WO2015066849A1

WO2015066849A1 - Method and system for reducing power consumption, and modem

Info

Publication number: WO2015066849A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/086590
Authority: WO
Inventors: 江鹏; 罗治凡; 邓宇
Original assignee: 华为终端有限公司
Priority date: 2013-11-06
Filing date: 2013-11-06
Publication date: 2015-05-14
Also published as: CN104937877A

Abstract

A method and system for reducing power consumption, and a modem. The method for reducing power consumption comprises: receiving, by a modem, a data packet; parsing, by the modem, the data packet, and acquiring a destination port number contained in the data packet; searching for the destination port number in a port number list, the port number list being a list which is obtained according to port number change information sent by an application processor (AP) and contains a port number currently used by the AP; and if the destination port number is not found in the port number list, discarding the data packet. The present invention can effectively avoid wasted power consumption due to the fact that an AP processes a junk data packet, and particularly can avoid awakening an AP in a dormant state to process the junk data packet, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the power consumption.

Description

Method and system for reducing power consumption, modem

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and system for reducing power consumption, and a modem.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Currently, mobile terminals, such as smart phones, which are widely used in people's lives, mostly adopt an architecture of an application processor (English: Application Processor, abbreviated as AP) plus a modem (English name: Modem). The digital signal used by the modem for the mobile terminal is translated into a pulse signal that can propagate along the air interface wireless network, and the pulse signal of the air interface wireless network can also be translated into a digital signal that the mobile terminal can recognize, that is, mainly used to complete the pulse. Modulation and demodulation of the signal; In the above-mentioned AP+Modem architecture, the AP side runs a standard Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (English: Motion Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, abbreviated as: TCP/IP) protocol stack. And the transport layer of the TCP/IP protocol stack includes a plurality of port numbers, and the plurality of port numbers are allocated to the application of the mobile terminal where the mobile terminal is located, and the mobile terminal where the mobile terminal is located can simultaneously run multiple applications, each of which The application is assigned at least one socket (English name: SOCKET), which contains the IP address of the mobile terminal and the port number assigned to the corresponding application. In the prior art, after receiving the data packet, the modem directly sends the data packet to the AP, and the data packet is processed by the AP, and the data packet is sent to the corresponding application. When the load of the AP is light, the AP will Sleeping to reduce power consumption. In this case, if the modem receives the data packet, the modem will wake up the AP, and after waking up the AP, send the received data packet to the AP, and the AP processes the data packet. However, the data packet received by the modem may be an invalid garbage packet with a wrong port number. The AP will waste a lot of power consumption when processing the invalid garbage packet, especially when the AP is in a sleep state, the modem is due to garbage data. The packet wakes up the AP and increases the power consumption of the AP.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for reducing power consumption, and a modem, which is used in The pre-processing function is added to the modem, and the received data packet is pre-processed by the modem, and the data packet whose destination port number does not belong to the port number currently used by the AP is discarded, which can effectively prevent the AP from processing the garbage data packet and waste power consumption. In particular, it can avoid waking up the AP in the dormant state to process the garbage data packet, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing power consumption.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a method of reducing power consumption, including:

The modem modem receives the data packet;

The modem parses the data packet, and obtains a destination port number included in the data packet; searches the port number list for the destination port number, where the port number list is a port number change information sent according to the application processor AP. The obtained list includes the port number currently used by the AP; if the destination port number is not found in the port number list, the data packet is discarded. In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

If the destination port number is found in the port number list, detecting a current state of the AP;

If the current state of the AP is in a dormant state, waking up the AP, and after waking up the AP, sending the data packet to the AP;

If the current state of the AP is in an active state, the data packet is sent to the AP. With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the modem parses the data packet, and obtains a destination port number included in the data packet, which includes:

The modem parses the data packet to obtain a destination Internet protocol included in the data packet

IP address and destination port number;

And before the searching for the destination port number in the port number list, the method further includes:

Determining whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located; if the same, continuing to perform the step of searching for the destination port number in the port number list; if not, discarding the data package.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation, if the port number change information is a deletion notification, the deletion notification includes the AP that is currently deleted. The port number, the method further includes:

Receiving a deletion notification sent by the AP; And deleting the port number included in the deletion notification from the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation, if the port number change information is an increase notification, the increase notification includes that the AP is currently to be added. The port number, the method further includes:

Receiving an increase notification sent by the AP;

The port number included in the increase notification is added to the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list.

