Communication network infrastructure operation management system

Abstract

The invention discloses a communication network infrastructure operation management system, and relates to the technical field of intelligent operation and maintenance. The system comprises an intelligent distribution frame array, a network controller and a display device, each port of a distribution frame is integrated with a port state sensing device which is used for sensing jumper access and generating a state signal, the network controller is used for comparing the state signal with pre-stored or received preset work order information in real time, and the display device is used for displaying the state signal. And the display device is used for carrying out visual display or alarm indication on the port connection state in real time according to the judgment result, so that automatic and real-time sensing and intelligent judgment on the port connection state of the distribution frame can be realized, and compliance verification can be carried out on actual connection and a work order. And real-time feedback is carried out in a field and remote mode, so that manual recording errors are effectively avoided, the automation level, the intelligence level and the reliability of operation and maintenance management are improved, and practical application and popularization are facilitated.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of intelligent operation and maintenance, and particularly relates to a communication network infrastructure operation and management system. BACKGROUND

[0002] The communication network infrastructure refers to various wiring facilities, cables and supporting equipment used in the entire communication system, including but not limited to various optical distribution frames (ODF), network data distribution frames (NDF), digital distribution frames (DDF), voice distribution frames (VDF), and corresponding optical fiber jumpers, copper cable jumpers, modules, panels and accessories, etc., and is the physical basis supporting the stable operation of the entire communication system. Its scale is huge and the connection relationship is complex, so it needs to be frequently replaced with equipment and connected with lines in daily operation and maintenance.

[0003] At present, the operation and management of the communication network infrastructure is generally in a manual or semi-manual state. The mainstream approach is to rely on the on-site records of operation and maintenance personnel, and then to input and maintain information through a simple electronic form (such as Excel). The foregoing management mode inevitably has the following inherent defects: (1) Poor recording reliability, i.e. completely relying on manual operation, which is prone to human errors such as omission and mistake; (2) Weak real-time state, i.e. the records of the electronic form are static and lagging, which cannot reflect the real-time changes of the connection state of the infrastructure. When changes occur, if the records are not updated in time or accurately, the system account will quickly deviate from the actual physical state; (3) Difficult operation and maintenance tracing, i.e. especially after the management personnel change or after a long time, the old records are difficult to verify, resulting in a lack of reliable historical basis for operation and maintenance, and low efficiency of fault positioning and recovery; (4) Uncontrollable compliance, i.e. lacking effective technical means to check and alarm whether the operation and maintenance (such as jumper plugging) conforms to the established plan or work order in real time, which may cause misoperation and even major losses such as network interruption.

[0004] Therefore, how to provide an intelligent management system capable of automatically, real-timely and accurately monitoring the connection state of the communication network infrastructure, and automatically checking and alarming the compliance of the operation and maintenance, is a subject that the technical personnel in the field need to research. SUMMARY

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to provide a communication network infrastructure operation and management system to solve the problems of poor record reliability, weak real-time status, difficulty in operation and maintenance traceability, and / or inability to control compliance in existing communication network infrastructure operation and management schemes.

[0006] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention adopts the following technical solution: This invention provides a communication network infrastructure operation and management system, comprising: The intelligent patch panel array consists of at least one type of electronic patch panel, wherein each port of the electronic patch panel is integrated with a port status sensing device for real-time sensing of whether a jumper is connected to the corresponding port and generating a port connection status signal. The network controller is communicatively connected to the port status sensing device and is used to receive the port connection status signal from the port status sensing device in real time. Then, based on the receiving result, it obtains the connection status of each port in the intelligent patch panel array in real time, and determines whether the connection status of each port is legal in real time based on the pre-stored or preset work order information from the host computer, and obtains the port status legality determination result. The display device is communicatively connected to the network controller and is used to provide real-time visual display or alarm indication of the connection status of each port based on the port status validity determination result.

[0007] Based on the above-mentioned invention, a new intelligent management solution is provided that can automatically monitor the connection status of communication network infrastructure and automatically verify and alarm the compliance of operation and maintenance. This solution includes an intelligent patch panel array, a network controller, and a display device. Each port of the patch panel integrates a port status sensing device to sense patch cord connections and generate a status signal. The network controller compares the status signal with pre-stored or received preset work order information in real time to generate a port status legality judgment result. The display device provides a real-time visual display or alarm indication of the port connection status based on the judgment result. This enables automatic, real-time sensing and intelligent judgment of the patch panel port connection status, as well as compliance verification of actual connections against work orders, and immediate feedback through on-site and remote methods. This effectively avoids human error in recording, improves the automation, intelligence, and reliability of operation and maintenance management, and facilitates practical application and promotion.

