WO2012079327A1

WO2012079327A1 - Mobile terminal and calculation method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2012079327A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/072844
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王涛; 齐丽娜
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-12-15
Filing date: 2011-04-15
Publication date: 2012-06-21
Also published as: CN102035941A

Abstract

A mobile terminal and calculation method thereof are provided in the present invention. The method includes that: the mobile terminal establishes a remote calculation connection with a calculation entity(101); the mobile terminal remotely invokes a calculation engine to calculate the data to be calculated through a distributed program interface of the calculation engine provided by the calculation entity, and receives the calculated results returned by the calculation entity(102). Through establishing a remote calculation connection between the mobile terminal and the calculation entity which has established wireless connection in the present invention, the calculation engine, which is implemented by the calculation entity based on the distributed manner, can be shared as a component to the mobile terminal for providing calculation to it; the calculation ability of the hardware resources, such as the CPU etc., in the calculation entity is actually obtained through remotely invoking the calculation engine of the calculation entity to work; and the calculation results returned by the calculation entity are received and presented. Not only the mobile terminal obtains high calculation ability, but also the power consumption is low; it does not need users to spend additional charge and does not need to install the additional client software, and the facility is enhanced.

Description

Mobile terminal and calculation method thereof

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a mobile terminal and a computing method thereof. Background technique

After entering the third generation mobile communication (3G) era, the functions of mobile terminals are becoming more and more abundant. The application software of the mobile terminal also tends to be large-scale and complicated, which in turn puts higher and higher requirements on the hardware configuration of the mobile terminal, especially the processing capability of the CPU. As a result, high-performance ARM processors and mobile application processors are beginning to become more widely used in mobile terminals, especially high-end, smart mobile terminals. However, while the processing performance of mobile terminals is improved, its power consumption will also increase. At the same time, due to the price factor of high-performance processors, the current situation of low-end, functional mobile terminals handling weak computing power has not been resolved.

In the prior art, cloud computing can be used: The mobile terminal accesses the 3G network or the Internet, and through the data center, the powerful computing and storage capabilities provided by the distributed processing are obtained. However, the method needs to occupy the bandwidth of the communication network, and the user's tariff is high; and in order to maintain the connection of the network, the radio part of the mobile terminal also needs to consume a large amount of power. Summary of the invention

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a calculation method thereof, which can improve self processing performance and reduce power consumption.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is achieved as follows:

A mobile terminal computing method, the method comprising:

The mobile terminal establishes a remote computing connection with the computing entity;

The mobile terminal remotely adjusts the distributed program interface of the calculation engine provided by the computing entity. Calculating the data to be calculated by the calculation engine, and receiving the calculation result returned by the calculation entity.

Further, the method further includes:

The mobile terminal searches for a computing entity by using a short-range wireless communication method;

The mobile terminal sends a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, and upon receiving the agreed access information returned by the computing entity, establishes a wireless connection with the computing entity.

The mobile terminal establishes a remote computing connection with the computing entity as:

The mobile terminal starts its own remote client terminal module, remotely logs in to the computing entity; starts its own transmission adaptation task sub-module, and completes the establishment of a remote computing connection with the computing entity.

Further, after the mobile terminal establishes a remote computing connection with the computing entity, the method further includes:

After the mobile terminal receives the remote computing selection information input by the user, the remote computing engine mode is enabled;

The coprocessor software task is stopped, the data communication of the CPU of the mobile terminal and the coprocessor is cut off, and the coprocessor is put to sleep.

The mobile terminal remotely invokes the calculation engine to calculate the data by using a distributed program interface of the calculation engine provided by the computing entity to:

The mobile terminal starts its own virtual coprocessor task module, receives the data block to be calculated and the processing command sent by the CPU, and sends the buffer to the remote computing engine task module; the mobile terminal starts the remote computing engine task module, The processing command sent by the virtual coprocessor task module is converted into a remote calling command to the computing engine distributed program interface, and the remote calling command is bound and packaged with the data block sent by the virtual coprocessor task module. , sending the data packet to the transmission adaptation task sub-module;

The transmission adaptation task sub-module performs wireless protocol data format conversion on the received data packet. After being processed, the wireless task module sent to the mobile terminal is sent by the wireless task module of the mobile terminal to the wireless task module of the computing entity.

