Dynamic quality of service (QoS) management

• US 20060159017A1
• Filed: 11/09/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-Cheol, Mun, Seung-Cheol
• Application Number:
  US11/269,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20060159017A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5003 Managing SLA; Interaction between SLA and QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring

Abstract

A dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) management apparatus includes: a management server having a database, the management server storing system performance information data collected from a network element (NE) system and dynamic user core management information generated by a user'"'"'s selection in a table of the database; and a client manager to generate system performance information by referring to the dynamic core management information stored in the database and displaying a status information corresponding to the dynamic user core management information. The management for generating/modifying/deleting the new Key Performance Indicator (KPI) by performing the four rules of arithmetic on the different data (multi DB table attributes) can be performed without stopping the system operation such that the requirements for managing the QoS with compound characteristics due to various functions and policies of different standards can be satisfied.

Claims

1. A dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) management apparatus comprising:

a management server having a database, the management server adapted to store system performance information data collected from a Network Element (NE) system and dynamic user core management information generated by a user'"'"'s selection in a table of the database; and

a client manager adapted to generate system performance information by referring to the dynamic core management information stored in the database and to display status information corresponding to the dynamic user core management information.

2. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the database of the management server comprises a system information collection table adapted to store the system performance information data and a KPI meta table adapted to store the dynamic user core management information generated by the client manager, and wherein the management server comprises a system performance collector adapted to store the performance information data from the NE system in real-time in the system information collection table and to transmit a data collection completion signal to the client manager after the system performance information data has been completely collected.

3. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the KPI meta table of the database comprises at least one of a table name, a table list, and a logical location defined as an array.

4. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the system performance collector is adapted to collect the system performance information data in an extensible Markup Language (XML) file format.

5. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the client manager comprises:

a user interface adapted to generate different system performance information data according to the user core management information selected by the user and to store the system performance information data in the management server; and

a KPI query processor adapted to selectively combine the system performance information corresponding to the dynamic user core management information after the system performance information data has been completely collected.

6. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user interface is adapted to receive a resultant value of the dynamic core management information from the KPI query processor, to compare the resultant value with a threshold value, and to display a status of the dynamic user core management information as a corresponding level.

7. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the dynamic user core management information comprises a threshold value of the system performance information.

8. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user interface comprises a Graphic User Interface (GUI) with NE system performance information from the management server.

9. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user interface comprises:

a display adapted to display the system performance data and attributes of the data to enable the user to select the different system performance information data or the attributes; and

a arithmetic unit adapted to perform four rules arithmetic between the attributes of the system performance information data selected by the user.

10. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display comprises:

a first region adapted to display upper performance data of the NE system to be selected by the user; and

a second region adapted to displaying attributes of the performance data upon the system performance information data being selected.

11. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user interface further comprises a threshold setup unit adapted to set at least one threshold value to display the status of the dynamic user core management information selected by the user.

12. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the interface further comprises a QoS alarm violation selector adapted to output an alarm or to indicate the status upon the resultant value of the dynamic user core management information being greater than or less than the threshold value.

13. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user interface further comprises an arithmetic registration unit adapted to register or modify a macro expression of the dynamic user core management information.

14. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the user interface further comprises a KPI display adapted to display a title of the user core management information and a corresponding internal name.

15. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the KPI query processor is adapted to collect the different system performance information data from the database of the management server using an outer join and to output the result of the dynamic user core management information formed by the four rules of arithmetic.

16. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the KPI query processor is adapted to collect the system performance information data after generating a query for retrieving the attributes of the system performance information data by referring to the user core management information of the meta table stored in the database of the management server.

17. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the KPI query processor comprises an Application Programming Interface/Java Application Resource (API/JAR) format.

18. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the status level of the user core management information displayed through the user interface is adapted to be classified as “

bad”

upon the user core management information being greater than a first threshold, as “

intermediate”

upon the user core management information being between the first threshold value and a second threshold value, and as “

good”

upon the user core management information being less than the second threshold value.

19. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 5, wherein the KPI query processor is adapted to compute or acquire the resultant value of the dynamic user core management information after the data collection completion message has been inputted from the management server.

20. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the management server further comprises a QoS alarm event detector adapted to receive the status information of the user core management information from the client manager and to generate a QoS error alarm and simultaneously store or delete or modify the status of the user core management information in an error management table of the database upon the status information indicating an error.

