WO2018228386A1

WO2018228386A1 - Information transmission method, unmanned aerial vehicle, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, computer program product and electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2018228386A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/090867
Authority: WO
Inventors: 周明宇; 李明
Original assignee: 北京佰才邦技术有限公司
Priority date: 2017-06-15
Filing date: 2018-06-12
Publication date: 2018-12-20
Also published as: CN107248881A

Abstract

Provided are an information transmission method, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product and an electronic device, which relate to the technical field of communications, and are used to solve the problem that the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle base station cannot be effectively controlled. The method comprises: a flight controller sending an instruction message to an airborne base station; and the airborne base station sending a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message. The embodiments of the present application are applicable to the management process of an unmanned aerial vehicle base station.

Description

Information transmission method and unmanned aerial vehicle, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, computer program product and electronic device

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200910452024.4, entitled "A Method for Information Transmission and UAV" on June 15, 2017, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference. In this application.

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for transmitting information and a drone, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and an electronic device.

Background technique

By deploying the communication base station on the unmanned aerial vehicle, the communication base station can be quickly and flexibly deployed in the air to provide communication services, thereby effectively increasing the coverage distance of the base station.

On drones, flight-related equipment can be controlled and managed through a flight console on the drone. Communication devices such as base stations on the drone are managed by the remote server. When the UAV base station is flying in the air, if the on-board base station fails or the on-board base station only provides local networking and does not connect to the remote network, it is often impossible to establish a communication connection required for control and management of the base station, so that no Man-machine base station operation and operation cannot be effectively controlled.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present application provide a method for information transmission, and a UAV, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and an electronic device, which are used to solve the problem that the operation and operation of the UAV base station cannot be effectively obtained. Control problem.

In one aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a method for information transmission, which is applicable to a drone, and the drone includes: a flight controller, an airborne base station, and a straight line between the flight controller and the airborne base station. Connect communication mode or network management server relay communication mode;

The method includes:

The flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station;

The onboard base station transmits a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message.

An aspect as described above, and any possible implementation, further providing an implementation, when the flight controller and the on-board base station adopt a direct communication mode, the flight controller to the airborne base station Sending instruction messages includes:

The flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station through a serial port with the onboard base station;

Sending, by the onboard base station, the reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message includes:

The onboard base station sends a reply message to the flight controller through the serial port in response to the instruction message.

The aspect as described above and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, when the network controller server relay communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station, the drone further includes a network management server. And sending, by the flight controller, the instruction message to the airborne base station includes:

The flight controller sends an instruction message to the network management server through a serial port between the network management server and the network management server;

Transmitting, by the network management server, the instruction message to the airborne base station by using an Ethernet interface between the network controller and the airborne base station;

Sending, by the on-board base station, the reply message to the network management server through the Ethernet interface, in response to the instruction message;

The network management server forwards the reply message to the flight controller through the serial port.

An aspect as described above, and any possible implementation, further providing an implementation, the drone further comprising an onboard data transmission module, before the flight controller sends an instruction message to the onboard base station, The method further includes:

The onboard data transmission module receives the instruction message sent by a ground data transmission module of a remote console;

The onboard data transmission module forwards the instruction message to the flight controller.

The aspect as described above, and any of the possible implementations, further provide an implementation, after the airborne base station sends a reply message to the flight controller in response to the command message, the method further includes:

The flight controller sends the reply message to the onboard data transmission module;

The onboard data transmission module forwards the reply message to the terrestrial data transmission module.

In an aspect as described above and any possible implementation, an implementation is further provided, the instruction message comprising a control message and a status query message.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, where the control message includes restarting a base station message, modifying a frequency point parameter message, modifying a transmit power message rate, modifying an antenna angle message, and modifying a core network connection. One or more of the parameter messages.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, where the status query message includes querying a base station power-on status message, querying a base station activation status message, querying a base station error status message, and querying a base station return chain. One or more of the road status messages.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions, the computer instructions causing the computer to perform any of the foregoing Methods.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer The computer can perform the method of any of the above-mentioned embodiments of the present application.

An embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device, including: at least one processor; and a memory communicably coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the memory is stored for execution by the at least one processor An instruction, the instruction being set to perform the method of any of the above-mentioned embodiments of the present application.

On the other hand, the embodiment of the present application further provides a drone, the drone includes: a flight controller, an airborne base station, and the direct connection communication mode or network management between the flight controller and the airborne base station Server relay communication method;

The flight controller is configured to send an instruction message to the airborne base station;

The onboard base station is configured to send a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message.

