CN100384122C - On-line promotion method for network terminal product - Google Patents
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The present invention discloses an online upgrade method for a network terminal product, which comprises a forward learning process and a backward learning process. The present invention adopts an upgrade plan of a ping-pong mechanism to keep a terminal having a normal running capacity in any situation by using service treatment that a minimum system configuration area (MINISYSTEM) and a system area (SYSTEM) coexist to upgrade the network terminal product. The anti-destruction capability of a terminal system is improved, and the robustness; consequently, the capability of unattended intervention, even unattended operation can be achieved, and the safe, flexible and stable self-renewal capability can be achieved.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the online upgrading method of a kind of network terminal product, particularly set-top box.
Background technology
Be similar to set-top box, in the built-in terminal system as network television-set top-set-box (IPTV-STB), upgrading is the process that equipment is done as a whole self-regeneration, self, self-teaching.
But existing desktop software upgrading scheme and non-online upgrading scheme, the online upgrading instability, anti-destructive ability, strong robustness is not strong.
Summary of the invention
Purpose of the present invention is exactly in order to solve the online upgrading problem of unstable of the network terminal, a kind of online upgrading method of network terminal product to be provided, improve the anti-destructive ability of terminal system, increasing robustness.
For achieving the above object, the present invention proposes a kind of online upgrading method of network terminal product, it is characterized in that: comprise forward learning process and backward learning process, wherein forward study comprises the steps:
A1: operation system starts staging business, the staging business submodule in start-up system district;
A2: the staging business submodule of system area (SYSTEM) carries out corresponding service processing, for example; The checking upgrade information, Internet resources etc.;
A3: start terminal and enter minimum system configuring area (MINISYSTEM), carry out corresponding service processing, for example, enter minimum system configuring area upgrade-system, carry out upgrading service;
A4: check whether upgrading upgrades correct (promptly whether study is perfect), if success then enter next step; Otherwise repeating step A3;
A5: upgrading is upgraded successfully, enters new system new business;
Backward learning is the study of upgrade-system self---oneself's upgrading comprises the steps:
B1: the staging business submodule of system area regularly detects upgrade server;
B2: if the renewal of upgrade-system is arranged, then point out customer upgrade minimum system configuring area (MINISYSTEM), the minimum system configuring area of perhaps under unattended operation and idle condition, upgrading voluntarily; Otherwise execution in step B5;
B3:,, otherwise carry out B5 then by system area upgrading minimum system configuring area if obtain upgrading opportunity;
B4: carry out the inspection of minimum system configuring area, if success is then carried out version number and upgraded; If failure, then prompting or pressure repeating step B3;
B5: the upgrading of minimum system configuring area is finished.
Owing to adopted the upgrading scheme of above ping-pong mechanism, the Business Processing of upgrading with minimum system configuring area and system area and the mode of depositing, make terminal that the ability of normal operation always be arranged under any sight, improved the anti-destructive ability of terminal system, increased strong robustness, intervene thereby can reach unmanned, in addition the ability of upgrading voluntarily under the unattended operation situation, self that can be safe, flexible, stable.
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Fig. 1 is the subregion schematic diagram of system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is that minimum system configuring area of the present invention is formed schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is that system area of the present invention is formed schematic diagram;
Fig. 4 is to the upgrade status schematic flow sheet from normal condition;
Fig. 5 is to the upgrade status schematic flow sheet from starting state;
Fig. 6 is a upgrading minimum system configuring area schematic flow sheet (normal condition is to oppositely upgrading) from normal system.
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Below by specific embodiment, and the present invention is described in further detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Network terminal product for being similar to network television-set top-set-box (IPTV-STB) is generally embedded system.In order to guarantee the robustness of product, and professional renewable ability, generally adopt upgrading scheme system-level, service level, this series products to the requirement of upgrading than higher.The online upgrading method of a kind of network terminal product provided by the invention, adopt the ping-pong mechanism upgrading scheme, promptly with minimum system configuring area and the parallel mode of system area, the Business Processing of upgrading makes terminal that the ability of normal operation always be arranged under any sight.
This upgrade method comprises forward learning process and backward learning process (therefore being called table tennis upgrade technique scheme),
Forward study is as follows:
A1: operation system starts staging business, the staging business submodule in start-up system district;
A2: the staging business submodule of system area carries out corresponding service processing, for example; The checking upgrade information, Internet resources etc.;
A3: start terminal and enter the minimum system configuring area, carry out corresponding service processing, for example, enter minimum system configuring area upgrade-system, carry out upgrading service;
A4: check that whether correct upgrading upgrade, i.e. whether study is perfect, if success then enter next step; Otherwise repeating step A3;
A5: upgrading is upgraded successfully, enters new system new business.
