WO2014043867A1

WO2014043867A1 - Base station software upgrade method, device and system

Info

Publication number: WO2014043867A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/081621
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李占亮
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-09-19
Filing date: 2012-09-19
Publication date: 2014-03-27
Also published as: CN103004250A

Abstract

The present invention relates to the communication field. Disclosed are a base station software upgrade method, device and system for solving the problem that the software of a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) cannot be remotely upgraded in the existing technology when a fault occurs on an operation maintenance link between a unified mobile network management platform and the BTS. The method provided by the present invention comprises: establishing a transmission channel between a mobile station and a base station; sending software upgrade data to the base station through the transmission channel, the software upgrade data being used for upgrading the software of the base station. The present invention is applicable to the communication field and is used for realizing the software upgrade of the base station.

Description

Method, device and system for upgrading base station software

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a system for upgrading a base station software. Background technique

The mobile communication system is mainly composed of a mobile station (MS, Mobile Station), a base station subsystem and a network subsystem. The base station subsystem is composed of a base station (BTS, Base Transceiver Station), and a base station controller (BSC, Base Station Controller). . The management and maintenance of the mobile communication system is usually performed by the unified management platform of the mobile network. The functions of the unified management platform of the mobile network include: centralized fault management, centralized performance management, centralized configuration management, centralized topology management, centralized security management, and system. Management, etc.

As the variety of communication services increases and the quality of communication services continues to increase, software upgrades to the BTS are often required. At present, the BTS software upgrade can be completed remotely through the unified management platform of the mobile network: The unified management platform of the mobile network loads the BTS software upgrade data into the BTS in batches through the operation and maintenance link. After the loading is completed, the BTS is activated in batches to complete the software upgrade. If the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the BTS fails, the software upgrade of the BTS cannot be implemented remotely. The operation and maintenance personnel can only upgrade the BTS by manually lowering the station. However, when a natural disaster or the location of the BTS is bad, the BTS software upgrade cannot be performed manually.

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors have found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: When the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the BTS fails, the software upgrade of the BTS cannot be implemented remotely.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method, a device, and a system for upgrading a base station software, which can solve the problem that the BTS software cannot be remotely implemented when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the BTS fails in the prior art. Upgrade issue.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions: In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for upgrading a base station software, where the method includes:

Establishing a transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station;

Software upgrade data is sent to the base station through the transmission channel, where the software upgrade data is used by the base station to complete a software upgrade.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation, before the establishing a transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station, the method further includes: sending, to the base station, upgrade signaling, where the upgrade signaling is used for requesting The base station allocates and establishes the transmission channel for the mobile station, and instructs the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel. Or

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementation, after the establishing a transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station, the method further includes: sending, to the base station, upgrade signaling, where the upgrade signaling is used to indicate The base station receives software upgrade data transmitted through the transmission channel.

With the first possible implementation of the first aspect or the second possible implementation of the first aspect, after the sending the software upgrade data to the base station by using the transmission channel, the method further includes: sending, to the base station, An activation command is used to indicate that the software upgrade data has been sent, and the base station is instructed to perform a software upgrade.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for upgrading a base station software, where the method includes:

Establishing a transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station;

Receiving, by the transmission channel, software upgrade data sent by the mobile station;

The software upgrade is completed according to the software upgrade data.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation, before the establishing a transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station, the method further includes: receiving, by the base station, upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station, The station allocates and establishes the transmission channel and receives software upgrade data transmitted through the transmission channel. Or

With reference to the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the method is between the base station and the mobile station After the transmission channel is established, the method further includes: receiving, by the mobile station, upgrade signaling sent by the transmission channel, where the upgrade signaling is used to instruct the base station to receive software upgrade data sent by using the transmission channel.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the performing the software upgrade according to the software upgrade data includes: receiving an activation command sent by the mobile station; Perform software upgrade according to the activation command, and re-run the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

In a third aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for upgrading a base station software, where the apparatus includes:

a first establishing unit, configured to establish a transmission channel between the device and the base station;

a first sending unit, configured to send software upgrade data to the base station by using a transmission channel established by the first establishing unit, where the software upgrade data is used by the base station to complete a software upgrade.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the first sending unit is further configured to send, to the base station, upgrade signaling, where the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to allocate the mobile station And establishing the transmission channel, and instructing the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel. Or

With reference to the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the first sending unit is further configured to send, by using a transmission channel established by the first establishing unit, upgrade signaling to the base station, where the upgrade signaling is used by Notifying the base station to receive software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

With the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the first sending unit is further configured to send an activation command to the base station, where the activation command is used to represent the software. The upgrade data has been sent, indicating that the base station performs a software upgrade.

