CN111475182A

CN111475182A - Method and device for upgrading firmware of video networking equipment

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Publication number: CN111475182A
Application number: CN202010140963.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈婷; 许磊; 陈辉; 王艳辉
Original assignee: Visionvera Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Visionvera Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-03
Filing date: 2020-03-03
Publication date: 2020-07-31

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for upgrading firmware of video networking equipment, wherein the video networking equipment is connected with a control platform, and an upgrading instruction is generated and sent to the video networking equipment through the control platform; subsequently, the management and control platform receives an upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded; and then, the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request and sends a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware. Through the scheme, integration and transformation are carried out on the basis of the existing firmware upgrading mode of the video networking equipment, equipment management, upgrading file management and triggering upgrading processes are uniformly concentrated into one server (namely a management and control platform), redundant servers are eliminated, upgrading operation is simplified, upgrading operation of the video networking equipment is easier, and the success rate is higher.

Description

Method and device for upgrading firmware of video networking equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of video networking, in particular to a firmware upgrading method and a firmware upgrading device of video networking equipment.

Background

The video networking is an important milestone for network development, is a higher-level form of the Internet, is a real-time network, and can realize the real-time transmission of full-network high-definition videos which cannot be realized by the Internet at present. The system adopts the most advanced worldwide Vision Vera real-time high-definition video exchange technology, can integrate any required services such as dozens of services of video, voice, pictures, characters, communication, data and the like on a system platform on a network platform, such as high-definition video conferences, video monitoring, intelligent monitoring and analysis, emergency command, digital broadcast television, time-delay television, network teaching, live broadcast, VOD on demand, television mails, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), intranet (self-office) channels, intelligent video broadcasting and control, information distribution and the like, and realizes high-definition quality video playing through a television or a computer.

Currently, with the popularization and development of the video networking service in the whole country, the device firmware of the video networking needs to be upgraded. In the existing video networking environment, a conventional device version pushing method needs a Protocol based on a series of IP (Internet Protocol) networks such as TCP (transmission control Protocol), FTP (File Transfer Protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), and the like, and is currently not applicable. In the existing equipment upgrading scheme under the existing video networking environment, because version management and upgrading of equipment firmware need to depend on a plurality of servers, one upgrading operation is caused, frequent operation needs to be performed in a plurality of services, the scheme is complicated, the number of the servers is large, the upgrading operation is troublesome, and the success rate is not ideal.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, embodiments of the present invention are proposed to provide a firmware upgrade method for an internet of things device and a corresponding firmware upgrade apparatus for an internet of things device, which overcome or at least partially solve the above problems.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a firmware upgrading method for a video networking device, where the video networking device is connected to a management and control platform, and the method includes:

the management and control platform generates and sends an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment;

the management and control platform receives an upgrading request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

and the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request and sends a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the managing and controlling platform responds to the upgrade request, and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking device, so that the video networking device adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware, including:

the control platform responds to the upgrading request to acquire downloading channel information;

the control platform returns the download channel information to the video networking equipment;

the control platform receives a live broadcast watching instruction sent by the video networking equipment after receiving the downloading channel information;

and the control platform responds to the live broadcast watching instruction, and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the generating and sending an upgrade instruction to the video networking device by the management and control platform includes:

the management and control platform generates and sends an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment through a preset simple network management protocol tool snmpset port;

the step of receiving the upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment by the management and control platform comprises the following steps:

the management and control platform receives an upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment through migration v2v service transparent transmission from the virtual machine to the virtual machine;

the step that the management and control platform returns the download channel information to the video networking equipment comprises the following steps:

and the control platform returns the download channel information to the video networking equipment through the v2v service transparent transmission.

Optionally, the step of the management and control platform responding to the upgrade request and acquiring the download channel information includes:

the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request, calls a preset Software Development Kit (SDK) and acquires downloading channel information in a live broadcasting mode;

the control platform responds to the live broadcast watching instruction, and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware, wherein the upgrade file comprises the following steps:

and the control platform responds to the live broadcast watching instruction, calls the preset SDK, and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in a live broadcast releasing mode in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

when the control platform receives a request for stopping releasing the live broadcast sent by the video networking equipment, judging whether all the video networking equipment have downloaded the upgrade file; if yes, the control platform closes the download channel and calls the preset SDK to close live broadcast; or: if the live broadcast time exceeds a preset threshold value, the control platform directly closes the download channel and calls the preset SDK to close live broadcast; the request for stopping releasing the live broadcast is sent by the video networking equipment after the upgrade file is received;

when the management and control platform receives the basic information of the equipment reported by the video networking equipment, judging whether the version number in the basic information of the equipment is consistent with the version number of the upgrade file; if the two are consistent, the upgrading is successful, and if the two are not consistent, the upgrading is failed; and the basic information of the equipment is obtained by replacing a program by the video networking equipment after adopting the upgrade file, restarting the video networking equipment, and reporting the upgraded preset firmware.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a firmware upgrading method of the video networking equipment, wherein the video networking equipment is connected with the control platform, and the method comprises the following steps:

the video networking equipment receives an upgrading instruction sent by the control platform;

the video networking equipment responds to the upgrading instruction and judges whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded or not;

when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking equipment generates and sends an upgrading request to the management and control platform;

the video networking equipment receives a preset upgrading file sent by the management and control platform in response to the upgrading request;

and the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the receiving, by the video networking device, the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in response to the upgrade request includes:

the video networking equipment receives the download channel information returned by the management and control platform in response to the upgrading request; the download channel information is obtained by the management and control platform responding to the upgrading request;

after receiving the downloading channel information, the video networking equipment generates and sends a live watching instruction to the control platform;

and the video networking equipment receives a preset upgrade file sent by the control platform in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information.

