System, device and method for operation and maintenance of network devices

Abstract

A system for operation and maintenance of network devices, including a device layer including at least one network device and a pre-processing layer including pre-processing device(s); the network device obtains a CDR of a call and transmits the CDR to the pre-processing device; the pre-processing device filters the CDR and performs centralized operation and maintenance of network devices. The network device forming the device layer, the pre-processing device forming the pre-processing layer and a method for operation and maintenance of network devices in the above system are also provided. Through the technical scheme, call services are separated from operation and maintenance management and functions of the network devices are unified, which results in more stable operation of the network devices; the operation and maintenance management will be more flexible and it becomes easier to monitor the whole network and to perform operation and maintenance of network devices.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating a system for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a first flowchart of the method for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a second flowchart of the method for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a third flowchart of the method for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a fourth flowchart of the method for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a fifth flowchart of the method for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a sixth flowchart of the method for operation and maintenance of network devices in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for operation and maintenance of network devices comprising: obtaining a call detail record (CDR) of a call and transmitting the CDR;performing operation and maintenance of network devices according to the CDR received.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the CDR of the call comprises at least one of the following: data related to message sending/receiving bit lists indicating the sending/receiving status of standard signaling messages in the call on the calling/called side,sending/receiving time of standard signaling messages in the call,corresponding object information of the call; andcorresponding service attribute information of the call.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of obtaining the CDR of a call and transmitting the CDR further comprises: obtaining periodically current time information of the network devices and transmitting the current time information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the CDR of a call comprises at least one of the following: obtaining the CDR of a normally terminated call;obtaining the CDR of a call terminated in malfunction;obtaining the CDR of a call which fails before being answered;obtaining the CDR of an occurred supplementary service; orobtaining the CDR of an active call periodically.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of obtaining the CDR of a call and transmitting the CDR further comprises: obtaining periodically current time information of the network devices and transmitting the current time information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing the operation and maintenance of network devices according to the CDR received comprises: performing performance measurement type calculation according to the CDR received.

7. The method according to claim 6, before the step of performing the performance measurement type calculation according to the CDR, further comprising: filtering the CDR received according to filter criteria saved; andobtaining the CDR that affects results of the performance measurement type calculation;wherein the step of performing the performance measurement type calculation according to the CDR comprises:performing performance measurement type calculation according to the CDR that affects the results of the performance measurement type calculation.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the filter criteria comprises at least one of the following: call object filter criteria, service attribute filter criteria, and performance measurement type filter criteria;the performance measurement type filter criteria comprises:mapping relationship between the performance measurement types to be calculated and the CDR affecting the calculation result of the performance measurement types to be calculated.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing the operation and maintenance of network devices according to the CDR received comprises: establishing call failure log information according to the CDR received; andperforming call failure log analysis based on the log information.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: after performing operation and maintenance of network devices according to the CDR received, analyzing a result of the operation and maintenance of network devices.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: after analyzing the result of the operation and maintenance of network devices, outputting or displaying a result of the analysis.

12. A network device, for obtaining a call detail record (CDR) of a call and transmitting the CDR to a pre-processing device, comprising: an obtaining CDR module, for obtaining the CDR and transmitting the CDR to a transmission module;the transmission module, for transmitting the CDR obtained by the obtaining CDR module to the pre-processing device.

13. The network device according to claim 12, wherein the obtaining CDR module comprises at least one of the following: a call traffic termination sub-module, for obtaining the CDR of a normally terminated call or in a call terminated due to malfunction, and transmitting the CDR to the transmission module;a call traffic failure sub-module, for obtaining the CDR of a call which fails before being answered, and transmitting the CDR to the transmission module;a supplementary service sub-module, for obtaining the CDR of a supplementary service which has occurred, and transmitting the CDR to the transmission module; anda call traffic synchronization sub-module, for obtaining the CDR of an active call periodically, and transmitting the CDR to the transmission module.

14. The network device according to claim 13, further comprising: a time stamp module, for obtaining current time information of the network device and transmitting the time information to the pre-processing device periodically.

15. A pre-processing device, comprising: a statistic module, for calculating performance measurement types of the CDR sent from the network device;

16. The pre-processing device according to claim 15, further comprising: a filter criteria storage module, for storing the filter criteria used in filtering the CDR;a filter module, for filtering the CDR received by the pre-processing device according to the filter criteria stored in the filter criteria storage module, obtaining the CDR affecting results of the performance measurement type calculation and transmitting the CDR affecting the results of the performance measurement type calculation to the statistic module.

17. The pre-processing device according to claim 16, wherein the filter criteria storage module comprises at least one of the following: an object filter storage sub-module, for storing information of call objects to which the performance measurement type calculation needs to be performed;a service attribute filter storage sub-module, for storing information of call service attributes to which the performance measurement type calculation need to be performed; anda performance measurement type filter storage sub-module, for storing the mapping relationship between the performance measurement types to be calculated and the CDR affecting the results of the calculation.

18. The pre-processing device according to claim 15, further comprising: a log module, for establishing call failure log information according to the CDR received by the pre-processing device;a log analysis module, for analyzing the call failure log based on the log information saved in the log module.

19. A system for operation and maintenance of network devices, comprising a device layer and a pre-processing layer, wherein the device layer comprises at least one network device and the pre-processing layer comprises pre-processing device(s); and the network device obtains a CDR of a call and transmits the CDR to the pre-processing device; the pre-processing device filters the CDR and performs centralized operation and maintenance of network devices.

20. The system according to claim 19, further comprising: a post-analysis layer, for performing post-analysis of the pre-processing result outputted by the pre-processing layer.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the post-analysis layer is: an Element management system (EMS), a Network Management System (NMS), or a Network Optimization System (NOS).