CN104427539B - Determine the method and gateway device of gateway status - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for determining the state of a gateway and a gateway device. The method includes: obtaining event information of the current operating state of the gateway; decomposing the event information into at least one standard event information for characterizing the state of the gateway; In the corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the gateway running state, the gateway running state corresponding to the decomposed standard event information is determined. The current operating state of the home gateway can be determined more accurately, and the compatibility between home gateways of different manufacturers can be improved.

Description

Method for determining gateway state and gateway device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a method for determining the status of a gateway and gateway equipment.

Background technique

Gateway (English: Gateway) is also known as an Internet connector and a protocol converter. The gateway implements network interconnection on the transport layer, and is used for the interconnection of two networks with different high-level protocols. Gateways can be used for both WAN interconnection and LAN interconnection. With the continuous development of communication technology, the smart home network is proposed. With the help of existing computer network technology, various household appliances and equipment in the family are connected to the Internet, and various rich, diverse, personalized, convenient, comfortable, safe and efficient service. The home gateway is to realize the exchange of information inside the home and outside the home. A digital home gateway (English: DigitalHome Gateway) is a widely used home gateway device.

A residential gateway is a device that connects two network segments that use different protocols. Its function is to translate and convert data using different transmission protocols in two network segments. For example, wireless fidelity (English: Wireless Fidelity, abbreviation: WIFI) signals can be converted into time division duplex code division synchronous multiple access (English: TimeDivision-Synchronization Code Division Multiple Access, abbreviation: TD-SCDMA) or long-term evolution (English : Long Term Evolution, abbreviation: LTE) and other cellular communication signals, so that user terminals connected to the network based on WIFI (such as tablet computers, smart hand mobile terminals, etc.) can use the services provided by the cellular communication network through the home gateway.

When the home gateway is in use, it needs to perform more complicated protocol and communication processing. For example, to convert data packets on the WIFI channel to data packets on the LTE channel, it is necessary to allow access of WIFI-based user terminals, allocate WIFI channels for WIFI-based user terminals, and need to attach to the LTE network and allocate LTE channels , Two-way data exchange between Internet platforms interconnected with mobile communication networks. In order to ensure normal communication processing, the home gateway needs to be in a continuous open state. If there is an error in the home gateway or an abnormality in the communication network, the communication of the user terminal connected to the Internet through the home gateway will also be abnormal, such as the inability to browse Internet pages, slow network download speed, and so on.

Generally, the home gateway is provided with a running status indicator light. When the home gateway is abnormal, the status indicator light set on the home gateway will flicker to remind the end user that the device is abnormal. However, under normal circumstances, even if the home gateway is set with a blinking status indicator, the end user still cannot accurately know the current running status of the home gateway. Moreover, for home gateways of different manufacturers, the methods for determining their operating states are not completely the same, so the compatibility is poor.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for determining the state of a gateway and a gateway device, which can accurately determine the current operating state of a home gateway and improve compatibility between home gateways of different manufacturers.

A method for determining the state of a gateway, comprising: obtaining event information of the current operating state of the gateway; decomposing the event information into at least one standard event information used to characterize the state of the gateway; establishing a correspondence between the established standard event information and the operating state of the gateway In the relationship, determine the gateway running state corresponding to the decomposed standard event information.

It can be seen from the above scheme that by introducing the corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the gateway running state, after decomposing the obtained event information of the current running state of the gateway, and comparing it with the corresponding relationship to determine the running state of the gateway, it can be determined more accurately The current operating status of the home gateway improves the compatibility between home gateways of different manufacturers.

After determining the operating state of the gateway, the method further includes: displaying the determined operating state of the gateway through voice broadcast.

From the above solution, it can be seen that compared with the usual situation, the gateway running status is presented through voice playback, which can show the gateway running status more intuitively, and the user can directly determine the gateway running status. , to enhance user perception.

Obtaining the event information of the current operating state of the gateway includes: periodically obtaining the event information of the current operating state of the gateway with a set duration as the detection cycle.

It can be seen from the above solution that periodically obtaining the event information of the current running state of the gateway can monitor the running state of the gateway in real time and find problems in time.

