Fault diagnosis method and apparatus

• US 9,521,569 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2014
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• 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: Qiu, Jianjun, Wu, Peng, Li, Ying
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Jung
• Application Number:
  US14/567,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20150092565A1
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0631 using root cause analysis; using analysis of correlation between notifications, alarms or events based on decision criteria, e.g. hierarchy, tree or time analysis
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5067 Customer-centric QoS measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a fault diagnosis method and apparatus. A service in the fault diagnosis method relates to at least one user, and the fault diagnosis method includes: determining whether a terminal of each user allows performing fault diagnosis for the service; and performing fault diagnosis for the service if the terminal of each user allows performing fault diagnosis for the service. In the embodiments of the present invention, fault diagnosis for the user related service cannot be performed unless allowed by a user terminal or allowed by both the user terminal and a system side. Thereby, it is ensured that fault diagnosis is performed in a secure environment, which better complies with security laws and regulations.

Claims

1. A fault diagnosis method, wherein a service diagnosed by a fault diagnosis apparatus relates to at least one user, and the method comprises:

determining, by the fault diagnosis apparatus, whether a terminal of each user allows performing fault diagnosis for the service;

sending, by the fault diagnosis apparatus, an authorization request to any terminal determined to not allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service; and

performing the fault diagnosis for the service when all of the terminals allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before performing the fault diagnosis for the service, the method further comprises:

determining that a system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the terminal of each user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service, the performing the fault diagnosis for the service comprises:

performing the fault diagnosis for the service when both the terminal of each user and the system side allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining that the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service of each user comprises:

determining, through a system-side authority list, that the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service of each user, wherein the system-side authority list comprises at least an identifier of each user, a service of each user, and information about whether the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for each service of the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether the terminal of each user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service comprises:

determining, through information fed back by the terminal of each user, that the terminal of the user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining, through the information fed back by the terminal of each user that the terminal of the user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service comprises:

when the terminal of each user dials a specific dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) number,

determining that the terminal of each user allows the performing fault diagnosis for the service.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining, through the information fed back by the terminal of each user that the terminal of the user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service comprises:

when the terminal of each user dials a specific operation and maintenance number, determining that the terminal of each user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining, through the information fed back by the terminal of each user that the terminal of the user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service comprises:

when the terminal of each user holds a call for a specified duration, determining that the terminal of each user allows performing fault diagnosis for the service.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing fault diagnosis for the service comprises:

performing fault diagnosis for the service in a current or a next service process.

10. A fault diagnosis apparatus, wherein a service diagnosed by the apparatus relates to at least one user, the apparatus comprising:

a processor and a memory coupled to the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to

determine, through a system-side authority list, that the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service of each user, wherein the system-side authority list comprises at least an identifier of each user, a service of each user and information about whether the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for each service of the user; and

perform the fault diagnosis for the service after determining that the terminal of each user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein:

the processor performs the fault diagnosis for the service after the processor determines that both the terminal of each user and the system side allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine, through information fed back by the terminal of each user, that the terminal of the user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to determine that the terminal of each user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service, based on one of the following situations:

(a) when the terminal of each user dials a specific dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) number,

(b) when the terminal of each user dials a specific operation and maintenance number, and

(c) when the terminal of each user holds a call for a specified duration.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a sender, configured to, when the terminal of any user does not allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service, send an authorization request to the terminal of the any user to request to allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service;

wherein

the processor is configured to;

perform the fault diagnosis for the service after it is determined that the terminal of the any user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to:

perform fault diagnosis for the service in a current or a next service process.

16. A fault diagnosis apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, wherein a service diagnosed by the fault diagnosis apparatus relates to at least one user,

the memory is configured to store executable code for implementing:

determining whether a terminal of each user allows performing fault diagnosis for the service;

sending an authorization request to any terminal determined to not allow performing the fault diagnosis for the service; and

performing the fault diagnosis for the service when the terminal of each user allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service; and

the processor is configured to execute the codes stored by the memory.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16,

the memory is configured to store executable code for implementing:

determining that a system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service, before performing the fault diagnosis for the service.

18. The method according to claim 17,

wherein determining that the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service of each user comprises:

determining, through a system-side authority list, that the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for the service of each user, wherein the system-side authority list comprises at least an identifier of each user, a service of each user, and information about whether the system side allows performing the fault diagnosis for each service of the user.