With reference to the second possible implementation of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation, before the discarding the data packet, the method further includes:

Sending a notification message to the corresponding sending end according to the source IP address included in the data packet, where the notification message is used to notify the sending end that the data packet sent by the sending end has an error.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a modem, including:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a data packet;

a parsing module, configured to parse the data packet after the first receiving module receives the data packet, and obtain a destination port number included in the data packet;

a search module, configured to: after the parsing module obtains the destination port number, search for the destination port number in the port number list, where the port number list is obtained according to the port number change information sent by the application processor AP a list of port numbers currently used by the AP;

And a discarding module, if the searching module does not find the destination port number in the port number list, discarding the data packet.

In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the modem further includes:

a detecting module, configured to: if the searching module finds the destination port number in the port number list, detecting a current state of the AP;

And waking up the sending module, if the detecting module determines that the current state of the AP is in a dormant state, waking up the AP, and after waking up the AP, sending the data packet to the AP; sending And a module, configured to send the data packet to the AP if the detecting module determines that the current state of the AP is an active state.

In a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the parsing module is specifically configured to parse the data a packet, the destination Internet Protocol IP address and the destination port number included in the data packet are obtained; the modem further includes: a determining module, a triggering module;

The determining module is configured to determine, after the parsing module obtains the destination IP address and the destination port number, whether the destination IP address is the same as an IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, and the triggering module is configured to: The determining module determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, and triggers the searching module;

And the discarding module is further configured to discard the data packet if the determining module determines that the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located.

With the second possible implementation of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation, if the port number change information is a deletion notification, the deletion notification includes a port number that the AP currently deletes, The modem also includes:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a deletion notification sent by the AP;

And an update module, configured to: after the second receiving module receives the deletion notification, delete the port number included in the deletion notification from the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation, if the port number change information is an increase notification, the increase notification includes a port number that the AP is currently to be added;

The second receiving module is further configured to receive an increase notification sent by the AP;

The update module is further configured to add the port number included in the increase notification to the port number list after the second receiving module receives the increase notification, to implement the port number list. Live Update.

With reference to the second possible implementation of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation, the moedem further includes:

a feedback module, configured to send a notification message to the corresponding sending end according to the source IP address included in the data packet before the discarding module discards the data packet, where the notification message is used to notify the sending end The packet sent by it has an error.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a system for reducing power consumption, including:

Application processor AP, modem Modem; The AP includes a port number monitoring module and a notification sending module, where the port number monitoring module is configured to monitor a change of a port number of a transport layer of the AP, and obtain a port number change information of the AP, and the notification sending module is configured to: Transmitting the monitored port number change information to the modem, so that the modem can update the port number list according to the port number change information, where the port number list is a list including the port number currently used by the AP;

The modem includes an update module, a second receiving module, and a pre-processing module, where the second receiving module is configured to receive the port number change information sent by the notification sending module, where the update module is configured to use the port number according to the The change information is obtained by including a list of port numbers currently used by the AP, and the pre-processing module is configured to process the received data packet according to the port number list, and the drop destination port number is not included in the port number list. In the packet.

In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the pre-processing module includes:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a data packet;

a searching module, configured to search for the destination port number in the port number list after the parsing module obtains the destination port number;

With the first possible implementation of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation, the pre-processing module further includes:

With reference to the first possible implementation of the third aspect or the second possible implementation of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation, the parsing module is specifically configured to parse the data packet, and obtain the data. The destination Internet Protocol IP address and destination port number contained in the package; The pre-processing module further includes: a determining module and a triggering module;

The determining module is configured to determine, after the parsing module obtains the destination IP address and the destination port number, whether the destination IP address is the same as an IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located; If the determining module determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, triggering the searching module;

In a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the port number change information is a deletion notification or an increase notification, where the deletion notification includes a port number that the AP is currently to delete, and the increase notification includes the The port number to which the AP is currently to be added;

The second receiving module is configured to receive a deletion notification sent by the AP.

The update module is configured to: after the second receiving module receives the deletion notification, delete the port number from the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list;

And the second receiving module is further configured to receive an increase notification sent by the AP;

The update module is further configured to add the port number to the port number list after the second receiving module receives the increase notification to implement real-time update of the port number list.

