WO2015154504A1

WO2015154504A1 - Base station, and base station load sharing device and method

Info

Publication number: WO2015154504A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/093502
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张超群
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-07-03
Filing date: 2014-12-10
Publication date: 2015-10-15
Also published as: CN105323873A

Abstract

A base station, and a base station load sharing device and method. The base station is configured with least two main-control single boards which support networks of the same mode. The base station load sharing method comprises: configuring different addresses to various main-control single boards; and based on the configured addresses, sharing, by the various main-control single boards, the processing of different service data of networks of the same mode concurrently. Alternatively, the base station load sharing method comprises: acquiring addresses of at least two main-control single boards which support networks of the same mode and are configured for a base station; and based on the addresses configured for the various main-control single boards, issuing different service data of the networks of the same mode to the different main-control single boards for processing. The technical solution solves the problem that the processing capability is insufficient due to the fact that only a single main-control single board is operating when a related base station communicates with a network of a certain mode.

Description

Base station and base station load sharing device and method

Technical field

The present invention is not limited to the field of communications, and particularly relates to a base station, a base station load sharing device, and a method.

Background technique

With the rapid improvement of the processing capability of the base station and the common mode of the multi-product system in the field, the processing capability of the main control board has become the bottleneck of the performance of the entire base station. For example, in the WCDMA mobile communication technology, in the single-system UMTS (Universal Mobile Communication System), the base station is usually configured with a single master control board; or two master boards that are mutually backup, and only one master at a time. The board is working. When it fails, it is switched to another master board. Whether it is configured with a single master board or two master boards that are backed up each other, only one master is at the same time. The board is working and has insufficient processing power, especially when the business is busy, and the user is often rejected.

Summary of the invention

The base station and the base station load sharing device and the method provided by the embodiments of the present invention solve the problem that only a single main control board is working and the processing capability is insufficient when the base station performs communication in a certain standard network in the related art.

To solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

A base station comprising:

Supporting at least two main control boards of the same standard network, configured to perform different services for processing different service data of the same standard network in parallel based on the configured addresses;

The address configuration module is configured to configure different addresses for the at least two main control boards.

Optionally, the base station further includes:

a first correspondence establishing module, configured to establish a correspondence between the at least two main control boards and different data types of the same standard network;

The at least two master boards are configured to perform service data of a data type corresponding thereto in parallel according to the configured address.

Optionally, the first correspondence establishing module is configured to establish a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the base station control port data, and a correspondence between the other main control board and the base station communication control port data.

Optionally, the base station further includes:

The first fault monitoring module is configured to monitor whether a main control board is faulty;

The first switching module is configured to switch the service data that needs to be processed by the faulty main control board to the normal main control board for processing.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station load sharing device, including:

An address obtaining module, configured to acquire an address of at least two main control boards supporting the same standard network configured by the base station;

The data distribution module is configured to distribute different service data of the same standard network to different main control boards according to the address configured by the at least two main control boards.

Optionally, the base station load sharing device further includes:

a second correspondence establishing module, configured to establish a correspondence between different data types of the at least two main control boards and the same standard network;

The data distribution module is configured to distribute the service data of the data type corresponding to the at least two main control boards to the corresponding main control board for processing based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards.

Optionally, the second correspondence establishing module is configured to establish a correspondence between the data of one of the main control boards and the control port of the base station, and the correspondence between the data of the other control board and the communication control port of the base station.

Optionally, the base station load sharing device further includes:

The second fault monitoring module is configured to receive a failure notification of the main control board;

The second switching module is configured to send the service data that needs to be distributed to the faulty control board to the normal data. The main control board is processed.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station load sharing method, where the base station is configured with at least two main control boards supporting the same standard network, and the base station load sharing method includes:

Configuring different addresses for the at least two master boards;

The at least two main control units share the different service data of the same standard network in parallel according to the address configured by the at least two main control boards.

Optionally, the method for load balancing of the base station further includes:

Establishing a correspondence between the at least two main control boards and different data types of the same standard network;

The at least two main control boards are configured to process the different service data of the same system in parallel according to the configured address, and the at least two main control boards are configured to process the parallel data according to the configured address. Business data.

