CN101808028A - Network device and transmission method thereof - Google Patents

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CN101808028A
CN101808028A CN200910006706A CN200910006706A CN101808028A CN 101808028 A CN101808028 A CN 101808028A CN 200910006706 A CN200910006706 A CN 200910006706A CN 200910006706 A CN200910006706 A CN 200910006706A CN 101808028 A CN101808028 A CN 101808028A
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吴育昆
王鲸洋
魏三和
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The invention discloses a network device and a transmission method thereof. The network device combines a cable network transmission unit and a wireless network transmission unit and performs distribution and control on data packets of a control unit so as to combine bandwidth (Link Aggregation) and/or provide a network system with redundancy (Fail-over) function.

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Network equipment and transmission method thereof
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of network equipment and transmission method thereof, especially a kind ofly can be integrated with spider lines and wireless network, reach and merge frequency range (Link Aggregation) and network equipment and method that redundant (Fail-over) system is provided.
Background technology
General processing unit as computer, be provided with wired Ethernet (Ethernet) equipment, and processing unit often has the problem of frequency range deficiency when carrying out transfer of data; In addition, during transfer of data, if the online of Ethernet equipment is cut off, for example, the user must carry processing unit and leave the seat and pulled out because of carelessness to another place or the grid line of game on line, and the situation that causes network to interrupt is often brought user's inconvenience.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, in order to address the above problem, one of purpose of the present invention is that a kind of network equipment is being provided, and can merge the frequency range of Ethernet (Ethernet) and wireless network (Wireless).
One of purpose of the present invention is that a kind of network equipment is being provided, and can reach the high-speed transfer of Ethernet and stable transmission quality.
One of purpose of the present invention is that a kind of network equipment is being provided, and redundant (Fail-over) system can be provided, and avoids network to interrupt.
One of purpose of the present invention is that a kind of network equipment is being provided, and can reach the load balance (load balance) of the transmission of Ethernet and wireless network.
One embodiment of the invention provide a kind of network equipment, comprise a cable network transmission unit, a wireless network transmissions unit and a control unit.The cable network transmission unit, in order to by wired mode to transmit one first packet; The wireless network transmissions unit, in order to by wireless mode to transmit one second packet; Control unit is coupled to cable network transmission unit and wireless network transmissions unit, is equipped with generation first packet and second packet in order to a packet is carried out the packet branch.
One embodiment of the invention provide a kind of treatment system, include an operating system and a network equipment.Operating system is carried out when online at least one accessing points of treatment system, produces communication signal and packet according to a communications protocol.Network equipment, in order to the operating system communication, function with spider lines and wireless network, and according to communication signal decision one of them comes transmission of data packets by cable network and this packet of wireless network transmissions or decision selection cable network and wireless network simultaneously.
One embodiment of the invention provide a kind of network transfer method, and this method comprises the following step: at first, handle a packet, to produce at least one first packet and at least one second packet.Then, transmit this first packet by a cable network; And by this second packet of a wireless network transmissions.Wherein,, first packet is changed into by wireless network transmissions, and, divide into groups to change into to transmit by cable network with second when wireless network generation transmission disconnection when cable network generation transmission disconnection.
The present invention utilizes different transmission mediums to integrate, utilize this technology, allow user's computer in the system of now Ethernet and wireless network coexistence, effectively utilize frequency range, avoid the inconvenience of network outage, reach the purpose that merges frequency range, standby system and load balance.
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The 1st figure shows the schematic diagram of the network equipment of one embodiment of the invention;
The 2nd figure shows the flow chart of the network transfer method of one embodiment of the invention.
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See also the 1st figure, the 1st figure shows the schematic diagram of the network equipment treatment system of one embodiment of the invention.Wherein, an embodiment, treatment system can be a portable computer, mobile computer ... or have the device of cable network and wireless network simultaneously.