In a fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for upgrading a base station software, where the apparatus includes:

a second establishing unit, configured to establish a transmission channel between the device and the mobile station;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive the shift by using a transmission channel established by the second establishing unit Software upgrade data sent by the mobile station;

And a processing unit, configured to complete software upgrade according to the software upgrade data received by the second receiving unit.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation, the second receiving unit is further configured to receive the upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station, where the second establishing unit is specifically configured to be used by the second receiving When the unit receives the upgrade signaling, the mobile station allocates and establishes the transmission channel. Or

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation, the second receiving unit is further configured to receive an upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station by using the transmission channel, where the upgrade signaling is used to indicate the The device receives software upgrade data transmitted over the transmission channel.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the second receiving unit is further configured to receive an activation command sent by the mobile station; Performing a software upgrade according to the activation command received by the second receiving unit, and re-running the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

The fifth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile station, where the mobile station includes: a terminal processor, configured to establish a transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station;

And a terminal transmitter, configured to send software upgrade data to the base station by using a transmission channel established by the terminal processor, where the software upgrade data is used by the base station to complete a software upgrade.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation, the mobile station transmitter is further configured to send, to the base station, upgrade signaling, where the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to allocate the mobile station And establishing the transmission channel, and instructing the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel. Or

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the terminal transmitter is further configured to send, by using a transmission channel established by the terminal processor, upgrade signaling to the base station, where the upgrade signaling is used to notify The base station receives software upgrade data transmitted through the transmission channel.

Combining the first possible implementation of the fifth aspect or the second possible implementation of the fifth aspect The terminal transmitter is further configured to send an activation command to the base station, where the activation command is used to indicate that the software upgrade data has been sent, and the base station is instructed to perform a software upgrade.

In a sixth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station, where the base station includes:

a base station processor, configured to establish a transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station;

a base station receiver, configured to receive, by using a transmission channel established by the base station processor, software upgrade data sent by the mobile station;

The base station processor is further configured to complete the software upgrade according to the software upgrade data received by the base station receiver.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation, the base station receiver is further configured to receive an upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station, where the base station processor is specifically configured to receive, when the base station receiver receives When the signaling is upgraded, the transmission channel is allocated and established for the mobile station. Or

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation, the base station receiver is further configured to receive an upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station by using the transmission channel, where the upgrade signaling is used to indicate that the base station receives the Software upgrade data sent by the transmission channel.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the base station receiver is further configured to receive an activation command sent by the mobile station; Performing software upgrade according to the activation command received by the base station receiver, and re-running the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for upgrading a base station software, where the system includes the mobile station and the base station.

The method, device and system for upgrading the base station software provided by the embodiments of the present invention can send software upgrade data to the base station through the mobile station, so that the base station completes the software upgrade. With the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails, the remote end can implement the upgrade of the base station software.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will be true. The drawings used in the examples or the description of the prior art are briefly introduced. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and are not creative to those skilled in the art. Other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings on the premise of labor.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for upgrading a base station software according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for upgrading a base station software according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a base station software according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for upgrading a base station software according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are schematic structural diagrams of an apparatus for upgrading a base station software according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention; FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are schematic diagrams showing the structure of a mobile station according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention;

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are schematic diagrams showing the structure of a base station according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

Embodiment 1

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for upgrading a base station software. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes:

101. Establish a transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station.

The method for upgrading the base station software provided in this embodiment may be implemented by a dedicated mobile station, or may be implemented by an ordinary mobile terminal, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or a PC. When the base station is upgraded by the ordinary mobile station, the designated base station upgrade application needs to be installed in the ordinary mobile station, and the upgrade signaling can be sent to the base station after the application is run.

The transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station may be a service channel specified by an existing communication protocol (for example, a voice service channel, a short message service channel, or a data service channel), or may be a newly added dedicated channel. There is no limit here. 102. The mobile station sends software upgrade data to the base station by using the transmission channel, where the software upgrade data is used by the base station to complete software upgrade.

It should be noted that, as long as the mobile station is located in the coverage of the base station, the base station software upgrade can be completed by using the method provided in this embodiment. Generally, the coverage of the base station is at least 5 km, so that the upgrade of the base station software can be implemented remotely by the method provided in this embodiment.

The method for upgrading the base station software provided by the embodiment of the present invention sends the software upgrade data to the base station through the mobile station, so that the base station completes the software upgrade. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can remotely implement the upgrade of the base station software when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails. Embodiment 2

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for upgrading a base station software. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes:

201. Establish a transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station.

The transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station may be a service channel specified by an existing communication protocol (for example, a voice service channel, a short message service channel, or a data service channel), or may be a newly added dedicated channel. There is no limit here.

202. The base station receives, by using the transmission channel, software upgrade data sent by the mobile station.

203. The base station completes a software upgrade according to the software upgrade data.

The method for upgrading the base station software provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the operation and maintenance link between the unified management platform of the mobile network and the base station fails, the software upgrade data can be obtained from the mobile station within the coverage area, and the base station can be implemented at the remote end. Software upgrades. With the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when a natural disaster occurs or the environment of the base station is relatively bad, the software upgrade of the base station can be implemented remotely, which greatly reduces the difficulty of upgrading the base station software. Embodiment 3

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for upgrading a base station software. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes:

301. The mobile station accesses the base station, and sends an upgrade signaling to the base station.

The upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to establish a transmission channel, and instruct the base station to receive software upgrade data sent by the mobile station on the transmission channel. In addition, the upgrade signaling may be a new message, or may be an existing message of a newly added cell, and may be sent to the base station through a dedicated channel. For example, in the GSM system, the upgrade signaling may be independently dedicated. The control channel (SDCCH, Standalone Dedicated Control CHannel) can also be transmitted on the traffic channel (TCH, Traffic CHannel).

The mobile station in this embodiment may be a dedicated mobile station for base station software upgrade, or may be a normal mobile station, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or a PC. It should be noted that when the upgrade signaling is sent to the base station by the ordinary mobile station, the designated base station upgrade application program needs to be installed in the ordinary mobile station, and the upgrade signaling may be sent to the base station after the application is run.

The mobile station accesses the base station, and may access the base station by using a normal service access type, for example, a voice service, a short message service, or the like; or an unconventional service access type may be used to access the base station, that is, The type of service access to distinguish it from the existing type of service access.

302. The base station receives the upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station, and allocates and establishes the transmission channel for the mobile station.

The transmission channel is configured to transmit software upgrade data between the mobile station and a base station. Optionally, in another possible case, if the upgrade signaling is sent through a service channel (eg, a voice traffic channel, a packet data channel, etc.), after receiving the upgrade signaling, the base station, The service channel that transmits the upgrade signaling can be used as the transmission channel without re-establishing the transmission channel.

It should be noted that the upgrade signaling belongs to air interface signaling, and the base station can parse the air interface signaling to identify the upgrade signaling.

303. The mobile station sends software upgrade data to the base station by using the transmission channel. The software upgrade data may be transmitted to the base station in a short message manner, or in a fax manner, or in a data packet manner, where no limitation is imposed.

For example, in the GSM system, when the transmission channel is a TCH, the software upgrade data may be transmitted to the base station by using a short message or a fax; when the transmission channel is a packet data channel (PDCH, packet data channel) The software upgrade data is transmitted to the base station by using a data packet. When the transmission channel is an SDCCH channel, the software upgrade data may be transmitted to the base station by using a short message.

Specifically, in order to ensure that data is not lost, the mobile station may send a software upgrade data to the base station by using a response mechanism. For example, the mobile station may send software upgrade data to the base station on a frame-by-frame basis, and the mobile station sends one frame of data to the base station. After receiving the ACK message returned by the base station, the mobile station transmits the next frame data to the base station to ensure that the software upgrade data transmission is successful.

