CN110602688A - Terminal software upgrading method and upgrading system - Google Patents

Abstract

Terminal software upgrade method: the terminal accesses the data network and generates a software upgrade request; the terminal obtains the real-time communication parameters of the current data network, and compares the real-time communication parameters with the set communication parameters; if the real-time communication parameters are better than the set communication parameters, the terminal calls The data network ID of the data network; the terminal sends a software upgrade request and the data network ID to the server; the server reads the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network ID according to the data network ID, if the current area upgrade status does not exceed the standard area upgrade state, the server responds to the software upgrade request and feeds back the response information to the terminal. An upgrade system is also provided. The present invention uses the set communication parameters and standard area upgrade status to double-evaluate network conditions on the terminal and the server, so as to ensure that user software upgrade services are only provided under better network conditions, and user experience is improved.

Description

Terminal software upgrade method and upgrade system

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of communications, in particular to a terminal software upgrading method and an upgrading system.

Background technique

Over The Air (OTA) technology is a mobile communication (Global System for Mobile Communication, GlobalSystem for Mobile Communication, GSM) or code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) air interface to the Subscriber Identity Module (Subscriber Identity Module) , SIM) data and applications for remote management technology. The air interface can use wireless application protocol (Wireless Application Protocol, WAP), general wireless packet service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), CDMA1X and short message technology. The application provider or terminal manufacturer will continuously update the product software to form an upgraded version according to the problems encountered by the user during use and the feedback. In order to facilitate the user's own operation, the upgraded version of the product software is usually compressed into an OTA upgrade package and stored on the server, and the user can download and upgrade it by himself. A common upgrade process includes the following steps: first, the user sends a version query request to the server through the terminal device used by the user, and the version query request carries the version information of the current version of the terminal device, such as the version number. After the OTA server receives the version query request, it traverses all the versions stored locally and compares it with the version information carried in the version query request. If there is a software version with a higher version number, the server returns an upgradeable status, and the user decides whether to To upgrade, if the user decides to upgrade, the server pushes the address of the current upgradeable version to the terminal device, and the terminal device downloads the updated version from the server according to the received address, and automatically upgrades.

Under the GSM or CDMA network, due to the limitation of network bandwidth, the traditional OTA upgrade solution is used. On the one hand, when downloading the upgrade package of about 100MB. If the network quality is poor, it will take more than half an hour, and even the upgrade may fail, seriously affecting the user's actual experience. On the other hand, under the same base station, if a large number of terminals are upgraded at the same time, the actual download rate of each terminal will be reduced, the download time will be prolonged, and the user experience will be poor.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a method for upgrading terminal software, which is used to solve the problem of long upgrade time due to poor network quality in the prior art, and at the same time avoid the problem of upgrade failure caused by simultaneous upgrade of a large number of terminals under the same base station.

The terminal software upgrading method comprises the following steps:

The terminal accesses at least one data network and generates a software upgrade request;

The terminal obtains the real-time communication parameters of the current data network, and compares the real-time communication parameters with the set communication parameters;

If the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter, the terminal invokes the data network identifier of the data network;

The terminal sends the software upgrade request and the data network identifier to the server;

The server reads the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network ID according to the data network ID, and if the current area upgrade status does not exceed the standard area upgrade status, the server responds to the software upgrade request and feeds back a response information to the terminal.

Preferably, the set communication parameters are pre-stored in the terminal, and the set communication parameters include setting network packet loss rate and/or setting network delay.

Preferably, the data network identifier includes a base station number and/or a cell number to which the terminal is attached.

Preferably, the current area upgrade state is the current number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station; the standard area upgrade state is the maximum number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station.

Further, after the terminal receives the response information, it also includes the following steps:

Determine whether to receive an upgrade instruction;

If an upgrade permission instruction is received, the upgrade version is downloaded from the server and a download success signal is fed back to the server after the download is complete; the server updates the current number of terminals in the same cell as the same base station in the software upgrade state during the download process.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a terminal software upgrade system, including:

A generating module, the generating module is used to generate a software upgrade request when the terminal accesses at least one data network;

An acquisition module, the acquisition module is used to acquire the real-time communication parameters of the current data network and compare the real-time communication parameters and set the communication parameters;

A call module, the call module is used to call the data network identifier of the data network;

A sending module, the sending module is used to send a software upgrade request and a data network identifier to the server when the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter;

A reading module, configured to read the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network identification according to the data network identification; and

A feedback module, the feedback module is configured to respond to the software upgrade request and feed back response information to the terminal when the current region upgrade status does not exceed the standard region upgrade status.