Displaying the determined operating status of the gateway by way of voice broadcast, including: receiving a voice broadcast instruction for indicating the language used in the voice broadcast; obtaining and receiving in the voice file library preset for storing voice files The voice file corresponding to the voice command; based on the obtained voice file, the determined operating status of the gateway is displayed in the form of voice broadcast.

It can be seen from the above solution that the needs of users for personalized customization can be met. The same broadcast content can be in Mandarin, dialect, Chinese, or a foreign language.

A gateway device, comprising: an event receiving module, used to obtain event information of the current operating state of the gateway; a decomposition module, used to decompose the event information into at least one standard event information used to characterize the status of the gateway; a status monitoring module, It is used to determine the gateway operation state corresponding to the decomposed standard event information in the established correspondence between the standard event information and the gateway operation state.

It can be seen from the above scheme that by introducing the corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the gateway running state, after decomposing the obtained event information of the current running state of the gateway, and comparing it with the corresponding relationship to determine the running state of the gateway, it can be determined more accurately The current operating status of the home gateway improves the compatibility between home gateways of different manufacturers.

The gateway device also includes: a speech translation module, configured to display the determined operating status of the gateway by way of speech broadcast.

From the above solution, it can be seen that compared with the usual situation, the gateway running status is presented through voice playback, which can show the gateway running status more intuitively, and the user can directly determine the gateway running status. , to enhance user perception.

The gateway device also includes: a timer, which is used to time the set duration; the event receiving module is specifically used to use the set duration of the timer as the detection period, and periodically obtain the event information of the current operating state of the gateway .

It can be seen from the above solution that periodically obtaining the event information of the current running state of the gateway can monitor the running state of the gateway in real time and find problems in time.

The voice translation module is also used to receive a voice broadcast instruction for indicating the language used in the voice broadcast; and in the voice file library preset for storing voice files, obtain the voice file corresponding to the voice command received ; Based on the obtained voice file, display the determined running status of the gateway in the form of voice broadcast.

It can be seen from the above solution that the needs of users for personalized customization can be met. The same broadcast content can be in Mandarin, dialect, Chinese, or a foreign language.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for determining a gateway status proposed in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure and composition of the proposed gateway device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure and composition of the proposed digital home gateway device in the second embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In general, end users cannot accurately know the current running status of the home gateway. And for the home gateways of different manufacturers, the methods of determining their running status are not completely the same, so the problem of poor compatibility, in the technical solution proposed by the present invention, by decomposing the event information of the current running status of the gateway into at least one Based on the standard event information representing the status of the gateway, the corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the operating state of the gateway is introduced to determine the operating state of the gateway corresponding to the decomposed standard event information. The current operating state of the home gateway can be determined more accurately, and the compatibility between home gateways of different manufacturers can be improved.

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments It is a part of embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Embodiment one

The embodiment of the present invention proposes a method for determining the status of the gateway, as shown in FIG. 1 , and its specific processing flow is as follows:

In step 11, the event information of the current running state of the gateway is obtained.

The detection period can be set as the detection period, and the event information of the current operation status of the gateway can be obtained periodically.

In specific implementation, by setting the timer, the set duration can be used as the detection period, and the detection task can be periodically sent to obtain the event information of the current operation status of the gateway.

The event information of the gateway’s current operating status includes automatic acquisition of IP address, communication signal strength, voltage level, network connection, etc.

Step 12, decomposing the obtained event information into at least one standard event information used to characterize the state of the gateway.

The received event information can be decomposed into one or more event parameters, and the corresponding standard event information can be obtained through the definition of the preset standard event information. Standard event information is usually stipulated in technical standards or specifications formulated by communication organizations (such as the International Telecommunication Union ITU-T), the communication industry (such as the Standardization Association of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) or enterprises (such as mobile operators).

Wherein, the obtained event information may be decomposed into a standard event information. For example, if the obtained event information of the current operating state of the gateway is that the LTE signal is less than 3 grids, the decomposed standard event information can be that the LTE signal is weak, or a preset identifier, which represents the standard event information of the gateway status, such as 2.

