Network management system, and network management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10652801-B2
Application number	US-201816123454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2018
Priority date	Jan 19, 2018
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A network management system includes a plurality of server units. A first management server included in a first server unit transmits a disconnection setting request for disconnecting an abnormal flow to each of a communication node connected to a self-region covered by the first management server, and one or more second server units covering one or more primary adjacent regions adjacent to the self-region. Disconnection setting is executed in response to the disconnection setting request. Each of a plurality of regions includes two or more areas each of which is covered by corresponding one of two or more base stations connected to an identical communication node.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A network management system comprising a plurality of server units connected to a plurality of communication nodes, the communication nodes connected to a network and a plurality of base stations each of which covers corresponding one of a plurality of communication areas, wherein:
each of the plurality of server units includes one or more management servers;
for a self-covered region that is a region included in a plurality of regions and covered by a first management server included in a first server unit, and for one or more primary adjacent regions that are one or more regions adjacent to the self-covered region, in order for disconnecting an abnormal flow transmitted from a mobile object that has moved to one of the self-covered region and one or more regions adjacent to the self-covered region, the first management server transmits a first disconnection setting request for disconnecting the abnormal flow to a communication node connected to the self-covered region, and transmits a second disconnection setting request for disconnecting the abnormal flow to each of one or more second server units that cover the one or more primary adjacent regions;
a second server of the second server unit having received the second disconnection setting request executes disconnection setting for disconnecting the abnormal flow, and transmits a first disconnection setting request for disconnecting the abnormal flow to a communication node connected to the corresponding second server unit;
the communication node having received the first disconnection setting request executes disconnection setting for disconnecting the abnormal flow; and
each of the plurality of regions includes two or more communication areas each of which is covered by corresponding one of two or more base stations connected to an identical communication node.

2. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein the first management server detects connection to the self-covered region by the mobile object that transmits the abnormal flow, and transmits the second disconnection setting request for disconnecting the abnormal flow to the second server unit when the second server unit covers the primary adjacent region for which disconnection setting for disconnecting the abnormal flow is not executed at a time of the detection.

3. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first management server transmits a first disconnection cancellation request for canceling disconnection of the abnormal flow to one or more third server units that cover one or more secondary adjacent regions adjacent to the one or more primary adjacent regions when connection to the self-covered region by the mobile object that transmits the abnormal flow is detected;
a third management server included in the one or more third server units and having received the first disconnection cancellation request cancels setting for disconnecting the abnormal flow, and transmits a second disconnection cancellation request for canceling disconnection of the abnormal flow to a communication node connected to the corresponding third server unit; and
the communication node having received the second disconnection cancellation request cancels setting for disconnecting the abnormal flow.

4. The network management system according to claim 2 , wherein the second server unit corresponding to a transmission destination of the second disconnection setting request is a server unit that includes a management server that covers a region contained in a first region list that includes the self-covered region and the one or more primary adjacent regions, but not contained in a second region list that includes a pre-movement region connected to the mobile object that transmits the abnormal flow before the mobile object moves to the self-covered region, and one or more primary adjacent regions adjacent to the pre-movement region.

5. The network management system according to claim 3 , wherein the third server unit corresponding to a transmission destination of the first disconnection cancellation request is a server unit that includes a management server that covers a region not contained in a first region list that includes the self-covered region and the one or more primary adjacent regions, but contained in a second region list that includes a pre-movement region connected to the mobile object that transmits the abnormal flow before the mobile object moves to the self-covered region, and one or more primary adjacent regions adjacent to the pre-movement region.

6. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of server units includes a sorting node that is a device disposed between the communication node and two or more management servers, and configured to perform sorting to the two or more management servers.

7. The network management system according to claim 6 , wherein:
each of the second disconnection setting requests contains a header and a payload;
the communication node connected to the sorting node transfers the second disconnection setting request to the sorting node based on the header contained in the second disconnection setting request; and
the sorting node having received the second disconnection setting request selects a management server corresponding to a sort destination from a plurality of management servers connected to the corresponding sorting node based on the payload contained in the second disconnection setting request.

8. The network management system according to claim 7 , wherein:
the header contains an internet protocol (IP) address of the sorting node; and
the payload contains an identifier (ID) of the abnormal flow.

9. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein the second disconnection setting request transmitted from the first management server to each of the one or more second server units contains contents indicating control of the abnormal flow.

10. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least one server unit included in the plurality of server units includes two or more management servers; and
the management server included in the at least one server unit and configured to execute disconnection setting for disconnecting the abnormal flow is a management server corresponding to a remainder obtained by dividing an identifier (ID) of the abnormal flow by a number of management servers present in the corresponding server unit.

11. The network management system according to claim 6 , wherein:
when the sorting node receives the second disconnection request for disconnecting a new abnormal flow, a management server that manages the new abnormal flow is selected from two or more management server connected to the corresponding sorting node;
a disconnection setting request is transmitted to the selected management server; and
a relationship between an ID of the abnormal flow and the selected management server is registered.

12. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of server units includes two or more management servers connected to an identical communication node.

13. The network management system according to claim 1 , wherein, at a time of detection of connection to the communication node connected to the first server unit by a plurality of mobile objects each of which transmits a plurality of abnormal flows, the first management server transmits, to the corresponding communication node, the first disconnection setting request for disconnecting the abnormal flows transmitted from the mobile objects in a descending order of moving

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Toshiaki
• Ogawa Taro
• Motohashi Tomoko
• Nakajima Jun
• Kajiwara Takatoshi

Classifications

• H04W88/18

  Service support devices; Network management devices · CPC title

• H04L63/1425

  Traffic logging, e.g. anomaly detection · CPC title

• H04W88/12

  Access point controller devices · CPC title

• H04L47/2483

  involving identification of individual flows · CPC title

• H04L43/0876

  Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level · CPC title