SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND MANAGING NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20080250132A1
• Filed: 03/28/2008
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: An, Young-Jae, JI, YUN-GEUN, KWAK, NO-KWAN, PARK, JONG-KEUN, Park, Gyoung-Bo, OH, SANG HWA
• Granted Patent: US 8,615,574 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

Disclosed is a network device control and managing system and method. The network device control and managing system receives network device information and subscriber information from a database server of the network device control and managing system according to the manager'"'"'s client information request and realizes hierarchical combined information. The system requests state information from the network device based on the state information request of the network device and receives the state information. The system requests a control from the network device based on the network device control request, receives a corresponding response message, and changes combined information. Therefore, the device states can be easily searched in the hierarchical manner (L3-L2-AP), and the problems of network devices can be quickly sensed. Also, software for the network devices is remotely updated, and the subscriber'"'"'s after sales service request is remotely processed.

Claims

1. A system for controlling and managing network device including a subscriber station connected through a first network, a concentrator, and a concentration switch, the system comprising:

a database server for hierarchically storing network device information and subscriber information corresponding to an after sales (AS) service request information provided by the subscriber station;

a web server, connected to the database server, for providing the network device information and subscriber information stored in the database server according to a received predetermined data request; and

a control and managing terminal for transmitting/receiving data to/from the web server, requesting predetermined data from the web server, and controlling and managing the network device based on the network device information and subscriber information corresponding to the after sales service request information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control and managing terminal comprises:

a storage module for receiving and storing the network device information and the subscriber information;

a web providing module for providing hierarchical combined information in the web format based on the network device information and subscriber information of the storage module;

a control and managing module for generating a predetermined control instruction based on a manager request provided by the manager, transmitting the predetermined control instruction to at least one of the network devices, and receiving a predetermined response message on the predetermined control instruction; and

a system control module for controlling the storage module, the web providing module, and the control and managing module, receiving the network device information and the subscriber information from the database server according to the received manager request, storing the same information in the storage module, and providing the predetermined response message provided by the control and managing module to the web providing module and the storage module.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a connection manager server for transmitting/receiving data to/from the control and managing terminal, and storing and managing data flow information between the network device and the control and managing terminal.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising an authentication server for authenticating the manager according to an authentication request input from the web server.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the system control module finds information that is omitted or unmatched from among information provided by the database server through comparison with the predetermined response message.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the control and managing module receives data flow information from the connection manager server, transmits the same to the storage module, and transmits real-time data flow information received by requesting data flow information from the connection manager server according to the manager'"'"' request provided by the input module to the system control module.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the system control module remotely controls a predetermined subscriber station according to the manager'"'"'s request.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

an input module for receiving the manager'"'"'s request and transmitting the manager'"'"'s request to the system control module and the control and managing module;

and

a network module including a network interface, being connected to a second network, and transmitting/receiving data to/from the control and managing module, the web providing module, and the system control module.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the subscriber information includes client information, subscriber station information, and facilities information.

10. A method for providing combined state information for a network device in a control and managing terminal of a system for controlling and managing network device including a subscriber station connected through a first network, a concentrator, and a concentration switch, the method comprising:

a) receiving network device information and subscriber information from a database server of the network device control and managing system according to the manager'"'"'s client information request;

b) realizing hierarchical combined information based on the received network device information and subscriber information;

c) receiving a network configuration device state request from the manager and generating a state request message;

d) transmitting the state request message to the network device; and

e) receiving a response message for the state request message, and changing the realized hierarchical combined information based on the received response message.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein e) comprises:

changing the realized combined information by comparing information omitted or unmatched from the realized hierarchical combined information with the response message received from the predetermined network device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the manager'"'"'s client information request includes at least one of a telephone number, a client ID, a device port number, and an access point (AP) Internet protocol (IP) address.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising, before a),

i) requesting an access from a web server of the network device control and managing system;

and

ii) authenticating the user by an authentication server of the network device control and managing system according to the access request.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein ii) further comprises canceling the access to the web server without receiving user authentication from the authentication server.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the subscriber information includes client information, subscriber station information, and facilities information.

16. A method for controlling and managing a network device in a control and managing terminal of a system for controlling and managing network device including a subscriber station connected through a first network, a concentrator, and a concentration switch, the method comprising:

a) receiving network device information and subscriber information from a database server of the network device control and managing system according to the manager'"'"'s client information request;

b) realizing combined information based on the received network device information and subscriber information;

c) receiving a state information request of the network device from the manager and generating a state information request message;

d) transmitting the state information request message to the first device, and receiving state information;

e) receiving a control request for controlling the first device from the manager, and generating a predetermined control message; and

f) transmitting the predetermined control message to the first device, receiving a response message according to a control, changing the realized combined information according to the received response message, and providing the changed information to the manager.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the manager'"'"'s client information request includes at least one of a telephone number, a client ID, a device port number, and an access point (AP) Internet protocol (IP) address.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising, before a),

i) requesting an access from a web server of the network device control and managing system;

and

ii) authenticating the user by an authentication server of the network device control and managing system according to the access request.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein ii) further comprises canceling the access to the web server when the user is not authenticated by the authentication server.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the state information includes the number of IPs (Internet Protocols) to be allocated in the first device and the number of IPs in use.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the predetermined control message is control information including port control information, profile request information, initialization information, and MAC control information.