WO2013075490A1

WO2013075490A1 - Method for implementing terminal adaptation processing, protocol adaptation module and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2013075490A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/077785
Authority: WO
Inventors: 胡攀峰
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-11-25
Filing date: 2012-06-28
Publication date: 2013-05-30
Also published as: CN103139150A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing, a protocol adaptation module and a terminal. The method comprises: a protocol adaptation module of a terminal receiving delivered information from a Machine to Machine (M2M) platform and reported information from the terminal; the protocol adaptation module converting the reported information from the terminal on the basis of an M2M protocol format, encapsulating the reported information into an M2M protocol packet, and reporting the M2M protocol packet to the M2M platform; performing M2M protocol parsing on the delivered information from the M2M platform, generating data recognizable to the terminal, and providing the data to the terminal. The present invention solves the problem that the development of M2M terminal is complex in related technologies, and non-standard terminals not supporting the M2M protocol cannot access the M2M platform.

Description

Method, protocol adaptation module and terminal for realizing terminal adaptation processing

The present invention relates to the field of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, and in particular, to a method, a protocol adaptation module and a terminal for implementing terminal adaptation processing. Background technique

In the related art, M2M is a type of service that specifically refers to wireless communication between a machine and a machine. The M2M service provides customers in a variety of industries with a complete solution that combines data collection, transmission, processing and business management. M2M provides customers with comprehensive information solutions by embedding wireless communication modules inside the machine and using wireless communication as an access means to meet customers' information needs for monitoring, command and dispatch, data acquisition, and measurement. .

The traditional M2M platform system is shown in FIG. 1. The M2M platform 10 mainly includes: a service processing module 13, a terminal management module 12, an application access module 11, and a terminal access module 14. The service processing module 13 is responsible for managing the management of the terminal service data; the terminal management module 12 is responsible for managing the registration and monitoring of the terminal; the application access module 11 is responsible for managing the application access, monitoring, etc.; the terminal access module 14 is responsible for Terminal access processing.

The M2M terminal is a terminal device based on the M2M protocol and has the following functions: Receive remote M2M platform activation commands, local failure alarms, data communication, remote upgrade, data statistics, and end-to-end communication interaction functions. To access the M2M platform, the terminal needs to support the protocol of the M2M platform. That is, the terminal must have a module that resolves the M2M protocol. This implementation has the following problems:

1. The terminal manufacturer must be familiar with the M2M protocol to develop the M2M terminal. Due to the complexity of the M2M protocol, a large number of tests must be performed after the terminal is developed to truly access the M2M platform. These will affect the terminal manufacturer to develop the M2M terminal. The progress is not conducive to the promotion of M2M; 2. The protocols used by the M2M platforms of different operators are usually different from each other. In order to access multiple M2M platforms, the terminal vendors have to develop multiple versions of protocol parsing modules for the same application.

3. Non-standard terminals that do not support the M2M protocol cannot access the M2M platform. Summary of the invention

In view of this, in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method, a protocol adaptation module, and a terminal for implementing terminal adaptation processing are provided to solve a non-standard terminal in which M2M terminal development is complicated and does not support the M2M protocol in the related art. Unable to access the M2M platform.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a protocol adaptation module is provided, including: a platform access unit, a machine-to-machine M2M protocol parsing unit, and a terminal access unit, where

The platform access unit is configured to perform access to the M2M platform by the protocol adaptation module, and process information access and transmission with the M2M platform;

The terminal access unit is configured to process information access and transmission with the terminal; the M2M protocol parsing unit is configured to perform M2M protocol parsing on the information sent by the M2M platform received by the platform access unit. Providing the terminal access unit to the terminal access unit, and converting the report information of the terminal provided by the terminal access unit to the platform access unit after being converted into an M2M protocol message according to the M2M protocol format.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is also provided a terminal comprising the protocol adaptation module described above.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, an M2M platform is further provided, including: a service processing module, a terminal management module, and a terminal access module, where

The service processing module is configured to process various service data of the M2M platform; the terminal management module is configured to provide a terminal information service and a service data processing policy configuration service for the service processing module;

The terminal access module is connected to the service processing module and configured to receive a protocol of the terminal The adaptation module sends the M2M protocol packet encapsulated by the service processing module to the protocol adaptation module of the terminal according to the M2M protocol format.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is also provided a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing, the method comprising:

The protocol adaptation module of the terminal receives the delivery information from the machine-to-machine M2M platform, and the information from the terminal;

