CN101170420B - Remote awaking system based on WWAN module, and WWAN module - Google Patents

Remote awaking system based on WWAN module, and WWAN module Download PDF

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CN101170420B
CN101170420B CN2006101427052A CN200610142705A CN101170420B CN 101170420 B CN101170420 B CN 101170420B CN 2006101427052 A CN2006101427052 A CN 2006101427052A CN 200610142705 A CN200610142705 A CN 200610142705A CN 101170420 B CN101170420 B CN 101170420B
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The invention discloses a WWAN module and a remote waking-up system based on the WWAN module. The system includes an inserted controller (10), a power source module (20), a terminal (100) of a hub connecting module (40), and a WWAN module (200) provided with a wireless sub-module (60), wherein, the WWAN module (200) further includes a safety verification sub-module (70) used for conducting safetyverification for incoming information received by the wireless sub-module (60) according to the stored safety verification information; for the incoming information that has passed the safety verification, the safety verification sub-module (70) generates and sends a waking-up signal to an inserted controller (10) in a terminal (100). The system and the WWAN provided by the invention have realized the precise and safe remote waking-up technique based on the WWAN module,.

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Remote wakening system based on the WWAN module
Technical field
The present invention relates in the mobile communication system specifically, to relate to a kind of remote wakening system based on the WWAN module based on WWAN (Wirless Wide Area Network, wireless wide area network) module remote wake up technology.
Background technology
Along with the continuous development of mobile communication technology, make portable terminal (as, mobile phone, notebook computer) more convenient with being connected of the Internet.The interface of notebook computer (as, USB, PCMCIA/Cardbus or MiniPCIE) the middle communication card that inserts, be the WWAN module (as, wireless Internet cards such as GPRS, CDMA or 3G), just can realize the mobile Internet access of notebook computer, can also realize transmitting-receiving SMS (Short Messaging Service, short message service) by notebook computer, make a phone call etc.
As seen the WWAN module becomes the standard configuration of notebook computer gradually, has occurred a lot of a series of application of passing through mobile phone or notebook Remote Wake Up, starting notebook computer at present again.Method by the Remote Wake Up of WWAN module, startup notebook computer has a lot, but basic skills all is to realize by the fluctuation that detects WWAN module operating current.
Yet, this method accuracy, stable poor.Mainly be WWAN module also periodic search base station between rest period itself, the operating current when search base station can increase, and this can cause the misoperation of WWAN module Remote Wake Up terminal; Equally, for the variation of terminal power supply, perhaps external electromagnetic interference also can cause misoperation.
And the fail safe of this method also can not get ensureing.So long as the phone incoming call is arranged or receive short message, no matter whether be real start, wake-up signal, all can produce start, wake-up signal, and these signals are not had security verification veritably.
This shows, how to provide a kind of accurately, safely based on the remote wakening system of WWAN module, and WWAN module, become the technical problem that needs to be resolved hurrily.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention provides a kind of remote wakening system based on the WWAN module, realizes a kind of based on the WWAN module, accurate, safe remote wake up technology.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, it is as follows to the invention provides scheme:
A kind of remote wakening system based on the WWAN module, comprise have embedded controller, power module, and the terminal of bus link block; And WWAN module with wireless submodule, wherein, described WWAN module also comprises, the safety verification submodule, be used for carrying out safety verification according to the incoming information that the safety verification information of storage is received wireless submodule, produce and send the embedded controller of wake-up signal to the terminal for the incoming information by safety verification, wherein, described safety verification is that incoming telephone signal is verified.
Described power module (20) is used to bus link block (40) power supply; Described power module (20) comprising: power supply adaptor/battery unit (21), respectively with power supply adaptor/battery unit (21), embedded controller (10), and the electric pressure converter (22) that links to each other of bus link block (40) and respectively with power supply adaptor/battery unit (21), embedded controller (10), reach the bus voltage transducer (23) that bus link block (40) links to each other;
Described embedded controller (10) is used under terminal closedown or resting state, electric pressure converter (22) is produced as the enable signal of bus link block (40) power supply; And under open state, bus voltage transducer (23) is produced as the enable signal of bus link block (40) power supply;
Described electric pressure converter (22) is used under terminal closedown or resting state, and will carry out step-down from the voltage of power supply adaptor/battery unit 21 according to the enable signal from embedded controller (10) is bus link block (40) power supply;
Described bus voltage transducer (23) is used under the starting up of terminal state, and will carry out step-down from the voltage of power supply adaptor/battery unit (21) according to the enable signal from embedded controller (10) is bus link block (40) power supply.
