Communication system network that includes a method for maintaining a system data database

• US 5,274,630 A
• Filed: 02/04/1991
• Issued: 12/28/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ranz, Stephen J., Jestice, Calvin B., Maher, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yusko, Donald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin C.
• Application Number:
  US07/650,131
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.03, 340/825.15, 340/825.27, 340/825.22, 340/825.06, 370/112, 370/58.2, 370/58.3, 370/58.1, 370/157, 371/20.1, 371/20.6
• US Class Current: 370/360
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems

Abstract

In a communication system network that includes a processing multiplexer and a plurality of communication systems, wherein each of the communication systems includes a plurality of signal sources, a plurality of signal destinations, and a processing interface means and wherein the processing multiplexer includes system data database means that stores information pertaining to communication system configuration data, a method for maintaining the system data database is described. Maintaining the system data database means comprises querying the processing multiplexer interface means of at least one communication system for information pertaining to communication system configuration data. Upon receiving the information, allocating entries in the system data database means for the information pertaining to communication system configuration data and entering the information into the allocated entries.

Claims

1. In a communication system network that includes a plurality of communication systems and a processing multiplexer, wherein each of the plurality of communication systems includes a processing multiplexer interface means for interfacing with the processing multiplexer, a plurality of signal sources, and a plurality of destinations, wherein the processing multiplexer includes system data database means for storing information pertaining to communication system configuration data, and wherein the system data database means has a predetermined number of entries, a method for entering the information pertaining to the system configuration data into the system data database means, the method comprises the steps of:

a) querying the processing multiplexer interface means of at least one of the plurality of communication systems for the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of the at least one of the plurality of communication systems;

b) receiving the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data from the processing multiplexer interface means;

c) querying the processing multiplexer interface means of the at least one of the plurality of communication systems for number of entries in the system data database means that are required for the at least one of the plurality of communication systems to produce a requested number of entries;

d) when the system data database means has at least the requested number of entries available, allocating the requested number of entries in the system data database means for the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of the at least one of the plurality of communication systems to produce allocated entries; and

e) entering the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data into the allocated entries.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises updating the system data database means with new information pertaining to communication system configuration data of a particular signal destination of the at least some of the plurality of signal destinations when the communication system configuration data of the particular signal destination changes.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprises verifying that the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of each of the at least some of the plurality of signal destinations entered into the allocated entries of the system data database means is the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of each of the at least some of the plurality of signal destinations received.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprises requerying the processing multiplexer interface means when the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of each of the at least some of the plurality of signal destinations entered into the allocated entries of the system data database means does not substantially match the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of each of the at least some of the plurality of signal destinations received.

5. In a communication system network that includes a plurality of communication systems and a processing multiplexer, wherein each of the plurality of communication systems includes a processing multiplexer interface and a plurality of signal destinations, wherein the processing multiplexer includes a plurality of communication system interfaces, wherein each communication system interface includes a destination database wherein each of the plurality of communication systems is operably coupled to at least two communication system interfaces, and wherein each of the destination databases has as predetermined number of entries, a method for entering information pertaining to communication system configuration data into a destination database, the method comprises the steps of:

a) querying, by an active communication system interface, the processing multiplexer interface of a communication system that the active communication system interface is operably coupled to for the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of the communication system;

b) receiving the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data from the processing multiplexer interface to produce received information;

c) querying the processing multiplexer interface of the communication system for number of entries in the destination database that are required for the received information to produce a requested number of entries;

d) when the destination database of the active communication system interface and when the destination database of the active communication system interface and when the destination database of a backup communication system interface that is operably coupled to the communication system each have at least the requested number of entries available, allocating entries in the destination database of the active communication system interface and entries in the destination database of the backup communication system interface for for the communication system configuration data of the communication system to produce allocated entries;

storing the received information into the allocated entries of the destination database of the active communication system interface and of the destination database of the backup communication system interface

f) comparing the received information stored in the destination database of the active communication system interface with the received information stored in the destination database of the backup communication system interface; and

g) when the received information stored in the destination database of the active communication system interface does not substantially match the received information stored in the destination database of the backup communication system interface, requerying, by the active communication system interface, the processing multiplexer interface of the communication system for the information pertaining to the communication system configuration data of the communication system.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprises updating the destination database with new information pertaining to communication system configuration data of a particular signal destination when the communication system configuration data of the particular signal destination changes.