WO2012097610A1

WO2012097610A1 - Method for automatically searching links with multi-uplink-mode and home gateway thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2012097610A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/080628
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李慧; 彭凯; 何宝林; 毕明达; 孙亚权
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-01-17
Filing date: 2011-10-11
Publication date: 2012-07-26
Also published as: CN102594735B; CN102594735A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for automatically searching links with multi-uplink-mode and a home gateway thereof. The method comprises: monitoring lower layer links with multi-uplink-mode on the internal network side when a current uplink-mode is not determined; initiating external network connection configuration and application of said uplink-mode when it is monitored that a lower layer link with optional uplink-mode is successfully set up, wherein said application comprises the pre-set essential application for the home gateway; dialing-up said external network connections of applications with uplink-mode respectively and determiningsaid uplink-mode as the current uplink-mode if the external network connection of said essential application is successfully dialed.

Description

Home gateway and method for realizing automatic detection of multiple uplink mode links

Technical field

The invention relates to a new multi-uplink mode automatic probe mode, which can enable the home gateway to automatically detect the uplink mode. The invention belongs to the field of broadband network technology. Background technique

At present, in many areas, the user's home wiring is different, or the user's home wiring changes. Therefore, the single-upgrade home gateway product is no longer suitable, and it is necessary to change the home gateway products of different uplink modes.

At present, many telecom operators have demand, and a home gateway product is required to support multiple uplink modes. This scenario can reduce the cost of operators and unconditionally stock up the equipment of some common uplink methods. In order to facilitate the telecommunication operators to stock up, a cargo can meet the wiring situation of different home users, and a method for realizing automatic detection of multiple uplink links is proposed. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a system and method for implementing multi-uplink automatic probing in a home gateway.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a method for implementing automatic detection of a multi-uplink mode, which is applied to a home gateway supporting multiple uplink modes, and the method includes:

When the currently used uplink mode is not determined, the bottom layer link of the multiple uplink modes on the intranet side is monitored; when the bottom layer link of the uplink mode that can be selected for use is successfully established, the selectable uplink mode is enabled. The network connection configuration and application, the application includes a basic application preset by the home gateway;

The external network connection of each application in the uplink mode can be dialed on the Internet respectively. If the external network connection of the basic application is successfully dialed, the uplink mode that can be selected for use is determined as the current uplink mode.

Preferably, When the currently used uplink mode is not determined, the external network connection configuration and application of one or more uplink modes that the underlying link has been established are periodically enabled;

The external network connection of each application of the one or more uplink modes of the underlying link is respectively dialed on the Internet. If the external network connection of the basic application in the uplink mode is successfully dialed, the uplink that is the first to be successfully dialed is successfully performed. The mode is determined as the currently used uplink mode.

Preferably, the method further includes:

When the external network connection of each application in the uplink mode can be dialed, if the external network connection of the basic application fails to be dialed, the current uplink mode is not determined.

Preferably, the method further includes:

When the currently used uplink mode has been determined, the intranet side continues to monitor the underlying link of the currently used uplink mode, and if the underlying link of the currently used uplink mode is detected to be disconnected, the currently used The uplink mode is set to undetermined.

Preferably, the method further includes:

When the currently used uplink mode is determined, if there is an underlying link that is not established in the uplink mode, the underlying link is closed; if there is a configuration and application that is not currently used in the uplink mode, the system is closed. The configuration and application; if there is an external network connection that is not currently used in the uplink mode, the external network connection is closed.

Preferably, when the external network connection of each application of the uplink mode is separately dialed, the external network connection of the basic application is dialed first, for example, the dialing is successful, and the external network connection of other applications is dialed again.

Preferably,

If the current uplink mode is not determined, if the underlying link of multiple uplink modes that can be selected for use is successfully established, it is processed as follows:

Performing the online dialing of the plurality of uplink mode external network connections in sequence, or enabling the external network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode before connecting the uplink mode to the external network connection; if an uplink mode is basically applied The external network connection is successfully dialed first, and the uplink mode in which the first dialing is successful is determined as the currently used uplink mode. Preferably, the method further includes:

Pre-configured or configured by the user to select a plurality of uplink mode priorities; wherein, when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the underlying link of the multiple uplink modes that can be selected for use is successfully established, The priority order sequentially performs the online dialing of the plurality of uplink mode external network connections.

Preferably,

The uplink mode that can be selectively used is the default of all the uplink modes supported by the home gateway, and the uplink network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode are enabled when the uplink link of any uplink mode is successfully established.

The optional uplink mode is pre-configured in the product or configured by the user. When the uplink link of the uplink mode is successfully established, it is determined whether the uplink mode configured for the uplink mode is selected, and if yes, Enable the external network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode.

