CN110972170A - Base station configuration method and base station - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the invention provides a configuration method of a base station and the base station, wherein the base station applicable to the method comprises a main control board and a plurality of baseband boards; the plurality of base band plates including a plurality of main base band plates and a common base band plate, the method comprising: the main control board controls each main baseband board in the plurality of main baseband boards to establish connection with the RRU of one communication system in the plurality of communication systems, and controls each main baseband board to load software of the communication system of each main baseband board; the main control board controls the common baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems. The invention can improve the utilization rate of baseband resources.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to communications technologies, and in particular, to a configuration method of a base station and a base station.
Background
With the development of communication technology, more and more communication systems are supported by base stations, which makes multimode base stations have come into force.
At present, in a multimode base station, each communication system may have a main baseband board and a standby baseband board, and when a main baseband board of a certain communication system fails, a carrier resource corresponding to the main baseband board can be recovered through the standby baseband board of the communication system, so as to improve the reliability of the system.
That is to say, for a multimode base station configured with main and standby baseband boards, each baseband board can only serve as a baseband board of one communication system, and can only provide services of one communication system, so that baseband resources on the baseband board are not actually utilized effectively, and the utilization rate of the baseband board is low.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a base station configuration method and a base station, which are used for improving the utilization rate of baseband resources.
The embodiment of the invention provides a configuration method of a base station, wherein the base station comprises a main control board and a plurality of baseband boards; the plurality of base band plates including a plurality of main base band plates and a common base band plate, the method comprising:
the master control board controls each master baseband board in the plurality of master baseband boards to establish connection with a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of one communication system in the plurality of communication systems, and controls each master baseband board to load software of the communication system of each master baseband board;
and the main control board controls the common baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems.
In one implementation manner, the controlling, by the main control board, each of the plurality of main baseband boards to establish a connection with a radio remote unit RRU of a communication system includes:
the main control board controls each main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of the communication system according to the address of each main baseband board;
the main control board controls the public baseband board to establish connection with RRUs of a plurality of communication systems, and the connection comprises the following steps:
and the main control board controls the connection between the common baseband board and the RRUs of the plurality of communication modes according to the address of the common main baseband board.
In another implementation, the method further comprises:
and the main control board allocates an address to each baseband board according to the position of each baseband board in the plurality of baseband boards in the base station.
In yet another implementation, the location of each baseband board at the base station may include at least one of the following information:
the equipment cabinet information of each baseband board on the base station, the machine frame information of each baseband board on the base station, and the machine slot information of each baseband board on the base station.
In yet another implementation, the method further includes:
the main control board detects whether the software of the plurality of communication systems is updated;
and if the software of the communication system exists in the plurality of communication systems, the main control board controls a main baseband board of the communication system with the updated software to load the updated software.
In yet another implementation, the method further includes:
the main control board detects the states of the plurality of baseband boards;
when one of the plurality of main baseband boards has a fault, the main control board configures the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the one main baseband board, and controls the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the one main baseband board.
In yet another implementation, when the one primary baseband board fails to recover, the method further includes:
the main control board configures the communication system of the main baseband board into a common communication system, and controls the main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems.
In yet another implementation, the plurality of primary baseband boards includes: a main baseband board of a time division duplex TDD communication system, and a main baseband board of a frequency division duplex FDD communication system.
An embodiment of the present invention may further provide a base station, including: the system comprises a main control board and a plurality of base band boards; the main control board is connected with each base band board; the plurality of base band boards comprise a plurality of main base band boards and a common base band board;
the main control board is used for controlling each base band board;
each master baseband board in the plurality of master baseband boards is used for establishing connection with a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of one communication system in a plurality of communication systems under the control of the master baseband board, and loading software of the communication system of each master baseband board under the control of the master baseband board;
and the common baseband board is used for establishing connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems under the control of the main control board.
In one implementation manner, the main control board is configured to control each baseband board according to an address of each baseband board.
In another implementation manner, the main control board is further configured to allocate an address to each baseband board according to a position of each baseband board in the base station.
In yet another implementation, the location of each baseband board at the base station may include at least one of the following information:
the equipment cabinet information of each baseband board on the base station, the machine frame information of each baseband board on the base station, and the machine slot information of each baseband board on the baseband board.
