CN100375458C - Method for coordination working of multi-servicer apparatus in domestic network - Google Patents

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CN100375458C
CN100375458C CNB2005100693453A CN200510069345A CN100375458C CN 100375458 C CN100375458 C CN 100375458C CN B2005100693453 A CNB2005100693453 A CN B2005100693453A CN 200510069345 A CN200510069345 A CN 200510069345A CN 100375458 C CN100375458 C CN 100375458C
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The present invention discloses a method for collaborative work of multiple server facilities in a domestic network. In the method, the server facilities form a server facility set, and provide an IP multicasting address to manage the server facility set; an information synchronizing mechanism is adopted by the server facilities to ensure the information synchronizntion of multiple servers; a main server is selected from all domestic servers, and the other servers are spare servers; when the network facility needs to access to the functions of the servers, interaction is directly carried out with the main server through a unicasting mode according to information which is announced by the main server in advance, and the other spare servers are not referred to; when the network facility can not be directly communicated with the main server, the configuration of the main server is obtained through the server facility set. The method of the present invention does not need to add the investment of additional facility hardware, and the method enhances the stability of domestic networks on the basis of domestic network facilities through the cooperation of multiple hardware facilities.

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The method of a plurality of server apparatus collaborative works in a kind of home network
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of method that improves the domestic network system reliability, in particular a kind of by a plurality of hardware devices composition server apparatus groups in the home network, server apparatus in the server apparatus group is by the reciprocal process of some regulations, the method for the reliability that improves domestic network system of cooperating.
Background technology
The thought of digital home is exactly the digital product interconnection and interflow with different field such as household electrical appliances, computer and various digital equipments, combines together.Be used for realizing that the network of digital home is called home network.Home network is a kind of new ideas of representing household's IT application, and it is the comprehensive network system that intelligent service is provided.It is meant that portion couples together various electric equipments and electrical subsystem by certain transmission medium within the family, internally realizes resource-sharing, external enwergy is interconnected by gateway and extranets carry out information exchange.Home network can interconnect by different access waies and external network, can support that the user controls home network device by remote access.The major function of home network has security service, communication service, energy conservation, control, amusement or the like automatically.By home network, people can enjoy more comfortable and life easily.
A complete home network must comprise home server, and the home server here is a notion in logic, refers to carry out in the home network physical equipment of hard core control work such as safety, professional control.The status of home server in home network is important, has equipment control and device service management function, resource management function, preserves the significant data such as safe, professional, configuration of home network.People's life will more and more rely on the service that home network provides, and home server is made mistakes and may be caused the home network collapse, thereby part or all of business can't normally be used, and this will have influence on people's normal life.But present being seen home network solution has designed the one family server apparatus mostly, and home server is in core status, and home network is organized around home server.The implementation of home server generally is to adopt special-purpose server apparatus, perhaps adopts home PC, perhaps the home server function is integrated in the equipment such as home gateway.Because family is limited to the ability to bear of equipment price, so the server apparatus that uses in the family generally can not have the reliability and stability of telecom carrier-class device, equipment breaks down and can hardly be avoided.So how not by increasing extra device hardware investment, the stability that increases home network on existing home network device basis is a problem that merits attention.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the objective of the invention is to propose the method for a plurality of server apparatus collaborative works in a kind of home network, be used to improve the domestic network system reliability.
Technical scheme of the present invention is as follows:
The method of a plurality of server apparatus collaborative works in a kind of home network, it is used for home network, and described home network comprises a plurality of server apparatus with server capability, and wherein, described method comprises:
A): described server apparatus is formed the server apparatus group, and provide an IP multicast address to be used for the management of described server apparatus group;
B): adopt information synchronization mechanism to be used to guarantee information synchronization between a plurality of servers between the described server apparatus;
C): electing one from all home servers, main to use server, other server be standby server;
D): when the described network equipment needs the access server function, directly carry out not relating to other standby servers alternately with server by mode of unicast and master with the prior advertised information of server according to main; When the network equipment can't directly be used server communication with the master, obtain the master by the server apparatus group and dispose with server.
Described method wherein, also comprises:
C1) utilize described IP multicast address that main timing notifying mechanism with server info is provided; And
C2) carry out main abnormality detection mechanism with server.
Described method, wherein, described information synchronization method comprises that the regular method of synchronization and Event triggered mode are synchronous.
Described method, wherein, described server apparatus comprises private server, home gateway and set-top box.
Described method, wherein, described method also is included in and main occurs electing the main server of use when unusual in all home servers with server, announces all devices on the home network by the multicast mode after election finishes.
Described method, wherein, described main announcement content with server comprises: main name with server, IP address, main effective time and network configuration data with server.
Described method, wherein, described master is provided with an effective time with server, re-elect the master after effective time is overtime and use server, and can on-the-fly modify described effective time.
