CN100433656C - Equipment management system and method based on network - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a network-based device management system that can combine SMS short message service and IP data communication, and jointly address through IP addresses and wireless telephone numbers. The system includes a node device, a transfer device and a network management server, wherein the node device generates and publishes a short message containing device management information; the transfer device receives the short message and converts it into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet and It is transmitted to the network management server; the network management server generates management instructions accordingly, and converts it into a short message that can be transmitted in the wireless telephone network through the relay device, and the short message is finally transmitted to the node device through the wireless telephone network; the node device Receive the short message and perform device management accordingly. The invention also discloses a method applied to the above system. According to the system or method of the present invention, network management can be realized for node devices that cannot or are not convenient to be connected to the Internet.

Description

A network-based device management system and method

technical field

The present invention relates to a device management system, in particular to a network-based device management system, and to a device management method, in particular to a network-based device management method.

Background technique

The emergence of the Internet and the application of Internet technology have brought about fundamental changes in equipment management compared to the past. Before the emergence of Internet technology, it was unimaginable to conduct remote centralized or distributed automatic management of equipment. With the application of Internet technology, remote centralized or distributed automatic management of equipment can be realized. The basic condition for remote management of equipment using Internet technology is that the managed equipment can be connected to the Internet.

However, for some devices (that is, node devices) that are not connected to the Internet, or devices (node devices) that are not convenient for network deployment in this network, how to incorporate them into the network so as to centralize them remotely Centralized management or distributed management, there is no suitable method in the prior art.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an effective system and method for remote centralized management or distributed management of equipment (node equipment), so as to solve the problem that many current equipment cannot or cannot be connected to the Internet. The problem of centralized or distributed management over a network.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical scheme adopted in the present invention is:

The network-based device management system of the present invention includes: a node device, a transfer device, and a network management server, wherein:

The node device generates a data message containing device management information according to its own device management information, and publishes the data message through the wireless telephone network; and receives the device management instruction issued by the transfer device through the wireless telephone network information, and perform device management according to the instruction information;

The relay device is used to receive the data message issued by the node device through the wireless telephone network, convert it into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet, and transmit the IP data packet to the network management server; and, receiving the management instruction sent by the network management server in the form of IP data packets, and converting it into a data message containing device management instruction information that can be transmitted in the wireless telephone network, and sending the data through the wireless telephone network information;

The network management server is configured to receive the IP data packet from the transfer device, and generate a management instruction according to its content; the management instruction is sent in the form of an IP data packet through the Internet.

The present invention also includes: addressing between the node device and the transfer device in the wireless telephone network through an addressing method based on a telephone number.

When the transfer device converts the data message issued by the node device into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet, the content of the IP data packet includes the phone number of the wireless telephone network of the node device that issued the data message information and the content information of the data message; when the network management server receives the IP data packet from the transfer device, it includes receiving the content of the IP data packet and recording the information of the IP address of the transfer device and/or Information about its phone number; when the network management server sends an IP data packet containing management instruction information for the node device to the transfer device, the content of the IP data packet includes the wireless telephone network phone number of the node device information; after the transfer device receives the IP packet containing the management instruction information from the network management server for the node device, it converts the content of the management instruction information in the IP packet into a data message content, according to The information about the wireless telephone network telephone number of the node device in the IP data packet finds the node device and sends the data message to the node device through the wireless telephone network.

A table is established on the network management server to record the corresponding relationship between the transit device and the node device.

The network management server may also manage the node devices connected to the Internet directly through the Internet or manage the node devices connected to the Internet through the Internet and through the transit device.

The present invention also includes a management workbench, configured to receive a management command, and manage the network management server, the transfer device, and the node device according to the management command, including generating the management instruction according to the management command.

The network management server stores the received IP data packets and the sent IP data packets into the database.

The network-based device management method of the present invention is used in a device management system with node devices, transfer devices and network management servers, including:

The node device generates a data message containing device management information according to its own device management information;

The node device publishes the data message via a wireless telephone network;

The relay device receives the data message issued through the wireless telephone network;

The transfer device converts the received data message into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet;

The transfer device transmits the IP data packet to the network management server;

The network management server receives the IP data packet sent by the transit device;

The network management server generates a management instruction according to the content of the IP data packet;

The network management server generates an IP packet according to the management instruction and sends it through the Internet;

The transfer device receives the IP data packet generated according to the management instruction;

The transfer device converts the IP data packet generated according to the management instruction into a data message including device management instruction information that can be transmitted in the wireless telephone network;

The relay device publishes the data message containing the device management instruction information through the wireless telephone network;

The node device receives the data message containing the device management instruction information issued by the transfer device through the wireless telephone network, and performs device management according to the instruction information.