In another implementation manner, the main control board is further configured to detect whether software of the plurality of communication systems is updated, and if software of a communication system exists in the plurality of communication systems, control a main baseband board of the communication system with the updated software;
and the main baseband board of the communication system with the software update is used for loading the updated software under the control of the main control board.
In yet another implementation manner, the main control board is further configured to detect states of the plurality of baseband boards; when one of the plurality of main baseband boards has a fault, configuring the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the one main baseband board, and controlling the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the one main baseband board.
In another implementation manner, when the failure of the one main baseband board is recovered, the main control board is further configured to configure the communication system of the one main baseband board as a common communication system, and control the one main baseband board to establish a connection with the RRU of each of the plurality of communication systems.
In yet another implementation, the plurality of primary baseband boards includes: a main baseband board of a time division duplex TDD communication system, and a main baseband board of a frequency division duplex FDD communication system.
According to the configuration method of the base station and the base station, the main control board can control each main baseband board to be connected with the RRU of one communication system, control each main baseband board to load software of the communication system of each main baseband board, and control the common baseband board to be connected with the RRU of each communication system in a plurality of communication systems, so that the common baseband board can be used as a standby baseband board of the plurality of communication systems, namely the reliability requirement of baseband resources can be met in any communication system, effective utilization of the baseband resources on the baseband board is achieved, and the utilization rate of the baseband resources is high.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a flowchart of another configuration method of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a base station according to another embodiment of the present invention;
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Some embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.
For a better understanding of the present invention, before describing the present invention, an explanation will first be given of one applicable scenario of the present invention.
The configuration method of the base station and the base station provided in the following embodiments of the present invention are applicable to a multi-mode base station, for example, a base station that can support multiple communication systems in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system, a 5G communication system, or other subsequent communication systems. The "master control board" referred to below may also be referred to as a "master control board", and the "baseband board" may also be referred to as a "baseband board".
The scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention is explained in connection with a plurality of examples as follows.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the base station according to the embodiments of the present invention may include: a main control board 10 and a plurality of base band boards, the main control board 10 being connected to each base band board. The plurality of base band boards include a plurality of main base band boards 11 and one common base band board 12.
The master control board 10 can control all of the plurality of baseband boards, that is, the master control board can control both the plurality of main baseband boards 11 and the common baseband board 12.
Each main baseband board 11 may establish a connection with a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of a communication system under the control of the main control board 10. Each main baseband board 11 is connected to the RRU of the one communication system, so that each main baseband board 11 corresponds to the one communication system, that is, each main baseband board 11 corresponds to the one communication system.
Each main baseband board 11 may also load software of the communication system of each main baseband board 11 under the control of the main control board 10. That is, the communication system of each main baseband board 11 is the communication system of the RRU connected to each main baseband board 11. When the software of the communication system of each main baseband board 11 is loaded on each main baseband board 11, the baseband data processing corresponding to the communication system of each main baseband board 11 can be realized.
The common baseband board 12 may establish a connection with an RRU of each of the multiple communication systems under the control of the main control board 10. The common baseband board 12 is connected to the RRU of each of the multiple communication systems, so that the common baseband board 12 can correspond to the multiple communication systems, that is, the common baseband board 12 can be used as a baseband board of any one of the multiple communication systems, and then the common baseband board 12 can be a common standby baseband board of the multiple communication systems.
In the base station, each baseband board may have a plurality of interfaces, and each of the plurality of interfaces may be a connection interface of an RRU. Each main baseband board 11 can establish a connection with the RRU of the one communication system through one of the interfaces under the control of the main control board 10, and the remaining interfaces of each main baseband board 11 can be in an idle state or an off state. The common baseband board 12 may establish connection with RRUs of multiple communication systems through the multiple interfaces under the control of the main control board 10, where each interface may establish connection with an RRU of one communication system.
On each baseband board, the number of interfaces for connecting the RRUs may be greater than or equal to the number of the plurality of communication systems.
The connection established between each main baseband board 11 and the RRUs of the one communication system or the connection established between the common baseband board 12 and the RRUs of the multiple communication systems may be Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) connection.
The interface on each baseband board for connecting to the RRUs may be referred to as an optical port. The multiple communication systems may include, for example, a Frequency Division multiplexing (FDD) communication system and a time Division multiplexing (TDD) communication system, and each baseband board may have at least 2 optical ports according to the two communication systems.