Preferably, said setting communication parameters includes setting network packet loss rate and/or setting network delay.

Preferably, the data network identifier includes a base station number and/or a cell number to which the terminal is attached.

Preferably, the current area upgrade state is the current number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station; the standard area upgrade state is the maximum number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station.

Further, it also includes:

A judging module, the judging module is used to judge whether an upgrade permission instruction is received after the terminal receives the response information; and

An update module, which is used to update the number of terminals currently in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station during the process of the terminal downloading the upgrade version from the server.

Different from the prior art, the present invention further configures the terminal and the server, configures and sets communication parameters in the terminal, configures the standard area upgrade status in the server, and uses the set communication parameters and standard when the terminal generates a software upgrade request. Regional upgrade status double-assesses the network conditions on the terminal and the server to ensure that the user software upgrade service is only provided under better network conditions and improve the user experience.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of Embodiment 1 of the terminal software upgrading method disclosed by the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the terminal end of the terminal software upgrading method disclosed in the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the server end of the terminal software upgrading method disclosed in the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the terminal software upgrading system disclosed in the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

The terms "first", "second", "third" and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and the drawings are used to distinguish different objects, rather than to describe a specific order. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having", as well as any variations thereof, are meant to cover non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product or device comprising a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units, but optionally also includes unlisted steps or units, or optionally further includes For other steps or units inherent in these processes, methods, products or apparatuses.

"An embodiment" in the present invention means that a specific feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Throughout the specification, the various occurrences of this phrase are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

A step-by-step flowchart of a method for upgrading terminal software is shown in FIG. 1 , which is based on OTA technology. OTA is to remotely manage SIM card data and applications through the air interface of mobile communication (GSM or CDMA). The air interface can use WAP, GPRS, CDMA1X and short message technology. When the network quality is poor or a large number of terminals are upgraded at the same time, the user experience of terminal software upgrade based on OTA technology is poor. In order to improve this situation, the control process shown in Figure 1 is specifically designed.

Step S101, the terminal accesses at least one data network and generates a software upgrade request.

Those skilled in the art can undoubtedly understand that the terminal may be a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a tablet computer or other mobile terminals with a SIM card module, and the form of the terminal is not further limited here. Application software is configured in the terminal, and the provider of the application software provides an upgrade service of the application software based on the OTA technology. When the terminal performs an OTA software upgrade, it first needs to access at least one data network based on a corresponding communication protocol, that is, GSM or CDMA, and generate a software upgrade request. The software upgrade request may be automatically generated or self-generated by the end user.

In step S102, the terminal acquires real-time communication parameters of the current data network, and compares the real-time communication parameters with the set communication parameters.

Different from the prior art, the terminal is configured with setting communication parameters before leaving the factory. The communication parameters are set after a lot of experiments, which is enough to match the normal download of a compressed package of about 100M. After connecting to the data network and generating a software upgrade request, the terminal obtains the real-time communication parameters of the current data network, and automatically compares the real-time communication parameters of the current data network with the set communication parameters to determine whether the network conditions of the current data network are sufficient Match the normal download of a compressed package of about 100M.

Step S103, if the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter, the terminal further invokes the data network identifier of the data network.

The data network identifier may be a mobile network number, a physical cell identifier, a cell number of a wireless network base station, reference signal received power, a base station number, and the like. The terminal attaches the data network identifier of the invoked network to the software upgrade request.

Step S104, the terminal sends a software upgrade request and a data network identifier to the server.

Step S105, after receiving the software upgrade request and the data network identifier, the server reads the current upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network identifier according to the data network identifier.

For example, if the data network identifier is a physical cell identifier, after receiving the software upgrade request and the data network identifier, the server reads the current upgrade status of all mobile terminals in the physical cell corresponding to the physical cell identifier according to the physical cell identifier, that is, Know the network status in the current area.

In step S106, the server stores a one-to-one correspondence between the data network identifier and the standard area upgrade status of the corresponding area. After receiving the software upgrade request and the data network identifier sent from the terminal, the server can read the upgrade status of the standard area corresponding to the data network identifier. The server compares the current area upgrade status read in step S105 with the standard area upgrade status read according to the data network identifier. If the current area upgrade status does not exceed the standard area upgrade status, it means that the network conditions in the current area can meet the user's needs, and there will be no situation that will reduce the user's upgrade experience. Under such conditions, the server responds to the software upgrade request and feeds back the response information to the terminal

Different from the prior art, the terminal software upgrade method further configures the terminal and the server, configures and sets communication parameters in the terminal, configures the standard area upgrade status in the server, and uses the set communication parameters when the terminal generates a software upgrade request. Parameters and standard area upgrade status double-evaluate network conditions on the terminal and server to ensure that user software upgrade services are only provided under better network conditions and improve user experience.