The protocol adaptation module converts the reported information of the terminal according to the protocol format of the M2M and encapsulates the data into an M2M protocol, and then sends the M2M protocol to the M2M platform; The data identifiable by the terminal is generated and provided to the terminal.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a method, a protocol adaptation module, and a terminal for implementing terminal adaptation processing are implemented by a protocol adaptation module to complete a chain connection operation and an M2M protocol conversion of an M2M platform, and a terminal manufacturer The protocol adaptation module can be integrated into the terminal to rapidly develop a standard M2M terminal, thereby greatly reducing the development difficulty of the developer accessing the M2M platform and improving the development efficiency;

The developer can use the protocol adaptation module to develop the non-standard protocol adaptation. After the protocol is converted, the information is forwarded to the M2M platform through the link between the protocol adaptation module and the M2M platform, and the information sent by the M2M platform is also performed. After the protocol is converted, it is forwarded to the terminal;

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a function of a terminal local networking is further provided. The terminal manufacturer may develop a gateway device based on a protocol adaptation module, where the gateway receives a login request of multiple terminals that do not support the M2M protocol, and the gateway performs the After the conversion of the protocol, the login information is forwarded to the M2M platform, thereby implementing the function of the local networking. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an M2M system in the related art;

2 is a block diagram showing the structure of an M2M system in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention; 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a service processing module according to some embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a protocol adaptation module according to some embodiments of the present invention; and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of some embodiments according to the present invention. Flowchart of a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing according to some embodiments of the present invention.

detailed description

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an M2M system mainly including: an M2M platform 10 and a terminal 30, in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention. The terminal 30 is a terminal device that complies with the terminal access requirement of the M2M system, and the terminal 30 includes a protocol adaptation module 31.

The M2M platform 10, which manages the M2M terminal and provides the M2M service, is configured to provide the M2M access and service for the terminal 30, and receives the report information of the terminal 30, and sends the delivery information to the terminal 30. The protocol adaptation module 31 of the terminal 30 is set to Providing a link between the terminal 30 and the M2M platform 10, converting the reported information of the terminal 30 according to the protocol format of the M2M and encapsulating it into the M2M protocol, and then sending the information to the M2M platform 10; performing M2M on the information sent by the M2M platform 10 The protocol parses the data identifiable by the terminal 30 and provides it to the terminal 30.

In practical applications, the protocol adaptation module 31 is integrated into the terminal 30 (compiled into a dynamic link library and provided to the terminal manufacturer, and the terminal manufacturer is responsible for integrating the protocol adaptation module 31 into the software system of the terminal 30). The protocol adaptation module 31 is provided to the terminal manufacturer in the form of an SDK (Software Development Kit). The protocol adaptation module 31 provides a link between the terminal 30 and the M2M platform 10. The program developed based on the SDK will access the M2M platform 10 as the domain gateway, and become the proxy gateway for the terminal 30 to access the M2M platform 10. The SDK provides API (Application Programming Interface) functions to greatly reduce the development difficulty for developers to access the M2M platform 10. Developers can use the SDK to develop non-standard protocol adaptations. After protocol conversion, they are forwarded through the link between the SDK and the M2M platform 10. The M2M platform 10 also forwards the information sent by the M2M platform 10 to the terminal 30.

Preferably, the M2M system further includes: an industry application platform 20, connected to the M2M platform 10. The industry application platform 20 is an application management platform that provides M2M service services. It accesses the M2M platform 10 according to the M2M application protocol, and provides remote terminal management services to customers through the terminal management functions provided by the M2M platform 10.

Preferably, the M2M platform 10 includes: a service processing module 13, a terminal management module 12, a terminal access module 14 and an application access module 11.

The terminal access module 14 is configured to process information access and transmission between the M2M platform 10 and the terminal 30 (the protocol adaptation module 31). The information includes service data information and management data information, and the service data information can be provided to the industry application platform 20, and the management data information is processed only on the M2M platform 10. The specific operations are as follows: The terminal access module 14 receives the M2M protocol packet reported by the terminal adapter module 31, and forwards the message to the service processing module 13, and sends the information sent by the service processing module 13 to the protocol adaptation module 30. The terminal access module 14 is connected to the service processing module 13, and provides short message access, general packet radio service (GPRS) access, and unstructured supplementary data service (USSD). One or more functions.

The service processing module 13 is configured to process various service data of the M2M platform 10, including: processing a contract relationship between the industry application and the terminal service data, and reporting information (including service data and management data) reported by the terminal 30 and the system. The terminal control and the query information are analyzed and processed, and the application data reported by the application access module 11 is processed, and the terminal service data parsed, processed, and combined by the terminal management module 12 is also set. The service processing module 13 is connected to the terminal management module 12, the application access module 11 and the terminal access module 14.

