CN105338392B - The intelligent power saving method and system of wire network devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent energy-saving method and system for wired network equipment. The method includes: counting the data flow of each terminal by the head end; judging whether the data flow obtained by the statistics is greater than the flow provided by the currently working tuner; if it is larger, judging Whether there are more tuner resources, if so, turn on more tuners and power amplifiers; notify the terminal to turn on more tuners and power amplifiers; confirm that all terminals have turned on tuners; notify the terminal to switch to a wider channel; if When the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, notify the terminal to shift to a narrower channel; confirm that all terminals have shifted to a narrower channel; notify the terminal to turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers; the head end turns off unused The tuner and the power amplifier, the present invention enables the network equipment of the cable TV network to meet user requirements in real time when high data transmission requirements occur, and realizes energy-saving operation of the system when high data transmission requirements are not required.

Description

Intelligent energy-saving method and system for wired network equipment

technical field

The invention relates to an energy-saving system and method, in particular to an intelligent energy-saving method and system for wired network equipment.

Background technique

In the CATV two-way network, data information flows between the head end and the terminal of the network equipment.

At present, with the development of technology and the demand for high bandwidth, the rate of data transmission has been increased to 1 Gbps and above, and the bandwidth of data transmission has also increased to hundreds of MHz or even higher. With the current technological level, several tuners (Tuner) and power amplifiers (Power Amplifier, PA) are often installed in the same device, and these are large energy consumers in network devices.

1. In the current equipment, users are charged according to the data rate. However, some users do not purchase the data rate that the equipment can provide.

2. At present, the use of user data has a time period. For a large amount of time, there is not a high data rate between the head end and the terminal, but even if the data rate is not high, the tuner and the tuner in the head end and terminal equipment The PAs are working at full power to ensure the designed bandwidth of the system.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a communication mechanism to turn off unused tuners and PAs when there is not much data traffic, thereby reducing device power consumption.

Contents of the invention

In order to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art above, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an intelligent energy-saving method and system for wired network equipment, which adds a power supply information management module to conventional cable television two-way network equipment, so that the cable television network network The equipment meets user requirements in real time when high data transmission requirements occur, and realizes energy-saving operation of the system when high data transmission requirements are not required. It is of extremely important practical significance for cable TV operators to improve network service quality and reduce energy consumption.

In order to achieve the above and other purposes, the present invention proposes an intelligent energy-saving method for wired network equipment, including:

Step 1, the head end counts the data traffic of each terminal;

Step 2, judging whether the data traffic obtained by statistics is greater than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner;

Step 3, if the obtained data traffic exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, judge whether there are more tuner resources, and if so, turn on more tuners and power amplifiers;

Step 4, notify the terminal to turn on more tuners and power amplifiers;

Step 5, confirm that all terminals have turned on the tuner;

Step 6, notify the terminal to transfer to a wider channel;

Step 7, if the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, then notify the terminal to shift to a narrower channel;

Step 8, confirm that all terminals have been transferred to narrower channels;

Step 9, informing the terminal to turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers;

Step ten, the headend turns off unused tuners and power amplifiers.

Further, the method also includes:

If the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, notify the terminal to shift to a narrower channel;

Confirm that all terminals have shifted to the narrower channel;

Notify the terminal to turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers;

Turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers at the headend.

Further, the method also includes the step of adding a power supply information management module in the conventional cable TV bidirectional network equipment.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention also provides an intelligent energy-saving system for wired network equipment, including:

The data traffic statistics module, through the head end to count the data traffic of each terminal;

A judging module, configured to judge whether the statistically obtained data flow is greater than the flow provided by the currently working tuner, and determine whether there are more tuner resources when the obtained data flow exceeds the flow provided by the currently working tuner;

