Wireless controller equipment and its implementation
Technical field
The present invention relates to the data communication field, be specifically related to a kind of wireless controller equipment and its implementation.
Background technology
In data communications equipment supplier, there are the more complete switch or the serial equipment of router in traditional supply of equipment commercial city, and usually, these products all are the structure appearance with rack.In recent years, wireless traffic, as WLAN (wireless local area network) (WLAN, Wireless local area network) business, development in order to increase the wireless traffic disposal ability in existing switch or router device, is normally developed the wireless traffic plate that is specifically designed to the processing wireless traffic rapidly, above-mentioned wireless traffic plate is inserted existing equipment as ply-yarn drill, thus the function of extension facility.
Owing to above reason, in the rack route-exchanging device, the equipment of industry is that the wireless traffic plate is as the structure of ply-yarn drill with the master control borad of exchange route plate as equipment always at present.Usually all adopt dual master control plate design in the route-exchanging device of prior art, as shown in Figure 1, two master control borads are arranged, i.e. master control borad 1 and master control borad 2, each master control borad comprises control module 10, exchange routing module 11 respectively, and business and management interface.Wherein, control module 10 is used for the management system device resource, and route-exchanging device is moved control, for example, resources such as power supply, fan, backboard is managed, and clock, voltage and temperature etc. are monitored; Exchange routing module 11 is used for wired network protocol, and for example Routing Protocol is handled, comprise various list items foundation, safeguard and issue etc.Simultaneously, the exchange routing module also sends to wireless traffic the wireless traffic plate and handles, and receives the result that the wireless traffic plate returns; Described business interface is used for receiving professional and result is sent; Described management interface is used for by the control and management of this management interface realization to equipment.Also include ply-yarn drill 1 among Fig. 1, ply-yarn drill 2 and wireless traffic plate 13, ply-yarn drill 1 and ply-yarn drill 2 all are respectively equipped with the corresponding business interface, comprise wireless traffic module 14 in the wireless traffic plate.Wherein, wireless traffic module 14 is used for the wireless traffic that exchange route plate sends is handled, and result is returned exchange route plate.Between above-mentioned each master control borad and each business board and be connected with service channel by management channels between the master control borad.Here, described management channels and service channel all are logical channels, and logical channel can be mapped on the different physical channels, also can be mapped to same physical channel.
Adopted the dual master control Redundancy Design among Fig. 1, wherein master control borad 1 is as main control board, and in running order, master control borad 2 is in Status of Backups as slave control board.Main control board backups to slave control board with all static configuration informations and a part of multidate information in running, make slave control board have the configuration information identical with main control board.When main control board broke down because of hardware or software problem, control plane and management plane work and each professional integrated circuit board were restarted in the work of the main control board of slave control board taking over failing.
Prior art adopts the exchange routing module as main control unit, and this is to be the product of core with the exchange routing characteristic.Master control borad is being grasped such as system equipment resources such as power supply, fan, backboards, and by the dual master control Redundancy Design, the exchange routing service can reliably be guaranteed, thus wired characteristic, and for example Routing Protocol etc. can obtain high reliability and guarantee.Yet the wireless traffic plate can only be as isolated device extension part as ply-yarn drill; can't obtain system equipment resource; can't realize redundancy protecting, thereby wireless traffic becomes the single point failure point of system easily, the reliability of wireless application can not get effective assurance.Simultaneously, under the bigger environment of wireless traffic, can't realize fast and effectively that based on the route-exchanging device of prior art structure the forwarding of wireless traffic is handled, thereby make that the wait processing delay of wireless traffic is longer.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention provides a kind of wireless controller equipment and its implementation, is used to improve the reliability that wireless traffic is handled, and the forward efficiency that improves wireless traffic.
For addressing the above problem, scheme provided by the invention is as follows:
A kind of wireless controller equipment that is used for the data communication field comprises wireless traffic plate and exchange route plate, and described wireless traffic plate is connected with service channel by management channels with exchanging between the route plate,
Described exchange route plate includes the exchange routing module that is used to handle wired network protocol, and described exchange route plate also sends to wireless traffic the wireless traffic plate, and receives the result that the wireless traffic plate returns; Described wireless traffic plate is used for the wireless traffic that exchange route plate sends is handled, and result is returned exchange route plate, and as the master control borad of equipment, is used to obtain and manage the system resource of entire equipment, and entire equipment is moved control.