The invention also provides a home gateway capable of realizing automatic detection of multiple uplink modes, comprising a plurality of underlying link driver modules, an automatic probing policy module, and a wide area network (WAN) configuration module; each of the underlying link driver modules, respectively The device is configured to monitor an underlying link of an uplink mode on the intranet side and report the successfully established or disconnected link to the automatic probing policy module.

The automatic probing policy module includes a message processing unit and an uplink mode determining unit: the message processing unit is configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the uplink mode of the uplink mode that is selectable to be used is successfully established, The message is reported to notify the WAN configuration module to enable the external network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode;

The uplink mode determining unit is configured to: when the uplink mode of the basic application in the uplink mode is successfully dialed, the uplink mode is determined to be the currently used uplink mode;

The WAN configuration processing module includes:

The enabling unit is configured to: enable the external network connection configuration and application of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic probing policy module;

Connection unit, which is set to: dial the Internet connection of each application of the enabled uplink mode No., and the dialing result is notified to the automatic probing policy module.

Preferably, the automatic profiling policy module further includes: a timing notification unit, configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, periodically notify the WAN configuration processing module to enable one or more of the following establishments of the underlying link Uplink external network connection configuration and application.

Preferably, the uplink mode determining unit is further configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the external network connection dialing of the basic application of the uplink mode that is selectable to be used is failed, the current uplink mode is maintained as Not determined.

Preferably, the message processing unit is further configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is determined, if the message of the underlying link disconnection of the currently used uplink mode is received, the currently used uplink mode is set to Not determined.

Preferably,

The automatic profiling policy module further includes: a shutting down unit, configured to: notify the corresponding underlying link driving module if there is an underlying link that is not currently used in the uplink mode when the currently used uplink mode is determined Close the underlying link; if there is a configuration and application that is not currently used in the uplink mode, notify the WAN configuration module to close the configuration and application; if there is an external network connection that is not currently used in the uplink mode, notify the WAN The configuration module closes the external network connection; the bottom link driver module is further configured to: close the underlying link of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic probing policy module;

The enabling unit is further configured to: close the external network connection configuration and application of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic probing policy module;

The connecting unit is further configured to: close the external network connection of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic probing policy module.

Preferably, the message processing unit is further configured to: default all the uplink modes supported by the home gateway to the selectable uplink mode; or: use one or more uplink modes configured in advance as the selectable The way to use the uplink.

The above-mentioned home gateway and the multi-uplink automatic probing method are implemented, and a home gateway can be prepared to meet the wiring situation of different home users, and multi-uplink automatic probing can also be realized. It reduces the time loss, reduces the complexity of manual configuration of the home gateway, realizes automatic switching of multiple uplinks in the home gateway, and improves the speed of uplink switching. BRIEF abstract

1 is a functional architecture diagram of a home gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a main flow chart of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of state transition of an DSL, ETH uplink automatic probe according to an application example of the present invention. Preferred embodiment of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

The embodiment provides a home gateway capable of realizing multi-uplink automatic detection. As shown in FIG. 1 , the system includes multiple link driving modules, an automatic probing policy module, and a WAN configuration module, where: each underlying link driving module , respectively, are set to: monitor the underlying link of the uplink mode on the intranet side and report the successfully established or disconnected message to the automatic probe policy module; or may be set to notify according to the automatic probe policy module Close the underlying link of the corresponding uplink mode.

The automatic probing strategy module further includes:

The message processing unit is configured to: notify the wide area network (WAN) configuration module to enable the uplink when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if a message reporting that the uplink mode of the uplink mode is successfully selected is received, The external network connection configuration and application of the mode; when the currently used uplink mode is determined, if the message of the underlying link disconnection of the currently used uplink mode is received, the currently used uplink mode is determined to be undetermined. . The message processing unit may default all the uplink modes supported by the home gateway to the selectable uplink mode; or use one or more uplink modes configured in advance as the uplink mode that can be used.

The uplink mode determining unit is configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the external network connection of the basic application of the certain uplink mode is successfully dialed, the uplink mode is determined to be the currently used uplink mode; When the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the external network connection dialing of the basic application of an uplink mode is known to be failed, the uplink mode currently used is not determined. The timing notification unit is configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, periodically notify the WAN configuration processing module to enable one or more uplink mode external network connection configurations and applications that have been established on the underlying link. This unit is optional.

The unit is closed, and is set to: when the currently used uplink mode is determined, if there is an underlying link that is not established in the uplink mode, the corresponding underlying link driver module is notified to close the underlying link; If the currently configured uplink mode enabled configuration and application, the WAN configuration module is notified to close the configuration and application; if there is an external network connection that is not currently used, the WAN configuration module is notified to close the external network connection. This unit is optional.

