Method, system, control device and node device for data transmission

• US 9,838,313 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2014
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhou, Hongchang, Chen, Jie, Yin, Shengyu, Cai, Pu, Dong, Xiaojie
• Primary Examiner(s): O CONNOR, BRIAN T
• Application Number:
  US15/023,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,173 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1834 implemented based on peer-to-peer networks, e.g. gnutella p2p communication protocols H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1085 Content sharing, e.g. peer-to-peer [P2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1044 Group management mechanisms management of multicast group membership H04L12/185; reconfiguring of node membership in a computing system to eliminate errors G06F11/1425
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing

Abstract

The application discloses a method, system, control device and node device for data transmission. The method includes determining a source node for data transmission; selecting a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as a destination node for the data transmission, from a list of nodes for the reception of the data, wherein the destination node serves as the next nearest node of the source node; wherein the list of nodes comprises at least one identifier and an address of each node; and issuing a data transmission task to the source node, wherein the data transmission task comprises the identifier and the address of the destination node, so that the source node transmits the data to the destination node according to the address of the destination node. The technical solutions of the application can guarantee the data transmission speed and the data transmission efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for data transmission, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

determining, by a control device, a source node for the data transmission, wherein when the control device firstly controlling sending data, the source node for the data transmission is an original node storing the data before the data is sent;

selecting, by the control device, a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as a destination node for the data transmission, from a list of nodes for the reception of the data, wherein the destination node for the data transmission serves as a next nearest node of the source node for the data transmission on a transmission chain, and reports a data reception progress about the last data transmission for the control device;

wherein the list of nodes comprises at least one identifier of each of the nodes for the reception of the data and an address of each of the nodes; and

issuing, by the control device, a data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, wherein the data transmission task comprises the identifier of the destination node for the data transmission and the address of the destination node for the data transmission, so that the source node for the data transmission transmits the data to the destination node for the data transmission according to the address of the destination node for the data transmission.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining, by the control device, the source node for the data transmission comprises:

operating, by the control device, a destination node for last data transmission as the source node for the data transmission, if the control device has ever controlled sending of the data.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein before the step of operating the destination node for the last data transmission as the source node for the data transmission, the method further comprises:

periodically receiving, by the control device, a data reception progress reported by the destination node for the last data transmission; and

determining, by the control device, that the last data transmission has been completed, when the data reception progress received by the control device is 100%.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of issuing, by the control device, the data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, the method further comprises:

determining, by the control device, that a data reception progress reported by the destination node for the data transmission has not been received within a preset number of periods;

determining, by the control device, that the destination node for the data transmission is failed;

selecting, by the control device, a node having least sub-nodes as the source node for the data transmission, from the original node and nodes which have received the data in the list of nodes;

reselecting, by the control device, a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as the destination node for the data transmission, from the list of nodes for the reception of the data; and

issuing, by the control device, a data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, so that the source node for the data transmission transmits the data to the reselected destination node for the data transmission according to the address of the reselected destination node for the data transmission.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

determining that the data transmission has been completed, if it is determined by the control device that all nodes in the list of nodes except the failed node have received the data.

6. A control device, wherein the device comprises:

a determining module, configured to determine a source node for a data transmission, wherein when the control device firstly controlling sending data, the source node for the data transmission is an original node storing the data before the data is sent;

a selecting module, configured to select a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as a destination node for the data transmission, from a list of nodes for the reception of the data, wherein the destination node for the data transmission serves as a next nearest node of the source node for the data transmission on a transmission chain, and reports a data reception progress about the last data transmission for the control device;

wherein the list of nodes comprises at least one identifier of each of the nodes for the reception of the data and an address of each of the nodes; and

an issuing module, configured to issue a data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, wherein the data transmission task comprises the identifier of the destination node for the data transmission and the address of the destination node for the data transmission, so that the source node for the data transmission transmits the data to the destination node for the data transmission according to the address of the destination node for the data transmission.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the determining module is particularly configured to operate a destination node for last data transmission as the source node for the data transmission, if the control device has ever controlled sending of the data.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the device further comprises a receiving module, wherein:

the receiving module is configured to periodically receive data reception progress reported by the destination node for the last data transmission, before the determining module operates the destination node for the last data transmission as the source node for the data transmission; and

the determining module is further configured to determine that the last data transmission has been completed, when the received data reception progress is 100%.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein:

the determining module is further configured to determine that a data reception progress reported by the destination node for the data transmission has not been received within a preset number of periods, after the issuing module issues the data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission;

the determining module is further configured to determine that the destination node for the data transmission is failed;

the selecting module is further configured to select a node having least sub-nodes as the source node for the data transmission, from the original node and nodes which have received the data in the list of nodes;

the selecting module is further configured to reselect a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as the destination node for the data transmission, from the list of nodes for the reception of the data; and

the issuing module is further configured to issue a data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, so that the source node for the data transmission transmits the data to the reselected destination node for the data transmission according to the address of the reselected destination node for the data transmission.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the determining module is further configured to determine that the data transmission has been completed, if it is determined that all nodes in the list of nodes except the failed node have received the data.

11. A system for data transmission, comprising a control device and at least one node device, wherein the control device comprises:

a determining module, configured to determine a source node for a data transmission, wherein when the control device firstly controlling sending data, the source node for the data transmission is an original node storing the data before the data is sent;

a selecting module, configured to select a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as a destination node for the data transmission, from a list of nodes for the reception of the data, wherein the destination node for the data transmission serves as a next nearest node of the source node for the data transmission on a transmission chain, and reports a data reception progress about the last data transmission for the control device;

wherein the list of nodes comprises at least one identifier of each of the nodes for the reception of the data and an address of each of the nodes; and

an issuing module, configured to issue a data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, wherein the data transmission task comprises the identifier of the destination node for the data transmission and the address of the destination node for the data transmission, so that the source node for the data transmission transmits the data to the destination node for the data transmission according to the address of the destination node for the data transmission;

wherein the node device comprises;

a receiving module, configured to receive a data transmission task issued by a control device, when the node device serves as a source node for the data transmission, wherein the data transmission task include an identifier of a destination node for the data transmission and an address of the destination node for the data transmission; and

a sending module, configured to transmit data to the destination node for the data transmission, according to the address of the destination node for the data transmission.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the determining module is particularly configured to operate a destination node for last data transmission as the source node for the data transmission, if the control device has ever controlled sending of the data.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the control device further comprises a first receiving module, wherein:

the first receiving module is configured to periodically receive data reception progress reported by the destination node for the last data transmission, before the determining module operates the destination node for the last data transmission as the source node for the data transmission; and

the determining module is further configured to determine that the last data transmission has been completed, when the received data reception progress is 100%.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

the determining module is further configured to determine that a data reception progress reported by the destination node for the data transmission has not been received within a preset number of periods, after the issuing module issues the data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission;

the determining module is further configured to determine that the destination node for the data transmission is failed;

the selecting module is further configured to select a node having least sub-nodes as the source node for the data transmission, from the original node and nodes which have received the data in the list of nodes;

the selecting module is further configured to reselect a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as the destination node for the data transmission, from the list of nodes for the reception of the data; and

the issuing module is further configured to issue a data transmission task to the source node for the data transmission, so that the source node for the data transmission transmits the data to the reselected destination node for the data transmission according to the address of the reselected destination node for the data transmission.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the determining module is further configured to determine that the data transmission has been completed, if it is determined that all nodes in the list of nodes except the failed node have received the data.