The plurality of base band plates at least includes: two main base band plates 11, and a common base band plate 12. One main baseband board 11 may establish connection with an RRU of FDD communication system under the control of the main control board 10, and the other main baseband board 11 may establish connection with an RRU of TDD communication system under the control of the main control board 10. The common baseband board 12 can establish connection with both the RRU of the TDD communication system and the RRU of the TDD communication system under the control of the main control board 10. The common baseband board 12 can be used as a common standby baseband board for the TDD communication system and the FDD communication system.
When any one of the plurality of main baseband boards 11 fails, the common baseband board 12 can be used as a backup baseband board for the failed main baseband board 11, and the carrier resources corresponding to the failed main baseband board 11 can be recovered through the common baseband board 12, thereby ensuring the reliability of the system.
The common baseband board 12 can be used as a standby baseband board for a plurality of communication systems, that is, the reliability requirement of baseband resources can be met in any communication system, so that the baseband resources on the baseband board can be effectively utilized, and the utilization rate of the baseband resources is high.
Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station. Fig. 2 illustrates the base station shown in fig. 1 by way of an example. Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. The base station shown in fig. 2 may support two communication systems, such as an FDD communication system and a TDD communication system. As shown in fig. 2, the base station may include: master control board 20, 2 main baseband boards and 1 common baseband board. The 2 baseband boards may be, for example, a main baseband board of an FDD communication system and a main baseband board of a TDD communication system. Here, the main baseband board of the FDD communication system may be represented as the baseband board _ F21 shown in fig. 2, and the main baseband board of the TDD communication system may be represented as the baseband board _ T22 shown in fig. 2. The common baseband board may be the baseband board _ C23 shown in fig. 2. The main control board 20 may be connected to the base band board _ F21, the base band board _ T22, and the base band board _ C23, respectively, for controlling the base band board _ F21, the base band board _ T22, and the base band board _ C23, respectively.
The baseband board _ F21 may establish a connection, such as a CPRI connection, with an RRU of FDD communication system, that is, an F-system RRU 24 shown in fig. 2, under the control of the main control board 20. The baseband board _ T22 may establish a connection, such as a CPRI connection, with an RRU of a TDD communication system, that is, the T-system RRU 25 shown in fig. 2, under the control of the main control board 20.
The baseband board _ C23 may establish connections, such as CPRI connections, with the F-standard RRU 24 shown in fig. 2 and the T-standard RRU 25 shown in fig. 2, respectively, under the control of the main control board 20.
The baseband board _ F21 may also load software of the FDD communication system under the control of the main control board 20 to execute baseband data processing of the FDD communication system. The baseband board _ T22 may also load software of the TDD communication system under the control of the main control board 20 to perform baseband data processing of the TDD communication system.
In this embodiment, the baseband board _ C23 is a common spare baseband board for both FDD communication system and TDD communication system, and can be used as a spare baseband board for both FDD communication system and TDD communication system, and can meet the reliability requirement of baseband resources in any one of FDD communication system and TDD communication system, thereby implementing effective utilization of baseband resources on the baseband board and improving the utilization rate of baseband resources.
In order to implement the configuration of the base station, the embodiment of the invention also provides a configuration method of the base station. Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for configuring the base station may be applied to configure the base station described in any of the foregoing fig. 1 or fig. 2. As shown in fig. 3, the method for configuring the base station may include:
s301, the main control board controls each main baseband board in the plurality of main baseband boards to establish connection with the RRU in one communication system in the plurality of communication systems, and controls each main baseband board to load software of the communication system of each main baseband board.
The main control board can allocate a corresponding communication system for each main baseband board according to preset baseband board configuration information after each main baseband board is started, control each main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of the allocated communication system, and control each main baseband board to load software of the communication system of each main baseband board.
The main control board may control each main baseband board through a channel link preset and established with each main baseband board, for example, control each main baseband board to establish a connection with an RRU of a communication system, and control each main baseband board to load software of the communication system of each main baseband board.
S302, the main control board controls the common baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems.
The main control board may allocate a corresponding communication system to the public non-allocated base band board or allocate all the plurality of communication systems to the communication system of the public base band board according to the preset base band board configuration information after the public base band board is started, and control the public base band board to establish connection with the RRU of each of the plurality of communication systems.
The main control board may control the common baseband board through a channel link preset and established with each common baseband board, for example, control the common baseband board to establish a connection with an RRU of each of the plurality of communication systems.
