element is enclosed in braces, excluding other sequences of characters. This sequence can be defined to represent the user-generated element forming function.

 "PRT" means a parent with a group ID and a child ID for the parent, separated by a comma. When designating a parent element, the sequence of the parent element and subsequent elements must be preserved. Otherwise, the parent will not be identifiable, resulting in an unexpected image.

 "POS" means the top, bottom, left, and right positions of the child relative to the parent, expressed as a percentage. Assuming that the element fully occupies the parent element, its relative position will be {0, 100, 0, 100}. Usually the relative minimum position is 1 without decimals. If the target position requires a coordinate less than one, a dummy element is formed on the parent element and the element is located on the dummy element.

 “COL” means the color information of an element, such as the darkest hue, the lightest hue and background. “Zero” means the absence of color, and the color designations must conform to the definitions in the rgb.txt text file.

 "STR" contains information about the sequence attached to the element. To get a child without a sequence, the color information of the child in the data file must be blank. To remove sequences from all children in a group, NULL must be marked in the color information of the children.

 In FIG. 5 shows a structural diagram of the proposed device batch formation of elements of the main image. The device contains a block 50 for creating data files, a block 52 for determining a structure for forming a packet, a block 54 for controlling the formation of a packet of a composite element. The data file creation block 50 places the data on the formation of elements necessary for the formation of a package of elements that are GUI objects in the files. Block 52 determining the structure of the formation of the package determines the structure of the formation of the package for reading file data to form the elements in the corresponding block of the group of elements. The batch formation control unit 54 of the composite element reads the corresponding data file requested by the command of the package formation structure determining unit 52 from the file creation unit 50 and generates a target composite element using the element generation function for batch formation of elements.

 In FIG. 4 presents the proposed algorithm for the batch formation of elements. In a data file creation unit 50, a data file is opened (step 100). Then, the PAGE number is read from the data file. N [O] groups of elements and the number of PAGE. N [n] children in the nth group (step 102). In FIG. 2 and 3 PAGE. N [0] is 4, a PAGE. N [1] - PAGE. N [4] are 1, 1, 1, and 2, respectively.

 At 104, memory is allocated for the item structure. The PAGE structure stores information about the structure of the element read from the data file.

 At step 106, i and j, respectively indicating the group ID and the child ID, are set to 1. Then, i is increased from 1 to PAGE. N [O], a j increases from 1 to PAGE. N [n], where n is the ID of the auxiliary group among 1-PAGE. N [PAGE. N [O]]. It is then determined whether i is less than or equal to PAGE. N [O] (step 108). In FIG. 2 and 3 PAGE. N [O] is 4, which is greater than 1 (i), and therefore, the process proceeds to step 110.

 At step 110, it is determined whether j is less than or equal to PAGE. N [i]. Since at this moment j = i, it is also equal to PAGE. N [i], and the process proceeds to step 112.

 At step 112, the type or type of KNDPTR [i] element, the parent element PRTPTR [i] [j], the position of the POSPTR [i] [j] element relative to the parent element and the color COLPTR [i] [j] and the sequence SPRPTR are read from the data file. [i] [j] item. The current values of i and j are 1. The data read in step 112 is used to form the elements. At 114, a constituent element corresponding to the PAGE is formed. KNDPTR (group ID) using the item generation function. As shown in FIG. 2 and 3, the constituent element for group 1 is formed using the corresponding element generation function PAGE.KNDPTR [1]. The function of forming elements includes the functions of forming composite elements, which are implemented by entering PAGE.KNDPTR (group ID) from the keyboard.

 At step 116, j increases by 1, and the process returns to step 110. Now j is 2, i.e. more PAGE. N [1]. Therefore, the process proceeds to step 118. At step 118, i is increased by 1, and j is set to 1, and the process returns to step 108.

 Using the above procedure, the constituent elements for group 1 are formed into a packet, and then steps 108-118 are repeated, with i and j sequentially increasing by 1. Thus, the constituent elements for groups 2-4 are formed into a packet. If all the children for the groups are formed, the process proceeds to step 120, and the data file is closed.

 As described above, in the proposed method of batch forming an element using the main image function, the elements are easily formed into a packet by creating data files for forming the elements. At the same time, the working time is reduced, since the structure of the element is changed through the data file, and this does not require compilation. In addition, using the function to automatically read the data file and form elements facilitates coding and improves work efficiency.

 Although illustrative embodiments of the invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is understood that the invention is not limited to these specific options and those skilled in the art will be able to make various other changes and modifications without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (16)

 1. The method of batch formation of the elements of the main image, characterized in that they create data files for the formation of elements used to form the elements in the package, determine the structure of the formation of the package, designed to read the file data to form the elements in the corresponding block of the group of elements, read the corresponding data file requested by the command of the unit for determining the structure of the formation of the package, and carry out batch formation of the constituent elements using the function forming elements, which includes features forming components.  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that at the stage of determining the structure of the formation of the package elements are grouped for batch formation of elements.  3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that each group of elements contains an identical parent element and elements with the same property.  4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the file data for forming the elements includes the parent element, the type of element, the position of the element relative to the parent element, color and sequence of the element.  5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the file data for forming the elements includes the total number of element groups and the number of child elements in each group for use when placing in memory the elements required for the element formation function.  6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the file data corresponding to the parent element contains a group identifier and a child identifier.  7. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the file data corresponding to the color of the element includes the darkest hue, the lightest hue and background.  8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the functions of forming the composite elements are combined into a function of forming the elements.  9. A device for batch generation of elements of the main image, characterized in that it contains a data file creation unit for creating data files for generating elements used to form elements in a package, a package formation structure determining unit for reading file data for generating elements in the corresponding block of the group of elements, and the control unit for batch formation of composite elements designed to read the corresponding file yes data, requested by the command of the block for determining the structure of packet formation, from the block for creating data files, and for batch generation of the requested constituent elements using the function of forming elements, which includes the function of forming composite elements.  10. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that the elements are grouped for batch formation of the elements when the structure of the formation of the packet is determined.  11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that each group of elements has an identical parent element and elements with the same property.  12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that the file data for forming the elements includes the parent element, the type of element, the position of the element relative to the parent element, color and sequence of the element.  13. The device according to p. 12, characterized in that the file data for forming the elements includes the total number of groups of elements and the number of child elements in each group for use when placing in memory the elements required for the function of forming elements.  14. The device according to item 13, wherein the file data corresponding to the parent element contains a group identifier and a child identifier.  15. The device according to item 13, wherein the file data corresponding to the color of the element include the darkest hue, the lightest hue and background.  16. The device according to claim 9, characterized in that the functions of forming the constituent elements are combined into a function of forming the elements.

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