The network-based device management method of the present invention further includes: when the transfer device converts the received data message into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet, the content of the IP data packet includes publishing the data message Information about the wireless telephone network phone number of the node device and information about the content of the data message; when the network management server receives the IP data packet from the transfer device, it includes receiving the content of the IP data packet and Recording the information of the IP address of the transit device and/or the information of its telephone number; when the network management server sends an IP packet containing management instruction information for the node device to the transit device, the IP packet The content includes the information of the wireless telephone network telephone number of the node device; after the transfer device receives the IP data packet containing the management instruction information directed at the node device from the network management server, the IP data packet is included in the IP data packet The content of the management instruction information is converted into the content of the data message, and the node device is searched according to the information about the wireless telephone network telephone number of the node device in the IP data packet, and the data message is sent to the node device through the wireless telephone network.

A table is established on the network management server to record the corresponding relationship between the transit device and the node device.

The network-based device management method of the present invention further includes: addressing between the node device and the transfer device in the wireless telephone network through an addressing method based on a telephone number.

By adopting the technical solution of the present invention, the existing wireless telephone network can be fully utilized, rapidly deploying node devices capable of using this type of network, and using SMS (Short Message Service, i.e. short message service) or other types of wireless telephone network data The message service transmits management information to realize network centralized or distributed management of some node devices that are not connected to the Internet or are not convenient to be connected to the Internet, and can be combined with the current prevailing IP-based network management system, Using SMS or other types of wireless telephone network data message service and IP data communication, through the joint addressing of IP address and wireless telephone network telephone number, a new set of more complete and more effective centralized or distributed management equipment can be established management system.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the equipment management system of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the device management method of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to enable those skilled in the art to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail through the following specific embodiments together with the accompanying drawings.

See Figure 1. In the device management system of the present invention, there are mainly three kinds of devices, namely node device 1 or node device 2 , transfer device 3 , network management server 4 , and may also include a management workbench 5 .

Among them, the node device is the managed object that requires centralized or distributed management, which can be a workstation, client, network user or personal computer, or a server, printer and other devices connected to the network. The node devices are divided into two categories, one is the node devices that can be connected to the Internet through the Internet, that is, the node device 2 in the figure; Node device 1 in . For the node device 1 that cannot pass through or is not convenient for networking through the Internet, it is necessary to have a wireless telephone network telephone number such as a cellular network telephone number (Cellular Phone Number), and it needs to pass through a wireless telephone network such as a cellular network and via a relay device 3 to Establish contact with the network management server 4 and accept the management of the network management server 4. For the node device 2 that can be networked through the Internet, these devices all have IP Address (IP address), and this type of device can directly establish contact with the network management server 4 through the Internet, accept the management of the network management server 4, or pass The Internet is indirectly managed by the network management server 4 via the transit device 3 .

In the device management system of the present invention, the node device 1 that cannot or is not convenient to be connected to the Internet through the Internet generates a short message containing device management information or other types of wireless telephone network data messages according to its own device management information, and sends the message to The cellular network or other types of wireless telephone networks based on cellular network telephone numbers issue the short message or other types of wireless telephone network data messages; and receive the short message or other types of short messages containing device management instruction information issued by the relay device wireless telephone network data messages, and perform device management based on the instruction information. If the node device 2 that can be connected to the Internet through the Internet has a Cellular Phone Number (cellular phone number) or other types of wireless phone numbers, it can also be managed in this way, but this device can directly use the Internet and the network The management server 4 establishes a connection without going through the link of the transfer device 3 to achieve the purpose. The data message referred to here generally refers to the data message transmitted between devices in the wireless telephone network through the wireless telephone network. The wireless telephone network referred to here includes the wireless telephone network in the 3G era.

