CN101056207A - Software loading method for communication device and communication network system - Google Patents

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CN101056207A
CN101056207A CNA2007101052889A CN200710105288A CN101056207A CN 101056207 A CN101056207 A CN 101056207A CN A2007101052889 A CNA2007101052889 A CN A2007101052889A CN 200710105288 A CN200710105288 A CN 200710105288A CN 101056207 A CN101056207 A CN 101056207A
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Abstract

The invention provides a software uploading method for the communication equipment, including the software download points for communication equipment in the network; if there are several download points, the different parts of the software may be downloaded from several download points respectively; then integrated into the required software; the communication equipment may provide the software uploading service for the downloaded parts of software, regard itself as the download point and add into the several download points. The invention still provides a communication network. The invention reduces the load of server, and overcomes the bandwidth bottleneck defects.

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The method for loading software and a kind of communications network system that are used for communication apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to the communications field, more specifically, relate to a kind of communication equipment software loading technique based on P2P (Peer toPeer, equity is interconnected).
Background technology
For device software initialization, software upgrading and solution equipment B UG provide required software entity, but be very important maintenance characteristics of communication equipment.A kind of common method for loading software is by external interface (for example serial ports that provides of equipment, network interface etc.) software entity of outside to be transferred to device interior.The existing communication device software loads generally takes serial mode and TFTP/FTP (File Transfer Protocol, file transfer protocol (FTP)/Trivial FileTransfer Protocol, TFTP) dual mode to load.
Under traditional network environment and O﹠M pattern, top load mode can satisfy the maintenance needs of communication equipment.Along with the communications industry develops rapidly, for the equipment that the equipment supplier provides, the upgrading of software, patch installing have become very important link in the O﹠M.Carrier Requirements equipment software upgrading and patch installing guarantee under the stable prerequisite, higher rate request has been proposed, require the software upgrading of online large number quipments, patch installing must be finished fast, can not influence client's business, software loading then is an important factors that influences the communication equipment software update time, the software loading that can finish equipment in enormous quantities has at short notice become to promote a critical path of software upgrading, patch installing, after software loading was finished, all equipment can walk abreast and carry out updating operation.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram that passes through concentrated FTP/TFTP server load software according to prior art.This scheme mainly is applied to existing online operation device upgrade, patch installing.Operator disposes a concentrated FTP/TFTP server, and on-line apparatus is downloaded the software entity that needs renewal by the maintenance management network of equipment to the FTP/TFTP server.Before the operational outfit upgrading on the net, the operator is needing the upgrading software entity to be put into FTP/TFTP server assigned catalogue.Customize certain strategy by the operator on NMS then, issue upgrade command in batches to equipment, equipment is received after the upgrade command, begins to carry out updating operation, initiatively downloads software entity to the FTP/TFTP server.
Yet, because FTP/TFTP is a centralized system, so the disposal ability of FTP/TFTP server itself and FTP/TFTP server become the bottleneck that systems soft ware loads to maintenance network place bandwidth 1..For example, when NMS (Network Management System, network management system) issued the batch upgrade instruction, thousands of equipment can not be downloaded software entity from FTP/TFTP simultaneously, necessary a collection of queuing, and this becomes in batches the bottleneck of upgrading simultaneously.
Another kind of common mode is that the single-point mode loads, and Fig. 2 shows the schematic diagram according to the single-point mode load software of prior art.During upgrading, be with PC (generally being that the operator is being with portable computer) to each maintenance point, PC directly to be received on the equipment by the operator of operator, and start a FTP/TFTP service on PC, the file that needs are loaded is put into assigned catalogue.Sign in on the communication equipment again, carry out load operation, communication equipment is downloaded needed software entity from PC.This mode must the operator arrive device context, and the local serial ports or the local maintenance network interface that provide by equipment carry out software loading, and obviously the maintenance mode efficient than top is lower, and the human cost that needs is also higher.The software loading operation of this technical scheme all needs operator's manual intervention and technical scheme one relatively, does not have the NMS centralized management, does not also have the FTP/TFTP server of concentrating.
As seen, above two kinds of traditional serial modes, TFTP/FTP mode technical schemes have FTP/TFTP server and bandwidth bottleneck defects respectively, do not realize the defective that automated software loads.
Summary of the invention
The present invention aims to provide a kind of solution that communication equipment software loads that is used for, can settlement server and bandwidth bottleneck defects.
In an embodiment of the present invention, provide a kind of method for loading software that is used for communication equipment, having comprised: communication equipment is sought the download point that can download self required software in network; When download point is a plurality of, download the different piece of software simultaneously respectively from a plurality of download point; A plurality of part combination of software of downloading are become required software; Communication apparatus provides the software loading service to the part software of having downloaded, joins a plurality of download point with own as download point.