[0008] In one possible design, the at least one type of electronic patch panel includes a copper electronic patch panel, a fiber optic electronic patch panel, a digital electronic patch panel, and / or a voice electronic patch panel.

[0009] In one possible design, the jumper includes conventional jumpers and / or smart jumpers, wherein the smart jumper refers to a jumper that integrates an identification unit or electrical connection feature on the basis of a conventional jumper to enable it to be identified by the port status sensing device or to interact with the port status sensing device.

[0010] In one possible design, when the patch cord includes a smart patch cord, the smart patch cord includes a port management smart patch cord for monitoring port occupancy status and / or a link management smart patch cord for monitoring and confirming the connection relationship between the two ends of the link.

[0011] In one possible design, when the smart patch cord includes a port management smart patch cord for monitoring port occupancy status, the port management smart patch cord is either a wired detection type port management smart patch cord or an electronic tag type port management smart patch cord. The specific structure of the wired detection type port management smart patch cord includes: in addition to the cable core of the conventional patch cord, two independent wires are additionally embedded. The two wires are connected to each other in the middle section / one end of the patch cord to form a detection loop, and the other end of the patch cord is led out as an electrical contact probe or a special multi-core connector for connection to the port of the electronic patch panel. The specific structure of the smart patch cord for port management using electronic tags includes: an additional contact electronic tag or a non-contact electronic tag embedded at one end of the patch cord; the contact electronic tag having two contact connection devices for connecting one-to-one with two contacts of the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel; the non-contact electronic tag having an electronic tag and antenna integrated on the patch cord end for wirelessly communicating with the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel.

[0012] In one possible design, when the smart patch cord includes a link management smart patch cord for monitoring and confirming the connection relationship between the two ends of the link, the link management smart patch cord is either a wired link management smart patch cord or a dual-label link management smart patch cord. The specific structure of the smart patch cord for wired link management includes: in addition to the cable core of the conventional patch cord, at least one independent detection wire is implanted. The detection wire extends along the patch cord and is led out at both ends of the patch cord as an electrical contact probe or a dedicated multi-core connector, so as to be connected to the ports of two different electronic patch panels respectively. The specific structure of the dual-tag type smart patch cord for link management includes: additionally implanted contact electronic tags or non-contact electronic tags at both ends of the patch cord; the contact electronic tag has two contact connection devices for connecting one-to-one with two contacts of the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel; the non-contact electronic tag has an electronic tag and antenna integrated on the patch cord end for wirelessly communicating with the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel.

[0013] In one possible design, the port status sensing device may be a micro-switch triggering device, an infrared switch triggering device, a contact electronic tag reader, or a non-contact electronic tag reader. The specific structure of the micro switch triggering device includes: a dust cover or trigger plate embedded in the port of the electronic patch panel, which is used to trigger the sensing that a jumper is connected to the port when the position changes due to the connection of the jumper. The specific structure of the infrared switch triggering device includes: an infrared sensing switch for sensing jumper wire access to / removal from the port of the electronic patch panel is installed near the port of the electronic patch panel. The specific structure of the contact electronic tag reading device includes: at least two contacts arranged at the port of the electronic patch panel for connecting to the contact connection device of the contact electronic tag embedded in the end of the patch cord when the patch cord end is connected to the port, and an electronic tag reader electrically connected to the contacts; The specific structure of the contactless electronic tag reading device includes: an electronic tag reader arranged at the port of the electronic patch panel for wireless communication with a contactless electronic tag embedded in the end of a jumper when the jumper end is connected to the port.

[0014] In one possible design, the display device includes at least one of the following: indicator lights and / or buzzers arranged at the ports of the electronic patch panel, a display and / or speaker arranged at the location of the intelligent patch panel array, a device for running user-end software, and a device for receiving emails and / or text messages, wherein the server hosting the user-end software is communicatively connected to the network controller, and the server sending the emails and / or text messages is communicatively connected to the network controller.