In the base station control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, each main baseband board can be controlled by the main control board to establish connection with the RRU of one communication system, each main baseband board is controlled to load software of the communication system of each main baseband board, and the common baseband board is also controlled to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in a plurality of communication systems, so that the common baseband board can be used as a standby baseband board of the plurality of communication systems, namely the reliability requirement of baseband resources can be met in any communication system, the effective utilization of the baseband resources on the baseband board is realized, and the utilization rate of the baseband resources is higher.
Optionally, in the configuration method of the base station as shown above, the step of the S301 of controlling, by the main control board, each of the multiple main baseband boards to establish a connection with an RRU of one of the multiple communication systems may include:
and the main control board controls each main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of the communication system according to the address of each main baseband board.
As the above configuration method for the base station, in S302, the step of the main control board controlling the common baseband board to establish a connection with the RRU of each of the plurality of communication systems may include:
the main control board can control the common baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems according to the address of the common baseband board.
That is, the main control board may control each baseband board according to its address.
Optionally, before the main control board controls each base band board, the method may further include:
the master control board can allocate addresses to each baseband board according to the position of each baseband board in the base station.
The master control board may calculate an address to be allocated to each baseband board at the location of the base station, thereby allocating an address to each baseband board.
That is, the master control board in the base station as shown above may be used to assign an address to each baseband board based on its location in the base station.
Wherein the position of each baseband board at the base station may include at least one of the following information: cabinet information of each baseband board on the base station, chassis information of each baseband board on the base station, and slot information of each baseband board on the base station.
Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention may further provide a method for configuring a base station. Fig. 4 is a flowchart of another configuration method of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. This fig. 4 may be performed before the configuration method shown in the above-mentioned fig. 3, i.e. before the above-mentioned S301. This figure 4 may be suitable for configuring a base station as described in either of figures 1 or 2 above. As shown in fig. 4, the method for configuring a base station may include:
s401, each baseband board sends a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) request to the main control board.
After being powered on, each baseband board may periodically send a DHCP request to the main control board, for example, to trigger the main control board to establish a channel link with each baseband board, that is, to trigger an automatic link establishment process, so that the main control board may control each baseband board according to the established channel link.
In this case, each baseband board may also perform calculation of a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the board, that is, each baseband board may also determine its own MAC address.
Each baseband board may also start a timer, such as a retransmission timer. The timer, after being started, may have a preset initial value, such as 0, for example.
Correspondingly, the main control board also receives the DHCP request sent by each baseband board.
S402, the main control board distributes an Internet Protocol (IP) address for each baseband board.
The main control board can allocate the IP address corresponding to each baseband board according to the position of each baseband board in the base station. The location of each baseband board at the base station may include: cabinet information of each baseband board on the base station, chassis information of each baseband board on the base station, slot information of each baseband board on the base station, and the like.
S403, the main control board sends a DHCP response to each baseband board, and the DHCP response comprises: the IP address of each baseband board.
The IP address of each baseband board is the IP address allocated by the main control board for each baseband board.
Correspondingly, each baseband board may receive the DHCP response sent by the master board.
S404, each baseband board stores the IP address of each baseband board.
And under the condition that each baseband board can receive the DHCP response sent by the main control board, saving the IP address of each baseband board. In this case, each baseband board may further store a correspondence relationship of an IP address and a MAC address of each baseband board.
S405, each baseband board sends a channel link building request to the main control board.
Correspondingly, the main control board may receive a channel link establishment request sent by each baseband board.
S406, the main control board sends a channel link building response to each baseband board.
The main control board may establish a channel with each baseband board in response to the channel link establishment request after receiving the channel link establishment request sent by each baseband board. The channel between the master control board and each baseband board can be used for transmitting software of the communication system of each baseband board.
The channel link establishment response may be a response that the channel establishment was successful.
Correspondingly, each baseband board receives the channel link establishment response sent by the main control board.
S407, each baseband board sends a version check request to the main control board.
And after receiving the channel link establishment response, each baseband board can send a version verification request to the main control board to trigger the main control board to verify the software version of each baseband board. Meanwhile, each base band board also carries out self-inspection of the equipment.
Correspondingly, the master control board may receive the version verification request sent by each baseband board.
The version check request may include: the software version corresponding to each baseband board.
And S408, the master control board sends a version verification response to each baseband board.