Adopt method of the present invention, need not by the cooperation between a plurality of hardware devices, on existing home network device basis, increase the stability of home network by increasing extra device hardware investment; Break down even be responsible for the individual network device of execution server capability in the home network, also can not influence the normal operation of other network equipments, can not cause great influence home network.
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Fig. 1 is the composition schematic diagram of the domestic network system of the inventive method;
Fig. 2 is the logical construction schematic diagram of the domestic network system of the inventive method;
Fig. 3 is equipment in the home network of the inventive method and the interacting message schematic diagram between server.
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Enforcement to technical scheme is described in further detail below.
The method of a plurality of server apparatus collaborative works in the home network of the present invention, the composition of its domestic network system generally comprise more following equipment as shown in Figure 1, but concrete composition mode is not only limited to following part, also may include only a wherein part:
Broadband access equipment is used to realize the broadband access function, can adopt the mode integrated with home gateway;
Home gateway, the major control equipment in the family;
Home server, family data and service centre, other implementations be realized or be adopted to not necessarily independent equipment can by home gateway;
The key IP network of family can be the switch of home gateway inside, also can be independent IP network networks such as the Ethernet that is connected to home gateway, 1394 nets, WLAN (wireless local area network), also can be other forms, can be wired also can be wireless.But have higher bandwidth, bear the backbone network effect in the family;
Communication adapter is used for the key IP network of bridge joint and power line/wire cable/existing circuits such as telephone wire, avoids house wiring again, connects the network equipment in a plurality of rooms in the family;
Media filter is used for connecting amusement equipment such as computer and television acoustics, carries out the conversion of different media formats, so that share resource such as video/audio between family's distinct device.Typical equipment such as teaching machine top box etc.
The inventive method for increasing the stability of home network, has been introduced the home network notion of supporting multiserver specifically as shown in Figure 2.In the family a plurality of home servers can be arranged, the home server here is a notion in logic, do not require it to be special-purpose server apparatus, concrete form is not limit, can be any equipment that has enough disposal abilities on the home networks such as server, home gateway, set-top box, but this server should be with home gateway on a key IP network, be convenient to external network communication with family, be convenient to the home network zones of different in equipment communicate.
A plurality of home servers are formed the server apparatus group, have only the function of a master with server execution server in the server apparatus group, and other server apparatus then are in the standby server state, only need see that a master uses server for general network equipment.The work that relates to the home server function is all finished with server by main.Provide an IP multicast address to be used for communicating by letter, be used for the management of server apparatus group with the Servers-all in the server apparatus group.Need to use other network equipments of server capability also will add the server apparatus group.
Each home server is all preserved all information relevant with server capability in the home network, comprises the significant data such as safe, professional, network configuration of home network.Adopt information synchronization method to be used to guarantee the information synchronization of a plurality of servers between the home server.Can comprise that specifically the regular method of synchronization and Event triggered mode are synchronous etc.
In all home servers, elect the master and use server, for example: can consider between server apparatus, to carry out load sharing, select the less server of load to use server, also can adopt other principles as main according to certain algorithm.Election finishes the back and announces all devices on the home network by the multicast mode, comprises the server apparatus of wanting announcement server equipment group interior.Main announcement content with server mainly comprises: main name with server, IP address, main effective time with server, network configuration data or the like.
Because the multicast mode in the server apparatus group is also unreliable, and the equipment that has at any time adds or exits network, existing equipment also may be announced with server because reset to wait operation to fail to receive to lead, so also need to provide regularly notifying mechanism, main with server periodically all devices on home network lead with server and announce.The all devices of home network all needs initiatively use the server configuration information to the request of server apparatus group is main after oneself powers on, if fail to receive response message, needs to initiate again to lead to elect with server.
The master need be provided with an effective time with server, needs to re-elect the master after effective time is overtime and uses server, and can on-the-fly modify as required effective time.Other standby servers in the server apparatus group need regularly to detect main state with server, will re-elect the master under with the server exception situation and use server main.
The network equipment need be visited and be led when using server, directly carries out not relating to other standby servers alternately with server by mode of unicast and master with the prior advertised information of server according to main.If the network equipment is not received advertised information in advance, then the network equipment needs initiatively to understand main configuration informations such as IP address with server to the server apparatus group, directly carries out alternately with server with main then.Servers-all in the server apparatus group all should receive the message of network device requests master with the server configuration, request message is replied with server by main.After other standby servers are received request message, whether should detect the master replys immediately with server, if the main request message that does not have timely response to network equipment with server, show that then the master may be in abnormal conditions with server, need initiate main election with server again, certainly original master still may be elected as the main server of using with server after fault restoration.
Realize that method of the present invention improves the reliability of home network, need the network equipments all in the home network can both support requirement of the present invention.Exactly concrete: server apparatus will support the master to use abnormality detection mechanism, the network equipment and main mutual these functions with server of server with election, the information synchronization between the home server, main timing notifying mechanism with server, the master of server.The common network equipment needs then to support that main notice message with server is handled, main abnormality detection mechanism with server, the network equipment and main function such as mutual with server.
