WO2013075482A1

WO2013075482A1 - Dynamic updating method and system for software version

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Publication number: WO2013075482A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/077382
Authority: WO
Inventors: 周晓华; 栾柱晓
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-11-21
Filing date: 2012-06-21
Publication date: 2013-05-30
Also published as: CN102404147A

Abstract

Provided is a dynamic updating method for a software version, including: step 1, in a base station cloud mode, selecting a base station from various base stations of a cloud base station as a service scheduling main control node; step 2, the service scheduling main control node receiving a software version updating notification sent by a network administrator, and saving the updating information about the software version in the software version updating notification; and step 3, the service scheduling main control node determining a base station set with software versions to be updated, and updating the software version of each base station in the base station set with software versions to be updated successively. Also provided is a dynamic updating system for a software version. By applying the present invention, the current service of a base station need not be interrupted, so that the software version of each base station can be updated dynamically and smoothly, which can effectively and dynamically update the software version in the base station cloud mode, and it is convenient in operation, good in terms of service effects, and good in terms of user perception.

Description

Method and system for dynamically updating software version

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a method and system for updating a software version in a base station cloud mode. Background technique

With the development of wireless communication technology, the tidal effect and the decentralization of the equipment room make operators difficult to manage and other issues require the device network form to gradually develop into a centralized mode, that is, to the cloud mode. A plurality of base stations are formed into a baseband pool, and the baseband and the service are shared to improve the resource sharing capability, reduce the number of the equipment room, and reduce the networking cost. This is called a base station cloud mode, which is also called a cloud base station. As shown in Figure 1, the base station cloud model embodies the advantages of centralized resource allocation, distributed wireless layout, and the ability to meet the ever-increasing capabilities of high-speed data services in wireless communications.

There are multiple base stations in the base station cloud mode. How to ensure the smooth update of the software versions of each base station and ensure the sharing of baseband and services between base stations is a subject of concern. In the current situation, when the base stations in the cloud base station update the software version, the current service needs to be interrupted, and all the base stations are restarted and restarted before restarting the service.

In this update mode, each version update in the base station cloud mode must be selected at a time point when the base station users have less traffic. This mode is inconvenient to operate, the service effect is not good, and the user experience is poor. Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for dynamically updating a software version in a base station cloud mode. In this way, the current service of the base station is not interrupted, so that the software version of each base station can be dynamically and smoothly updated, and the software in the base station cloud mode is effectively solved. The version is dynamically updated, and the operation is convenient, the business effect is good, and the user feels good. In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a dynamic update method for a software version, the method comprising:

Step 1: In the base station cloud mode, one base station is selected from each base station of the cloud base station as a service scheduling master control node;

Step 2: The service scheduling master control node receives the software version update notification sent by the network management, and saves the update information of the software version in the software version update notification;

Step 3: The service scheduling master control node determines the base station set to be updated by the software version, and sequentially updates the software version of the base station in the centralized version of the software version update base station.

Further, the selecting one base station as the service scheduling master control node is: generated by each base station, or designated to be generated.

Further, in step 2, the update information of the software version includes: software version information to be updated, and base station information to be updated.

Further, the step 3 includes:

Step 3.1: The service scheduling master control node determines the base station set to be updated by the software version;

Step 3.3: The service scheduling master control node selects a base station to be updated by the software version from the software version update base station;

Step 3.5: The service scheduling master control node adjusts the current service dynamics of the selected base station to other base stations in the cloud base station;

Step 3.6: The service scheduling master control node notifies the network management system to update the software version of the to-be-updated base station that has completed the current service dynamic adjustment;

Step 3.7. The service scheduling master control node removes the step 3.3 from the base station to be updated by the software version update base station.

Further, before the step 3.3, the method further includes:

Step 3.2: The service scheduling master control node detects whether the software version update base station set is empty, and if the software version update base station set is empty, the software version update process of the cloud base station is ended; Then, go to step 3.3.