The obtained event information can be decomposed into multiple standard event information. For example, if the event information of the current running status of the gateway obtained in 1 is automatically obtaining an IP address, the decomposed standard event information may be that the IP address has been successfully obtained and the WAP gateway is being connected. Or it is a preset identifier, which represents the standard event information of the gateway status, such as 7 and 8 .

Step 13, in the established correspondence between the standard event information and the gateway running state, determine the gateway running state corresponding to the decomposed standard event information.

Correspondence between standard event information and gateway operating status can be preset. Preferably, the corresponding relationship between the set standard event information and the gateway running status can also be represented by a set mark.

Specifically, the corresponding relationship between standard event information and gateway running status can be referred to in Table 1 below.

Table 1

set logo Standard Event Information Gateway running status 1 New Arrival SMS Report new text message 2 LTE signal is less than 3 bars Weak LTE signal 3 LTE signal is greater than 3 bars Good LTE signal 4 WIFI signal is less than 3 bars WIFI signal is weak 5 WIFI signal is greater than 3 bars WIFI signal is good 6 Battery power is less than 10% low voltage alarm 7 Obtain an IP address automatically Successfully obtained IP address 8 Request to connect to the WAP gateway Connecting to WAP gateway 9 Received a response from the connected WAP gateway Successfully connected to the WAP gateway 10 WAP gateway connection timeout received Failed to connect to WAP gateway 11 HTTP received 201 response HTTP connection failed

Optionally, after determining the running state of the gateway in the above step 13, it also includes:

Step 14, displaying the determined running state of the gateway by way of voice broadcast.

For the content of the voice broadcast, refer to the gateway operation status column shown in Table 1 above. The voice broadcast can also use the received identifier to further determine the running status of the gateway corresponding to the identifier in the above Table 1, and then broadcast. For example, if the received identifier is 11, as shown in Table 1 above, the corresponding gateway operation status is HTTP connection failure, and the voice broadcast can display the HTTP connection failure.

Specifically, receive a voice broadcast instruction for indicating the language used in the voice broadcast, and obtain a voice file corresponding to the received voice command in the voice file library preset for storing voice files. Based on the obtained voice file, The determined operating state of the gateway is displayed in the form of voice broadcast.

Correspondingly, Embodiment 1 of the present invention also proposes a gateway device, as shown in FIG. 2 , and its specific structure is as follows:

The event receiving module 201 is configured to obtain event information of the current running state of the gateway.

The decomposing module 202 is configured to decompose the event information into at least one standard event information used to characterize the state of the gateway.

The state monitoring module 203 is configured to determine the gateway operating state corresponding to the decomposed standard event information in the established correspondence between the standard event information and the gateway operating state.

Optionally, the above-mentioned gateway device may also include:

The voice translation module is used for displaying the determined operating status of the gateway by way of voice broadcast.

The above-mentioned voice translation module is also used to receive voice broadcast instructions for indicating the language used in the voice broadcast; in the voice file library preset for storing voice files, obtain the voice file corresponding to the voice command received; based on The obtained voice file displays the determined operating status of the gateway in the form of voice broadcast.

In the technical solution proposed above in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, the current operating state of the home gateway can be determined more accurately, and the compatibility between home gateways of different manufacturers can be improved. Moreover, it further provides a voice broadcast function, and can meet the needs of users' personalized customization. The same broadcast content can be in Mandarin, dialect, Chinese, or a foreign language. Just need to provide different voice files.

The timer is used to time the set duration; specifically, the above-mentioned event receiving module 201 is specifically configured to use the set duration as the detection period to periodically obtain event information of the current running state of the gateway.

Embodiment two

Embodiment 1 of the present invention proposes a gateway device. The technical solution proposed in Embodiment 2 of the present invention is described in detail by taking the gateway device as a digital home gateway device as an example. Its structural composition is shown in Figure 3, including:

Multi-tasking operating system hardware platform 201, mobile communication module 101, WIFI module 102, event receiving module 301, decomposition module 302, status monitoring module 303, speech translation module 304, speaker 305.