Optionally, the receiving, by the video networking device, the upgrade instruction sent by the management and control platform includes:

the video networking equipment receives an upgrading instruction sent by the control platform through a preset simple network management protocol tool snmpset port;

when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking device generates and sends an upgrade request to the management and control platform, wherein the upgrade request comprises:

when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking equipment generates and transmits an upgrading request to the management and control platform through migration v2v service from the virtual machine to the virtual machine;

the step that the video networking equipment receives the download channel information returned by the management and control platform in response to the upgrade request comprises the following steps:

and the video networking equipment receives the download channel information returned by the management and control platform responding to the upgrading request and through the v2v service transparent transmission.

Optionally, the receiving, by the video networking device, the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in the download channel corresponding to the download channel information includes:

and the video networking equipment calls a preset Software Development Kit (SDK) and receives a preset upgrade file sent by the control platform in a live broadcast watching mode in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

when the video networking equipment finishes receiving the upgrade file, generating and sending a request for stopping releasing the live broadcast to the control platform;

after the upgrade is completed, the video networking equipment reports basic equipment information to the control platform to judge whether the upgrade is successful;

the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware, and the upgrade comprises the following steps:

and the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to start replacing programs, restarts the video networking equipment and upgrades the preset firmware.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention discloses a firmware upgrading device of video networking equipment, wherein the video networking equipment is connected with a control platform, and the device comprises:

the instruction sending module is positioned on the management and control platform and used for generating and sending an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment;

the request receiving module is positioned on the management and control platform and used for receiving the upgrading request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

and the file sending module is positioned on the control platform and used for responding to the upgrading request and sending a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the file sending module located in the management and control platform includes:

the information acquisition submodule is positioned on the control platform and used for responding to the upgrading request and acquiring the information of the downloading channel;

the information return submodule is positioned on the control platform and used for returning the download channel information to the video networking equipment;

the instruction receiving submodule is positioned on the control platform and used for receiving a live broadcast watching instruction sent by the video networking equipment after receiving the downloading channel information;

and the file sending submodule is positioned on the control platform and used for responding to the live broadcast watching instruction, sending a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment in the downloading channel corresponding to the downloading channel information so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the instruction sending module located in the management and control platform includes:

the instruction generation submodule is positioned on the control platform and used for generating and sending an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment through a preset simple network management protocol tool snmpset port;

the request receiving module located in the management and control platform comprises:

the request receiving submodule is positioned on the management and control platform and used for receiving an upgrading request sent by the video networking equipment through migration v2v service transparent transmission from the virtual machine to the virtual machine;

the information return submodule located in the management and control platform comprises:

and the information return unit is positioned on the management and control platform and used for returning the download channel information to the video networking equipment through the v2v service transparent transmission.

Optionally, the information obtaining sub-module located in the management and control platform includes:

the information acquisition unit is positioned on the control platform and used for responding to the upgrading request, calling a preset Software Development Kit (SDK) and acquiring downloading channel information in a live broadcasting mode;

the file sending submodule located in the control platform comprises:

and the file sending unit is positioned on the control platform and used for responding to the live broadcast watching instruction, calling the preset SDK, sending a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment in a live broadcast releasing mode in a downloading channel corresponding to the downloading channel information, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the live broadcast closing module is positioned on the control platform and used for judging whether all the video networking equipment has downloaded the upgrade file or not when the control platform receives a live broadcast releasing stopping request sent by the video networking equipment; if yes, the control platform closes the download channel and calls the preset SDK to close live broadcast; or: if the live broadcast time exceeds a preset threshold value, the control platform directly closes the download channel and calls the preset SDK to close live broadcast; the request for stopping releasing the live broadcast is sent by the video networking equipment after the upgrade file is received;

the upgrading identification module is positioned on the management and control platform and used for judging whether the version number in the basic equipment information is consistent with the version number of the upgrading file or not when the management and control platform receives the basic equipment information reported by the video networking equipment; if the two are consistent, the upgrading is successful, and if the two are not consistent, the upgrading is failed; and the basic information of the equipment is obtained by replacing a program by the video networking equipment after adopting the upgrade file, restarting the video networking equipment, and reporting the upgraded preset firmware.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a firmware upgrading device of the video networking equipment, wherein the video networking equipment is connected with the control platform, and the device comprises:

the instruction receiving module is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for receiving the upgrading instruction sent by the control platform;

the judging module is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for responding to the upgrading instruction and judging whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded or not;

the generation module is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for generating and sending an upgrading request to the management and control platform when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

the file receiving module is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for receiving a preset upgrading file sent by the management and control platform in response to the upgrading request;

and the upgrading module is positioned on the video networking equipment and is used for upgrading the preset firmware by adopting the upgrading file.

Optionally, the file receiving module located in the video networking device includes:

the information receiving submodule is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for receiving the download channel information returned by the management and control platform in response to the upgrading request; the download channel information is obtained by the management and control platform responding to the upgrading request;

the instruction generation submodule is positioned in the video networking equipment and used for generating and sending a live watching instruction to the control platform after receiving the downloading channel information;

and the file receiving submodule is positioned in the video networking equipment and is used for receiving a preset upgrading file sent by the control platform in a downloading channel corresponding to the downloading channel information.

Optionally, the instruction receiving module located in the video network device includes:

the instruction receiving submodule is positioned on the video networking equipment and is used for receiving an upgrading instruction sent by the control platform through a preset simple network management protocol tool snmpset port;

the generation module located in the video networking device comprises:

the request generation submodule is positioned in the video networking equipment and is used for generating and transmitting an upgrading request to the management and control platform through migration v2v service from the virtual machine to the virtual machine when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

the information receiving submodule positioned in the video network equipment comprises:

and the information receiving unit is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for receiving the download channel information returned by the management and control platform in response to the upgrading request through the v2v service transparent transmission when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded.