The main control board can perform version verification on the software of each baseband board according to the software version of the communication system stored in the main control board and the software version corresponding to each baseband board after receiving the version verification request sent by each baseband board, and can send a version verification response to each baseband board if the verification is passed.
S409, each baseband board sends a configuration recovery and system negotiation request to the main control board.
Each baseband board can send a configuration recovery and system negotiation request to the main control board to trigger the main control board to recover the configuration of each baseband board and trigger the main control board to distribute a corresponding communication system for each baseband board.
Correspondingly, the main control board may receive the configuration recovery and format negotiation request sent by each baseband board.
And S410, the main control board distributes the communication system for each baseband board according to the IP address of each baseband board, the state information of each baseband board and preset configuration information.
The main control board distributes the communication system for each baseband board, so that the configuration recovery of each baseband board and the negotiation of the communication system can be realized.
The master control board distributes communication modes to each base band board, so that each master base band board in the plurality of base band boards corresponds to one communication mode, and the common base band board can correspond to a plurality of communication modes.
S411, the main control board sends configuration recovery and system negotiation response to each baseband board.
After the master control board distributes the communication system to each baseband board, the master control board sends configuration recovery and system negotiation response to each baseband board. The configuration recovery and format negotiation response sent to each baseband board may include: the main control board is the communication system distributed to each baseband board.
For each master baseband board, the configuration recovery and format negotiation response sent by the master baseband board to each master baseband board may include: and information of a communication system corresponding to each main baseband board. For the common baseband board, the configuration recovery and format negotiation response sent by the main control board to the common baseband board may include: information of a plurality of communication systems corresponding to the common baseband board.
The main control board may also send a single board startup success message to each baseband board to indicate that each baseband board is successfully started.
In this embodiment, a configuration method of the base station may be exemplified by providing a starting procedure of the base station, so that the configuration of each baseband board by the main control board is more accurate, thereby ensuring the normal operation of each baseband board.
Optionally, on the basis of the configuration method of the base station as described above, an embodiment of the present invention may further provide a configuration method of a base station. Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a base station according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the method for configuring a base station may be based on the method shown in fig. 3 or fig. 4, and further includes:
s501, the main control board detects whether the software of the plurality of communication systems is updated.
The main control board can periodically detect whether the software of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems is updated.
And S502, if the software of the communication system exists in the plurality of communication systems, the main control board controls the main baseband board of the communication system with the updated software to load the updated software.
The main control board can control the main baseband board of the communication system updated by the software to load the updated software through a pre-established channel link between the main baseband board of the communication system updated by the software.
That is to say, in the base station as described above, the main control board may be further configured to detect whether software of the multiple communication systems is updated, and if there is software update of a communication system in the multiple communication systems, control the main baseband board of the communication system with the updated software.
The main baseband board of the communication system with the software update is used for loading the updated software under the control of the main control board.
The scheme provided by the embodiment can enable the main control board to load the updated software on the main baseband board of the communication system for updating the software, and ensure the normal operation of the main baseband board.
Optionally, on the basis of the configuration method of the base station as described above, an embodiment of the present invention may further provide a configuration method of a base station. Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a base station according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the method for configuring a base station may be based on the methods shown in fig. 3, fig. 4, or fig. 5, and further includes:
s601, the main control board detects the states of the plurality of baseband boards.
The main control board can periodically detect the states of the plurality of baseband boards. The master control board may, for example, periodically send a heartbeat query request to each baseband board, and detect the status of each baseband board according to whether a heartbeat response returned by the dead baseband board is received, that is, determine whether each baseband board has a fault.
If the main control board receives the heartbeat response returned by one baseband board, the main control board can determine that the baseband board is normal and has no fault. If the main control board does not receive the heartbeat response returned by another baseband board, the failure of the other baseband board can be determined.
S602, when one of the plurality of main baseband boards has a fault, the main control board configures the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the one main baseband board, and controls the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the one main baseband board.
The main control board can trigger the public baseband board to re-enter a starting process after configuring the communication system of the public baseband board as the communication system of the main baseband board, in the starting process, the main control board distributes an IP address for the public baseband board, a channel link between the main control board and the public baseband board is established, and software of the communication system of the main baseband board with the fault is loaded through the established channel link.
That is, in the base station as shown above, the master control board may also be used to detect the states of the plurality of baseband boards; when one of the plurality of main baseband boards has a fault, configuring the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the one main baseband board, and controlling the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the one main baseband board.