The multitasking operating system hardware platform 201 is the core of the digital home gateway device and runs a multitasking embedded operating system, such as Linux operating system. A signal processor and a memory are provided in the multitasking operating system hardware platform 201 .

The signal processor may be a central processing unit (English: central processing unit, abbreviation: CPU), or a combination of a CPU and a hardware chip. The signal processor may also be a network processor (English: network processor, abbreviation: NP). Or a combination of CPU and NP, or a combination of NP and hardware chips.

The above-mentioned hardware chip can be one or more of the following combinations: application-specific integrated circuit (English: application-specific integrated circuit, abbreviation: ASIC), field-programmable logic gate array (English: field-programmable gate array, abbreviation: FPGA) , complex programmable logic device (English: complexprogrammable logic device, abbreviation: CPLD).

The memory is used to store program codes, and the signal processor obtains the stored program codes from the memory, and executes corresponding processing according to the obtained program agents. The memory can be a volatile memory (English: volatile memory), such as a random access memory (English: random-access memory, abbreviation: RAM); or a non-volatile memory (English: non-volatile memory), such as a read-only Memory (English: read-only memory, abbreviation: ROM), flash memory (English: flash memory), hard disk (English: hard disk drive, abbreviation: HDD) or solid state drive (English: solid-state drive, abbreviation: SSD ); or a combination of the aforementioned types of memory.

The mobile communication module 101 is connected to the multitasking operating system hardware platform 201 for receiving mobile communication signals. An independent signal processor can be set in the mobile communication module, or the same signal processor can be shared with the task operating system hardware platform 201 . The mobile communication module 101 may be a general packet radio system (English: General PacketRadio System, abbreviation: GPRS), a global system for mobile communication (English: Global System for Mobilecommunication, abbreviation: GSM) evolution enhanced data service (English: Enhanced Data Rates for GSMEvolution, abbreviation: EDGE), TD-SCDMA, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (English: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, abbreviation: WCDMA), Time Division-Long Term Evolution (Time Division-Long Term Evolution, abbreviation: TD-LTE) and/or frequency Single-mode multi-frequency or multi-mode multi-frequency cellular communication functional module of Division Duplex Long Term Evolution (English: Frequency Division Duplex, abbreviation: FDD-LTE). The mobile communication module and the multitasking operating system hardware platform 201 can be connected through an interface.

The interface may be one of a USB interface, a secure digital input and output (English: Secure Digital Input and Output Card, abbreviated: SDIO) interface, and a serial peripheral interface (English: Serial Peripheral Interface, abbreviated: SPI).

The WIFI module 102 is a module for sending or supporting wireless communication signals. The WIFI module supports the wireless Ethernet communication function module in the 2.4GHz or 5.8GHz frequency band. It can be connected with the multitasking operating system hardware platform 201 through an interface.

The event receiving module 301 can be connected to the multi-tasking operating system hardware platform 201 through an interface, and is used to obtain event information of the current running status of the gateway.

The decomposing module 302 is connected with the time receiving module 301 through an interface, and is used for decomposing the event information obtained by the event interface module 301 into at least one standard event information for representing the state of the gateway.

Wherein, the decomposition module 302 may decompose the event information obtained by the event interface module 301 into a standard event information. For example, if the event information of the current operating state of the gateway obtained by the event receiving module 301 is that the LTE signal is less than 3 grids, the standard event information decomposed by the decomposition module 302 may be that the LTE signal is weak, or a preset identifier, which represents the gateway. Standard event information for status, such as 2.

The decomposition module 302 may decompose the event information obtained by the event interface module 301 into a plurality of standard event information. For example, if the event information of the gateway's current operating status obtained by the event receiving module 301 is automatically obtaining an IP address, the standard event information decomposed by the decomposition module 302 may be that the IP address has been successfully obtained and the WAP gateway is being connected. Or it is a preset identifier, which represents the standard event information of the gateway status, such as 7 and 8 .

The state monitoring module 303 is configured to determine the gateway operating state corresponding to the decomposed standard event information in the established correspondence between the standard event information and the gateway operating state.

