WO2009067944A1

WO2009067944A1 - Device management method, system and means

Info

Publication number: WO2009067944A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/073116
Authority: WO
Inventors: Huangwei Wu
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2007-11-22
Filing date: 2008-11-19
Publication date: 2009-06-04
Also published as: CN101442427A

Abstract

A device management method is disclosed, including the steps of: auto-configuration server ACS sending configuration management command to customer premises equipment CPE by means of multicast communication (s202 ); CPE executing configuration management command ( s204 ). A device management method is also disclosed, including the steps of: monitoring the multicast address and port sending configuration management command; receiving and executing configuration management command. A device management system and the means thereof are also disclosed.

Description

Instruction device management method, system and device

[1] Technical field

[2] The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a device management method, system, and device.

[3] Background of the invention

[4] DSL (Digital Subscriber

Line, digital subscriber line) is a broadband access technology that has been widely used in thousands of households. The typical networking mode is shown in Figure 1. ACS (Auto-configuration Server,

Automatically configure the server to communicate with the Service Configuration Manager via the northbound interface, through the southbound interface with CPE (Customer Premises

Equipment, customer premises equipment) Communication, ACS is connected to regional broadband network through BRAS (Broadband Remote Access Server), regional broadband network and DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access)

Multiplexer, digital subscriber line access multiplexer) connection, DSLAM is connected to CPE, and CPE can be connected via LAN (Local Area Network). Among them, CPE includes: VoIP (Voice over Internet

Protocol, Internet Protocol Voice), IPTV (IP TV), etc., IP-based devices formed by a combination of applications or applications of broadband access technologies. The ACS is responsible for automatically configuring the CPE so that the CPE can be set up without requiring the user to set the CPE. The ACS uses the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) method to modify and set the CPE parameters.

[5] At present, in the process of automatic configuration management of CPE (broadband network terminal, such as gateway) and ACS directly connected to DSLAM, ACS is managing CPE. Because the specific configuration of each CPE may be different, ACS should be based on Each CPE generates a corresponding configuration management command. The ACS must then establish a separate communication connection with each CPE and send configuration management commands. This caused the ACS to manage a large number of CPEs, and the load was heavy.

[6] The inventor of the present invention has found that the above technical solution has the following drawbacks: The ACS needs to establish a connection with each CPE in the process of configuring and managing the CPE before sending the configuration management command. [7] Summary of the invention

[8] The embodiment of the invention provides a device management method, system and device, so that the ACS does not have to establish a separate connection with each CPE, and the load of the ACS is reduced.

[9] A method of device management, comprising:

[10] Automatic configuration server The ACS sends configuration management commands to the customer premises equipment CPE in multicast mode, and the CPE executes the configuration management commands.

[11] A device management system, comprising:

[12] The automatic configuration server is configured to send configuration management commands to the user premises equipment in multicast mode;

[13] The user premises equipment is configured to receive a configuration management command sent by multicast, and execute the configuration management command.

[14] An automatic configuration server, including:

[15] The configuration management command sending unit is configured to send the configuration management command to the user premises equipment in a multicast manner.

[16] A user premises equipment, including:

[17] The configuration management command receiving unit receives the configuration management command sent by using the multicast mode;

[18] The configuration management command execution unit is configured to execute the configuration management command.

[19] A method of device management, comprising:

[20] Receive configuration management commands sent by the autoconfiguration server through multicast.

[21] A method of device management, comprising:

[22] The autoconfiguration server sends configuration management commands to the customer premises equipment in multicast mode.

[23] A customer premises equipment, including:

[24] a multicast joining unit, configured to join a multicast group according to a multicast address and a port;

[25] The configuration management command receiving unit is configured to receive, in the joined multicast group, a configuration management command sent by the automatic configuration server in a multicast manner.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration management command is sent to the specified multicast address and port, and the CP E receives the configuration management command sent by the ACS by listening to the multicast address and the port, thereby solving the problem that the ACS manages the CPE. A separate connection must be established with each CPE to cause a heavy load on the ACS, reducing the load on the ACS. [27] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[28] FIG. 1 is a network diagram of a broadband access technology in the prior art;

2 is a flowchart of a device management method in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a structural diagram of a device management system in an embodiment of the present invention.