In an embodiment of the present invention, a kind of communications network system also is provided, comprise: at least two communication equipments, communication equipment wherein is used for downloading software from the download point of communications network system, and provide the software loading service to the part software of having downloaded, join in the download point as a download point own; File server is as first download point that the software loading service is provided.
In the above-described embodiments, owing to download the various piece of software simultaneously,, overcome bandwidth bottleneck defects so alleviated load of server by a plurality of download point.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the following description, and, partly from specification, become apparent, perhaps understand by implementing the present invention.Purpose of the present invention and other advantages can realize and obtain by specifically noted structure in the specification of being write, claims and accompanying drawing.
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Accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, constitutes the application's a part, and illustrative examples of the present invention and explanation thereof are used to explain the present invention, do not constitute improper qualification of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram that passes through concentrated FTP/TFTP server load software according to prior art;
Fig. 2 shows the schematic diagram according to the single-point mode load software of prior art;
Fig. 3 shows the flow chart according to the method for loading software that is used for communication equipment of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 shows according to the P2P technology download of the embodiment of the invention and the schematic diagram of composite software;
Fig. 5 shows the schematic diagram according to the P2P technical communication network system of the embodiment of the invention.
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Below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments, describe the present invention in detail.
Fig. 3 shows the flow chart according to the method for loading software that is used for communication equipment of the embodiment of the invention, may further comprise the steps:
Step S10, communication equipment seek the download point that can download self required software in network;
Step S20 when download point is a plurality of, downloads the different piece of software respectively simultaneously from a plurality of download point;
Step S30 becomes required software with a plurality of part combination of software of downloading;
Step S40, communication apparatus provides the software loading service to the part software of having downloaded, joins a plurality of download point with own as download point.
In above-mentioned method for loading software, also can comprise initialization step: file server is set provides the download point of software loading service, promptly as the seed point for first.
The different piece of downloading software respectively from a plurality of download point specifically can comprise simultaneously: software is resolved into a plurality of parts, and each is partly with sequence number sign of oneself, and a plurality of download point are respectively applied at least one part of downloading independently in a plurality of parts.According to the sequence number sign of each part, a plurality of parts are combined into software then.
Above-mentioned technical scheme is the principle according to the P2P technology, communication equipment can be formed peer-to-peer network.
Owing to download the various piece of software simultaneously by a plurality of download point,, overcome bandwidth bottleneck defects so alleviated load of server.
Fig. 4 shows according to the P2P technology download of the embodiment of the invention and the schematic diagram of composite software.The P2P technology is actually the software that needs are loaded and resolves into different P2P unit pack, these unit pack are in network, can be according to the separately transmission of P2P agreement, when certain device downloads arrives certain P2P unit pack, this equipment just can be announced and oneself can be used as seed, the P2P unit pack that other equipment just can have above it from this device downloads, therefore, if a software has 3 P2P unit pack.The a certain moment, 3 different P2P unit pack are arranged respectively on three device A, B, C, at this moment the 4th equipment D can download 3 different P2P unit pack from three equipment respectively, assembling has just become a needs downloaded software, equipment realizes that the P2P download at first needs the P2P source and exists, having required downloaded software on the P2P source is made up of a plurality of P2P unit pack, when equipment begins to carry out down operation, at first to the P2P source, download the software unit package informatin, search the seed point by the P2P agreement on the net then, download P2P bag unit from seed point respectively.
According to above-mentioned method for loading software, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of communications network system, comprise: at least two communication equipments, communication equipment wherein is used for downloading software from the download point of communications network system, and provide the software loading service to the part software of having downloaded, join in the download point as a download point own; File server is as first download point that the software loading service is provided.
Fig. 5 shows the schematic diagram according to the P2P technical communication network system of the embodiment of the invention.The present embodiment networking takes the P2P technology to improve the communication equipment software download performance.
The principle of P2P technology is actually all communication equipments of online operation all as reciprocity network element, these network element are server, it is again client, each equipment is all downloaded the part of software entity, exchange these software sheets then between the communication equipment, thereby reach the purpose that communication equipment obtains the whole software entity.After wherein a communication equipment got access to a file sheet, it just can be used as server, for other communication equipment provides the download of this sheet, sought the download point of online other sheet simultaneously.
