CN102571386B - Upgrading method for EOC terminal equipment - Google Patents

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CN102571386B
CN102571386B CN201010597123.XA CN201010597123A CN102571386B CN 102571386 B CN102571386 B CN 102571386B CN 201010597123 A CN201010597123 A CN 201010597123A CN 102571386 B CN102571386 B CN 102571386B
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The invention relates to an upgrading method for EOC (Ethernet Over Coax) terminal equipment. The terminal equipment comprises a coaxial cable interface unit, a master chip unit and an Ethernet interface unit which are in sequential connection; the coaxial cable interface unit is connected with an EOC local side equipment through a coaxial cable; the Ethernet interface unit comprises an Ethernet exchange chip and an Ethernet interface; and the Ethernet interface is connected with the master chip unit through the Ethernet exchange chip. The upgrading method comprises the following steps: the local side equipment sends upgrading data information to the terminal equipment, and the terminal equipment receives and then stores the upgrading data information; the terminal equipment is re-started; and the terminal equipment reconfigures the Ethernet exchange chip according to the upgrading data information. By adopting the upgrading method for the EOC terminal equipment, the EOC terminal equipment can automatically upgrade, so that the maintenance cost of the terminal equipment is greatly saved and further popularization and application of the EOC technology are facilitated.

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The upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device
Technical field
The present invention relates to network equipment application, particularly network-termination device application, specifically refers to a kind of upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device
Background technology
The TV signal pattern of China just progressively shifts to digital signal from analog signal, and cable TV network is from monotropic transformation to two-way, thereby realizes the transformation from the simple function of network to triple play, the integration of three networks.The demand in market and the development of New Television Technology need cable TV network to realize the Double-Direction User access of the whole network.And Double-Direction User access technology in the past, as CMTS+Cable modem and FTTB+LAN technology can not adapt to the needs of unexpectedly striving of Double-Direction User access market and the two-way integrated service development of cable TV network.Therefore, based on the Bidirectional Access Technologies of coaxial cable---EOC (Ethernet OverCoax, coaxial cable loads Ethernet) technology be tending towards ripe, for the Double-Direction User access of cable TV network the whole network and the benign development of two-way integrated service have brought new opportunity.
EOC technology combines IP data and cable TV signal exactly, accesses and sends into user with same cable.Neither affect the transmission of cable TV signal, have again the two-way broad band Integrated service access exclusively enjoying, there is good adaptability and networking access scheme flexibly.Simultaneously, it is without original cable TV network is carried out to bidirectional construction transformation, or carry out large-scale category-5 cable and be applied to the engineering at family, overcome and in cable TV network bilateral network transformation process, registered one's residence that construction is more difficult, the whole network covers the problems that cost is high and the improvement project cycle is long.Although the cutting point of various EOC technology researchs and technical method are slightly different, all can be applicable to cable TV network field, by coaxial cable transmission of data signals.
The problem of the terminal equipment of the existing EOC of being applied to technology is mainly, the method that its upgrading is upgraded is comparatively complicated, conventionally need to manually complete, and cannot realize automatic renewal, thereby cause the maintenance cost of terminal equipment comparatively high, the further propagation and employment of EOC technology has been caused to obstacle.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to have overcome above-mentioned shortcoming of the prior art, a kind of upgrading that can automatically realize terminal equipment is provided, thereby the maintenance cost of the equipment of saving is easy and simple to handle, and the upgrade method of widely used coaxial cable ethernet end device.
Described terminal equipment comprises the coaxial cable interface unit, master chip unit and the Ethernet interface unit that are linked in sequence, described coaxial cable interface unit is by coaxial cable connecting coaxial cable Ethernet local side apparatus, wherein, described Ethernet interface unit comprises Ethernet conversion chip and at least one Ethernet interface, and described each Ethernet interface all connects described master chip unit by described Ethernet conversion chip
In order to realize above-mentioned object, the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device of the present invention comprises the following steps:
(1) described local side apparatus sends upgrade data information to described terminal equipment, and terminal equipment is received described upgrade data information storage;
(2) restart described terminal equipment;
(3) described terminal equipment reconfigures described Ethernet conversion chip according to described upgrade data information.
In the upgrade method of this coaxial cable ethernet end device, described terminal equipment also comprises synchronous dynamic random memory cell and flash cell, described synchronous dynamic random memory cell is all connected described master chip unit with flash cell, and described step (1) specifically comprises the following steps:
(11) local side apparatus sends the header of upgrade data information to terminal equipment;
(12) terminal equipment is received the header of upgrade data information, and replys to local side apparatus the information acknowledging receipt of that sends;
(13) local side apparatus is received after the described information acknowledging receipt of, and sends upgrade data information to terminal equipment;
(14) terminal equipment stores the upgrade data information of receiving into synchronous dynamic random memory cell;
(15) terminal equipment finishes, after the reception of upgrade data information, to verify according to the header of upgrade data information;
(16) terminal equipment completes after checking, and described upgrade data information is stored to described flash cell.
In the upgrade method of this coaxial cable ethernet end device, the header of described upgrade data information comprises 32 bit check codes of upgrade data Information ID, upgrade data information size and upgrade data information.