Optionally, establishing the relationship between the data types of the at least two main control boards and the same type of the network includes: establishing a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the control port data of the base station, and another main control board The correspondence between the base station communication control port data.

Optionally, the base station load sharing method further includes: monitoring whether a main control board is faulty, and if so, switching the service data that needs to be processed by the faulty main control board to the normal main control board for processing.

To solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station load sharing method, including:

Acquiring at least two addresses of the main control board supporting the same standard network configured by the base station;

Different service data of the same standard network is distributed to different main control boards for processing based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards.

Optionally, the method for load balancing of the base station further includes:

Distributing the different service data of the same system to the different main control boards based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards includes: based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards, The service data of the data type corresponding to the at least two main control boards is distributed to the corresponding main control board for processing.

Optionally, establishing a correspondence between the data types of the at least two main control boards and the same type of the network includes: establishing a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the control port data of the base station, and another main control board The correspondence between the base station communication control port data.

Optionally, the base station load sharing method further includes: receiving a fault notification of the main control board, and sending the service data that needs to be distributed to the faulty main control board to the normal main control board for processing.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer program, including program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by a base station, so that the base station can perform the method as described above.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer program, including program instructions, when the program command is executed by a base station load sharing device, so that the base station load sharing device can perform the method as described above.

In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a carrier carrying the computer program.

The base station and the base station load sharing device and the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the base station is configured with at least two main control boards, and the at least two main control boards can support the same standard network, and the main control boards are configured differently. After the address is transmitted by the base station, the at least two main control boards supporting the standard network work in parallel, and the different service data of the standard network is shared and processed based on the configured address. Compared with the related art, the embodiment of the present invention uses at least two main control boards to work in parallel to support communication of the same standard network, which can play the role of load sharing and improve the base station. Business processing capacity, throughput. In addition, after a master board is faulty, the service data that needs to be shared by the faulty master board can be switched to the normal main control board to ensure normal service processing.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a base station load sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of another base station load sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a base station load sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a base station load sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The base station is configured with at least two main control boards, and the at least two main control boards can support the same standard network, including the following processes. Please refer to Figure 1:

S101. The base station configures the at least two main control boards with different addresses, such as an IP address.

S102. The base station, according to the address configured by the at least two main control boards, concurrently share the different service data of the same standard network in the at least two main control units. That is, when the base station performs communication of a certain standard network, the at least two main control boards supporting the standard network work in parallel, and the different service data of the standard network is shared and processed based on the configured address.

The processing content of each main control board in step S102 includes:

The data shared by itself is transmitted to the RNC (baseband controller), and the data carries its own address, so that the RNC can receive the response data according to the address after receiving the RNC; receive the data sent by the RNC to itself, and the data to be received and to be sent The data is processed as necessary (including parsing, packaging, etc.).

In step S102, the service data of the shared processing may be temporarily allocated to each of the main control boards, and the data type of the shared processing may be configured for each of the main control boards before the step S102. If the data types of the two main control boards are different from the data types of the same system, the data types of the different main control boards of the same system are different. Then, in step 102. The at least two master boards support the service data of the data type corresponding thereto according to the configured address, that is, when the base station performs communication of a certain standard network, the at least two of the standard network are supported. Each master board works in parallel. Based on the configured address, each master board shares the service data of its corresponding data type.

Assume that the service data of a certain standard network includes Base Station Control Port (NCP) data and Base Station Communication Control Port (CCP) data. Optionally, the established correspondence includes:

Establish a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the NCP data, and the corresponding relationship between the other main control board and the CCP data. That is, when the base station performs the communication of the standard network, one of the main control boards shares the data on the NCP, and the other main control board shares the data on the CCP.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the fault of the main control board can be monitored, and the switchover process is performed when the fault occurs, including: monitoring whether the main control board is faulty, and if so, the faulty main control board needs to be shared. The service data is switched to the normal main control board for processing. If only one of the normal control boards of the same type of network is supported, the service data that needs to be processed by the faulty master board is switched to the remaining normal main control board for processing; If there are two or more normal main control boards in the same system, you can consider the load of each normal main control board and switch the service data that needs to be shared by the faulty main control board to the normal load. The main control board performs processing.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of another base station load sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, including the following process, please refer to FIG. 2:

S201. Acquire an address of at least two main control boards configured by the base station, where the at least two main control boards can support the same standard network.

