Method and apparatus for data configuration in communication device

• US 7,814,178 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2003
• Issued: 10/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Yufang
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin; Kyung-Hye
• Application Number:
  US10/557,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20070118570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,477 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/223, 709/250, 707/201, 705/28
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for data configuration in a communication device, comprising the following steps of: a) the configuration data centralized unit filtering its internal data, so as to obtain the data to be configured for each configuration data distributed unit; b) the configuration data centralized unit sending said obtained data to each corresponding configuration data distributed unit; c) each configuration data distributed unit making the received data come into effect in it. An apparatus for data configuration of the present invention comprises a configuration data centralized unit and configuration data distributed units, wherein the configuration data centralized unit comprises a filtering sub-module, and one said configuration data distributed unit comprises an adaptation sub-module. During data configuration, the present invention utilizes filtering and adaptation, which leads to little modification to the existing systems and simple and flexible implementation, and significantly reduced redundant data volume for configuration.

Claims

1. A method for data configuration in a communication device, said communication device comprising a configuration data centralized unit and a plurality of configuration data distributed units, wherein said method comprises the following steps of:

the configuration data centralized unit filtering internal data therein according to attributes of data tables respectively reported by the plurality of configuration data distributed units, so as to obtain data to be configured for corresponding configuration data distributed unit;

the configuration data centralized unit sending said obtained data respectively to the corresponding configuration data distributed unit;

the configuration data distributed unit receiving the obtained data from the configuration data centralized unit, wherein the obtained data contains the data table records to be synchronized;

if the data table contains all records of the corresponding data table in the configuration data centralized unit, the configuration data distributed unit extracting the content of data table records directly from the obtained data, and configuring the configuration data distributed unit; and

if the data table contains part of records of the corresponding data table in the configuration data centralized unit, the configuration data distributed unit adapting and converting the data table records into records for the configuration data distributed unit, and making the converted data record into effect.

2. The method for data configuration according to claim 1, wherein during startup of the configuration data distributed units, the configuration data centralized unit filtering internal data therein according to attributes of data tables respectively reported by the plurality of configuration data distributed units comprises the following steps of:

each configuration data distributed unit reporting the attributes of data table of a service module where the configuration data distributed unit is to the configuration data centralized unit;

the configuration data centralized unit filtering its internal data according to the attributes of data table reported from each configuration data distributed unit, so as to obtain the data to be configured for corresponding configuration data distributed unit.

3. The method for data configuration according to claim 1, wherein when the configuration data centralized unit initiates a data manipulation, the configuration data centralized unit filtering internal data therein according to attributes of data tables respectively reported by the plurality of configuration data distributed units comprises the following steps of:

the configuration data centralized unit performing the data manipulation;

the configuration data centralized unit filtering its internal data according to the attributes of data tables involved in the data manipulation, so as to obtain the data to be configured for each corresponding configuration data distributed unit.

4. The method for data configuration according to claim 1, wherein when a configuration data distributed unit initiates a data manipulation, the configuration data centralized unit filtering internal data therein according to attributes of data tables respectively reported by the plurality of configuration data distributed units comprises the following steps of:

the configuration data distributed unit performing the data manipulation;

the configuration data distributed unit adapting and converting the data involved in the data manipulation into the data for the configuration data centralized unit, and then reporting the adapted and converted data to the configuration data centralized unit;

the configuration data centralized unit obtaining the data reported from the configuration data distributed unit, and performing the data manipulation;

the configuration data centralized unit filtering its internal data according to the attributes of data tables involved in the data manipulation, so as to obtain the data to be configured for the corresponding distributed unit.

5. The method for data configuration according to claim 1, further comprising the following step of:

sending a response message to the configuration data centralized unit after each configuration data distributed unit completes the data configuration.

6. The method for data configuration according to claim 4, wherein said adaptation and conversion is implemented with the following steps of:

pre-establishing a data record correspondence table;

searching in said data record correspondence table, and performing a bidirectional data conversion between the configuration data centralized unit and each configuration data distributed unit.

7. The method for data configuration according to claim 3, wherein the configuration data centralized unit filtering its internal data according to the attributes of data tables involved in the data manipulation further comprises a step of determining whether to configure data for each distributed unit:

if the data obtained by filtering is distributed in a distributed unit, configuring data for the corresponding distributed unit;

if the data obtained by filtering is not distributed in a distributed unit, not configuring data for the corresponding distributed unit.

8. The method for data configuration according to claim 1, wherein the configuration data distributed unit adapting and converting the data table records into records for the configuration data distributed unit comprise:

pre-establishing a data record correspondence table in the configuration data distributed unit; and

the configuration data distributed unit adapting and converting the data table records of the configuration data centralized unit into data records of the distributed unit by searching in the pre-established data record correspondence table.