In the upgrade method of this coaxial cable ethernet end device, described step (3) specifically comprises the following steps:
(31) the master chip unit of described terminal equipment sends upgrade request instruction to described Ethernet conversion chip;
(32) Ethernet conversion chip is received after upgrade request instruction, returns to upgrade request complete instruction to master chip unit;
(33) master chip unit receives that upgrade request completes after instruction, writes upgrade data to Ethernet conversion chip;
(34) after writing upgrade data and completing, master chip unit reads to the upgrade data of Ethernet conversion chip and verifies;
(35), after upgrade data has been verified, master chip unit sends to Ethernet conversion chip the instruction of having upgraded.
Adopt the upgrade method of the coaxial cable ethernet end device of this invention, because it sends upgrade data information by local side apparatus to terminal equipment, terminal equipment is received and is stored after upgrade data information, restart, this terminal equipment reconfigures described Ethernet conversion chip according to described upgrade data information subsequently.Thereby make this coaxial cable ethernet end device can realize auto-update, greatly saved the maintenance cost of terminal equipment, contribute to the further propagation and employment of EOC technology, and the method is easy and simple to handle, has wide range of applications.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the upgrade method standard coaxial cable ethernet end device of coaxial cable ethernet end device of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of steps of the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the particular flow sheet that in the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device of the present invention, local side apparatus sends the step of upgrade data information to terminal equipment.
Fig. 4 is the particular flow sheet that in the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device of the present invention, terminal equipment reconfigures the step of Ethernet conversion chip according to upgrade data information.
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In order more clearly to understand technology contents of the present invention, describe in detail especially exemplified by following examples.
Referring to shown in Fig. 1, is the structural representation of the coaxial cable ethernet end device described in the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device of the present invention.This coaxial cable ethernet end device comprises the coaxial cable interface unit, master chip unit and the Ethernet interface unit that are linked in sequence.Wherein, described Ethernet interface unit comprises Ethernet conversion chip and at least one Ethernet interface, and described each Ethernet interface all connects described master chip unit by described Ethernet conversion chip.Described coaxial cable interface unit comprises rf filtering subelement and signal transmitting and receiving subelement, and described signal transmitting and receiving subelement comprises again coaxial cable coupler, receiving terminal filter and signal transceiver.Rf filtering subelement in this coaxial cable interface unit is by coaxial cable connecting coaxial cable Ethernet local side apparatus.
In one embodiment of the invention, the upgrade method of described coaxial cable ethernet end device comprises the following steps:
(1) described local side apparatus sends upgrade data information to described terminal equipment, and terminal equipment is received described upgrade data information storage;
(2) restart described terminal equipment;
(3) described terminal equipment reconfigures described Ethernet conversion chip according to described upgrade data information.
One preferred embodiment in, described terminal equipment also comprises synchronous dynamic random memory cell and flash cell, described synchronous dynamic random memory cell and flash cell are all connected described master chip unit.Step (1) in the upgrade method of described coaxial cable ethernet end device specifically comprises the following steps:
(11) local side apparatus sends the header of upgrade data information to terminal equipment;
(12) terminal equipment is received the header of upgrade data information, and replys to local side apparatus the information acknowledging receipt of that sends;
(13) local side apparatus is received after the described information acknowledging receipt of, and sends upgrade data information to terminal equipment;
(14) terminal equipment stores the upgrade data information of receiving into synchronous dynamic random memory cell;
(15) terminal equipment finishes, after the reception of upgrade data information, to verify according to the header of upgrade data information;
(16) terminal equipment completes after checking, and described upgrade data information is stored to described flash cell.
Wherein, the header of described upgrade data information comprises 32 bit check codes of upgrade data Information ID, upgrade data information size and upgrade data information.
In the preferred execution mode of one, described step (3) specifically comprises the following steps:
(31) the master chip unit of described terminal equipment sends upgrade request instruction to described Ethernet conversion chip;
(32) Ethernet conversion chip is received after upgrade request instruction, returns to upgrade request complete instruction to master chip unit;
(33) master chip unit receives that upgrade request completes after instruction, writes upgrade data to Ethernet conversion chip;
(34) after writing upgrade data and completing, master chip unit reads to the upgrade data of Ethernet conversion chip and verifies;
(35), after upgrade data has been verified, master chip unit sends to Ethernet conversion chip the instruction of having upgraded.
In an application of the invention, according to the difference of port, described in the present invention coaxial cable ethernet end device can there is 1 to 4 RJ45 Ethernet interface, 1 TV output (F head) and 1 Cable first line of a couplet end (F head), the Cable first line of a couplet end of the rf filtering unit of this coaxial cable ethernet end device, by the local side apparatus of coaxial cable connecting coaxial cable Ethernet, is set up the access network based on coaxial cable.The master chip unit (MAC/PHY chip) of coaxial cable ethernet end device wherein adopts the INT6400 chip of Intellon company, and the signal transceiver (AFE chip) of signal coupling unit adopts the INT1400 chip supporting with INT6400 chip.Ethernet conversion chip in Ethernet interface unit adopts RTL8306 chip.