Optionally, the file receiving submodule located in the video networking device includes:

and the file receiving unit is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for calling a preset Software Development Kit (SDK) and receiving a preset upgrading file sent by the control platform in a live broadcast watching mode in a downloading channel corresponding to the downloading channel information.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the live broadcast stopping module is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for generating and sending a live broadcast stopping request to the control platform when the video networking equipment receives the upgrade file;

the information reporting module is positioned on the video networking equipment and used for reporting basic information of the equipment to the control platform to judge whether the upgrading is successful or not after the upgrading is finished;

the upgrading module located in the video networking equipment comprises:

and the firmware upgrading submodule positioned on the video networking equipment is used for the video networking equipment to start replacing a program by adopting the upgrading file and restart the video networking equipment to upgrade the preset firmware.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a device, which comprises: a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the firmware upgrade method of an internet of view device as described above.

Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a computer-readable storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the firmware upgrading method of the video networking device are realized.

The embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

the embodiment of the invention connects the video networking equipment with the control platform, generates and sends an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment through the control platform; subsequently, the management and control platform receives an upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded; and then, the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request and sends a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware. Through the scheme, the requirements of pushing equipment firmware upgrading files and upgrading firmware are met after a series of protocols under IP networks such as TCP, FTP, UDP and HTTP are separated under the video networking environment, equipment management, upgrading file management and upgrading triggering flows are uniformly concentrated in one server (namely a management and control platform), integration and transformation are carried out on the basis of the existing video networking equipment firmware upgrading mode, redundant servers are eliminated, upgrading operation is avoided, the defect of frequent operation in a plurality of servers is needed, the video networking equipment firmware upgrading operation is easier, and the success rate is higher.

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FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of a method for upgrading firmware of a video networking device according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the steps of a second embodiment of the firmware upgrade method for video networking devices according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of one design of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of a firmware upgrading apparatus for a video networking device according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the firmware upgrading apparatus for video networking devices according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a networking schematic of a video network of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a hardware architecture of a node server according to the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware architecture of an access switch of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an ethernet protocol conversion gateway according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.

One of the core ideas of the embodiment of the invention is that aiming at the problem that the traditional equipment upgrading file pushing method in the existing video networking environment cannot be applied at present because the traditional equipment upgrading file pushing method needs a series of protocols under IP networks such as TCP, FTP, UDP, HTTP and the like, the invention generates and sends upgrading instructions to video networking equipment through a control platform; when the video networking equipment responds to the upgrading instruction and judges that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the management and control platform receives an upgrading request sent by the video networking equipment; and then, the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request and sends a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware, and the method for pushing the equipment firmware upgrading file and upgrading the equipment firmware by separating from an IP protocol under the video networking environment is provided.

In addition, aiming at the problem that the existing equipment upgrading scheme in the existing video networking environment needs to depend on a plurality of servers for version management and upgrading of equipment firmware, so that upgrading operation is troublesome, for example, the existing equipment upgrading scheme in the existing video networking environment has at least two servers, one server is responsible for uploading and storing of upgrading files, the other server is responsible for managing equipment, when the equipment firmware needs to be upgraded, the upgrading files need to be obtained from the servers responsible for uploading and storing of the upgrading files, then the upgrading operation can be triggered on the servers responsible for equipment management, so that one upgrading operation is caused, and the upgrading operation needs to be frequently operated in a plurality of services, but the scheme provided by the invention can complete the management of the equipment upgrading files and trigger the upgrading operation on one server (namely a control platform), unnecessary servers are removed, and upgrading operation is simplified.

Referring to fig. 1, a flowchart illustrating a first step of a first embodiment of a method for upgrading firmware of a video networking device according to the present invention is shown, where the video networking device is connected to a management and control platform, and the method may specifically include the following steps:

step 101, the management and control platform generates and sends an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment;

the management and control platform is a server integrating functions of device management, upgrade file management (including upload and storage of upgrade files), device firmware upgrade flow triggering and the like.

The video networking device is a device connected with a video networking terminal, and the video networking terminal can be various conference set-top boxes, video telephone set-top boxes, surgical trial set-top boxes, streaming media gateways, storage gateways, media synthesizers and the like, but is not limited thereto. The video networking device may include, but is not limited to, a camera, an HDMI (high definition Multimedia Interface) device (the HDMI device may include a television, etc.), a microphone, and the like. The video network terminal can be connected with one or more video network devices. The embodiment of the invention mainly introduces a method for upgrading firmware of video networking equipment.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the management and control platform can generate and send an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment.

102, the management and control platform receives an upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

in the implementation process of a daily scene, the management and control platform can receive an upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request can be generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded.

103, the management and control platform responds to the upgrade request and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In the implementation process of the daily scene, the management and control platform can respond to the upgrade request and send a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the step 103 may include sub-steps S11-S14:

the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request to acquire downloading channel information in the substep S11;

the download channel information is information for instructing the video networking device to select a designated download channel to receive the upgrade file. The management and control platform sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in the appointed download channel, and the video networking equipment can only receive the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in the appointed download channel.

In the implementation process of the daily scene, the management and control platform can respond to the upgrading request and acquire the information of the downloading channel.

Substep S12, the management and control platform returns the download channel information to the video network device;

in the implementation process of the daily scene, after the management and control platform acquires the download channel information, the management and control platform can return the download channel information to the video networking equipment.

In the substep S13, the control platform receives a live broadcast watching instruction sent by the video networking device after receiving the download channel information;

because the control platform can push preset upgrade files in a live broadcasting mode, the video networking equipment receives the upgrade files in a live broadcasting watching mode, and the video networking equipment can send live broadcasting watching instructions to the control platform after receiving the downloading channel information. Therefore, in the implementation process of daily scenes, the management and control platform can receive a live broadcast watching instruction sent by the video networking equipment after receiving the downloading channel information.

