CN100515028C - Unified updating management system for set-top box downloading document - Google Patents
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The system thereof comprises: a broadcast server used for receiving and saving 'loader' file, and updating the 'loader' file; a client side used for managing 'loader' file, which comprises a configuration module for transmitting the 'loader' to the server to save, and according to 'loader file' setting 'loader' records used for updating the broadcast, and transmitting it to the database to save; a database used for saving the records of 'loader' file; and a broadcast scheduling module used for selecting a desired broadcast updating 'loader' file from all loader records in database, and sending a broadcasting instruction to said server, setting parameters of 'loader' file updating broadcast, sending a broadcasting instruction to the server, and leading out the descriptor of currently updated 'loader' file.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of upgrading and broadcast the system that carries out unified management, relate in particular to a kind of upgrading and broadcast the system that carries out unified management set-top-box system software to software.
Background technology
Along with the development of Digital Television, the manufacturer and the version of digital TV set-top box also increase gradually in the network, and the set-top box software edition upgrading also becomes the major issue that digital TV network need face.Upgrading service, the software defect of opening new valued added applications and solving set-top box all need to carry out the software upgrading of set-top box.
Following three kinds of modes are mainly adopted in existing software upgrading to set-top box.First kind of mode is downloader (loader) broadcast system that each manufacturer all uses oneself, operator is if need carry out software upgrading to a new set-top box production firm in this case, then need to go again separately the loader broadcast system of purchasing this manufacturer, cause the increase of investing.The second way is that each manufacturer only provides code stream, but need insert the descriptor that oneself defines in network information table NIT (Network Information Table), and the descriptor between each manufacturer can not be general, so increased burden for the EPG system.To be each manufacturer broadcast by oneself CA system Third Way, and so just being difficult to requirement according to operator increases function according to the upgrading of set-top box batch number selectivity.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to address the above problem, a kind of system that set-top box loader file is unified updating and management is provided, it has determined unified loader technical specification, solve the software version management problem of the set-top box of different vendor in the network better, realized the function that different vendor's upgrading code stream is broadcast simultaneously.
Technical scheme of the present invention is: a kind of system that set-top box downloading document is unified updating and management, set-top box manufacturer provides separately downloading document to operator, use described system that all set-top box downloading documents are carried out unified management by described operator, scheduling and broadcasting, wherein, described system comprises that one is used for receiving, the storage downloading document is also according to the server that described downloading document upgrading is broadcasted in instruction of broadcasting that receives, one is used for the client of management and dispatching downloading document and the database of a storage downloader record, and described client comprises:
Configuration Manager, described downloading document is transferred in the described server stores, store simultaneously according to this downloading document be provided for upgrading downloader record of broadcasting and it is transferred in the described database, this Configuration Manager is arranged to a service with a set-top box manufacturer, will be configured to the basic stream under this service to downloading document that should manufacturer;
The playing and scheduling module, choose the downloading document of required upgrading broadcasting from described database be used for upgrading all downloaders records of broadcasting, the parameter of described downloading document upgrading broadcasting is set, and send to described server and to broadcast instruction, derive the descriptor of the downloading document of current upgrading simultaneously according to described parameter.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management wherein, comprises manufacturer's information, hardware version, software version, downloading document form, the memory location of downloading document in server in the described downloader record.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, the parameter of described downloading document upgrading broadcasting comprises the beginning and ending time of manufacturer's name of upgrading, upgrading, the Packet Identifier and the bandwidth that scope is selected, the downloading document upgrading is used of upgrading.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, the scope of described upgrading is set-top box sequence number, set-top box batch number or hardware-software version.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, described system comprises that also the information of one business information/Program Specific Information broadcasts module, receive the current upgrading of deriving through described playing and scheduling module downloading document descriptor and broadcast.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management wherein, comprises a code stream package module in the described server, adopt default integrated system technology using standard with downloading document encapsulation packing.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, described set-top box manufacturer also provides downloading document corresponding download device description document, and described Configuration Manager extracts the downloader recorded information of the broadcasting that is used to upgrade automatically from described downloader description document.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, described Configuration Manager comprises downloader record management submodule and downloading document upgrading history management submodule, the downloader recorded information of preserving in described downloader record management submodule inquiry, interpolation, modification, the described database of deletion; Described downloading document upgrading history management submodule is inquired about the upgrading historical information of described playing and scheduling module records in described database.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, described playing and scheduling module is by obtaining the parameter that current downloading document upgrading of broadcasting is broadcasted with described server communication.
The system of above-mentioned unified updating and management, wherein, described system also comprises an information interaction module, provides communication interface to realize communicating by letter of described system and external system.
The present invention contrasts prior art following beneficial effect: the client configuration administration module among the present invention is used for various network information and the system version information that the management system upgrade software need be provided with, server is as the server of digital video broadcasting DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) front end transmitting system software upgrading code stream, by the order of standard traffic method reception from client playing and scheduling module, to be stored in system upgrade software (the being the loader file) packing of waiting to broadcast in the storehouse according to control command and send, and have certain fault-tolerance, alarm and journal function.The present invention has made things convenient for the problem of management of different updating set-top box software versions in the network, and realization different vendor upgrading code stream is broadcast simultaneously, and has alleviated the negative effect that the upgrading of set-top box large tracts of land brings to a certain extent.
