WO2012155706A1

WO2012155706A1 - System and method for managing application terminal devices in home network

Info

Publication number: WO2012155706A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/073346
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈辉
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-10-24
Filing date: 2012-03-30
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: CN103067231A

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and a method for managing application terminal devices in a home network. The system for managing application terminal devices in a home network in the present invention comprises: a comprehensive terminal management system, a home gateway, and application terminals. The comprehensive terminal management system is configured to exchange management and control information for the application terminals with the home gateway through a first communication protocol. The application terminal is configured to perform information exchange with the home gateway to which the application terminal is connected through a second communication protocol. The home gateway is configured to receive information sent from the application terminal or the comprehensive terminal management system, perform conversion processing of the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol and forward the converted information to the comprehensive terminal management system or the application terminal. The present invention implements effective and centralized management and control over all application terminal devices under an xPON home gateway device by a central office end network management device.

Description

Home network application terminal device management system and method

The present invention relates to the field of network management technologies, and in particular, to a home network application terminal device management system and method. Background technique

With the rapid development of the Internet, users' demand for network bandwidth is constantly increasing. It is not only a common data transmission, but also a yearning for higher bandwidth video and voice. People's eyes began to shift from electricity transmission to fiber-optic transmission. Passive Optical Network (PON) technology uses a point-to-multipoint topology to extend the fiber to the last 1 km. Passive optical components reduce the number of lasers in the end office and reduce maintenance costs.

At present, xPON home gateway devices that are being used gradually in most countries are connected to the central office equipment through optical fibers, which provides users with wider bandwidth and enables users to enjoy better services. In addition to directly providing Internet services, home gateway devices and In addition to the voice service, various application terminal devices can be hanged below, and the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol can be used for communication between the application terminal device and the home gateway, and communication between the application terminals is realized. Resource sharing of devices.

As more and more devices are connected to the network, effective control and management of the connected application terminal devices becomes more and more important. The traditional method is to manage the application terminal device through the gateway device. However, the network management system of the central office cannot manage the application terminal device, which is not conducive to centralized management. Summary of the invention

In view of this, the main object of the present invention is to provide a home network application terminal device tube. The system and method can effectively and uniformly manage and control various application terminal devices connected to the xPON home gateway device by the central office network management device.

The present invention provides a home network application terminal device management system, including: a terminal integrated management system, a home gateway, and an application terminal;

The terminal integrated management system is configured to interact with the home gateway to manage and control information of the application terminal by using a first communication protocol;

The application terminal is configured to perform information interaction with a home gateway connected to the second communication protocol;

The home gateway is configured to receive information sent by the application terminal or the terminal integrated management system, and perform conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then forward the information to the terminal integrated management system or The application terminal.

Further, the application terminal is specifically configured to perform information interaction with a home gateway that is connected by itself through a universal plug and play protocol.

Further, the terminal integrated management system is specifically configured to interact with the home gateway to manage and control the application terminal by using a customer premises equipment (CPE) WAN management protocol.

Further, the terminal integrated management system is specifically configured to perform management and control information interaction on the application terminal by using a remote procedure call method.

Further, the terminal integrated management system is specifically configured to perform one or more of the interaction information reporting, parameter configuration information, parameter query information, fault diagnosis information, and software upgrade information of the home gateway.

The invention also proposes a home network application terminal device management method, which comprises the following processes:

The terminal integrated management system interacts with the home gateway through the first communication protocol to manage and control the application terminal;

The home gateway receives the information sent from the terminal integrated management system and performs the first communication protocol. After the conversion process between the negotiation and the second communication protocol, the converted information is forwarded to the application terminal; the application terminal exchanges information with the home gateway connected by itself through the second communication protocol; the home gateway receives the information sent by the application terminal, After the conversion process between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol is performed, the converted information is forwarded to the terminal integrated management system.

Further, the second communication protocol is a universal plug and play protocol.

Further, the first communication protocol is a CPE WAN management protocol.

Further, the terminal integrated management system interacts with the home gateway to manage and control the application terminal as:

The terminal integrated management system uses a remote procedure call method to perform management and control information interaction on the application terminal.