And in the substep S14, the control platform responds to the live broadcast watching instruction, and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the control platform can respond to a live broadcast watching instruction, and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the generating and sending, by the management and control platform, an upgrade instruction to the video networking device includes:

a Simple Network Management Protocol (snmp) Set is a Network Management tool for managing a communication line.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the management and control platform can generate and send an upgrade instruction to the video networking equipment through a preset simple network management protocol tool snmpset port.

v2v (Virtual to Virtual, migration of Virtual machines to Virtual machines), also called cloning of Virtual machines. Transparent transmission (pass-through) refers to that the communication is only responsible for transmitting the transmitted content from the source address to the destination address regardless of the transmitted service content, and no change is made to the content of the service data. The v2v service transparent transmission refers to transparent transmission between virtual machines.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the management and control platform can receive an upgrade request sent by video networking equipment through migration v2v service transparent transmission from the virtual machine to the virtual machine.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the management and control platform can return the download channel information to the video networking equipment through v2v service transparent transmission.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining, by the management and control platform, the download channel information in response to the upgrade request includes:

SDK (Software Development Kit), generally, is a collection of Development tools used by some Software engineers to build application Software for a specific Software package, Software framework, hardware platform, operating system, and the like.

In the implementation process of the daily scene, the management and control platform can respond to the upgrading request, call a preset Software Development Kit (SDK) and acquire downloading channel information in a live broadcasting mode.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the control platform can respond to a live broadcast watching instruction, call the preset SDK, and send a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment in a live broadcast releasing mode in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information, so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In an optional embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises:

in practical application, due to the fact that the limited bandwidth may cause the reason that the video networking device fails to issue the live broadcast stopping request to the control platform, the control platform cannot be informed that the upgrade file is received completely, the control platform cannot close the live broadcast, and the bandwidth is occupied, so that other services are affected. Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, in the embodiment of the present invention, by using a preset threshold, if the live broadcast time exceeds the preset threshold, the control platform may directly close the download channel, and call a preset SDK to close the live broadcast, for example, the preset threshold is 1 hour, and when the live broadcast time exceeds 1 hour, the control platform actively closes the live broadcast, thereby avoiding affecting other services.

In the implementation process of a daily scene, when the control platform receives a request for stopping releasing the live broadcast sent by the video networking equipment, whether all the video networking equipment has downloaded the upgrade file can be judged; if yes, the control platform can close the download channel and call a preset SDK to close live broadcast; or: if the live broadcast time exceeds a preset threshold value, the control platform can directly close the download channel and call a preset SDK to close the live broadcast; the request for stopping issuing the live broadcast can be sent by the video networking equipment after receiving the upgrade file.

The video networking equipment starts to replace programs by adopting the upgrade files, and can report basic information of the equipment to the control platform after restarting the equipment to finish upgrading the preset firmware. The device basic information may include, but is not limited to, a version number of the upgraded preset firmware after the video networking device upgrades the preset firmware with the upgrade file.

In the implementation process of a daily scene, when the management and control platform receives basic information of the equipment reported by the video networking equipment, whether the version number in the basic information of the equipment is consistent with the version number of the upgrade file can be judged; if the two are consistent, the upgrading is successful, and if the two are not consistent, the upgrading is failed; the basic information of the equipment can be updated by the video networking equipment, the program is replaced, and the equipment is restarted to finish upgrading the preset firmware and then reported.

The embodiment of the invention connects the video networking equipment with the control platform, generates and sends an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment through the control platform; subsequently, the management and control platform receives an upgrade request sent by the video networking equipment; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded; and then, the management and control platform responds to the upgrading request and sends a preset upgrading file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware. Through the scheme, the requirements of pushing equipment firmware upgrading files and upgrading firmware are met after a series of protocols under IP networks such as TCP, FTP, UDP and HTTP are separated under the video networking environment, equipment management, upgrading file management and upgrading triggering flows are uniformly concentrated in one server (namely a management and control platform), integration and transformation are carried out on the basis of the existing video networking equipment firmware upgrading mode, redundant servers are eliminated, upgrading operation is avoided, the defect of frequent operation in a plurality of servers is needed, the video networking equipment firmware upgrading operation is easier, and the success rate is higher. In addition, through presetting the threshold value, if live broadcast time exceeds the threshold value of presetting, then the management and control platform can directly close the download channel to call preset SDK and close the live broadcast, avoided probably having in the practical application because reasons such as the video networking equipment breaks down, lead to the video networking equipment can't to the stop issuing live broadcast request that the management and control platform sent, make the management and control platform can not close the live broadcast, thereby occupy the bandwidth and influence the problem of other businesses. In addition, whether the upgrading is successful or not is identified by the control platform according to whether the version number in the basic information of the equipment reported by the video networking equipment after the upgrading is finished is consistent with the version number of the upgrading file, so that the upgrading judgment is simpler and more convenient.

Referring to fig. 2, a flowchart illustrating steps of a second embodiment of a method for upgrading firmware of a video networking device according to the present invention is shown, where the video networking device is connected to a management and control platform, and the method specifically includes the following steps:

step 201, the video networking equipment receives an upgrade instruction sent by the management and control platform;

in the implementation process of daily scenes, the video networking equipment can receive the upgrading instruction sent by the management and control platform.

Step 202, the video network equipment responds to the upgrading instruction and judges whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded or not;

in the implementation process of the daily scene, the video networking equipment can respond to the upgrading instruction and judge whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded or not.

In a specific implementation, the method for determining whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded may include determining whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded according to a version number of the preset firmware, specifically: the video networking equipment can acquire the version number of an upgrade file preset in the management and control platform and the current version number of a firmware preset in the video networking equipment; comparing the version number of the preset upgrading file with the current version number of the preset firmware, and judging whether the version number of the preset upgrading file is consistent with the current version number of the preset firmware; if the preset firmware is consistent with the preset firmware, determining that the preset firmware does not need to be upgraded, and informing the control platform of successful version upgrading by the video networking equipment; and if not, determining that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded.