9. The method for data configuration according to claim 1, wherein the obtained data received by the configuration data distributed unit is the configuration data information packets, which contains the data table records to be synchronized.

10. A method for data configuration in a communication device, said communication device comprising a configuration data centralized unit and a plurality of configuration data distributed units, wherein said method comprises the following steps of:

receiving, by the configuration data centralized unit, attributes of data table reported from each configuration data distributed unit;

filtering, by the configuration data centralized unit, its internal data according to the attributes of data table reported from each configuration data distributed unit, so as to obtain the data to be configured for each corresponding distributed unit;

sending, by the configuration data centralized unit, said obtained data to each corresponding configuration data distributed unit;

receiving, by the configuration data distributed unit, the obtained data from the configuration data centralized unit, wherein the obtained data contains the data table records to be synchronized;

extracting, by the configuration data distributed unit, the content of data table records directly from the obtained data if the data table contains all records of the corresponding data table in the configuration data centralized unit, and configuring the configuration data distributed unit; and

adapting and converting, by the configuration data distributed unit, the data table records into records for the configuration data distributed unit if the data table contains part of records of the corresponding data table in the configuration data centralized unit, and making the adapted and converted data into effect.

11. The method for data configuration according to claim 10, wherein the attributes of data table are of a service module where the distributed unit is.

12. The method for data configuration according to claim 10, wherein when the configuration data centralized unit initiates a data manipulation, the method further comprises the following steps of:

performing, by the configuration data centralized unit, the data manipulation; and

filtering, by the configuration data centralized unit, its internal data according to the attributes of data tables involved in the data manipulation, so as to obtain the data to be configured for each corresponding configuration data distributed unit.

13. The method for data configuration according to claim 10, wherein when a configuration data distributed unit initiates a data manipulation, the method further comprises the following steps of:

performing, by the configuration data distributed unit, the data manipulation;

adapting and converting, by the configuration data distributed unit, the data involved in the data manipulation into the data for the configuration data centralized unit, and then reporting the adapted and converted data to the configuration data centralized unit;

obtaining, by the configuration data centralized unit, the data reported from the configuration data distributed unit, and performing the data manipulation; and

filtering, by the configuration data centralized unit, its internal data according to the attributes of data table involved in the data manipulation, so as to obtain the data to be configured for the corresponding distributed unit.

14. The method for data configuration according to claim 10, wherein adapting and converting, by the configuration data distributed unit, the obtained data into its own data, comprise:

pre-establishing a data record correspondence table in the configuration data distributed unit; and

adapting and converting, by the configuration data distributed unit, the data table records of the configuration data centralized unit into data records of the distributed unit by searching in the pre-established data record correspondence table.

15. The method for data configuration according to claim 10, wherein the obtained data received by the configuration data distributed unit is the configuration data information packets, which contains the data table records to be synchronized.

16. An apparatus for data configuration, comprising a configuration data centralized unit and configuration data distributed units;

wherein said configuration data centralized unit comprises a memory configured to store data in the configuration data centralized unit, and a filtering sub-module, which is designed to filter the data in the configuration data centralized unit according to attributes of data tables reported from each configuration data distributed unit or attributes of data tables involved in data manipulation, so as to obtain the configuration data to be synchronized to each corresponding configuration data distributed unit; and

wherein one said configuration data distributed unit is configured to report attributes of data tables to the configuration data centralized unit, receive the obtained data from the configuration data centralized unit, wherein the obtained data contains the data table records to be synchronized, and comprises an adaptation sub-module, which is designed to adapt and convert the data table records into records for the configuration data distributed unit if the data table contains part of records of the corresponding data table in the configuration data centralized unit, and making the converted data record into effect;

the configuration data distributed unit extracting the content of data table records directly if the obtained data if the data table contains all records of the corresponding data table in the configuration data centralized unit, and configuring the configuration data distributed unit.

17. The apparatus for data configuration according to claim 16, wherein said configuration data centralized unit further comprises:

a message constructing and sending module, which is designed to construct a data manipulation synchronization packet or a configuration data packet and send the same to the configuration data distributed unit; and

a message receiving and processing module, which is designed to receive a data synchronization request packet, a data manipulation packet or a synchronization response packet sent from the configuration data distributed unit and perform a corresponding processing;

wherein one said configuration data distributed unit further comprises;

a message constructing and sending module, which is designed to construct the data synchronization request packet, the data manipulation packet or the synchronization response packet and send the same to the configuration data centralized unit; and

a message receiving and processing module, which is designed to receive the data manipulation synchronization packet or the configuration data packet sent from the configuration data centralized unit and perform a corresponding processing.

18. The apparatus for data configuration according to claim 16, wherein the obtained data received by the configuration data distributed unit is the configuration data information packets, which contains the data table records to be synchronized.