The interaction process of the entire software upgrading method will be described in detail below with reference to the control flow chart at the terminal side in FIG. 2 and the control flow chart at the server side in FIG. 3 .

As shown in Figure 2, the terminal accesses at least one data network and generates a software upgrade request.

The terminal first obtains the packet loss rate and time delay of the ping data packet with the server through the ping command, that is, obtains the real-time communication parameters of the current data network.

The terminal is pre-configured with standard network packet loss rate and delay before leaving the factory, that is, setting communication parameters. After obtaining the packet loss rate and delay of the current data packet, the terminal first compares the packet loss rate and delay of the current data packet with the standard network packet loss rate and delay. That is, it is judged whether the current network condition is better than the threshold value of the pre-configured network condition.

If the real-time communication parameters are better than the set communication parameters, it means that the current network quality meets the download requirements. The terminal further invokes the data network identifier of the data network, that is, the base station number and the physical cell number of the currently connected data network.

The terminal sends a software upgrade request carrying the base station number and the physical cell number of the currently connected data network to the server side.

The terminal further enters the waiting state to determine whether the response information fed back by the server is received within the set period.

If the real-time communication parameters are worse than the set communication parameters, or the response information fed back by the server is not received within the set period, the upgrade process ends, avoiding the problem of reduced user experience due to poor network quality.

On the server side, after receiving the software upgrade request and the data network identification, the server immediately inquires whether there is an updated version.

If there is an updated version stored on the server side, the server will query and call the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network ID according to the data network ID, that is, the base station number and the physical cell ID, that is, the terminal currently being upgraded under the same base station and the same physical cell quantity.

The server further judges whether the current area upgrade state exceeds the standard area upgrade state, that is, judges whether the current number of terminals being upgraded under the same base station and the same physical cell is greater than or equal to the maximum number of terminals in the same base station and the same cell that are simultaneously in the software upgrade state.

If the current number of terminals being upgraded under the same base station and the same physical cell is less than the maximum number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same base station and the same cell, the server responds to the software upgrade request and feeds back response information to the terminal.

At the terminal side, after receiving the response information fed back by the server within the set period, it is further judged whether an upgrade permission instruction set by the user is received. If the command to allow the upgrade is received, the compressed package of the upgraded version will be downloaded.

During the downloading process, the server updates the number of terminals currently in the software upgrade state in the same base station and the same cell. Specifically, when the terminal starts to download the compressed package of the upgraded version, the server updates the current upgrade status, and the number of terminals currently in the software upgrade status in the same cell of the same base station is increased by one. After the download is successful, the server updates the current upgrade status again, and the number of terminals currently in the same base station and the same cell with software upgrade status is reduced by one to ensure that the upgrade status of the current area that can be called is accurate and meets the simultaneous update requirements of multiple terminals.

At the terminal side, after the download is completed, the terminal feeds back a download success signal to the server. Certainly, at the server side, after receiving the download success signal fed back by the server, the current number of software upgrade statuses in the same cell of the same base station may be updated again.

As shown in Fig. 4, in another aspect, the present invention also discloses a terminal software upgrading system. The terminal software upgrade system consists of multiple modules.

A generating module, configured to generate a software upgrade request when the terminal accesses at least one data network.

An acquisition module, the acquisition module is used to acquire the real-time communication parameters of the current data network and compare the real-time communication parameters with the set communication parameters.

Among them, the set communication parameters are configured in the terminal before leaving the factory and can be called at any time. The communication parameters are set after a lot of experiments, which is enough to match the normal download of a compressed package of about 100M. The acquisition module obtains the real-time communication parameters of the current data network, and automatically compares the real-time communication parameters of the current data network with the set communication parameters to determine whether the network conditions of the current data network are sufficient to match the normal download of a compressed package of about 100M.

A calling module, where the calling module is used to call the data network identifier of the data network.

When the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter, the calling module calls the data network identification of the data network. The data network identifier may be a mobile network number, a physical cell identifier, a cell number of a wireless network base station, reference signal received power, a base station number, and the like.

A sending module, the sending module is used to send a software upgrade request and a data network identifier to the server when the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter.

When the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter, the sending module sends a software upgrade request attached with the data network identifier to the server.

A reading module, configured to read the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network identification according to the data network identification.

After receiving the software upgrade request and the data network identifier, the reading module reads the current upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network identifier according to the data network identifier. For example, if the data network identifier is a physical cell identifier, the reading module reads the current upgrade status of all mobile terminals in the physical cell corresponding to the physical cell identifier according to the physical cell identifier, that is, understands the network status in the current area.