For example, if the version number of the upgrade file acquired by the video networking device in the management and control platform is 2.3.8, the current version number of the firmware preset by the video networking device is 2.3.7; the video networking device compares the version number 2.3.8 of the preset upgrade file with the current version number 2.3.7 of the preset firmware, and because the two version numbers are not consistent, it can be determined that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, that is, the preset firmware can be upgraded to the version 2.3.8.

Step 203, when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking equipment generates and sends an upgrade request to the management and control platform;

in the implementation process of a daily scene, when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking device may generate and send an upgrade request to the management and control platform.

Step 204, the video networking equipment receives a preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in response to the upgrade request;

in the implementation process of the daily scene, the video networking device may receive a preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform after responding to the upgrade request.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the step 204 comprises the sub-steps S21-S23:

substep S21, the video networking device receives the download channel information returned by the management and control platform in response to the upgrade request; the download channel information is obtained by the management and control platform responding to the upgrading request;

in the implementation process of the daily scene, the video networking equipment can receive download channel information returned by the management and control platform in response to the upgrading request; the download channel information may be obtained by the governing platform in response to the upgrade request.

In the substep S22, after receiving the download channel information, the video networking device generates and sends a live broadcast watching instruction to the control platform;

in the implementation process of the daily scene, after receiving the download channel information returned by the control platform, the video networking device can generate and send a live broadcast watching instruction to the control platform.

And in the substep S23, the video networking equipment receives a preset upgrade file sent by the control platform in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information.

In the implementation process of the daily scene, the video networking device may receive the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in the download channel corresponding to the download channel information.

Step 205, the video networking device uses the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the video networking equipment can upgrade the preset firmware by adopting the upgrade file.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the receiving, by the video networking device, the upgrade instruction sent by the management and control platform includes:

in the implementation process of daily scenes, the video networking equipment can receive an upgrading instruction sent by a management and control platform through a preset simple network management protocol tool snmpset port.

in the implementation process of a daily scene, when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking device may generate and send an upgrade request to the management and control platform through service transparent transmission from the virtual machine to the virtual machine, i.e., the migration v2 v.

In the implementation process of the daily scene, the video networking device may receive the download channel information returned by the management and control platform through the v2v service after responding to the upgrade request.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the receiving, by the video networking device, the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in the download channel corresponding to the download channel information includes:

In the implementation process of daily scenes, the video networking equipment can call a preset Software Development Kit (SDK), and receives a preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in a live broadcast watching mode in a download channel corresponding to the download channel information.

In an optional embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises:

in the implementation process of daily scenes, when the video networking equipment receives the upgrade file, the video networking equipment can generate and send a request for stopping issuing the live broadcast to the control platform.

in the implementation process of the daily scene, after the upgrade is completed, the video networking device can report basic device information to the control platform to judge whether the upgrade is successful.

In the implementation process of the daily scene, the video networking equipment can start replacing the program by adopting the upgrade file, restart the equipment and upgrade the preset firmware.

For the method embodiment of the video networking device, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment of the management and control platform, the description is simple, and for relevant points, refer to part of the description of the method embodiment one.

The embodiment of the invention connects the video networking equipment with the control platform, and receives the upgrading instruction sent by the control platform through the video networking equipment; then, the video networking equipment responds to the upgrading instruction and judges whether the preset firmware needs to be upgraded or not; when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the video networking equipment generates and sends an upgrade request to the control platform; then, the video networking equipment receives a preset upgrading file sent by the management and control platform after responding to the upgrading request; and the video networking equipment adopts the upgrading file to upgrade the preset firmware. Through the scheme, the requirements of pushing equipment firmware upgrading files and upgrading firmware are met after a series of protocols under IP networks such as TCP, FTP, UDP and HTTP are separated under the video networking environment, equipment management, upgrading file management and upgrading triggering flows are uniformly concentrated in one server (namely a management and control platform), integration and transformation are carried out on the basis of the existing video networking equipment firmware upgrading mode, redundant servers are eliminated, upgrading operation is avoided, the defect of frequent operation in a plurality of servers is needed, the video networking equipment firmware upgrading operation is easier, and the success rate is higher.

In order to enable a person skilled in the art to better understand the embodiments of the present invention, a block diagram of one design of the present invention is shown with reference to fig. 3, which is described below:

1. uploading the version to a management and control platform;

2. the management and control platform sends an upgrading instruction to the equipment through the snmpset;

3. the equipment judges whether the versions are consistent or not, if not, the equipment initiates an upgrading request to the management and control platform, and if so, the equipment informs the management and control platform that the versions are upgraded successfully;

4. the equipment initiates an upgrading request to a WEB _ SDK end of the control platform to request to acquire downloading channel information;

5. after receiving the upgrading request, the WEB _ SDK calls the SDK, issues the live broadcast, acquires a download channel number and returns the download channel number to the equipment;

6. the equipment starts to receive the upgrade file by downloading the channel number;

7. after the equipment receives the upgrade file, the equipment informs the control platform to stop releasing the live broadcast, and at the moment, the control platform closes the download channel;

8. after the equipment receives the upgrade file, the program is replaced, and the equipment is restarted to finish the upgrade;

9. and after the upgrade is finished, reporting the basic information of the equipment, and identifying whether the upgrade is successful or not by judging whether the version number in the basic information of the equipment is the upgraded version number or not by the control platform.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combination of acts, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention is not limited by the illustrated order of acts, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are presently preferred and that no particular act is required to implement the invention.