Between bus link block (40) and embedded controller (10), be provided with switch module (50), when bus link block (40) links to each other with the WWAN module, and when receiving wake-up signal, the diverter switch closure in the switch module (50) switches to embedded controller (10) with wake-up signal; When bus link block (40) links to each other with other common status bus equipment, if when receiving the signal from other common status bus equipment, diverter switch in the switch module (50) is non-closure state, carries out the defined function of respective bus standard from the bus that bus link block (40) is drawn.
System of the present invention, wherein, the safety verification submodule in the described WWAN module is arranged in the baseband chip of wireless submodule.System of the present invention, wherein, the safety verification submodule in the described WWAN module links to each other with wireless submodule, and the wake-up signal that produces is sent on the connecting bus of the bus link block in wireless submodule and the terminal.System of the present invention, wherein, described safety verification submodule links to each other with wireless submodule, is continuous by port separately.System of the present invention, wherein, described port is USB interface, UART interface, SPI interface, I2C interface or 8bit/16bit/32bit parallel communications mouth.
System of the present invention, wherein, described safety verification submodule sends to the wake-up signal that produces on the connecting bus of the bus link block in wireless submodule and the terminal, and the safety verification submodule is sent to wake-up signal on the connecting bus of the general input of wireless submodule and the bus link block in the terminal by general input.
System of the present invention, wherein, described terminal also comprises, switch module is used for the bus link block is switched to embedded controller from the wake-up signal that the WWAN module receives.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the present invention also provides a kind of WWAN module of supporting the Remote Wake Up terminal, comprise: wireless submodule, wherein, also comprise the safety verification submodule, be used for carrying out safety verification, produce and the output wake-up signal for incoming information by safety verification according to the incoming information that the safety verification information of storage is received wireless submodule, wherein, described safety verification is that incoming telephone signal is verified.
WWAN module of the present invention, wherein, described safety verification submodule is arranged in the baseband chip of wireless submodule.WWAN module of the present invention, wherein, described safety verification submodule links to each other with wireless submodule, and the wake-up signal that produces is sent on the bus that the general input of wireless submodule draws.
WWAN module of the present invention, wherein, described safety verification submodule links to each other with wireless submodule, is continuous by port separately.WWAN module of the present invention, wherein, described port is USB interface, UART interface, SPI interface, I2C interface or 8bit/16bit/32bit parallel communications mouth.
System of the present invention and WWAN module by the safety verification submodule in the WWAN module, come incoming information is carried out safety verification, have realized accurately, remote wake up technology safely; And safety verification carries out in the WWAN module side, makes the change that need not of end side mainboard to have reduced cost, more has to utilize and promotes.
Technical problem to be solved by this invention, technical scheme main points and beneficial effect will be in conjunction with the embodiments, are described further with reference to accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the described system of another embodiment of the present invention.
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With reference to Fig. 1, the described system of the embodiment of the invention comprises: terminal 100 (as, PC, notebook computer etc.), WWAN module 200 (as, wireless Internet cards such as GPRS, CDMA or 3G).
WWAN module 200 comprises: wireless submodule 60, safety verification submodule 70.
Described safety verification submodule 70 is used for carrying out safety verification according to the incoming information that the safety verification information of storage is received wireless submodule 60, produces and send wake-up signal to terminal 100 for the incoming information by safety verification.
Terminal 100 comprises: embedded controller 10 (Embed Controller, EC), power module 20, bus link block 40 (as, PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector, miniPCIE Bussing connector).
Described embedded controller 10 is used for starting terminal according to the wake-up signal that receives.Described power module 20 is used to 40 power supplies of bus link block.
Wherein, described power module 20 comprises: power supply adaptor/battery unit 21, respectively with power supply adaptor/battery unit 21, embedded controller 10, and the electric pressure converter 22 that links to each other of bus link block 40 (as, DC-DC/LDO, switching power supply/low pressure drop depressor) and respectively with power supply adaptor/battery unit 21, embedded controller 10, and the bus voltage transducer 23 that links to each other of bus link block 40 (as, Cardbus bus voltage transducer, miniPCIE bus voltage transducer).Here, when bus link block 40 adopted the PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector, bus voltage transducer 23 adopted Cardbus bus voltage transducer; When bus link block 40 adopted the miniPCIE Bussing connector, bus voltage transducer 23 adopted miniPCIE bus voltage transducer.