It should be emphasized that the data transmission method of other mechanisms may also be used to send software upgrade data to the base station, which is not limited in this embodiment.

304. The base station receives the software upgrade data on the transmission channel, and temporarily stores the received software upgrade data in a local cache.

Optionally, the base station in this embodiment may include a baseband signal control process (SCP, Signal Control Process) unit and a base station master control unit. The baseband signal control processing unit is configured to receive and parse the air interface signaling sent by the mobile station, including the upgrade signaling, and has the capability of identifying the upgrade signaling from the air interface signaling; the base station main control unit is configured to receive and receive The software upgrade data is obtained, and the base station is upgraded according to the software upgrade data.

305. After the software upgrade data transmission is completed, the mobile station sends an activation command to the base station, where the activation command is used to indicate that the software upgrade data has been sent, and the base station is instructed to perform a software upgrade.

The activation command may be transmitted through a channel for transmitting the upgrade signaling, and may be specifically transmitted through a transmission channel, which is not limited herein.

306. The base station receives the activation command, performs software upgrade according to the activation command, and re-runs the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed. By sending an activation command to the base station, the base station can obtain the information that the software upgrade data has been received, so that the base station software upgrade can be completed in time, so that the base station can quickly run the upgraded software to ensure the service quality of the base station.

Optionally, after the software upgrade data transmission is completed, the base station may actively trigger a software upgrade operation to perform software upgrade and re-run the upgraded software. For example: the mobile station may divide the software upgrade data into multiple data packets and send the data to the base station; during the transmission process, the mobile station may add the number of data packets and the number of each data packet in the packet header of the data packet; The function of the software upgrade data may be detected according to the packet header of the received data packet; when it is detected that the software upgrade data packet has been completely received, the software upgrade operation may be actively triggered.

Optionally, in an implementation scenario, in step 302, the upgrade signaling may be received by the base station controller, the transmission channel is allocated and established for the mobile station, and the base station is notified to receive on the transmission channel. Software upgrade data. The base station controller can complete the allocation and establishment of the transmission channel by using an existing implementation scheme, which is simpler to implement and can reduce the calculation amount of the base station.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the base station software upgrade can be completed by using the method provided in this embodiment, as long as the mobile station is located in the coverage of the base station. Generally, the coverage of the general base station is large (at least 5 km), so that the upgrade of the base station software can be implemented remotely by the method provided in this embodiment. In particular, when a natural disaster occurs or the environment in which the base station to be upgraded is in a bad environment, the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can greatly reduce the difficulty of upgrading the base station software.

The method for upgrading the base station software provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails, the mobile station can transmit the software upgrade data to the base station through the mobile station within the coverage of the base station, and can remotely Realizing the upgrade of the base station software, without the operation and maintenance personnel reaching the site of the base station, can greatly reduce the difficulty of upgrading the base station software. Embodiment 4

The embodiment of the present invention provides a device for upgrading a base station software, which can implement the steps performed by the mobile station in the foregoing method embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the device includes: a first establishing unit 41, configured to establish a transmission channel between the device and the base station;

The first sending unit 42 is configured to send software upgrade data to the base station by using a transmission channel established by the first establishing unit 41, where the software upgrade data is used by the base station to complete software upgrade.

Optionally, in a possible case, the first sending unit 42 is further configured to send, to the base station, upgrade signaling, where the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to allocate and establish the mobile station. The transmission channel, and instructing the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel.

In another possible case, the first sending unit 42 is further configured to send, by using the transmission channel established by the first establishing unit 41, upgrade signaling to the base station, where the upgrade signaling is used to notify the The base station receives software upgrade data transmitted through the transmission channel.

Specifically, the first sending unit 42 is configured to send, by using the response mechanism, the software upgrade data to the base station by using the transmission channel established by the first establishing unit 41.

As shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus further includes: a first receiving unit 43, configured to receive an acknowledgement message of the software upgrade data returned by the base station.

Optionally, the first sending unit 42 is further configured to send an activation command to the base station, where the activation command is used to indicate that the software upgrade data has been sent, and the base station is instructed to perform a software upgrade.