Further, the method further includes:

When the mobile terminal detects that the remote computing connection is disconnected, the remote computing engine mode is switched to the local computing engine mode, and the virtual coprocessor task module, the remote client terminal module, the remote computing engine task module, and the transmission adaptation task are closed. Module, and wake up the coprocessor of the mobile terminal, start the coprocessor software task.

A mobile terminal, including a wireless task module, a CPU, and a coprocessor task module, wherein the mobile terminal further includes: a remote computing connection module, and a remote computing engine task module;

a remote computing connection module for establishing a remote computing connection with a computing entity;

a remote computing engine task module, configured to remotely invoke the computing engine to calculate the data to be calculated by using a distributed program interface of the computing engine provided by the computing entity;

a wireless task module, configured to receive a calculation result returned by the computing entity.

Further, the wireless task module is specifically configured to search for a computing entity, send a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, and after receiving the agreed access information returned by the computing entity, establish a wireless with the computing entity. connection.

Further, the remote computing connection module includes a remote client terminal module and a transmission adaptation task sub-module;

a remote client terminal module, configured to remotely log in to the computing entity;

The transmission adaptation task sub-module is configured to receive a data packet sent by the remote client terminal module, communicate with the wireless task module, and complete establishment of a remote computing connection with the computing entity.

Further, the CPU is configured to: after receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, enable the remote computing engine mode, stop the coprocessor software task of the mobile terminal, cut off the data communication between the CPU and the coprocessor, and The coprocessor is put to sleep. Further, the mobile terminal further includes: a virtual coprocessor task module, configured to receive a data block and a processing command to be calculated sent by the CPU, and send the buffer to the remote computing engine task module;

The remote computing engine task module is configured to convert the processing command sent by the virtual coprocessor task module into a remote calling command to the computing engine distributed program interface, and send the remote calling command and the virtual coprocessor task module. The data block is bound and packaged, and the data packet is sent to the transmission adaptation task sub-module;

After the transmission adaptation task sub-module converts the received data packet into a wireless protocol data format, the wireless task module sent to the mobile terminal is sent by the wireless task module of the mobile terminal to the wireless task module of the computing entity.

Further, the CPU is further configured to: when detecting that the remote computing connection of the remote computing connection module is disconnected, switch the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, close the remote computing connection module, the virtual coprocessor task module, and Remotely compute the engine task module and wake up the coprocessor and start the coprocessor software task.

The mobile terminal provided by the present invention and the calculation method thereof, establish a remote computing connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity that has established the wireless connection, and share the computing entity as a component to the mobile terminal by using a computing entity based on the distributed computing The terminal provides a calculation engine; the data to be calculated by the mobile terminal is calculated by the computing program's distributed program interface provided by the computing entity, and the computing engine is remotely called to calculate the calculated data, and the calculation result returned by the computing entity is received, and the calculation result is performed. Presented. In this way, not only can the mobile terminal obtain higher computing power, thereby improving the performance of the mobile terminal; and the power consumption is small, the user does not need to spend extra cost, saves cost, and does not need to install additional client software, and improves. Ease of use. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flow chart of a computing method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a processing flow of a specific embodiment of a mobile terminal computing method according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal of the present invention. detailed description

The basic idea of the present invention is: establishing a remote computing connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity; the mobile terminal will process the data to be calculated, and calculate the data to be calculated by the remote computing engine through the distributed program interface of the computing engine provided by the computing entity. And receive the result of the calculation returned by the computing entity.

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a flow of a computing method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: The mobile terminal establishes a remote computing connection with the computing entity.

Specifically, the mobile terminal remotely logs into a computing entity that has established a wireless connection with the mobile terminal by starting a remote client terminal module of its own remote computing connection module; and then starts a transmission adaptation task sub-module of its own remote computing connection module, At this point, the remote computing connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is established.

Step 102: The mobile terminal remotely invokes a computing engine of the computing entity by calculating a distributed program interface of the computing engine provided by the entity, calculates the data to be calculated, and receives the calculation result returned by the computing entity;

Specifically, the mobile terminal converts the to-be-processed command into a remote call command to the computing engine distributed program interface, binds to the data block to be processed, and then packages it to be sent to the computing entity through its own wireless task module, and is shared by the computing entity. The calculation engine performs the calculation and receives the calculation result returned by the calculation entity for presentation.