Backward learning is following, and (be the study of upgrade-system self, promptly the oneself upgrades.)：
B1: the staging business submodule of system area regularly detects upgrade server;
B2: if the renewal in minimal configuration district is arranged, then point out customer upgrade minimum system configuring area, the minimum system configuring area of perhaps under unattended operation and the situation of free time, upgrading voluntarily; Otherwise carry out B5;
B3: if obtain upgrading opportunity, then by system area upgrading minimum system configuring area, otherwise execution in step B5;
B4: carry out the inspection of minimum system configuring area, if success is then carried out version number and upgraded; If failure, then prompting or pressure repeating step B3;
B5: the upgrading of minimum system configuring area is finished.
Below the explanation of scheme be example (but this technical scheme can expand to comprise on embedded, the monolithic system) with SKY IPTV-STB upgrade-system, its hardware and software platform is as follows:
Hardware platform: ARM7 PLATFROM
Software platform: UCLINUX 2.4.xx
Scheme realizes:
Ping-pong mechanism upgrade technique scheme, core content are to set up the double copies system, and are based upon the service mechanism in the table tennis system.
1: system forms
As shown in Figure 1, under the LINUX system, set up boot section, global parameter district, KERNEL district (inner core region), MINISYSTEM (minimum system configuring area), system area;
Each differentiation is stated as follows:
The boot section: the boot section of table tennis system is with the different of General System boot section, can judge the inlet of system according to upgrading and total system agreement.The realization of this function is in order to reach the difference inlet of guiding table tennis system under different scenes.For example: under the operate as normal, the availability in check system district, guiding kernel; Transmission is the system command line parameter of parameter with system area (SYSTEM district).Under the upgrade job, verification minimum system configuring area (MINISYSTEM district) availability, guiding kernel; Transmission is the system command line parameter of parameter with minimum system configuring area (MINISYSTEM district).
The global parameter district: this part meets embedded system configuration, and the present invention's upgrade-system of rattling only is to open up a parameter list in this zone, does the upgrading allocation list.
The KERNEL district: under this scheme, not with the KERNEL district as the part in the file system, but come out separately.Reason is with the maximum microkernelized in KERNEL district, and the KERNEL district is no longer professional relevant with realization.And other with professional relevant kernel module all in file system, be installed in the kernel in a dynamic way.
For example:
LINUX kernel: interrupt management, management of process, scheduling, file system, memory management etc.; Module in kernel: FLASH driving, SDRAM driving, network interface card driving, ICP/IP protocol stack etc.; These parts are carried in the kernel as other support system of operating system (OS) level.Belong to steady component, do not do upgrading.
Dynamic module: media decodes drives, the CODEC module; This part belongs to kernel portion, but because the module of this part and business realizing have very big relatedly, may upgrade, so be carried in the file system dynamic load.
The MINISYSTEM district: it is formed as shown in Figure 2, under this platform scheme, comes down to can be used as the file system area of root, and this district is in order to satisfy the minimum system configuration of staging business.For example: graphical display driving, sound driver module; The application of system management root, access module, GUI function library, staging business module.
The upgrading processing of MINISYSTEM: as a main part of table tennis upgrade-system, the staging business module of minimum system configuring area (MINISYSTEM) part also is the main modular of this part.Be responsible for content: yaw guy upgrading (systematic learning), forward upgrading service (vocational study).
The SYSTEM district: it is formed as shown in Figure 3, and it is the normal system district, is the complete software systems except that operating system (OS).The staging business submodule is wherein arranged equally; This submodule is according to the requirement of business, and passive or monitoring is initiatively upgraded opportunity.
The upgrading processing of SYSTEM: as a main part of table tennis upgrade-system, the staging business module of system area (SYSTEM) part also is the main modular of this part.Be responsible for content: upgrade logic Business Processing (service observation), reverse system upgrading processing (self-teaching).
2: the state exchange of table tennis upgrading
The table tennis upgrading scheme on different upgrading opportunitys, different application scenarios, has defined the conversion between various states and the state;
Annotate: in the physical end system, since professional different, opportunity, the scene of upgrading there is different requirements; Here only be indispensable item, particular service do not done special explanation at the table tennis upgrading scheme.
Conversion one: normal condition-upgrade status, as shown in Figure 4.
The state scene: network television terminal equipment for a certain reason, has pair requirement of operation system upgrading when the operation of regular traffic system (work or idle).
Trigger condition:
Operation system has the trigger interface to upgrading, and by the trigger interface to this upgrading, start-up system is to the upgrading of normal system area.For example: IPTV-STB provides the user to select the upgrade tip interface, also can comprise the selection to version, professional set meal selection; Idle condition receives the indication of network management system, and business is repaired automatically.
State processing:
Check whether staging business is complete, feasible; Enter minimum system configuring area upgrade-system, carry out upgrading service, new operation system is write the system area of FLASH (flash memory); Success is upgraded and is returned operation system.
State path:
SYSTEM——MINISYTEM——SYSTEM
Conversion two: starting state-upgrade status, as shown in Figure 5.
