Management system and method for wireless communication network and associated graphic user interface

• US 8,549,406 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2007
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ground Hog Inc.
• Original Assignee: Groundhog Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Chiou, Ta Gang, Chang, Wei Ling, Tsai, Jung Lai, Wan, Yu Chun, Lin, Shu Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Sax, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fibbi, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US11/812,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20080109731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,300 Days
• Field of Search: 715/736, 715/738
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/147 for predicting network behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/149 for prediction of maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

A management system and method for a wireless communication network and an associated interface is provided. The management system provides a structure of data layers and a visualization design to upgrade the efficiency of network management. The management system includes a data generation module and a display module. The data module generates a plurality of data layers, which comprise at least a map layer, a network configuration layer, and an operation index layer. The network configuration layer comprises a configuration of the wireless communication network on the map layer. The operation index layer includes statistic values of an operation index of the wireless communication network under the configuration. The display module performs an overlap display of a plurality of selected layers from the data layers to show operation status of the wireless communication network.

Claims

1. A management system for a wireless communication network comprising:

a forecast module for generating a forecast value for a first operation index of at least a first network component of the wireless communication network during at least a forecast period; and

a display module, connected to the forecast module, for providing a graphic user interface which comprises a forecast table to show the forecast value;

wherein the forecast module determines whether to enable a warning function of the graphic user interface according to a comparison of the forecast value and a warning value;

wherein the forecast module generates the forecast value according to an initial prediction value and a total effect ratio, wherein the forecast module generates the initial prediction value by a time series prediction technique, and generates the total effect ratio according to a parent effect ratio, a son effect ratio and a neighbor effect ratio;

wherein the parent effect ratio is determined according to a variation of a first operation index of each parent network component of the first network component, the son effect ratio is determined according to a variation of a first operation index of each son network component of the first network component, and the neighbor effect ratio is determined according to a variation of a first operation index of each neighbor network component of the first network component.

2. The management system of claim 1, wherein the forecast table comprises a level-selecting field for selecting one of a plurality of levels of the wireless communication network, wherein the forecast table shows forecast values for the first operation index of a plurality of network components of the selected level during at least the forecast period.

3. The management system of claim 2, wherein the graphic user interface further comprises a network tree graph to display a tree structure of the network components of the levels.

4. The management system of claim 3, wherein an adjustment of the tree structure is performed by means of the network tree graph.

5. The management system of claim 1, wherein the graphic user interface further comprises a map for showing where a plurality of network components of the wireless communication network are located.

6. The management system of claim 1, wherein the graphic user interface further comprises a function window for showing the warning value.

7. The management system of claim 6, wherein the warning value is shown by a limit value of the first operation index and a percentage of the limit value.

8. The management system of claim 6, wherein the warning value is adjusted by means of the function window.

9. The management system of claim 6, wherein the function window further shows a formula for calculating the warning value.

10. The management system of claim 9, wherein the formula is determined according to at least a second operation index and at least a network parameter, wherein the network parameter is adjusted by means of the function window.

11. The management system of claim 9, wherein the formula is adjusted by means of the function window.

12. The management system of claim 6, wherein an adjustment for the wireless communication system is performed by means of the graphic user interface, wherein the adjustment is one of the following types:

rehome adjustment, warning value adjustment, formula adjustment, and parameter adjustment.

13. The management system of claim 12, wherein the forecast value and the warning value are selectively updated according to the adjustment.

14. The management system of claim 12, wherein the function window records a related information of the adjustment, wherein the related information comprises at least one of the following:

performing time, performing level, performed network component, adjustment type, former state and target state.

15. The management system of claim 12, wherein the forecast table shows a first forecast value and a second forecast value for the first operation index of the first network component during the forecast period, wherein the first forecast value and the second forecast value are respectively corresponding to a first set of adjustments and a second set of adjustments, both of which are performed not later than the forecast period.

16. A management method for a wireless communication network comprising:

generating a forecast value for an operation index of at least a network component of the wireless communication network during at least a forecast period;

providing a graphic user interface which comprises a forecast table to show the forecast value; and

determining whether to enable a warning function of the graphic user interface according to a comparison of the forecast value and a warning value;

wherein the forecast value is generated according to an initial prediction value and a total effect ratio, wherein the initial prediction value is generated by a time series prediction technique, and the total effect ratio is generated according to a parent effect ratio, a son effect ratio and a neighbor effect ratio;

wherein the parent effect ratio is determined according to a variation of an operation index of each parent network component of the at least a network component, the son effect ratio is determined according to a variation of an operation index of each son network component of the at least a network component, and the neighbor effect ratio is determined according to a variation of an operation index of each neighbor network component of the at least a network component.

17. The management method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying a tree structure of a plurality of network components of the wireless communication network by a network tree graph of the graphic user interface.

18. The management method of claim 16, further comprising:

showing where a plurality of network components of the wireless communication network are located by a map of the graphic user interface.