[31] Mode for carrying out the invention

[32] The embodiment of the present invention provides a device management method, as shown in FIG. 2, including the following steps:

[33] Step s201, the automatic configuration server generates configuration management commands. The configuration management command includes: A CS manages and configures the CPE, which can be for a specified CPE, or a batch of CPEs based on the same vendor, model, and software version; ACS monitors CPE status and performance statistics; ACS diagnostics Connectivity to CPE and service issues.

[34] Step s202: The automatic configuration server sends the configuration management command to the user premises equipment in a multicast manner. Specifically, the ACS sends the configuration management command to the specified multicast address and port. For example, the address of the IP multicast, the primary group of the multicast is determined by the class D IP address. In the "decimal point" representation of the Internet, the primary group address range is from 224. 0. 0.

0 to 239. 255. 255. 255. To send an IP multicast packet, the sender determines an appropriate sink address, which represents a primary group. Then, the multicast data is sent out through a normal IP transmission operation. The specified multicast address is 239.255.255.250, and the port information is 1234.

[35] Step s203: The CPE receives the configuration management command sent by the multicast mode. Specifically, the CPE receives the configuration management command from the ACS by listening to the specified multicast address and port.

[36] Optionally, the user premises equipment may join the multicast group according to the multicast address and the port before receiving the configuration management command sent by the automatic configuration server by multicast. Further, the operation of configuring the corresponding multicast address and port can also be performed before joining the multicast group according to the multicast address and port.

[37] Step s204, the CPE executes the configuration management command.

[38] In the above solution, the method further includes: In step 201, the CPE configuration management command generated by the ACS may further include a judgment condition to be executed by the CPE, and thus, the CPE configuration management command obtained in step 204 is performed according to The judgment condition comes from the line to decide whether to execute the configuration management command. In this way, the ACS can use a unified configuration command to configure and manage the specified one or a batch of CPEs.

[39] The embodiment of the present invention further provides a device management system, as shown in FIG. 3, including: an automatic configuration service The device 100 is configured to send the configuration management command to the user premises equipment by using a multicast mode. The user premises equipment 200 is configured to receive a configuration management command sent by using a multicast mode, and execute the configuration management command.

[40] The automatic configuration server 100 specifically includes: a configuration management command sending unit 110, configured to send the configuration management command to the user premises equipment in a multicast manner; the configuration command generating unit 120 is configured to generate a configuration management command; The determining condition adding unit 130 is configured to add a determining condition to the configuration management command for the user premises equipment to determine whether to execute the configuration management command.

[41] The user premise device 200 specifically includes: a configuration management command receiving unit 210, which receives a configuration management command sent by the multicast mode; a configuration management command execution unit 220, configured to execute the configuration management command; And determining, according to the determining condition included in the configuration management command, whether to execute the configuration management command. Optionally, the user premise device may further include a multicast adding unit, configured to join the multicast group according to the multicast address and the port.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the ACS sends the configuration management command to the specified multicast address and port by using the multicast mode, and each CPE obtains the configuration management command sent by the ACS by listening to the multicast address and the port. It solves the problem that the ACS must establish a separate connection with each CPE in the management of the CPE, which causes heavy load on the ACS and reduces the load on the ACS.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is more Good implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions for making a A computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) performs the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The above disclosure is only a few specific embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes that can be made by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

[1] A method of device management, comprising:

Automatic configuration server The ACS sends configuration management commands to the customer premises equipment CP in multicast mode.

E. The CPE executes the configuration management command.

[2] The device management method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration management command is sent to the CPE in a multicast manner, and the CPE executing the configuration management command includes: the ACS is specified to be more The broadcast address and port send the configuration management command, and the CPE receives and executes the configuration management command from the specified multicast address and port.

