Communication conduit setting managing method, system thereof, storing medium storing communication conduit setting managing program, communication conduit maintenance managing method, system thereof, storing medium storing communication conduit maintenance managing program, and communication conduit managing system

• US 20030065674A1
• Filed: 10/03/2002
• Published: 04/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Infrastructure Network Corporation
• Original Assignee: NTT Infrastructure Network Corporation
• Inventors: Saito, Yasuo, Otsuki, Kazuhiro, Mori, Jiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,096,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/100
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/922 Communications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

A road information database for accumulating and managing road network information, a facilities database for accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition, and an obstacle/limitation database for accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation are referred to, thereby retrieving at least one completion-possible route candidate which can complete from the starting point to the end point such that there is no lack or imperfection in the facilities including supplement or new construction of facilities in a route on a road connecting between the starting point and the end point, and determining an optimal route based on a route length, reliability and cost of the at least one completion-possible route candidate.

Claims

1. A communication conduit setting managing method for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as an road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

referring to the road information database, the facilities database and the obstacle/limitation database, thereby retrieving at least one completion-possible route candidate which can complete from the starting point to the end point such that there is no lack or imperfection in the facilities including supplement or new construction of facilities in a route on a road connecting between the starting point and the end point; and

calculating a route length, reliability and cost of the retrieved at least one completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated, route length, reliability and cost.

6. A communication conduit setting managing method according to claim 1, wherein various data of the optimal route and various data used for determining the optimal route are accumulated in a historical information database as historical information and know-how information, and the various data is managed to be fed back for subsequent design.

2. A communication conduit setting managing method for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

inputting place information of the starting point and the end point;

retrieving a plurality of route candidates between the starting point and the end point on a road from the road information database based on the input place information of the starting point and the end point;

retrieving an obstacle/limitation status existing on a route in each of the route candidates;

judging whether there exists an obstacle/limitation in each of the routes from a result of this retrieval;

selecting a route in which there is no obstacle/limitation from a result of the judgement of the obstacle/limitation as a route having no obstacle/limitation;

judging whether an obstacle/limitation can be avoided based on an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation when there exists a route having the obstacle/limitation from a result of the judgement of the obstacle/limitation;

selecting this route as a route capable of avoiding the obstacle/limitation when it was judged that the obstacle/limitation can be avoided from the result of the judgement;

retrieving facilities status existing on the route in each of the plurality of route candidates from the facilities database;

judging whether there is a lack or imperfection in facilities in each of routes from a result of this retrieval;

selecting a route having no lack or imperfection in facilities from a result of judgement of this facilities as a facilities completion route;

judging whether the facilities having the lack or imperfection can be obtained from outside or can be newly constructed when there exists a route having a lack or imperfection in facilities from a result of the facilities;

setting each imperfection of the route so that the facilities are obtained from outside when it is judged that the facilities can be obtained from outside based on a result of the judgement;

setting each imperfection of the route so that the facilities are newly be constructed when it is judged that the facilities are newly be constructed based on a result of the judgement;

selecting, as a facilities supplement route, a route which can be completed as a route having no lack or imperfection in facilities on a route from the starting point to the end point by combining the imperfection of each route which is set such that the facilities are obtained from outside and the imperfection of each route which is set such that the facilities are newly constructed with each other to replenish the imperfection;

verifying the selected route having no obstacle/limitation, the obstacle/limitation avoidable route, the selected facilities completion route and the facilities supplement route, and obtaining at least one route which can be completed from the starting point to the end point as at least one completion-possible route candidate; and

calculates a route length, reliability and cost of the obtained at least one completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated route length, reliability and cost.

3. A communication conduit setting managing method according to claim 2, wherein the outside is an owner of facilities including another company, another group and public organization.

4. A communication conduit setting managing method for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

accumulating and managing electronic map information as electronic map information database;

referring to the road information database, the facilities database and the obstacle/limitation database, and retrieving at least one completion-possible route candidate capable of completing the starting point to the end point such that there is no lack or imperfection while including supplement of facilities or new construction on a route on a road connecting the starting point and the end point and there is no obstacle/limitation while including avoid of obstacle/limitation;

calculating a route length, reliability and cost of the retrieved at least one completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated route length, reliability and cost; and

displaying the determined optimal route on the electronic map information extracted from the electronic map information database.

5. A communication conduit setting managing method according to claim 4, wherein the electronic map information extracted from the electronic map information database is converted, and the optimal route is displayed on the converted electronic map information.

7. A communication conduit setting managing method in which a portion of a communication conduit setting managing program is supplied outside through a communication line, and a communication conduit can be set and managed at the same dimension as the outside.

8. A communication conduit setting managing method according to claim 7, wherein the outside is an owner of facilities including another company, another group and public organization.

9. A communication conduit setting managing system for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, comprising:

a road information database for accumulating and managing road network information;

a facilities database for accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

obstacle/limitation database for accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

retrieving means for referring to the road information database, the facilities database and the obstacle/limitation database, thereby retrieving at least one completion-possible route candidate which can complete from the starting point to the end point such that there is no lack or imperfection in the facilities including supplement or new construction of facilities in a route on a road connecting between the starting point and the end point; and

determining means for calculating a route length, reliability and cost of the retrieved at least one completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated, route length, reliability and cost.