[0015] In one possible design, it also includes user-end software and a device identification unit, wherein the device identification unit is specifically a QR code affixed to the electronic patch panel or the port of the electronic patch panel; The user-end software has QR code generation and parsing functions, and is used to associate and identify physical devices with virtual objects in the management software by scanning the QR code.

[0016] In one possible design, the network controller is also used to automatically record change information to form an operation log when the connection status of each port changes.

[0017] The beneficial effects of the above scheme are: (1) This invention provides a new intelligent management solution that can automatically monitor the connection status of communication network infrastructure and automatically verify and alarm the compliance of operation and maintenance. The solution includes an intelligent patch panel array, a network controller and a display device. Each port of the patch panel is equipped with a port status sensing device to sense the patch cord connection and generate a status signal. The network controller compares the status signal with the pre-stored or received preset work order information in real time to generate a port status legality judgment result. The display device displays or alarms the port connection status in real time according to the judgment result. This enables automatic and real-time sensing and intelligent judgment of the patch panel port connection status, and enables compliance verification of the actual connection with the work order. It also provides real-time feedback through on-site and remote methods, effectively avoiding human error in recording and improving the automation, intelligence and reliability of operation and maintenance management. (2) It can be comprehensive and universal, that is, by covering all mainstream patch panel types such as ODF, DDF, VDF and NDF, it ensures that the system can manage the entire communication network infrastructure and achieve "centralized and intelligent management"; (3) It can realize the implementation path of refined management, that is, it supports conventional jumpers (to realize basic port status perception) and intelligent jumpers (to realize enhanced functions), making the system highly practical and scalable. It also defines two modes, "port management" and "link management", so that the system can perform basic port occupancy monitoring and accurate end-to-end link relationship confirmation, which meets the management needs in different scenarios. Through the specific structure of "wired detection type" and "electronic tag type" jumpers, a physical foundation for reliable perception, accurate identification and automatic data recording can be built. In particular, the link type jumper is an indispensable component for realizing "automatic recording of jumpers" and "confirmation of connection relationship between two ends". (4) It can achieve reliable and diverse sensing capabilities, providing four specific sensing device solutions: mechanical (micro switch), photoelectric (infrared), and identification (contact / non-contact tag reading). This ensures that the system can work reliably under different cost, accuracy, and environmental requirements, avoiding the failure risk that may exist with a single solution. (5) It can achieve complete coverage of feedback channels, that is, the display device is concretized into port LED, on-site sound and light, user terminal software interface, email / SMS, which fully covers the multi-level and multi-channel real-time feedback effect of "on-site sound, port indicator light, control equipment display, user terminal software and email and even SMS to notify management personnel"; (6) It can realize convenient operation and maintenance and digital management. That is, through the "QR code generation and recognition" function, a bridge is built between physical equipment and digital information, which greatly facilitates the on-site operation and maintenance personnel to find, identify and verify equipment and improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance. (7) It has traceability and auditing capabilities, namely the function of the network controller to "automatically record operation logs", which directly realizes the core advantages of "automatic recording of all jumpers" and "querying operation logs", providing a data foundation for fault tracing, responsibility auditing and operation and maintenance analysis, and facilitating practical application and promotion. Attached Figure Description

[0018] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the communication network infrastructure operation and management system provided in an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0020] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the present invention will be briefly introduced below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and descriptions of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the following description of the structure of the accompanying drawings is only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other embodiments can be obtained based on these embodiments without creative effort. It should be noted that the description of these embodiments is for the purpose of helping to understand the present invention, but does not constitute a limitation of the present invention.

[0021] It should be understood that although the terms "first" and "second", etc., may be used herein to describe various objects, these objects should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one object from another. For example, the first object may be referred to as the second object, and similarly, the second object may be referred to as the first object, without departing from the scope of the exemplary embodiments of the invention.

[0022] It should be understood that the term "and / or" that may appear in this document is merely a description of the relationship between related objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, B exists alone, or A and B exist simultaneously. Another example is A, B and / or C, which can mean that any one of A, B, and C or any combination thereof exists. The term " / and" that may appear in this document describes another relationship between related objects, indicating that two relationships can exist. For example, A / and B can mean: A exists alone or A and B exist simultaneously. In addition, the character " / " that may appear in this document generally indicates that the related objects before and after it are in an "or" relationship.