S202: Distribute different service data of the same standard network to different main control boards according to the address configured by the at least two main control boards. That is, when the base station performs communication of a certain standard network, different service data of the same standard network is distributed to different main control boards for processing based on the addresses of the at least two main control boards in the base station.

The above step S202 is to send data to the main control board. The embodiment may further include the following steps of receiving data from the main control board:

Receiving data respectively sent by the at least two main control boards supporting the same standard network.

After the data is received from the main control board, the data can be fed back to the corresponding main control board based on the address of the main control board that is the sender.

In step S202, the different service data that is distributed to the at least two main control boards may be temporarily determined, and the data type that is distributed to the at least two main control boards may be configured in advance, that is, the data type is established. Corresponding relationship between the at least two main control boards and the different data types of the same standard network, then in step 202, based on the address of each main control board, the data type corresponding to each main control board The service data is distributed to the corresponding main control board for processing. Assume that the service data of a certain standard network includes NCP data and CCP data. Optionally, the established correspondence includes:

Establish a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the NCP data, and the corresponding relationship between the other main control board and the CCP data. That is to say, when the communication of a certain standard network is performed, the data on the NCP is transmitted to one of the main control boards, and the data on the CCP is transmitted to the other main control board.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the fault of the master control board can be monitored, and the switchover process is performed when the fault occurs, including: receiving the fault notification of the master control board sent by the base station, and distributing the fault to the fault control board. The service data is sent to the normal control board for processing. Optionally, the fault notification of the master board may be sent by any normal master board, or another module of the base station, such as the first fault monitoring module. If the fault of the main control board is sent by a normal control board, the service data that needs to be distributed to the faulty main control board is sent to the normal main control board for processing. Or, regardless of who sent it, you can carry the address of a normal master board in the fault notification of the master board. If only one of the normal master boards supporting the same system network currently has one, the only normal one is carried. If the number of the main control boards of the same standard network is 2 or more, consider the load of each normal main control board and carry the normal load with the lowest current load. The address of the board. After receiving the fault notification of the main control board, the service data that needs to be distributed to the faulty main control board is sent to the corresponding normal control board for processing according to the address of the normal control board.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the base station includes at least two main control boards and an address configuration module. The at least two main control boards support the same standard network, and are configured to perform different services for processing the same service network in parallel according to the configured address; the address configuration module is configured to send the at least two main control boards Configure different addresses, such as IP addresses. In the related art, when the base station performs communication in the same standard network, there is only one master control list. Board work.

Optionally, the base station further includes: a first correspondence establishing module, configured to establish a correspondence between different data types of the at least two main control boards and the same standard network; and the at least two main control board settings To process the business data of the data type corresponding thereto based on the configured address.

Optionally, the first correspondence establishing module is configured to establish a correspondence between the data of one of the main control boards and the control port of the base station, and the correspondence between the data of the other control board and the communication control port of the base station.

Optionally, the base station further includes: a first fault monitoring module and a first switching module, where the first fault monitoring module is configured to monitor whether a main control board is faulty; and the first switching module is configured to require the faulty main control board The service data of the shared processing is switched to the normal main control board for processing.

4 is a schematic diagram of a base station load sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4,

The base station load sharing device includes an address obtaining module and a data distribution module, wherein the address obtaining module is configured to acquire an address of at least two master boards supporting the same standard network configured by the base station; and the data distribution module is configured to be based on the at least two The address configured on the main control board distributes different service data of the same standard network to different main control boards.

Optionally, the base station load sharing device further includes: a second correspondence establishing module, configured to establish a correspondence between the at least two main control boards and different data types of the same standard network; the data distribution module is configured to be based on The service data of the data type corresponding to the at least two main control boards is distributed to the corresponding main control board for processing.