In the equipment of the present invention, described wireless traffic plate comprises control module and wireless traffic module, and wherein said control module is used to obtain and the management system device resource, and entire equipment is moved control; Described wireless traffic module be used for the wireless traffic that exchange route plate sends is handled, and the result after will handling is returned exchange route plate.
In the equipment of the present invention, this equipment comprises two described wireless traffic plates, two wireless traffic plates form main control board and slave control board, connect by management channels between the control module of main control board and slave control board, in order to constitute mutual backup relation.
In the equipment of the present invention, the control module of described slave control board quits work when the control module of main control board is working properly, and when breaking down, start, and the wireless traffic module of the wireless traffic module of described slave control board and main control board is worked simultaneously, in order to share the wireless traffic of equipment mutually.
In the equipment of the present invention, described wireless traffic plate further comprises management interface, is used for by this management interface described equipment being configured and managing.
A kind of implementation method that is used for the wireless controller equipment in data communication field comprises:
The control module of bearing the control of wireless controller equipment is implanted the wireless traffic plate,
Set up management channels between wireless traffic plate and other business board to control other business board;
The service channel of setting up between wireless traffic plate and other business board is handled in order to mutual wireless traffic.
Implementation method of the present invention wherein, further comprises:
Two described wireless traffic plates are set to the main control board and the slave control board of described equipment respectively, and set up between main control board and the slave control board management channels in order to when main control board breaks down the transmission masterslave switchover Backup Data.
Implementation method of the present invention wherein, further comprises:
When the control module of main control board was working properly, the control module that slave control board is set was not worked; When the control module of main control board breaks down, carry out masterslave switchover, start the control module of slave control board; The wireless traffic module of described slave control board and the wireless traffic module of main control board are set work simultaneously, in order to share the wireless traffic of equipment mutually.
Implementation method of the present invention wherein, further comprises:
A management interface is set, in order to described equipment is configured and manages by this interface on the wireless traffic plate.
Implementation method of the present invention, wherein, described wireless traffic is the WLAN business.
Wireless controller equipment of the present invention, employing is arranged on the control module in the traditional exchange routing device on the wireless traffic plate, to exchange routing module as ply-yarn drill, the wireless traffic plate is as the new construction of master control borad, make the wireless traffic plate possess the equipment resource management ability, can obtain system resource, thereby improve the reliability that wireless traffic is handled; Based on the implementation method of equipment of the present invention, the present invention has realized three kinds of mode of operations: the masterslave switchover pattern is by carrying out back-up processing to wireless traffic, thereby improved the reliability of wireless traffic; Load balancing is handled, and by wireless traffic being shared on two wireless traffic plates, thereby has reduced the pending times such as business, and the forward efficiency of wireless traffic is provided; Ad-hoc mode then makes full use of the wireless traffic disposal ability of veneer.
Description of drawings
Figure 1 shows that the structural representation of the route-exchanging device of prior art;
Figure 2 shows that the structural representation of the wireless controller equipment of prior art.
Embodiment
The present invention makes adjustment to the structure of traditional rack route-exchanging device, has changed by the structure of exchange routing module as the core main control unit, but has adopted the new construction of wireless traffic plate as master control borad.Based on above-mentioned new construction, the present invention proposes a kind of wireless controller equipment, adopts the wireless traffic plate as master control borad, and exchange route plate is as the structure of ply-yarn drill.Based on wireless controller equipment of the present invention, the present invention to the wireless traffic processing that backups, improves the reliability of wireless traffic by the masterslave switchover mode.The present invention also can be operated in the load balancing pattern to improve the transfer capability of wireless traffic by two master control borads are set.The present invention is described in detail by specific embodiment below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
With reference to Fig. 2, in the new construction of the described wireless controller equipment of the embodiment of the invention, by control module 20 and wireless traffic module 21 main control unit as equipment, the system resource of entire equipment is obtained and managed to control module 20, provides system equipment resource to wireless traffic module 21.Control module 20 is arranged on the wireless traffic plate, makes the wireless traffic plate possess the managerial ability of system equipment resource, as grasping system equipment resources such as power supply, fan, backboard, thereby with the master control borad of wireless traffic plate as entire equipment.Described wireless controller equipment comprises at least two wireless traffic plates, connects by management channels between two wireless traffic plates.Exchange routing module 23 is arranged on the exchange route plate 22, and each wireless traffic plate is connected with service channel by management channels with exchanging between the route plate 22.
