CN111654403A

CN111654403A - Wireless access point configuration method and device, communication equipment and readable storage medium

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Publication number: CN111654403A
Application number: CN202010595157.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 丁满义
Original assignee: Maipu Communication Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Maipu Communication Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-24
Filing date: 2020-06-24
Publication date: 2020-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-24
Also published as: CN111654403B

Abstract

The application provides a wireless access point configuration method, a wireless access point configuration device, communication equipment and a readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: determining first bitmap information of a configuration entry of the AP equipment according to a joining request sent by the AP equipment; acquiring second bitmap information corresponding to the AP equipment in other AC equipment in the current network from the AP equipment; determining target bitmap information of the AP equipment based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information according to a decision component in the target AC equipment; and configuring the AP equipment according to the joining request and the target bitmap information. In the scheme, the AP equipment does not need to be manually configured on each AC equipment in the current network environment, and after the target bitmap information is determined by the decision-making component, the AP equipment can be configured on the AC equipment based on the target bitmap information, so that the workload and configuration errors of an administrator are reduced, and the configuration efficiency is improved.

Description

Wireless access point configuration method and device, communication equipment and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for configuring a wireless access point, a communication device, and a readable storage medium.

Background

In a Wireless network environment, two or more AC devices (Wireless access controllers) are generally used to establish a primary and standby environment, so as to ensure high reliability of the network. In a Wireless network environment, an AP device (Wireless Access Point) establishes a CAPWAP (Control And Provisioning Protocol for Wireless Access Points) connection with two or more AC devices, respectively. Normally, the service of the AP device is assumed by the main AC device, and when a problem occurs in the main AC device or a problem occurs in the connection between the AP device and the main AC device, the service of the AP device can be quickly switched and assumed by other standby AC devices. In the process of switching the main AC device and the standby AC device, the switched AP device and AC device may not normally execute a service due to the configuration abnormality of the AP device. At present, the configuration or configuration modification of the AP device is usually performed on the corresponding AC device one by one manually, and this way, the maintenance workload of the user is large, error is prone, and the efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a wireless access point configuration method, a wireless access point configuration device, a communication device and a readable storage medium, which can solve the problems of large maintenance workload, high error probability and low efficiency when a user configures an AP device.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a wireless access point configuration method, which is applied to a target AC device, and the method includes:

determining first bitmap information of configuration entries of an AP device according to a join request sent by the AP device, wherein the first bitmap information comprises configuration identifiers representing all the configuration entries of the AP device by a target AC device;

acquiring second bitmap information corresponding to the AP equipment in other AC equipment in the current network from the AP equipment, wherein the second bitmap information comprises configuration identifiers representing all configuration items of the AP equipment by the other AC equipment;

determining target bitmap information of the AP device based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information according to a decision component in the target AC device;

and configuring the AP equipment according to the joining request and the target bitmap information.

In the above embodiment, the AP device does not need to be manually configured on each AC device in the current network environment, and after the target bitmap information is determined by the decision component, the AP device can be configured on the AC device based on the target bitmap information, so that the workload and configuration errors of an administrator are reduced, and the configuration efficiency is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in some optional embodiments, the method further comprises:

when bitmap information different from the target bitmap information exists in the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information, updating bitmap information different from the target bitmap information in the first bitmap information of the target AC device and the second bitmap information of the other AC devices through the target bitmap information.

In the foregoing embodiment, by using the current target bitmap information, the bitmap information on the other AC devices is updated, so that the other AC devices can configure the AP device based on the target bitmap information, thereby avoiding that the service is affected after the AP device switches the AC device due to different configurations of the AP device by each AC device.

With reference to the first aspect, in some optional embodiments, determining, according to a join request sent by an AP device, first bitmap information of a configuration entry of the AP device includes:

judging whether bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the target AC equipment or not according to the identification information of the AP equipment carried by the join request;

when bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the target AC device, determining the bitmap information corresponding to the identification information as the first bitmap information, where the bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is: bitmap information for configuring the designated configuration entry of the AP device in advance through the target AC device;

and when bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is not stored in the target AC device, generating preset bitmap information of the AP device, and taking the preset bitmap information as the first bitmap information.

In the foregoing embodiment, based on whether the target AC device stores the bitmap information corresponding to the AP device identification information, it may be determined whether the target AC device is an AC device that the administrator previously configured the AP device on the AC device, so that the corresponding first bitmap information may be acquired based on these two cases.

With reference to the first aspect, in some optional embodiments, before determining, according to a join request sent by an AP device, first bitmap information of a configuration entry of the AP device, at least one of the target AC device and the other AC devices stores designated bitmap information, where the designated bitmap information is bitmap information obtained by configuring, in advance, a designated configuration entry of the AP device by an AC device.