Updating terminal device method in practical application comprises following process
1, data message transport process:
Utilize the local side apparatus of INTELLON company to send an operational administrative information to terminal equipment, this operational administrative information first transfer of data in the volatile core buffer of INT6400 device interior, this operation is afterwards used INT6400 inner buffer data is sent in the NameSpace pre-defining in terminal equipment internal memory.This predefined NameSpace should be specified an effective module I D and the sub-ID of module.
Local side apparatus mainly comprises following 3 processes to terminal equipment transmit operation administrative messag:
Start Write Session starts write-access: this process is used for the 32 bit check codes of Information ID, information size and information of announcement, when these data are used in the end writing data to NVM (nonvolatile memory), proofreads.
Write Module to Memory writing information: this process is used for data information in the inner buffer of INT6400, this process must start the process of writing (Start Write Session) afterwards.
Commit Module from Memory feedback information: this process is used for writing data in NVM (nonvolatile memory).Before this process, need to confirm that module data operates (Write Module to Memory) by write information.
2, data message generative process:
In NVRAM, can comprise at most 2 MDIO data messages, maximum 1000 orders of each module.This data message comprises enable data and order data, the bit0 of enable data is enable bit, 10 ' b[15:6] be data command number, order data is made up of 6 bytes, 4 ' b[3:0 of front 2 bytes]=4 ' b0101,5 ' b[8:4] be the PHY address of Ethernet conversion chip (Switch), 5 ' b[13:9] be the register address of Switch, 2 ' b[15:14]=2 ' b10; Middle 2 bytes are the data that register is arranged, and last 2 bytes are that register arranges data mask.Enable and order data not as good as 8K with 0 filling, 16 is that check code is also with 0 filling.
3, Ethernet conversion chip programming process:
When programming, comprise Request Session (access request), these 3 processes of Write mdiofile.bin (writing upgrade file) CommitModules (information feedback).Each process comprises the data of transmission and the data of returning, until whole too net conversion chip programming process completes.
Adopt the upgrade method of the coaxial cable ethernet end device of this invention, because it sends upgrade data information by local side apparatus to terminal equipment, terminal equipment is received and is stored after upgrade data information, restart, this terminal equipment reconfigures described Ethernet conversion chip according to described upgrade data information subsequently.Thereby make this coaxial cable ethernet end device can realize auto-update, greatly saved the maintenance cost of terminal equipment, contribute to the further propagation and employment of EOC technology, and the method is easy and simple to handle, has wide range of applications.
In this specification, the present invention is described with reference to its specific embodiment.But, still can make various amendments and conversion obviously and not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Therefore, specification and accompanying drawing are regarded in an illustrative, rather than a restrictive.

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1. the upgrade method of a coaxial cable ethernet end device, described terminal equipment comprises the coaxial cable interface unit, master chip unit and the Ethernet interface unit that are linked in sequence, described coaxial cable interface unit is by coaxial cable connecting coaxial cable Ethernet local side apparatus, wherein, described Ethernet interface unit comprises Ethernet conversion chip and at least one Ethernet interface, described each Ethernet interface all connects described master chip unit by described Ethernet conversion chip, it is characterized in that, described upgrade method comprises the following steps:
(1) described local side apparatus sends upgrade data information to described terminal equipment, and terminal equipment is received described upgrade data information storage;
(2) restart described terminal equipment;
(3) described terminal equipment reconfigures described Ethernet conversion chip according to described upgrade data information;
Described step (3) specifically comprises the following steps:
(31) the master chip unit of described terminal equipment sends upgrade request instruction to described Ethernet conversion chip;
(32) Ethernet conversion chip is received after upgrade request instruction, returns to upgrade request complete instruction to master chip unit;
(33) master chip unit receives that upgrade request completes after instruction, writes upgrade data to Ethernet conversion chip;
(34) after writing upgrade data and completing, master chip unit reads to the upgrade data of Ethernet conversion chip and verifies;
(35), after upgrade data has been verified, master chip unit sends to Ethernet conversion chip the instruction of having upgraded.
2. the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described terminal equipment also comprises synchronous dynamic random memory cell and flash cell, described synchronous dynamic random memory cell is all connected described master chip unit with flash cell, and described step (1) specifically comprises the following steps:
(11) local side apparatus sends the header of upgrade data information to terminal equipment;
(12) terminal equipment is received the header of upgrade data information, and replys to local side apparatus the information acknowledging receipt of that sends;
(13) local side apparatus is received after the described information acknowledging receipt of, and sends upgrade data information to terminal equipment;
(14) terminal equipment stores the upgrade data information of receiving into synchronous dynamic random memory cell;
(15) terminal equipment finishes, after the reception of upgrade data information, to verify according to the header of upgrade data information;
(16) terminal equipment completes after checking, and described upgrade data information is stored to described flash cell.
3. the upgrade method of coaxial cable ethernet end device according to claim 2, is characterized in that, the header of described upgrade data information comprises 32 bit check codes of upgrade data Information ID, upgrade data information size and upgrade data information.
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