WO2012119416A1

WO2012119416A1 - Method for testing electronic device, and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2012119416A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/078902
Authority: WO
Inventors: 傅振
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2011-08-25
Filing date: 2011-08-25
Publication date: 2012-09-13
Also published as: CN102369684A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for testing an electronic device and an electronic device. The method includes: generating a detection message for testing an electronic device; controlling the detection message to successively pass through various function units in the electronic device by way of the resources reserved by the electronic device when running for establishing data message transmission paths; and checking the detection message after it has successively passed through the various function units in the electronic device so as to detect the operation status of the electronic device. By way of the present invention, the operation status of the electronic device can be fully and automatically detected.

Description

Method and electronic device for detecting electronic equipment

The present invention relates to the field of electronic communications, and in particular, to a method and an electronic device for detecting electronic devices. Background technique

The large and complex communication system is composed of a large number of communication electronic devices. Each communication electronic device is composed of a large number of functional units, and each functional unit is divided and cooperated to complete the processing of voice and data services of the communication system. There are hundreds of hardware devices distributed on each functional unit. The device itself inevitably has some failure, and over time, device failure issues may be more easily exposed. When a communication device is used in a large amount, there is no guarantee that all devices on each functional unit will remain in a normal operation state, and the device may have a hard failure that is permanently ineffective, or a soft failure that may accidentally fail. Regardless of the type of failure, if it is not discovered in time and effective measures are taken, it will ultimately affect the communication network operation indicators and user experience. In particular, if a functional unit at a critical interface location fails, it can even cause a flaw in the entire communication system.

In the prior art, bidirectional timing communication between different functional units, the communication mechanism includes responding to receiving and receiving messages and independently transmitting and receiving messages, and the functional units can monitor each other's operating conditions.

The response to the transmission and reception of the message means that the data message is sent from a functional unit to another functional unit, and the message transmission function unit expects to receive the response from the other party. If the response is not received within a certain period of time and the situation is the same after several attempts, then the other party is considered to be in an abnormal operating state (unhealthy state).

Independently sending and receiving packets means that two different functional units send packets to each other. The packets are sent in one direction and do not need to be acknowledged. If the message sent by the other party is not received within a certain period of time, the other party is considered to be in an abnormal running state.

However, regardless of whether the message is sent or received in response to the packet, the content of the packet is single, and the path of the packet in the functional unit is a special detection channel, so the data packet path in the real environment cannot be covered at all. The function and effect of device failure detection on the data message path is very limited. Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an electronic device for detecting an electronic device, which realizes an electronic device The running status of the device is automatically and comprehensively detected.

In one aspect, a method of electronic device detection is provided, including:

Generating a detection message for detecting the electronic device;

Controlling, by the electronic device, the resource for establishing a data packet transmission path, and controlling the detection packet to pass through each functional unit in the electronic device;

The detection message after passing through each functional unit in the electronic device is checked to detect the running state of the electronic device.

In another aspect, an electronic device is provided, including a detecting unit and a functional unit, the detecting unit comprising:

a detection packet generating module, configured to generate a detection packet for detecting the electronic device, and a detection packet control module, configured to reserve, by using the electronic device, a resource for establishing a data packet transmission path at runtime Controlling the detection message to pass through each functional unit in the electronic device in sequence; and detecting a message verification module, configured to perform verification on the detection message after sequentially passing through each functional unit in the electronic device, to detect The operating state of the electronic device.

The embodiment of the present invention solves the prior art by controlling resources for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation, and controlling the detection message to sequentially pass through each functional unit in the electronic device. The medium message cannot cover the data packet path in the real environment, and the function and effect of device failure detection on the data message path are very limited. The detection message is generated by simulating the internal data of the device and/or the external data source of the device. The resources reserved by the full communication system can automatically detect the health status of the functional unit in real time during the operation of the electronic device, and take self-healing or other measures in time to ensure the normal operation of the communication electronic device, thereby solving the failure of the device. The abnormal operation status of the functional unit cannot be detected in time and at the maximum extent. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in the claims Other drawings may also be obtained from these drawings without the inventive labor.

1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for detecting an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for detecting a second embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention; 3 is a schematic diagram of detecting a message transmission path in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of a second embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention. detailed description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative work are within the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for detecting an electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, which includes the following steps: Step S101: Generate a detection packet for detecting an electronic device.

Specifically, the electronic device may generate a data message by first applying for a memory space, and then filling the data into the memory space according to the protocol; and the electronic device generates a detection message for detecting the electronic device.

Step S102: The resource for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation is controlled to sequentially pass the detection message through each functional unit in the electronic device.