The device for upgrading the base station software provided by the embodiment of the present invention sends the software upgrade data to the base station by using the first sending unit 42 to enable the base station to complete the software upgrade. Compared with the prior art, when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails, the device can be upgraded at the remote end to reduce the difficulty of upgrading the base station software. . Embodiment 5

The embodiment of the present invention provides a device for upgrading a base station software, which can implement the steps performed by the base station in the foregoing method embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the device includes:

a second establishing unit 61, configured to establish a transmission channel between the device and the mobile station;

a second receiving unit 62, configured to receive, by using a transmission channel established by the second establishing unit 61, software upgrade data sent by the mobile station; The processing unit 63 is configured to complete the software upgrade according to the software upgrade data received by the second receiving unit 62.

Optionally, in a possible case, the second receiving unit 62 is further configured to receive the upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station;

The second establishing unit 61 is specifically configured to allocate and establish the transmission channel for the mobile station when the second receiving unit 62 receives the upgrade signaling.

In another possible case, the second receiving unit 62 is further configured to receive the upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station by using the transmission channel, where the upgrade signaling is used to indicate that the device receives the Software upgrade data sent by the transmission channel.

Optionally, the second receiving unit 62 is configured to receive, by using the response channel, the software upgrade data sent by the mobile station by using the response channel. As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus further includes: a second sending unit 64. The acknowledgment message for sending the software upgrade data to the mobile station after the second receiving unit 62 receives the software upgrade data.

Optionally, the second receiving unit 62 is further configured to receive an activation command sent by the mobile station, where the processing unit 63 is configured to perform a software upgrade according to the activation command received by the second receiving unit 62, where And re-run the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

The device for upgrading the base station software provided by the embodiment of the present invention can obtain software upgrade data from a mobile station within its coverage when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails, and can implement the base station remotely. Software upgrades. It is to be noted that, in the device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when a natural disaster occurs or the environment of the base station is relatively bad, the upgrade process of the base station software can be implemented remotely, and the difficulty of upgrading the base station software is reduced. Embodiment 6

The embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile station, which can implement the method of the mobile station side in the foregoing method embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the mobile station includes:

a terminal processor 81, configured to establish a transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station; The terminal transmitter 82 is configured to send software upgrade data to the base station by using a transmission channel established by the terminal processor 81, where the software upgrade data is used by the base station to complete a software upgrade.

Optionally, in a possible case, the mobile station transmitter 82 is further configured to send, to the base station, upgrade signaling, where the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to allocate and establish the mobile station. The transmission channel, and instructing the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel.

In another possible case, the terminal transmitter 82 is further configured to send, by using a transmission channel established by the terminal processor 81, upgrade signaling to the base station, where the upgrade signaling is used to notify the base station to receive Software upgrade data sent over the transmission channel.

Optionally, the terminal transmitter 82 is specifically configured to send the software upgrade data to the base station by using a response mechanism by using the transmission channel established by the terminal processing device 81. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the mobile station further includes The terminal receiver 83 is configured to receive an acknowledgement message of the software upgrade data returned by the base station.

Optionally, the terminal transmitter 82 is further configured to send an activation command to the base station, where the activation command is used to indicate that the software upgrade data has been sent, and the base station is instructed to perform a software upgrade.

The mobile station provided by the embodiment of the present invention sends software upgrade data to the base station through the terminal transmitter 82, so that the base station receives the software upgrade data to complete the software upgrade. Compared with the prior art, the mobile station provided by the embodiment of the present invention can fail when the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails, or a natural disaster occurs, or the environment of the base station is relatively bad. The remote end implements the upgrade of the base station software. Example 7

The embodiment of the present invention provides a base station. As shown in FIG. 10, the base station includes: a base station processor 101, configured to establish a transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station;

The base station receiver 102 is configured to receive, by using a transmission channel established by the base station processor 101, software upgrade data sent by the mobile station;

The base station processor 101 is further configured to receive the number of software upgrades received by the base station receiver 102. According to the completion of the software upgrade.

Optionally, in a possible case, the base station receiver 102 is further configured to receive the upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station; the base station processor 101 is specifically configured to receive, when the base station receiver 102 receives When the signaling is upgraded, the transmission channel is allocated and established for the mobile station.

In another possible case, the base station receiver 102 is further configured to receive, by the mobile station, upgrade signaling sent by using the transmission channel, where the upgrade signaling is used to indicate that the base station receives the transmission by using the transmission Software upgrade data sent by the channel.