Further, before the step 3.3, the method further includes:

Step 3.4. Comparison of the service scheduling master control node 3.3 The software version of the selected base station is consistent with the saved software version to be updated. If the two software versions are the same, go to step 3.7; otherwise, go to step 3.5.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention further provides a software version dynamic update system, where the system includes: a base station and a network management;

a network management unit, configured to notify, as a base station of the service scheduling master control node, software version update information that is composed of software version information to be updated and base station information to be updated;

The base station is configured to receive, when selected from the base stations of the cloud base station, a software version update notification sent by the network management system, and save the software version update in the software version update notification. Information; determining the set of base station to be updated by the software version, and sequentially updating the software version of the base station in the base station of the software version update base station.

Further, the base station forms a cloud base station with other multiple base stations.

Further, the system further includes: a determining unit, configured to receive, by the base station that is the service scheduling master node, the selected base station, and determine the software version of the selected base station and the updated software version to be updated Whether the updated software version is consistent, and notifying the judgment result to the base station as the service scheduling master control node;

Correspondingly, when the base station is specifically used to update the software version of the base station in the software version update base station, the base station is selected from the base station to be updated by the software version, and the selected base station is sent to the determining unit, and according to the judgment The judgment result returned by the unit processes the software version of the selected base station.

Further, the base station updates the software version of the selected base station according to the judgment result of the determining unit, and the specific process is: if the judgment result is that the two software versions are consistent, the update process is not performed, and if the judgment result is two software versions Inconsistent, the current industry of the selected base station The network dynamically adjusts to other base stations in the cloud base station, and notifies the network management to update the software version of the base station to be updated with the software that has completed the current service dynamic adjustment.

Further, the determining unit is an independent device unit or a functional unit in the cloud base station.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a dynamic update method and system for a software version in a base station cloud mode. The method of the present invention does not need to interrupt the current service of the base station, and dynamically adjusts the services between the base stations in the cloud base station. The software version of each base station can be dynamically and smoothly updated, making full use of the characteristics of baseband resources and service dynamic sharing in the cloud base station, effectively solving the dynamic update of the software version in the base station cloud mode, and the operation is convenient, the service effect is good, and the user Feel good. DRAWINGS

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a schematic diagram of a framework of a base station cloud mode;

2 is a flow chart of a method for dynamically updating a software version in a base station cloud mode provided by the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of updating a software version of a cloud base station by a service scheduling master control node of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a dynamic update system for a software version in a base station cloud mode according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is still another dynamic update system of a software version in a base station cloud mode provided by the present invention. detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments in order to make the present invention. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The present invention provides a method for dynamically updating a software version in a base station cloud mode. The dynamic adjustment of services between the base stations of the cloud base station does not require interruption of the current service, and does not require the entire cloud base station to be reset and restarted dynamically. The software version of each base station is updated. Software version updates include, but are not limited to, software version upgrades, rollbacks, test version replacements, and more.

The basic technical solution of the present invention is as follows: In the base station cloud mode, each base station selects a service scheduling master control node according to a certain manner, and is used for dynamically scheduling the baseband and services of the cloud base station. The service scheduling master control node may be generated by each base station, or may be specified by a manual or other means. When the network management needs to update the version, the service dispatching control node sends a notification, and the service dispatching control node selects a suitable base station to be updated by the software version according to a certain principle, and adjusts the current service dynamics of the selected base station to other base stations, and adjusts After the completion, the software version of the selected base station is updated. After the selected base station software version is successfully updated, the cloud base station is added to perform unified service scheduling, and the service scheduling master control node continues to select the next base station to perform software version update until all software versions are updated. The base station completes the software version update.

As shown in FIG. 2, the present invention provides a dynamic update method for a software version in a base station cloud mode, including:

Step 1: In the base station cloud mode, a base station is selected from the base stations of the cloud base station in a certain manner as a service scheduling master control node.

The selecting a base station as a service scheduling master control node according to a certain manner may be generated by each base station in the cloud base station, or may be specified by a manual or other manner.

Step 2: The service scheduling master control node receives the software version update notification sent by the network management, and saves the software version information to be updated and the base station information to be updated in the software version update notification. Step 3: The service scheduling master control node determines the base station set to be updated by the software version, and sequentially updates the software version of the base station in the software version update base station.

Specifically include (as shown in Figure 3):

Step 3.1: The service scheduling master control node determines the base station set to be updated by the software version.