[0023] Example like Figure 1 As shown, the communication network infrastructure operation and management system provided in this embodiment includes, but is not limited to, intelligent patch panel arrays, network controllers, and display devices.

[0024] The intelligent patch panel array comprises at least one type of electronic patch panel, wherein each port of the electronic patch panel integrates a port status sensing device for real-time detection of whether a patch cord is connected to the corresponding port and for generating a port connection status signal. The intelligent patch panel array and the patch cords are important components of communication network infrastructure. The at least one type of electronic patch panel includes, but is not limited to, copper cable electronic patch panels (e.g., copper cable intelligent patch panel iNDF), fiber optic electronic patch panels (e.g., fiber optic cable intelligent patch panel iODF), digital electronic patch panels (e.g., digital intelligent patch panel iDDF), and / or voice electronic patch panels (e.g., voice intelligent patch panel iVDF). These aforementioned electronic patch panels are existing structures, typically with 24 ports; therefore, the port status sensing device needs to be integrated into each of these 24 ports.

[0025] The patch cords include, but are not limited to, conventional patch cords and / or smart patch cords. The conventional patch cords may be, but are not limited to, conventional copper cable patch cords or conventional fiber optic patch cords. The smart patch cords are patch cords that integrate an identification unit or electrical connection features to enable them to be recognized by the port status sensing device or to interact with the port status sensing device. To ensure compatibility between port-based management and / or link-based management methods in this embodiment, preferably, the smart patch cords include, but are not limited to, smart patch cords for port management used to monitor port occupancy status and / or smart patch cords for link management used to monitor and confirm the connection relationship between the two ends of a link. Furthermore, different electronic patch panel ports require corresponding appropriate patch cords; for example, such as... Figure 1As shown: For copper electronic distribution frames, their ports can only connect to conventional copper patch cords or intelligent patch cords derived from conventional copper patch cords (which can also be called intelligent copper patch cords); for fiber optic electronic distribution frames, their ports can only connect to conventional fiber optic patch cords or intelligent patch cords derived from conventional fiber optic patch cords (which can also be called intelligent fiber optic patch cords); for digital electronic distribution frames, their ports can only connect to conventional digital copper patch cords; for voice electronic distribution frames, their ports can only connect to conventional voice copper patch cords.

[0026] Specifically, the intelligent patch cord for port management can be, but is not limited to, a wired detection type intelligent patch cord for port management or an electronic tag type intelligent patch cord for port management. The specific structure of the wired detection type intelligent patch cord for port management includes, but is not limited to, the following: In addition to the cable core of a conventional patch cord (e.g., a conventional copper cable patch cord or a conventional fiber optic patch cord), two independent conductors (e.g., two-core copper wires) are additionally embedded. These two conductors are connected to each other at the middle / one end of the patch cord to form a detection loop (preferably connected in series with an LED indicator to illuminate when the port is accessed). At the other end of the patch cord, an electrical contact probe (e.g., a dual probe connected one-to-one with the aforementioned two conductors) or a dedicated multi-core connector (e.g., a 10-core RJ48 connector) is led out. The electronic patch cord (with a crystal head) is used to connect to the port of the electronic patch panel; the specific structure of the electronic tag type port management smart patch cord includes, but is not limited to: an additional contact electronic tag or non-contact electronic tag embedded at one end of the patch cord; the contact electronic tag has two contact connection devices for connecting one-to-one with two contacts of the port status sensing device located on the port (i.e., these two contacts are located on the port and belong to the port status sensing device) when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel; the non-contact electronic tag has an electronic tag and antenna integrated on the patch cord end for wireless communication with the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel. The aforementioned contact-type electronic tag design enables the port status sensing device to achieve wired communication with the electronic tag through a contact connection when the jumper end is connected to the port, thereby completing tag identification and jumper end identification tasks through conventional electronic tag reading methods. Conversely, the aforementioned contactless electronic tag design enables the port status sensing device to achieve wireless communication with the electronic tag through the antenna when the jumper end is connected to the port, thereby completing tag identification and jumper end identification tasks through conventional electronic tag reading methods.

