Automatic UTRAN Topology Detection via Message Parsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In UMTS networks, manually updating network configuration maps is cumbersome due to frequent changes in Node Bs, and accurately monitoring numerous nodes is challenging without automated detection.
Innovation Solution
Monitoring equipment captures messages at network nodes to identify new components, using address parameters to create entries in a database and display network components on a map, including automatic detection of Node Bs and their interfaces via SNMP traps and multithread processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual updating of network configuration maps is used, then network monitoring can be performed, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming due to frequent changes in Node Bs
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and monitors network topology changes by capturing messages from Node Bs and autonomously updating the network configuration map without requiring manual intervention. The monitoring equipment self-updates the database entries when new Node Bs are detected or existing ones change their configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors network messages and uses this feedback to dynamically update the network configuration map. When Node Bs send messages containing their identification and location information, the system processes this feedback and automatically updates its records, ensuring the configuration map always reflects the current network state.
2Measurement precision
If numerous network nodes are monitored manually, then complete network analysis is possible, but the complexity and difficulty of detection increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary monitoring equipment that captures messages from Node Bs and a central database that stores network configuration information. This intermediary layer simplifies the monitoring process by automatically extracting relevant information from messages and maintaining an updated database, reducing the complexity of tracking numerous nodes manually.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes of network node identification and mapping with automated electronic message parsing and database updates. The system electronically extracts node identification parameters from messages and automatically creates or updates database entries, eliminating the need for manual configuration updates.
3Reliability
If network configuration maps are manually updated, then network changes can be recorded, but the maps become outdated quickly due to frequent Node B changes
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring equipment continuously captures messages from Node Bs and continuously updates the network configuration database. This continuous operation ensures that the configuration map is always current and reflects the latest network changes, eliminating delays associated with periodic manual updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively detects network changes as they occur by monitoring messages from Node Bs before they are fully implemented. When a Node B sends a message indicating its presence or configuration change, the system immediately processes this information and updates the database, ensuring timeliness of configuration updates.
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AI summary
System and method for automatically detecting nodes, components and interfaces in a network. A preferred embodiment comprises detecting nodes in a network, wherein the nodes are coupled to a network controller, comprises identifying ports for the network controller, capturing messages received by the network controller at the ports, parsing the messages to identify a node address parameter, wherein the node address parameter uniquely identifies the node to the network controller, and if the node address parameter has not been previously identified, adding a new entry to a node database.