As shown in the figure, network equipment 100 can be arranged in the treatment system 10, or can be an external device to couple with treatment system.One embodiment, network equipment 100 include at least one cable network transmission unit 101, at least one wireless network transmissions unit 102 and a control unit 103.Wherein, an embodiment, cable network transmission unit can be an Ethernet card or the present existing or future various cable network cards that of developing; The wireless network transmissions unit can be a wireless network card.And control unit 103 can be an intermediate layer driving interface (inter media driver), and in an embodiment applicable network driving interface specification (Network Driver Interface Specification, NDIS); Certainly, in another embodiment, the intermediate layer driving interface is also applicable to other present existing or future various interface specification of of developing.Control unit 103 is coupled with spider lines transmission unit 101 and wireless network transmissions unit 102.And cable network transmission unit 101 includes one first medium access controller 101a (Media Access Controller) and one first physical layer circuit 101b (Physical Layer Circuit); Wireless network transmissions unit 102 includes one second medium access controller 102a and one second physical layer circuit 102b.
Below describe the operating principle of the embodiment of the invention in detail.
At first, as treatment system 10 and accessing points 104 (Access Point, AP) carry out when online, the operating system 11 of treatment system 10 produces communication signal S and packet P to network equipment 100 according to communications protocol (Network Communication Protocols).One embodiment, communications protocol can be LAN communications protocol (NetBEUI), network packet exchange agreement IPX/SPX, transmission control protocol/Internet protocol TCP/IP one of them or its combination.
Then, control unit 103 is according to wired, wireless network transmissions unit 101, the 102 connected reference points 104 of communication signal S control, and wired, the wireless network transmissions unit 101,102 of stopping using.Control unit 103 is a virtual network transmission unit with emulation, and the medium access control address (being designated hereinafter simply as MAC Address) (MAC Address) of this virtual network transmission unit, first, second medium access controller 101a, 102a is made as identical, have identical MAC Address to make virtual network transmission unit, wired, wireless network transmissions unit 101,102.Network equipment 100 is enabled virtual network, wired, wireless network transmissions unit afterwards.
After enabling in those Network Transmission unit, control unit 103 receives packet P, data groupings P is handled and distributes, to produce at least one first packet P1 and at least one second packet P2, wherein, the first packet P1 can meet the form of cable network transmission, and (for example: the transformat of IEEE 802.3 standards), and the form that the second packet P2 can meet a wireless network transmissions (for example: the transformat of IEEE 802.11 standards).Afterwards, the first medium access controller 101a and the first physical layer circuit 101b by cable network transmission unit 101 transmits at least the first packet P1 to accessing points 104 in wired mode; And with wireless mode at least one second packet P2 is sent to accessing points 104 by the second medium access controller 102a and the second physical layer circuit 102b of wireless network transmissions unit 102.Illustrate that so far the operator who is familiar with this area will be understood that function mode and the principle that treatment system 10 and its network equipment 100 are given in accessing points 104 passback packets, does not repeat them here.Moreover control unit 103 carries out data packet transmission and reception with accessing points 104 simultaneously by wired, wireless network transmissions unit 101,102, merges to make online speed, can reach the effect that merges frequency range (LinkAggregation), promotes online speed.
Must notice that in order to transmit the first packet P1 and the second packet P2, accessing points 104 need include at least one cable network connectivity port and at least one wireless network connectivity port.In addition, one embodiment of the invention, control unit 103 is distribute data grouping P fifty-fifty, makes transmitted data amount wired, wireless network transmissions unit 101,102 identical in fact, reaches load balance (load balance); Another embodiment, control unit 103 also can come distribute data grouping P to give wired, wireless network transmissions unit 101,102 according to a preset ratio.For example, come distribute data grouping P according to transmission speed ratio wired, wireless network transmissions unit 101,102.Moreover, owing to transmit the problem that packet P may have data leak by wireless network, so control unit 103 can carry out encryption further with the second packet P2, for example, by WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol), WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) ... etc. mode encrypt, to prevent the problem of data leak.In addition, the control unit 103 of the embodiment of the invention can be by a software, a piece of wood serving as a brake to halt a carriage body, one of them realization of hardware.
One embodiment of the invention, control unit 103 can merge (Teaming) wired and wireless network transmissions unit 101,102 simultaneously; Certainly, another embodiment, control unit 103 also can select cable network transmission unit 101 or wireless network transmissions unit 102 one of them as main transmission unit, for example: when selecting cable network as main transmission medium, then wireless network can be made as standby system; When selecting wireless network as main transmission medium, then Ethernet can be made as standby system.