Specifically, in order to make the transmission path of the detection packet cover the data packet path of the external packet in the real environment in the real environment, the electronic device reserves the resource for establishing the data packet transmission path during operation to control The detection message sequentially passes through each functional unit in the electronic device.

Step S103: Perform verification on the detection message after sequentially passing through each functional unit in the electronic device to detect an operating state of the electronic device.

Further, the step S101 may be specifically: generating at least one detection packet for detecting the electronic device according to a message protocol inside the electronic device or outside the electronic device, where the detection packet carries the detection identifier.

Specifically, the electronic device is provided with a detecting unit, which can simulate an internal data source of the electronic device and/or the electronic device, and generate at least one device for detecting the electronic device according to a message protocol inside the electronic device or outside the electronic device. The detection message, that is, the detection unit can simulate the data source to generate the detection message according to the private internal protocol, and can also simulate all external data sources according to the common standard protocol (such as the transmission control protocol TCP protocol, the address resolution protocol ARP, etc.) Generating a detection packet; the detection packet carries a detection identifier, and the technician can pre-negotially set the detection identifier to indicate The detection packet is used for detecting the electronic device, for example, setting the payload in the packet as a special payload pre-negotiated by the two parties, or setting other attributes in the packet as special attributes negotiated by both parties in advance.

It should be noted that the detecting unit may be a main CPU chip in the electronic device; the message entering the communication device functional unit may be processed on the control plane and the data plane of the main CPU chip according to the attributes thereof. In general, the control plane can control the direction of the message. In the embodiment of the present invention, the detection packet may be simulated by the control surface of the main CPU chip and the external data source of the electronic device, and at least one is generated according to the message protocol inside the electronic device or outside the electronic device. The detection packet of the electronic device; the control plane sends the detection packet generated to the data plane, and the data plane receives the detection packet and performs the packet processing. The detection packet traffic is small and does not affect the performance of the functional unit.

Still further, the schematic diagram of the method of the second embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 includes:

Step S201: Generate a detection packet for detecting an electronic device.

Step S202: The resource for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation is controlled, and the detection packet is sequentially passed through each functional unit in the electronic device.

Specifically, the steps S201 to S202 are similar to the foregoing steps S101 to S102, and details are not described herein again.

Step S203: Perform, according to the check field carried in the detection packet, a check packet that is sequentially passed through each functional unit in the electronic device to detect an operating state of the electronic device. Specifically, the The detection packet carries a check field, and the electronic device may add a check field when generating the test packet, and the electronic device detects the function unit in the electronic device according to the check field carried in the test packet. The packet is verified. For example, it is detected whether the detected packet is sent back, whether the recovered detection packet meets the preset rule, whether an error occurs, or the like.

Step S204: When it is detected that the electronic device is in abnormal operation, an alarm is generated according to the detection result.

Specifically, when it is detected that the electronic device is in abnormal operation, it is further detected in which functional unit the detection message has a problem, and the report can be generated according to the detection result, and the alarm is reported in time to take self-healing measures. Or other solutions to ensure the normal operation of electronic equipment. Further, when detecting that the electronic device is in abnormal operation, the electronic device may be automatically repaired according to the detection result, for example, a soft failure of a functional unit of the electronic device may be based on the detection result. Automatically repair the functional unit. Further, the foregoing step S102 or step S202 further includes: a resource reserved for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation, when the detection packet passes an edge function in the electronic device In the unit, the edge function unit loops back the detection packet according to the preset loopback identifier, and sends the detection packet to the next functional unit. Specifically, a schematic diagram of detecting a message transmission path in the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 is further illustrated:

The electronic device includes a plurality of chips, and the plurality of chips are a plurality of functional units. The detecting unit of the embodiment of the present invention is the chip a in FIG. 3, and the chip a can be a main CPU chip of the electronic device, and the chip a further includes detection. The packet generation module, the detection packet verification module, and the plurality of modules, the detection packet generation module simulates the message source, and generates at least one detection for detecting the electronic device according to a message protocol inside the electronic device or outside the electronic device. A message, an arrow in FIG. 3 indicates a message, which can generate a plurality of different types of detection messages, and then the resources reserved for establishing the data message transmission path reserved by the electronic device at the time of operation, according to the electronic device Setting the direction of the data flow, the control message is sequentially passed through each functional unit in the electronic device, for example, in the chip a, first through the module 1, and then transmitted to the chip b, after being transmitted in the chip b, Transfer to the next functional unit;