Referring to fig. 4, a block diagram of a first embodiment of a firmware upgrading apparatus for a video networking device according to the present invention is shown, where the video networking device is connected to a management and control platform, and the apparatus may specifically include the following modules:

the instruction sending module 401 is located on the management and control platform and is used for generating and sending an upgrading instruction to the video networking equipment;

a request receiving module 402 located on the management and control platform, configured to receive an upgrade request sent by the video networking device; the upgrading request is generated by the video networking equipment responding to the upgrading instruction and judging that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

and the file sending module 403 is located on the management and control platform and configured to respond to the upgrade request and send a preset upgrade file to the video networking device, so that the video networking device adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the file sending module located in the management and control platform includes:

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the instruction sending module located in the management and control platform includes:

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the information obtaining sub-module located in the management and control platform includes:

the file sending submodule located in the control platform comprises:

In an optional embodiment of the invention, the apparatus further comprises:

Referring to fig. 5, a block diagram of a second embodiment of the firmware upgrading apparatus for an internet of view device according to the present invention is shown, where the internet of view device is connected to a management and control platform, and the apparatus may specifically include the following modules:

the instruction receiving module 501 is located in the video networking device and is used for receiving the upgrading instruction sent by the management and control platform;

a judging module 502 located in the video network device, configured to respond to the upgrade instruction and judge whether a preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

the generation module 503 is located in the video networking device and is configured to generate and send an upgrade request to the management and control platform when the preset firmware needs to be upgraded;

a file receiving module 504 located in the video networking device, configured to receive a preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in response to the upgrade request;

and the upgrading module 505 is located on the video networking equipment and is used for upgrading the preset firmware by using the upgrading file.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the file receiving module located in the video network device comprises:

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the instruction receiving module located in the video network device comprises:

the generation module located in the video networking device comprises:

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the file receiving sub-module located in the video network device comprises:

In an optional embodiment of the invention, the apparatus further comprises:

the upgrading module located in the video networking equipment comprises:

For the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, refer to the partial description of the method embodiment.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus, including:

the firmware upgrading method for the video networking equipment comprises a processor, a memory and a computer program which is stored in the memory and can run on the processor, wherein when the computer program is executed by the processor, each process of the firmware upgrading method embodiment of the video networking equipment is realized, the same technical effect can be achieved, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when being executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the embodiment of the firmware upgrading method for video networking devices, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

The video networking is an important milestone for network development, is a real-time network, can realize high-definition video real-time transmission, and pushes a plurality of internet applications to high-definition video, and high-definition faces each other.

The video networking adopts a real-time high-definition video exchange technology, can integrate required services such as dozens of services of video, voice, pictures, characters, communication, data and the like on a system platform on a network platform, such as high-definition video conference, video monitoring, intelligent monitoring analysis, emergency command, digital broadcast television, delayed television, network teaching, live broadcast, VOD on demand, television mail, Personal Video Recorder (PVR), intranet (self-office) channels, intelligent video broadcast control, information distribution and the like, and realizes high-definition quality video broadcast through a television or a computer.

To better understand the embodiments of the present invention, the following description refers to the internet of view:

some of the technologies applied in the video networking are as follows:

network Technology (Network Technology)

Network technology innovation in video networking has improved over traditional Ethernet (Ethernet) to face the potentially enormous video traffic on the network. Unlike pure network Packet Switching (Packet Switching) or network circuit Switching (circuit Switching), the Packet Switching is adopted by the technology of the video networking to meet the Streaming requirement. The video networking technology has the advantages of flexibility, simplicity and low price of packet switching, and simultaneously has the quality and safety guarantee of circuit switching, thereby realizing the seamless connection of the whole network switching type virtual circuit and the data format.

Switching Technology (Switching Technology)

The video network adopts two advantages of asynchronism and packet switching of the Ethernet, eliminates the defects of the Ethernet on the premise of full compatibility, has end-to-end seamless connection of the whole network, is directly communicated with a user terminal, and directly bears an IP data packet. The user data does not require any format conversion across the entire network. The video networking is a higher-level form of the Ethernet, is a real-time exchange platform, can realize the real-time transmission of the whole-network large-scale high-definition video which cannot be realized by the existing Internet, and pushes a plurality of network video applications to high-definition and unification.

Server Technology (Server Technology)

The server technology on the video networking and unified video platform is different from the traditional server, the streaming media transmission of the video networking and unified video platform is established on the basis of connection orientation, the data processing capacity of the video networking and unified video platform is independent of flow and communication time, and a single network layer can contain signaling and data transmission. For voice and video services, the complexity of video networking and unified video platform streaming media processing is much simpler than that of data processing, and the efficiency is greatly improved by more than one hundred times compared with that of a traditional server.

Storage Technology (Storage Technology)

The super-high speed storage technology of the unified video platform adopts the most advanced real-time operating system in order to adapt to the media content with super-large capacity and super-large flow, the program information in the server instruction is mapped to the specific hard disk space, the media content is not passed through the server any more, and is directly sent to the user terminal instantly, and the general waiting time of the user is less than 0.2 second. The optimized sector distribution greatly reduces the mechanical motion of the magnetic head track seeking of the hard disk, the resource consumption only accounts for 20% of that of the IP internet of the same grade, but concurrent flow which is 3 times larger than that of the traditional hard disk array is generated, and the comprehensive efficiency is improved by more than 10 times.

Network Security Technology (Network Security Technology)

The structural design of the video network completely eliminates the network security problem troubling the internet structurally by the modes of independent service permission control each time, complete isolation of equipment and user data and the like, generally does not need antivirus programs and firewalls, avoids the attack of hackers and viruses, and provides a structural carefree security network for users.

Service Innovation Technology (Service Innovation Technology)

The unified video platform integrates services and transmission, and is not only automatically connected once whether a single user, a private network user or a network aggregate. The user terminal, the set-top box or the PC are directly connected to the unified video platform to obtain various multimedia video services in various forms. The unified video platform adopts a menu type configuration table mode to replace the traditional complex application programming, can realize complex application by using very few codes, and realizes infinite new service innovation.

