Access Server Device Domain Grouping for Memory Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing access server systems face memory occupancy issues and reduced capacity to manage communication devices due to the need for excessive human intervention in configuring and maintaining network device parameters, leading to slower access speeds and potential operation errors.
Innovation Solution
Grouping network devices into device domains with uniform communication attributes, allowing the access server to efficiently manage communication devices by determining device types and storing relevant attributes in a centralized table, reducing the need for manual parameter modifications and optimizing memory usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the AS configures communication parameters for each network device individually, then the network device can access the core layer, but the memory occupancy in the AS increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of multiple network devices by grouping them into device domains. Instead of maintaining separate CIB tables for each network device, the system creates a unified device domain structure that consolidates communication parameters. This combining approach reduces the total memory occupancy while preserving the ability to manage multiple devices through the shared domain framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The device domain structure serves multiple network devices simultaneously, making the CIB table universal rather than device-specific. The domain-level communication attributes can be applied to all network devices within that domain, allowing a single table structure to handle multiple devices' access management requirements without requiring separate dedicated tables for each device.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the AS allocates separate CIB tables for each communication device, then the access management is comprehensive, but the number of supported communication devices is limited
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple device-specific CIB tables into a single device domain structure, the system can support a larger number of communication devices. The unified domain table consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate tables, thereby increasing the overall capacity to manage devices while maintaining comprehensive access management for all devices within the domain.
Solution Approach 2:
The device domain creates a universal management structure that can accommodate multiple network devices simultaneously. This universal approach allows the AS to manage a broader quantity of devices through a single shared structure rather than being constrained by the need for separate dedicated tables for each device, thus increasing the supported device count while preserving comprehensive management capabilities.
3Manufacturing precision
If human operators perform second maintenance for network device parameters, then the communication parameters can be optimized, but the access speed is reduced greatly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service configuration where network devices can autonomously obtain and apply communication parameters through the device domain framework. The AS automatically assigns parameters based on the device domain, eliminating the need for manual operator intervention in parameter configuration. This automation maintains configuration accuracy while dramatically improving access speed by removing manual maintenance steps.
Solution Approach 2:
Communication parameters are pre-configured at the device domain level before individual network devices need to access the core layer. This preliminary setup of domain-wide parameters eliminates the need for operators to perform second maintenance on each device individually, as the parameters are already in place and can be automatically applied when devices join the network, thus maintaining accuracy while accelerating access.
4Adaptability or versatility
If excessive second maintenance operations are performed, then the communication parameters can be adjusted, but operation errors increase and user satisfaction decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The self-service mechanism allows network devices to automatically configure their own parameters through the device domain without requiring extensive manual adjustment operations. This eliminates the need for operators to perform numerous second maintenance operations, thereby reducing the likelihood of operation errors while preserving the flexibility to adapt parameters through automated domain-level configuration rather than manual device-level adjustments.
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AI summary
A method and system for implementing network device access management. The system includes at least one device domain storage unit and at least one Access Server (AS), and the method groups all network devices into at least one device domain managed by at least one AS; sets a uniform communication attribute for each device domain; determines, by the AS, whether a communication device belongs to the device domain managed by the AS according to information carried in a service request from the communication device, and if so, the communication attribute set for the network device is obtained, and a correspondence relationship between an identifier of the network device and the obtained communication attributes is created and stored; otherwise, access management on the communication device served as a user device is performed.