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the third aspect, in a fifth possible implementation, the moedem further includes:

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the embodiments of the present invention have the following advantages:

After the modem receives the data packet, the modem parses the data packet, obtains the destination port number included in the data packet, and searches for the destination port number in the port number list. If the destination port number is not found in the port number list, the data packet is obtained. The garbage packet is discarded, and the port number list is a list of port numbers currently used by the AP according to the port number change information sent by the AP, so that the AP can effectively avoid the garbage data. The waste of power consumption caused by the processing of the packet can avoid the waste of power consumption of the garbage packet processing by the AP that wakes up in a sleep state.

DRAWINGS In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. Other drawings can also be obtained from those skilled in the art based on these drawings without paying any creative effort.

1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of an AP+modem according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for reducing power consumption according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is another schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for reducing power consumption according to an embodiment of the present invention; a schematic diagram of the structure;

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram of a structure of a modem according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a system for reducing power consumption according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is another schematic diagram of a structure of a modem according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a current diagram of a modem processing a data packet according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a current diagram of an AP in a sleep state when it is awakened to perform packet processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The detailed description will be respectively made below through specific embodiments.

In order to make the object, the features and the advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the 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.

Embodiments of the invention can be implemented, for example, in a sequence other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "comprises" and "comprises" and "comprises" and "includes" or "includes" or "comprises" or "comprises" or "comprises" Those steps or units may include other steps or units not explicitly listed or inherent to such processes, methods, products or devices.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a system for reducing power consumption, and a modem for adding a pre-processing function to a modem, and pre-processing the received data packet by using a modem, and discarding the destination port number does not belong to the current AP. The data packet of the port number used can effectively avoid the AP to the garbage. The garbage packet processing wastes power consumption, and in particular, avoids waking up the sleeping AP to process the garbage data packet, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing power consumption.

For a better understanding of the method for reducing power consumption in the embodiment of the present invention, refer to FIG. 1 , which is an architecture of an AP+modem according to an embodiment of the present invention, where an AP can monitor a port number change and monitor the port. The number change information is sent to the modem. For example, if the AP detects that the port number of the transport layer increases, then ^! The modem sends a booster notification to notify the modem to increase the port number of the port to the port number list on the modem side. If the AP detects that the port number of the transport layer is deleted, it will send a delete notification to the modem. In order to notify the modem to delete the deleted port number from the port number list, the real-time update of the modem side port number list is implemented, so that the port number opened on the AP side and the port number in the modem side port number list can be synchronized, thereby the modem The port number list can be used to pre-process the received data packets, avoiding the waste of power consumption caused by the garbage packets being sent to the AP, and avoiding the waste of power consumption caused by waking up the AP in the sleep state.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the mobile terminal where the AP is located can simultaneously run multiple applications, and each application allocates at least one socket on the transport layer of the AP, and the socket includes the mobile terminal. The IP address and the port number assigned to the application. In the first format of the TCP packet and user data packet protocol (English: Gene Datagram Protocol, abbreviated as: UDP), both the source port and the destination port are included. Two fields are respectively used to store the source port number and the destination port number of the data packet. When the transport layer of the AP receives the TCP data packet or the UDP data packet that is handed over by the IP layer, it may be according to the TCP data packet or the UDP data packet. The included destination port number transmits the data packet to the application corresponding to the destination port number, so that the mobile terminal can use the port number to distinguish packets of different applications.

Referring to FIG. 2, a method for reducing total consumption of access monitoring according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

201. The modem receives the data packet.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem can receive the pulse signal of the air interface wireless network, and modulate and demodulate the pulse signal of the air interface wireless network to obtain a data packet that can be recognized by the mobile terminal.

202. The modem parses the data packet, and obtains a destination port number included in the data packet.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem parses the received data packet to obtain a destination port number included in the data packet, where the data packet may be a TCP data packet or a UDP data packet.

203. Find a destination port number in the port number list, where the port number list is sent according to the AP. The slogan change information is obtained by including a list of port numbers currently used by the AP;

In the embodiment of the present invention, after obtaining the destination port number included in the data packet, the modem searches for the destination port number in the port number list, where the port number list is obtained according to the port number change information sent by the AP, and includes the current AP usage. A list of port numbers.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the AP monitors the change of the port number of the transport layer, and feeds back the monitored port number change information to the modem in time, so that the port number list of the modem side can be updated in time.