Transit device 3 is to realize the cellular network (Cellular Networks, which can be wireless communication such as GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA or CDMA/CDMA1X/EVDO) addressing with the cellular network telephone number or other types of wireless telephone numbers. Any kind of network of the system), or other types of wireless telephone networks, and the equipment unit or technical unit for information conversion and information exchange between the Internet based on IP addressing. This type of device has both a Cellular Phone Number (cellular network phone number) or a phone number and an IP Address (IP address) for other types of wireless phone networks. The relay device 3 receives the short message issued by the node device 1 or other types of wireless telephone network data messages, and converts it into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet, and transmits the IP data packet to the network management server 4; and Receive the device management instruction sent by the network management server 4 in the form of IP data packets, and convert it into a short message containing the device management instruction that can be transmitted in the cellular network, or a short message that can be transmitted in other types of wireless telephone networks. The device manages the data message for the command and publishes the message. When relay device 3 converts this short message or data message into the IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet, the content of this IP data packet includes the information of the telephone number of the node equipment that issues this short message or data message and the information of the short message or information about the content of the data message. When the network management server receives the IP data packet from the transfer device, it includes receiving the content of the IP data packet and recording the information of the IP address of the transfer device and/or its phone number. A table is established on the network management server to record the corresponding relationship between the transit device and the node device. The network management server can identify the corresponding node device and its cellular network phone number or phone number of other types of wireless phone network according to the content of the information about the phone number of the node device in the data packet or the phone number of the phone number of other types of wireless phone networks in the data packet number, and according to the corresponding relationship between the node device and the transit device recorded in the established table, determine the transit device corresponding to the node device, so as to determine which transit device sends the management command to the node device. Since the transfer device is connected to the Internet and has an IP address, the network management server can find the corresponding transfer device only according to the IP address. When the network management server sends an IP data packet containing management instruction information for the node device to the transfer device, the content of the IP data packet includes the information of the phone number of the node device in the cellular network or the phone number of other types of wireless phone networks. After the transit device receives the IP data packet containing the management instruction information from the network management server for the node device, it converts the content of the management instruction information in the IP data packet into short message content or data message content, and according to the IP data packet Find the corresponding node device according to the information about the phone number of the cellular network of the node device or the phone number of other types of wireless telephone networks, and send the short message or data message to the node device through the cellular network or other types of wireless telephone network.

The network management server 4 collects data containing management information and generates management instructions accordingly. Equipment management information includes equipment usage status, intact status, full load status, readiness status, maintenance status, environmental status, and so on. Administrative commands include power on, power off, perform an operation, end an operation, pause, restart, wait, and so on. The network management server 4 receives the IP data packet sent by the transfer device 3 through the Internet (Internet), and generates a management instruction according to its content. The network management server 4 also receives the IP packet that has an IP Address (IP address) and can be networked through the Internet (Internet) from the node device 2 directly transmitted by the Internet, and generates management instructions according to its content. Network management server 4 can also receive the IP data packet that has IP Address (IP address), can carry out networking through Internet (Internet) node device 2 via transit device 3 and transmits by Internet, produces management instruction according to its content, and The management instruction is transmitted through the Internet via the relay device 3 . When the network management server 4 does not receive the IP data packet, it can also send a management instruction to the corresponding node device according to the specific situation. These management instructions are sent through the Internet in the form of IP data packets to directly manage the node device 2 that can be networked through the Internet or indirectly manage it through the transfer device 3, or through the conversion of the transfer device 3. IP data packets are converted into short messages or data messages, and the node devices 1 that cannot pass through or are not convenient for networking through the Internet (Internet) are managed through the cellular network or other types of wireless telephone networks. The network management server 4 stores the content of the received IP data packet and the content of the sent IP data packet into the database.

The management workbench 5 is used to receive a management command, and manage the network management server 4 , the transit device 3 and the node device 1 or node device 2 according to the management command.

See Figure 2. Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the device management method of the present invention. In the figure,

In step S1, the node device generates a short message or a data message containing the device management information according to its own device management information.

Equipment management information includes equipment usage status, intact status, full load status, readiness status, maintenance status, environmental status, and so on. The short message is a short message of the SMS (Short Message Service, short message service) type, and this short message can only be released through the cellular network based on the cellular network telephone number. A data message generally refers to a data message transmitted between devices in a wireless telephone network through the wireless telephone network. The wireless telephone network referred to here includes the wireless telephone network in the 3G era. Such short messages or data messages contain device management information.

In step S2, the node device distributes the short message or data message to the wireless telephone network based on the telephone number of the wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network.

Since the short message or data message is a short message of SMS (Short Message Service, short message service) type, or a data message transmitted in other types of wireless telephone networks, this type of short message or data message can only be sent by wireless A telephone network telephone number, such as a cellular network telephone number, is issued for an underlying wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network.

Step S3, the relay device receives the short message or data message issued by the node device via the cellular network.

The relay device is to realize the information conversion and communication between the wireless telephone network addressed by the wireless telephone number, such as the cellular network telephone number, such as the cellular network (Cellular Networks), and the Internet (Internet) based on IP addressing The equipment unit or technical unit of information exchange. In this step, the relay equipment first receives the short message or data message.

In step S4, the relay device converts the received short message or data message into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet.