Described embedded controller 10 is used under terminal closedown or resting state, electric pressure converter 22 is produced as the enable signal of bus link block 40 power supplies; And under open state, bus voltage transducer 23 is produced as the enable signal of bus link block 40 power supplies; Described electric pressure converter 22 is used under terminal closedown or resting state, and will carry out step-down from the voltage of power supply adaptor/battery unit 21 according to the enable signal from embedded controller 10 is 40 power supplies of bus link block; Described bus voltage transducer 23 is used under the starting up of terminal state, and will carry out step-down from the voltage of power supply adaptor/battery unit 21 according to the enable signal from embedded controller 10 is 40 power supplies of bus link block.
In the described system, when bus link block 40 adopted the PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector, the wireless submodule 60 in the described WWAN module 200 carried out bus communication by bridging chip 80 and PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector.When bus link block 40 adopted the miniPCIE Bussing connector, the wireless submodule 60 in the WWAN module 200 directly carried out communication by USB interface and miniPCIE Bussing connector.For system of the present invention, no matter adopt which kind of bus link block to realize.
Adopt PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector, bus voltage transducer 23 to adopt Cardbus bus voltage transducer with bus link block in the terminal 100 40 below, and to adopt the structure of the baseband chip be arranged in wireless submodule be example to the safety verification submodule in the WWAN module 200, comes the described system of Fig. 1 is described further.
At first, the user can enable to be provided with to embedded controller 10 by software mode or BIOS function setting mode, makes embedded controller 10 under terminal closedown or resting state, only electric pressure converter 22 is produced enable signal; Under the starting up of terminal state, only Cardbus bus voltage transducer is produced enable signal.Like this, no matter can guarantee under starting up of terminal, shutdown or resting state, to bus link block 40, i.e. all power supplies all the time of PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector.
At this moment, the user can carry out setting in advance of safety verification information by the safety verification submodule 70 in 100 pairs of WWAN modules 200 of terminal.At first, described user configured safety verification information via PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector 40 arrives bus, arrive the bridging chip 80 in the WWAN module 200 at last, bridging chip 80 is sent to serial ports such as the USB of wireless submodule 60 or UART with safety verification information, and wireless submodule 60 sends to the safety verification information that receives the setting of carrying out safety verification information in the safety verification submodule 70 in the baseband chip.
Under terminal 100 shutdown or resting state, after wireless submodule 60 in the WWAN module 200 is received incoming telephone signal or short message, safety verification submodule 70 in the wireless submodule 60 in the baseband chip carries out safety verification to incoming information or the short message of receiving, for example, can verify the user identity of incoming telephone signal or short message earlier, determine caller identity.Valid instruction for validated user, further resolve the information of being received again, determine whether needing to produce wake-up signal, perhaps further carry out other actions, for example stolen notebook is carried out location tracking, even can start hard disk self-destruction program etc. stolen notebook.In addition, safety verification submodule 70 can also automatically reply result or regularly recoil state information to legal calling party.Here, the appointment of the further operation that terminal is carried out of the wake-up signal that produces for safety verification submodule 70 and other is to be sent to PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector in the terminal 100 by the general input (GPIO) in the wireless submodule 60, and finally arrive embedded controller 10 by the PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector, wake terminal up or further carry out other dependent instructions.
For the described system of the embodiment of the invention, can also adopt structure as shown in Figure 2, difference only is that safety verification submodule 70 is standalone modules that are independent of wireless submodule 60, serial communication port (hereinafter to be referred as " serial ports ") or 8bit/16bit/32bit parallel communications mouths such as USB, UART, I2C or SPI that described safety verification submodule 70 and wireless submodule 60 pass through separately.Carry out communication.Safety verification submodule 70 receives the safety verification configuration information that comes self terminal 100 that wireless submodule 60 is received by described serial communication port or 8bit/16bit/32bit parallel communications mouth, and receive incoming information or the short message that wireless submodule 60 is received, and can after sending safety verification, wireless submodule feed back to calling party's information by described serial communication port or 8bit/16bit/32bit parallel communications mouth.After 70 pairs of information of receiving of safety verification submodule are carried out safety verification, same, for the legal information of validated user, produce wake-up signal or other instructions to the further operation of terminal to terminal.At this moment, described terminal wake-up signal or other instructions to the further operation of terminal, be to send on the bus by the general input in the safety verification submodule 70, described bus is the bus to bus link block 40 of drawing from the general input of wireless submodule 60.Other courses of work and system shown in Figure 1 for the described system of Fig. 2 are similar, repeat no more here.