When the main baseband board fails and the common baseband board fails, the main control board configures the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the failed main baseband board, and controls the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the failed main baseband board, so that the common baseband board can be used as a standby baseband board of the failed main baseband board to operate, the carrier resources corresponding to the failed main baseband board are recovered, and the system reliability is improved.
Optionally, when the one main baseband board fails, the method further includes:
s603, the main control board controls the main baseband board to uninstall the software of the communication system of the main baseband board.
The main control board can control the main baseband board to unload the software of the communication system of the main baseband board through a pre-established channel link between the main baseband board and the main baseband board so as to release the baseband resources on the main baseband board.
That is, in the base station as described above, the main control board may also be configured to control the one main baseband board to uninstall the software of the communication system of the one main baseband board when the one main baseband board fails.
Optionally, the method may further include:
s604, when the main baseband board is recovered from the fault, the main baseband board configures the communication mode of the main baseband board into a common communication mode, and controls the main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication mode in the plurality of communication modes.
The master control board may also trigger the common baseband board to re-enter the start-up flow after the failure of the one master baseband board is recovered, in the start-up flow, the master control board allocates an IP address to the one master baseband board, establishes a channel link with the one master baseband board, and controls the one master baseband board to establish connection with each RRU in the plurality of communication systems through the established channel link, so that the one master baseband board can be used as the common baseband board for standby after the failure is recovered.
That is to say, the main control board in the base station as shown above may be further configured to, when the one main baseband board recovers from the failure, control to configure the communication system of the one main baseband board as the common communication system, and control the one baseband board to establish a connection with the RRU of each of the plurality of communication systems, so as to serve as the common baseband board.
In the scheme, the main control board can also control the one main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems after the fault of the one main baseband board is recovered, so that the one main baseband board can be used as a common baseband board for standby after the fault is recovered, the utilization rate of the baseband board is improved, and the utilization rate of baseband resources on the baseband board is improved.
Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention may further provide a method for configuring a base station. Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a method for configuring a base station according to another embodiment of the present invention. This figure 7 may be suitable for configuring a base station as described in either of figures 1 or 2 above. Fig. 7 illustrates the method shown in fig. 6 by way of an example. As shown in fig. 7, the method for configuring a base station may include:
s701, the main control board sends heartbeat inquiry requests to each baseband board.
The master control board may periodically send heartbeat inquiry requests to each baseband board.
And S702, if each baseband board is in a normal state, each baseband board returns a heartbeat response to the main control board.
Each baseband board can be any main baseband board or a common baseband board, and as long as the baseband boards are in a normal state, the heartbeat response can be returned based on the received heartbeat inquiry request.
The master control board can update the state of each baseband board according to the heartbeat response returned by the plurality of baseband boards and reset the value of the fault counter corresponding to each baseband board.
And S703, when the main control board does not receive the heartbeat response returned by one main baseband board, determining that the main baseband board has a fault.
The master control board can also update the value of the fault counter corresponding to the main baseband board so as to update the fault times of the main baseband board and update the state of the main baseband board.
Meanwhile, the master control board can also set the public baseband board as a communication system of the master baseband board and trigger an updating process.
And S704, the main control board sends a system configuration updating notice to the public baseband board.
The master control board can send the system configuration update notification to the public baseband board to notify the public baseband board to perform system update so as to update the communication system of the master baseband board.
S705, the common baseband board updates the communication system to the communication system of the main baseband board, and loads software of the communication system of the main baseband board under the control of the main baseband board through an automatic reset process.
The common baseband board can be used as a standby baseband board of the main baseband board under the condition of loading the software of the communication system of the main baseband board, and the carrier resources corresponding to the communication system of the main baseband board are recovered.
And S706, after the fault of the main baseband board is recovered, the main control board sends a system configuration updating notice to the main baseband board.
And the main control board also periodically sends a heartbeat inquiry request to the main baseband board after the main baseband board fails, and can determine the failure recovery of the main baseband board after receiving a heartbeat response returned by the main baseband board.
After the failure of the main baseband board is recovered, the main control board also needs to perform configuration synchronization of the communication system on the main baseband board, that is, sends the system configuration update notification to the main baseband board.
And S707, the main baseband board can establish connection with the RRUs of the multiple communication systems under the control of the main control board through an automatic reset process.