The WAN configuration processing module further includes:

The enabling unit is configured to: enable the external network connection configuration and application of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic probing policy module; or be configured to close the external network connection configuration of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic probing policy module application.

The connection unit is configured to: dial the Internet connection of the external network connection of each application in the enabled uplink mode, and notify the automatic discovery policy module of the dialing result. It can also be set to close the external network connection according to the notification of the automatic probe policy module.

The method for implementing the multi-uplink automatic detection in the home gateway provided in this embodiment is as shown in FIG. 2, and includes:

Step 110: When the currently used uplink mode is not determined, monitor the bottom link of multiple uplink modes on the intranet side;

Step 120: When the uplink link of the uplink mode is selected to be successfully established, the external network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode are enabled, and the application includes a basic application preset by the home gateway.

Step 130: The external network connection of each application in the uplink mode is respectively dialed on the Internet. If the external network connection of the basic application is successfully dialed, the uplink mode is determined as the currently used uplink mode.

In this step, when the external network connection of each application is dialed on the Internet respectively, the external network connection of the basic application is first. Dial the dialing, if the dialing is successful, the external network connection of other applications is dialed on the Internet.

If the external network connection of each application in the uplink mode is dial-up, and the external network connection of the basic application fails to be dialed, the current uplink mode is not determined. In this case, the external network connection configuration and application of one or more uplink modes that have been established on the underlying link can be enabled periodically, and the external network connection of each application in the uplink mode is respectively dialed on the Internet, and if there is an uplink application, Preferably, when the currently used uplink mode is determined, if there is an underlying link that is not currently used in the uplink mode, the lower layer link is closed; if there is a configuration that is not currently used, the uplink mode is enabled. And the application closes the configuration and the application; if there is an external network connection that is not currently used in the uplink mode, the external network connection is closed.

In a scenario where a home gateway can access multiple uplink modes at the same time, if the current uplink mode is not determined, if the underlying link of multiple uplink modes that can be selected for use is successfully established, it can be processed as follows:

Performing the online dialing of the plurality of uplink mode external network connections in sequence, or performing an uplink network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode before the uplink mode is connected to the external network; if a certain uplink mode is basically applied The external network connection is successfully dialed first, and the uplink mode is determined as the currently used uplink mode.

Preferably, the priority order of the multiple uplink modes that can be selected and used by the user may be pre-configured or configured by the user; if the uplink mode of the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the underlying link of the multiple uplink modes that can be selected for use is successfully established, Performing online dialing of the plurality of uplink mode external network connections in sequence according to the priority order.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with application examples.

Application example one

This example describes the implementation of multi-uplink automatic probing by taking an example of automatic detection of the uplink mode by the home gateway supporting the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and Ethernet (EtherNet, ETH) uplink modes. Two uplink modes are configured in the home gateway, DSL uplink and ETH uplink, and the initial state of the uplink is an undetermined (SPOOF UP) state. The home gateway can automatically detect which uplink wiring environment to access. Please refer to the uplink state transition shown in FIG. 3 at the same time.

If the home gateway is connected to the DSL cabling environment:

When the home gateway is connected to the DSL cabling environment, the DSL link driver module reports the link UP message. After the automatic probe policy module receives the notification, the WAN configuration module is notified to prepare the WAN connection configuration dial in the DSL uplink. SPOOF UP status;

If the home gateway successfully dials the Internet through the basic application of the DSL uplink WAN connection, the uplink state is set to the DSL state, and the service in the DSL uplink configuration is run at this time; the basic application may be preset in the home gateway, for example, To browse the web. At this time, if another application of the DSL, such as the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) external network connection, is successfully dialed, and the external network connection for browsing the webpage is unsuccessful, the uplink state cannot be set to the DSL state.

When the uplink status is DSL status, if the DSL link is disconnected at this time, the home gateway resets the uplink status to the SPOOF UP state.

If the home gateway is connected to the ETH cabling environment:

When the home gateway accesses the ETH cabling environment, the ETH link driver module reports the link UP message. After receiving the automatic probe policy module, the WAN configuration module notifies the WAN configuration module to prepare the WAN connection configuration dialing in the ETH uplink. For the SPOOF UP status;

If the product is successfully dialed through the basic application of the ETH uplink WAN, the uplink state of the product is set to the ETH state, and the service in the ETH uplink configuration is run.

When the uplink state is set to the ETH state, if the ETH link is disconnected at this time, the home gateway resets the uplink state to the SPOOF UP state.