FIG. 2 shows a process flow of a specific embodiment of a mobile terminal computing method according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the embodiment includes the following steps:

Step 1: The mobile terminal receives a request for opening a close wireless connection input by the user, and starts its own Short-range wireless connection;

The short-range wireless connection of the mobile terminal can be Bluetooth, WIFI, wireless USB, and the like.

Step 2: The computing entity turns on its own short-range wireless connection;

In this step, the computing entity may calculate a powerful device for a computer or the like; specifically, when the computing entity receives the open short-range wireless connection request input by the user, it opens its own short-range wireless connection.

In addition, it should be understood that the computing entity in this step refers to: a computing entity located in the effective range of the short-range wireless connection of the mobile terminal, and steps 1 and 2 are indistinguishable in implementation.

Steps 3 to 4, the mobile terminal searches for a computing entity in the neighboring area by using a short-range wireless communication manner, and sends a wireless connection request to the computing entity when searching for the computing entity;

Specifically, the mobile terminal searches for a computing entity within the effective range of its own close wireless connection; when searching for a computing entity that also turns on the close wireless connection, a wireless connection request can be sent to the computing entity.

Steps 5-6: The computing entity verifies the received wireless connection request, and when the verification passes, returns the consent access information to the mobile terminal, and the wireless connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is completed.

Specifically, in this step, the verification of the wireless connection request by the computing entity further includes: determining, according to the operation status of the mobile terminal, whether to agree to the access request of the mobile terminal, and when not agreeing, returning the disagreement access information to the a mobile terminal; wherein, when the computing entity has a high CPU usage rate and a large number of running processes, the computing entity returns a disagreement with the access information to the mobile terminal; conversely, when the computing entity uses the CPU in a good state If the number of running processes is not too large, the computing entity returns the consent access information to the mobile terminal.

Step 7, the mobile terminal starts its own remote computing connection module, and the computing entity starts its own terminal server module, and the remote computing connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity is established; Specifically, in this step, the mobile terminal first starts a remote client terminal module of the remote computing connection module, and the remote client terminal module can be implemented by using a virtualization technology, such as Microsoft's remote application technology, so that When the terminal remotely logs in to the computing entity, the desktop of the computing entity does not need to be displayed on the mobile terminal, thereby eliminating the need to transfer a large amount of display data required for computing the desktop image of the entity to the mobile terminal, thereby facilitating the implementation; and then starting the remote computing connection module. The transmission adaptation task sub-module receives the data sent by the remote client terminal module and establishes a connection with the wireless task module of the mobile terminal to complete the communication task with the computing entity.

The computing entity starts the terminal server module, performs setting of a related environment such as a distributed component service, and shares the computing engine based on the distributed implementation as a component to the mobile terminal as a computing engine of the mobile terminal; specifically, adding the mobile terminal In the distributed component service, a remote computing engine is added to the distributed component service. At this time, the shared computing engine is displayed in the application list of the mobile terminal, and correspondingly, the displayed computing engine is available to the mobile terminal. Shared use.

Step 8. After receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, the mobile terminal enables the remote computing engine mode;

Specifically, in this step, the application computing module of the mobile terminal provides the user with a calculation engine mode selection function, which includes a local computing engine mode and a remote computing engine mode; when the mobile terminal receives the remote computing selection information, the mobile terminal switches to the remote terminal. The calculation engine mode, when further receiving the remote calculation engine selection information input by the user according to the application menu provided by the mobile terminal, stopping the coprocessor software task, cutting off the data communication between the internal coprocessor and the CPU; meanwhile, To save power consumption of the mobile terminal, the coprocessor can be placed in a sleep state.

Step 9~10, the mobile terminal starts the virtual coprocessor task module, receives the to-be-calculated data block and the pending command sent by the CPU, and starts the remote computing engine task module, and the data block and the The command buffer is sent to the remote computing engine task module, and the remote computing engine task module passes the data to be calculated through the distributed program interface of the remote computing engine, and calls the computing engine to perform calculation;

Specifically, after the mobile terminal starts the virtual coprocessor task module, the virtual coprocessor task module can continuously receive the data block to be calculated and the processing command sent by the CPU, perform buffer processing, and the like, and send the message to the remote computing engine task module. At the same time, the mobile terminal starts the remote computing engine task module, and the remote computing engine task module receives the data block and the processing command sent by the virtual co-processing task module, and converts the command into a remote calling command; specifically, the remote computing engine task module will be virtualized The processing command sent by the coprocessor task module is converted into a remote calling command to the computing engine distributed program interface, and the remote calling command is bound and packaged with the data block sent by the virtual coprocessor task module, and the data is packed. The packet is sent to the transmission adaptation task sub-module; the transmission adaptation task sub-module converts the received data packet into a wireless protocol data format, and then sends the data to the wireless task module, and the wireless task module sends the data to the computing entity.