Optionally, the second correspondence establishing module is configured to establish a correspondence between the data of one of the main control boards and the control port of the base station, and the correspondence between the data of the communication control port of the other main control board and the base station.

Optionally, the base station load sharing device further includes: a second fault monitoring module and a second switching module, the second fault monitoring module is configured to receive a fault notification of the main control board; and the second switching module is configured to be distributed to The service data of the faulty main control board is sent to the normal control board for processing.

The base station load sharing device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an RNC or integrated in the RNC. The following is an example of implementing load balancing on a dual-master board in the UMTS standard network communication, and further explains the embodiment of the present invention:

The first main control board and the second main control board are configured in the base station, the first main control board is connected to the RNC through the network cable 1, and the second main control board is connected to the RNC through the network cable 2, and the two main control lists are Board support On the UMTS network, the address configuration module in the base station configures different IP addresses for the two main control boards. The IP address of the first main control board is IP1, and the IP address of the second main control board is IP2. The corresponding relationship between the first main control board and the NCP is established in the background, the correspondence between the second main control board and the CCP, and the first corresponding relationship is sent to the first correspondence establishment module in the base station, and the first in the RNC The second correspondence establishes a module. The following is the communication process between the base station and the RNC in the UMTS system:

Assume that the base station first transmits data to the RNC:

The first main control board and the second main control board work in parallel, and the corresponding relationship in the module is established based on the first correspondence. The first main control board transmits the data on the NCP to the RNC through the network cable 1 and carries the data in the transmission data. IP1, the second main control board transmits the data on the CCP to the RNC through the network cable 2, and the transmission data carries the IP2; after receiving the data, if the received data carries the IP1, the response data of the received data passes through the network cable. 1, the first master control board is fed back. If the received data carries IP2, the response data of the received data is fed back to the second main control board through the network cable 2. Of course, the RNC can also establish a module based on the second correspondence. In the corresponding relationship, if the data to be transmitted to the base station is data on the NCP, it is transmitted to the first main control board through the network cable 1. If the data to be transmitted to the base station is data on the CCP, the data is transmitted through the network cable 2 to The second main control board.

Assume that the RNC first transmits data to the base station:

The first main control board and the second main control board work in parallel, and the RNC establishes a corresponding relationship in the module based on the second correspondence, and the data on the NCP is transmitted to the first main control board through the network cable 1 and carried in the transmission data. IP1, the data on the CCP is transmitted to the second main control board through the network cable 2, and the transmission data carries the IP2; after the first main control board receives the data, the response data of the received data is fed back to the RNC through the network cable 1, wherein Carrying the IP1, the second main control board receives the data, and the response data of the received data is fed back to the RNC through the network cable 2, which carries the IP2. Of course, the first main control board and the second main control board can also be based on the first Corresponding relationship in a correspondence establishing module, if the data to be transmitted to the RNC is data on the NCP, it is transmitted to the RNC through the network cable 1, and if the data to be transmitted to the RNC is data on the CCP, the data is transmitted through the network cable 2 RNC.

After the first main control board and the second main control board start working, the first fault monitoring module in the base station monitors whether the main control board is faulty. If the first main control board fails, the first fault monitoring is performed. The module sends a notification of the fault of the master board to the RNC, which carries IP2. After receiving the RNC, the module will next The data to be transmitted, including the data on the NCP and the data on the CCP, are transmitted to the second main control board through the network cable 2. On the other hand, if the second main control board fails, the first fault monitoring module sends a notification of the main control board to the RNC, where IP1 is carried, and after receiving the RNC, the data to be transmitted next, including the data on the NCP, is received. The data on the CCP and the CCP are transmitted to the first main control board through the network cable 1.

This embodiment can implement load sharing of dual-master boards in the UMTS system.

In the embodiment of the present invention, at least two main control boards are configured to work in parallel to support communication of the same standard network, which can play the role of load sharing and improve the service processing capability and throughput of the base station. After a master board is faulty, the service data of the faulty master board can be switched to the normal main control board to ensure normal service processing.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

The embodiment of the present invention uses at least two main control boards to work in parallel to support communication of the same standard network, and can play the role of load sharing, and improve the service processing capability and throughput of the base station. In addition, after a master board is faulty, the service data that needs to be shared by the faulty master board can be switched to the normal main control board to ensure normal service processing.