In the above embodiment, the designated bitmap information is bitmap information obtained by configuring the AP device by the administrator on one AC device in the network in advance, and based on this, it is advantageous to subsequently determine the target bitmap information based on the designated bitmap information.

With reference to the first aspect, in some optional implementations, determining, according to a decision component in the target AC device, target bitmap information of the AP device based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information includes:

judging whether the first bitmap information is the same as second bitmap information corresponding to the other AC equipment or not according to a decision-making component in the target AC equipment;

when both are the same, determining the first bitmap information or the second bitmap information as the target bitmap information;

or when the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to the other AC devices are different and designated bitmap information exists, determining the designated bitmap information as the target bitmap information;

or when the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to the other AC devices are different and non-preset bitmap information exists, determining bitmap information with a closest timestamp in the first bitmap information and the non-preset bitmap information in the second bitmap information as the target bitmap information, where the timestamp includes time information for generating the first bitmap information and time information for generating the second bitmap information;

or when the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to the other AC devices are different, the decision component merges the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information to obtain the target bitmap information.

In the above embodiment, in combination with the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information of the other AC devices, the target bitmap information can be quickly decided in various ways, so that the AC devices in the network can synchronously update the configuration of the AP device based on the target bitmap information.

changing the corresponding configuration items of the AP equipment based on the received operation instruction for changing the corresponding configuration items of the AP equipment, and generating bitmap information of the changed AP equipment;

updating the target bitmap information of the target AC device aiming at the AP device and the target bitmap information of the other AC devices aiming at the AP device through the changed bitmap information of the AP device.

In the foregoing embodiment, when the configuration of the AP device needs to be changed, the changed bitmap information may be updated over the whole network, and then the corresponding AC device may perform synchronous configuration on the AP device based on the updated target bitmap information, without manually changing each AC device, thereby facilitating improvement of efficiency of configuration change.

With reference to the first aspect, in some optional implementations, the join request includes a first request for requesting that the target AC device be online as a master AC device, and the target AC device is configured to operate as the master AC device when the AP device is online on the target AC device;

or the join request includes a second request for requesting that the target AC device be online as a slave AC device, and the target AC device is configured to operate as the slave AC device when the AP device is online.

With reference to the first aspect, in some optional implementations, configuring the AP device according to the join request and the target bitmap information includes:

determining a configuration file which is missed by the target AC equipment to the AP equipment according to the joining request and the target bitmap information;

and sending the configuration file to the AP equipment, and configuring the AP equipment through the configuration file.

and after the AP equipment is configured, establishing CAPWAP connection between the target AC equipment and the AP equipment.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a wireless access point configuration apparatus, which is applied to a target AC device, and the apparatus includes:

a first bitmap determining unit, configured to determine, according to a join request sent by an AP device, first bitmap information of a configuration entry of the AP device, where the first bitmap information includes configuration identifiers representing that the target AC device performs configuration on all configuration entries of the AP device;

a second bitmap determining unit, configured to obtain, from the AP device, second bitmap information corresponding to the AP device in other AC devices in a current network, where the second bitmap information includes a configuration identifier that represents that the other AC devices perform configuration on all configuration entries of the AP device;

a target bitmap determination unit, configured to determine, according to a decision component in the target AC device, target bitmap information of the AP device based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information;

and the configuration unit is used for configuring the AP equipment according to the joining request and the target bitmap information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device, where the communication device includes a memory and a processor coupled to each other, where the memory stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the communication device is caused to perform the above-mentioned method.

In a fourth aspect, the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program runs on a computer, the computer is caused to execute the above method.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is appreciated that the following drawings depict only certain embodiments of the application and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for those skilled in the art will be able to derive additional related drawings therefrom without the benefit of the inventive faculty.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of communication connection between an AP device and an AC device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a wireless access point according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a functional block diagram of a wireless access point configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application

Icon: 10-a communication device; 11-a processing module; 12-a storage module; 13-a communication module; 100-wireless access point configuration means; 110-a first bitmap determination unit; 120-second bitmap determination unit; 130-target bitmap determination unit; 140-configuration unit.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance.

The applicant finds that in a master-standby application scenario in which an AP device is accessed to multiple AC devices, configurations of the accessed two AC devices or multiple AC devices need to be kept consistent with each other; if the configuration is inconsistent, after the service of the AP equipment is switched, the actual operation data of the AP equipment is inconsistent with the configuration data on the AC equipment, so that the service is abnormal. The existing configuration synchronization between multiple AC devices for the configuration of the AP device has redundant configuration or other problems, for example, the configuration synchronization cannot be performed on a specific AP device, which affects the efficiency of the configuration.

In view of the above problems, the applicant of the present application has conducted long-term research and research to propose the following embodiments to solve the above problems. The 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.

