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US 10,257,020 B2Granted
Alarm processing method and apparatus
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorWeihong Zhu
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Abstract
An alarm processing method and an alarm processing apparatus are provided. In the alarm processing method, an alarm reported by a Virtualized Network Function (VNF) is received; VNF Forwarding Graph (VNF FG) information of the VNF and/or Network Forwarding Path (NFP) information of the VNF is acquired; and alarm analysis processing is performed on the received alarm according to the VNF FG information and/or the NFP information acquired.
Claims18
An alarm processing method, comprising:
- receiving an alarm reported by a Virtualized Network Function (VNF);
- acquiring VNF Forwarding Graph (VNF FG) information of the VNF and/or Network Forwarding Path (NFP) information of the VNF;
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- performing alarm analysis processing on the received alarm according to the VNF FG information and/or the NFP information acquired, wherein performing alarm analysis processing on the received alarm according to the VNF FG information and/or the NFP information acquired comprises at least one of:
- judging whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the VNF FG except the VNF, is received, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the VNF FG except the VNF, is received, determining the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- comparing a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG is prior to the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, determining the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- comparing a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG is after the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, determining the received alarm to be a secondary alarm;
- judging whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm serving as a primary alarm, is received with a preset time, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm serving as the primary alarm, is received with the preset time, determining the received alarm to be a root alarm;
- judging whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the NFP except the VNF, is received, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the NFP except the VNF, is received, determining the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- comparing a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP is prior to the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, determining the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- comparing a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP is after the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, determining the received alarm to be a secondary alarm;
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- judging whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm serving as a primary alarm, is received with a preset time, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm serving as the primary alarm, is received with the preset time, determining the received alarm to be a root alarm.
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An alarm processing apparatus, comprising a hardware processor arranged to execute program modules comprising:
- a receiving module, which is arranged to receive an alarm reported by a Virtualized Network Function (VNF);
- an acquisition module, which is arranged to acquire VNF Forwarding Graph (VNF FG) information of the VNF and/or Network Forwarding Path (NFP) information of the VNF;
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- a first processing module, which is arranged to perform alarm analysis processing on the received alarm according to the VNF FG information and/or the NFP information acquired, wherein the first processing module comprises at least one of:
- a first determination unit, which is arranged to judge whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the VNF FG except the VNF, is received, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the VNF FG except the VNF, is received, determine the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- a second determination unit, which is arranged to compare a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG is prior to the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, determine the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- a third determination unit, which is arranged to compare a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the VNF-FG is after the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the VNF-FG, determine the received alarm to be a secondary alarm;
- a fourth determination unit, which is arranged to judge whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm serving as a primary alarm, is received with a preset time, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm serving as the primary alarm, is received with the preset time, determine the received alarm to be a root alarm;
- a fifth determination unit, which is arranged to judge whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the NFP except the VNF, is received, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm and which is reported by one or more other VNFs in the NFP except the VNF, is received, determine the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- a sixth determination unit, which is arranged to compare a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP is prior to the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, determine the received alarm to be a primary alarm;
- a seventh determination unit, which is arranged to compare a position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP with a position of a VNF, which reports a previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, and when the position of the VNF, which reports the received alarm, in the NFP is after the position of the VNF, which reports the previously received primary alarm, in the NFP, determine the received alarm to be a secondary alarm;
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- an eighth determination unit, which is arranged to judge whether an alarm, of which a type is the same as the received alarm serving as a primary alarm, is received with a preset time, and when no alarm, of which the type is the same as the received alarm serving as the primary alarm, is received with the preset time, determine the received alarm to be a root alarm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.