Optionally, the base station receiver 102 is configured to receive, by using the response channel, the software upgrade data sent by the mobile station by using the response channel. As shown in FIG. 11, the base station further includes a base station transmitter 103. After the base station receiver 102 receives the software upgrade data, the confirmation message of the software upgrade data is sent to the mobile station.

Optionally, the base station receiver 102 is further configured to receive an activation command sent by the mobile station, where the base station processor 101 is further configured to perform software upgrade according to an activation command received by the base station receiver 102, and in the software. After the upgrade is complete, re-run the upgraded base station software.

When the operation and maintenance link between the mobile network unified management platform and the base station fails, the base station can obtain software upgrade data from the mobile station in its coverage area, and can remotely implement the upgrade of the base station software. With the base station provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when a natural disaster occurs or the environment of the base station is relatively bad, the base station software can be upgraded remotely, which greatly reduces the difficulty of upgrading the base station software. It is to be noted that the present invention further provides a system for upgrading a base station software, including a mobile station provided by the implementation of the sixth embodiment and a base station provided in the seventh embodiment, for implementing the software upgrade of the base station, and the specific upgrade process is referred to the sixth embodiment and the implementation. Example VII, will not be repeated here. Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general hardware, and of course, through hardware, but In many cases the former is a better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk of a computer. A hard disk or optical disk or the like includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. It should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

claims

1. A method for upgrading base station software, which is characterized by including:

Establish transmission channels between mobile stations and base stations;

Software upgrade data is sent to the base station through the transmission channel, and the software upgrade data is used for the base station to complete software upgrade.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, before establishing the transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station, it further includes:

Send upgrade signaling to the base station, the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to allocate and establish the transmission channel for the mobile station, and instruct the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel .

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, after establishing the transmission channel between the mobile station and the base station, it further includes:

Send upgrade signaling to the base station, where the upgrade signaling is used to instruct the base station to receive software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

4. The method according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that: sending software upgrade data to the base station through the transmission channel includes:

Through the transmission channel, a response mechanism is used to send software upgrade data to the base station, specifically including:

Send a first data packet to the base station through the transmission channel;

After receiving the confirmation message of the first data packet returned by the base station, sending a second data packet to the base station through the transmission channel, wherein the first data packet and the second data packet belong to the Software upgrade data.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, after sending the software upgrade data to the base station through the transmission channel, it further includes:

Send an activation command to the base station, where the activation command is used to indicate that the software upgrade data has been sent and instructs the base station to perform software upgrade.

6. A method for base station software upgrade, which is characterized by including:

Establish transmission channels between base stations and mobile stations;

Receive software upgrade data sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel;

Software upgrade is completed according to the software upgrade data.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, before establishing the transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station, it further includes:

The base station receives the upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station, allocates and establishes the transmission channel for the mobile station, and receives software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

8. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that, after establishing the transmission channel between the base station and the mobile station, it further includes:

Receive upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel, where the upgrade signaling is used to instruct the base station to receive software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that: receiving the software upgrade data sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel includes:

Through the transmission channel, a response mechanism is used to receive the software upgrade data sent by the mobile station, specifically including:

Receive the first data packet sent by the mobile station;

Return a confirmation message of the first data packet to the mobile station, so that the mobile station sends a second data packet to the base station according to the confirmation message, wherein, the first data packet and the second data packet Belongs to the software upgrade data.

10. The method according to any one of claims 6-9, characterized in that, completing the software upgrade according to the software upgrade data includes:

Receive an activation command sent by the mobile station;

Perform software upgrade according to the activation command, and re-run the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

11. A device for upgrading base station software, characterized by including: The first establishment unit is used to establish a transmission channel between the device and the base station;

The first sending unit is configured to send software upgrade data to the base station through the transmission channel established by the first establishment unit, and the software upgrade data is used for the base station to complete software upgrade.

12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that, the first sending unit is further used to send upgrade signaling to the base station, and the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to allocate the mobile station to the mobile station. And establish the transmission channel, and instruct the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel.

13. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that, the first sending unit is further configured to send upgrade signaling to the base station through the transmission channel established by the first establishing unit, and the upgrade signaling uses Notifying the base station to receive software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

14. The device according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the first sending unit is specifically configured to send software upgrade data to the base station using a response mechanism through the transmission channel established by the first establishing unit;

The device also includes:

The first receiving unit is configured to receive a confirmation message of the software upgrade data returned by the base station.

15. The device according to any one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that the first sending unit is also used to send an activation command to the base station, and the activation command is used to indicate that software upgrade data has been sent. After completion, the base station is instructed to perform software upgrade.

16. A device for upgrading base station software, characterized by including:

a second establishment unit, used to establish a transmission channel between the device and the mobile station;

A second receiving unit, configured to receive the software upgrade data sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel established by the second establishing unit;

A processing unit, configured to complete software upgrade according to the software upgrade data received by the second receiving unit.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the second receiving unit is further configured to receive upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station;

The second establishing unit is specifically configured to: when the second receiving unit receives the upgrade signaling, The transmission channel is allocated and established for the mobile station.

18. The device according to claim 16, wherein the second receiving unit is further configured to receive upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel, and the upgrade signaling is used to indicate the The device receives software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

19. The device according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the second receiving unit is specifically configured to receive the software upgrade data sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel using a response mechanism;

The device also includes:

The second sending unit is configured to send a confirmation message of the software upgrade data to the mobile station after the second receiving unit receives the software upgrade data.

20. The device according to any one of claims 16-19, characterized in that the second receiving unit is also used to receive an activation command sent by the mobile station;

The processing unit is configured to perform software upgrade according to the activation command received by the second receiving unit, and re-run the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

21. A mobile station, characterized by: including:

Terminal processor, used to establish transmission channels between mobile stations and base stations;

A terminal transmitter is used to send software upgrade data to the base station through the transmission channel established by the terminal processor, and the software upgrade data is used for the base station to complete software upgrade.

22. The mobile station according to claim 21, characterized in that the mobile station transmitter is also used to send upgrade signaling to the base station, and the upgrade signaling is used to request the base station to be the mobile station. Allocate and establish the transmission channel, and instruct the base station to receive the software upgrade data on the transmission channel.

23. The mobile station according to claim 21, wherein the terminal transmitter is further configured to send upgrade signaling to the base station through a transmission channel established by the terminal processor, and the upgrade signaling is used to Notify the base station to receive software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

24. The mobile station according to claim 22 or 23, characterized in that, the terminal transmitter Specifically used to send software upgrade data to the base station using a response mechanism through the transmission channel established by the terminal processor;

The mobile station also includes:

A terminal receiver, configured to receive a confirmation message of the software upgrade data returned by the base station.

25. The mobile station according to any one of claims 21 to 24, characterized in that the terminal transmitter is also used to send an activation command to the base station, and the activation command is used to indicate that software upgrade data has been sent. After completion, the base station is instructed to perform software upgrade.

26. A base station, characterized by: including:

Base station processor, used to establish transmission channels between base stations and mobile stations;

A base station receiver, configured to receive software upgrade data sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel established by the base station processor;

The base station processor is also configured to complete software upgrade according to the software upgrade data received by the base station receiver.

27. The base station according to claim 26, characterized in that the base station receiver is also used to receive upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station;

The base station processor is specifically configured to allocate and establish the transmission channel for the mobile station when the base station receiver receives the upgrade signaling.

28. The device according to claim 26, wherein the base station receiver is further configured to receive upgrade signaling sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel, and the upgrade signaling is used to instruct the base station Receive software upgrade data sent through the transmission channel.

29. The base station according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the base station receiver is specifically configured to receive software upgrade data sent by the mobile station through the transmission channel using a response mechanism; then the base station further include:

The base station transmitter is configured to send a confirmation message of the software upgrade data to the mobile station after the base station receiver receives the software upgrade data.

30. The base station according to any one of claims 26-29, characterized in that, the base station receives The machine is also used to receive the activation command sent by the mobile station;

The base station processor is also configured to perform software upgrade according to the activation command received by the base station receiver, and re-run the upgraded base station software after the software upgrade is completed.

31. A base station software upgrade system, characterized by comprising the mobile station described in any one of claims 21-25 and the base station described in any one of claims 26-30.