The aspect as described above and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, when the direct connection communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station, the flight controller is further used to pass The serial port between the airborne base stations sends an instruction message to the airborne base station;

The onboard base station is further configured to send a reply message to the flight controller through the serial port in response to the instruction message.

The aspect as described above and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, when the network controller server relay communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station, the drone further includes a network management server. The flight controller is further configured to send an instruction message to the network management server by using a serial port between the network management server and the network management server;

The network management server is further configured to forward the instruction message to the airborne base station through an Ethernet interface between the airborne base station and the airborne base station;

The airborne base station is further configured to send the reply message to the network management server by using the Ethernet interface in response to the instruction message;

The network management server is further configured to forward the reply message to the flight controller through the serial port.

The above aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, the UAV further includes an onboard data transmission module, and the onboard data transmission module is configured to receive a ground of the remote console. The instruction message sent by the data transmission module; and for forwarding the instruction message to the flight controller.

An aspect as described above, and any possible implementation, further providing an implementation, the flight controller, further configured to send the reply message to the onboard data transmission module; the onboard data transmission The module is further configured to forward the reply message to the terrestrial data transmission module.

The foregoing aspect and any possible implementation manner further provide an implementation manner, where the status query message includes a base station power-on status message, a base station activation status message, a base station error status message, and a base station return link status message. One or more.

The information transmission method and the drone provided by the embodiments of the present application enable the airborne base station to obtain the remote end when the drone is in the flight phase by allowing the airborne base station and the flight controller in the drone to communicate. Control and management, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application enables the airborne base station to obtain communication with the remote management side, which facilitates real-time control and management, as compared with the case where the on-board base station cannot be controlled and managed in the prior art.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. One of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying for inventive labor.

1 is a flowchart of a method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

4 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

6 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of another method for information transmission provided by an embodiment of the present application;

9 is a block diagram of a composition of a drone provided by an embodiment of the present application;

10 is a block diagram showing the composition of another drone provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the composition of another drone provided by an embodiment of the present application.

detailed description

For a better understanding of the technical solutions of the present application, the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, 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 application without departing from the inventive scope are the scope of the present application.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present application are for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the application. The singular forms "a", "the", and "the"

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely an association describing the associated object, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which may indicate that A exists separately, while A and B, there are three cases of B alone. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the contextual object is an "or" relationship.

A method for transmitting information according to an embodiment of the present application is applicable to a drone, where at least a flight controller and an airborne base station are disposed, and the flight controller and the airborne base station are Adopt direct connection communication mode or network management server relay communication mode;

When the direct connection communication mode is adopted, the flight controller and the airborne base station can communicate through the serial port; when the network management server relay communication mode is adopted, the network management server is also configured between the network management server and the airborne base station. Communication can be performed through the network port, and communication can be performed through the serial port with the flight controller.

Among them, the flight controller is a functional module for controlling the flight of the drone, and can also receive remote control to adjust the flight state of the drone. In the embodiment of the present application, the flight controller can also communicate with the onboard base station.

The airborne base station is a communication base station built on the drone.

The network management server is an optional device and can be configured according to the actual needs of the drone. It is mainly used for the management and control of the airborne base station by the auxiliary flight controller.

Based on the foregoing architecture, the basic process of the method for information transmission provided by the embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 1 , includes:

101. The flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station.

The command message is a message used by the remote management device (for example, a ground server or a ground console, etc.) for operating and managing the unmanned aerial host station, and may include a control message and a status query message.

The control message is used to adjust the parameter configuration and the working status of the airborne base station, and may include restarting the base station message, modifying the frequency parameter message, modifying the transmit power message rate, modifying the antenna angle message, and modifying the core network to connect. One or more of the parameter messages.

The status query message is used to obtain status information of the on-board base station, including one or more of querying the base station power-on status message, querying the base station activation status message, querying the base station error status message, and querying the base station return link status message. ,

102. The airborne base station sends a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message.

The reply message is used to reply to the command message, and is mainly used to carry the base station data or to complete the result reply of the instruction message specifying operation.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present application allows the airborne base station to communicate with the flight controller by allowing the onboard base station and the flight controller to communicate, so that the airborne base station can obtain remote control and management when the drone is in the flight phase. In the case that the airborne base station cannot be controlled and managed in the technology, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application enables the airborne base station to obtain communication with the remote management side, which facilitates real-time control and management.

The embodiments of the present application provide the following two feasible implementation manners for the communication mode between the airborne base station and the flight controller.