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Fig. 1 shows the network configuration of one embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 1, in the network of front end, connect into unified loader system 100 by the network switch 104 by client 101, SSU (system software upgrading, System Software Upgrade) data server 102, SSU information database 103.Multiplexer 200 connects with SSU data server 102, and EPG (Electronic Program Guide) system 301 is connected with unification loader system 100 by the network switch 104 with OSS/SMS (0perational Support System/Subscriber Management System) system 302.
Fig. 2 shows the system framework of one embodiment of the invention.As shown in Figure 2, unify loader system 100 and can be divided into Configuration Manager 111, playing and scheduling module 112, SSU data server 102 and SSU information database 103.Wherein SSU data server 102 is deployed on the server that uses (SuSE) Linux OS, and all the other modules all are deployed on the client computer that uses Windows operating system.
The implementation procedure of each module in the unified loader system 100 is described below in conjunction with an example.In this example, certain set-top box production firm provides a loader file and corresponding loader description document.This loader description document thes contents are as follows: production firm's title: ABC, hardware version: 0082, software version: 0X44, download formats: privately owned form, file format: the TS file, and this loader file leaves the inferior information of D packing catalogue on the SSU data server 102 in.If upgrading, it is identical and a loader file that software version is higher is used for online upgrading generally to need to generate hardware version, thereby supposes that here its software version to be upgraded is 0X43.
Manufacturer after loader file that operator is provided for upgrading and corresponding loader description document, Configuration Manager 111 according to the loader description document with corresponding loader file transfer in the specified path of SSU data server 102.Simultaneously, the loader record of Configuration Manager 111 newly-increased correspondence in SSU information database 103, the form of this record is followed successively by: manufacturer's information, hardware version, software version, loader file format, the memory location of loader file on SSU server 102.Here, the record that increases newly is " ABC, 0082,0X44, TS file, D: ".The all corresponding different loader record of each different loader file, and a loader database of record formed in all loader record.
Certainly, Configuration Manager 111 can be not yet by extracting the loader description document information but directly manually add the loader record according to the relevant information that manufacturer provides.Whether Configuration Manager 111 also can detect the loader description document wrong, can judge whether the loader file can be used for upgrading broadcasting, if the loader file has been the TS file, can judge also whether its form satisfies the requirement of unified standard.Configuration Manager 111 can be subdivided into loader record management submodule and loader document upgrading history management submodule again.The loader recorded information in the loader database of record can be inquired about, adds, revises and be deleted to loader record management submodule.Loader document upgrading history management submodule can be inquired about playing and scheduling module 112 and be recorded in upgrading historical information in the database, comprises the information such as manufacturer, hardware version, software version, upgrading time started and upgrading concluding time of system upgrade software.
Then, playing and scheduling module 112 connects SSU data server 102.In above-mentioned Configuration Manager 111, a manufacturer can be arranged to a service (Service), will become the basic stream (Elementary Stream) under this service to loader file configuration that should manufacturer.Manufacturer's (promptly selecting service) that operator selects current needs to upgrade, select the current loader record (being the basic stream ES under the corresponding with service) that is used to upgrade, and the parameter that the loader file is broadcast information is set, such as the beginning and ending time that upgrading is set, PID that the scope that upgrading is set is selected, the loader document upgrading uses and bandwidth etc.After finishing, setting can send to SSU data server 102 with beginning the instruction that this loader document upgrading broadcasts.Playing and scheduling module 112 also can be by obtaining the parameter that current loader document upgrading of broadcasting is broadcasted with communicating by letter of SSU data server 102, also can with all playing and scheduling operation notes in SSU information database 103, use for Configuration Manager 111.
Wherein, the selection of the scope of upgrading can be according to set-top box sequence number, set-top box batch number or only select according to the hardware-software version of set-top box.The meaning of upgrading by set-top box sequence number or batch number or hardware-software version is, if upgrade at overall network, cable network is owing to the signal quality reason, and what break down on very big coverage rate may be just a lot, the situation that can cause operator to be difficult to deal with.And if upgrade by sequence number, batch number or hardware-software version, then the scope that influenced of upgrading can be limited to a relative small range, the number of faults of appearance will be lacked much relatively.So just can the set-top box in the whole network all be finished once upgrading by continuous small lot upgrading.
Playing and scheduling module 112 can derive the descriptor content of the description upgrade information of SI/PSI needs according to current loader document upgrading broadcasting, be currently to have which loader file of which manufacturer upgrading, their label Tag (also being PID) separately, the information such as selection of upgrading scope.SI/PSI information uses EPG system 301 to broadcast.EPG system 301 receives above-mentioned descriptor, and is inserted in the SI table of appointment, finishes the setting to NIT.As long as the SI/PSI information that guarantees 301 configurations of EPG system and broadcast is consistent with the information reconciliation that playing and scheduling module 112 is used, successfully carries out the loader document upgrading and just obtained guarantee.