204. If the destination port number is not found in the port number list, the data packet is discarded.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the destination port number included in the data packet is not found in the port number list, the modem may determine that the received data packet is a garbage data packet, and the modem will discard the data packet.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the AP side can monitor the port number change of the transport layer, and feed back the change of the port number to the modem, so that the modem side can obtain the port number list for performing packet pre-processing, and the port number list includes the AP. The currently used port number. Therefore, after receiving the data packet, the modem parses the data packet, obtains the destination port number included in the data packet, and searches for the destination port number in the port number list. If the port number is found in the port number list, If the destination port number is discarded, the data packet is discarded, which can effectively avoid the waste of power consumption caused by the AP processing the garbage packet. In particular, it can avoid the waste of power consumption caused by the AP that is in the dormant state to process the garbage packet.

For a better understanding of the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention, refer to FIG. 3, which is an embodiment of a method for reducing power consumption according to an embodiment of the present invention, including:

301. The modem receives the data packet.

302. The modem parses the data packet, and obtains a destination IP address and a destination port number included in the data packet.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem parses the data packet to obtain the destination IP address and destination port number included in the data packet.

303, determining whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, and if yes, executing step 304, if no, executing step 308;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem will first determine whether the destination IP address is moved with the modem. The IP address of the mobile terminal is the same, and is processed according to the judgment result. After the mobile terminal accesses the cell under the jurisdiction of the base station, the base station allocates an IP address to the mobile terminal.

304, the destination port number is found in the port number list, if the destination port number is found in the port number list, step 305 is performed, if the destination port number is not found in the port number list, step 308 is performed;

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the IP address included in the data packet is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, the modem searches the port number list to determine whether the port number list includes the destination port number, where the port number list is based on The port number change information sent by the AP contains a list of the port numbers currently used by the AP.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the AP can monitor the change of the port number of the transport layer in the TCP/IP protocol stack of the AP in real time, and feed back the monitored port number change information to the modem, so that the modem can change according to the port number. The information updates the port number list in real time to synchronize the port number used by the AP side with the port number in the port number list on the modem side. Specifically, if the AP detects that the transport layer adds a new port number, the AP sends an increase notification to the modem, where the increase notification includes the port number currently to be added by the AP, and after receiving the increase notification, the modem includes the increase notification. The port number is added to the port number list. If the AP detects that the port number is deleted by the transport layer, the AP sends a delete notification to the modem. The delete notification includes the port number that the AP is currently deleting. After the modem receives the delete notification, The port number included in the deletion notification is deleted from the port number list, and the real-time update of the port number list can be effectively implemented. The AP transmits a number of data transmission channels to the modem for adding notifications and deletion notifications, and can use existing data. The transmission channel can also be configured with a new data transmission channel, and the structure for adding notifications and deleting notifications can be set as needed. For example: When the AP side detects that there is a port increase, the increased port number can be transmitted to the modem through the following increase notification. : AT+ABCD=3, 1:2356 //3 represents the port type;

〃, separator; 〃1:2356 increases tcp2356 port;

//AT+ABCD Custom protocol name. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the AP may also monitor the change of the IP address of the network layer, and feed back the change of the IP address to the modem, so that the modem side can update the IP address. 305. Detect a current state of the AP.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the destination port number is found in the port number list, it indicates that the received data packet is not a garbage packet and needs to be sent to the AP for processing, and the modem detects the current state of the AP, where the AP The current state can be a working state or a sleep state.

306. If the current state of the AP is in a dormant state, the AP is woken up, and after the AP is awake, the data packet is sent to the AP.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the current state of the AP is a dormant body, the modem wakes up the AP, and after waking up the AP, sends the received data packet to the AP, and the AP uses the destination port included in the data packet. The number is sent to the appropriate application.

307. If the current state of the AP is working, send the data packet to the AP.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the current state of the AP is in the working state, the modem sends the received data packet to the AP, and the AP processes the data packet.

308. Send a notification message to the corresponding sending end according to the source IP address included in the data packet, where the notification message is used to notify the sending end that the data packet sent by the sending end has an error;

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, or if the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, and the destination port number included in the data packet is not in the port number. In the list, it can be determined that the data packet is a garbage data packet, and before the modem discards the data packet determined as the garbage data packet, the modem will also follow the data packet in order to avoid the sending end of the data packet being repeatedly sent by the sending end of the data packet. The source IP address is sent to the corresponding sender to send a notification message, and the notification message is used to notify the sender that the packet sent by the sender has an error.