Networking of the video network is as follows:

the video network is a centralized control network structure, and the network can be a tree network, a star network, a ring network and the like, but on the basis of the centralized control node, the whole network is controlled by the centralized control node in the network.

As shown in fig. 6, the video network is divided into an access network and a metropolitan network.

The devices of the access network part can be mainly classified into 3 types: node server, access switch, terminal (including various set-top boxes, coding boards, memories, etc.). The node server is connected to an access switch, which may be connected to a plurality of terminals and may be connected to an ethernet network.

The node server is a node which plays a centralized control function in the access network and can control the access switch and the terminal. The node server can be directly connected with the access switch or directly connected with the terminal.

Similarly, devices of the metropolitan network portion may also be classified into 3 types: a metropolitan area server, a node switch and a node server. The metro server is connected to a node switch, which may be connected to a plurality of node servers.

The node server is a node server of the access network part, namely the node server belongs to both the access network part and the metropolitan area network part.

The metropolitan area server is a node which plays a centralized control function in the metropolitan area network and can control a node switch and a node server. The metropolitan area server can be directly connected with the node switch or directly connected with the node server.

Therefore, the whole video network is a network structure with layered centralized control, and the network controlled by the node server and the metropolitan area server can be in various structures such as tree, star and ring.

The access network part can form a unified video platform (the part in the dotted circle), and a plurality of unified video platforms can form a video network; each unified video platform may be interconnected via metropolitan area and wide area video networking.

Video networking device classification

1.1 devices in the video network of the embodiment of the present invention can be mainly classified into 3 types: servers, switches (including ethernet gateways), terminals (including various set-top boxes, code boards, memories, etc.). The video network as a whole can be divided into a metropolitan area network (or national network, global network, etc.) and an access network.

1.2 wherein the devices of the access network part can be mainly classified into 3 types: node servers, access switches (including ethernet gateways), terminals (including various set-top boxes, code boards, memories, etc.).

The specific hardware structure of each access network device is as follows:

a node server:

as shown in fig. 7, the system mainly includes a network interface module 701, a switching engine module 702, a CPU module 703, and a disk array module 704;

the network interface module 701, the CPU module 703 and the disk array module 704 enter the switching engine module 702; the switching engine module 702 performs an operation of looking up the address table 705 on the incoming packet, thereby obtaining the direction information of the packet; and stores the packet in a corresponding queue of the packet buffer 706 based on the packet's steering information; if the queue of the packet buffer 706 is nearly full, discard; the switching engine module 702 polls all packet buffer queues for forwarding if the following conditions are met: 1) the port send buffer is not full; 2) the queue packet counter is greater than zero. The disk array module 704 mainly implements control over the hard disk, including initialization, read-write, and other operations; the CPU module 703 is mainly responsible for protocol processing with an access switch and a terminal (not shown in the figure), configuring an address table 705 (including a downlink protocol packet address table, an uplink protocol packet address table, and a data packet address table), and configuring the disk array module 704.

The access switch:

as shown in fig. 8, the network interface module mainly includes a network interface module (a downlink network interface module 801, an uplink network interface module 802), a switching engine module 803, and a CPU module 804;

wherein, the packet (uplink data) coming from the downlink network interface module 801 enters the packet detection module 805; the packet detection module 805 detects whether the Destination Address (DA), the Source Address (SA), the packet type, and the packet length of the packet meet the requirements, and if so, allocates a corresponding stream identifier (stream-id) and enters the switching engine module 803, otherwise, discards the stream identifier; the packet (downstream data) coming from the upstream network interface module 802 enters the switching engine module 803; the incoming data packet from the CPU module 804 enters the switching engine module 803; the switching engine module 803 performs an operation of looking up the address table 806 on the incoming packet, thereby obtaining the direction information of the packet; if the packet entering the switching engine module 803 is from the downstream network interface to the upstream network interface, the packet is stored in a queue of the corresponding packet buffer 807 in association with a stream-id; if the queue of the packet buffer 807 is nearly full, it is discarded; if the packet entering the switching engine module 803 is not from the downlink network interface to the uplink network interface, the data packet is stored in the queue of the corresponding packet buffer 807 according to the packet guiding information; if the queue of the packet buffer 807 is nearly full, it is discarded.

The switching engine module 803 polls all packet buffer queues, which in this embodiment of the invention is divided into two cases:

if the queue is from the downlink network interface to the uplink network interface, the following conditions are met for forwarding: 1) the port send buffer is not full; 2) the queued packet counter is greater than zero; 3) obtaining a token generated by a code rate control module;

if the queue is not from the downlink network interface to the uplink network interface, the following conditions are met for forwarding: 1) the port send buffer is not full; 2) the queue packet counter is greater than zero.

The rate control module 808 is configured by the CPU module 804, and generates tokens for packet buffer queues from all downlink network interfaces to uplink network interfaces at programmable intervals to control the rate of uplink forwarding.

The CPU module 804 is mainly responsible for protocol processing with the node server, configuration of the address table 806, and configuration of the code rate control module 808.

Ethernet protocol conversion gateway：

As shown in fig. 9, the system mainly includes a network interface module (a downlink network interface module 901 and an uplink network interface module 902), a switching engine module 903, a CPU module 904, a packet detection module 905, a rate control module 908, an address table 906, a packet buffer 907, a MAC adding module 909, and a MAC deleting module 910.

Wherein, the data packet coming from the downlink network interface module 901 enters the packet detection module 905; the packet detection module 905 detects whether the ethernet MAC DA, the ethernet MAC SA, the ethernet length or frame type, the video network destination address DA, the video network source address SA, the video network packet type, and the packet length of the packet meet the requirements, and if so, allocates a corresponding stream identifier (stream-id); then, the MAC deleting module 910 subtracts MAC DA, MAC SA, length or frame type (2byte), and enters the corresponding receiving buffer, otherwise, discards it;

the downlink network interface module 901 detects the sending buffer of the port, and if there is a packet, obtains the ethernet MAC DA of the corresponding terminal according to the destination address DA of the packet, adds the ethernet MAC DA of the terminal, the MACSA of the ethernet coordination gateway, and the ethernet length or frame type, and sends the packet.