In the present embodiment, the server apparatus group comprises independently PC server, home gateway, three equipment of set-top box.Provide an IP multicast address " 224.1.1.1 " to be used for carrying out in the server apparatus group cast communication.Visual telephone is as a general network equipment in the home network in the present embodiment; Set-top box is a server apparatus, also is a general network equipment.Enforcement of the present invention mainly comprises more following steps:
1. main election with server
Because can only there be a master to be responsible for the control of home network in the server apparatus group, use server so at first need from the server apparatus group, to elect a master with server.Be chosen in the mode of carrying out load sharing between server apparatus in the present embodiment, select the less server of load as the main server of using.After any server apparatus powers on, send the main server configuring request of using to the server apparatus group.If existed the master to use server, then needn't initiate main election with server.If the current main server of using, then the equipment in the server apparatus group is participated in the master with the server election, elects the main server of using.The PC server becomes the main server of using through election in the present embodiment.Elect and finish back PC server, with the main all devices of using on the server configuration data announcement home network by the multicast mode.The announcement content mainly comprises: main name with server, IP address, main effective time with server, network configuration data or the like.
2. the information synchronization between the home server
The PC server become main with server after, utilize multicast communication mode and home gateway, that set-top box is carried out server data is synchronous, guarantees the unanimity of data between three server apparatus.Concrete server data comprises data such as safe, professional, the configuration of home network.
3. main timing notifying mechanism with server
The PC server become main with server after, can both obtain the correct main server configuration data of use for guaranteeing all devices on the network, adopt the mode of regularly announcement will lead and announce all devices on the home network with the server configuration data.Be set to 1 minute blanking time, can revise as required.
4. main abnormality detection mechanism with server
Standby server should be able to be received main timing notice message with server according to main timing announcement blanking time with server.When standby server can't normally be received regularly notice message, show and mainly mistake may take place that at this moment need to lead with server exception and handle, abnormality processing adopts to be led the mode of electing with server immediately again and realize with server.Certainly original master still may be elected as the main server of using with server after fault restoration.The master does not occur with server unusually in the present embodiment.
5. the network equipment and master use the mutual of server
The user will carry out visual telephone in the present embodiment, and then after subscriber dialing, visual telephone is determined main IP address with server at first according to the main data of using in the server notice message.Then by the clean culture communication and main with server just the PC server communicate, carry out some safety and business processing flow.As: enter home network in order to prevent the disabled user by WLAN (wireless local area network), usurp visual telephone business, need whether the checking video telephony apparatus is legitimate device, verify whether the other side's telephone number that carries out video communication is the called number that allows.The said process of the network equipment and main usefulness server as shown in Figure 3.
The method of a plurality of server apparatus collaborative works in a kind of home network of the present invention, manage by the server apparatus group that a plurality of servers in the home network are formed, utilize main election with server, information synchronization between the home server, main timing notifying mechanism with server, main abnormality detection mechanism with server, the network equipment and master use the processes such as interactive mode of server, have improved the reliability of domestic network system.
Specific embodiment among the present invention has just been enumerated an example of the present invention, in a word, uses design philosophy of the present invention and any equivalent transformation thereof to improve the stability of home network, all should belong to protection scope of the present invention.

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1. the method for a plurality of server apparatus collaborative works in the home network, it is used for home network, and described home network comprises a plurality of server apparatus with server capability, it is characterized in that, and described method comprises:
A): described server apparatus is formed the server apparatus group, and provide an IP multicast address to be used for the management of described server apparatus group;
B): adopt information synchronization mechanism to be used to guarantee information synchronization between a plurality of servers between the described server apparatus;
C): electing one from all home servers, main to use server, other server be standby server;
D): when the network equipment needs the access server function, directly carry out not relating to other standby servers alternately with server by mode of unicast and master with the prior advertised information of server according to main; When the network equipment can't directly be used server communication with the master, obtain the master by the server apparatus group and dispose with server.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described method also comprises after described step c):
C1) utilize described IP multicast address that main timing notifying mechanism with server info is provided; And
C2) carry out main abnormality detection mechanism with server.
3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described information synchronization method comprises that the regular method of synchronization and Event triggered mode are synchronous.
4. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that described server apparatus comprises private server, home gateway and set-top box.
5. method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described method also is included in and main occurs electing the main server of use when unusual in all home servers with server, announces all devices on the home network by the multicast mode after election finishes.
6. method according to claim 1 or 5 is characterized in that, described main announcement content with server comprises: main name with server, IP address, main effective time and the network configuration data of using server.
7. method according to claim 6 is characterized in that described master is provided with an effective time with server, re-elect the master after effective time is overtime and use server, and can on-the-fly modify described effective time.
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