In addition,, consider compatibling problem, between bus link block 40 and embedded controller 10, can increase a switch module 50 (as, diverter switch) other common status bus equipment for the described system of Fig. 1, Fig. 2.That is to say that when bus link block 40 links to each other with the WWAN module, and when receiving wake-up signal, the diverter switch closure in the switch module 50 switches to embedded controller 10 with wake-up signal.And when bus link block 40 links to each other with other common status bus equipment, if receive signal from other common status bus equipment.At this moment, the diverter switch in the switch module 50 is non-closure state.That is to say, then carry out the defined function of respective bus standard the prior art, be about to signal and directly send to south bridge module 40 from this root bus that bus link block 40 is drawn.For example, when bus link block 40 adopts the PCMCIA/Cardbus Bussing connector, the direct south bridge controller of signal.When bus link block 40 adopted the miniPCIE Bussing connector, signal was sent to South Bridge chip.
In sum, system of the present invention and WWAN module have realized accurately, remote wake up technology safely.And end side need not mainboard is changed, and has reduced cost, and the popularization and the application that utilize this technology are more arranged.
A kind of remote wakening system of the present invention, and WWAN module based on the WWAN module, be not restricted to listed utilization in specification and the execution mode, it can be applied to various suitable the present invention's field fully, for those skilled in the art, can easily realize additional advantage and make amendment, therefore under the situation of the spirit and scope of the universal that does not deviate from claim and equivalency range and limited, the examples shown that the present invention is not limited to specific details, representational equipment and illustrates here and describe.

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1. remote wakening system based on the WWAN module, comprise have embedded controller (10), power module (20), and the terminal (100) of bus link block (40); And WWAN module (200) with wireless submodule (60), it is characterized in that: described WWAN module (200) also comprises, safety verification submodule (70), be used for carrying out safety verification according to the incoming information that the safety verification information of storage is received wireless submodule (60), produce and send the embedded controller (10) of wake-up signal to the terminal (100) for the incoming information by safety verification
Described power module (20) is used to bus link block (40) power supply; Described power module (20) comprising: power supply adaptor/battery unit (21), respectively with power supply adaptor/battery unit (21), embedded controller (10), and the electric pressure converter (22) that links to each other of bus link block (40) and respectively with power supply adaptor/battery unit (21), embedded controller (10), reach the bus voltage transducer (23) that bus link block (40) links to each other;
Described embedded controller (10) is used under terminal closedown or resting state, electric pressure converter (22) is produced as the enable signal of bus link block (40) power supply; And under open state, bus voltage transducer (23) is produced as the enable signal of bus link block (40) power supply;
Described electric pressure converter (22) is used under terminal closedown or resting state, and will carry out step-down from the voltage of power supply adaptor/battery unit 21 according to the enable signal from embedded controller (10) is bus link block (40) power supply;
Described bus voltage transducer (23) is used under the starting up of terminal state, and will carry out step-down from the voltage of power supply adaptor/battery unit (21) according to the enable signal from embedded controller (10) is bus link block (40) power supply.
2. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the safety verification submodule (70) in the described WWAN module is arranged in the baseband chip of wireless submodule (60).
3. system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the safety verification submodule (70) in the described WWAN module links to each other with wireless submodule (60), and the wake-up signal that produces is sent on the connecting bus of the bus link block (40) in wireless submodule (60) and the terminal (100).
4. system according to claim 3 is characterized in that: described safety verification submodule (70) links to each other with wireless submodule (60), is continuous by communication port separately.
5. system according to claim 4 is characterized in that: described communication port is USB interface, UART interface, SPI interface, I2C interface or 8bit/16bit/32bit parallel communications mouth.
6. system according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described safety verification submodule (70) sends to the wake-up signal that produces on the connecting bus of the bus link block (40) in wireless submodule (60) and the terminal (100), and safety verification submodule (70) is sent to wake-up signal on the connecting bus of the general input of wireless submodule (60) and the bus link block (40) in the terminal (100) by general input.
7. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described terminal (100) also comprises, switch module (50) is used for the wake-up signal that bus link block (40) receives from WWAN module (200) is switched to embedded controller (10).
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