For example, if with Ethernet as main transmission medium, when the online interruption of Ethernet, control unit 103 detects cable network transmission unit 101 can't the normal transmission first packet P1, then control unit 103 is converted to the first packet P1 form of wireless network, and come transmission of data packets constantly by wireless network transmissions unit 102, so network on-line does not interrupt because of the Ethernet broken string causes transmission.Relatively, if select wireless network as main transmission medium, and Ethernet is a standby system, then when wireless network linking interrupts, control unit 103 detects wireless network transmissions unit 102 and breaks in the time of can't transmitting the second packet P2, the form that control unit 103 is converted to cable network with the second packet P2 changes into by cable network transmission unit 101 and transmitting, so network on-line does not interrupt because of the wireless network broken string causes transmission.
In addition, according to one embodiment of the invention, under the situation that network on-line breaks, if network equipment 100 transmits packets to accessing points 104 by cable network transmission unit 101, then network equipment 100 can receive accessing points 104 passbacks to data that should packet by cable network transmission unit 101.Relatively, if network equipment 100 transmits packets to accessing points 104 by wireless network transmissions unit 102, then network equipment 100 can be by 102 receptions of wireless network transmissions unit to data that should packet.Must notice that when the situation of broken string took place network on-line, the packet of transmitting in wired mode originally then must change wirelessly to be transmitted.In the same manner, originally then must change and transmit in wired mode with the packet of wireless mode transmission.Certainly, the mode of network equipment and accessing points transceive data is not limited to this, also can be according to the Network Transmission state or according to default look-up table (Lookup table) ... various possible modes are carried out.For example, distribute the data that return by accessing points to give wired or wireless Network Transmission unit 101,102 according to packet data transmission rate or frequency range size.One embodiment supposes that the transmitting bandwidth of cable network surpasses wireless network transmissions frequency range one default value, then in the scope of this default value, utilizes the cable network transmission unit to receive more passback grouped data P.
One embodiment, when the user passes through file transfer protocol (FTP) (File Transfer Protocol, when FTP) transmitting data or object for appreciation game on line, control unit 103 can be specified packet by stable and big Ethernet or the wireless network of frequency range and be transmitted, for example: suppose that Ethernet is big and stable with respect to its frequency range of wireless network, so packet via File Transfer Protocol transmission data, can come transmission of data packets by control unit 103 control cable network transmission units 101, to avoid the transmission course instability, break and work as cable network, control unit can be used wireless network transmissions unit 102 at once instead and come transmission of data packets, and then reaches the lifting of Network Transmission overall efficiency.
One embodiment, network equipment of the present invention can with different ISP (IntemetService Provider, ISP) join what running, for example: the cable network of network equipment of the present invention partly is the accessing points circuit that connects first Internet Service Provider, wireless network part of the present invention then is the accessing points circuit that connects second Internet Service Provider, by different Internet Service Providers, can avoid because the network outage that the machine room of Internet Service Provider causes when machine has influence on user's rights and interests, and in real time by second Internet Service Provider, connect to network and make online unlikely interruption, reach the effect of standby system.
The 2nd figure shows the flow chart of the network transfer method of one embodiment of the invention.Below please also refer to the 1st figure and the 2nd figure, the network transfer method of network equipment of the present invention is described.
Step S200: beginning.
Step S202: judge that transmission mode is for merging frequency range pattern or standby system pattern.If merge the frequency range pattern, then skip to step S204; If the standby system pattern then skips to step S206.
Step S204: transmit and the reception packet by cable network and wireless network simultaneously, and skip to step S214.
Step S206: transmit and the reception packet by cable network.
Step S208: judge online whether the interruption.If then skip to step S210; If not, then skip to step S214.
Step S210: transmit and the reception packet by wireless network.
Step S212: judge online whether the interruption.If then skip to step S206; If not, then skip to step S214.
Step S214: finish.