[0027] Specifically, the smart patch cord for link management can be, but is not limited to, a wired smart patch cord for link management or a dual-label smart patch cord for link management. The specific structure of the wired smart patch cord for link management includes, but is not limited to, having at least one independent detection wire (e.g., 1-core or 2-core copper wire) embedded outside the cable core of a conventional patch cord (e.g., a conventional copper cable patch cord or a conventional fiber optic patch cord). This detection wire extends along the patch cord and extends out at both ends as an electrical contact probe or a dedicated multi-core connector (e.g., a 10-core RJ48 crystal head) to connect to two different electronic patch panels (e.g., [missing information]). Figure 1 The ports shown are for horizontal link type copper cable electronic distribution frame and equipment-end link type copper cable electronic distribution frame (or horizontal link type fiber optic electronic distribution frame and equipment-end link type fiber optic electronic distribution frame); the specific structure of the dual-tag type link management smart patch cord includes, but is not limited to: additionally implanted contact electronic tags or non-contact electronic tags at both ends of the patch cord; the contact electronic tag has two contact connection devices for connecting one-to-one with two contacts of the port status sensing device located on the port (i.e., these two contacts are located on the port and belong to the port status sensing device) when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic distribution frame; the non-contact electronic tag has an electronic tag and antenna integrated on the patch cord end for wireless communication with the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic distribution frame. The aforementioned contact-type electronic tag design allows the port status sensing device to achieve wired communication with the electronic tag via a contact connection when the jumper end is connected to the port, thereby completing tag identification and jumper end identification tasks through conventional electronic tag reading methods. Similarly, the aforementioned contactless electronic tag design allows the port status sensing device to achieve wireless communication with the electronic tag via the antenna when the jumper end is connected to the port, thereby completing tag identification and jumper end identification tasks through conventional electronic tag reading methods. Furthermore, the aforementioned contactless electronic tags include, but are not limited to, various UHF (Ultra High Frequency) memory chips, typically RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

[0028] Specifically, the port status sensing device may, but is not limited to, employ a micro switch triggering device, an infrared switch triggering device, a contact RFID reader, or a contactless RFID reader. The specific structure of the micro switch triggering device includes, but is not limited to, a dust cover or trigger plate embedded in the port of the electronic patch panel to trigger the sensing of a jumper connection when the jumper is connected to the port due to a change in position. The specific structure of the infrared switch triggering device includes, but is not limited to, an infrared sensor switch positioned near the port of the electronic patch panel to sense jumper connection / removal. The specific structure of the contact RFID reader includes, but is not limited to, at least two contacts arranged in the port of the electronic patch panel for connecting to a contact RFID tag embedded in the jumper end when the jumper is connected to the port, and an RFID reader electrically connected to the contacts. The specific structure of the contactless RFID reader includes, but is not limited to, an RFID reader (e.g., an RFID reader) arranged in the port of the electronic patch panel for wireless communication with a contactless RFID tag embedded in the jumper end when the jumper is connected to the port.

[0029] The network controller is communicatively connected to the port status sensing device and is used to receive port connection status signals from the port status sensing device in real time. Then, based on the received signals, it acquires the connection status of each port in the intelligent patch panel array in real time and, based on pre-stored or preset work order information from the host computer, determines in real time whether the connection status of each port is valid, thus obtaining a port status validity determination result. The specific method for determining the validity of the connection status of each port is a conventional comparison method; for example, if the connection status of a port is inconsistent with the connection requirements in the preset work order information, it is determined to be an invalid status; otherwise, it is determined to be a valid status. Furthermore, to generate an operation log for future historical review, preferably, the network controller is also used to automatically record changes in the connection status of each port to form an operation log.

[0030] The display device, communicatively connected to the network controller, is used to visually display or alarm the connection status of each port in real time based on the port status validity determination result. Specifically, the display device includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following devices: indicator lights (e.g., LEDs) and / or buzzers located on the ports of the electronic patch panel; a display and / or speaker located at the site of the intelligent patch panel array; a device running user-end software (e.g., a smartphone or tablet); and a device receiving email and / or SMS messages (e.g., a smartphone or tablet). The server hosting the user-end software is communicatively connected to the network controller, and the server sending the email and / or SMS messages is communicatively connected to the network controller. Through the aforementioned indicator lights and buzzers or the aforementioned display and speaker, when the connection status of a port is determined to be illegal, an on-site audible and visual alarm can be triggered to alert the wiring personnel. More details, such as... Figure 1 As shown, the server hosting the user-end software (which can act as a host computer to issue the preset work order information and also receive and store the operation logs from the network controller) and the sending server can, but are not limited to, communicate and connect to different network controllers via an Ethernet switch. Furthermore, the communication network infrastructure operation management system also includes, but is not limited to, user-end software (which can enable users to remotely access the server via the HTTP protocol) and device identification units. Specifically, the device identification unit is a QR code affixed to the electronic patch panel or its port (this QR code can also be affixed to other devices requiring management, such as the port of an Ethernet switch). The user-end software has QR code generation and parsing functions and is used to associate and identify physical devices (e.g., electronic patch panels, electronic patch panel ports, and patch cords) with virtual objects (e.g., virtual symbols for electronic patch panels, electronic patch panel ports, and patch cords) in the management software by scanning the QR code.