Claims

A base station comprising:

Supporting at least two main control boards of the same standard network, configured to perform different services for processing different service data of the same standard network in parallel based on the configured addresses;

The address configuration module is configured to configure different addresses for the at least two main control boards.
The base station of claim 1 further comprising:

a first correspondence establishing module, configured to establish a correspondence between the at least two main control boards and different data types of the same standard network;

The at least two master boards are configured to perform service data of a data type corresponding thereto in parallel according to the configured address.
The base station according to claim 2, wherein the first correspondence establishing module is configured to establish a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the base station control port data, and another main control board and the base station communication control port. The correspondence of the data.
The base station according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

The first fault monitoring module is configured to monitor whether a main control board is faulty;

The first switching module is configured to switch the service data that needs to be processed by the faulty main control board to the normal main control board for processing.
A base station load sharing device includes:

An address obtaining module, configured to acquire an address of at least two main control boards supporting the same standard network configured by the base station;

The data distribution module is configured to distribute different service data of the same standard network to different main control boards according to the address configured by the at least two main control boards.
The base station load sharing device of claim 5, further comprising:

a second correspondence establishing module, configured to establish a correspondence between different data types of the at least two main control boards and the same standard network;

The data distribution module is configured to distribute the service data of the data type corresponding to the at least two main control boards to the corresponding main control board based on the address configured by the at least two main control boards Reason.
The base station load sharing device according to claim 6, wherein the second correspondence establishing module is configured to establish a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the base station control port data, and another main control board and the base station communication control port. The correspondence of the data.
The base station load sharing device according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising:

The second fault monitoring module is configured to receive a failure notification of the main control board;

The second switching module is configured to send the service data that needs to be distributed to the faulty main control board to the normal main control board for processing.
A base station load sharing method is characterized in that: the base station is configured with at least two main control boards supporting the same standard network, and the base station load sharing method includes:

Configuring different addresses for the at least two master boards;

The at least two main control units share the different service data of the same standard network in parallel according to the address configured by the at least two main control boards.
The base station load sharing method of claim 9, further comprising:

Establishing a correspondence between the at least two main control boards and different data types of the same standard network;

The at least two main control boards are configured to process the different service data of the same system in parallel according to the configured address, and the at least two main control boards are configured to process the parallel data according to the configured address. Business data.
The base station load sharing method of claim 10, wherein establishing the relationship between the data types of the at least two main control boards and the same standard network includes: establishing a correspondence between one of the main control boards and the control port data of the base station Relationship, the correspondence between another master control board and the base station communication control port data.
The base station load sharing method according to any one of claims 9 to 11, further comprising: monitoring whether a main control board is faulty, and if so, switching the service data that needs to be processed by the faulty main control board to the normal main control. Processing on the board.
A base station load sharing method includes:

Acquiring at least two addresses of the main control board supporting the same standard network configured by the base station;

Different service data of the same standard network is distributed to different main control boards for processing based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards.
The base station load sharing method of claim 13, further comprising:

Establishing a correspondence between the at least two main control boards and different data types of the same standard network;

Distributing the different service data of the same system to the different main control boards based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards includes: based on the addresses configured by the at least two main control boards, The service data of the data type corresponding to the at least two main control boards is distributed to the corresponding main control board for processing.
The base station load sharing method according to claim 14, wherein the establishing a correspondence between the data types of the at least two main control boards and the same standard network includes: establishing data of one of the main control boards and the base station control port. Correspondence relationship between the other main control board and the base station communication control port data.
The base station load sharing method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, further comprising: receiving a failure notification of the main control board, and transmitting the service data that needs to be distributed to the faulty main control board to the normal main control board for processing.
A computer program comprising program instructions which, when executed by a base station, cause the base station to perform the method of any one of claims 9-12.
A carrier carrying the computer program of claim 17.
A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a base station load sharing device, cause the base station load sharing device to perform the method of any one of 13-16.
A carrier carrying the computer program of claim 19.