309. Discard the data packet.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the moedm sends a notification message for notifying the sender that the data packet sent by the sender has an error, the modem discards the data packet.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the data packet, the modem parses the data packet, obtains the destination IP address and the destination port number included in the data packet, and if the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, Then, according to the source IP address included in the data packet, the notification message is sent to the corresponding sender and the data packet is discarded. If the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, the destination port number is found in the port number list. If you find the purpose in the port number list The port number is sent to the corresponding sender according to the source IP address contained in the data packet, and the packet is discarded. If the destination port number is not found in the port number list, the current state of the AP is detected. If it is in the dormant state, the AP is awake, and after the AP wakes up, the data packet is sent to the AP. If it is in the working state, the data packet is directly sent to the AP, and the AP processes the packet, which can effectively prevent the AP from processing the garbage packet. The power consumption is wasted, and the power consumption caused by the wake-up of the sleeping AP is effectively avoided, and the power consumption is effectively saved.

Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment of a structure of a modem according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first receiving module 401, configured to receive a data packet;

The parsing module 402 is configured to parse the data packet after the first receiving module 401 receives the data packet, and obtain the destination port number included in the data packet;

The search module 403 is configured to: after the parsing module 402 obtains the destination port number, look up the destination port number in the port number list, where the port number list is obtained according to the port number change information sent by the application processor AP, and includes the AP current a list of port numbers used;

The discarding module 404 is configured to discard the data packet when the search module does not find the destination port number in the port number list.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the first receiving module 401 receives the data packet, the parsing module 402 parses the data packet to obtain the destination port number included in the data packet, and then the searching module 403 searches the port number list for the destination port. If the destination port number is not found in the port number list, the discarding module 404 discards the data packet, where the port number list is obtained according to the port number change information sent by the application processor AP, and includes the current AP. A list of port numbers used.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the AP side can monitor the port number change of the transport layer, and feed back the port number change information to the modem, so that the modem side includes a port number list for performing packet pre-processing, and the port number list includes the AP current The port number used. Therefore, after receiving the data packet, the modem parses the data packet, obtains the destination port number included in the data packet, and searches for the destination port number in the port number list. If the port number is not found in the port number list, If the destination port number is used, the data packet is discarded, which can effectively avoid the waste of power consumption caused by the AP processing the garbage packet. In particular, it can avoid the waste of power consumption caused by the AP sleeping in the dormant state.

For a better understanding of the technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention, refer to FIG. 5, which is an embodiment of a structure of a modem according to an embodiment of the present invention, including: The first receiving module 401, the parsing module 402, the searching module 403, and the discarding module 404 described in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 are similar to the technical solutions described in the embodiment shown in FIG. a module 401, configured to receive a data packet;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem further includes:

The detecting module 501 is configured to detect, after the searching module 403 finds the destination port number in the port number list, the current state of the AP;

The awake sending module 502 is configured to: if the detecting module 501 determines that the current state of the AP is in a dormant state, waking up the AP, and after waking up the AP, sending the data packet to the AP;

The sending module 503 is configured to send the data packet to the AP if the detecting module 501 determines that the current state of the AP is the working state.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the parsing module 402 is specifically configured to parse the data packet, and obtain the destination Internet Protocol IP address and the destination port number included in the data packet.

The Bay ¹ J modem also includes:

The determining module 504 is configured to determine, after the parsing module 402 obtains the destination IP address and the destination port number, whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located;

The triggering module 505 is configured to trigger the searching module if the determining module 504 determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located.

The discarding module 404 is further configured to discard the data packet if the determining module 504 determines that the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal of the modem.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the port number change information is a deletion notification, and the deletion notification includes a port number that the AP is currently to delete, the modem further includes:

The second receiving module 506 is configured to receive a deletion notification sent by the AP, where the deletion notification includes the AP The port number to be deleted currently;

The update module 507 is configured to delete the port number from the port number list after the second receiving module receives the deletion notification, so as to implement real-time update of the port number list.