In a first implementation manner, a direct communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station. The foregoing steps 101 and 102 may be specifically performed as the following steps 201 and 202. The specific process is shown in Figure 2, including:

201. The flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station by using a serial port with the onboard base station.

202. The onboard base station sends a reply message to the flight controller through the serial port in response to the instruction message.

In this implementation, the flight controller and the on-board base station select direct communication, and no additional relay equipment needs to be added, so that the unmanned vehicle solution structure is relatively simplified.

In a second implementation manner, the network controller server relay communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station. The foregoing steps 101 and 102 may be specifically performed as the following steps 301 to 304. The specific process is shown in Figure 3, including:

301. The flight controller sends an instruction message to the network management server by using a serial port between the flight controller and the network management server.

302. The network management server forwards the command message to the airborne base station by using an Ethernet interface between the network controller and the airborne base station.

303. The airborne base station sends the reply message to the network management server by using the Ethernet interface in response to the instruction message.

304. The network management server forwards the reply message to the flight controller through the serial port.

In this implementation, an additional deployment of the network management server is required in the drone. Compared with the first implementation, the device structure is slightly more complicated, but due to the existence of the network management server, the drone can perform more functions and Configuration.

In conjunction with the information exchange process inside the drone, the embodiment of the present application also provides a communication mode between the drone and the remote manager. In order to complete the communication between the drone and the remote manager, the onboard data transmission module needs to be configured in the drone, and the ground data transmission module is configured on the remote manager, so that the drone and the remote manager The information transmission between the onboard data transmission module and the terrestrial data transmission module can be completed by means of WiFi, Zigbee, LTE, etc., between the onboard data transmission module and the terrestrial data transmission module. The specific process is as shown in FIG. 4, including: 401. The onboard data transmission module receives the instruction message sent by a ground data transmission module of a remote console.

402. The onboard data transmission module forwards the instruction message to the flight controller.

501. The flight controller sends the reply message to the onboard data transmission module.

502. The onboard data transmission module forwards the reply message to the terrestrial data transmission module.

Based on the foregoing description, for the sake of easy understanding, the overall process of the present application will be exemplified in the following in conjunction with the actual situation.

The first feasible solution is to implement the power-on status inquiry of the base station. In the solution, the drone sets the organic base station, the flight controller (hereinafter referred to as the flight control), and the onboard data transmission module (hereinafter referred to as the onboard data transmission). The remote manager is provided with a terrestrial data transmission module (hereinafter referred to as terrestrial data transmission) and a UAV base station unified console. The airborne base station and the flight control adopt direct communication mode, and the airborne digital transmission and the ground digital transmission are adopted. WiFI communication method. The specific process is shown in Figure 5, including:

Step 0: Establish a WiFi wireless communication connection between the onboard digital transmission and the ground digital transmission.

Step 1.1: The UAV base station unified console sends a query to the terrestrial data transmission to query the base station power-on status request.

Step 1.2: The ground number transmission sends an inquiry to the airborne status request of the base station.

Step 1.3: The airborne number is transmitted to the flight controller to send a query for the base station power-on status request.

Step 1.4: The flight controller sends a request for querying the base station power-on status to the airborne base station.

Step 2: The onboard base station queries the value of the power-on status parameter.

Step 3.1: The airborne base station sends a query to the flight controller to query the power-on status response of the base station, and carries the value of the power-on state parameter.

Step 3.2: The flight controller sends a query to the airborne digital transmission to query the power-on status response of the base station, and carries the value of the power-on state parameter.

Step 3.3: The airborne number is transmitted to the ground to transmit and query the base station power-on status response, and carries the value of the power-on state parameter.

Step 3.4: The ground number is transmitted to the unified console of the UAV base station to send a query for the power-on status response of the base station, and carries the value of the power-on state parameter.

The second feasible solution is to restart the base station operation. In the solution, the drone sets the organic base station, the flight control, and the onboard digital transmission, and the remote manager is provided with the ground digital transmission and the unmanned aerial base station unified console. The airborne base station and the flight controller adopt direct communication mode, and Zigbee communication mode is adopted between the airborne digital transmission and the ground digital transmission. The specific process is shown in Figure 6, and includes:

Step 0: Establish a Zigbee wireless communication connection between the onboard digital transmission and the ground digital transmission.

Step 1.1: The UAV base station unified console sends a restart base station operation request to the terrestrial data transmission.

Step 1.2: The ground number transmission sends a restart base station operation request to the onboard digital transmission.

Step 1.3: The onboard number is transmitted to the flight controller to send a restart base station operation request.

