Network Management Device Generalizes Service Order Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques fail to generalize the processing of mapping between a service order requesting changes and a resource order, limiting the reusability of the order mapping function and increasing development costs and time due to an increase in service types.
Innovation Solution
A network management device and method that stores mapping rules and history, acquiring and applying relevant rules to create resource orders for service changes, thereby generalizing the processing of service and resource order mappings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional techniques are used for order mapping, then the mapping function can be implemented for specific service types, but the reusability is limited and development cost increases with service type expansion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal order mapping function that can handle multiple service types (VPN, VLAN, etc.) through a single generalized mapping process. The mapping rule storage device stores rules that are applicable across different service types, and the acquisition units retrieve and apply appropriate rules based on the specific service order, enabling one mapping function to serve multiple purposes without requiring separate implementations for each service type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-stores mapping rules in the mapping rule storage device before actual service order processing occurs. These rules define the relationships between service orders and resource orders in advance. When a service order arrives, the system quickly acquires and applies the pre-defined rules, avoiding the need to develop and configure mapping logic for each new service type from scratch.
2Adaptability or versatility
If generalization of service order mapping is attempted, then reusability improves, but handling service changes becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the order mapping process into distinct functional components: a mapping rule storage device that holds generalized rules, acquisition units that retrieve appropriate rules based on service order type, and a creation unit that generates resource orders. This segmentation allows the system to maintain generalized mapping rules while reliably handling specific service changes by selecting and applying the relevant rule segments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent handles service changes by dynamically selecting and applying different mapping rules based on the parameters of the service order. The acquisition units identify the appropriate mapping rules by examining service order parameters (such as service type, resource requirements), and the creation unit applies these rules to generate corresponding resource orders, enabling flexible handling of service changes within a generalized framework.
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AI summary
A network management device according to one embodiment includes a device that stores rules for mapping between a service order and a resource order; a device that stores, when a mapping is performed based on the mapping rules, a mapping history in which an identifier of a service for the service order which is a mapping source, a type of a rule used for the mapping, and an identifier of a resource for the resource order which is a mapping target are described; and a creation unit that, when a service order to change the service is created, acquires, from the mapping history and the identifier of the service to be changed, information indicating types of rules to be used for mapping of the service order to change the service and the identifier of the resource for a resource order which is a mapping target, and creates a resource order by mapping of the order to be changed based on the acquired mapping rules.