Step 3.2: The service scheduling master control node detects whether the software version update base station set is empty. If the software version update base station set is empty, go to step 3.8; otherwise, go to step 3.3.

Step 3.3: The service scheduling master control node selects a base station to be updated by the software version from the software version update base station.

Here, the selection may be sequentially selected according to the sequence of the base stations centrally recorded by the base station of the software version update, or may be randomly selected by the service scheduling control node from the software version update base station.

Step 3.4: Comparison of the service scheduling master control node 3.3 The software version of the selected base station is the same as the software version to be updated saved in step 2. If the comparison result is the same as the two software versions, go to step 3.7; otherwise, go to step 3.5.

Step 3.5: The service scheduling master control node adjusts the current service dynamics of the selected base station in step 3.3 to other base stations in the cloud base station.

Step 3.6: The service scheduling master control node notifies the network management system to update the base station to the software version update base station that has completed the current service dynamic adjustment.

Step 3.7: The service scheduling master control node removes the base station from the software version update base station. 3.3 The selected base station is transferred to step 3.2 to continue processing.

Step 3.8: End the software version update process of the cloud base station.

As shown in FIG. 4, the present invention provides a dynamic update system for a software version in a base station cloud mode, including: a base station 10 and a network management system 20;

The network management unit 20 is configured to notify the base station 10 of the service scheduling master control node that the software version information to be updated and the update information of the base station information to be updated are to be updated; The base station 10 is configured to receive, during the cloud mode, a software version update notification sent by the network management unit 20, and select a software version in the software version update notification when the mobile station base station is selected as the service scheduling master control node. Updating the information; determining the base station set to be updated by the software version, sequentially selecting the base station to be updated from the base station to be updated by the software version according to the update information, and sequentially updating the software version of the base station in the centralized version of the software version update base station.

As shown in FIG. 5, the system further includes: a determining unit 30, configured to receive, by the base station 10, which is a service scheduling master node, a selected base station, and determine that the software version of the selected base station is sent by the network management unit 20 The software version to be updated in the software version update notification is the same as the software version to be updated, and the result of the judgment is notified as the base station 10 of the service scheduling control node; correspondingly, the base station 10 is specifically used to treat the software version update in turn. When the software version of the base station in the base station is updated, the base station is selected from the base station to be updated by the software version, and the selected base station is sent to the determining unit 30, and the software version of the selected base station is performed according to the judgment result returned by the determining unit 30. The network management unit 20 is further configured to send a software version update notification to the determining unit 30.

The cloud base station is composed of a plurality of base stations. It is assumed that the base station 1 in FIG. 5 is the base station 10 as a service scheduling master control node.

The base station 10 is specifically configured to: if the two software versions are consistent, the update process is not performed. If the two software versions are inconsistent, the current service dynamics of the selected base station are dynamically adjusted to other base stations in the cloud base station. The network management system 20 is configured to perform a software version update on the base station to be updated with the software version that has completed the current service dynamic adjustment. Correspondingly, the network management unit 20 is further configured to update the software version to be updated according to the current service dynamic adjustment sent by the base station 10. The notification of the software version of the base station to be updated with the software version that has completed the current business dynamic adjustment. The judging unit 30 is an independent device or a functional unit in the base station 10.

The following takes the UMTS base station cloud mode as an example to describe the specific implementation steps of the software version update in the cloud base station:

The first step is to select a certain manner from each base station of the cloud base station in the base station cloud mode. A base station is used as a service scheduling master control node for dynamically scheduling baseband and services of the cloud base station.

In the second step, the service scheduling master control node receives the software version update notification sent by the network management, and saves the software version information to be updated and the information about the base station to be updated in the software version update notification.

In the third step, the service scheduling master control node determines the base station set to be updated by the software version.

1) If it is the entire cloud base station software version update, the software version update base station set is the set of all base stations of the entire cloud base station.

2) If the specified base station software version is updated, the software version update base station set is the specified base station set.

In the fourth step, the service scheduling master control node detects whether the software version update base station set is empty. Step 5: If the base station set of the software version update is empty, the software version update process of the cloud base station is ended, otherwise, the sixth step is performed.