Here, described management channels and service channel all are logical channels, and logical channel can be mapped on the different physical channels, also can be mapped to same physical channel.
Here, each wireless traffic plate also includes management interface, is used for by this management interface equipment being managed.Above-mentioned management interface can be control desk (Console) interface, outband management network interface or USB (USB, a Universal Serial Bus) interface etc.
Here, also need accommodation is done in the wiring of backboard, each integrated circuit board etc., thereby forming the wireless traffic plate is master control borad that exchange route plate is the structure of business board.
Structure based on the foregoing description, the present invention proposes the implementation method of the said equipment: the control module that will bear the control of wireless device is implanted the wireless traffic plate, set up management channels between wireless traffic plate and other business board to control other business board, wireless traffic plate each veneer in equipment sends the control and management order, thereby obtain and manage the system resource of entire equipment, entire equipment is moved control; Simultaneously, set up wireless traffic plate and other business board, as exchange route plate, between service channel handles in order to mutual wireless traffic, the wireless traffic plate receives the wireless traffic that exchange route plate sends and also handles, and result returned exchanges the route plate; Exchange route plate calculates wired network protocol, and wireless traffic is sent to the wireless traffic plate, and receives the result that the wireless traffic plate returns.
Further, according to above-mentioned implementation method, wireless controller equipment of the present invention can be realized three kinds of mode of operations: ad-hoc mode, load balancing pattern, and masterslave switchover pattern.
Wherein, ad-hoc mode is that two wireless traffic plates are operated in peering state, independent process wireless traffic separately, thus the wireless traffic disposal ability of entire equipment is brought up to the twice of single wireless traffic plate.This pattern is farthest utilized the disposal ability of wireless traffic module.
Under the load balancing pattern, two wireless traffic plates are set are respectively main control board and slave control board, synchronization has only main control board, and wireless controller equipment is moved control.Under the control of main control board, two wireless traffic plates carry out load balancing to wireless traffic, wireless traffic shared to two blocks of wireless traffic plates handle respectively, thereby make the transfer capability of wireless traffic double with respect to a wireless traffic plate, reduced wireless traffic etc. pending time delay.Therefore, this pattern is fit to be applied in the big environment of wireless traffic.
Under the masterslave switchover pattern, two wireless traffic modules are set are operated in active and standby pattern, be respectively main control board and slave control board, connect by management channels between main control board and the slave control board; Main control board and slave control board move simultaneously, and synchronization has only one of them master control borad that wireless controller equipment is moved control and wireless traffic is handled, and the another one master control borad carries out the data backup of masterslave switchover; When the master control borad that wireless controller equipment is moved control broke down, system can be switched to wireless traffic on the slave control board automatically, thereby guaranteed that wireless traffic can not interrupt, and improved the reliability of wireless traffic.The transmission of the Backup Data of masterslave switchover is to carry out with the management channels between, the slave control board by main, thereby can not be subjected to the influence of the service channel that may break down.This pattern makes the reliability of wireless traffic improve greatly, is fit to very much be applied in in the high environment of the reliability requirement of wireless traffic.
In sum, wireless controller equipment of the present invention by the structure of route-exchanging device in the prior art is made great adjustment, is arranged on control module on the wireless traffic plate, the wireless traffic plate is set is operated in the masterslave switchover pattern, improved the reliability of wireless traffic; And the present invention can also be operated in the load balancing pattern by the wireless traffic plate is set, and improves the transfer capability of wireless traffic.
The above only is embodiments of the invention, in order to restriction the present invention, all any modifications of being made within the spirit and principles in the present invention, is not equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.