Base Station Power Supply Alarm Monitoring via Electronic Signaling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current power supply management systems for base stations lack efficient real-time monitoring and alarm reporting, leading to limited information capacity and increased bandwidth usage, as well as high operational costs due to the need for additional network management infrastructure.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that enables the base station system to directly monitor and report power supply alarms to the wireless network management server, using an alarm processing module to extract, judge, and report real-time alarm information, eliminating the need for a power supply network manager and reducing bandwidth requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If dry contacts are used to report power supply status, then the system can report alarm states, but the number of monitorable parameters is limited due to limited dry contact resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical dry contact system with an electronic communication system. The base station controller uses electronic signaling and communication protocols to report power supply status, alarm states, and multiple monitorable parameters to the network management system, eliminating the physical limitation of dry contact resources while enabling comprehensive monitoring of power supply equipment.
2Loss of information
If a power supply network manager is deployed to monitor power supply systems, then comprehensive monitoring data can be obtained, but bandwidth resources are occupied and additional infrastructure costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the power supply monitoring function from the network management system and integrates it directly into the base station controller. The base station controller now performs local monitoring of power supply equipment and only reports relevant status information and alarms to the network management system, eliminating the need for a separate power supply network manager while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the power supply monitoring function with the base station controller. The controller now handles both base station operations and power supply monitoring, consolidating functions that were previously separated. This integration reduces network infrastructure requirements by eliminating the dedicated power supply network manager and its associated software and hardware components.
3Loss of energy
If the base station system directly monitors and reports power supply alarms, then bandwidth usage is reduced and operational costs decrease, but the system must handle monitoring functions without dedicated power supply management infrastructure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service monitoring where the base station controller autonomously monitors its own power supply equipment and reports status information. The controller independently collects data from power supply devices, processes alarm conditions, and communicates with the network management system without requiring a separate power supply network manager, thereby reducing bandwidth usage and operational complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method for controlling and supervising and giving an alarm for a power supply of a base station are provided. The apparatus is applied to a base station system, including: a query module, configured to transmit a query instruction to the power supply of the base station; an acquisition module, configured to acquire real-time response data made by the power supply of the base station according to the query instruction; a data framing module, configured to frame the real-time response data into a power supply data frame; and an alarm processing module, configured to report real-time alarm information in the power supply data frame to a wireless network management server, so as to enable the wireless network management server to perform alarm processing according to the real-time alarm information.