JPH0642703B2 - Communication line service charge comparison device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a communication line service charge comparison device for comparing communication line service charges when designing networks.

〔Overview〕

According to the present invention, the means for comparing the service charges of various communication lines at the time of designing a network automates the charge calculation, and displays the calculation results in the form of a graph by superimposing the same parameter, thereby saving the labor required for the charge comparison. It was made possible.

[Conventional technology]

When a company or group of companies intends to design and build a network by using the communication line services provided by a Type 1 telecommunications carrier and a Type 2 telecommunications carrier, usually the first data communication that is desired Identify the communication line services that can be used with, and then calculate the usage charge for each communication line service based on the distance of the use section, line speed, communication volume and usage time zone, or a usage charge calculation formula. Calculate using and compare.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Most of the series of operations for comparing the charges of communication line services at the time of conventional network design are done manually by people,
The communication line service fee system is a first-class telecommunications carrier,
This series of operations is very complicated and takes a huge amount of time because it varies depending on the type 2 telecommunications carrier and the communication line service item. In addition, since the percentage of manual work is high, an error often occurs due to a human cause in the processing result.

The present invention eliminates these drawbacks, significantly reduces the human work time required for a series of operations for comparing communication line service usage charges, and makes it possible to obtain accurate processing results. An object is to provide a comparison device.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides an input means for inputting communication line information including information indicating the type of communication line, line speed, communication volume, and user's location, and a usage charge table and usage for each communication line corresponding to the communication line information. Storage means for storing a charge calculation procedure; table control means for reading the use charge table and the use charge calculation procedure of the communication line from the storage means in accordance with the communication line information inputted by the input means; Means for calculating the usage charge based on the communication line information input by means, the usage charge table read by the table control means, and the usage charge calculation procedure, and the usage charge of each communication line intersect. Usage fee processing means for performing a second process of obtaining points and calculating usage fees and communication volume at these intersections; The first display processing for displaying the usage charge of each communication line calculated by the processing means in the form of a graph as a function of the communication volume, and the usage charge and the communication volume at each intersection obtained by the usage charge processing means And a display control means for performing a second display process which is displayed simultaneously with the graph displayed in the first display process.

[Action]

Using the communication line service input from the input means as an index, the charge list and charge calculation procedure for this service are read from the storage means, and based on the line speed and the user's location input from the input means, this charge list and charge calculation Using the procedure, the service charges are compared with respect to various communication amounts, obtained for each different communication line service, and displayed and / or printed on the same coordinate plane as a graph showing the relationship between the service charges and the communication amounts.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First
The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a keyboard 1-1 as an input means for inputting information relating to a desired communication line service type, line communication speed, communication amount, and user's location, and Based on the communication line service information input by the input means, a storage device 1-6 which is a storage means for storing a charge table of this service and a table for indexing the charge calculation procedure, and the communication line service information input by the input means Based on the charge table and charge calculation procedure corresponding to this service, the usage charge table control unit 1-3, which is a table control unit for reading from the storage unit, and the communication speed, communication amount, and user of the line input by the input unit. Of the service charge based on the information related to the location of the service, the charge list read by the table control means, and the charge calculation procedure This is different from the usage charge comparison unit 1-4 and the memory processing unit 1-5, which are means, and the graph processing unit 1-7, which generates information that graphs the charges calculated by the charge processing unit as a function of the communication amount. A display control unit 1-8, a CRT 1-9, and a printer 1-10, which are output means for displaying and / or printing the information generated by the graph processing unit 1-7 for the communication line service, are provided on the same coordinate plane. That is, in this embodiment, a keyboard 1-1 for giving various instructions to the apparatus and for inputting desired communication line service, line speed, communication amount, and user location information, and the keyboard 1-1. Items of communication line services provided by Type 1 telecommunications carriers and Type 2 telecommunications carriers based on the input data, such as company A / dedicated line service, company A / packet switching service, company B /
An input identification unit 1-2 for identifying the leased line service and the company B / packet switching service, and a usage charge table is read from the storage device 1-6 based on the communication line service item identified by the input identification unit 1-2, This is the usage charge comparison unit 1-
4, the usage charge table control unit 1-3, the distance between the two points calculated from the user's location input from the keyboard 1-1, and the usage charge sent from the usage charge table control unit 1-3. The usage charge is calculated based on the table and the usage charge calculation subroutine which is identified by the input identification unit 1-2 and transmitted from the storage device 1-6, and the calculation result is calculated as the memory processing unit 1-5 and the graph processing unit. 1-7 and a usage charge comparison unit 1-4 to be sent to the display control unit 1-8,
The intermediate result and the processing result processed by the usage charge comparison unit 1-4 are temporarily stored and sent to or stored in the usage charge comparison unit 1-4, the graph processing unit 1-7, and the display control unit 1-8. A memory processing unit 1-5 that reads and stores a usage charge table and a usage charge calculation subroutine from the device 1-6, a storage device 1-6 that stores a usage charge table and a usage charge calculation table, and a usage charge comparison unit 1-4. The graph processing unit 1-7, which performs the graph processing based on the result processed in step S1 and the processing result stored in the memory processing unit 1-5, and sends the result to the display control unit 1-8, and the usage charge comparison unit 1. -4 is used to display the usage fee sent from the CRT 1-9, and the result sent from the graph processing unit 1-7 is CR.
Display control unit 1-8 displayed on T1-9 and CRT1-
9 and a printer 1-10 capable of printing the items displayed on the CRT 1-9 based on the print signal input from the keyboard 1-1.