When the detection packet passes through the edge function unit in the electronic device, such as the chip c in FIG. 3, the chip c will loop back the detection packet according to the preset loopback identifier, and the detection report is The text is sent to the next functional unit. Specifically, when the electronic device sets the direction of the data flow, the edge function unit (chip c in FIG. 3) is preset in advance, and the edge function unit can be triggered by a loopback identifier. In order to identify that the detection message needs to be looped back in the edge function unit, to send the detection message to the next functional unit, as shown in FIG. 3, the detection message is sent to the chip n;

The detection packet is returned to the chip a, and the detection packet verification module of the chip a checks the detection packet according to the check field carried in the detection packet to detect the running state of the electronic device; When the electronic device is in abnormal operation, it will further detect which functional unit has a problem in the detection message, and can generate a report according to the detection result and report the alarm on time to take self-healing measures or other solutions to ensure The normal operation of electronic equipment.

It should be noted that the process of generating and detecting the detection message in the embodiment of the present invention may be automatically performed in real time; the detection algorithm may be designed according to the network status and specific conditions of the functional unit, and the accuracy may be achieved. Detecting the health of the functional unit without causing misjudgment.

Embodiments of the present invention, by using resources reserved for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation, controlling the detection message to sequentially pass through each functional unit in the electronic device, In the prior art, the message in the prior art cannot cover the data packet path in the real environment, and the function and effect of device failure detection on the data message path are very limited; the data source is generated by simulating the internal data of the device and/or external device. The detection of the message, using the resources reserved by the full communication system, can realize the automatic detection of the health status of the functional unit in real time during the operation of the electronic device, and find self-healing or other measures in time to ensure the normal operation of the communication electronic device, and solve the problem. The abnormal operation of the functional unit due to device failure cannot be detected in time and at the maximum extent. The structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention. The electronic device 4 includes a detecting unit 41. The detecting unit 41 includes a detecting message generating module 411, a detecting message control module 412, and detecting a message check. The module 413, in particular, the detection message generation module 411 can generate a data message by first applying for a memory space, and then filling the data into the memory space according to the protocol; the detection message generation module 411 is configured to detect the electronic Detection message of device 4.

The detection message control module 412 is configured to control, by the electronic device 4, a resource for establishing a data message transmission path, which is used by the electronic device 4, to control the detection message to sequentially pass through each functional unit in the electronic device 4; The transmission path of the detection packet covers the data packet path of the external packet in the real environment in the real environment, and the electronic device 4 reserves the resource for establishing the data packet transmission path during operation to control the detection packet. The text passes through each functional unit in the electronic device 4 in sequence.

The detection packet verification module 413 is configured to check the detection packets sequentially passing through the functional units in the electronic device 4 to detect the running state of the electronic device 4.

Further, the detection packet generating module 411 is specifically configured to generate at least one detection packet for detecting the electronic device 4 according to a message protocol inside the electronic device 4 or outside the electronic device 4, where the detection packet carries a detection identifier;

Specifically, the detecting unit 41 may simulate an external data source of the electronic device 4 and/or the electronic device 4, and generate at least one detection message for detecting the electronic device 4 according to a message protocol inside the electronic device 4 or outside the electronic device 4. That is, the detecting unit 41 may simulate that the data source generates the detection message according to the private internal protocol, and may also simulate that all external data sources are generated according to a common standard protocol (such as the transmission control protocol TCP protocol, the address resolution protocol ARP, etc.). Detection packet; the detection packet carries There is a detection identifier, and the technician can pre-negotially set the detection identifier to indicate that the detection packet is used for detecting the electronic device 4, for example, setting the payload in the packet to a special payload pre-negotiated by both parties, or setting a report. Other attributes in the text are special attributes that are mutually negotiated by the two parties, and so on.

It should be noted that the detecting unit 41 may be a main CPU chip in the electronic device 4; the message entering the functional unit of the communication device may be processed on the control plane and the data plane of the main CPU chip according to its attributes. In general, the control plane can control the direction of the message. In the embodiment of the present invention, the detection message may be simulated by the control surface of the main CPU chip and the external data source of the electronic device 4 and/or the external data source of the electronic device 4, and generated according to the message protocol inside the electronic device 4 or outside the electronic device 4. The detection packet of the electronic device 4 is detected; the control plane sends the detection packet generated to the data plane, and the data plane receives the detection packet and performs the packet processing. The detection packet traffic is small and does not affect the performance of the functional unit.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a schematic structural diagram of a second embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention, the electronic device 4 includes a detecting unit 41, further includes a plurality of functional units 42, and at least one edge functional unit 43, 5 includes an edge function unit 43 as an example, specifically:

The detection message control module 412 controls the resources of the data message transmission path reserved by the electronic device 4 to control the detection message to sequentially pass through the functional units in the electronic device 4, when the detection message passes. When the edge function unit 43 is used, the edge function unit 43 loops back the detection packet according to the preset loopback identifier, and sends the detection packet to the next functional unit.