Referring to fig. 1, the network environment provided in the embodiment of the present application may include a plurality of AP devices (Wireless Access Point) and a plurality of AC devices (Wireless Access Controller). Each AP device may establish a CAPWAP (Control And provisioning of Wireless Access Points Protocol, Control And configuration Protocol of a Wireless Access point) connection with a corresponding AC device. The AP device may act as a wireless switch for a wireless network and be an access point for a mobile computer user to enter a wired network. The AC equipment is a wireless local area network access control equipment, can be used for gathering data from different AP equipment and accessing the data to the Internet, and simultaneously completes the control functions of configuration management of the AP equipment, authentication and management of wireless users, broadband access, safety and the like.

For example, in fig. 1, the network environment includes an AP device 1, an AP device 2, an AC device 1, an AC device 2, and an AC device 3, the AP device and the AC device connected by a dotted line represent a slave connection, and the AP device and the AC device connected by a solid line represent a master connection. For example, the AP device 1 is connected to the AC device 1 as a master, and the AP device 1 is connected to the AC device 2 as a slave. Before the AP device establishes a CAPWAP connection with the AC device, the administrator may select an AC device from the AC devices in the network in advance to configure the AP device to obtain the designated bitmap information. Wherein the designated bitmap information includes a configuration identifier that the user has configured one or more entries in the AP device on the AC device.

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present application further provides a communication device 10, where the communication device 10 may be the AC device, the communication device 10 may include a processing module 11 and a storage module 12 coupled to each other, and a computer program is stored in the storage module 12, and when the computer program is executed by the processing module 11, the communication device 10 is enabled to perform the following steps in the wireless access point configuration method.

Of course, the communication device 10 may also include other modules, such as the communication module 13, the wireless access point configuration apparatus 100. The processing module 11, the storage module 12, the communication module 13, and the wireless access point configuration device 100 are electrically connected directly or indirectly to realize data transmission or interaction. For example, the components may be electrically connected to each other via one or more communication buses or signal lines.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application further provides a wireless access point configuration method, which can be applied to a target AC device, and can reduce workload of an administrator configuring an AP device and improve configuration efficiency. The target AC device may be any AC device in the network. The method may include steps S210 to S240 as follows:

step S210, determining first bitmap information of configuration entries of the AP equipment according to a join request sent by the AP equipment, wherein the first bitmap information comprises configuration identifiers representing all the configuration entries of the target AC equipment to the AP equipment;

step S220, obtaining, from the AP device, second bitmap information corresponding to the AP device in other AC devices in the current network, where the second bitmap information includes a configuration identifier representing that the other AC devices perform configuration on all configuration entries of the AP device;

step S230, determining target bitmap information of the AP device based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information according to a decision component in the target AC device;

step S240, configuring the AP device according to the join request and the target bitmap information.

In this embodiment, after the target bitmap information is determined by the decision component without manually configuring the AP device on each AC device in the current network environment, the AP device may be configured on the AC device based on the target bitmap information, so that workload and configuration errors of an administrator are reduced, and configuration efficiency is improved.

The individual steps in the process are explained in detail below, as follows:

before step S210, designated bitmap information is stored in the target AC device and at least one of the other AC devices in the current wireless network, where the designated bitmap information is bitmap information obtained by configuring, in advance, the designated configuration entry of the AP device by using the AC device.

Understandably, an administrator can randomly select one of a plurality of AC devices in a network environment before the target AP device is online, configure each configuration entry of the target AP device through the AC device according to actual service requirements, after the configuration of the corresponding configuration entry of the target AP device is completed, the AC device can automatically generate bitmap information corresponding to the configured entry and generate a timestamp of the bitmap information, where the generated bitmap information is designated bitmap information. The target AP device may be an AP device selected by an administrator from a plurality of AP devices in a network according to an actual situation, and may be determined according to the actual situation. The bitmap information may serve as a configuration identifier for the AC device to identify specific configuration items and configuration contents configured by the target AP device. The AC device may configure the corresponding AP device based on the bitmap information.

Each entry configured in the AP device may be identified by using one BIT or several BIT BITs of a BITMAP (BITMAP), and the AC device may determine whether each entry in the AP device is configured according to the identification of each entry. In the process of configuring the AP, the bitmap/identifier of the same entry in the AP device is different between the time when the configuration is completed and the time when the configuration is not completed, and the identifier manner may be determined according to the actual situation, which is not specifically limited herein.

After the target AP device is configured, the AC device used to configure the AP device may automatically store the generated designated bitmap information. In the subsequent configuration process of the on-line AP equipment, an administrator does not need to configure the target AP equipment on each AC equipment, and the multiple AC equipment can automatically configure the target AP equipment based on the decision-making components installed by the multiple AC equipment and the designated bitmap information. After the designated bitmap information is stored in advance, the AP device and the AC device may start to execute steps S210 to S240.