The master baseband board can update the system of the single board after receiving the system configuration update notification sent by the master baseband board, that is, the original communication system is updated to the multiple communication systems, and a connection is established with the RRUs of the multiple communication systems under the control of the master baseband board through a reset starting process to serve as a new common baseband board.
In the scheme, the main control board can also control the one main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems after the fault of the one main baseband board is recovered, so that the one main baseband board can be used as a common baseband board for standby after the fault is recovered, the utilization rate of the baseband board is improved, and the utilization rate of baseband resources on the baseband board is improved.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.
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1. A configuration method of a base station is characterized in that the base station comprises a main control board and a plurality of baseband boards; the plurality of base band plates including a plurality of main base band plates and a common base band plate, the method comprising:
the master control board controls each master baseband board in the plurality of master baseband boards to establish connection with a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of one communication system in the plurality of communication systems, and controls each master baseband board to load software of the communication system of each master baseband board;
and the main control board controls the common baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling, by the master control board, each of the plurality of master baseband boards to establish a connection with a radio remote unit RRU of a communication system includes:
the main control board controls each main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of the communication system according to the address of each main baseband board;
the main control board controls the public baseband board to establish connection with RRUs of a plurality of communication systems, and the connection comprises the following steps:
and the main control board controls the connection between the common baseband board and the RRUs of the plurality of communication modes according to the address of the common main baseband board.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
and the main control board allocates an address to each baseband board according to the position of each baseband board in the plurality of baseband boards in the base station.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the location of each baseband board at the base station comprises at least one of the following information:
the equipment cabinet information of each baseband board on the base station, the machine frame information of each baseband board on the base station, and the machine slot information of each baseband board on the base station.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:
the main control board detects whether the software of the plurality of communication systems is updated;
and if the software of the communication system exists in the plurality of communication systems, the main control board controls a main baseband board of the communication system with the updated software to load the updated software.
6. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:
the main control board detects the states of the plurality of baseband boards;
when one of the plurality of main baseband boards has a fault, the main control board configures the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the one main baseband board, and controls the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the one main baseband board.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein when the one master base band board fails back, the method further comprises:
the main control board configures the communication system of the main baseband board into a common communication system, and controls the main baseband board to establish connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems.
8. The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein the plurality of master baseband boards comprises: a main baseband board of a time division duplex TDD communication system, and a main baseband board of a frequency division duplex FDD communication system.
9. A base station, comprising: the system comprises a main control board and a plurality of base band boards; the main control board is connected with each base band board; the plurality of base band boards comprise a plurality of main base band boards and a common base band board;
the main control board is used for controlling each base band board;
each master baseband board in the plurality of master baseband boards is used for establishing connection with a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of one communication system in a plurality of communication systems under the control of the master baseband board, and loading software of the communication system of each master baseband board under the control of the master baseband board;
and the common baseband board is used for establishing connection with the RRU of each communication system in the plurality of communication systems under the control of the main control board.
10. The base station of claim 9,
and the main control board is used for controlling each baseband board according to the address of each baseband board.
11. The base station of claim 10,
the main control board is further configured to assign an address to each baseband board according to the position of each baseband board in the base station.
12. The base station of claim 11, wherein the location of each baseband board at the base station comprises at least one of the following information:
the equipment cabinet information of each baseband board on the base station, the machine frame information of each baseband board on the base station, and the machine slot information of each baseband board on the baseband board.
13. Base station according to any of claims 9-12,
the main control board is also used for detecting whether the software of the plurality of communication systems is updated or not, and controlling the main baseband board of the communication system with the updated software if the software of the communication system is updated in the plurality of communication systems;
and the main baseband board of the communication system with the software update is used for loading the updated software under the control of the main control board.
14. Base station according to any of claims 9-12,
the main control board is also used for detecting the states of the plurality of baseband boards; when one of the plurality of main baseband boards has a fault, configuring the communication system of the common baseband board as the communication system of the one main baseband board, and controlling the common main baseband board to load software of the communication system of the one main baseband board.
15. The base station of claim 14,
when the main baseband board is recovered from the fault, the main baseband board is further configured to configure the communication system of the main baseband board as a common communication system, and control the main baseband board to establish connection with the RRUs of each of the plurality of communication systems.
16. The base station of any of claims 9-12, wherein the plurality of master baseband boards comprise: a main baseband board of a time division duplex TDD communication system, and a main baseband board of a frequency division duplex FDD communication system.
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