WO2012155665A1 - Method for configuring data of base station, network element management system and omm - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for configuring data of a base station, an element management system and an Operation and Maintenance Module (OMM), and the method comprises the following steps: the element management system receives a first configuration message of the base station from a network management system, and triggers a data configuration process according to the first configuration message. The present invention can configure the data of the base station flexibly via the network management system (NMS).

Description

 Method for configuring base station data, network element management system and OMM

Technical field

 The present invention relates to the field of network communication and communication, and in particular, to a method for configuring base station data, a network element management system, and an OMM.

Background technique

 At present, due to the continuous integration of telecom resources, operators will develop their own network management systems, such as the Network Management System (NMS), to integrate devices from different vendors to manage the network management system of equipment vendors, for example, network elements. The management system (EMS, Element Management System), and the interface between the NMS and the EMS is called the Northbound Interface (NBI). The operator uses the NMS to configure the data of the base station through the northbound interface.

 With the development of wireless network technology, the application and scale of wireless networks continue to expand, and the devices to be maintained by wireless network management systems are also increasing, and there are different types of wireless network management, such as time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA, Time). Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (UMTS) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), but there is also a need for unified management of base stations of different standards. In addition to this demand, there is now a technology for separating the functions of the network management EMS. More and more equipment vendors use multi-level network management, and lower-level network management systems are available. For example, the operation and maintenance module (OMM) is used as the local network management system. The lower-level network management OMM accesses the base station to manage specific network elements. The network management EMS manages the lower-layer network management OMM and connects to the NMS. This is flexible and unified. However, because the upper-layer network management EMS mainly performs data collection and northbound connection, the main network data configuration and control of the base station are still performed in the lower-level network management OMM. If the operator has a configuration pair To meet the requirements, wireless network data configuration needs to be performed on the upper-layer NMS server to meet the carrier's configuration requirements. At present, the main man-machine command language (MML) technology is used to adapt the operation of the NMS to the MMS in the network management EMS server and then perform the configuration, but this will cause many problems: 1. MML parameters are relatively large. Adaptation is troublesome.

Two: MML different system command formats are different, using different standards of network management, is not conducive to Management.

 Three: MML has many parameters and troubles, so the execution efficiency is relatively low, which is more suitable for the status inquiry of the foreground base station, and is not suitable for base station data configuration. Summary of the invention

 The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for configuring base station data, a network element management system, and an OMM, which can flexibly configure data of a base station through an NMS.

 In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention uses the following technical solutions:

 A method for configuring base station data, including:

 The network element management system receives a first configuration message sent by the network management system for the base station, and triggers a data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message.

 The step of triggering the data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message includes: the network element management system parses the configuration information from the first configuration message, and determines the configuration operation according to the configuration information. If it is legal, it is determined whether the base station is directly managed by the network element management system. If yes, the configuration is performed according to the configuration information, and the valid configuration data is sent to the base station.

 The step of triggering the data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message further includes:

 If the network element management system determines that the base station is not directly managed by the local network element management system, the configuration information is encapsulated into a second configuration message, and the second configuration message is sent to an operation and maintenance module that manages the base station.

 The step of receiving, by the network element management system, the first configuration message sent by the network management system for the base station includes:

 The network element management system receives the first configuration message by using a northbound interface.

A method for configuring base station data, including:

The operation and maintenance module (OMM) receives the configuration message sent by the network element management system; The OMM triggers a data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message.

 The step of triggering, by the OMM, the data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message includes:

 And the OMM extracts the configuration information from the configuration message, and if it is determined that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, the OMM is configured according to the configuration information, and sends the valid configuration data to the base station.

A network element management system includes a northbound interface and a configuration module, where:

 The northbound interface is configured to: receive a first configuration message sent by the network management system for the base station;

 The configuration module is configured to: trigger a data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message.

 The configuration module includes a parsing unit, a judging unit, and a configuration unit, where: the parsing unit is configured to: parse configuration information from the first configuration message; the determining unit is configured to: according to the configuration If the information is determined to be legal, the determining whether the base station is directly managed by the network element management system;

 The configuration unit is configured to: when the determining unit determines that the base station is directly managed by the local network element management system, perform configuration according to the configuration information, and send the valid configuration data to the base station.

 The configuration unit is further configured to: when the determining unit determines that the base station is not directly managed by the local network element management system, the configuration information is encapsulated into a second configuration message, and the second configuration message is sent to The operation and maintenance module of the base station is managed.

An operation and maintenance module (OMM) includes a receiving module and a configuration module, where: the receiving module is configured to: receive a configuration message sent by the network element management system;

The configuration module is configured to trigger a data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message. The configuration module includes a parsing unit and a configuration unit, where: The parsing unit is configured to: parse the configuration information from the configuration message; the configuration unit is configured to: when it is determined that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, configured according to the configuration information, The configuration data is sent to the base station.

