APN Activation Guidance via Associating Database
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing GPRS system faces challenges in efficiently guiding users to properly set the Access Point Name (APN) during packet data protocol activation, leading to increased maintenance workload and service provisioning issues as the network architecture becomes more complex.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that automatically generate and transmit guide information to users to correctly set the service access point name by analyzing the GTP signaling and utilizing an associating database to provide appropriate settings, using modes such as short message, Over the Air, or email for communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual setting operation is used to guide users to properly set the APN, then users can be guided to correctly configure service access point name, but the maintenance workload increases and system expansibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates guide information by analyzing PDP activation failure causes and querying the associating database, eliminating the need for manual engineer intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously diagnosing APN configuration issues and providing appropriate guidance to users through multiple channels (SMS, OTA, email).
Solution Approach 2:
The associating database pre-stores the correspondence between PDP activation failure causes and guide information. Before actual user guidance is needed, the system has already prepared and organized all possible guidance scenarios, allowing rapid retrieval and delivery of appropriate guidance without real-time manual analysis.
2Ease of operation
If manual setting operation is used to guide users to properly set the APN, then users can be guided to correctly configure service access point name, but the system expansibility becomes poor
Solution Approach 1:
The associating database serves multiple functions: it stores failure cause information, guide information, and the correspondence between them. The system can handle various PDP activation failure scenarios through a single unified mechanism, making the system adaptable to different situations without requiring separate manual procedures for each case.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where PDP activation failure information is automatically collected, analyzed, and used to retrieve appropriate guide information. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt to different failure scenarios automatically, improving expansibility without increasing maintenance complexity.
3Productivity
If automatic guide information generation is implemented, then maintenance workload is reduced and system efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The associating database acts as an intermediary between PDP activation failure analysis and guide information delivery. It pre-stores the correspondence between failure causes and guidance content, serving as a lookup table that simplifies the automatic guidance process. This intermediary structure reduces the computational complexity of real-time analysis while maintaining high service provisioning efficiency.
4Reliability
If multiple transmission modes are used for guide information delivery, then user coverage is improved and service quality enhances, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects the appropriate transmission mode (SMS, OTA, or email) based on user characteristics and service requirements. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize delivery reliability for different user scenarios without requiring all transmission modes to be simultaneously active, thereby managing complexity while maintaining high reliability.
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AI summary
The invention discloses a method and system for guiding a packet data protocol activation. The method includes determining whether a packet data protocol is activated and if the determination result indicates that the packet data protocol is not activated because of including a wrong service access point name, analyzing service access point name information causing the packet data protocol not activated; introducing in an associating database for associating service access point name reason information causing the packet data protocol not activated and a guide information for properly setting the service access point name; inquiring the associating database based on the service access point name reason information obtained by the analyzing and obtaining the guide information for guiding a user to properly set the service access point name; and transmitting the guide information for guiding the user to properly set the service access point name to the user side. According to the method and system of the invention, the guide information may be generated automatically before the activation of the protocol to thereby reduce the maintenance workload for these functions and to thereby properly guide the user to have the related services provisioned and accessed.