Understandably, when the AP device needs to go online to establish a CAPWAP connection with a corresponding AC device, the AP device may send a join request to the AC device in the network. The manner of sending the join request may be: sending join requests to all AC devices in the network one by one: or send join requests one by one to a plurality of AC devices designated in the network. The join request is used for the AC device in the network to determine target bitmap information of the AP device, so that the AC device configures a corresponding entry of the AP device based on the target bitmap information.

In this embodiment, the join request includes a first request for requesting that the target AC device be online as a main AC device, and the target AC device is configured to operate as the main AC device when the AP device is online at the target AC device.

Understandably, the AP device may determine the role of the AC device currently sending the join request according to actual conditions. If the AC equipment is required to be online in the main role, the joining request is a first request; if the AC device is required to come online from the role, the join request is the second request. Generally, a master AC device is configured to process traffic of an AP device, and a slave AC device is configured to take over the traffic of the master AC device to process the traffic of the AP device when the master AC device is abnormal.

In step S210, the join request may carry identification information of the AP device, where the identification information may be used for the AC device to distinguish an identity of the AP device, and may be set according to an actual situation. For example, the identification information may be a MAC device address of the AP device. After receiving the join request, the AC device may automatically determine bitmap information of the AC device for the AP device, where the bitmap information is the first bitmap information.

As an optional implementation manner, step S210 may further include: judging whether bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the target AC equipment or not according to the identification information of the AP equipment carried by the join request; when bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the target AC device, determining the bitmap information corresponding to the identification information as the first bitmap information, where the bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is: bitmap information for configuring the designated configuration entry of the AP device in advance through the target AC device.

Understandably, if the target AC device stores the bitmap information of the AP device, it indicates that the target AC device may be an AC device that has been configured by the administrator on the AC device in advance for the AP device, and at this time, the target AC device may use the bitmap information of the AP device stored by the target AC device itself as the first bitmap information. If the target AC device does not store the bitmap information of the AP device, at this time, the target AC device may automatically generate preset bitmap information for the AP device, and the preset bitmap information may be understood as default bitmap information. The default bitmap information may include an identification of the configuration of the underlying entry for the AP device or indicate that no configuration entry for the AP device is configured. The default bitmap information may be set according to actual conditions, and is usually different from the designated bitmap information described above. After the target AC device obtains the first bitmap information, the AP device may be configured with the configuration entry corresponding to the first bitmap information, so as to serve as a response to the join request.

In step S220, the second bitmap information may be corresponding bitmap information of all AC devices responding to the AP device, which is carried in a message sent by the AP device to the target AC device when the target AC device receives the join request; or after the target AC device receives the join request, the AP device sends, to the target AC device, the bitmap information corresponding to the AP device, of all AC devices that currently respond to the AP device. Understandably, through the extension of the CAPWAP protocol field, the join request can be made to carry the corresponding second bitmap information of other AC devices for the AP device.

If the target AC device is an AC device of the first join request sent by the AP device to the candidate AC devices in the current network, after the AP device sends the join request to the target AC device, the AP device may also send a next join request to an AC device that does not send the join request among the candidate AC devices, so that the AC device that repeatedly receives the join request executes the content of step S210. When a join request is subsequently sent, the bitmap information corresponding to the AP device by all AC devices currently responding to the AP device may be carried as the second bitmap information. The candidate AC devices may be all AC devices in the current network or a plurality of AC devices designated by the user from all AC devices in the current network, and at least one of the candidate AC devices stores the designated bitmap information.

If the target AC device is an AC device that is not the first joining request and is not the last AC device, which is sent by the AP device to the candidate AC devices in the current network, before sending the joining request, the AP device has already sent the joining request to one or more AC devices in the candidate AC devices, and at this time, when sending the joining request, the corresponding bitmap information of all AC devices currently responding to the AP device for the AP device may also be carried as the second bitmap information. In addition, after the AP device sends the current join request, it may further continue to send a next join request to the AC device that does not send the join request among the candidate AC devices, and carry the corresponding bitmap information of all AC devices that currently respond to the AP device for the AP device, including the first bitmap information, until each candidate AC device receives the join request, and responds to the join request.

If the target AC device is an AC device of the last join request sent by the AP device to the candidate AC devices in the current network, before sending the join request, the AP device has already sent the join request to the remaining AC devices in the candidate AC devices, and when sending the current join request, the target AC device may simultaneously carry corresponding bitmap information of all AC devices currently responding to the AP device for the AP device.

Understandably, in the manner described above, the target AC device may obtain bitmap information of the AC device currently responding to the AP device for the AP device. When the AC device responds to the AP device, the AC device may carry a timestamp for generating bitmap information by the AC device, and when the AP device sends bitmap information of another AC device to the target AC device, the AP device may carry a timestamp for generating corresponding bitmap information.

In step S230, each AC device is pre-installed with a decision component, and the decision component may determine the target bitmap information based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information according to a set decision policy. The decision strategy can be set according to actual conditions.