21. A dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) management method comprising:

generating dynamic user core management information by processing different system performance information data or attributes of the data using four rules of arithmetic and generating a KPI meta table in a database of a management server;

storing the system performance information data collected from a Network Element (NE) system in real-time into a system collection table in the database;

requesting a present status of the dynamic user core management information after the system performance information data has been completely collected;

outputting a resultant value of the dynamic user core management information by combining the system performance information data according to the dynamic user core management information created in the KPI meta table; and

displaying the status value of the dynamic user core management information corresponding to a resultant of comparison between the resultant value of the dynamic user core management information and the threshold value.

22. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 21, wherein the dynamic user core management information comprises a threshold value of the system performance information data.

23. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 21, wherein storing the dynamic user core management information comprises:

displaying the system performance information data to enable the NE system performance information data to be selected;

displaying the low attributes of the performance data upon the performance data of the NE system being selected from a first region; and

storing the dynamic user core management information generated from the different system performance information data selected by the user through the four rules of arithmetic into the KPI meta table of the database of the management server.

24. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 21, wherein the system performance information data comprises an extensible Markup Language (XML) file format.

25. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 21, wherein combining the system performance information data in the KPI meta table comprises a query.

26. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 21, wherein the level of the dynamic user core management information is classified as “

bad”

upon the user core management information being greater than a first threshold, as “

intermediate”

upon the user core management information being between the first threshold value and a second threshold value, and as “

good”

upon the user core management information being less than the second threshold value.

27. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 21, wherein storing the dynamic user core management information comprises:

outputting an alarm or indication upon the resultant value of the dynamic user ocre management information being greater than or less than the threshold value;

registering or modifying a macro expression of the dynamic user core management information; and

displaying the title of user core management information and an internal name of the user core management information.

28. A dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) management apparatus comprising:

a management server adapted to store system performance information data collected from a Network Element (NE) system and a dynamic user core management information Key Performance Indicator (KPI) generated by a user'"'"'s selection, to store QoS error data in a respective table of a database, and to generate an alarm upon a QoS error occurring; and

a client manager adapted to store the dynamic user core management information generated by the user'"'"'s selection, to generate system performance information, requested by the user, referring to the KPI meta table after the system performance information data has been completely collected, and to transmit status information of the dynamic user core management information to the management server.

29. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 28, wherein the management server comprises:

a database having a system information collection table adapted to store the system performance information data and a KPI meta table to store the dynamic user core management information generated by the client manager;

a system performance collector adapted to store the performance information data from the NE system in real-time in the system information collection table and to transmit a data collection completion signal to the client manager after the system performance information data has been completely collected; and

a QoS alarm event detector adapted to receive the status information of the user core management information from the client manager, to generate a QoS error alarm upon the status information indicating an error, and to store or delete or modify the status of the user core management information in the error management table of the database.

30. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 28, wherein the client manager comprises:

a user interface adapted to generate different system performance information data according to the user core management information selected by the user and to store the system performance information data in the management server; and

a KPI query processor adapted to selectively combine the system performance information corresponding to the dynamic user core management information after the system performance information data has been completely collected.

31. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 30, wherein the user interface comprises:

a display adapted to display the system performance data and attributes of the data to enable the user to select the different system performance information data or the attributes; and

a arithmetic unit adapted to perform four rules arithmetic between the attributes of the system performance information data selected by the user.

32. The dynamic QoS management apparatus of claim 31, wherein the display comprises:

a first region adapted to display upper performance data of the NE system to be selected by the user; and

a second region adapted to display attributes of the performance data upon the system performance information data being selected.

33. A dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) management method comprising:

generating dynamic user core management information by processing different system performance information data or attributes of the data using four rules of arithmetic and storing the dynamic user core management information in a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) meta table of a database of a management server;

storing the system performance information data collected from a Network Element (NE) system in real-time in a system collection table in the database;

requesting a present status of the dynamic user core management information after the system performance information data has been completely collected;

outputting a resultant value of the dynamic user core management information by combining the system performance information data according to the dynamic user core management information created in the KPI meta table; and

storing or deleting or modifying the dynamic user core management information in an error management table as an error upon the status value of the dynamic user core management information as a result of the comparison between the resultant value of the dynamic user core management information and a threshold value indicating the error.

34. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 33, wherein storing the dynamic user core management information comprises:

displaying the system performance information data to enable the NE system performance information data to be selected;

displaying the low attributes of the performance data upon the performance data of the NE system being selected from a first region; and

storing the dynamic user core management information generated from the different system performance information data selected by the user using the four rules of arithmetic in the KPI meta table of the database of the management server.

35. The dynamic QoS management method of claim 33, wherein storing the dynamic user core management information comprises:

outputting an alarm or indication upon the resultant value of the dynamic user core management information being greater than or less than the threshold value;

registering or modifying a macro expression of the dynamic user core management information; and

displaying the title of user core management information and an internal name of the user core management information.