If the port number change information is an increase notification, the increase notification includes a port number to be added by the AP; the second receiving module 506 is further configured to receive an increase notification sent by the AP, where the increase notification includes the AP currently Increased port number;

The update module 507 is further configured to add the port number to the port number list after the second receiving module receives the increase notification to implement real-time update of the port number list.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem further includes:

The feedback module 508 is configured to send, after the discarding module 404 discards the data packet, a notification message to the corresponding sending end according to the source IP address included in the data packet, where the notification message is used to notify the The sender sent an error with the packet it sent.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the first receiving module 401 receives the data packet, the parsing module 402 parses the data packet, obtains the destination Internet Protocol IP address and the destination port number included in the data packet, and then the determining module 504 determines whether the destination IP address is The IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located is the same; if the determining module 504 determines that the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, the feedback module 508 sends a notification to the corresponding sending end according to the source IP address included in the data packet. a message, the notification message is used to notify the sending end that the data packet sent by the sending end has an error, and the discarding module 505 discards the data packet; if the determining module 504 determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, Then, the triggering module 505 triggers the searching module 403. The searching module 403 searches the port number list for the destination port number, determines whether the destination port number is included in the port number list, and if the searching module 403 determines that the destination port number is not included in the port number list. The feedback module 508 sends the corresponding IP address according to the source IP address contained in the data packet. The terminal sends a notification message, where the notification message is used to notify the sending end that the data packet sent by the sending end has an error, and the discarding module 404 discards the data packet. If the search module 403 finds the destination port number in the port number list, the detection module 501 detects the current state of the AP; if the detection module 501 determines that the current state of the AP is the sleep state, the wake-up transmission module 502 wakes up the AP. After the AP is awake, the data packet is sent to the AP. If the detection module 501 determines that the current state of the AP is the working state, the sending module 503 sends the data packet to the AP. In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem can also receive the increase notification or the deletion notification by the modem to process the received data packet by using the foregoing manner, so as to implement the update of the port number list, including: The receiving module 506 receives the deletion notification sent by the AP, and the deletion notification includes the port number that the AP is currently to delete; the update module 507 then deletes the port number from the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list; The module 507 receives the increase notification sent by the AP, where the update notification includes the port number that the AP is currently to be added. The update module 507 is further configured to add the port number to the port number list after the second receiving module receives the increase notification. Real-time updates to the list of port numbers.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the data packet, the modem parses the data packet, obtains the destination IP address and the destination port number included in the data packet, and if the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, Then, according to the source IP address included in the data packet, the notification message is sent to the corresponding sender and the data packet is discarded. If the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, the destination port number is found in the port number list. If the destination port number is found in the port number list, the device sends a notification message to the corresponding sender according to the source IP address contained in the data packet and discards the data packet. If the destination port number is found in the port number list, Detects the current state of the AP. If it is in the dormant state, it wakes up the AP, and after the AP wakes up, sends the data packet to the AP. If it is in the working state, it directly sends the data packet to the AP, and the AP processes it. Effectively avoids the waste of power consumed by the AP to process garbage packets, and can effectively prevent the AP that is in a sleep state from being woken up. Wasteful power consumption, effectively save power consumption.

Referring to FIG. 6, an embodiment of a structure of a system for reducing power consumption according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

AP601, Modem602;

The AP 601 includes a port number monitoring module 603 and a notification sending module 604. The port number monitoring module 603 is configured to monitor a change in a port number of the transport layer of the AP, obtain a port number change information of the AP, and use the notification sending module. The 604 sends the monitored port number change information to the modem, so that the modem can update the port number list according to the port number change information, where the port number list is a list including the port number currently used by the AP;

The modem 602 includes the update module 507 and the second receiving module 506 as described in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and is similar to the content described in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, and the modem 602 further includes a pre-processing module. Block 603, wherein the second receiving module 506 is configured to receive the port number change information sent by the notification sending module 604, and the updating module 507 is configured to obtain, according to the port number change information, a port number list that includes the port number currently used by the AP. The pre-processing module 603 is configured to process the received data packet according to the port number list, and discard the data packet whose destination port number is not included in the port number list. Specifically: if the second receiving module 506 receives the deletion notification sent by the AP, the deletion notification includes the port number that the AP is currently to delete; the update module 507 deletes the port number from the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list. If the second receiving module 506 receives the increase notification sent by the AP, the increase notification includes the port number currently added by the AP; the update module adds the port number to the port number list to implement real-time update of the port number list.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-processing module 603 includes: a first receiving module 401, a parsing module

402, the search module 403, the discarding module 404, the detecting module 501, the waking up sending module 502, the sending module 503, the determining module 504, the triggering module 505, and the feedback module 508. details as follows:

a first receiving module 401, configured to receive a data packet;

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem further includes:

The determining module 504 is configured to determine, after the parsing module 402 obtains the destination IP address and the destination port number, whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located; The triggering module 505 is configured to trigger the searching module if the determining module 504 determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the AP has a function of monitoring the port number change of the transport layer of the AP, and sends the monitored change to the modem, so that the modem can establish a port number list including the port number currently used by the AP, and The modem can process the received data packet by using the port number list, and discard the data packet whose port number is not in the port number list, which can effectively avoid the waste of power consumption caused by the AP processing the garbage data packet, and can effectively The waste of power consumption caused by the wake-up of the AP in the sleep state is avoided, and the power consumption is effectively saved.