As an alternative implementation, the decision strategy of step S230 may include:

Understandably, the decision component in the target AC device may determine whether the first bitmap information of itself is the same as the second bitmap information of the other AC devices. If they are the same, it usually means that the target AC device and other AC devices have previously configured the corresponding entries of the AP device, and store the same bitmap information. At this time, the second bitmap information or the first bitmap information may be taken as target bitmap information, so that the target AC device configures the AP device based on the target bitmap information.

When the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to other AC devices are different, it indicates that there is a difference between the bitmap information, and similarly indicates that there is a difference between the configuration entries of the respective AC devices for the AP device. At this time, if the designated bitmap information exists, the designated bitmap information may be used as target bitmap information in order to configure the AP device with the designated bitmap information. For example, only one of the AC devices stores the designated bitmap information, and the other AC devices are all preset bitmap information, at this time, the target AC device recognizes that the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information are different, and when the designated bitmap information exists, the designated bitmap information may be used as the target bitmap information.

And when the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to other AC devices are different and non-preset bitmap information exists, indicating that updated bitmap information exists in the AC devices. At this time, bitmap information whose time stamp is closest to the current time may be taken as target bitmap information based on the time stamp of the generated bitmap information. The target bitmap information is the latest updated bitmap information. Based on this, the bitmap information which is updated for the target AP device can be quickly used as the target bitmap information, thereby being beneficial to improving the timeliness of the configuration of the AP device.

When the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to the other AC devices are different, the target AC device may merge the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information, and use the merged bitmap information as the target bitmap information. Wherein, the merging mode can be as follows: in the first bitmap information, a bitmap of the first bitmap information with respect to configuration entries missing from the second bitmap information is added. The first bitmap information supplemented with the bitmap may include all configuration entries in the original first bitmap information and the second bitmap information. Therefore, the situation that configuration entries are omitted when the AP equipment is configured can be avoided, and the operation of the service is influenced.

As an optional implementation manner, when there is a difference between the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information corresponding to the other AC devices and there is non-preset bitmap information, the target bitmap information may be determined based on an interval duration of the timestamp generated by each bitmap information. For example, if the interval duration exceeds the preset duration, the bitmap information with the timestamp closest to the current time is directly used as the target bitmap information. If the interval duration does not exceed the preset duration, the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information can be merged, and the merged bitmap information is used as target bitmap information. The preset time period may be set according to actual conditions, and may be 24 hours, for example.

When the corresponding second bitmap information of the other devices is sent to the target AC device, only the bitmap of the entry lacking in the first bitmap information may be sent to the target AC device, and when the configuration is updated for the AP device, only the lacking entry may be configured. Based on this, the synchronous configuration data is the necessary difference data, thereby reducing the occupation of the device bandwidth and improving the use efficiency of the device.

In step S240, the target AC device may determine, according to the target bitmap information, a configuration entry that the AP device needs to be configured, and then configure the AP device according to the configuration entry that needs to be configured. The configuration entry which does not need to be configured does not need to be added to the configuration of the AP device.

After the target AP device completes configuration of the AC device, that is, after step S240, the method may further include: and after the AP equipment is configured, establishing CAPWAP connection between the target AC equipment and the AP equipment.

Understandably, after the configuration is completed, the target AC device and the AP device may establish a CAPWAP connection based on the configured file. After determining the entry that the AP device needs to be configured, the AC device configures the AP device based on the entry that needs to be configured, which is well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described herein again. Based on this, the configuration of the target AC device to the AP device may be automatically implemented to establish the CAPWAP connection.

In this embodiment, step S240 may include: determining a configuration file which is missed by the target AC equipment to the AP equipment according to the joining request and the target bitmap information; and sending the configuration file to the AP equipment, and configuring the AP equipment through the configuration file.

Understandably, when the target AC configures the AP device, the target AC is generally divided into two scenarios, one scenario is that the target AC device performs configuration of corresponding entries on the AP device in advance, and then performs synchronous update on the configuration of the AP device by using the target bitmap information. The other is that the target AC device does not configure the AP device, and then directly configures the AP device using the target bitmap information. For the first scenario, the target AC device may determine, based on the target bitmap information, a configuration file that the target AC device lacks to the AP device, and when sending the configuration file to the AP device, may only send the missing configuration file to the AP device, without sending configuration files of all entries corresponding to the target bitmap information, thereby being beneficial to reducing the occupancy rate of the bandwidth during configuration.

After step S240, the method may further include: when bitmap information different from the target bitmap information exists in the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information, updating bitmap information different from the target bitmap information in the first bitmap information of the target AC device and the second bitmap information of the other AC devices through the target bitmap information.