[3] The device management method according to claim 2, wherein the configuration management command further includes a determination condition, and the CPE executes the configuration management command according to the determination condition.

[4] The device management method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein before the ACS sends the configuration management command to the CPE in multicast mode, the method further includes:

The autoconfiguration server generates configuration management commands.

[5] A device management system, comprising:

The automatic configuration server is configured to send the configuration management command to the user premises equipment user premises equipment in a multicast manner, to receive the configuration management command sent by the multicast mode, and execute the configuration management command.

[6] The device management system according to claim 5, wherein the automatic configuration server includes a configuration management command sending unit, configured to send the configuration management command to the user premises device in a multicast manner.

[7] The device management system according to claim 5, wherein the user premise device comprises: a configuration management command receiving unit, configured to receive a configuration management command sent by using a multicast mode; and a configuration management command execution unit , for executing the configuration management command.

[8] The device management system according to claim 7, wherein the user premise device further comprises:

a configuration management command determining unit, configured to execute according to the judgment condition included in the configuration management command The configuration management command described.

[9] An automatic configuration server, comprising:

And a configuration management command sending unit, configured to send the configuration management command to the user premises equipment in a multicast manner.

[10] The automatic configuration server according to claim 9, further comprising:

A configuration command generating unit is configured to generate a configuration management command.

[11] The automatic configuration server according to claim 9, further comprising:

And a judgment condition adding unit, configured to add a judgment condition to the configuration management command, so that the user premises equipment executes the configuration management command according to the judgment condition.

[12] A customer premises equipment, comprising:

The configuration management command receiving unit receives the configuration management command sent by using the multicast mode, and the configuration management command execution unit is configured to execute the configuration management command.

[13] The user premises equipment of claim 12, further comprising:

The configuration management command determining unit is configured to execute the configuration management command according to the determining condition included in the configuration management command.

[14] The user premises equipment according to claim 12 or 13, further comprising:

A multicast join unit is used to join a multicast group according to a multicast address and port.

[15] A method for device management, characterized in that it comprises:

Receive configuration management commands sent by the autoconfiguration server through multicast.

[16] The device management method according to claim 15, wherein the receiving the configuration management command sent by the automatic configuration server by multicasting comprises:

The user premises device receives the configuration management command from the specified multicast address and port.

[17] The device management method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the configuration management command further includes a determination condition, and the user premises equipment executes the configuration management command according to the determination condition.

[18] The device management method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein before receiving the configuration management command sent by the automatic configuration server by multicast, the method further comprises: joining according to the multicast address and the port. Multicast group.

[19] The method for device management according to claim 18, further comprising: configuring the multicast address and port before joining the multicast group according to the multicast address and the port.

[20] The method of device management according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the method further comprises executing the configuration management command.

[21] A method for device management, comprising:

The auto-configuration server sends configuration management commands to the customer premises equipment in multicast mode.

[22] The device management method of claim 21, wherein the transmitting the configuration management command to the user premises equipment by using the multicast mode comprises:

The automatic configuration server sends the configuration management command to a specified multicast address and port.

[23] The device management method according to claim 21 or 22, wherein the configuration management command further includes a determination condition, and the user premises equipment executes the configuration management command according to the determination condition.

[24] The method of device management according to claim 21 or 22, wherein before the automatic configuration server transmits the configuration management command to the user premises equipment in a multicast manner, the method further comprises automatically configuring the server generation office. The configuration management command.

[25] A customer premises equipment, comprising:

a multicast joining unit, configured to join a multicast group according to a multicast address and a port;

The configuration management command receiving unit is configured to receive, in the joined multicast group, a configuration management command sent by the automatic configuration server in a multicast manner.

[26] The user premises equipment of claim 25, further comprising:

And a configuration management command execution unit, configured to execute a configuration management command received by the configuration management command receiving unit.

[27] The user premises equipment of claim 25 or 26, further comprising:

The configuration management command determining unit is configured to execute the configuration management command according to the determination condition included in the configuration management command received by the configuration management command receiving unit.