Step 11~12, the computing entity's own wireless task module sends the received data to the computing engine; the computing engine performs local computing, and returns the calculation result to the mobile terminal;

Specifically, in this step, the wireless task module of the computing entity performs format conversion on the received data to obtain a data packet including the data block to be calculated and the to-be-processed command, and sends the data packet to the calculation engine; the calculation engine extracts the data packet. Processing commands and data blocks, calling local CPU, graphics card and other hardware resources for calculation, and returning calculation results to the mobile terminal.

Step 13: The mobile terminal receives and presents the calculation result.

Specifically, the wireless task module of the mobile terminal sends the received data to the transmission adaptation task sub-module, and the transmission adaptation task sub-module converts the data of the wireless protocol data format into a data format that can be processed by the virtual coprocessor task module. And sending the converted data to the virtual coprocessor task module, and the virtual coprocessor task module buffers the received data, and then provides the final data to the application software of the mobile terminal, through the application. Software tuning Use the mobile terminal's local LCD LCD, speakers, headphones and other hardware to present the effect.

In addition, when the CPU of the mobile terminal detects that the remote computing connection between the mobile terminal and the computing entity established in step 7 is disconnected, the remote computing engine mode is switched to the local computing engine mode, and the virtual coprocessor task module is closed. a remote client task sub-module, a remote computing engine task module, and a transmission adaptation task sub-module, etc., and start a coprocessor software task to wake up the coprocessor; wherein the remote computing connection disconnection may be a termination remote receiving the user input The message of the engine mode is calculated, or it is detected that the mobile terminal is not in the service scope of the computing entity, or the computing entity terminates providing services to the mobile terminal.

3 shows the composition of the mobile terminal of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal includes: a wireless task module 31, a CPU 32 and a coprocessor task module 33, a remote computing connection module 34, and a virtual coprocessor. a task module 35, and a remote computing engine task module 36; wherein the wireless task module 31 is configured to receive a calculation result returned by the computing entity;

a remote computing connection module 34, configured to establish a remote computing connection with the computing entity;

The virtual coprocessor task module 35 is configured to receive the data to be calculated sent by the CPU 32, perform buffer processing, and send the data to the remote computing engine task module 36;

The remote computing engine task module 36 is configured to remotely invoke the computing engine to calculate the data to be calculated by using a distributed program interface of the computing engine provided by the computing entity.

Further, the wireless task module 31 is specifically configured to search for a computing entity, and send a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, and after receiving the agreed access information returned by the computing entity, establishing a computing entity with the computing entity Wireless connections.

Further, the remote computing connection module 34 includes a remote client terminal module 341 and a transmission adaptation task sub-module 342;

a remote client terminal module 341, configured to remotely log in to the computing entity;

The transmission adaptation task sub-module 342 is configured to receive the data packet sent by the remote client terminal module 341, communicate with the wireless task module 31, and complete establishment of a remote computing connection with the computing entity. The computing entity starts its own terminal server module, performs related environment settings such as distributed component services, and shares the computing engine based on the distributed implementation as a component to the mobile terminal, and serves as a computing engine of the mobile terminal; specifically, adding The mobile terminal is added to the distributed component service, and the remote computing engine is added to the distributed component service. At this time, the shared remote computing engine is displayed in the application list of the mobile terminal, and correspondingly, the displayed calculation is performed. The engine can be shared by mobile terminals.

Further, the CPU 32 is configured to: after receiving the remote computing selection information input by the user, enable the remote computing engine mode, stop the coprocessor software task of the coprocessor task module 33 of the mobile terminal, and cut off the coprocessing of the mobile terminal. The coprocessor of the task module 33 and the data communication of the CPU 32 put the coprocessor into a sleep state.