10. A communication conduit setting managing system according to claim 9, further comprising an electronic map information database for accumulating and managing the electronic map information;

and

map converting means for converting the electronic map information extracted from the electronic map information database.

11. A communication conduit setting managing system according to claim 9, further comprising a historical information database for accumulating various data of the optimal route and various data used for determining the optimal route as historical information and know-how information, and for managing the various data to be fed back for subsequent design.

12. A communication conduit setting managing system for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, comprising:

a road information database for accumulating and managing road network information;

a facilities database for accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

obstacle/limitation database for accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

inputting means for inputting place information of the starting point and the end point;

route candidate retrieving means for retrieving a plurality of route candidates between the starting point and the end point on a road from the road information database based on the input place information of the starting point and the end point;

obstacle/limitation status retrieving means for retrieving an obstacle/limitation status existing on a route in each of the route candidates;

obstacle/limitation route judging means for judging whether there exists an obstacle/limitation in each of the routes from a result of this retrieval;

route-with-no-obstacle/limitation selecting means for selecting a route in which there is no obstacle/limitation from a result of the judgement of the obstacle/limitation as a route having no obstacle/limitation;

obstacle/limitation avoidance judging means for judging whether the obstacle/limitation can be avoided based on avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation when there exists a route having the obstacle/limitation from a result of the judgement of the obstacle/limitation;

obstacle/limitation avoidable route judging means for selecting this route as a route capable of avoiding the obstacle/limitation when it was judged that the obstacle/limitation can be avoided from the result of the judgement;

facilities status retrieving means for retrieving facilities status existing on the route in each of the plurality of route candidates from the facilities database;

facilities imperfection judging means for judging whether there is a lack or imperfection in facilities in each of routes from a result of this retrieval;

facilities completion route selecting means for selecting a route having no lack or imperfection in facilities from a result of judgement of this facilities as a facilities completion route;

substitutive facilities judging means for judging whether the facilities having the lack or imperfection can be obtained from outside or can be newly constructed when there exists a route having a lack or imperfection in facilities from a result of the facilities;

imperfection setting means for setting each imperfection of the route so that the facilities are obtained from outside when it is judged that the facilities can be obtained from outside based on a result of the judgement;

new construction setting means for setting each imperfection of the route so that the facilities are newly be constructed when it is judged that the facilities are newly be constructed based on a result of the judgement;

facilities supplement route selecting means for selecting, as a facilities supplement route, a route which can be completed as a route having no lack or imperfection in facilities on a route from the starting point to the end point by combining the imperfection of each route which is set such that the facilities are obtained from outside and the imperfection of each route which is set such that the facilities are newly constructed with each other to replenish the imperfection;

completion-possible route candidate obtaining means for verifying the selected route having no obstacle/limitation, the obstacle/limitation avoidable route, the selected facilities completion route and the facilities supplement route, and obtaining a route which can be completed from the starting point to the end point as a completion-possible route candidate; and

optimal route determining means for calculates a route length, reliability and cost of the obtained completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated route length, reliability and cost.

13. A communication conduit setting managing system according to claim 12, further comprising an electronic map information database for accumulating and managing the electronic map information;

and

map converting means for converting the electronic map information extracted from the electronic map information database.

14. A communication conduit setting managing system according to claim 12, further comprising a historical information database for accumulating various data of the optimal route and various data used for determining the optimal route as historical information and know-how information, and for managing the various data to be fed back for subsequent design.

15. A communication conduit setting managing system according to claim 12, wherein the outside is an owner of facilities including another company, another group and public organization.

16. A storing medium which stores therein a communication conduit setting managing program for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, the program comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

referring to the road information database, the facilities database, and the obstacle/limitation database, thereby retrieving at least one completion-possible route candidate which can complete from the starting point to the end point such that there is no lack or imperfection in the facilities including supplement or new construction of facilities in a route on a road connecting between the starting point and the end point; and

calculating a route length, reliability and cost of the retrieved at least one completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated, route length, reliability and cost.

17. A storing medium which stores there in a communication conduit setting managing program according to claim 16, wherein various data of the optimal route and various data used for determining the optimal route are accumulated in a historical information database as historical information and know-how information, and the various data is managed to be fed back for subsequent design.

18. A storing medium which stores therein a communication conduit setting managing program for setting a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material between desired starting point and end point, the program comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

inputting place information of the starting point and the end point;

retrieving a plurality of route candidates between the starting point and the end point on a road from the road information database based on the input place information of the starting point and the end point;

retrieving an obstacle/limitation status existing on a route in each of the route candidates;

judging whether there exists obstacle/limitation in each of the routes from a result of this retrieval;

selecting a route in which there is no obstacle/limitation from a result of the judgement of the obstacle/limitation as a route having no obstacle/limitation;

judging whether an obstacle/limitation can be avoided based on avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation when there exists a route having the obstacle/limitation from a result of the judgement of the obstacle/limitation;

selecting this route as a route capable of avoiding the obstacle/limitation when it was judged that the obstacle/limitation can be avoided from the result of the judgement;