Further, the management and control information of the terminal integrated management system interacting with the home gateway to the application terminal is:

The terminal integrated management system interacts with the home gateway to report one or more of information, parameter configuration information, parameter query information, fault diagnosis information, and software upgrade information.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: In the present invention, an integrated terminal management system (ITMS) of an upper layer network management system is disposed on the upper layer of the home gateway, and the communication protocol from the ITMS and the application terminal is converted by the home gateway to implement the ITMS and The home gateway manages the interaction of the application terminal. For example, the ITMS can perform real-time query on the running status of the application terminal, and perform fault diagnosis and software upgrade on the application terminal. In this way, the central office gateway device effectively manages and controls various application terminal devices connected to the xPON home gateway device, thereby rationally allocating resources and improving network operation efficiency. DRAWINGS

1 is a frame diagram of a home network application terminal device management system according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of an apparatus capability discovery embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of an embodiment of parameter online configuration according to the present invention; 4 is a flow chart of a parameter query embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a fault diagnosis embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a flow chart of an embodiment of software upgrade according to the present invention. detailed description

The invention provides a home network application terminal device management system and method. In the system, an ITMS is set up on the upper layer of the home gateway, and the communication protocol conversion function of the home gateway is used to convert the communication protocol of the ITMS into the communication between the home network card and the application terminal. The type of the protocol manages and controls the connected application terminals. At the same time, the home gateway can also convert the communication protocol between the application terminal and the application terminal into the type of the communication protocol between the ITMS and the application terminal. Transfer information to the ITMS. The invention realizes the management and control of the application terminal by the ITMS.

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiment 1:

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a home network application terminal device management system according to the present invention. The home network application terminal device management system in this embodiment includes: an ITMS, a home gateway, and an application terminal; an ITMS, configured to exchange management and control information of the application terminal with the home gateway through the first communication protocol; The second communication protocol exchanges information with the connected home gateway; the home gateway is configured to receive information sent by the application terminal or the ITMS, and perform conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then forwarded to the ITMS or Application terminal.

The first communication protocol between the terminal ITMS and the home gateway in this embodiment may be TR-069, that is, the Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) WAN management protocol, and the second communication protocol between the home gateway and the application terminal may be UPnP; ITMS uses the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) method to manage the application terminal and control information.

When the ITMS manages and controls the connected application terminal, the information is transmitted to the home gateway through the first communication protocol, and then the home gateway converts the first communication protocol into a home gateway and application. a second communication protocol between the terminals, the information is communicated to the application terminal by the second communication protocol, and the application terminal reads the information to respond accordingly; if the response information is to be transmitted to the ITMS, the application terminal transmits the information through the second communication protocol Transmitted to the home gateway, the home gateway converts the second communication protocol into a first communication protocol, and transmits the information to the ITMS through the first communication protocol home gateway, thereby realizing the management and control of the ITMS to the connected application terminal.

Embodiment 2:

This embodiment provides a method for managing a home network application terminal device, and the method includes the following processes:

The ITMS interacts with the home gateway through the first communication protocol to manage the application terminal, and the control letter home gateway receives the information sent from the ITMS, and performs conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then converts the converted information. Forward to the application terminal;

The application terminal exchanges information with the connected home gateway through the second communication protocol; the home gateway receives the information sent by the application terminal, and performs conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then converts the converted information. Forward to ITMS.

The first communication protocol between the ITMS and the home gateway in this embodiment may be TR-069, that is, the CPE WAN management protocol, and the second communication protocol between the home gateway and the application terminal may be UPnP; the ITMS uses the RPC method to apply to the application. Terminal management and control information interaction.

Embodiment 3:

Referring to FIG. 2, this embodiment is a process for reporting capability information of a home network application terminal device management system. The home network application terminal device management system in this embodiment includes: an ITMS, a home gateway, and an application terminal; an ITMS, configured to interact with the home gateway to manage and control information of the application terminal through the first communication protocol; Performing information exchange with the connected home gateway through the second communication protocol; the home gateway is configured to receive information sent by the application terminal or the terminal integrated management system, and perform a transfer between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol After the processing, it is forwarded to the ITMS or the application terminal.

The first communication protocol between the ITMS and the home gateway in this embodiment may be TR-069, that is, the CPE WAN management protocol, and the second communication protocol between the home gateway and the application terminal may be UPnP; the ITMS uses the RPC method to apply to the application. Terminal management, control information interaction.

The specific implementation process is as follows:

Step 201: The home gateway receives the SSDP: alive device announcement message sent by the application terminal. Step 202: The home gateway obtains a URL of the device description file (DDD) from the SSDP: alive message, and obtains the DDD file of the application terminal by using the HTTP GET.

Step 203: The application terminal sends the content of the DDD file to the home gateway.

Step 204, the home gateway obtains the service description file (SCPD) from the DDD file.

URL, the home gateway obtains the SCPD file of the application terminal through HTTP GET;

Step 205: The application terminal sends the content of the SCPD file to the home gateway.

Specifically, the step further includes the home gateway mapping the commands of the monitoring management system (BMS) to its own data model making node.

Step 206: The home gateway sends a CMS::GetSupportedDataModd() command to the application terminal to obtain a data model description file supported by the application terminal.