If the home gateway accesses both the DSL cabling and the ETH cabling:

When the home gateway uplink state is the SPOOF UP state, if multiple uplinks are simultaneously accessed, the home gateway will try to enable these available links to view the basic applications on these links. Whether the connection can be dialed successfully. The link that the basic application first dials successfully will be determined as the currently used uplink mode until the link is disconnected.

In this scenario, when the uplink status of the home gateway is set to the DSL state, if ETH If the WAN connection and the related application in the ETH uplink are not closed, the automatic probe policy module can notify the WAN configuration module to close all WAN connections and related services in the ETH uplink, and notify the ETH link driver module to close the ETH link. Similarly, when the uplink state is set to the ETH state, the automatic probing policy module can notify the WAN configuration module to close all WAN connections and related services in the DSL uplink; and notify the DSL link driver module to close the DSL link.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program instructing the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Optionally, all or part of the steps of the foregoing embodiments may also be implemented by using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may use software functions. The form of the module is implemented. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

The above-mentioned home gateway and the multi-uplink automatic probing method are implemented, and a home gateway can be used to meet the wiring situation of different home users, and multi-uplink automatic probing can be realized, reducing time loss and reducing the home gateway. The complexity of manual configuration enables automatic switching of multiple uplinks in the home gateway, which improves the speed of uplink switching.

Claims

Claim

A method for implementing automatic detection of a multi-uplink link is applied to a home gateway supporting multiple uplinks, and the method includes:

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

When the currently used uplink mode is not determined, the external network connection configuration and application of one or more uplink modes that the underlying link has been established are periodically enabled;

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, the method further comprising:

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

5. The method of claim 1 or 4, the method further comprising:

When the currently used uplink mode has been determined, if there is a non-currently used uplink mode established The underlying link is closed, and the underlying link is closed; if there is a configuration and an application that is not currently used in the uplink mode, the configuration and application are closed; if there is an external network connection that is not currently used in the uplink mode, Close the external network connection.

6. The method of claim 1 or 2 or 4, wherein:

When the external network connection of each application in the uplink mode is separately dialed, the external network connection of the basic application is dialed first, for example, the dialing is successful, and the external network connection of other applications is dialed.

7. The method of claim 1 or 2 or 4, wherein:

Performing the online dialing of the plurality of uplink mode external network connections in sequence, or enabling the external network connection configuration and application of the uplink mode before connecting the uplink mode to the external network connection; if an uplink mode is basically applied The external network connection is successfully dialed first, and the uplink mode in which the first dialing is successful is determined as the currently used uplink mode.

8. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

9. The method of claim 1 wherein:

10. A home gateway capable of automatically detecting multiple uplink links, comprising a plurality of underlying link driver modules, an automatic probing policy module, and a wide area network (WAN) configuration module;

Each of the underlying link driver modules is configured to monitor an underlying link of an uplink mode on the intranet side and report the successfully established or disconnected link to the automatic probe policy module;

The WAN configuration processing module includes:

The connection unit is configured to: perform an Internet dialing on the external network connection of each application in the enabled uplink mode, and notify the automatic discovery policy module of the dialing result.

11. The home gateway of claim 10, wherein:

The automatic profiling policy module further includes: a timing notification unit, configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, periodically notify the WAN configuration processing module to enable one or more uplink modes that have been established by the underlying link External network connection configuration and application.

12. The home gateway of claim 10 or 11, wherein:

The uplink mode determining unit is further configured to: when the currently used uplink mode is not determined, if the external network connection dialing of the basic application of the uplink mode that is selectable is obtained, the uplink mode that is currently used is maintained as undetermined.

13. The home gateway of claim 10, wherein:

The message processing unit is further configured to: when the currently used uplink mode has been determined, If the message of the underlying link disconnection of the currently used uplink mode is reported, the currently used uplink mode is set to be undetermined.

14. The home gateway of claim 10 or 13, wherein:

The automatic profiling policy module further includes: a shutting down unit, configured to: notify the corresponding underlying link driving module if there is an underlying link that is not currently used in the uplink mode when the currently used uplink mode is determined Close the underlying link; if there is a configuration and application that is not currently used in the uplink mode, notify the WAN configuration module to close the configuration and application; if there is an external network connection that is not currently used in the uplink mode, notify the WAN The configuration module closes the external network connection;

The underlying link driver module is further configured to: close the underlying link of the corresponding uplink mode according to the notification of the automatic profiling policy module;

15. The home gateway according to claim 10, wherein

The message processing unit is further configured to: default all the uplink modes supported by the home gateway to the uplink mode that can be selected to be used; or use one or more uplink modes that are pre-configured as the selectable uplink. the way.