The detection packet carries a check field, and the check packet verification module 413 is configured to check, according to the check field carried in the test packet, the test packet that has passed through each functional unit in the electronic device 4 in sequence. To detect the operating state of the electronic device.

The detecting unit 41 further includes a detecting alarm module 414 and a repairing module 415, wherein

The detection alarm module 414 is configured to perform an alarm according to the detection result when the detection message verification module 413 detects that the electronic device 4 is in abnormal operation. Specifically, when it is detected that the electronic device 4 is in abnormal operation, the detection alarm module 414 further detects which functional unit has a problem in the detection message, and can generate a report according to the detection result and report the alarm on time to take Self-healing measures or other solutions ensure the normal operation of the electronic device 4.

The repair module 415 is configured to automatically repair the electronic device 4 according to the detection result when the detection message verification module 413 detects that the electronic device 4 is in abnormal operation. Specifically, for example, a certain functional unit of the electronic device 4 has a soft failure problem, and the repair module 415 can automatically repair the functional unit according to the detection result. In the following, a schematic diagram of detecting a message transmission path in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 is further illustrated:

The embodiment of the present invention solves the prior art by controlling resources for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation, and controlling the detection message to sequentially pass through each functional unit in the electronic device. The medium message cannot cover the data packet path in the real environment, and the function and effect of device failure detection on the data message path are very limited. The detection message is generated by simulating the internal data of the device and/or the external data source of the device. The resources reserved by the full communication system can be implemented to operate on the electronic device. During the period, the health status of the functional unit is automatically and completely detected in real time, and the problem is taken in time to take self-healing or other measures to ensure the normal operation of the communication electronic device, and the abnormal operation state of the functional unit due to the device failure cannot be detected in time and at the maximum extent. The problem.

The specific process for performing the detection by using the electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention is the same as the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the process of implementing the above embodiment method can be completed by a computer program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. In execution, the flow of an embodiment of the methods as described above may be included. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a read-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the equivalent changes made by the claims of the present invention are still within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

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A method for detecting an electronic device, comprising:

Generating a detection message for detecting the electronic device;

2. The method of detecting an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the generating the detection message for detecting the electronic device comprises:

And generating at least one detection packet for detecting the electronic device according to a message protocol in the electronic device or outside the electronic device, where the detection message carries a detection identifier.

The method for detecting an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the detecting the message by using the resource reserved for establishing a data packet transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation Each functional unit in the electronic device includes:

When the detection packet passes through an edge function unit in the electronic device, the edge function unit is configured according to a preset, by using a resource reserved for the data message transmission path reserved by the electronic device during operation. The loopback identifier loops back the detected packet, and sends the detection packet to the next functional unit.

The method for detecting an electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the detection message carries a check field;

And verifying, by the detecting, the detection message of each of the functional units in the electronic device, to detect the running status of the electronic device, including:

And detecting, according to the check field carried in the detection packet, a detection packet that is sequentially passed through each functional unit in the electronic device, to detect an operating state of the electronic device.

The method for detecting an electronic device according to claim 4, wherein when the electronic device is detected to be in an abnormal operation, an alarm is generated according to the detection result.

The method for detecting an electronic device according to claim 5, wherein, when detecting that the electronic device is in abnormal operation, performing an alarm according to the detection result includes:

The electronic device is automatically repaired according to the detection result.

An electronic device, comprising a detecting unit and a functional unit, wherein the detecting unit comprises:

The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the detection packet generation module is configured to detect a packet of the electronic device, and the detection packet carries a detection identifier.

The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the functional unit includes at least one edge function unit; when the detection message passes through the edge function unit, the edge function unit is used to The loopback identifier is set to detect the loopback of the packet, and sends the detection packet to the next functional unit.

The electronic device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the detection message carries a check field;

The detecting packet verification module is configured to check, according to the check field carried in the detection packet, a detection packet that is sequentially passed through each functional unit in the electronic device, to detect the electronic device. Operating status.

The electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the detecting unit further comprises: a detecting alarm module, configured to: when the detecting message verifying module detects that the electronic device is in abnormal operation When an alarm is generated based on the detection result.

The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the detecting unit further comprises a repairing module, configured to: when the detecting message verifying module detects that the electronic device is in abnormal operation, according to the detection result Automatic repair of the electronic device.