Step 1.4: The flight controller sends a restart base station operation request to the airborne base station.

Step 2: The onboard base station performs a restart operation.

Step 3.1: The airborne base station sends a restart base station operation response to the flight controller, carrying the result of the restart operation.

Step 3.2: The flight controller sends a restart base station operation response to the onboard digital transmission, carrying the result of the restart operation.

Step 3.3: The airborne number transmission transmits a restart base station operation response to the ground digital transmission, and carries the result of the restart operation.

Step 3.4: The ground number transmission is sent to the UAV base station unified console to send a restart base station operation response, carrying the result of the restart operation.

The third feasible solution is to implement the base station activation status query. In the solution, the drone sets the organic base station, the flight control, the network management server, and the onboard digital transmission, and the remote manager is provided with the ground data transmission module ground digital transmission. And the UAV base station unified console, the airborne base station and the flight controller adopt the network management server relay communication mode, and the LTE communication mode is adopted between the onboard digital transmission and the ground digital transmission. The specific process is shown in Figure 7, and includes:

Step 0: Establish an LTE wireless communication connection between the onboard digital transmission and the ground digital transmission.

Step 1.1: The UAV base station unified console sends a query base station activation status request to the ground digital transmission.

Step 1.2: The ground number transmission sends an inquiry to the airborne data transmission to query the base station activation status request.

Step 1.3: The onboard number transmission sends a query to the flight controller to query the base station activation status request.

Step 1.4: The flight control sends a query to the network management server base station to query the base station activation status request.

Step 1.5: The network management server sends a query for the base station activation status to the airborne base station.

Step 2: The onboard base station queries the value of the activation status parameter.

Step 3.1: The on-board base station sends a query to the network management server to query the base station activation status response, and carries the value of the activation status parameter.

Step 3.2: The network management server sends a query to the flight controller to query the base station activation status response, and carries the value of the activation status parameter.

Step 3.3: The flight controller sends an inquiry to the airborne digital transmission to query the base station activation status response, and carries the value of the activation status parameter.

Step 3.4: The onboard number transmission is sent to the ground to transmit a query to the base station activation status response, carrying the value of the activation status parameter.

Step 3.5: The ground number transmission is sent to the UAV base station unified console to query the base station activation status response, and carries the value of the activation status parameter.

The fourth feasible solution realizes the modification of the antenna angle operation. In this scheme, the drone sets the organic base station, the flight control, the network management server, the onboard digital transmission, and the remote manager is provided with the ground data transmission module ground digital transmission. And the UAV base station unified console, the airborne base station and the flight controller adopt the network management server relay communication mode, and the Multefire communication mode is adopted between the onboard digital transmission and the ground digital transmission. The specific process is shown in Figure 8, and includes:

Step 0: Establish a Multefire wireless communication connection between the onboard digital transmission and the ground digital transmission.

Step 1.1: The UAV base station unified console sends a modified antenna angle operation request to the ground digital transmission.

Step 1.2: The ground number transmission sends an antenna angle operation request to the airborne data transmission.

Step 1.3: The onboard number is transmitted to the flight controller to send a modified antenna angle operation request.

Step 1.4: The flight controller sends a modified antenna angle operation request to the network management server base station.

Step 1.5: The network management server sends a request for modifying the antenna angle operation to the airborne base station.

Step 2: The airborne base station performs a modified antenna angle operation.

Step 3.1: The airborne base station sends a modified antenna angle operation response to the network management server, and carries the result of modifying the antenna angle operation.

Step 3.2: The network management server sends a modified antenna angle operation response to the flight controller, carrying the result of modifying the antenna angle operation.

Step 3.3: The flight controller sends a modified antenna angle operation response to the airborne digital transmission, carrying the result of modifying the antenna angle operation.

Step 3.4: The airborne number transmission transmits a modified antenna angle operation response to the ground digital transmission, and carries the result of modifying the antenna angle operation.

Step 3.5: The ground number is transmitted to the unified console of the UAV base station to send a modified antenna angle operation response, carrying the result of modifying the antenna angle operation.

In conjunction with the foregoing description, the embodiment of the present application further provides a drone for implementing the foregoing various method flows. The composition thereof is as shown in FIG. 9, and includes: a flight controller 61, an airborne base station 62, and the flight controller. The direct connection communication mode or the network management server relay communication mode is adopted between the 61 and the airborne base station 62;

The flight controller 61 is configured to send an instruction message to the onboard base station 62.

The onboard base station 62 is configured to send a reply message to the flight controller 61 in response to the instruction message.

