Software obtaining method and communication device

• US 9,107,088 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tang, Meijun, Chen, Chunyuan
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAVIS, JOHN Q
• Application Number:
  US13/530,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20120266152A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• Field of Search: 717/168
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/00 Network data management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A software obtaining method and a communication device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a working standard of a multi-mode base station; determining a first logic type corresponding to a Base-Band Unit (BBU) of the multi-mode base station according to the working standard of the multi-mode base station; determining a type of software required for running the BBU according to the determined first logic type and a hardware type of the BBU; and obtaining the software required for running the BBU according to the determined software type. Through the technical solution, the software of the BBU can be downloaded accurately, which improves efficiency and accuracy of software obtaining.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining software, comprising:

obtaining, by a multi-mode base station, a working standard of the multi-mode base station itself;

determining, by the multi-mode base station, a first logic type corresponding to a Base-Band Unit (BBU) of the multi-mode base station according to the working standard of the multi-mode base station itself;

determining, by the multi-mode base station, a type of software required for running the BBU according to the determined first logic type and a hardware type of the BBU;

obtaining, by the multi-mode base station, the software required for running the BBU according to the determined type of software;

determining, by the multi-mode base station, whether the determined first logic type matches a current logic type of the BBU of the multi-mode base station; and

updating, by the multi-mode base station, the logic type of the BBU with the first logic type if it is determined that the first logic type does not match the current logic type of the BBU.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the multi-mode base station is a multi-mode macro base station or multi-mode distributed base station; and

if the multi-mode base station is a multi-mode distributed base station, the step of obtaining the working standard of the multi-mode base station comprises;

obtaining a working standard of a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of the multi-mode distributed base station to obtain a working mode of the multi-mode distributed base station.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

the obtaining the working standard of the RRU of the multi-mode distributed base station comprises;

finding out that the RRU is in a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) or Time Division Duplexing (TDD) mode.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

judging whether the multi-mode base station is in a startup state according to a flag before the obtaining the working standard of the RRU of the multi-mode base station;

and

judging whether obtained software is active on the multi-mode base station after obtaining the software; and

marking the multi-mode base station as being in a non-startup state if the software is already active on the multi-mode base station.

5. A communication device, comprising a hardware processor and a non-transitory storage medium configured to store modules comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain a working standard of a multi-mode base station in the communication device;

a first determining module, configured to determine a first logic type corresponding to a Base-Band Unit (BBU) of the multi-mode base station according to the working standard of the multi-mode base station;

a second determining module, configured to determine a type of software required for running the BBU according to the first logic type determined by the first determining module and a hardware type of the BBU;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain the software required for running the BBU according to the type of software determined by the second determining module;

a first judging module, configured to determine whether the first logic type determined by the first determining module matches a current logic type of the BBU; and

an updating module, configured to update the logic type of the BBU with the first logic type if the first judging module determines that the first logic type does not match the current logic type of the BBU.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein:

the multi-mode base station is a multi-mode macro base station or multi-mode distributed base station; and

if the multi-mode base station is a multi-mode distributed base station, the first obtaining module is configured to obtain the working standard of the multi-mode distributed base station by obtaining a working standard of a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of the multi-mode distributed base station.

7. The device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a second judging module, configured to judge whether the multi-mode base station is in a startup state according to a flag.

8. The device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a third judging module, configured to judge whether the obtained software required for running the BBU is active on the multi-mode base station; and

a marking module, configured to mark the multi-mode base station as being in a non-startup state after the third judging module determines that the software required for running the BBU is already active on the multi-mode base station.

9. A multi-mode base station, comprising a main processing and transmission unit and a Base-Band Unit (BBU), the base station programmed to:

obtain a working standard of the multi-mode base station itself;

determine a first logic type corresponding to the BBU of the multi-mode base station according to the obtained working standard;

determine a type of software required for running the BBU according to the first logic type and a hardware type of the BBU; and

obtain the software required for running the BBU according to the determined type of software;

determine whether the first logic type matches a current logic type of the BBU; and

modify the data of the logic type of the BBU in a data area of the main processing and transmission unit to change the logic type of the BBU.

10. The multi-mode base station of claim 9, further programmed to:

determine whether the first logic type matches a current logic type of the BBU; and

update the logic type of the BBU with the first logic type when the first logic type does not match the current logic type of the BBU.

11. The multi-mode base station of claim 9, further programmed to:

obtain the working standard of a multi-mode distributed base station by obtaining a working standard of a Radio Remote Unit (RRU) of the multi-mode distributed base station when the multi-mode base station is a multi-mode distributed base station.

12. The multi-mode base station of claim 9, further programmed to:

determine whether the multi-mode base station is in a startup state according to a flag.

13. The multi-mode base station of claim 12, further programmed to:

judge whether the obtained software required for running the BBU is active on the multi-mode base station; and

mark the multi-mode base station as being in a non-startup state after determining that the software required for running the BBU is already active on the multi-mode base station.