Next, in the network configuration shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 1 shows a comparison procedure of the usage charges of the packet switching service provided by the first-class telecommunications carrier / company A or the second-class telecommunications carrier / company B. It will be explained based on.

First, the selection signal for the packet switching service of Company A is input using the keyboard 1-1. This signal is identified by the input identification unit 1-2 and sent to the usage charge table control unit 1-3 and the usage charge comparison unit 1-4. Here, the usage fee table control unit 1-3 reads the usage fee table of the company A from the storage device 1-6, stores it in the memory processing unit 1-5, and further reads it from here to use the usage fee comparison unit 1-4. Send to. Further, when the selection signal of the packet switching service of the company A is input, the number of the accommodating station for obtaining the line speed, the communication amount and the distance between the two points is input from the keyboard 1-1. The usage charge comparison unit 1-4 obtains the distance between the two points based on the accommodation station number input by the keyboard 1-1, and the distance and the usage charge table sent from the usage charge table control unit 1-3. , The input identification unit 1-2 using the communication amount and the line speed input by the keyboard 1-1 as calculation elements.
On the basis of the selection signal identified and transmitted from A, the usage charge calculation subroutine of the company A is called to the memory processing unit 1-5, the usage charge is calculated, and the result is stored in the memory processing unit 1-5.

Next, the selection signal of the exchange service of company B is input with the keyboard 1-1. This signal is identified by the input identification unit 1-2, and the usage charge table control unit 1-3 and the usage charge comparison unit 1 are identified.
-4 and -4. Here, the usage charge table control unit 1-3 reads the usage charge table of the company B from the storage device 1-6, stores it in the memory processing unit 1-5, and further reads it from here to use charge comparison unit 1-4. Send to. Also,
At the time of inputting the selection signal of the packet switching service of company B, the number of the accommodating station for obtaining the line speed, the communication amount and the distance between the two points is input from the keyboard 1-1. Based on the accommodation station number input from the keyboard 1-1 in the usage charge comparison unit 1-4, the distance between the two points is obtained, and this distance and the usage charge table sent from the usage charge table control unit 1-3 , The communication charge and line speed input by the keyboard 1-1 are used as calculation elements, and the memory processing unit 1 executes the usage charge calculation subroutine of the company B on the basis of the selection signal identified and transmitted from the input identification unit 1-2. -5 is called, the usage fee is calculated, and the result is stored in the memory processing unit 1-5.

The usage charge comparison unit 1-4 reads the usage charges and the usage charge table of both companies stored in the memory processing unit 1-5,
The intersection between the usage charges of both companies is calculated, the usage charge and the communication amount at the intersection are calculated, and the calculated result is sent to the display control unit 1-8 and the graph processing unit 1-7. The graph processing unit 1-7 receives the usage charge and the communication amount at the intersection of the usage charges of both parties from the usage charge comparison unit 1-4, and stores them in the usage charge and usage charge table stored in the memory processing unit 1-5. Based on the usage charge on the vertical axis and the communication amount on the horizontal axis, graph processing is performed for companies A and B, and the graphs are sent to the display control unit 1-8. The display control unit 1-8 displays the graph sent from the graph processing unit 1-7 on the CRT 1-9, and the usage charges of company A and company B sent from the usage charge comparison unit 1-4. Display the usage charge and communication volume at the intersection of on the same screen.
In this way, the communication line services of both companies are compared based on the results displayed on the CRT 1-9.

〔The invention's effect〕

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention can automatically calculate the usage charge of the communication line service at the time of designing the network. Therefore, it is possible to greatly reduce a series of operations that conventionally take time by hand, and to perform accurate operation. There is an effect that results can be obtained.

In addition, since the communication line service usage charge can be displayed in a graph and printed by this device, there is an effect that the communication line service usage charges can be easily compared.

Further, even if the item used for the communication line service is changed, it can be reprocessed only by changing the input information. In other words, it is easy to compare various items of communication line service in a short time, so you can repeat comparison many times,
There is an effect that it is possible to easily select the cheapest communication line service from the communication lines that provide the same service.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a table of usage charge table names and usage charge calculation subroutine names corresponding to communication line service items. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the network that is the target of the charge comparison unit calculation. 1-1 ... Keyboard, 1-2 ... Input identification section, 1-3 ... Usage fee table control section, 1-4 ... Usage fee comparison section, 1-
5 ... Memory processing unit, 1-6 ... Storage device, 1-7 ... Graph processing unit, 1-8 ... Display processing unit, 1-9 ... CRT, 1-10
… Printer.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Shinya Nakata 5-15 Kitahama, Higashi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Kansai NEC Software Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-62-42660 (JP, A) JP 60-236359 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting communication line information including information indicating the type of communication line, line speed, communication volume, and user's location, and a usage charge table for each communication line corresponding to the communication line information. Storage means for storing a usage charge calculation procedure; table control means for reading the usage charge table of the communication line and the usage charge calculation procedure from the storage means in accordance with the communication line information input by the input means; The first process for calculating the usage charge based on the communication line information input by the input means, the usage charge table read by the table control means, and the usage charge calculation procedure, and the usage charge of each communication line intersect. Usage fee processing means for performing a second process of calculating a usage fee and a communication amount at these intersections, First display processing for displaying the usage charge of each communication line calculated by the usage charge processing means in a graph as a function of the communication volume, and the usage charge and communication volume at each intersection obtained by the usage charge processing means And a display control means for performing a second display process for displaying simultaneously with the graph displayed in the first display process.