With Fig. 5 the application of P2P technology in communication equipment is described, at first " communication equipment 1 " below " gateway 1 " receives the software loading instruction, begin to seek the download point that to download, have only " P2P seed point (for example FTP/TFTP server) " as download point this moment, " so communication equipment 1 " " FTP/TFTP server " as download point 1, begin to download, also need to survey whether have other operable download point simultaneously.Another communication equipment under " gateway 1 " also receives the load instructions of downloading same software at this moment, this equipment is sought the download point that can download too, on-line apparatus searched out the download point that can download and should comprise " FTP/TFTP server " and " communication equipment 1 " two download point this moment, now this equipment mode of just beginning to take burst is downloaded from two machines simultaneously needs the downloaded software carrier, needing too when other equipment need be downloaded to seek can be for the download point of downloading, and downloading from many communication equipments then needs the downloaded software entity.
Communication equipment can comprise: seek module, be used for seeking the download point that can download software at this communications network system; Download module when to be used for download point be a plurality of, is downloaded the different piece of software respectively simultaneously from a plurality of download point; Composite module, a plurality of part combination of software that are used for downloading become software.
Above scheme make full use of the principle of P2P technology, solved the bandwidth bottleneck problem of 1. locating among the performance bottleneck of FTP/TFTP server and the figure effectively, greatly the software carrier loading velocity of lifting means.
From top P2P know-why, in fact, no longer the downloading mode with original is the same in every communication equipment download, all communication equipments are not only to have downloaded from the FTP/TFTP server, but download from all communication equipments that can obtain download message, the performance bottleneck of Download Server is shared to all communication equipments and has been gone like this, it no longer is that all devices is shared the passage of 1. locating that equipment needs the path of downloaded software carrier, but download simultaneously, thereby improved software-loading speed greatly by many passages.
The present invention is under existing networking model, and equipment is used the P2P technology and realized that software entity loads, and this load mode effectively raises the speed of download of communication equipment software entity, has evaded the bottleneck that FTP/TFTP exists simultaneously again; Simultaneously, also do not need any server of the extra deployment of operator.
As can be seen from the above description, the above embodiments of the present invention have realized following technique effect:
1. solved in the communication network, the traditional software loading velocity is subjected to FTP/TFTP server performance bottleneck and server outlet bandwidth bottleneck problem, has increased substantially the loading velocity of equipment in the communication network.
2. shortened the time of equipment in operator's upgrading communication network, for operator has saved O﹠M cost.
3. improved the loading possibility of success, all communication equipments load and all are subjected to centralized servers stability and performance impact in the prior art network, adopt the distributed P 2 P load mode that this dependence is reduced greatly.
The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. a method for loading software that is used for communication equipment is characterized in that, comprising:
Communication equipment is sought the download point that can download self required software in network;
When described download point is a plurality of, download the different piece of described software simultaneously respectively from a plurality of described download point;
The described combination of software of downloading of a plurality of parts is become described software;
Described communication apparatus provides the software loading service to the described software of the part of having downloaded, joins a plurality of described download point with own as download point.
2. method for loading software according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises initialization step:
File server is set provides the download point of software loading service for first.
3. method for loading software according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the different piece of downloading described software respectively from a plurality of described download point specifically comprises simultaneously:
Described software is resolved into a plurality of parts, and each is partly with the sequence number sign of oneself, and a plurality of described download point are respectively applied at least one part of downloading independently in described a plurality of part.
4. method for loading software according to claim 3 is characterized in that, becomes described software specifically to comprise the described combination of software of downloading of a plurality of parts:
Sequence number sign according to described each part is combined into described software with described a plurality of parts.
5. according to each described method for loading software in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that described a plurality of communication equipments constitute the network element of equity each other.
6. a communications network system is characterized in that, comprising:
At least two communication equipments, communication equipment wherein are used for downloading described software from the download point of described communications network system, and provide the software loading service to the described software of the part of having downloaded, join in the described download point as a download point own;
File server is as first described download point that the software loading service is provided.
7. communications network system according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described communication equipment comprises:
Seek module, be used for seeking the described download point that to download described software at described communications network system;
Download module when to be used for described download point be a plurality of, is downloaded the different piece of described software respectively simultaneously from a plurality of described download point;
Composite module, the described combination of software of a plurality of parts that is used for downloading becomes described software.
8. communications network system according to claim 7 is characterized in that described software is broken down into a plurality of parts, and each is partly with the sequence number sign of oneself, and a plurality of described download point are respectively applied at least one part of downloading independently in described a plurality of part.
9. communication network according to claim 8 is characterized in that, described composite module is used for the sequence number sign according to described each part, and described a plurality of parts are combined into described software.
10. according to each described communication network in the claim 6 to 9, it is characterized in that described a plurality of communication equipments constitute the network element of equity each other.
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