Optionally, when the flight controller 61 and the onboard base station 62 adopt a direct communication mode, the flight controller 61 is further configured to pass to a serial port between the flight controller 61 and the onboard base station 62. The base station 62 transmits an instruction message.

The onboard base station 62 is further configured to send a reply message to the flight controller 61 through the serial port in response to the instruction message.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 10, when the network controller server relay communication mode is adopted between the flight controller 61 and the airborne base station 62, the drone further includes a network management server 63, and the flight controller 61. The 61 is further configured to send an instruction message to the network management server 63 through a serial port with the network management server 63.

The network management server 63 is further configured to forward the instruction message to the onboard base station 62 through an Ethernet interface between the onboard base station 62 and the onboard base station 62.

The onboard base station 62 is further configured to send the reply message to the network management server 63 through the Ethernet interface in response to the instruction message.

The network management server 63 is further configured to forward the reply message to the flight controller 61 through the serial port.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 11, the UAV further includes an onboard data transmission module 64, and the onboard data transmission module 64 is configured to receive the foregoing sent by a ground data transmission module of the remote console. Instruction message. And for forwarding the instruction message to the flight controller 61.

Optionally, the flight controller 61 is further configured to send the reply message to the onboard data transmission module 64. The onboard data transmission module 64 is further configured to forward the reply message to the terrestrial data transmission module.

Optionally, the instruction message includes a control message and a status query message.

Optionally, the control message includes one or more of restarting a base station message, modifying a frequency point parameter message, modifying a transmit power message rate, modifying an antenna angle message, and modifying a core network connection parameter message.

Optionally, the status query message includes one or more of querying a base station power-on status message, querying a base station activation status message, querying a base station error status message, and querying a base station return link status message.

The drone provided by the embodiment of the present application can communicate with the airborne base station and the flight controller in the drone, so that the airborne base station can obtain remote control and management when the drone is in the flight phase. The method provided by the embodiment of the present application enables the airborne base station to obtain communication with the remote management side, which is convenient for real-time control and management, in the case that the airborne base station cannot be controlled and managed in the prior art.

The embodiment further provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions, the computer instructions causing the computer to perform the method provided by any of the above method embodiments .

The embodiment further provides a computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer, The computer is capable of performing the methods provided by any of the above method embodiments.

The embodiment further provides an electronic device, including: one or more processors and a memory, taking a processor as an example.

The electronic device may further include: an input device and an output device.

The processor, the memory, the input device, and the output device may be connected by a bus or other means to take a bus connection as an example.

The memory, as a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, can be used to store non-transitory software programs, non-transitory computer executable programs, and modules, such as program instructions/modules corresponding to the methods of any of the above. The processor performs the various functional applications of the server and the data processing by running the non-transitory software programs, the instructions, and the modules stored in the memory, that is, the method described in any one of the foregoing method embodiments.

The memory may include a storage program area and an storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application required for at least one function; the storage data area may store data created according to usage of the drone, and the like. Further, the memory may include a high speed random access memory, and may also include non-transitory memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid state storage device. In some embodiments, the memory optionally includes a memory remotely located relative to the processor that can be connected to the drone via a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the Internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The input device can receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the drone. The output device may include a display device such as a display screen.

The one or more modules are stored in the memory, and when executed by the one or more processors, perform the method of any of the above method embodiments.

The above products can perform the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application, and have the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method. For technical details that are not described in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to the method provided by the embodiments of the present application.

The electronic device of the embodiment of the present application exists in various forms, including but not limited to:

(1) Mobile communication devices: These devices are characterized by mobile communication functions and are mainly aimed at providing voice and data communication. Such terminals include: smart phones (such as iPhone), multimedia phones, functional phones, and low-end phones.

(2) Ultra-mobile personal computer equipment: This type of equipment belongs to the category of personal computers, has computing and processing functions, and generally has mobile Internet access. Such terminals include: PDAs, MIDs, and UMPC devices, such as the iPad.

(3) Portable entertainment devices: These devices can display and play multimedia content. Such devices include: audio, video players (such as iPod), handheld game consoles, e-books, and smart toys and portable car navigation devices.

(4) Server: A device that provides computing services. The server consists of a processor, a hard disk, a memory, a system bus, etc. The server is similar to a general-purpose computer architecture, but because of the need to provide highly reliable services, processing power and stability High reliability in terms of reliability, security, scalability, and manageability.