This type of short message or data message can only be delivered to the network management server through the Internet after being converted into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet.

Step S5, the transit device transmits the IP data packet to the network management server.

In this step, the transfer device transmits the IP data packet to the network management server through the Internet.

Step S6, the network management server receives the IP data packet sent by the transfer device.

In this step, the network management server receives the IP data packets through the Internet.

Step S7, the network management server generates a management instruction according to the content of the IP data packet.

Administrative commands include power on, power off, perform an operation, end an operation, pause, restart, wait, and so on. For example, if the content of the IP data packet shows that the corresponding node device is very busy, the network management server may temporarily not assign new tasks to the node device. For another example, if the content of the IP data packet shows that the temperature of the corresponding node device is too high, exceeding the allowable operating temperature, the network management server may arrange the node device to take a temporary rest, and so on.

In step S8, the network management server sends these management instructions in the form of IP data packets through the Internet.

Step S9, the transfer device receives the instruction sent by the network management server in the form of IP data packets.

Transit equipment is a device unit or unit that realizes information conversion and information exchange between a wireless telephone network addressed by a wireless telephone number, such as a cellular network (Cellular Networks), and an Internet network (Internet) based on IP addressing Technical unit, in this step, the transfer device receives the IP data packet.

In step S10, the transfer device converts the IP data packet instruction into a short message or a data message containing device management instruction information that can be transmitted in a wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network.

In this step, the relay device converts the IP data packet into a short message or a data message that can be transmitted in a wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network, containing device management instruction information. Only by converting the IP data packet into a short message or a data message, can the device management instruction information be passed through a wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network, to the corresponding node device that cannot pass through or is not convenient for networking through the Internet.

In step S11, the relay device issues these short messages or data messages containing device management instruction information to the node device.

In this step, short messages or data messages are distributed over a wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network.

Step S12, the node device receives a short message or data message containing device management instruction information issued by the relay device, and performs device management according to the instruction information.

For example, a device management instruction requires the node device to suspend work, and the node device executes the corresponding instruction to suspend work. For another example, if the device management instruction requires the node device to restart its work, then the node device executes the corresponding instruction to restart its work, and so on.

When the relay device converts the received short message or data message into an IP data packet that can be transmitted in the Internet, the content of the IP data packet includes the information of the wireless phone number of the node device that issued the short message or data message and the short message Information about the content of a message or data message. When the network management server receives the IP data packet from the transfer device, it includes receiving the content of the IP data packet and recording the information of the IP address of the transfer device and/or its phone number. A table is established on the network management server to record the corresponding relationship between the transit device and the node device. The network management server can identify the corresponding node device and its wireless telephone network phone number according to the content of the information about the wireless phone number of the node device in the IP data packet, and according to the relationship between the node device and the transit device recorded in the established table, Corresponding relationship, determine the transit device corresponding to the node device, so as to determine which transit device sends the management instruction to the node device. Since the transfer device is connected to the Internet and has an IP address, the network management server can find the corresponding transfer device only according to the IP address. When the network management server sends an IP data packet containing management instruction information aimed at the node device to the transfer device, the content of the IP data packet includes the information of the wireless telephone network telephone number of the node device. After the transit device receives the IP data packet containing the management instruction information from the network management server for the node device, it converts the content of the management instruction information in the IP data packet into the content of a short message or a data message, and according to the IP data packet The information about the wireless telephone network telephone number of the node device is used to search for the corresponding node device, and send the short message or data message to the node device through a wireless telephone network, such as a cellular network.

As can be seen from the foregoing embodiments, by adopting the technical solution of the present invention, the existing wireless telephone network can be fully utilized, rapidly deploying node devices capable of using this type of network, and utilizing SMS (Short Message Service, short message service) or other types of data message services to transmit management information to realize centralized or distributed network management of node devices that are not connected to the Internet or are not convenient to be connected to the Internet, and can be combined with the current prevailing IP-based network Management system, using SMS or other types of data message services and IP data communication, through joint addressing of IP addresses and wireless phone numbers such as Cellular Phone Number (cellular phone number), to establish a more complete and effective centralized or A new device management system for distributed management.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those of ordinary skill in the art, some changes can also be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these changes should also be regarded as protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. a based on network equipment management system is characterized in that, comprising: node device, transferring equipment, network management server, wherein:

Described node device generates the data-message comprise device management information according to himself device management information, and issues described data-message by wireless telephony network; And, receive the data-message that comprises device management instruction information that described transferring equipment is issued by wireless telephony network, and carry out equipment control according to this command information;

Described transferring equipment in order to receiving the described data-message of described node device issue by wireless telephony network, and converts thereof into the IP packet that can transmit and sends described IP packet to described network management server in the Internet; And, receive the supervisory instruction that described network management server sends with the IP data packet form, and convert thereof into the data-message that comprises device management instruction information that can in wireless telephony network, transmit, and send this data-message by wireless telephony network;

Described network management server in order to receiving the described IP packet that described transferring equipment transmits, and produces supervisory instruction according to its content; Described supervisory instruction is sent with the IP data packet form by the Internet.