Understandably, when bitmap information different from the target bitmap information exists in the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information, the bitmap information different from the target bitmap information needs to be updated by the target bitmap information. For example, if the first bitmap information is different from the target bitmap information, the first bitmap information is updated with the target bitmap information; and if the second bitmap information is different from the target bitmap information, updating the second bitmap information by using the target bitmap information. Based on this, when bitmap information on each AC device needs to be updated synchronously, each AC device does not need to be updated manually, and each AC device can automatically update based on target bitmap information, so as to avoid that the service is affected after the AP device switches the AC device due to different configurations of each AC device on the target AP device.

After updating the bitmap information of the AP device for each AC device, the corresponding AC device may update the configuration of the entry for the AP device based on the target bitmap information. In the process of updating the configuration, for each AC device that needs to configure the AP device, the AC device may determine a differentiation entry based on the target bitmap information, thereby determining a configuration file of an entry that the current AC device lacks for the AP device, and then send the configuration file of the missing entry to the AP device. Therefore, the AC device does not need to send the configuration files of all the entries corresponding to the target bitmap information to the AP device, so that the bandwidth occupancy rate is reduced.

As an optional implementation, the method may further include: changing the corresponding configuration items of the AP equipment based on the received operation instruction for changing the corresponding configuration items of the AP equipment, and generating bitmap information of the changed AP equipment; updating the target bitmap information of the target AC device aiming at the AP device and the target bitmap information of the other AC devices aiming at the AP device through the changed bitmap information of the AP device.

Understandably, when the configuration of the AP device needs to be changed, an administrator may directly change the configuration of the AP device through the target AC device (or other AC devices), and after the configuration change is completed, bitmap information generated after the configuration change may be used as target bitmap information, and a bitmap for the AP device in the AC device in the current network is updated. Based on this, the corresponding AC device can perform synchronous configuration on the AP device based on the updated target bitmap information, without manually changing each AC device, thereby facilitating improvement of efficiency of configuration change.

To facilitate understanding of the implementation flow of the wireless access point configuration method, the following description is made with reference to fig. 1, as follows:

before the AP device 1 goes online, a plurality of AC devices exist in the current network. The configuration of the AP device 1 may be configured only on one or more AC devices in the current network. For example, the administrator configures the AP device 1 on the AC device 2, and the specific steps of the configuration process are as follows:

firstly, configuring the AP device 1 on the AC device 2, determining configurable entries and a dependency relationship or a binding relationship between the configurable entries and the AP device 1 according to service requirements, and then identifying each configuration entry of the AP device by using one or more BIT BITs in a BITMAP, so as to serve as specified BITMAP information generated by the AC device 2 for the AP device 1.

And secondly, when a user needs to modify the configuration of the AP device 1 through the AC device 2, while recording the configuration information, calculating and updating a configuration BITMAP of the AP device 1 based on the dependency relationship, and recording a configuration timestamp of the configuration operation.

When the AP device 1 needs to access an AC device in a current network to go online, the AP device 1 may select the AC device 1 as a master role to go online, and then select another AC device (e.g., AC device 2, AC device 3) as a slave role to go online, which includes the following specific steps:

firstly, the AP device 1 initiates a CAPWAP JOIN-REQUEST REQUEST (namely, a joining REQUEST) to the AC device 1, the AC device 1 REQUESTs to be on-line with a main role, and replies to the JOIN-RESPONSE to accept the on-line; in the JOIN-RESPONSE message of the AC device 1, the configuration BITMAP information and the configuration timestamp information of the AC device 1 for the AP device are carried by the CAPWAP extension message. The designated BITMAP information is not stored in the AC device 1, and at this time, the BITMAP information in the AC device 1 is usually default BITMAP information.

And secondly, continuing subsequent CAPWAP interaction between the AP equipment 1 and the AC equipment 1 to complete the processes of online and initial configuration issuing.

Thirdly, the AP device 1 initiates a CAPWAP JOIN-REQUEST to the AC device 2 to get online from the role, and in the REQUEST message, the address information (for example, the IP address of the AC device 1) of the AC device 1 and the configuration BITMAP information and the configuration timestamp information for the AP device, which are issued by the AC device 1, are simultaneously carried by using a CAPWAP extension message.

Fourthly, after the AC device 2 receives the CAPWAP JOIN-REQUEST from the AP device 1, the following processing is performed:

a) analyzing and acquiring address information of the AC device 1 carried in the message, and configuration BITMAP information and configuration timestamp information of the AP device, which are issued by the AC device 1, and submitting relevant information to a "decision module" of the AC device 2 to perform decision processing to determine current target BITMAP information, wherein each AC device is provided with a decision module and a configuration synchronization module, and the decision processing process may refer to the above decision policy and is not described herein again;

b) the AC device 2 replies JOIN-RESPONSE to the AP device 1 to receive the online, and in the JOIN-RESPONSE message of the AC device 2, the configured BITMAP information and the configured timestamp information of the AC device 2 for the AP device are also carried by the CAPWAP extension message. The configured BITMAP information of the AC device 2 for the AP device is the above specified BITMAP information.