Step 207: The application terminal sends a data model description to the home gateway.

Step 208, the home gateway according to the URL described by the data model of the application terminal, through HTTP

The GET command acquires the content of the data model description file of the application terminal, and the data model description file content is described in a format defined by TR-069;

Step 209: The application terminal sends the data model description file content to the home gateway, and the home gateway parses the data model description file content of the application terminal, and establishes a data model of the application terminal that meets the TR-069 requirement under the home gateway designated node.

Step 210: The home gateway sends data that meets TR-069 requirements to the ITMS.

Embodiment 4: Referring to FIG. 3, this embodiment is a flow of configuring a parameter of a home network application terminal device management system. In this embodiment, a home network application terminal device management system includes: an ITMS, a home gateway, an application terminal, and an ITMS. And interacting with the home gateway to manage and control information of the application terminal by using the first communication protocol; the application terminal is configured to perform information interaction with the connected home gateway by using the second communication protocol; and the home gateway is configured to receive the application terminal or the ITMS The transmitted information is forwarded to the ITMS or the application terminal after the conversion process between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol.

The first communication protocol between the ITMS and the home gateway in this embodiment may be TR-069, and the second communication protocol between the home gateway and the application terminal may be UPnP; the ITMS manages and controls the application terminal by adopting the RPC method. Information interaction.

The specific process includes:

Step 301: The ITMS configures parameters of the application terminal under the X_CT-COM_ProxyDevice node in the home gateway data model by using the SetParameterValues RPC method; the home gateway converts the SetParameterValues RPC into the CMS::SetValues() command of the UPnP;

Step 302: The home gateway sends a CMS::SetValues() command to the application terminal.

Step 303: The application terminal executes a CMS::SetValues() command and returns a response of the CMS::SetValuesO to the home gateway;

Step 304, Home Gateway 4 Bar CMS::SetValues() response converted to SetParameterValues RPC response sent to ITMSo

Embodiment 5:

Referring to FIG. 4, this embodiment is a parameter query process of a home network application terminal device management system. The home network application terminal device management system in this embodiment includes: an ITMS, a home gateway, and an application terminal; an ITMS, configured to exchange management and control information of the application terminal with the home gateway through the first communication protocol; Performing information exchange with the connected home gateway through the second communication protocol; the home gateway is configured to receive the transmission from the application terminal or the ITMS The information is forwarded to the ITMS or the application terminal after the conversion process between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol.

The specific process of parameter query is as follows:

Step 401: The ITMS queries the parameters of the application terminal under the X_CT-COM_ProxyDevice node in the home gateway data model by using the GetParameterValues RPC method; the home gateway converts the GetParameterValues RPC into the UPMSP CMS::GetValues() command, and converts the parameter format in the GetParameterValues RPC. The parameter format for the CMS::GetValues() command;

Step 402: The home gateway sends a CMS::GetValues() command to the application terminal.

Step 403: After the application terminal executes CMS::GetValues(), returns a response of the CMS::GetValues() to the home gateway;

Step 404, the home gateway converts the CMS::GetValues() response to a GetParameterValues RPC response to the ITMSo.

Example 6:

Referring to FIG. 5, this embodiment is a fault diagnosis process of a home network application terminal device management system. The home network application terminal device management system in this embodiment includes: an ITMS, a home gateway, and an application terminal; an ITMS, configured to exchange management and control information of the application terminal with the home gateway through the first communication protocol; Performing information exchange with the connected home gateway through the second communication protocol; the home gateway is configured to receive information sent by the application terminal or the ITMS, and perform conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then forwarded to ITMS or application terminal.

The first communication protocol between the ITMS and the home gateway in this embodiment may be TR-069. The CPE WAN management protocol, the second communication protocol between the home gateway and the application terminal may be UPnP; the ITMS uses the RPC method to perform management and control information interaction on the application terminal.

The specific process of troubleshooting is as follows:

Step 501: The ITMS sets the BMS.GetDeviceStatus node parameter by using the SetParameterValues RPC method, and sets the InvokeAction parameter value to 1;

Step 502: The home gateway sends a BMS::GetDeviceStatus() command to the application terminal. Step 503: The application terminal returns a BMS::GetDeviceStatust() response to the home gateway, and the home gateway sets the data model BMS.GetDeviceStatus.DeviceStatus parameter to an Action return value. ;

Step 504: The home gateway returns a SetParameterValues PRC response to the ITMS, indicating that the Action has been successfully invoked;

Step 505: The ITMS obtains the DeviceStatus parameter value under the BMS.GetDeviceStatus node by using the GetParameterValues RPC method.

