Method and device for processing firmware over the air (FOTA) upgrade

• US 8,843,078 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2010
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Xiaomei, Zhang, Chao, Mao, Ke
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG
• Application Number:
  US13/259,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20120184319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 455/67.11, 455/517
• US Class Current: 455/67.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and device for processing the FOTA upgrade. The method comprises: a transmitting terminal configures resources and transmits an upgrade package for version upgrade to a receiving terminal; the receiving terminal is upgraded by the received upgrade package and transmits identification information which is used for indicating the upgrade result of the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal over the resources corresponding to the upgrade package; and the transmitting terminal determines the upgrade result of the receiving terminal according to the identification information. The invention improves the reliability and stability of the system.

Claims

1. A method for processing Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) upgrade, comprising:

a transmitting terminal configuring resources and transmitting an upgrade package for version upgrade to a receiving terminal, wherein the configured resources is used for feedback an upgrade result of the receiving terminal;

the receiving terminal being upgraded by the received upgrade package and transmitting identification information which is used for indicating the upgrade result of the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal over the resources corresponding to the upgrade package; and

the transmitting terminal determining the upgrade result of the receiving terminal according to the identification information;

wherein the step that the transmitting terminal determining the upgrade result of the receiving terminal according to the identification information comprises;

the transmitting terminal detecting the energy or power of a signal transmitted by the receiving terminal and carrying the identification information over the resources, and judging whether the energy or power exceeds a predetermined threshold;

when the energy or power exceeds the predetermined threshold, the receiving terminal failing to be upgraded, otherwise, the receiving terminal being upgraded successfully.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of the following:

statistical information in a sequence form and statistical information in a bit form.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the signal comprises at least one of the following:

one or more sequences of an orthogonal sequence set,

one or more sequences of a self-correlation sequence set, and

of a mutual-correlation sequence set.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein one sequence in the orthogonal sequence set, the self-correlation sequence set or the mutual-correlation sequence set corresponds to a resource;

and different upgrade packages correspond to different resources.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step that the transmitting terminal determining the upgrade result of the receiving terminal according to the identification information comprises:

when the identification information is the statistical information in the bit form, the transmitting terminal determining whether the receiving terminal is upgraded successfully according to the bit value of the statistical information in the bit form.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein before the transmitting terminal determining the upgrade result of the receiving terminal according to the identification information, the method further comprises:

the transmitting terminal receiving the statistical information in the bit form on the resources corresponding to the statistical information in the bit form.

7. A device for processing the FOTA update, comprising a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, wherein

the transmitting terminal comprises:

a configuration module adapted to configure resources;

a first transmitting module adapted to transmit an upgrade package for version upgrade to the receiving terminal, wherein the configured resources is used for feedback an upgrade result of the receiving terminal; and

a determination module adapted to determine the upgrade result of the receiving terminal according to the identification information which is transmitted by the receiving terminal and used for indicating the upgrade result of the receiving terminal; and

the receiving terminal comprises;

an upgrading module adapted to perform upgrade by the received upgrade package, and a second transmitting module adapted to transmit the identification information to the transmitting terminal over the resources corresponding to the upgrade package;

wherein the determination module comprises;

a detecting unit adapted to detect the energy or power of a signal transmitted by the receiving terminal and carrying the identification information over the resources; and

a judging unit adapted to judge whether the energy or power exceeds a predetermined threshold;

when the energy or power exceeds the predetermined threshold, the receiving terminal failing to be upgraded, otherwise, the receiving terminal being upgraded successfully.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the transmitting terminal further comprises:

a grouping module adapted to group the receiving terminals that need the same upgrade package into a group; and

an upgrade stopping module adapted to stop the upgrade of the receiving terminals in a group in which the number of the receiving terminals failing to be upgraded reaches the predetermined value.