CN103685530A - Automatic upgrade control method and system for WLAN current network APs - Google Patents
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The invention provides an automatic upgrade control method and system for WLAN current network APs. The system comprises an upgrade server connected with each AP. The upgrade server comprises an informing module, a judging module, an upgrade patch issuing module and an upgrade result information receiving module. The informing module is used for remotely logging in each AP and informing each AP to carry out upgrade. The judging module is used for receiving software version information and hardware information fed back by each AP, and judging whether each AP needs to be upgraded according to the software version information. The upgrade patch issuing module is used for searching for the corresponding upgrade patch according to the hardware information of an AP needing to be upgraded and sending the upgrade patch to the AP needing to be upgraded under the condition that the judging result of the judging module is yes. The upgrade result information receiving module is used for receiving upgrade result information of each AP, wherein the upgrade result information are fed back after the upgrade patch is upgraded. The automatic upgrade control method and system for the WLAN current network APs can be used for batch automatic upgrade of integrated wireless switches and wireless routers, generality is higher, and maintenance is more convenient.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to WLAN wireless communication field, particularly relate to a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method and a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system.
Background technology
Along with the development that national information is built, Domestic Carriers large scale deployment WLAN(WLAN (wireless local area network)), at hot zones, provide abundant wireless broadband business.
At present, WLAN group-network construction can be divided into two kinds:
" fat " AP(Access Point, WAP (wireless access point)), also referred to as Autonomous Model WAP (wireless access point).The management workload that extensive cloth deposits Autonomous Model WAP (wireless access point) is very large, for example AP software upgrading.The software upgrading of current fat AP is common is to control upgrading by platform AP, does not see fairly perfect fat AP batch upgrading method on market;
Another kind is " thin " AP, and this framework is by AC(Access Controller, Radio Access Controller) all AP are managed concentratedly to control, be the WLAN group-network construction of current domestic main flow.Adopt this framework, communicate by letter (non-downloading process) between AP and AC is all by CAPWAP(Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points, wireless access point control and agreement is provided) complete, but when wlan network breaks down, AC to AP centralized management control lost efficacy or abnormal, AP can not be when AC reaches the standard grade, need to carry out software upgrading with reparation problem to all AP, AC can not control AP operation upgrading in batches, and now maintenance work will be very difficult.
Visible, no matter be that fat AP or thin AP exist problem more or less when carrying out batch upgrade.And, at present can be for fat AP all about both not existing in the AP upgrade method of WLAN, also can be for the batch automatically updating method of thin AP.
Summary of the invention
Based on this, the invention provides a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method and system, can be used for the batch upgrade of fat AP, also can be used for the batch upgrade of thin AP.
For realizing the problems referred to above, the present invention adopts following technical scheme:
A WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system, comprising: the upgrade server being connected respectively with each AP; Described upgrade server comprises:
Notification module, for each AP of Telnet, notifies each AP to enter upgrading;
Judge module, the software version information, the hardware information that for receiving each AP, feed back, and judge according to described software version information whether each AP needs upgrading;
AKU issues module, in the situation that judgment result is that of described judge module is that the hardware information of AP of upgrading is searched corresponding AKU as required, and this AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading;
Updating result information receiving module, for receiving the updating result information of feeding back after each AP upgrades according to described AKU.
A WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method, comprises the following steps:
Each AP of Telnet, notifies each AP to enter upgrading;
Receive software version information, hardware information that each AP feeds back, and judge according to described software version information whether each AP needs upgrading;
If so, the hardware information of the AP of upgrading is searched corresponding AKU as required, and described AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading;
Receive the updating result information of feeding back after each AP upgrades according to described AKU.
By above scheme, can be found out, a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method of the present invention and system, do not need AC to participate in, adopt upgrade server to bring in control AP as control and carry out batch upgrade, for fat AP framework provides a kind of batch upgrade mode, solved the problem that traditional fat AP framework cannot carry out batch upgrade on the one hand; The present invention can be used as the main upgrade method in thin AP architecture on the other hand, also can be used as the important supplement of the upgrade methods such as CAPWAP, when AP can not reach the standard grade or AC controls AP and upgrades when abnormal and can carry out batch upgrade equally on AC.Compare with the method that tradition adopts AC to carry out batch upgrade, in the present invention because upgrade server is less demanding in performance, common performance notebook, so the solution of the present invention versatility is stronger, maintenance is got up also convenient, has good market application foreground.
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Fig. 1 is the networking topological diagram in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 be upgrade server with AP between the abstract graph of communicating by letter;
Fig. 4 is the schematic flow sheet of a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method in the embodiment of the present invention.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and specific embodiment, technical scheme of the present invention is further described.
A WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system, comprising: the upgrade server being connected respectively with each AP.Be in the present invention, to adopt upgrade server to control AP as control end rather than traditional AC to carry out batch auto-update.
Therein in an embodiment, take thin AP architecture as example, can, by this upgrade server by being connected to as shown in Figure 1 (in the present invention, the annexation of upgrade server is not limited to this) in WLAN existing network, make can carry out normal network service between upgrade server and AP.Described upgrade server is less demanding in performance, common performance notebook.
Shown in Figure 2, described upgrade server comprises:
AKU issues module 103, in the situation that judgment result is that of described judge module is that the hardware information of AP of upgrading is searched corresponding AKU as required, and this AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading;
Updating result information receiving module 104, for receiving the updating result information of feeding back after each AP upgrades according to described AKU.
It should be noted that, the AKU that AKU in the embodiment of the present invention issues in module 103 has been uploaded in upgrade server by staff in advance, and classify according to different applied environment (as the difference of different AP hardware), preferably, AKU and AP hardware information can corresponding stored in upgrade server.
As a good embodiment, described notification module can adopt telnet(Telecommunication Network, Telnet) or ssh(Secure Shell, safety shell protocol) mode Telnet AP.Those skilled in the art's notice, Telnet is not limited to this two kinds of modes.
As a good embodiment, in described AKU, can comprise: AP software, ROMPaq or upgrade script etc.ROMPaq of the prior art or upgrade script are all placed on AP, yet, because some manufacturer when upgrading does not open the interface of ROMPaq, cause the situation that cannot call ROMPaq or upgrade script when upgrading to occur.For this reason, in the present invention, will in ROMPaq or upgrade script, be placed in AKU the effective like this problem that cannot call ROMPaq or upgrade script while having avoided upgrading.
As a good embodiment, described AKU issues module can pass through TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol, TFTP) or FTP(File Transfer Protocol, file transfer protocol (FTP)) send described AKU to the AP of needs upgrading.In this document transmission process, AP can be used as Download Server end, also can be used as download client.When AP is during as Download Server end, upgrade server by AKU active upload to AP; When AP is during as download client, AP initiatively downloads AKU from upgrade server.
As a good embodiment, described WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system can also comprise: several AP; Described AP is for after receiving the upgrade notification of described upgrade server, and feedback software version information, hardware information are given described upgrade server; And after receiving described AKU, received AKU is carried out to verification, decompression processing, carry out described ROMPaq or upgrade script, upgrading AP software, and after escalation process finishes, described updating result information is fed back to described upgrade server, and restart.
It should be noted that, above-mentioned process of carrying out verification, decompression processing belongs to those skilled in the art's known technology, and it will not go into details herein.
It should be noted that, the upgrade server in the present invention is to carry out AP upgrading with multi-process, thereby reaches the object of the batch upgrade of AP.Certainly in order to reach updating speed faster, number of units (as accessed 2 upgrade servers by a switch exactly in Fig. 1) that can also corresponding increase upgrade server, now, can be set to a upgrade server and be connected with a part of AP, another upgrade server is connected with another part AP.Many upgrade servers are worked simultaneously, and can realize N(is upgrade server number of units) doubly upgrading speed-raising.
In the present invention, upgrade server, as control end, is controlled whole escalation process.As shown in Figure 3, can on upgrade server, move a upgrading control programs, and control escalation process with twin flue.Article one, pipe monitoring receives the message of AP feedback, and another pipeline sends order to AP.
For making those skilled in the art better understand this programme, the data exchange process between upgrade server and AP is described below, this process comprises as follows:
A), upgrade server Telnet AP, notice AP enter upgrading;
B), AP feeds back to upgrade server software version information, affiliated hardware information etc.;
C), upgrade server judges whether AP will upgrade;
D), after step c) judgment result is that and is, upgrade server sends AKU to AP;
E), after AP receives AKU, carry out AKU verification, decompress(ion);
F), AP carries out ROMPaq or upgrade script, upgrading AP software;
G), escalation process finishes, AP sends to upgrade server by updating result.Preferably, upgrade server carries out record by AP updating result.
Corresponding with above-mentioned a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system, the present invention also provides a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method, as shown in Figure 4, comprises the following steps:
Step S101, each AP of Telnet, notifies each AP to enter upgrading.Before carrying out this step, AP must obtain IP, and can carry out network service with the device (as upgrade server) of specific implementation the inventive method;
Step S102, receives software version information, hardware information that each AP feeds back, and judges according to described software version information whether each AP needs upgrading; If (as long as having any one AP to need upgrading) enters step S103, illustrate that if not under current network environment, all AP all do not need upgrading, now do not need to process, flow process finishes;
Step S103, the hardware information of the AP of upgrading is searched corresponding AKU (this AKU is uploaded by staff in advance, and classifies according to different applied environments) as required, and described AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading;
Step S104, receives the updating result information of feeding back after each AP upgrades according to described AKU.