Wherein, the corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the gateway running state can be stored in the memory, or an independent device can be used to store the corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the gateway running state.

The corresponding relationship between the standard event information and the operating state of the gateway can also correspond to the corresponding setting identifier when storing. For details, see Table 1 above.

Optionally, the above-mentioned device may also include:

The speech translation module 304 is connected with the state monitoring module 303 and the speaker 305, and is used for displaying the determined operating state of the gateway by way of speech broadcast.

Specifically, the above-mentioned voice translation module 304 is specifically configured to receive a voice broadcast instruction for indicating the language used in the voice broadcast; in the voice file library preset for storing voice files, obtain the voice command corresponding to the received voice command The voice file, based on the obtained voice file, displays the determined operating status of the gateway in the form of voice broadcast. Voice broadcast instructions can be preset or set in real time.

Specifically, the voice translation module 304 may broadcast the corresponding gateway running status as shown in the above Table 1.

The speaker 305 plays the voice transmitted by the voice translation module.

Optionally, the above-mentioned device may also include:

The timer is used to time the set duration; the above-mentioned event receiving module 201 is specifically used to use the set duration as the detection period to periodically obtain the event information of the current running state of the gateway.

Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of the present invention may be provided as methods, devices (devices), or computer program products. Accordingly, the present invention can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (devices) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It should be understood that each procedure and/or block in the flowchart and/or block diagram, and a combination of procedures and/or blocks in the flowchart and/or block diagram can be realized by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or processor of other programmable data processing equipment to produce a machine such that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment produce a An apparatus for realizing the functions specified in one or more procedures of the flowchart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to operate in a specific manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising instruction means, the instructions The device realizes the function specified in one or more procedures of the flowchart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device, causing a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flow chart or blocks of the flowchart and/or the block or blocks of the block diagrams.

While preferred embodiments of the invention have been described, additional changes and modifications to these embodiments can be made by those skilled in the art once the basic inventive concept is appreciated. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be construed to cover the preferred embodiment as well as all changes and modifications which fall within the scope of the invention.

Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalent technologies, the present invention also intends to include these modifications and variations.

Claims (4)

1. A kind of 1. method of definite gateway status, it is characterised in that including：

   Obtain the event information of gateway current operating conditions；

   The event information is decomposed at least one standard Event information for being used to characterize gateway status；

   In the standard Event information of foundation and the correspondence of gateway operating status, the standard Event information pair after decomposing is determined The gateway operating status answered；

   The gateway operating status determined is shown by way of voice broadcast, including：Receive and be used to indicate voice broadcast When use the voice broadcast of language to instruct；Preset in the voice document storehouse of storaged voice file, obtaining and receiving The corresponding voice document of phonetic order；Voice document based on acquisition, is shown in a manner of voice broadcast described in determining Gateway operating status.
2. 2. the method as described in claim 1, it is characterised in that the event information of gateway current operating conditions is obtained, including：

   To set duration as the event information of detection cycle, periodically acquisition gateway current operating conditions.
3. A kind of 3. gateway device, it is characterised in that including：

   Event receiving module, for obtaining the event information of gateway current operating conditions；

   Decomposing module, for the event information to be decomposed at least one standard Event information for being used to characterize gateway status；

   Monitoring module, in the standard Event information of foundation and the correspondence of gateway operating status, determining to decompose The corresponding gateway operating status of standard Event information afterwards；

   Voiced translation module, for showing the gateway operating status determined by way of voice broadcast；

   The voiced translation module, is additionally operable to receive for indicating to use the voice broadcast of language to instruct during voice broadcast；And In the preset corresponding voice document of phonetic order in the voice document storehouse of storaged voice file, obtaining and receiving；Base In the voice document of acquisition, the gateway operating status determined is shown in a manner of voice broadcast.
4. 4. gateway device as claimed in claim 3, it is characterised in that further include：

   Timer, for carrying out timing to setting duration；

   The event receiving module, specifically for using the setting duration of the timer as detection cycle, periodically obtaining net Close the event information of current operating conditions.