The foregoing method for configuring base station data, the network element management system, and the OMM can implement flexible configuration of data of the base station through the NMS. BRIEF abstract

 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an EMS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

 2 is a schematic diagram of an OMM according to an embodiment of the present invention.

 Figure 3 is a flow chart of the first embodiment of the present invention.

 4 is a flow chart of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

 FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a system for managing a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

 Figure 6 is a flow chart of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

 In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present invention more clearly, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other. These combinations are all within the scope of the invention.

 For a better understanding of the invention, the invention will be further described in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.

 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an EMS according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the EMS of this embodiment includes a northbound interface 10 and a configuration module 11, where:

The northbound interface 10 is configured to: receive a first configuration message sent by the network management system for the base station; and the configuration module 11 is configured to: trigger the data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message. The configuration module 11 includes a parsing unit 111, a judging unit 112, and a configuration unit 113, where:

 The parsing unit 111 is configured to: parse the configuration information from the first configuration message; the determining unit 112 is configured to: determine, in the case that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, determine whether the base station is managed by the local network element Direct management

 The configuration unit 113 is configured to: when the determining unit determines that the base station is directly managed by the local network element management system, configure the configuration information according to the configuration information, and send the valid configuration data to the base station.

 The configuration unit may be further configured to: when the determining unit determines that the base station is not directly managed by the local network element management system, the configuration information is encapsulated into a second configuration message, and the second configuration message is sent. An operation and maintenance module for managing the base station.

 2 is a schematic diagram of a ΟΜΜ according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the ΟΜΜ of the embodiment includes a receiving module 20 and a configuration module 21, where:

 The receiving module 20 is configured to: receive a configuration message;

 The configuration module 21 is configured to: trigger a data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message. The configuration module includes a parsing unit 211 and a configuration unit 212, where: the parsing unit 211 is configured to: parse the configuration information from the configuration message;

 The configuration unit 212 is configured to: when it is determined that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, perform configuration according to the configuration information, and send the valid configuration data to the base station.

 An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for configuring base station data, including the following steps:

 S10. The EMS receives a configuration message sent by the NMS for the base station.

 S20. Trigger a data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message.

 The configuration message has the information required for configuration, including parameters, object names, and operation types, and then distinguishes the operations by the type of operation and the name of the object.

The method for performing base station data configuration provided by the embodiment of the present invention can meet the configuration requirements of the operator, and overcome the slow development schedule, the adaptation trouble, the inability to unify, and the inefficiency. The method in this embodiment is triggered by the NMS initiating operation, and the upper-layer network management EMS receives the operation through the northbound interface, and extracts the operation information, and then determines how to configure the base station data according to whether there is a lower-level network management OMM.

 Since the related art uses MML commands, and the MML commands are different for different systems, the flexibility is small, and the method of the embodiment uses a message mechanism, which can be uniformly managed for different systems, and flexibility and efficiency. The configuration of the upper-layer network management system is more flexible and more efficient, and the manpower and development cycle can be fully saved.

 The method for configuring base station data of the present invention will be described in detail below with three application scenarios as an embodiment.

 Embodiment 1

 As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the EMS directly manages the base station, and the following steps are included: Step S201: The NMS initiates a configuration operation of configuring the base station;

 The base station is configured on the NMS, and then the configuration message is sent to the EMS.

 Step S202: The northbound interface of the EMS receives the configuration message.

 Step S203: The EMS parses the configuration message to extract configuration information.

Step S204: The EMS determines whether the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, and returns an error message if it is illegal. If it is legal, the process proceeds to step S205.

 Step S205: The EMS is directly configured in the EMS according to the configuration information.

 For example, the EMS takes effect in the database according to the configuration parameters in the configuration information, and checks for legality.

 Step S206: The EMS sends the configuration parameters that are legally valid to the base station.

 In the case that only the EMS manages the base station, the NMS and the EMS perform the operation interaction and the configuration data is delivered, and the information to be configured can be extracted from the configuration message.

 Embodiment 2

As shown in FIG. 4, the EMS in this embodiment has a lower-level OMM, and includes the following steps: Step S301: The NMS initiates a configuration operation of configuring the base station. Step S302: The northbound interface of the EMS receives the configuration message.

 Step S303: The EMS parses the configuration message to extract configuration information.

 Step S304: The EMS determines whether the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, and returns an error message if it is illegal. If it is legal, the process proceeds to step S305.

 Step S305: The EMS encapsulates the configuration information into a base station data configuration message, and sends the message to the OMM.

 Step S306: The OMM receives the base station data configuration message.

 Step S307: The OMM parses the message to obtain configuration information, and determines whether the configuration information is legal, and returns an error information illegally. If it is legal, the process proceeds to step 308.

 Step S308: The OMM performs data configuration according to legal configuration information.

 Step S309: The OMM sends the configuration data that is legally valid to the base station.

 In this embodiment, the EMS has an OMM subordinate management base station, and the NMS and the EMS perform operation interaction, and the EMS and the OMM perform message interaction, and the message carries information to be configured.