[0031] In summary, the communication network infrastructure operation and management system provided in this embodiment has the following technical effects: (1) This embodiment provides a new intelligent management solution that can automatically monitor the connection status of communication network infrastructure and automatically verify and alarm the compliance of operation and maintenance. It includes an intelligent patch panel array, a network controller and a display device. Each port of the patch panel is equipped with a port status sensing device to sense the patch cord connection and generate a status signal. The network controller compares the status signal with the pre-stored or received preset work order information in real time to generate a port status legality judgment result. The display device displays or alarms the port connection status in real time according to the judgment result. Thus, it can realize automatic and real-time sensing and intelligent judgment of the patch panel port connection status, and can verify the compliance of the actual connection with the work order, and provide real-time feedback through on-site and remote means, effectively avoiding human recording errors and improving the automation, intelligence and reliability of operation and maintenance management. (2) It can be comprehensive and universal, that is, by covering all mainstream patch panel types such as ODF, DDF, VDF and NDF, it ensures that the system can manage the entire communication network infrastructure and achieve "centralized and intelligent management"; (3) It can realize the implementation path of refined management, that is, it supports conventional jumpers (to realize basic port status perception) and intelligent jumpers (to realize enhanced functions), making the system highly practical and scalable. It also defines two modes, "port management" and "link management", so that the system can perform basic port occupancy monitoring and accurate end-to-end link relationship confirmation, which meets the management needs in different scenarios. Through the specific structure of "wired detection type" and "electronic tag type" jumpers, a physical foundation for reliable perception, accurate identification and automatic data recording can be built. In particular, the link type jumper is an indispensable component for realizing "automatic recording of jumpers" and "confirmation of connection relationship between two ends". (4) It can achieve reliable and diverse sensing capabilities, providing four specific sensing device solutions: mechanical (micro switch), photoelectric (infrared), and identification (contact / non-contact tag reading). This ensures that the system can work reliably under different cost, accuracy, and environmental requirements, avoiding the failure risk that may exist with a single solution. (5) It can achieve complete coverage of feedback channels, that is, the display device is concretized into port LED, on-site sound and light, user terminal software interface, email / SMS, which fully covers the multi-level and multi-channel real-time feedback effect of "on-site sound, port indicator light, control equipment display, user terminal software and email and even SMS to notify management personnel"; (6) It can realize convenient operation and maintenance and digital management. That is, through the "QR code generation and recognition" function, a bridge is built between physical equipment and digital information, which greatly facilitates the on-site operation and maintenance personnel to find, identify and verify equipment and improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance. (7) It has traceability and auditing capabilities, namely the function of the network controller to "automatically record operation logs", which directly realizes the core advantages of "automatic recording of all jumpers" and "querying operation logs", providing a data foundation for fault tracing, responsibility auditing and operation and maintenance analysis, and facilitating practical application and promotion.

[0032] Finally, it should be noted that the above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A communication network infrastructure operation and management system, characterized in that, Including: The intelligent patch panel array consists of at least one type of electronic patch panel, wherein each port of the electronic patch panel is integrated with a port status sensing device for real-time sensing of whether a jumper is connected to the corresponding port and generating a port connection status signal. The network controller is communicatively connected to the port status sensing device and is used to receive the port connection status signal from the port status sensing device in real time. Then, based on the receiving result, it obtains the connection status of each port in the intelligent patch panel array in real time, and determines whether the connection status of each port is legal in real time based on the pre-stored or preset work order information from the host computer, and obtains the port status legality determination result. The display device is communicatively connected to the network controller and is used to provide real-time visual display or alarm indication of the connection status of each port based on the port status validity determination result.

2. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The at least one type of electronic patch panel includes copper cable electronic patch panels, fiber optic electronic patch panels, digital electronic patch panels, and / or voice electronic patch panels.

3. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The jumper includes conventional jumpers and / or smart jumpers. The smart jumper refers to a jumper that integrates an identification unit or electrical connection feature on the basis of a conventional jumper so that it can be identified by the port status sensing device or interact with the port status sensing device.

4. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 3, characterized in that, When the jumper includes a smart jumper, the smart jumper includes a port management smart jumper for monitoring port occupancy status and / or a link management smart jumper for monitoring and confirming the connection relationship between the two ends of the link.

5. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 4, characterized in that, When the smart patch cord includes a port management smart patch cord for monitoring port occupancy status, the port management smart patch cord is either a wired detection type port management smart patch cord or an electronic tag type port management smart patch cord; The specific structure of the wired detection type port management smart patch cord includes: in addition to the cable core of the conventional patch cord, two independent wires are additionally embedded. The two wires are connected to each other in the middle section / one end of the patch cord to form a detection loop, and the other end of the patch cord is led out as an electrical contact probe or a special multi-core connector for connection to the port of the electronic patch panel. The specific structure of the smart patch cord for port management using electronic tags includes: an additional contact electronic tag or a non-contact electronic tag embedded at one end of the patch cord; the contact electronic tag having two contact connection devices for connecting one-to-one with two contacts of the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel; the non-contact electronic tag having an electronic tag and antenna integrated on the patch cord end for wirelessly communicating with the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel.

6. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 4, characterized in that, When the smart patch cord includes a link management smart patch cord for monitoring and confirming the connection relationship between the two ends of the link, the link management smart patch cord is a wired link management smart patch cord or a dual-label link management smart patch cord. The specific structure of the smart patch cord for wired link management includes: in addition to the cable core of the conventional patch cord, at least one independent detection wire is implanted. The detection wire extends along the patch cord and is led out at both ends of the patch cord as an electrical contact probe or a dedicated multi-core connector, so as to be connected to the ports of two different electronic patch panels respectively. The specific structure of the dual-tag type smart patch cord for link management includes: additionally implanted contact electronic tags or non-contact electronic tags at both ends of the patch cord; the contact electronic tag has two contact connection devices for connecting one-to-one with two contacts of the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel; the non-contact electronic tag has an electronic tag and antenna integrated on the patch cord end for wirelessly communicating with the port status sensing device located on the port when the patch cord end is connected to the port of the electronic patch panel.

7. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The port status sensing device adopts a micro switch triggering device, an infrared switch triggering device, a contact electronic tag reading device, or a non-contact electronic tag reading device. The specific structure of the micro switch triggering device includes: a dust cover or trigger plate embedded in the port of the electronic patch panel, which is used to trigger the sensing that a jumper is connected to the port when the position changes due to the connection of the jumper. The specific structure of the infrared switch triggering device includes: an infrared sensing switch for sensing jumper wire access to / removal from the port of the electronic patch panel is installed near the port of the electronic patch panel. The specific structure of the contact electronic tag reading device includes: at least two contacts arranged at the port of the electronic patch panel for connecting to the contact connection device of the contact electronic tag embedded in the end of the patch cord when the patch cord end is connected to the port, and an electronic tag reader electrically connected to the contacts; The specific structure of the contactless electronic tag reading device includes: an electronic tag reader arranged at the port of the electronic patch panel for wireless communication with a contactless electronic tag embedded in the end of a jumper when the jumper end is connected to the port.

8. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The display device includes at least one of the following: indicator lights and / or buzzers arranged at the ports of the electronic patch panel, a display and / or speaker arranged at the location of the intelligent patch panel array, a device for running user-end software, and a device for receiving emails and / or text messages, wherein the server hosting the user-end software is communicatively connected to the network controller, and the server sending the emails and / or text messages is communicatively connected to the network controller.

9. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 1, characterized in that, It also includes user-end software and a device identification unit, wherein the device identification unit is specifically a QR code affixed to the electronic patch panel or the port of the electronic patch panel; The user-end software has QR code generation and parsing functions, and is used to associate and identify physical devices with virtual objects in the management software by scanning the QR code.

10. The communication network infrastructure operation and management system as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The network controller is also used to automatically record change information to form an operation log when the connection status of each port changes.

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