The other modules in the ethernet protocol gateway function similarly to the access switch.

A terminal:

the system mainly comprises a network interface module, a service processing module and a CPU module; for example, the set-top box mainly comprises a network interface module, a video and audio coding and decoding engine module and a CPU module; the coding board mainly comprises a network interface module, a video and audio coding engine module and a CPU module; the memory mainly comprises a network interface module, a CPU module and a disk array module.

1.3 devices of the metropolitan area network part can be mainly classified into 2 types: node server, node exchanger, metropolitan area server. The node switch mainly comprises a network interface module, a switching engine module and a CPU module; the metropolitan area server mainly comprises a network interface module, a switching engine module and a CPU module.

2. Video networking packet definition

2.1 Access network packet definition

The data packet of the access network mainly comprises the following parts: destination Address (DA), Source Address (SA), reserved bytes, payload (pdu), CRC.

As shown in the following table, the data packet of the access network mainly includes the following parts:

DA

SA

Reserved

Payload

CRC

wherein:

the Destination Address (DA) is composed of 8 bytes (byte), the first byte represents the type of the data packet (such as various protocol packets, multicast data packets, unicast data packets, etc.), there are 256 possibilities at most, the second byte to the sixth byte are metropolitan area network addresses, and the seventh byte and the eighth byte are access network addresses;

the Source Address (SA) is also composed of 8 bytes (byte), defined as the same as the Destination Address (DA);

the reserved byte consists of 2 bytes;

the payload part has different lengths according to different types of datagrams, and is 64 bytes if the datagram is various types of protocol packets, and is 32+1024 or 1056 bytes if the datagram is a unicast packet, of course, the length is not limited to the above 2 types;

the CRC consists of 4 bytes and is calculated in accordance with the standard ethernet CRC algorithm.

2.2 metropolitan area network packet definition

The topology of a metropolitan area network is a graph and there may be 2, or even more than 2, connections between two devices, i.e., there may be more than 2 connections between a node switch and a node server, a node switch and a node switch, and a node switch and a node server. However, the metro network address of the metro network device is unique, and in order to accurately describe the connection relationship between the metro network devices, parameters are introduced in the embodiment of the present invention: a label to uniquely describe a metropolitan area network device.

In this specification, the definition of the label is similar to that of a label of MP L S (Multi-Protocol L abel Switch), and assuming that there are two connections between device a and device B, there are 2 labels for a packet from device a to device B, and there are 2 labels for a packet from device B to device a. the label is divided into an incoming label and an outgoing label, and assuming that the label (incoming label) of a packet entering device a is 0x0000, the label (outgoing label) of the packet leaving device a may become 0x 0001.

As shown in the following table, the data packet of the metro network mainly includes the following parts:

DA

SA

Reserved

label (R)

Payload

CRC

Namely Destination Address (DA), Source Address (SA), Reserved byte (Reserved), tag, payload (pdu), CRC. The format of the tag may be defined by reference to the following: the tag is 32 bits with the upper 16 bits reserved and only the lower 16 bits used, and its position is between the reserved bytes and payload of the packet.

Based on the characteristics of the video network, one of the core concepts of the embodiment of the invention is provided, and an upgrading instruction is generated and sent to the video network equipment through a control platform; when the video networking equipment responds to the upgrading instruction and judges that the preset firmware needs to be upgraded, the management and control platform receives an upgrading request sent by the video networking equipment; and then, the management and control platform responds to the upgrade request and sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking equipment so that the video networking equipment adopts the upgrade file to upgrade the preset firmware, so that a method for pushing the equipment firmware upgrade file and upgrading the equipment firmware by breaking away from an IP protocol under the video networking environment is provided, meanwhile, the management of the equipment firmware upgrade file and the triggering upgrade operation can be completed only on one server (namely, the management and control platform), redundant servers are eliminated, and the upgrade operation is simplified.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, apparatus, or computer program product. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, terminal devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing terminal to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing terminal, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing terminal to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing terminal to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable terminal to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable terminal provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications of these embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the embodiments of the invention.

Finally, it should also be noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises the element.

The present invention provides a method and a device for upgrading firmware of a video networking device, which are introduced in detail above, and a specific example is applied in the text to explain the principle and the implementation of the present invention, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A firmware upgrading method for video networking equipment is characterized in that the video networking equipment is connected with a management and control platform, and the method comprises the following steps:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the management and control platform sends a preset upgrade file to the video networking device in response to the upgrade request, so that the video networking device upgrades the preset firmware by using the upgrade file includes:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the governing platform generating and sending upgrade instructions to the video networking device comprises:

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the managing and controlling platform responds to the upgrade request, and acquiring download channel information includes:

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

6. A firmware upgrading method for video networking equipment is characterized in that the video networking equipment is connected with a management and control platform, and the method comprises the following steps:

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the receiving, by the video networking device, the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in response to the upgrade request comprises:

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the receiving, by the video networking device, the upgrade instruction sent by the governing platform comprises:

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the receiving, by the video networking device, the preset upgrade file sent by the management and control platform in the download channel corresponding to the download channel information includes:

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

11. The utility model provides a firmware upgrading device of video networking equipment, its characterized in that, the video networking equipment is connected with the management and control platform, the device includes:

12. The utility model provides a firmware upgrading device of video networking equipment, its characterized in that, the video networking equipment is connected with the management and control platform, the device includes:

13. An apparatus, comprising: processor, memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method for firmware upgrade of an internet of view device according to any of claims 1-5 or 6-10.

14. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method for firmware upgrade of an equipment for video networking according to any of claims 1-5 or 6-10.