Further, the virtual coprocessor task module 35 is specifically configured to receive the data block to be calculated and the processing command sent by the CPU 32, perform buffer processing, and send the data to the remote computing engine task module 36;

The remote computing engine task module 36 is configured to convert the processing command sent by the virtual coprocessor task module 35 into a remote calling command to the computing engine distributed program interface, and the remote calling command and the virtual coprocessor task module 35 The sent data block is bound and packaged, and the data packet is sent to the transport adaptation task sub-module 342.

After the transmission adaptation task sub-module 342 converts the received data packet into a wireless protocol data format, the wireless task module 31 sent to the mobile terminal is sent by the wireless task module 31 of the mobile terminal to the wireless task module of the computing entity.

After the calculation engine of the computing entity is calculated by using hardware such as the CPU, the calculation result is returned to the mobile terminal by the wireless task module of the computing entity, and the wireless task module 31 of the mobile terminal receives the calculation result, and then receives the calculation result. The received data is sent to the transmission adaptation task sub-module 342, and the transmission adaptation task sub-module 342 converts the data in the wireless protocol data format into a data format that the virtual co-processor task module 35 can process, and then sends the converted data to the data format. Virtual The pseudo-coprocessor task module 35 is configured to perform buffer acceleration processing on the received data by the virtual coprocessor task module 35, and then provide the final data to the application software of the mobile terminal, and call the mobile terminal locally through the application software. LCD LCD, speakers, headphones and other hardware rendering effects.

Further, the CPU 32 is further configured to detect that the remote computing engine mode is switched to the local computing engine mode when the remote computing connection connection of the remote computing connection module 34 is disconnected, and the remote computing connection module 34 and the virtual coprocessor task are closed. The module 35, and the remote computing engine task module 36, and the coprocessor task module 33 are started, specifically to wake up the coprocessor, and start the coprocessor software task.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for calculating a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

The mobile terminal remotely invokes the calculation engine to calculate the calculated data through a distributed program interface of the calculation engine provided by the computing entity, and receives the calculation result returned by the computing entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: before establishing the remote computing connection, the method further comprising:

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal establishes a remote computing connection with the computing entity as:

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein after the mobile terminal establishes a remote computing connection with the computing entity, the method further includes:

The method according to claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal remotely invokes the calculation engine to calculate the data by using a distributed program interface of the calculation engine provided by the computing entity to: The mobile terminal starts its own virtual coprocessor task module, receives the data block to be calculated and the processing command sent by the CPU, and sends the buffer to the remote computing engine task module.

The mobile terminal starts the remote computing engine task module, converts the processing command sent by the virtual coprocessor task module into a remote calling command to the computing engine distributed program interface, and the remote calling command and the virtual association The data block sent by the processor task module is bound and packaged, and the data packet is sent to its own transmission adaptation task sub-module;

The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises: when the mobile terminal detects that the remote computing connection is disconnected, switching the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, and shutting down its own virtual co-processing The task module, the remote client terminal module, the remote computing engine task module, and the transmission adaptation task sub-module, and wake up the coprocessor of the mobile terminal to start the coprocessor software task.

A mobile terminal, comprising a wireless task module, a CPU, and a coprocessor task module, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises: a remote computing connection module, and a remote computing engine task module;

The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the wireless task module is specifically configured to search for a computing entity, and send a wireless connection request to the searched computing entity, when receiving the consent returned by the computing entity After accessing the information, a wireless connection is established with the computing entity.

The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the remote computing connection module comprises a remote client terminal module and a transmission adaptation task sub-module;

The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the CPU is configured to: after receiving the remote calculation selection information input by the user, enable the remote calculation engine mode, and stop the co-processing of the mobile terminal. Software tasks, shutting down data communication between the CPU and the coprocessor, and putting the coprocessor into a sleep state.

The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises: a virtual coprocessor task module, configured to receive a data block and a processing command to be calculated sent by the CPU, and buffer processing After being sent to the remote computing engine task module;

The remote computing engine task module is specifically configured to convert the processing command sent by the virtual coprocessor task module into a remote calling command to the computing engine distributed program interface, and send the remote calling command and the virtual coprocessor task module. The data block is bound and packaged, and the data packet is sent to the transmission adaptation task sub-module;

The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the CPU is further configured to: when detecting that the remote computing connection of the remote computing connection module is disconnected, switch the remote computing engine mode to the local computing engine mode, and close The remote computing connection module, the virtual coprocessor task module, and the remote computing engine task module, and wake up the coprocessor, start the coprocessor software task.