Referring to FIG. 7, an embodiment of receiving a modem according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a processor 701, a receiver 702, a transmitter 703, and a memory 704.

The receiving device 702 is configured to receive a data packet.

The processor 701 is configured to: after receiving the data packet, the receiving device obtains the destination port number included in the data packet; searches the port number list, determines whether the destination port number is included in the port number list, and the port number list is sent according to the application processor AP. The port number change information is obtained by including a list of port numbers currently used by the AP; and in the case where it is determined that the destination port number is not included in the port number list, the data packet is discarded.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the modem processes the data packet by using the port number list including the port number currently used by the AP, and discards the data packet whose port number is not included in the port number list, thereby effectively preventing the AP from processing the garbage data. The power consumption of the packet is wasted, and the power consumption of the AP that is in the sleep state is effectively avoided, and the power consumption is effectively saved.

In order to better understand the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the power consumption consumed when the method in the present invention is applied to the data packet processing separately from the prior art method will be described below.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a current diagram of a modem when a data packet is processed by using a modem as shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 or FIG. 7 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8 , the prior art is used in the embodiment of the present invention. The intraoperative method is a current diagram of the AP when the AP is in a dormant state and wakes up the AP for packet processing. It can be seen from the two current diagrams in Figure 8 and Figure 9, the current consumed in Figure 9, is significantly less than the current consumed in Figure 8, and at least 20% to 30% power consumption is saved, therefore, in this application The technical solution preprocesses the data packet, which can effectively avoid waste of power consumption.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments can be completed by a program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, the above mentioned storage. The medium can be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or a compact disk or the like.

The method and system for reducing power consumption and the modem provided by the present invention are described in detail above. For those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the embodiment of the present invention, there will be a specific implementation manner and application range. The details of the description are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Claims

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1. A method of reducing power consumption, which is characterized by including:

Modem Modem receives data packets;

The modem parses the data packet and obtains the destination port number contained in the data packet; searches for the destination port number in the port number list, and the port number list is based on the application processor

The port number change information sent by the AP contains a list of port numbers currently used by the AP; if the destination port number is not found in the port number list, the data packet is discarded.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further includes: if the destination port number is found in the port number list, detecting the current state of the AP;

If the current state of the AP is a sleep state, wake up the AP, and after waking up the AP, send the data packet to the AP;

If the current state of the AP is a working state, the data packet is sent to the AP.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the modem parses the data packet, and obtaining the destination port number contained in the data packet specifically includes:

The modem parses the data packet and obtains the destination Internet Protocol IP address and destination port number contained in the data packet;

Then the search for the destination port number in the port number list also includes:

Determine whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located; if they are the same, continue to perform the step of searching for the destination port number in the port number list; if not, discard the data Bag.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, if the port number change information is a deletion notification, and the deletion notification contains the port number currently to be deleted by the AP, then the method further includes :

Receive the deletion notification sent by the AP;

Delete the port number included in the deletion notification from the port number list to achieve real-time updating of the port number list.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, if the port number change information is an increase notification, and the increase notification contains the port number currently to be added by the AP, then the method The law also includes:

Receive the addition notification sent by the AP;

The port number included in the addition notification is added to the port number list to achieve real-time updating of the port number list.

6. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that before discarding the data packet, the method further includes:

A notification message is sent to the corresponding sending end according to the source IP address contained in the data packet, and the notification message is used to notify the sending end that an error occurs in the data packet sent by it.

7. A modem, characterized by including:

The first receiving module is used to receive data packets;

A parsing module, configured to parse the data packet after the first receiving module receives the data packet, and obtain the destination port number contained in the data packet;

A search module, configured to search for the destination port number in a port number list after the parsing module obtains the destination port number. The port number list is obtained based on the port number change information sent by the application processor AP. A list of port numbers currently used by the AP;

A discard module, configured to discard the data packet if the search module does not find the destination port number in the port number list.