In practical implementation, the processing action of the step can be performed in parallel with the decision processing of the decision component, or can be performed after the decision of the decision component is waited and the configuration synchronization is completed by the configuration synchronization component.

Fifthly, the AP equipment 1 continues subsequent CAPWAP interaction with the AC equipment 2, configures the AP equipment based on the target bitmap information, and finishes the online process with the AC equipment 2.

Sixthly, the AP device 1 notifies the AC device 1 of the configuration information of the AC device 2 using CAPWAP WTP-EVENT-REQUEST, and the address information of the AC device 2, and the configuration BITMAP information and the configuration timestamp information of the AC device 2 for the AP device are carried in the message.

Seventhly, after receiving the WTP-EVENT-REQUEST notification carrying the configuration information of the AC device 2 reported by the AP device, the AC device 1 performs the following processing:

a) replying to a WTP-EVENT-RESPONSE;

b) and analyzing the related information, and recording the information by a decision-making component.

After the configuration of the AP device 1 is subsequently modified on the AC device 1 device, the modified configuration may be triggered to be synchronized to the relevant AC device 2 device according to the record.

Step eight, if more other standby AC devices are specified for the AP device, such as AC device 3, the AP device continues to complete the online action at the other standby AC devices according to the description of step 4-7.

During the operation of accessing the AC device 1 and the AC device 2 by the AP device 1, the configuration of the AP device 1 may be added or modified on the AC device 1 or the AC device 2, respectively. At this time, the association relationship between the AC device 1 and the AC device 2 is recorded in the "decision components" of the AC device 1 and the AC device 2, and the AP device modifies the synchronization configured between the AC device 1 and the AC device 2 according to the similar decision policy and synchronization processing procedure, so that the AP device configurations are consistent on the AC device 1 and the AC device 2.

Based on the design, the method is beneficial to reducing the complex workload brought by the manual synchronous configuration of the user and avoiding the errors and omissions possibly brought by the manual synchronous operation; the configuration operation of the user is not strictly limited to be operated only in the main AC equipment, and the configuration is merged or applied up to date according to the strategy so as to improve the flexibility of the configuration operation of the user. In addition, when a user deploys a master-slave network, the configuration capacity specifications of the master AC equipment and the slave AC equipment are not required to be consistent; the AP equipment configuration is only synchronized on the AC equipment which is actually on-line, so that meaningless redundant synchronization is avoided. The method can automatically merge bitmap information between related AC devices or apply the latest configuration of the AP device according to the policy, so that the configuration of the AP device is in accordance with the user expectation. When a new AC device is accessed to the network as an online alternative device of the AP device, the AC device is automatically and synchronously added for the AP device configuration, so that the configuration efficiency is improved.

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of the present application further provides a wireless access point configuration apparatus 100, which can be applied to the communication device 10 described above, and is used to execute or implement each step in the method. The wireless access point configuration apparatus 100 includes at least one software functional module which can be stored in the form of software or Firmware (Firmware) in the storage module 12 or solidified in an Operating System (OS) of the communication device 10. The wireless access point configuration device 100 may include a first bitmap determining unit 110, a second bitmap determining unit 120, a target bitmap determining unit 130, and a configuration unit 140.

A first bitmap determining unit 110, configured to determine, according to a join request sent by an AP device, first bitmap information of a configuration entry of the AP device, where the first bitmap information includes configuration identifiers representing that the target AC device performs configuration on all configuration entries of the AP device.

A second bitmap determining unit 120, configured to obtain, from the AP device, second bitmap information corresponding to the AP device in other AC devices in a current network, where the second bitmap information includes configuration identifiers representing all configuration entries of the AP device by the other AC devices.

A target bitmap determining unit 130, configured to determine, according to a decision component in the target AC device, target bitmap information of the AP device based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information.

A configuring unit 140, configured to configure the AP device according to the join request and the target bitmap information.

Optionally, the wireless access point configuration apparatus 100 may further include an updating unit, configured to update bitmap information, which is different from the target bitmap information, in the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information of the target AC device through the target bitmap information when bitmap information different from the target bitmap information exists in the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information.

Optionally, the first bitmap unit may be further configured to: judging whether bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the target AC equipment or not according to the identification information of the AP equipment carried by the join request; when bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the target AC device, determining the bitmap information corresponding to the identification information as the first bitmap information, where the bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is: bitmap information for configuring the designated configuration entry of the AP device in advance through the target AC device; and when bitmap information corresponding to the identification information is not stored in the target AC device, generating preset bitmap information of the AP device, and taking the preset bitmap information as the first bitmap information.