The state scene: IPTV-STB powers on, and enters the minimum system configuring area and carries out the operation system upgrading.
Trigger condition: system start-up, the guidance system fail self-test enters minimum system configuring area reparation upgrading.The self check condition is for example: system area check sum (CHECKSUM) failure; Overall situation upgrade parameter indicates the system area fault.
State processing: self-checking system verification failure; Enter minimum system configuring area upgrade-system, carry out upgrading service; Success is upgraded and is returned operation system.
State path: POWERON---MINISYTEM---SYSTEM.
Conversion three: regular traffic state-self-upgrade status, as shown in Figure 6.
The state scene: the IPSTB terminal equipment is when the operation of regular traffic system (work or idle); For a certain reason, pair requirement of minimum system configuring area upgrading is arranged.
Trigger condition: operation system has the trigger interface to upgrading, and by the trigger interface of this upgrading, start-up system is to the upgrading of normal system area.For example: IPTV-STB provides the user to select the triggering upgrade tip interface of upgrading, and also can comprise the selection to miniversion; Idle condition receives the indication of network management system, and business is repaired automatically; System detects the minimum system configuring area damage;
State processing: the order of the minimum system configuring area that obtains upgrading; Start mini upgrading flow process, new minimum system configuring area is write corresponding subregion; Whether check upgrading is effective, (for example: check sum, enter the minimum system configuring area and carry out activation of service).
State path: SYSTEM---(MINISYSTEM)---SYSTEM (path is optional in the bracket).
3, the advantage of ping-pong mechanism upgrade-system
(1) upgrade flexibility: the technical program has adopted Microkernel, and the mode dynamic load that the OS relevant with business (operating system) supports to use module makes when dual system does not seem too fat to move in kernel, can obtain two parts of systems again and upgrade mutually.Upgrading can be upgraded to the various piece of terminal system except that hardware.
(2) stablize robustness: the table tennis scheme, make terminal that two parts of systems be arranged, and two parts of systems can upgrade mutually.In any one system, guarantee effective upgrading, thereby can guarantee at any time that system can use, guaranteed system carries out self and self-regeneration on software ability another system.
In a word, the online upgrading method of a kind of network terminal product that technical solution of the present invention provides, promptly the upgrading scheme of ping-pong mechanism has adopted the dual system scheme, makes stability, robustness and the flexibility of terminal system that very big guarantee arranged.
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1. the online upgrading method of a network terminal product is characterized in that comprising forward learning process and backward learning process, and wherein forward study comprises the steps:
A1: operation system starts staging business, the staging business submodule in start-up system district;
A2: the staging business submodule checking upgrade information of system area, Internet resources;
A3: start terminal and enter the minimum system configuring area, enter minimum system configuring area upgrade-system, carry out upgrading service;
A4: check that whether correct upgrading upgrade, i.e. whether study is perfect, if success then enter next step; Otherwise repeating step A3;
A5: upgrading is upgraded successfully, enters new system new business;
Backward learning is the study of upgrade-system self, i.e. oneself's upgrading comprises the steps:
B1: system area staging business submodule regularly detects upgrade server;
B2: if the renewal of minimum system configuring area is arranged, then point out customer upgrade minimum system configuring area, the minimum system configuring area of perhaps under unattended operation and the situation of free time, upgrading voluntarily; Otherwise execution in step B5;
B3:,, otherwise carry out B5 then by system area upgrading minimum system configuring area if obtain upgrading opportunity;
B4: carry out the inspection of minimum system configuring area,,, then point out or force repeating step B3 if fail if success is then carried out version number and upgraded;
B5: the upgrading of minimum system configuring area is finished.
2. the online upgrading method of network terminal product as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Operation system has the trigger interface that is used to upgrade, realize that by described trigger interface the condition of triggering comprises to the triggering of staging business in the steps A 1: network television-set top-set-box provides the user to select the upgrade tip interface, the selection of version, professional indication, business that set meal is selected, idle condition receives network management system are repaired automatically;
In described steps A 2, also comprise state processing: check whether staging business is complete, feasible:
In described steps A 3, also comprise: the system area that new operation system is write FLASH.
3. the online upgrading method of network terminal product as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that:
Guidance system fail self-test during by system start-up triggers the startup of staging business in the steps A 1, and described fail self-test comprises: the failure of system area check sum, overall upgrade parameter indicate the system area fault.
4. the online upgrading method of network terminal product as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that:
The trigger condition that obtains the opportunity of upgrading in described step B3 is: utilize the trigger interface of operation system to upgrading, come the upgrading of start-up system, comprising the minimum system configuring area: network television-set top-set-box provide the user select minimum system configuring area upgrade tip interface, to the selection of miniversion, indication, business that idle condition receives network management system repair automatically, system detects the minimum system configuring area that damage is arranged.
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