8. The modem according to claim 7, wherein the modem further includes: a detection module, configured to detect the destination port number if the search module finds the destination port number in the port number list. The current status of the AP;

A wake-up sending module, configured to wake up the AP if the detection module determines that the current state of the AP is a sleep state, and after waking up the AP, send the data packet to the AP; send A module configured to send the data packet to the AP if the detection module determines that the current state of the AP is a working state.

9. The modem according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the parsing module is specifically used to parse the data packet and obtain the destination Internet Protocol IP address and destination port number contained in the data packet;

The modem also includes: a judgment module and a trigger module;

The judgment module is used to obtain the destination IP address and destination port number by the parsing module. Then, determine whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located; the trigger module is used to determine if the determination module determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located. , then trigger the search module;

And the discarding module is also configured to discard the data packet if the judgment module determines that the destination IP address is different from the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located.

10. The modem according to claim 9, characterized in that, if the port number change information is a deletion notification, and the deletion notification contains the port number currently to be deleted by the AP, then the modem further includes:

The second receiving module is used to receive the deletion notification sent by the AP;

An update module, configured to delete the port number included in the deletion notification from the port number list after the second receiving module receives the deletion notification, so as to realize real-time updating of the port number list.

11. The modem according to claim 10, characterized in that, if the port number change information is an increase notification, the increase notification contains the port number currently to be added by the AP;

The second receiving module is also used to receive the addition notification sent by the AP;

The update module is also configured to, after the second receiving module receives the addition notification, add the port number contained in the addition notification to the port number list to implement the port number list. Live Update.

12. The modem according to claim 9, characterized in that, the modem further includes: a feedback module, configured to, before the discarding module discards the data packet, according to the source IP contained in the data packet. The address sends a notification message to the corresponding sending end, where the notification message is used to notify the sending end that an error occurs in the data packet sent by it.

13. A system for reducing power consumption, characterized by including:

Application Processor AP, Modem;

The AP includes a port number monitoring module and a notification sending module. The port number monitoring module is used to monitor changes in the port number of the transport layer of the AP and obtain the port number change information of the AP. The notification sending module is used to Send the monitored port number change information to the modem, so that the modem can update the port number list according to the port number change information, where the port number list is a list containing the port numbers currently used by the AP; The modem includes an update module, a second receiving module, and a preprocessing module. The second receiving module is used to receive the port number change information sent by the notification sending module. The update module is used to adjust the port number according to the port number. The change information obtains a list containing the port numbers currently used by the AP. The preprocessing module is used to process the received data packets according to the port number list and discard the destination port number that is not included in the port number list. packets in .

14. The system according to claim 13, characterized in that the preprocessing module includes: a first receiving module, used to receive data packets;

A search module, configured to search for the destination port number in the port number list after the parsing module obtains the destination port number;

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the preprocessing module further includes: a detection module, configured to detect if the search module finds the destination port number in the port number list. The current status of the AP;

16. The system according to claim 14 or 15, characterized in that the parsing module is specifically used to parse the data packet and obtain the destination Internet Protocol IP address and destination port number contained in the data packet;

The preprocessing module further includes: a judgment module and a trigger module;

The judgment module is used to judge whether the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located after the parsing module obtains the destination IP address and destination port number; the trigger module is used to If the judgment module determines that the destination IP address is the same as the IP address of the mobile terminal where the modem is located, the search module is triggered;

And the discarding module is also used to determine if the judging module determines that the destination IP address is the same as the If the IP addresses of the mobile terminals where the modems are located are different, the data packet will be discarded.

17. The system according to claim 13, characterized in that: the port number change information is a deletion notification or an addition notification, the deletion notification includes the port number currently to be deleted by the AP, and the addition notification includes The port number that the AP currently wants to add;

The second receiving module is configured to receive the deletion notification sent by the AP;

The update module is configured to delete the port number from the port number list after the second receiving module receives the deletion notification, so as to realize real-time updating of the port number list;

And the second receiving module is also used to receive the addition notification sent by the AP;

The update module is further configured to add the port number to the port number list after the second receiving module receives the addition notification, so as to realize real-time updating of the port number list.

18. The system according to claim 16, characterized in that the moedem further includes: a feedback module, configured to, before the discarding module discards the data packet, according to the source IP contained in the data packet. The address sends a notification message to the corresponding sending end, where the notification message is used to notify the sending end that an error occurs in the data packet sent by it.