Processing method and apparatus for signaling tracing

• US 10,038,604 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2014
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Ouyang, Xiang, He, Junchen, Chen, Xiaojian
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Application Number:
  US14/917,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20160218941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 709220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing signalling tracing are provided. The method includes the following steps: a client reads a configuration file corresponding to a traced service (101); the client establishes a connection to a server (102); based on the configuration file, the client registers with the traced service in the server; after registration is successful, the client receives a signalling tracing message fed back by the server about the traced service (103); and the client outputs the signalling tracing message to a display interface (104).

Claims

1. A method for processing signalling tracing, comprising:

reading, by a client, a configuration file corresponding to a traced service, and wherein data in the configuration file at least includes encoding and decoding information;

establishing, by the client, a connection between the client and a server;

generating, by the client, a registration message by packaging registration information and an event number of the traced service based on the encoding and decoding information;

registering with, by the client, the traced service in the server based on the configuration file by sending the registration message to the server;

receiving, by the client, a signalling tracing message of the traced service fed back by the server after the registration is successful, and wherein the signalling tracing message includes tracing information of an event happening in the traced service; and

outputting, by the client, the signalling tracing message to a display interface.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before reading, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service,

creating, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service and saving, by the client, the created configuration file in a specified directory.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before reading, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service,

searching for, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service in a specified directory where configuration files are saved.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before establishing, by the client, the connection between the client and the server,

reading, by the client, an interface configuration file set in advance and outputting an interactive interface generated dynamically by the interface configuration file to the display interface.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after receiving, by the client, the signalling tracing message fed back by the server,

converting, by the client, a format of the received signalling tracing message into an extensible markup language (XML) format.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration file includes information used to perform signalling tracing for the traced service, and the information used to perform signalling tracing for the traced service includes a service name of the traced service, a service identifier of the traced service, the event number of the traced service, the encoding and decoding information, and presentation information of the traced service.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration file includes an upper limit of the number of messages displayed in each page of the display interface and a structure of presentation information, and the outputting, by the client, the signalling tracing message to the display interface comprises:

decoding, by the client, the signalling tracing message according to the structure of presentation information in the configuration file to obtain the tracing information; and

dividing, by the client, the tracing information into several pages according to the upper limit displayed in each page.

8. An apparatus for processing signalling tracing, comprising a memory for storing a configuration file and programming instructions and a processor, and wherein the processor is arranged to execute the programming instructions to perform actions comprising:

reading a configuration file corresponding to a traced service, and wherein data in the configuration file at least includes encoding and decoding information;

establishing a connection between a client and a server;

generating, by the client, a registration message by packaging registration information and an event number of the traced service based on the encoding and decoding information;

registering with the traced service in the server based on the configuration file by sending the registration message to the server;

receiving a signalling tracing message fed back by the server about the traced service, and wherein the signalling tracing message includes tracing information of an event happening in the traced service; and

outputting the signalling tracing message to a display interface.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is arranged to execute the programming instructions to perform actions further comprising:

creating the configuration file corresponding to the traced service and saving the created configuration file in a specified directory.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is arranged to execute the programming instructions to perform actions further comprising:

searching for the configuration file corresponding to the traced service in a specified directory where configuration files are saved.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is arranged to execute the programming instructions to perform actions further comprising:

reading an interface configuration file set in advance; and

outputting an interactive interface generated dynamically by the interface configuration file to the display interface.

12. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor is arranged to execute the programming instructions to perform actions further comprising:

converting a format of the signalling tracing message received into an extensible markup language (XML) format.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the configuration file includes information used to perform signalling tracing for the traced service, and the information used to perform signalling tracing for the traced service includes a service name of the traced service, a service identifier of the traced service, the event number of the traced service, the encoding and decoding information, and presentation information of the traced service.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the configuration file includes an upper limit of the number of messages displayed in each page of the display interface and a structure of presentation information, and wherein the processor is arranged to execute the programming instructions to perform actions further comprising:

decoding the signalling tracing message according to the structure of presentation information in the configuration file to obtain the tracing information; and

dividing the tracing information into several pages according to the upper limit displayed in each page.

15. A method for processing signalling tracing, comprising:

searching for, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service in a specified directory where configuration files are saved;

reading, by a client, a configuration file corresponding to a traced service, and wherein data in the configuration file at least includes encoding and decoding information;

establishing, by the client, a connection between the client and a server;

registering with, by the client, the traced service in the server based on the configuration file by sending a registration message to the server, and wherein the registration message is encoded according to the encoding and decoding information in the configuration file;

receiving, by the client, a signalling tracing message of the traced service fed back by the server after the registration is successful, and wherein the signalling tracing message includes tracing information of an event happening in the traced service; and

outputting, by the client, the signalling tracing message to a display interface.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

before reading, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service,

creating, by the client, the configuration file corresponding to the traced service and saving, by the client, the created configuration file in the specified directory.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

before establishing, by the client, the connection between the client and the server,

reading, by the client, an interface configuration file set in advance and outputting an interactive interface generated dynamically by the interface configuration file to the display interface.

18. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

after receiving, by the client, the signalling tracing message fed back by the server,

converting, by the client, a format of the received signalling tracing message into an extensible markup language (XML) format.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the configuration file includes information used to perform signalling tracing for the traced service, and the information used to perform signalling tracing for the traced service includes a service name of the traced service, a service identifier of the traced service, an event number of the traced service, the encoding and decoding information, and presentation information of the traced service.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein the configuration file includes an upper limit of the number of messages displayed in each page of the display interface and a structure of presentation information, and the outputting, by the client, the signalling tracing message to the display interface comprises:

decoding, by the client, the signalling tracing message according to the structure of presentation information in the configuration file to obtain the tracing information; and

dividing, by the client, the tracing information into several pages according to the upper limit displayed in each page.