(5) Other electronic devices with data interaction functions.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner. For example, multiple units or components may be combined. Or it can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

The above-described integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) or a processor to perform the methods of the various embodiments of the present application. Part of the steps. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes. .

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., which are made within the spirit and principles of the present application, should be included in the present application. Within the scope of protection.

Claims

A method for transmitting information, characterized in that it is applicable to a drone, the drone includes: a flight controller, an airborne base station, and a direct connection communication mode or network management between the flight controller and the airborne base station Server relay communication method;

The method includes:

The flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station;

The onboard base station transmits a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message.
The method according to claim 1, wherein when the flight controller and the on-board base station adopt a direct communication mode, the flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station, including:

The flight controller sends an instruction message to the airborne base station through a serial port with the onboard base station;

Sending, by the onboard base station, the reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message includes:

The onboard base station sends a reply message to the flight controller through the serial port in response to the instruction message.
The method according to claim 1, wherein when the network controller server relay communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station, the drone further includes a network management server, and the flight controller is Sending an instruction message to the airborne base station includes:

The flight controller sends an instruction message to the network management server through a serial port between the network management server and the network management server;

Transmitting, by the network management server, the instruction message to the airborne base station by using an Ethernet interface between the network controller and the airborne base station;

Sending, by the onboard base station, the reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message includes:

Sending, by the on-board base station, the reply message to the network management server through the Ethernet interface, in response to the instruction message;

The network management server forwards the reply message to the flight controller through the serial port.
The method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said drone further comprises an onboard data transmission module, said method further comprising: before said flight controller sends an instruction message to said onboard base station :

The onboard data transmission module receives the instruction message sent by a ground data transmission module of a remote console;

The onboard data transmission module forwards the instruction message to the flight controller.
The method according to claim 4, further comprising: after the airborne base station sends a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message, further comprising:

The flight controller sends the reply message to the onboard data transmission module;

The onboard data transmission module forwards the reply message to the terrestrial data transmission module.
The method of claim 5 wherein the instruction message comprises a control message and a status inquiry message.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the control message comprises one of restarting a base station message, modifying a frequency point parameter message, modifying a transmit power message rate, modifying an antenna angle message, modifying a core network connection parameter message, or A variety.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the status query message comprises one of querying a base station power-on status message, querying a base station activation status message, querying a base station error status message, and querying a base station return link status message. Or a variety.
A UAV, characterized in that: the UAV includes: a flight controller, an airborne base station, and a direct communication mode or a network management server relay communication mode between the flight controller and the airborne base station;

The flight controller is configured to send an instruction message to the airborne base station;

The onboard base station is configured to send a reply message to the flight controller in response to the instruction message.
The drone according to claim 9, wherein when the flight controller and the airborne base station adopt a direct communication mode, the flight controller is further configured to communicate with the airborne base station. The serial port sends an instruction message to the airborne base station;

The onboard base station is further configured to send a reply message to the flight controller through the serial port in response to the instruction message.
The drone according to claim 9, wherein when the network controller server relay communication mode is adopted between the flight controller and the airborne base station, the drone further includes a network management server, and the flight control The device is further configured to send an instruction message to the network management server by using a serial port between the network management server and the network management server;

The network management server is further configured to forward the instruction message to the airborne base station through an Ethernet interface between the airborne base station and the airborne base station;

The airborne base station is further configured to send the reply message to the network management server by using the Ethernet interface in response to the instruction message;

The network management server is further configured to forward the reply message to the flight controller through the serial port.
The UAV according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the UAV further comprises an onboard data transmission module, and the onboard data transmission module is configured to receive a ground data transmission module of the remote console. The instruction message transmitted; and for forwarding the instruction message to the flight controller.
The drone according to claim 12, wherein the flight controller is further configured to send the reply message to the onboard data transmission module; the onboard data transmission module is further used to Forwarding the reply message to the terrestrial data transmission module.
The drone of claim 13 wherein said instruction message comprises a control message and a status inquiry message.
The UAV according to claim 15, wherein the control message comprises one of restarting a base station message, modifying a frequency point parameter message, modifying a transmit power message rate, modifying an antenna angle message, and modifying a core network connection parameter message. Kind or more.
The UAV according to claim 15, wherein the status query message includes: querying a base station power-on status message, querying a base station activation status message, querying a base station error status message, and querying a base station backhaul link status message. One or more.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions for causing the computer to perform any of claims 1-8 The method described.
A computer program product, comprising: a computing program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer, The computer performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.
An electronic device, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;

Wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions being arranged to perform the method of any of the preceding claims 1 to 8.