Method and system for upgrading WIFI equipment

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a system for upgrading WIFI equipment. The method comprises the steps of: downloading an upgrade file of the WIFI equipment from a server; storing the upgrade file into a backup partition of the WIFI equipment, and upgrading the WIFI equipment; after completing upgrading, restarting the upgraded WIFI equipment from the backup partition; and when upgrading is interrupted by accident, restarting the WIFI equipment from a current partition. In the upgrading process of the WIFI equipment, if an accident occurs, the WIFI equipment is restarted from the current partition, so that the risk caused by abnormity in the upgrading process is reduced; the WIFI equipment directly downloads the upgrade file from the server without pushing the upgrade file of the WIFI equipment by a set top box, a network topology of a WIFI system is more reasonable and various WIFI product forms can be met; uniform and automatic upgrading of the WIFI equipment is implemented, and the method and the system are not limited to the set top box and are beneficial to development of WIFI software; and the upgrading process does not influence a user to use a network, so that user experience is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of WIFI equipment, in particular to a method and system for upgrading WIFI equipment. Background technique [0002] The current OTA (Over the Air Technology) upgrade solution is STB (Set TopBox, digital video conversion box) to push the WIFI module. This upgrade solution mainly has the following defects: 1. If an unexpected power failure occurs during the upgrade process, etc. The situation leads to the failure of the upgrade, which will cause the system to crash, and the WIFI device can no longer work normally; 2. It is only applicable to the product combination form of STB+WIFI, which cannot meet the diversified needs of product forms; 3. In the network topology, STB is a WIFI module. For CPE (Customer Premise Equipment, customer terminal equipment) equipment, if the STB module network is abnormal, the WIFI upgrade push will not work normally. The robustness of this networking model is relatively weak; 4. ...

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[0002] The current OTA (Over the Air Technology) upgrade solution is STB (Set TopBox, digital video conversion box) to push the WIFI module. This upgrade solution mainly has the following defects: 1. If an unexpected power failure occurs during the upgrade process, etc. The situation leads to the failure of the upgrade, which will cause the system to crash, and the WIFI device can no longer work normally; 2. It is only applicable to the product combination form of STB+WIFI, which cannot meet the diversified needs of product forms; 3. In the network topology, STB is a WIFI module. For CPE (Customer Premise Equipment, customer terminal equipment) equipment, if the STB module network is abnormal, the WIFI upgrade push will not work normally. The robustness of this networking model is relatively weak; 4. The existing upgrade push software is built into the STB In the process, every time a new STB is changed, it is inefficient to jointly debug with the STB software engineer. If the platform code is updated, it is necessary to update the upgrade push module that responds to the STB model, which is not conducive to software development; 5. The network cannot be used during the upgrade process and affects the user experience.

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