WO2017124741A1

WO2017124741A1 - Method and device for synchronizing apparatus version

Info

Publication number: WO2017124741A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/096233
Authority: WO
Inventors: 羊兆磊; 杨健
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-01-18
Filing date: 2016-08-22
Publication date: 2017-07-27
Also published as: CN106982130A

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for synchronizing an apparatus version. The method for synchronizing an apparatus version comprises: after performing a version upgrade, transmitting, to an associated apparatus, a version upgrade success message; receiving a version request message; and transmitting version information used for the version upgrade to an apparatus transmitting the version request message.

Description

Device version synchronization method and device

Technical field

This document refers to, but is not limited to, the field of communications, and more particularly to a device version synchronization method and apparatus.

Background technique

Version upgrade refers to the improvement of the vulnerability of the operating system or the pre-software version, or the addition of new application functions to the software, so that the software is more perfect, that is, the version is upgraded, or the error information such as bugs in the original system is modified. Wait. Among them, the version upgrade method includes: web (World Wide Web) page upgrade, installation CD, remote network management upgrade, and universal serial bus (USB, Universal Serial Bus) upgrade, etc., the following one for each version upgrade method An introduction:

Web page upgrade: Communication network devices (such as home gateways) generally provide a local configuration interface. The configuration interface has a version upgrade function. The device manufacturer provides the version. The installer configures the relevant version path through the web interface to upgrade.

Installation CD: The version file is directly provided on the installation CD. After the terminal and network device are connected, upgrade the network device by running the installation CD in the terminal.

Remote network management upgrade: Generally, the tr069 protocol is configured by the official to configure the version information on the network management system. The remote procedure call protocol (Remote Procedure Call Protocol) is executed. After the remote download (download), the version is upgraded.

USB upgrade: Provide the version in the U disk and other devices, and then insert the U disk into the network device to automatically upgrade the version. However, there are currently many devices in a network. If you upgrade the device in the above manner, you need to manually set the device to upgrade. The operation is more complicated and time consuming.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a device version synchronization method and device, which can be implemented simply Multiple devices in the network are upgraded.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a device version synchronization method is provided, including: after a version upgrade, sending a message that the version upgrade is successful to an associated device; receiving a version request message; and using version information for upgrading the version Send to the device that sent the version request message.

Optionally, the version upgrade success message carries the version number of the current version upgrade.

Optionally, the associated device is in the same multicast group as the device that is successfully upgraded, and the message that the version is successfully upgraded is sent to the associated device, and the message that the version is successfully upgraded is sent to the same multicast group through the multicast message. device of.

Optionally, the message that the version upgrade succeeds includes: an Internet Protocol IP address and port number interconnected between the multicast networks, a serial number of the device, an organization unique identifier OUI of the device, and a version number of the device.

Optionally, the associated device is the same as the device model that is currently upgraded successfully.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing any of the methods described above.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a device version synchronization apparatus is provided, including:

The first sending module is configured to send a message that the version upgrade succeeds to the associated device after the version is upgraded;

a receiving module, configured to receive a version request message;

The second sending module is configured to send the version information used by the version upgrade to the device that sends the version request.

Optionally, the associated device is in the same multicast group as the device that is successfully upgraded. The first sending module is configured to: after the version is upgraded, the message that the version is successfully upgraded is sent to the same multicast through the multicast message. The devices within the group.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention are as follows:

The solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after the device version is successfully upgraded, informs the other device that the version upgrade is successful, so that other devices can obtain the version information from the device that has successfully upgraded the current version, and complete the version synchronization upgrade, thereby simply implementing the Multiple devices in the network are upgraded.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a device version synchronization method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a network networking in Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

3 is a structural diagram of a device module according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of synchronization between devices according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a device version synchronization apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides a device version synchronization method and device. The embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Example 1

This embodiment provides a device version synchronization method, which can be applied to the device side. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a device version synchronization method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps. :

Step 101: After the version upgrade is performed, the message that the version upgrade succeeds is sent to the associated device.

The version upgraded version carries the version number of the version upgrade (that is, the upgraded version number). Based on this, the associated device parses the version number from the message after receiving the message that the version upgrade succeeds. Compare the version number with its own version number; determine its own version number If the version number is lower than the parsed version, request to obtain the version information, and then use the obtained version information for version upgrade.

In this embodiment, the associated device is a device that is in the same multicast group as the device that is successfully upgraded, and the message that the version is successfully upgraded is sent to the associated device, and the message that the version upgrade succeeds is sent through the multicast message. The device in the same multicast group is the same as the device with the current upgrade. Based on this, the device of the same model can automatically synchronize the version of the upgraded device.

Optionally, in the message that the version upgrade succeeds in this embodiment, the message may include:

The Internet Protocol (IP) address and port number, the serial number of the device, the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI), and the version number of the device.

Step 102: Receive a version request message.

Step 103: Send the version information used by the version upgrade to the device that sends the version request message.

In this step, the version information includes the version file used for the version upgrade.

In this step, after receiving the version information, the device that sends the version request message verifies the validity of the version information, and then performs version upgrade according to the version information.

Example 2

This embodiment further describes the device version synchronization method provided by the present invention by disclosing more technical features.

The embodiment provides a synchronization mechanism, so that the device can automatically synchronize the upgraded version in the same network. Optionally, all devices in the embodiment have the same model.

In this embodiment, there are multiple devices of the same model in a network environment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of network networking in Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, multiple switches are connected to one router. The same is true. First, you can upgrade one of the switches (such as switch A) through web pages and network management. Other switches B, C, D, and E can automatically discover the difference between the version and the version of switch A, and trigger the version synchronization upgrade. Maintenance personnel only need to upgrade one device, its His equipment is automatically synchronized and upgrades, significantly reducing maintenance costs.