The terminal management module 12 is configured to provide a terminal information service for the service processing module 13 and a service data processing policy configuration service for the service processing module 13. Terminal management module 12 and business The processing modules 13 are connected. The terminal management module 12 maintains and stores various types of information of the terminal 30, and is mainly responsible for the running state of the terminal 30 (unregistered, not logged in, normal, fault, etc.) and operating parameters.

Maintenance and monitoring of cell location, signal strength, peripheral state, alarm status, configuration information, and serial number management functions such as serial number application, generation, assignment, query, and collision detection of terminal 30, and basic information for terminal 30 ( It includes terminal type, supported communication protocols, etc., terminal data processing, and combined policy management.

The application access module 11 is mainly responsible for information access and transmission between the M2M platform 10 and the industrial application platform 20. The application access module 11 is connected to the service processing module 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, the service processing module 13 may further include: a contract relationship processing unit 131, a data storage unit 132, a control unit 133, and a terminal management data processing unit 134.

The contract relationship processing unit 131 is configured to process a contract relationship between the industry application and the service data. The contract relationship processing unit 131 is connected to the control unit 133 and the data storage unit 132.

The control unit 133 is configured to support and control each unit in the service processing module 13, and includes: forwarding the service data reported by the terminal access module 14 to the terminal management data processing unit 134, and communicating with the application access module 11, and The terminal access module 14 communicates. The control unit 133 is connected to the contract relationship processing unit 131, the data storage unit 132, and the terminal management data processing unit 134.

The terminal management data processing unit 134 is configured to process the management data between the M2M platform 10 and the terminal 30, and includes the information of the terminal 30 and the information sent by the M2M platform 10. The terminal management data processing unit 134 is connected to the control unit 133 and the data storage unit 132.

The data storage unit 132 is configured to store one or more of the service data, the contract relationship data, the terminal data, and the industry application data processed by the terminal management data processing unit 134. The data storage unit 132 is connected to the control unit 133, the terminal management data processing unit 134, and the contract relationship processing unit 131.

As shown in FIG. 4, the protocol adaptation module 31 may further include: a platform access unit 311, an M2M. The protocol parsing unit 312 and the terminal access unit 313.

The platform access unit 311 is configured to perform access to the M2M platform 10 by the protocol adaptation module 31, and process information access and transmission with the M2M platform 10.

The terminal access unit 313 is configured to process information access and transmission with the terminal 30.

The M2M protocol parsing unit 312 is configured to perform the M2M protocol parsing of the information sent by the M2M platform 10 received by the platform access unit 311, and then provide the information to the terminal access unit 313, and the reporting information of the terminal provided by the terminal access unit 313 according to the M2M. The protocol format is converted and encapsulated into an M2M protocol message and then provided to the platform access unit 311.

Preferably, the platform access unit 311 is configured to check the link status between the protocol adaptation module 31 and the M2M platform 10 before reporting the M2M protocol message to the M2M platform 10, and establish and A link between the M2M platform 10.

Based on the foregoing M2M system, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing is provided, which mainly includes: a protocol adaptation module of a terminal receives delivery information from an M2M platform, and report information from the terminal; The protocol adaptation module converts the reported information of the terminal according to the M2M protocol format and encapsulates it into an M2M protocol, and then sends the M2M platform to the M2M platform. The M2M protocol is parsed for the M2M platform to generate data identifiable by the terminal. Then provided to the terminal.

The method for implementing terminal adaptation processing will be further described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing according to Embodiment 1, which mainly includes the following steps:

In step 501, the terminal 30 reports the access request data to the protocol adaptation module 31.

Step 502: The protocol adaptation module 31 parses the request data of the terminal 30 according to the type of the access request (registration, login, application data forwarding, etc.), and converts and parses the parsed request data according to the M2M protocol format. Into the M2M protocol ^ 艮 text.

Step 503, the protocol adaptation module 31 invokes the number of requests between the link with the M2M platform 10 According to the M2M protocol, the text is sent to the M2M platform 10.

Step 504: The M2M platform 10 processes the M2M protocol packet sent by the protocol adaptation module 31.

Step 505: The M2M platform 10 generates processed result data.

Step 506: The M2M platform 10 encapsulates the processed result data into an M2M protocol message, and sends the result to the protocol adaptation module 31.

Step 507: The protocol adaptation module 31 parses the received M2M protocol packet to generate result data identifiable by the terminal 30.