The embodiment of the invention utilizes different transmission mediums (medium) to integrate, as utilizes wired and wireless two media to transmit and receive data packets data.Mode can allow the system with the coexistence of cable network and wireless network according to this, reaching transmission does not interrupt and the effect that merges frequency range (Link Aggregation), and whole online speed is promoted, effectively utilize frequency range, avoid the inconvenience of network outage, reach the purpose that merges frequency range, standby system and load balance.

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1. network equipment comprises:
At least one cable network transmission unit is in order to transmit and to receive at least one first packet by wired mode;
At least one wireless network transmissions unit is in order to transmit and to receive at least one second packet by wireless mode; And
One control unit couples this cable network transmission unit and this wireless network transmissions unit, in order to handle and to distribute a packet, to produce this first packet and this second packet.
2. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein this cable network transmission unit and this wireless network transmissions unit transmit this first packet and this second packet simultaneously.
3. network equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein when this cable network transmission unit generation transmission disconnection, this control unit changes this first packet by transmitting this this wireless network transmissions unit into; And when this wireless network transmissions unit generation transmission disconnection, this control unit changes this second packet by this cable network transmission unit into transmits.
4. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein this control circuit decides according to the Network Transmission state and selects this cable network transmission unit or this wireless network transmissions unit to transmit this grouped data.
5. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the emulation when the transmission data of this control unit is a virtual network transmission unit.
6. network equipment as claimed in claim 5, wherein this virtual network transmission unit, this cable network transmission unit, and this wireless network transmissions unit have identical medium access control address (MACaddress).
7. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein this control unit carries out the data packet format processing with this packet, makes this first packet meet the form of cable network transmission and the form that this second packet meets a wireless network transmissions.
8. network equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein the form of this cable network transmission meets the standard of IEEE802.3, and the form of this wireless network transmissions meets the standard of IEEE 802.11.
9. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein this control unit carries out encryption with this packet, to produce this second packet.
10. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein when this network equipment is exported a packet by this cable network transmission unit, this control unit by this cable network transmission unit receive accessing points passback to data that should packet.
11. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein when this network equipment is exported a packet by this wireless network transmissions unit, this control unit by this wireless network transmissions unit receive accessing points passback to data that should packet.
12. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mode of this network equipment and at least one accessing points transceive data decides how to distribute this packet according to transmission state, message transmission rate, data transmission bauds ratio, the frequency range size of this cable network transmission unit and this wireless network transmissions unit.
13. network transmission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this cable network transmission unit and wireless network transmissions unit are given in this this packet of control unit mean allocation, make this cable network transmission unit and this wireless network transmissions unit reach load balance (load balance) in fact.
14. network transmission device as claimed in claim 1, wherein this cable network transmission unit is an Ethernet card.
15. network equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein this control unit 103 can be an intermediate layer driving interface (inter media driver), and by one of them realization of software, firmware or hardware.
16. a treatment system comprises:
One operating system is carried out when online at least one accessing points of this treatment system, produces communication signal and packet according to a communications protocol;
One network equipment, in order to this operating system communication, function with spider lines and wireless network, and according to the decision of this communication signal one of them transmits this packet by this cable network and this packet of this wireless network transmissions or decision this cable network of selection and this wireless network simultaneously.
17. treatment system as claimed in claim 16, wherein this cable network adopts identical medium access control address with this wireless network.
18. treatment system as claimed in claim 16 is a portable computer or mobile computer.
19. treatment system as claimed in claim 16, wherein this network equipment select this cable network and this wireless network one of them when transmitting this packet, one of not selected network is the redundant network, this redundant network is shared this selecteed network when selecteed network generation transmission disconnection traffic load.
20. a network transfer method comprises:
Handle a packet, to produce at least one first packet and at least one second packet;
Transmit this first packet by a cable network; And
By this second packet of a wireless network transmissions;
Wherein, when this cable network generation transmission disconnection, this wireless network transmissions is passed through in this first packet; And, this second grouping is transmitted by this cable network when this wireless network generation transmission disconnection.
21. network transfer method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the transfer of data of this cable network and wireless network has identical media access control address (MAC address).
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