A feedback module, the feedback module is configured to respond to the software upgrade request and feed back response information to the terminal when the current region upgrade status does not exceed the standard region upgrade status.

If the current area upgrade status does not exceed the standard area upgrade status, it means that the network conditions in the current area can meet the user's needs, and there will be no situation that reduces the user's actual upgrade experience. Under such conditions, the feedback module responds to the software upgrade request and Feedback response information to the terminal.

In a preferred embodiment, setting the communication parameters includes setting a network packet loss rate and a network delay, or setting one of the network packet loss rate and the network delay.

The data network identifier is preferably a base station number or a cell number to which the terminal is attached.

The current area upgrade state is the current number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station, and the standard area upgrade state is the maximum number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station.

In a preferred embodiment, the terminal software upgrade system also includes:

A judging module, the judging module is used for judging whether an upgrade permission instruction is received after the terminal receives the response information. That is, it is judged whether the user is allowed to upgrade, and the download is only performed under the condition of the user's permission.

And the update module, the update module is used to update the number of terminals currently in the software upgrade state in the same base station and the same cell during the process of the terminal downloading the upgrade version from the server, so as to ensure that the upgrade status of the current area that can be called is accurate, and satisfies multiple terminals at the same time update request.

An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium is stored in a computer program for electronic data exchange, and the computer program enables the terminal and the server to execute some or all of the steps of any method described in the above method embodiments .

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases, and for parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed device can be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the above-mentioned units or modules is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or May be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in electrical or other forms.

The units described above 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, they may be located in one physical space, or may be distributed to multiple network units, Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

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

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art can still understand the foregoing embodiments. Modifications are made to the technical solutions described, or equivalent replacements are made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions claimed in the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The terminal software upgrading method is characterized in that, comprising the following steps: The terminal accesses at least one data network and generates a software upgrade request; The terminal obtains the real-time communication parameters of the current data network, and compares the real-time communication parameters with the set communication parameters; If the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter, the terminal invokes the data network identifier of the data network; The terminal sends the software upgrade request and the data network identifier to the server; The server reads the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network ID according to the data network ID, and if the current area upgrade status does not exceed the standard area upgrade status, the server responds to the software upgrade request and feeds back a response information to the terminal. 2. The terminal software upgrading method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The set communication parameters are pre-stored in the terminal, and the set communication parameters include setting a network packet loss rate and/or setting a network delay. 3. The terminal software upgrading method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The data network identifier includes a base station number and/or a cell number to which the terminal is attached. 4. The terminal software upgrading method according to claim 3, characterized in that: The current area upgrade state is the current number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station; the standard area upgrade state is the maximum number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station. 5. The terminal software upgrading method according to claim 4, characterized in that: After the terminal receives the response information, it also includes the following steps: Determine whether to receive an upgrade instruction; If an upgrade permission instruction is received, the upgrade version is downloaded from the server and a download success signal is fed back to the server after the download is complete; the server updates the current number of terminals in the same cell as the same base station in the software upgrade state during the download process. 6. A terminal software upgrade system, characterized in that, comprising: A generating module, the generating module is used to generate a software upgrade request when the terminal accesses at least one data network; An acquisition module, the acquisition module is used to acquire the real-time communication parameters of the current data network and compare the real-time communication parameters and set the communication parameters; A call module, the call module is used to call the data network identifier of the data network; A sending module, the sending module is used to send a software upgrade request and a data network identifier to the server when the real-time communication parameter is better than the set communication parameter; A reading module, configured to read the current area upgrade status of the area corresponding to the data network identification according to the data network identification; and A feedback module, the feedback module is configured to respond to the software upgrade request and feed back response information to the terminal when the current region upgrade status does not exceed the standard region upgrade status. 7. The terminal software upgrade system according to claim 6, characterized in that: The setting of communication parameters includes setting a network packet loss rate and/or setting a network delay. 8. The terminal software upgrade system according to claim 6, characterized in that: The data network identifier includes a base station number and/or a cell number to which the terminal is attached. 9. The terminal software upgrade system according to claim 8, characterized in that: The current area upgrade state is the current number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station; the standard area upgrade state is the maximum number of terminals in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station. 10. The terminal software upgrade system according to claim 9, further comprising: A judging module, the judging module is used to judge whether an upgrade permission instruction is received after the terminal receives the response information; and An update module, which is used to update the number of terminals currently in the software upgrade state in the same cell of the same base station during the process of the terminal downloading the upgrade version from the server.