2. based on network equipment management system according to claim 1 is characterized in that, between described node device and the described transferring equipment is to carry out addressing by the addressing system based on telephone number in wireless telephony network.

3. based on network equipment management system according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, when described transferring equipment converted the IP packet that can transmit at the data-message with the issue of described node device in the Internet, the content of this IP packet comprised the information of the content of the information of wireless telephony network telephone number of the described node device of issuing this data-message and described data-message; During IP packet that the described transferring equipment that receives described network management server transmits, comprise the content that receives this IP packet and write down the information of IP address of this transferring equipment and/or the information of its telephone number; Described network management server to described transferring equipment send at described node device comprise the IP packet of supervisory instruction information the time, the content of this IP packet comprises the information of the wireless telephony network telephone number of described node device; After described transferring equipment receives the IP packet that comprises supervisory instruction information at described node device from described network management server, the content of supervisory instruction information in this IP packet is converted into the data-message content, seeks described node device and send this data-message to this node device by wireless telephony network according to the information about the wireless telephony network telephone number of described node device in this IP packet.

4. based on network equipment management system according to claim 3 is characterized in that, establishes form so that the corresponding relation of record transferring equipment and node device on described network management server.

5. based on network equipment management system according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described network management server can also be directly described node device by the Internet pair and the Internet networking manage or manage by the Internet and the described node device of networking via described transferring equipment pair and the Internet.

6. based on network equipment management system according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, also comprise the management work platform, be used for the receiving management order, and manage described network management server, described transferring equipment and described node device according to this administration order, comprise according to described administration order generating described supervisory instruction.

7. based on network equipment management system according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described network management server deposits received IP packet and the IP packet that is sent in the database in.

8. based on network device management method is used to have node device, the equipment management system of transferring equipment and network management server, it is characterized in that, comprising:

Described node device generates the data-message that comprises device management information according to the device management information of himself;

Described node device is issued described data-message by wireless telephony network;

Described transferring equipment receives described data-message by the wireless telephony network issue;

Described transferring equipment converts the described data-message of being received to the IP packet that can transmit in the Internet;

Described transferring equipment sends described IP packet to described network management server;

The described IP packet that the described transferring equipment that receives described network management server transmits;

Described network management server produces supervisory instruction according to the content of described IP packet;

Described network management server generates the IP packet according to described supervisory instruction, sends by the Internet;

Described transferring equipment receives the described IP packet that generates according to supervisory instruction;

Described transferring equipment converts the described IP packet that generates according to supervisory instruction to can transmit the data-message that comprises device management instruction information in wireless telephony network;

Described transferring equipment is issued the described data-message that comprises device management instruction information by wireless telephony network;

Described node device receives the data-message that comprises device management instruction information that described transferring equipment is issued by wireless telephony network, and carries out equipment control according to this command information.

9. based on network device management method according to claim 8, it is characterized in that, when described transferring equipment converted the described data-message of being received to can transmit IP packet in the Internet, the content of this IP packet comprised the information of the content of the information of wireless telephony network telephone number of the described node device of issuing this data-message and described data-message; During IP packet that the described transferring equipment that receives described network management server transmits, comprise the content that receives this IP packet and write down the information of IP address of this transferring equipment and/or the information of its telephone number; Described network management server to described transferring equipment send at described node device comprise the IP packet of supervisory instruction information the time, the content of this IP packet comprises the information of the wireless telephony network telephone number of described node device; After described transferring equipment receives the IP packet that comprises supervisory instruction information at described node device from described network management server, the content of supervisory instruction information in this IP packet is converted into the data-message content, seeks described node device and send this data-message to this node device by wireless telephony network according to the information about the wireless telephony network telephone number of described node device in this IP packet.

10. based on network device management method according to claim 9 is characterized in that, establishes form so that the corresponding relation of record transferring equipment and node device on described network management server.

11. according to Claim 8,9 or 10 described based on network device management methods, it is characterized in that, is to carry out addressing by the addressing system based on telephone number in wireless telephony network between described node device and the described transferring equipment.

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