Apparatus for monitoring asynchronous transfer mode cells in communication systems
View Patent ↗An apparatus for monitoring asynchronous transfer mode cells in the communication system is proper for recognizing state information of asynchronous transfer mode cells transceiving between a base transceiver station and a base station controller. Accordingly, the apparatus enables to monitor the contents of the cell by comparing VPI/VCI of the ATM cells inputted to the multiplexing/demultiplexing part to the other VPI/VCI latched hardware, have the cell bus RX I/F count the number of the error-occurring ATM cells by carrying out header error checks of the ATM cells inputted to the cell bus RX I/F itself, and find out how long the cell transferring time takes for transceiving loop is found out by transceiving the test ATM cells between the multiplexing/demultiplexing part being the ATM low rate subscriber multiplexing/demultiplexing board assembly (ALMA) and the base transceiver station.
1. In a communication system including a base transceiver station and a base station controller controlling the base transceiver station, an apparatus for monitoring asynchronous transfer mode cells in a communication system comprising:
a receive interface part established in the base station controller, the receive interface part recording a cell to be monitored in a storage part by checking latched VPI/VCI of asynchronous transfer mode cells received from the base transceiver station by the base station controller, the receive interface part counting and recording a number of error occurrences by checking header errors of the cells; and
a transmission interface part established in the base station controller, the transmission interface part transferring a test cell produced for checking a cell transmission time between the base transceiver station and the base station controller,
wherein the receive interface part includes:
a first storage part storing the cell to be monitored temporarily;
a second storage part outputting a data corresponding to the latched VPI/VCI of the cell;
a third storage part outputting a VPI index value of an address designated by the data outputted from the second storage part; and
a fourth storage part storing the number of error occurrence of the cell at the other address designated by the VPI index value.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the third and fourth storage parts are RAMs having dual ports.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first storage part outputs a previously-stored cell in advance.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second storage part outputs a data when there exists a matched VPI/VCI by comparing the VPI/VCI of the cell to a reference value.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the test cell is stored in the first storage part by being transferred from the base transceiver station to the base station controller.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a GPS receiver receiving a time information packet from GPS, the GPS receiver providing the receive and transmission parts with the time information packet; and
a controller producing the test cell including a time information provided by the GPS receiver or checking a cell transmission delay time by comparing transceiving time of a cell loop-backed from the base transceiver station.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the receive and transmission parts are provided with the time information with which the respective interface parts are provided when the test cell is transceived from/to the base station controller to/from the base transceiver station.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the VPI/VCI is latched with hardware.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base transceiver station and the base station controller are interfaced by E1.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmission and receive interface parts are established in a function part multiplexing/demultiplexing a cell inputted from an asynchronous transfer mode cell switch included in the base transceiver station or the base station controller.
11. A method of monitoring cells in a communication system, comprising:
recording a cell to be monitored by checking identifiers of cells received from a base transceiver station by a base station controller;
counting and recording a number of error occurrences by checking header errors of cells;
transferring a cell to the base transceiver station to check a cell transmission time between the base transceiver station and the base station controller;
outputting a virtual path identifier index value of an address designated by outputted data corresponding to a latched VPI/VCI of a cell; and
storing the number of error occurrences of the cell at the address designated by the virtual path identifier index value.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
temporarily storing the cell to be monitored; and
outputting a data corresponding to the identifier of the cell.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising outputting a previously-stored cell in advance.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising outputting a data when there exists a matched identifier by comparing the identifier of the cell to a reference value.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising storing said transferred cell by transferring from the base transceiver station to the base station controller.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the identifiers are matched identifiers.
17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving time information from a global positioning system;
producing said transferred cell by including said received time information; and
checking a cell transmission delay time by comparing transceiving time of said transferred cell loop-backed from the base transceiver station.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising interfacing said base transceiver station and said base station controller by E1.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein said cells are asynchronous transfer mode cells.
20. The method of claim 11 , wherein said latched identifiers are virtual path/channel identifiers.
21. The method of claim 11 , wherein said transferred cell is a test cell.
22. The method of claim 11 , wherein said transferred cell includes time of date information.
23. In a communication system including a base transceiver station and a base station controller, an apparatus for monitoring cells in a communication system comprising:
a receive interface part established in the base station controller, the receive interface part recording a cell to be monitored in a storage part by checking latched identifiers of cells received from the base transceiver station by the base station controller, the receive interface part counting and storing a number of error occurrences by checking header errors of the cells; and
a transmission interface part established in the base station controller, the transmission interface part transferring a cell to the base transceiver station to check a cell transmission time between the base transceiver station and the base station controller,
wherein the receive interface part includes:
a first storage part storing the cell to be monitored temporarily;
a second storage part outputting a data corresponding to the latched VPI/VCI of the cell;
a third storage part outputting a VPI index value of an address designated by the data outputted from the second storage part; and
a fourth storage part storing the number of error occurrence of the cell at the other address designated by the VPI index value.