SSU data server 102 receives the instruction of broadcasting of playing and scheduling module 112, and loader file and associated control information are transferred to equipment realization broadcasting such as multiplexer 200 by the ASI delivery outlet.
SSU data server 102 can receive transmission stream (TS, i.e. Transport Stream) file of following the packing of integrated system technology using standard, the loader file of not packing and the TS file of each vendor specific form.Code stream package module in the SSU data server 102 adopts different processing modes according to the type of the loader file that receives, and guarantees to send correct upgrade data code stream.Processing mode is as follows: when running into the TS file of vendor specific form, whether check earlier it be legal TS file, and remap according to the PID of appointment; When the loader file of the not packing that runs into the vendor specific form, become the TS file from the Section packing data according to the PID of appointment; And for the DC form not the packing the loader file, at first adopt the digital storage media order and control (DSM-CC, i.e. the Digital StorageMedia-Command﹠amp that use in the integrated system technology using standard; Control) two-layer data carousel (Data Carousel) agreement is carried out the encapsulation of data, and packing generates the TS file, and then row broadcasting.
After the loader file broadcasting, set-top box detects the variation that takes place among the NIT at any time, if carry above-mentioned descriptor among the NIT, set-top box will judge one by one in the loader file of current broadcast whether the loader file that meets it is arranged.Judgement is followed successively by identification of the manufacturer, hardware version, software version in proper order, if be provided with the upgrading scope then need judge also whether the upgrading scope meets self.If above-mentioned condition has all been passed through, then set-top box begins to receive the loader file with identical PID according to the Tag (PID) of appointment in the descriptor, receives the upgrading that the set-top box that resets automatically after also verification finishes is finished systems soft ware.
Whole unified loader system can also comprise an information interaction module, and this information interaction module is used to provide communication interface, realizes and the communicating by letter of external system by this interface.To OSS, be used to provide the analysis data such as analysis interface before and after upgrading is provided.
The foregoing description provides to those of ordinary skills and realizes or use of the present invention; those of ordinary skills can be under the situation that does not break away from invention thought of the present invention; the foregoing description is made various modifications or variation; thereby protection scope of the present invention do not limit by the foregoing description, and should be the maximum magnitude that meets the inventive features that claims mention.
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1 one kinds of systems that set-top box downloading document unified updating and management, set-top box manufacturer provides separately downloading document to operator, use described system that all set-top box downloading documents are carried out unified management, scheduling and broadcasting by described operator, it is characterized in that, described system comprises that one is used to receive, store downloading document and according to the instruction of broadcasting that receives the server, of described downloading document upgrading broadcasting is used for the client of management and dispatching downloading document and the database of a storage downloader record, and described client comprises:
Configuration Manager, described downloading document is transferred in the described server stores, store simultaneously according to this downloading document be provided for upgrading downloader record of broadcasting and it is transferred in the described database, this Configuration Manager is arranged to a service with a set-top box manufacturer, will be configured to the basic stream under this service to downloading document that should manufacturer;
The playing and scheduling module, choose the downloading document of required upgrading broadcasting from described database be used for upgrading all downloaders records of broadcasting, the parameter of described downloading document upgrading broadcasting is set, and send to described server and to broadcast instruction, derive the descriptor of the downloading document of current upgrading simultaneously according to described parameter.
The system of 2 unified updating and managements according to claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises manufacturer's information, hardware version, software version, downloading document form, the memory location of downloading document in server in the described downloader record.
The system of 3 unified updating and managements according to claim 1, it is characterized in that the parameter of described downloading document upgrading broadcasting comprises the beginning and ending time of manufacturer's name of upgrading, upgrading, the Packet Identifier and the bandwidth that scope is selected, the downloading document upgrading is used of upgrading.
The system of 4 unified updating and managements according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the scope of described upgrading is set-top box sequence number, set-top box batch number or hardware-software version.
The system of 5 unified updating and managements according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described system comprises that also the information of one business information/Program Specific Information broadcasts module, receive the current upgrading of deriving through described playing and scheduling module downloading document descriptor and broadcast.
The system of 6 unified updating and managements according to claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises a code stream package module in the described server, adopts default integrated system technology using standard with downloading document encapsulation packing.
The system of 7 unified updating and managements according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described set-top box manufacturer also provides downloading document corresponding download device description document, and described Configuration Manager extracts the downloader recorded information of the broadcasting that is used to upgrade automatically from described downloader description document.
The system of 8 unified updating and managements according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described Configuration Manager comprises downloader record management submodule and downloading document upgrading history management submodule, the downloader recorded information of preserving in described downloader record management submodule inquiry, interpolation, modification, the described database of deletion; Described downloading document upgrading history management submodule is inquired about the upgrading historical information of described playing and scheduling module records in described database.
The system of 9 unified updating and managements according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described playing and scheduling module is by obtaining the parameter that current downloading document upgrading of broadcasting is broadcasted with described server communication.
The system of 10 unified updating and managements according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described system also comprises an information interaction module, provides communication interface to realize communicating by letter of described system and external system.
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