METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMMISSIONING NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20100049841A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Fengbao
• Application Number:
  US12/606,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20100049841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/222
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

A method and system for automatically commissioning network devices are provided. The method includes: finding a network device to be commissioned; determining whether to commission the network device according to the ID of the network device or a subscriber'"'"'s requirements; and commissioning the network device if required. With the present invention, a remote commissioning system may be used to automatically implement subsequent commissioning; no cooperation between commissioning personnel and installation personnel is required; and no commissioning technician needs to be on site. This greatly shortens the commissioning time of network devices and improves the commissioning efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for automatically commissioning network device, comprising:

finding a network device to be commissioned;

determining whether to commission the network device according to the identifier of the network device or a subscriber'"'"'s requirement;

commissioning the network device if the network device needs to be commissioned.

2. The method of claim 1, before the finding a network device to be commissioned, further comprising:

setting commissioning item, and setting corresponding commission operations according to the set commissioning item.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the commissioning the network device comprises:

sending a commissioning message to the network device;

receiving an attribute information from the network device;

selecting a commissioning item according to the attribute information and commissioning the network device according to the selected commissioning item.

4. The method of claim 3, after commissioning the network device according to the selected commissioning item, further comprising:

obtaining performance index data by testing the network device or detecting the performance of the network device;

checking whether the network device is normal according to the obtained performance index data or generating an analysis report according to statistical analysis of the obtained performance index data.

5. The method of claim 3, after commissioning the network device according to the selected commissioning item, further comprising:

recording the service verification result or the item commissioning result and

generating a commissioning report according to the service verification result or the item commissioning result.

6. A remote commissioning system, comprising:

a judging unit, adapted to determine whether to commission a network device according to the identifier of the network device or a subscriber'"'"'s requirement after finding the network device to be commissioned;

a commissioning unit, adapted to commission the network device after the judging unit determines that the network device needs to be commissioned.

7. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

a setting unit, adapted to set a commissioning item and set corresponding commissioning operations according to the set commissioning item.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the commissioning unit comprises:

a sending module, adapted to send a commissioning message to the network device after the judging unit determines that the network device needs to be commissioned;

a receiving module, adapted to receive attribute information from the network device after the network device receives the commissioning message;

an item selecting module, adapted to select a commissioning item after the receiving module receives the attribute information of the network device; and

an item commissioning module, adapted to commission the network device according to the commissioning item selected by the item selecting module.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a detecting unit, adapted to test the network device or detect the performance of the network device to obtain performance index data after the item commissioning module commissions the selected commissioning item; and

a checking unit, adapted to check whether the network device is normal according to the performance index data obtained by the detecting unit;

or

a statistics unit, adapted to generate an analysis report according to statistical analysis of the obtained performance index data obtained by the detecting unit.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a recording unit, adapted to automatically record the service verification result or commissioning result of the selected commissioning item after the item commissioning module commissions the network device according to the selected commissioning item and generate a commissioning report according to the service verification result and/or the commissioning result.