As a good embodiment, the process of described Telnet AP can comprise: adopt the mode Telnet AP such as telnet or ssh.
As a good embodiment, in described AKU, can comprise: AP software, ROMPaq or upgrade script etc.
As a good embodiment, the process that sends described AKU can comprise: by TFTP or file transfer protocol (FTP), send described AKU.
As a good embodiment, after described AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading, receive described updating result information before, can also comprise the steps:
The described AP of upgrading that needs carries out verification, decompression processing to received AKU;
Carry out described ROMPaq or upgrade script, upgrading AP software;
After escalation process finishes, described updating result information is fed back, and restarted.
Other technical characterictic of above-mentioned a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method is identical with a kind of WLAN existing network of the present invention AP auto-update control system, and it will not go into details herein.
By above scheme, can find out, a kind of WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method of the present invention and system, do not need AC to participate in, adopt upgrade server to bring in control AP as control and carry out batch upgrade, for fat AP framework provides a kind of batch upgrade mode, solved the problem that traditional fat AP framework cannot carry out batch upgrade on the one hand; The present invention can be used as the main upgrade method in thin AP architecture on the other hand, also can be used as the important supplement of the upgrade methods such as CAPWAP, when AP can not reach the standard grade or AC controls AP and upgrades when abnormal and can carry out batch upgrade equally on AC.Compare with the method that tradition adopts AC to carry out batch upgrade, in the present invention because upgrade server is less demanding in performance, common performance notebook, so the solution of the present invention versatility is stronger, maintenance is got up also convenient, has good market application foreground.
The above embodiment has only expressed several execution mode of the present invention, and it describes comparatively concrete and detailed, but can not therefore be interpreted as the restriction to the scope of the claims of the present invention.It should be pointed out that for the person of ordinary skill of the art, without departing from the inventive concept of the premise, can also make some distortion and improvement, these all belong to protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, the protection range of patent of the present invention should be as the criterion with claims.
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1. a WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system, is characterized in that, comprising: the upgrade server being connected respectively with each AP; Described upgrade server comprises:
Notification module, for each AP of Telnet, notifies each AP to enter upgrading;
Judge module, the software version information, the hardware information that for receiving each AP, feed back, and judge according to described software version information whether each AP needs upgrading;
AKU issues module, in the situation that judgment result is that of described judge module is that the hardware information of AP of upgrading is searched corresponding AKU as required, and this AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading;
Updating result information receiving module, for receiving the updating result information of feeding back after each AP upgrades according to described AKU.
2. WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described AKU comprises: AP software, ROMPaq or upgrade script.
3. WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described AKU issues module and sends described AKU by TFTP or file transfer protocol (FTP).
4. WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system according to claim 2, is characterized in that, also comprises: several AP;
Described AP is for after receiving the upgrade notification of described upgrade server, and feedback software version information, hardware information are given described upgrade server; And after receiving described AKU, received AKU is carried out to verification, decompression processing, carry out described ROMPaq or upgrade script, upgrading AP software, and after escalation process finishes, described updating result information is fed back to described upgrade server, and restart.
5. according to the WLAN existing network AP auto-update control system described in claim 1-4 any one, it is characterized in that, described notification module adopts telnet or ssh mode Telnet AP.
6. a WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method, is characterized in that, comprises the following steps:
Each AP of Telnet, notifies each AP to enter upgrading;
Receive software version information, hardware information that each AP feeds back, and judge according to described software version information whether each AP needs upgrading;
If so, the hardware information of the AP of upgrading is searched corresponding AKU as required, and described AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading;
Receive the updating result information of feeding back after each AP upgrades according to described AKU.
7. WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described AKU comprises: AP software, ROMPaq or upgrade script.
8. WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, the process that sends described AKU comprises: by TFTP or file transfer protocol (FTP), send described AKU.
9. WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method according to claim 7, is characterized in that, after described AKU is sent to the described AP that needs upgrading, receive described updating result information before, also comprise step:
The described AP of upgrading that needs carries out verification, decompression processing to received AKU;
Carry out described ROMPaq or upgrade script, upgrading AP software;
After escalation process finishes, described updating result information is fed back, and restarted.
10. according to the WLAN existing network AP auto-update control method described in claim 6-9 any one, it is characterized in that, the process of described Telnet AP comprises: adopt telnet or ssh mode Telnet AP.
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