retrieving a facilities status existing on the route in each of the plurality of route candidates from the facilities database;

judging whether there is a lack or imperfection in facilities in each of routes from a result of this retrieval;

selecting a route having no lack or imperfection in facilities from a result of judgement of this facilities as a facilities completion route;

judging whether the facilities having the lack or imperfection can be obtained from outside or can be newly constructed when there exists a route having a lack or imperfection in facilities from a result of the facilities;

setting each imperfection of the route so that the facilities are obtained from outside when it is judged that the facilities can be obtained from outside based on a result of the judgement;

setting each imperfection of the route so that the facilities are newly be constructed when it is judged that the facilities are newly be constructed based on a result of the judgement;

selecting, as a facilities supplement route, a route which can be completed as a route having no lack or imperfection in facilities on a route from the starting point to the end point by combining the imperfection of each route which is set such that the facilities are obtained from outside and the imperfection of each route which is set such that the facilities are newly constructed with each other to replenish the imperfection;

verifying the selected route having no obstacle/limitation, the obstacle/limitation avoidable route, the selected facilities completion route, and the facilities supplement route, and obtaining a route which can be completed from the starting point to the end point as a completion-possible route candidate; and

calculates a route length, reliability and cost of the obtained completion-possible route candidate, and determining an optimal route based on the calculated route length, reliability and cost.

19. A storing medium which stores therein a communication conduit setting managing program according to claim 18, wherein various data of the optimal route and various data used for determining the optimal route are accumulated in a historical information database as historical information and know-how information, and the various data is managed to be fed back for subsequent design.

20. A storing medium which stores therein a communication conduit setting managing program according to claim 18, wherein the outside is an owner of facilities including another company, another group and public organization.

21. A communication conduit maintenance managing method at the time of maintenance and management of a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material, comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

appropriately renewing the road information database, the facilities database, and the obstacle/limitation database, and carrying out maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit while referring to these databases.

22. A communication conduit maintenance managing method at the time of maintenance and management of a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material, comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

accumulating and managing electronic map information as an electronic map information database; and

appropriately renewing the road information database, the facilities database, the obstacle/limitation database, and the electronic map information database, and carrying out maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit while referring to these databases.

23. A communication conduit maintenance managing method according to claim 22, wherein when a style of the electronic map information is different, the electronic map information is converted, the converted electronic map information is accumulated and managed in the electronic map information database, and maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit are carried out.

24. A communication conduit maintenance managing method in which a portion of a communication conduit setting managing program is supplied outside through a communication line, and a communication conduit can be set and managed at the same dimension as the outside.

25. A communication conduit maintenance managing system for carrying out maintenance and management of a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material, comprising:

a road information database for accumulating and managing road network information;

a facilities database for accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

an obstacle/limitation database for accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation; and

maintenance and managing means which appropriately renews the road information database, the facilities database, and the obstacle/limitation database, and carrying out maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit while referring to these databases.

26. A communication conduit maintenance managing system used when maintenance and management of a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material are carried out, comprising:

a road information database for accumulating and managing road network information;

a facilities database for accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

an obstacle/limitation database for accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

an electronic map information database for accumulating and managing electronic map information;

map converting means for converting the electronic map information extracted from the electronic map information database; and

maintenance and managing means which appropriately renews the road information database, the facilities database, the obstacle/limitation database, and the electronic map information database, and carries out maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit while referring to these databases.

27. A storing medium storing a communication conduit maintenance managing program used when maintenance and management of a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material are carried out, the program comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation; and

appropriately renewing the road information database, the facilities database, and the obstacle/limitation database, and carrying out maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit while referring to these databases.

28. A storing medium storing a communication conduit maintenance managing program used when maintenance and management of a communication conduit which accommodates a communication material are carried out, the program comprising the steps of:

accumulating and managing road network information as a road information database;

accumulating and managing facilities information which is useful for setting a conduit as a facilities database together with auxiliary information including a place of facilities, a person-in-charge, and a facilities using condition;

accumulating and managing names of obstacle and limitation against the setting of the conduit, as obstacle/limitation database, together with accessory information including contents of obstacle/limitation, a place, a period of time, and an avoiding condition of obstacle/limitation;

accumulating and managing electronic map information as an electronic map information database; and

appropriately renewing the road information database, the facilities database, the obstacle/limitation database, and the electronic map information database, and carrying out maintenance and management of the existing communication conduit while referring to these databases.

29. A communication conduit managing system which is connected to an optical monitoring system for monitoring an optical cable accommodated in a communication conduit while testing the same and for detecting abnormal condition of the optical cable through a network, which collects core information of the cable from the optical monitoring system, and which carries out setting, maintenance and management of the conduit which accommodates a communication material, comprising:

cable information collecting means for obtaining cable core information and cable abnormal condition information of the optical cable from the optical monitoring system;

map information obtaining means for obtaining map information at an abnormal condition generated point where the cable abnormal condition information is generated; and

alarm sending means for sending, as an alarm, map information indicative of this obtained abnormal condition generated point together with the cable abnormal condition information, to a terminal including a cellular phone of a person in charge of maintenance.