Optionally, the device in this embodiment may also be a power network bridge, and the power network bridge, which is also called a power cat, appears in pairs in the application. According to the device version synchronization method provided in this embodiment, the user or Maintenance personnel upgrade one of the power cats, and the other power cat can also automatically upgrade.

3 is a structural diagram of a device module according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; as shown in FIG. 3, the device includes an upgrade module, a version update notification module, a version information receiving module, a version download module, and an http (HyperText Transfer Protocol). Server (service) module httpserver module. among them,

The upgrade module is set to verify the validity of the version and upgrade the version.

The version update notification module is configured to use the multicast to send the notification information after the device is upgraded, where the notification information includes the upgraded version number, the ip address, the port, and the like, and the following version updates the notification message format:

NOTIFY*HTTP/1.1

Host: 239.250.250.245:1800 //Multicast IP and port, tentative

SN: SerialNumber // serial number of the device

OUI: ManuFacturerOui // equipment oui

SV: SoftwareVer // the version number of the device

ASV:AdditionalSoftwareVersion //The extended version number of the device

...... //Extensible information

The version information receiving module is configured to receive the version update notification information issued by another device, and if the received version number is newer than the version number of the device, the version synchronization upgrade is performed;

The version download module is set to download the latest version to the upgraded device. After the download is successful, notify the upgrade module to upgrade the version.

The httpserver module is set to download versions to other devices for this device.

4 is a flow chart of version synchronization between devices according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the process mainly includes the following processing:

Step 1, the medium (web, tr069, tr064, usb) triggers the device A upgrade;

Step 2: After the device A is upgraded, the upgrade module of the device A notifies the version update notification module;

Step 3: After receiving the information that the version upgrade is successful, the version update notification module of the device A sends the multicast information to notify other devices that the version is updated.

Step 4: The version information receiving module of the device B captures the device update information, and parses the version information (version number);

Step 5, the device B compares the parsed version information with the existing version information, and if they are consistent, the process ends; if not, the version download module is notified, and step 6 is performed;

Step 6, the version download module is connected to the http (HyperText Transfer Protocol) server (service) module of the device A, and the version is downloaded;

Step 7, the httpserver module of device A, transmits the version file to device B;

Step 8: After the version downloading module of the device B is successfully downloaded, the version upgrade module is notified, and the version upgrade module verifies and upgrades the version. After the upgrade is successful, step 2 is performed.

The above method can be implemented by each device in the network that requires a version upgrade.

Example 3

This embodiment provides a device version synchronization device, which is configured to implement the device version synchronization method provided in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, and the device can be set on each device in the network that needs to be upgraded, Figure 5 It is a structural block diagram of the device version synchronization device provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device 50 includes the following components:

The first sending module 51 is configured to send a message that the version upgrade succeeds to the associated device after the version upgrade is performed;

The version upgraded message carries the version number of the version upgrade. The successful version upgrade message includes: the IP address and port number of the interconnection between the multicast networks, the serial number of the device, and the organization unique identifier of the device. OUI and the version number of the device.

The receiving module 52 is configured to receive a version request message.

The second sending module 53 is configured to send the version information used for the version upgrade to the device that sends the version request.

The associated device is a device that is in the same multicast group as the device that is successfully upgraded. The first sending module 51 is configured to send the message that the version upgrade succeeds to the multicast message after the version is upgraded. Devices in the same multicast group.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the associated device is the same as the device model that is successfully upgraded.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be performed by a program to instruct related hardware, such as a processor, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, disk or optical disk. Wait. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, for example, by implementing an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or may be implemented in the form of a software function module, for example, executing a program in a storage and a memory by a processor. / instruction to achieve its corresponding function. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

Although alternative embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more modifications, additions and substitutions are also possible. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the implementation described above. example.

Industrial applicability

The above technical solution simply implements upgrading a plurality of devices in the network.

Claims

A device version synchronization method includes:

After the version is upgraded, the message that the version upgrade succeeds is sent to the associated device.

Receiving a version request message;

The version information used by the version upgrade is sent to the device that sent the version request message.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the version upgrade success message carries the version number of the current version upgrade.
The method of claim 1, wherein the associated device is a device that is in the same multicast group as the device that is successfully upgraded, and the sending the message that the version is successfully upgraded to the associated device includes:

The message that the version upgrade succeeds is sent to the device in the same multicast group through the multicast message.
The method of claim 1, wherein the message that the version upgrade succeeds includes:

The Internet Protocol IP address and port number, the serial number of the device, the organization unique identifier OUI of the device, and the version number of the device.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the associated device is the same as the device model currently successfully upgraded.
A device version synchronization device includes:

The first sending module is configured to send a message that the version upgrade succeeds to the associated device after the version is upgraded;

a receiving module, configured to receive a version request message;

The second sending module is configured to send version information used by the version upgrade to the device that sends the version request.
The device according to claim 6, wherein the version upgrade success message carries the version number of the current version upgrade.
The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the associated device is successfully upgraded with the current one The device is in the same multicast group, and the first sending module is set to:

After the version is upgraded, the message that the version is successfully upgraded is sent to the devices in the same multicast group through multicast messages.
The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the message that the version upgrade succeeds includes:

The Internet Protocol IP address and port number, the serial number of the device, the organization unique identifier OUI of the device, and the version number of the device.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the associated device is the same as the device model in which the current upgrade is successful.