Step 506: The home gateway returns a DeviceStatus parameter value to the ITMS. If the application terminal has an operation fault, the value may be "Warning", "Error" or "Fatal", and the ITMS determines whether to restart the device or restore the factory configuration according to the state of the application terminal. If the device restart is required, continue the subsequent process;

Step 507, the ITMS sets the BMS .Reboot node parameter by setting the SetParameterValues RPC method, and sets the InvokeAction to 1;

Step 508: The home gateway sends a BMS::Reboot() command to the application terminal.

Step 509: The application terminal returns a BMS::Reboot() response to the home gateway.

Step 510: The home gateway returns a response indication of the SetParameterValues RPC to the ITMS. The restart operation has been successfully invoked.

Example 7:

Please refer to FIG. 6, this embodiment is a software upgrade of a home network application terminal device management system. Level process. The home network application terminal device management system in this embodiment includes: an ITMS, a home gateway, and an application terminal; an ITMS, configured to exchange management and control information of the application terminal with the home gateway through the first communication protocol; Performing information exchange with the connected home gateway through the second communication protocol; the home gateway is configured to receive information sent by the application terminal or the ITMS, and perform conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then forwarded to ITMS or application terminal.

The specific process of software upgrade is as follows:

Step 601, the ITMS sets the BMS.X_CT-COM_Download node parameter by using the SetParameterValues RPC method, including the type of the upgrade file and the URL, and sets the InvokeAction to 1;

Step 602: The home gateway sends a BMS::X_CT-COM_Download() file download command to the application terminal.

Step 603: The application terminal returns an X_CT-COM_ID that identifies the upgrade operation, and the value of the DownloadStatus parameter of the home gateway setting BMS.X_CT-COM_Download node is 1; Step 604, the home gateway returns the X_CT-COM_ID of the upgrade operation to the ITMS;

Step 605: The application terminal sends a download request message (HTTP-GET) to the URL of the upgrade file to download the upgrade file for upgrading, and the application terminal sends the download request message according to the Channel parameter carried by the BMS::X_CT-COM_Download() command. The corresponding VLAN identifier is set, so that the home gateway selects the forwarding interface according to the VLAN identifier, and forwards the download request packet to the file server through the forwarding interface; the application terminal downloads according to the TimeWindow parameter and service running condition carried by X_CT-COM_Download() The document is in force;

Step 606: The file server sends a version file to the application terminal. Step 607: After the application terminal automatically upgrades successfully, the UPnP event is sent to the home gateway, indicating that the upgrade is successful.

Step 608: The home gateway sets the value of the DownloadStatus parameter under the BMS.X_CT-COM_Download node to 0, and sends an Inform message to the ITMS, where the Inform message includes the value of the DownloadStatus parameter. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments of the present invention are limited to these descriptions; therefore, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may make some simple deductions or substitutions without departing from the inventive concept. It is considered to be within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A home network application terminal device management system, wherein the system comprises: a terminal integrated management system, a home gateway, and an application terminal;

2. The home network application terminal device management system according to claim 1, wherein the application terminal is specifically configured to perform information interaction with a home gateway connected to itself through a universal plug and play protocol.

The home network application terminal device management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal integrated management system is specifically configured to interact with the home gateway through the user equipment CPE WAN management protocol to the application terminal. Management, control information.

The home network application terminal device management system according to claim 3, wherein the terminal integrated management system is specifically configured to perform management and control information interaction on the application terminal by using a remote procedure call method.

The home network application terminal device management system according to claim 3, wherein the terminal integrated management system is specifically configured to report information, parameter configuration information, parameter query information, and faults with the home gateway interaction capability. One or more of diagnostic information and software upgrade information.

A home network application terminal device management method, characterized in that: the method comprises: the terminal integrated management system interacts with the home gateway through the first communication protocol to the application terminal Management and control information;

The home gateway receives the information sent by the terminal integrated management system, and performs the conversion process between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then forwards the converted information to the application terminal; the application terminal hangs with itself through the second communication protocol. The home gateway performs information exchange; the home gateway receives the information sent by the application terminal, and performs conversion processing between the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol, and then forwards the converted information to the terminal integrated management system.

7. The home network application terminal device management method according to claim 6, wherein the second communication protocol is a universal plug and play protocol.

The home network application terminal device management method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the first communication protocol is a CPE wide area network management protocol.

The method for managing a home network application terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the management and control information of the terminal integrated management system interacting with the home gateway to the application terminal is: the terminal integrated management system adopts a remote procedure call method The management of the application terminal and the interaction of the control information are performed.

The home network application terminal device management method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal integrated management system interacts with the home gateway to manage and control information of the application terminal: the terminal integrated management system and the home gateway interaction capability One or more of report information, parameter configuration information, parameter query information, fault diagnosis information, and software upgrade information.