Step 508, the protocol adaptation module 31 sends the generated result data to the terminal 30, and the process ends.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for implementing terminal adaptation processing according to Embodiment 2, which mainly includes the following steps:

Step 601: The terminal 30 reports the access request data to the protocol adaptation module 31.

Step 602: The protocol adaptation module 31 parses the request data of the terminal 30 according to the type of the access request (registration, login, application data forwarding, etc.).

Step 603: The protocol adaptation module 31 converts the parsed request data into an M2M protocol packet according to the M2M protocol format.

Step 604, the protocol adaptation module 31 checks the link status with the M2M platform 10, and if the link exists, proceeds directly to step 606, otherwise proceeds to step 605.

Step 605, the protocol adaptation module 31 checks that the link with the M2M platform 10 is disconnected, and re-establishes the link. After the execution, go to step 606.

Step 606: The protocol adaptation module 31 sends the encapsulated request M2M protocol message (in step 603) to the terminal access module 14 of the M2M platform 10 through a link with the M2M platform 10.

Step 607: The terminal access module 14 reports the M2M protocol packet to the service processing mode. Block 13.

Step 608: The service processing module 13 processes the service request of the terminal 30 according to the received M2M protocol message.

Step 609, the service processing module 13 generates the processed result data, and sends the result data to the terminal access module 14.

Step 610: The terminal access module 14 encapsulates the result data into an M2M protocol message and sends the result to the protocol adaptation module 31.

Step 611: The protocol adaptation module 31 parses the M2M protocol packet to generate result data that the terminal can recognize.

Step 612, the protocol adaptation module 31 sends the result data to the terminal 30.

Step 613, the terminal 30 processes the result data, and the process ends.

In summary, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the link adaptation operation and the M2M protocol conversion of the M2M platform are completed by the protocol adaptation module, and the terminal manufacturer can integrate the protocol adaptation module into the terminal to rapidly develop the standard. M2M terminal, which greatly reduces the development difficulty of developers accessing the M2M platform and improves development efficiency;

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a function of a terminal local networking is further provided. The terminal manufacturer may develop a gateway device based on a protocol adaptation module, where the gateway receives a login request of multiple terminals that do not support the M2M protocol, and the gateway performs the After the conversion of the protocol, the login information is forwarded to the M2M platform, thereby implementing the function of the local networking.

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 protocol adaptation module, comprising: a platform access unit, a machine-to-machine M2M protocol parsing unit, and a terminal access unit, wherein

The protocol adaptation module according to claim 1, wherein the platform access unit is configured to check, between the protocol adaptation module and the M2M platform, before reporting the M2M protocol message to the M2M platform. Link status, and establish a link with the M2M platform when it is determined that the link does not exist.

The protocol adaptation module according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the protocol adaptation module accesses the M2M platform as an identity of a domain gateway.

A terminal comprising the protocol adaptation module of any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. An M2M platform, comprising: a service processing module, a terminal management module, and a terminal access module, where

The terminal access module is connected to the service processing module, and is configured to receive, by the protocol adaptation module of the receiving terminal, the M2M protocol packet that is encapsulated and reported by the M2M protocol format, and the service processing module provides the next The protocol for sending the information to the terminal is suitable With modules.

The M2M platform according to claim 5, wherein the M2M platform further includes: an application access module, connected to the service processing module, configured to process information access between the M2M platform and an industrial application platform. send.

The M2M platform according to claim 5, wherein the service processing module comprises: a contract relationship processing unit, a control unit, a terminal management data processing unit, and a data storage unit, where

The contract relationship processing unit is configured to process a contract relationship between an industry application and business data;

The control unit is configured to control operations of each unit in the service processing module;

The terminal management data processing unit is configured to process management data between the M2M platform and the terminal;

The data storage unit is configured to store one or more of service data, subscription relationship data, terminal data, and industry application data processed by the terminal management data processing unit.

8. A method for implementing terminal adaptation processing, the method comprising:

The protocol adaptation module of the terminal receives the delivery information from the machine-to-machine M2M platform, and the reporting information from the terminal;

The protocol adaptation module converts the reported information of the terminal according to the M2M protocol format and encapsulates it into an M2M protocol, and then sends the M2M protocol to the M2M platform. The data identifiable by the terminal is generated and provided to the terminal.

The method for implementing the terminal adaptation processing according to claim 8, wherein before the protocol adaptation module reports the M2M protocol message to the M2M platform, the method further includes:

The protocol adaptation module checks the link status between itself and the M2M platform, and When it is judged that the link does not exist, a link with the M2M platform is established.

The method for implementing terminal adaptation processing according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the method further comprises: the protocol adaptation module accessing the M2M platform as an identity of a domain gateway.