The notification module, when it is judged that the obtained data traffic exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner and it is judged that there are more tuner resources, notify the device to open and close the module to open more tuners and power amplifiers at the head end and terminal, and After confirming that all terminals have turned on the tuner, notify the terminal to shift to a wider channel, and when it is judged that the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, notify and confirm that the terminal is shifted to a narrower channel, and notify the device to open Close the tuner and power amplifier not used by the terminal and the head end with the closing module;

The device opens and closes the module, and when receiving the notification of opening more tuners and power amplifiers of the head end and the terminal from the notification module, it turns on more tuners and power amplifiers of the head end, and when the terminal receives the notification, it turns on more tuners and power amplifiers of the terminal. Multiple tuners and power amplifiers; when receiving the notification from the notification module to turn off the tuners and power amplifiers not used by the terminal and the head end, turn off the tuners and power amplifiers not used by the terminal, and turn off the tuners and power amplifiers not used by the head end amplifier.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention is an intelligent energy-saving system and method for wired network equipment. By adding a power supply information management module to the conventional two-way network equipment for cable television, the network equipment for cable television has high data transmission requirements. It can meet user requirements in real time and realize energy-saving operation of the system when high data transmission requirements are not required. It has extremely important practical significance for cable TV operators to improve network service quality and reduce energy consumption.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of the steps of an intelligent energy-saving method for a wired network device in the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a system architecture diagram of an intelligent energy-saving system for wired network equipment according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

The implementation of the present invention is described below through specific examples and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through other different specific examples, and various modifications and changes can be made to the details in this specification based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the steps of an intelligent energy-saving method for wired network equipment according to the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, an intelligent energy-saving method for a wired network device of the present invention comprises the following steps:

Step 101, counting the data traffic of each terminal by the head end;

Step 102, judging whether the data traffic obtained through statistics is greater than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner;

Step 103, if the obtained data traffic exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, judge whether there are more tuner resources, and if so, turn on more tuners and power amplifiers;

Step 104, notify the terminal to turn on more tuners and power amplifiers;

Step 105, confirming that all terminals have turned on the tuner;

Step 106, notify the terminal to switch to a wider channel;

Step 107, if the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, then notify the terminal to shift to a narrower channel;

Step 108, confirming that all terminals have shifted to a narrower channel;

Step 109, notify the terminal to close unused tuners and power amplifiers;

Step 110, the headend turns off unused tuners and power amplifiers.

Specifically, the present invention changes the channel allocation plan by adding a power supply information management module in the conventional two-way network equipment of cable television, communicating the data rate:

1) When the channel rate requirement is greater than what the current working tuner can provide, and the system has more tuner resources, notify the network terminal equipment to open more tuners, increase the system bandwidth, and finally notify the network terminal to use more tuners. Multiple bandwidth resources.

2) When the channel rate requirement is less than what the current working tuner can provide, and the system has more tuner resources available for shutting down, notify the network terminal equipment, shut down more tuners, reduce the system bandwidth, and finally notify the network Endpoints use less bandwidth resources.

FIG. 2 is a system architecture diagram of an intelligent energy-saving system for wired network equipment according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 , an intelligent energy-saving system for wired network equipment in the present invention includes: a data traffic statistics module 201 , a judging module 202 , a notification module 203 , and a device opening and closing module 204 .

Wherein the data traffic statistics module 201 counts the data traffic of each terminal through the head end; the judging module 202 is used to judge whether the data traffic obtained by the statistics is greater than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, and the obtained data traffic exceeds the current working tuner Provided traffic, determine whether there are more tuner resources; notification module 203, when judging that the data traffic obtained exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner and judges that there are more tuner resources, notify the device to open and The closing module 204 turns on more tuners and power amplifiers at the head end and the terminal, and after confirming that all terminals have turned on the tuners, informs the terminal to switch to a wider channel, and judges that the data traffic obtained is less than that provided by the currently working tuner When the traffic flow, notify and confirm that the terminal is shifted to a narrower channel, and notify the device opening and closing module 204 to close the unused tuner and power amplifier of the terminal and the head end; the device opening and closing module 204, upon receiving the opening head end When notified of more tuners and power amplifiers from the terminal, turn on more tuners and power amplifiers at the head end, and when the terminal receives the notification, turn on more tuners and power amplifiers on the terminal; when receiving notifications from the notification module, turn off When notifying the unused tuner and power amplifier of the terminal and the head end, turn off the tuner and power amplifier not used by the terminal, and turn off the tuner and power amplifier not used by the head end.