In the sixth step, the service scheduling master control node selects a base station to be updated by the software version from the software version update base station.

The selection of the base station to be updated by the software version may be, but is not limited to, the following:

Selecting the software version to update the base station with the least amount of traffic in the base station to update the base station to the software version.

The seventh step, the service scheduling master control node compares the sixth step, the software version of the selected base station is consistent with the software version to be updated saved in the second step.

In the eighth step, if the comparison result of the seventh step is the same for the two software versions, the process proceeds to the eleventh step. If the comparison result is inconsistent between the two software versions, the process proceeds to the ninth step.

In the ninth step, the service scheduling master control node adjusts the current service dynamics of the selected base station in the sixth step to other base stations in the cloud base station.

Here, the dynamic adjustment of the current service may include, but is not limited to, the following two modes: 1) a hard adjustment method of directly relocating the current service of the selected base station to other base stations in other cloud base stations;

2) The soft adjustment mode of migrating the current service of the selected base station to other base stations in the cloud base station through handover.

Step 10: The service scheduling master control node notifies the network management system to update the software version of the to-be-software version update base station that has completed the current service dynamic adjustment in the ninth step.

In the eleventh step, the service scheduling master control node removes the sixth step from the base station to be updated by the software version. The selected base station is further processed.

The method and system for dynamically updating the software version of the base station cloud mode provided by the present invention do not need to interrupt the current service of the base station, and the dynamic adjustment of the services between the base stations in the cloud base station enables the software version of each base station to be dynamically and smoothly updated and fully utilized. The characteristics of baseband resources and service dynamic sharing in the cloud base station effectively solve the dynamic update of the software version in the base station cloud mode, and the operation is convenient, the service effect is good, and the user experience is good.

The above description shows and describes a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but as described above, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the forms disclosed herein, and should not be construed as Other combinations, modifications, and environments are possible and can be modified by the teachings or related art or knowledge within the scope of the inventive concept described herein. All changes and modifications made by those skilled in the art are intended to be within the scope of the appended claims. Industrial applicability

Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides a dynamic update method and system for a software version in a base station cloud mode, which can dynamically update the software version of each base station through dynamic adjustment of services between base stations in the cloud base station. It fully utilizes the characteristics of baseband resources and service dynamic sharing in the cloud base station, and effectively solves the dynamic update of the software version in the base station cloud mode, and the operation is convenient, the service effect is good, and the user experience is good.

Claims

A method for dynamically updating a software version, the method comprising: Step 1. In a base station cloud mode, selecting one base station from each base station of the cloud base station as a service scheduling master control node;

The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting one base station as the service scheduling master control node is: generated by each base station, or specified.

The method according to claim 1, wherein in step 2, the update information of the software version comprises: software version information to be updated, and base station information to be updated.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the step 3 includes: Step 3.1: The service scheduling master control node determines the base station set to be updated by the software version;

The method according to claim 4, wherein before the step 3.3, the method further comprises:

Step 3.2: The service scheduling master control node detects whether the software version update base station set is empty, such as If the software version update base station set is empty, the software version update process of the cloud base station is ended; otherwise, go to step 3.3.

7. A software version dynamic update system, the system comprising: a base station and a network management;

The system according to claim 7, wherein the base station and the other plurality of base stations form a cloud base station.

The system according to claim 7, wherein the system further comprises: a determining unit, configured to receive, by the base station serving as the service scheduling master node, the selected base station, and determine the selected base station Whether the software version is consistent with the software version to be updated in the updated information of the saved software version, and notifying the judgment result to the base station as the service scheduling master control node;

10. The system of claim 9 wherein:

The base station updates the software version of the selected base station according to the judgment result of the determining unit, and the specific process is as follows: If the judgment result is that the two software versions are the same, the update process is not performed, and if the judgment result is that the two software versions are inconsistent, The current service dynamics of the selected base station are dynamically adjusted to other base stations in the cloud base station, and the network management system is notified to update the base station of the to-be-software version update base station that has completed the current service dynamic adjustment.

The system according to claim 9, wherein the determining unit is a separate device unit or a functional unit in the cloud base station.