Method and device for managing multi-protocol communication components

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for managing multi-protocol communication components and a device thereof. The method relates to a service application layer and a communication bottom of a communication facility, and comprises the following steps of: adding a protocol adaptation layer between the service application layer and the communication bottom; when the communication facility provides support for protocol stacks, at least recording the communication types of the protocol stacks in a configuration file through the protocol adaptation layer, compiling the protocol stacks in a dynamic link library, and downloading the dynamic link library in the communication facility so as to form one or more communication components; and enabling the communication components. The method and the device can greatly improve the stability and flexibility of the system without increasing the system cost based on the existing facilities, thereby having a good application prospect and use value.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a communication device with point-to-multipoint communication and communication components adopting multiple communication protocols, in particular to a method and device for realizing management of multi-protocol communication components in the communication device. Background technique [0002] When constructing equipment systems with multi-point communication and communication components adopting multiple communication protocols, the following scenarios are often encountered: for a management component at the core position (such as the WDM monitoring channel management system as an example), it Subassemblies (single boards) with a variety of communication protocols may be attached below, and the management component has to implement all protocols to support various subassemblies that may appear in the system. In this way, there may be the following three problems: [0003] (1) For a certain new board that will appear in the...

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[0003] (1) For a new board that will appear in the future, it may use a communication protocol type that is not supported by the current management component, so the addition of a new board will bring about the reconstruction of the entire management component version

[0004] (2) In order to support a single board with a new communication protocol, every project upgrade needs to upgrade the entire management software of the operating system, which increases the risk of upgrading and the interruption time of the system

[0005] When a new type of communication protocol needs to be added inside the system, it is often necessary to upgrade the entire system, which is complex and takes too long (including download time and flash writing time), resulting in long-term interruption of all services

[0006] (3) If only one or a few types of communication protocol boards are used in the system, the management component must also load all types of communication protocol stacks, and create corresponding sending and receiving tasks, sending and receiving queues, and various semaphore and other resources, resulting in a waste of communication port resources

[0008] To sum up, it can be seen that the management components in the existing monitoring equipment fail to implement dynamic management of the protocol stack of the underlying board, which will lead to extremely high system setup and maintenance costs, which is very unfavorable for system upgrades, and will Causes a serious waste of resources such as CPU / RAM / FLASH in the device

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