Specifically, when the judging module judges that the obtained data traffic exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, and judges that there are more tuner resources, it turns on more tuners and power amplifiers at the head end, and notifies the terminal at the same time Turn on more tuners and power amplifiers, confirm that all terminals have turned on the tuners and notify the terminal to shift to a wider channel; when the judging module judges that the data flow obtained is less than the flow provided by the currently working tuner, it will notify the terminal to shift to Narrower channel, confirm that all terminals have been transferred to a narrower channel; notify the terminal to turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers, and at the same time turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers at the head end.

To sum up, the present invention provides an energy-saving system and method for wired network equipment. By adding a power supply information management module to conventional two-way network equipment for cable television, the network equipment for cable television can meet the high data transmission requirements in real time. User requirements, and realizing energy-saving operation of the system when high data transmission requirements are not required, has extremely important practical significance for cable TV operators to improve network service quality and reduce energy consumption.

The above-mentioned embodiments only illustrate the principles and effects of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify and change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be listed in the claims.

Claims (4)

1. An intelligent energy-saving method for wired network equipment, comprising: Step 1, the head end counts the data traffic of each terminal; Step 2, judging whether the data traffic obtained by statistics is greater than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner; Step 3, if the obtained data traffic exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, judge whether there are more tuner resources, and if so, turn on more tuners and power amplifiers; Step 4, notify the terminal to turn on more tuners and power amplifiers; Step 5, confirm that all terminals have turned on the tuner; Step 6, notify the terminal to transfer to a wider channel; Step 7, if the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, then notify the terminal to shift to a narrower channel; Step 8, confirm that all terminals have been transferred to narrower channels; Step 9, informing the terminal to turn off unused tuners and power amplifiers; Step ten, the headend turns off unused tuners and power amplifiers. 2. An intelligent energy-saving method for wired network equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: the method further comprises the step of adding a power supply information management module to the conventional cable TV two-way network equipment. 3. An intelligent energy-saving system for wired network equipment, comprising: The data traffic statistics module, through the head end to count the data traffic of each terminal; A judging module, configured to judge whether the statistically obtained data flow is greater than the flow provided by the currently working tuner, and determine whether there are more tuner resources when the obtained data flow exceeds the flow provided by the currently working tuner; The notification module, when it is judged that the obtained data traffic exceeds the traffic provided by the currently working tuner and it is judged that there are more tuner resources, notify the device to open and close the module to open more tuners and power amplifiers at the head end and terminal, and After confirming that all terminals have turned on the tuner, notify the terminal to shift to a wider channel, and when it is judged that the obtained data traffic is less than the traffic provided by the currently working tuner, notify and confirm that the terminal is shifted to a narrower channel, and notify the device to open Close the tuner and power amplifier not used by the terminal and the head end with the closing module; The device opens and closes the module, and when receiving the notification of opening more tuners and power amplifiers of the head end and the terminal from the notification module, it turns on more tuners and power amplifiers of the head end, and when the terminal receives the notification, it turns on more tuners and power amplifiers of the terminal. Multiple tuners and power amplifiers; when receiving the notification from the notification module to turn off the tuners and power amplifiers not used by the terminal and the head end, turn off the tuners and power amplifiers not used by the terminal, and turn off the tuners and power amplifiers not used by the head end amplifier. 4. An intelligent energy-saving system for wired network equipment as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: the system adds a power supply information management module to conventional two-way network equipment for cable television.