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US 9,526,018 · App. 14/709,888 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Method for maintaining base station, device, and system

Inventors: Zhinong Gu (Shanghai, CN); Longxin Liu (Shanghai, CN); Lijin Cao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W24/04H04L41/0668H04L41/0672H04W24/02H04W88/12
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Patent No.
US 9,526,018
App. No.
14/709,888
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for maintaining a base station, a device, and a system. The method includes: if a first operation and maintenance OM channel between a network management system NMS device and a first base station is in an interrupted state, determining, by the NMS device, whether a second channel between the NMS device and the first base station, sending, by the NMS device, an operation and maintenance command to the first base station through the second channel to perform operation and maintenance on the first base station. In the technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention, when the first OM channel is in an interrupted state, it may be not required to instruct operation and maintenance personnel to visit a site and perform an operation, so that costs of the site visit by the personnel are reduced, and a speed of response to a fault can be also increased.

Claims (52)

1. A base station, wherein the base station is a first base station, comprising:

a processor, configured to reset the first base station on condition that a first operation and maintenance (OM) channel between the first base station and a network management system (NMS) device is in an interrupted state, and a channel between the first base station and a core network node is also in an interrupted state;

a receiver, configured to receive an OM command from the NMS device via a channel between the first base station and the NMS device; wherein the channel between the first base station and the NMS device comprises a channel between the first base station and a second base station, and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device; and

the processor is further configured to implement, according to the OM command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

before the processor implements, according to the OM command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station,

determine that the first OM channel between the first base station and the NMS device is in an interrupted state.

3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is configured to control the first base station to perform a reset operation according to a reset command sent, when the OM command received from the NMS device is the reset command.

4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is configured to control the first base station to report device status information according to a reset command sent, when the OM command received from the NMS device is the reset command; and

the first base station further comprises:

a transmitter, configured to report device status information of the first base station to the NMS device.

5. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is configured to control the first base station to upload local logs, according to a log upload command, when the OM command received from the NMS device is the log upload command; and

the first base station further comprises:

a transmitter, configured to upload local logs recorded by the first base station to the NMS device, when the OM command send by the NMS device is the log upload command;

wherein the local logs comprise an OM log and a run log that are recorded by the first base station.

6. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein:

the channel between the first base station and the second base station is an X2 interface.

7. A method for maintaining a base station, comprising:

resetting, by a first base station, the first base station on condition that a first operation and maintenance (OM) channel between the first base station and a network management system (NMS) device is in an interrupted state, and a channel between the first base station and a core network node is also in an interrupted state;

receiving, by the first base station, OM a command from the NMS device via a channel between the first base station and the NMS device; wherein the channel between the first base station and the NMS device comprises a channel between the first base station and a second base station, and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device; and

implementing, by the first base station according to the OM command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein:

before implementing, by the first base station according to the OM command, operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station, the method further comprises:

determining, by the first base station, that the first OM channel between the first base station and the NMS device is in an interrupted state.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein implementing, by the first base station according to the OM command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station, comprises:

performing, by the first base station, a reset operation according to a reset command, when the OM command received from the NMS device is the reset command.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein implementing, by the first base station according to the OM command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station, comprises:

reporting, by the first base station, device status information of the first base station to the NMS device according to a status query command, when the OM command received from the NMS device is the status query command.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein implementing, by the first base station according to the OM command, the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station, comprises:

uploading, by the first base station, local logs recorded by the first base station to the NMS device according to a log upload command received from the NMS device, when the OM command send by the NMS device is the log upload command;

wherein the local logs comprise an operation and maintenance log and a run log that are recorded by the first base station.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein:

uploading, by the first base station, the local logs recorded by the first base station to the NMS device according to a log upload command received from the NMS device, comprises:

when the first OM channel has already recovered to a normal state after the first base station implements the operation and maintenance of the NMS device on the first base station, reporting, by the first base station, the local logs to the NMS device through the recovered first OM channel.

13. The method according to claim 7 , wherein:

the channel between the first base station and the second base station is an X2 interface.

14. A network management system (NMS) device, comprising:

a processor, configured to set an active reset condition for a first base station, and determine that the first OM channel between the NMS device and the first base station is in an interrupted state, wherein the active reset condition comprises a first operation and maintenance (OM) channel between the first base station and a network management system (NMS) device is in an interrupted state, and a channel between the first base station and a core network node is also in an interrupted state; and

a transmitter, configured to send an OM command to the first base station via a channel between the first base station and the NMS device, wherein the channel between the first base station and the NMS device comprises a channel between the first base station and a second base station, and a second OM channel between the second base station and the NMS device.

15. The NMS device according to claims 14 , wherein:

the transmitter is configured to send a reset command to the first base station via the channel between the first base station and the NMS device to instruct the first base station to perform a reset operation.

16. The NMS device according to claims 14 , wherein:

the transmitter is configured to send a status query command to the first base station via the channel between the first base station and the NMS device to acquire device status information of the first base station; and

the NMS device further comprises:

a receiver, configured to receive the device status information of the first base station.

17. The NMS device according to claims 14 , wherein:

the transmitter is configured to send a log upload command to the first base station via the channel between the first base station and the NMS device to acquire local logs recorded by the first base station, wherein the local logs comprise an OM log and a run log that are recorded by the first base station; and

the NMS device further comprises:

a receiver, configured to receive the local logs recorded by the first base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2015
From: GU, ZHINONG; LIU, LONGXIN; CAO, LIJIN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035618/0429 →
Continuity (2)
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