 Embodiment 3

 As shown in FIG. 5, the EMS in this embodiment has a method for directly managing a base station and a base station for managing the base station through the OMM. The method for configuring base station data in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, includes the following steps:

 Step S401: The NMS initiates a configuration operation of configuring the base station.

 Step S402: The northbound interface of the EMS receives the configuration message.

 Step S403: The EMS parses the configuration message and extracts configuration information.

 Step S404: The EMS determines whether the configuration operation is legal. If it is illegal, it returns an error message. If it is legal, the process goes to step S405.

 Step S405: The EMS determines whether the base station to be configured is managed by the subordinate O MM. If yes, the process goes to step S407. Otherwise, if the base station to be configured is directly managed by the EMS, the process goes to step S406.

 Step S406: The EMS performs parameter configuration locally and takes effect to the base station.

Step S407: The EMS encapsulates the configuration information into a base station data configuration message, and sends a message to OMM.

 Step S408: The OMM receives the base station data configuration message.

 Step S409: The OMM parses the base station data configuration message to obtain configuration information, and determines whether the information is legal, and returns an error message illegally. If it is legal, the process proceeds to step S410.

 Step S410: The OMM performs data configuration according to legal configuration information.

 Step S411: The OMM sends the configuration data that is legally valid to the base station.

 In this embodiment, the EMS needs to determine whether the lower-level OMM manages the base station to be configured, and thus determines whether the data configuration takes effect in the system or is delivered to the OMM. This embodiment is suitable for unified management of multiple products.

 The format of the base station data configuration message in the above embodiment is uniform, with operation type, operation object and required attribute and result, so that different systems are easy to be combined, and such a message is used, and the operation of the northbound interface is adopted. For different systems, it is also unified in the specification, so it is easier to extract into a unified message.

Compared with the prior art, it saves time and achieves flexibility and efficiency improvement, achieving the effect of improving efficiency and superior configuration flexibility, saving manpower and time, and improving efficiency.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program instructing the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and of course, the present invention may be embodied in various other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Corresponding changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. Industrial applicability

 The foregoing method for configuring base station data, the network element management system, and the OMM can implement flexible configuration of data of the base station through the NMS. Therefore, the present invention has strong industrial applicability.

Claims

Claim  A method for configuring base station data, comprising:  The network element management system receives a first configuration message sent by the network management system for the base station, and triggers a data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message.  The method of claim 1, wherein: the step of triggering the data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message comprises:  The network element management system parses the configuration information from the first configuration message, and if it is determined that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, determining whether the base station is directly managed by the network element management system, and if yes, The configuration is performed according to the configuration information, and the valid configuration data is sent to the base station.  3. The method of claim 2, wherein: the step of triggering the data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message further comprises:  If the network element management system determines that the base station is not directly managed by the local network element management system, the configuration information is encapsulated into a second configuration message, and the second configuration message is sent to an operation and maintenance module that manages the base station.  The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the step of receiving, by the network element management system, the first configuration message for the base station sent by the network management system comprises:  The network element management system receives the first configuration message by using a northbound interface.  5. A method for configuring base station data, comprising:  The operation and maintenance module (OMM) receives the configuration message sent by the network element management system; the OMM triggers the data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message.  The method of claim 5, wherein the step of the OMM triggering the data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message comprises:  And the OMM extracts the configuration information from the configuration message, and if it is determined that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, the OMM is configured according to the configuration information, and sends the valid configuration data to the base station. 7. A network element management system, including a northbound interface and a configuration module, wherein: The northbound interface is configured to: receive a first configuration message sent by the network management system for the base station;  The configuration module is configured to: trigger a data configuration process of the base station according to the first configuration message.  The network element management system according to claim 7, wherein: the configuration module comprises a parsing unit, a judging unit and a configuration unit, wherein:  The parsing unit is configured to: parse the configuration information from the first configuration message; the determining unit is configured to: determine, when the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, whether the base station is configured by the local network element Management system direct management;  The configuration unit is configured to: when the determining unit determines that the base station is directly managed by the local network element management system, perform configuration according to the configuration information, and send the valid configuration data to the base station.  The network element management system according to claim 8, wherein the configuration unit is further configured to: when the determining unit determines that the base station is not directly managed by the local network element management system, the configuration information is The second configuration message is encapsulated into a second configuration message, and the second configuration message is sent to an operation and maintenance module that manages the base station.  An operation and maintenance module (OMM), comprising: a receiving module and a configuration module, wherein: the receiving module is configured to: receive a configuration message sent by the network element management system;  The configuration module is configured to trigger a data configuration process of the base station according to the configuration message. 11. The OMM of claim 10, wherein: the configuration module comprises a parsing unit and a configuration unit, wherein:  The parsing unit is configured to: parse the configuration information from the configuration message;  The configuration unit is configured to: when it is determined that the configuration operation is legal according to the configuration information, perform configuration according to the configuration information, and send the valid configuration data to the base station.