Optionally, the configuration unit 140 may be configured to determine, according to the join request and the target bitmap information, a configuration file that the target AC device lacks for the AP device; and sending the configuration file to the AP equipment, and configuring the AP equipment through the configuration file.

In this embodiment, before the first bitmap determining unit 110 determines the first bitmap information of the configuration entry of the AP device according to the join request sent by the AP device, at least one AC device of the target AC device and the other AC devices stores designated bitmap information, where the designated bitmap information is bitmap information that is configured by the AC device on the designated configuration entry of the AP device in advance.

Optionally, the target bitmap determination unit 130 may be further configured to:

Optionally, the wireless access point configuration apparatus 100 may further include a configuration change unit and an update unit. The configuration changing unit is configured to change the corresponding configuration entry of the AP device based on the received operation instruction for changing the corresponding configuration entry of the AP device, and generate bitmap information of the AP device after the change. The changing unit is configured to update the target bitmap information of the target AC device for the AP device and the target bitmap information of the other AC devices for the AP device by using the changed bitmap information of the AP device.

Optionally, the join request includes a first request for requesting that the target AC device be online as a master AC device, and the target AC device is configured to operate as the master AC device when the AP device is online as the target AC device; or the join request includes a second request for requesting that the target AC device be online as a slave AC device, and the target AC device is configured to operate as the slave AC device when the AP device is online.

Optionally, the wireless access point configuring apparatus 100 may further include a connection establishing unit, configured to establish a CAPWAP connection between the target AC device and the AP device after the configuration of the AP device is completed.

It should be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the communication device 10 and the wireless access point configuration apparatus 100 described above may refer to the corresponding processes of the steps in the foregoing method, and will not be described in detail herein.

In this embodiment, the processing module 11 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capability. The processing module 11 may be a general-purpose processor. For example, the Processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Network Processor (NP), or the like; the method, the steps and the logic block diagram disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may also be implemented or executed by a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, a discrete Gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardware component. For example, the processing module 11 is configured to execute executable modules stored in the storage module 12, such as software functional modules and computer programs included in the wireless access point configuration apparatus 100.

The memory module 12 may be, but is not limited to, a random access memory, a read only memory, a programmable read only memory, an erasable programmable read only memory, an electrically erasable programmable read only memory, and the like. In this embodiment, the storage module 12 may be used to store bitmap information, decision components, and the like. Of course, the storage module 12 may also be used to store a program, and the processing module 11 executes the program after receiving the execution instruction.

The communication module 13 is configured to establish a communication connection between the communication device 10 and the AP device through a network, and to transmit and receive data through the network.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium. The readable storage medium has stored therein a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the wireless access point configuration method as described in the above embodiments.

From the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the present application can be implemented by hardware, or by software plus necessary general hardware, and based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.), and includes several instructions to make a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute the method described in the various implementation scenarios of the present application.

In summary, the present application provides a wireless access point configuration method, a wireless access point configuration device, a communication device, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: determining first bitmap information of configuration items of the AP equipment according to a joining request sent by the AP equipment, wherein the first bitmap information represents configuration identifiers of all the configuration items of the AP equipment by a target AC equipment; acquiring second bitmap information corresponding to the AP equipment in other AC equipment in the current network from the AP equipment, wherein the second bitmap information represents a configuration identifier of the other AC equipment on a configuration entry of the AP equipment; determining target bitmap information of the AP equipment based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information according to a decision component in the target AC equipment; and configuring the AP equipment according to the joining request and the target bitmap information. In the scheme, the AP equipment does not need to be manually configured on each AC equipment in the current network environment, and after the target bitmap information is determined by the decision-making component, the AP equipment can be configured on the AC equipment based on the target bitmap information, so that the workload and configuration errors of an administrator are reduced, and the configuration efficiency is improved.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A wireless access point configuration method applied to a target AC device, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the first bitmap information of the configuration entry of the AP device according to the join request sent by the AP device comprises:

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein before determining first bitmap information of a configuration entry of an AP device according to a join request sent by the AP device, at least one of the target AC device and the other AC devices stores designated bitmap information, and the designated bitmap information is bitmap information in which a designated configuration entry of the AP device is configured in advance by an AC device.

5. The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein determining, according to a decision component in the target AC device, target bitmap information for the AP device based on the first bitmap information and the second bitmap information comprises:

6. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

7. The method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the join request comprises a first request requesting that the target AC device be online as a master AC device, for the target AC device to operate as the master AC device when the AP device is online at the target AC device;

8. The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein configuring the AP device according to the join request and the target bitmap information comprises:

9. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:

10. A wireless access point configuration apparatus, applied to a target AC device, the apparatus comprising:

11. A communication device, characterized in that the communication device comprises a memory coupled to each other, a processor, a computer program being stored in the memory, which computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the communication device to carry out the method according to any one of claims 1-9.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out the method according to any one of claims 1-9.