Multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system and communication method, wireless communication system and method

Abstract

The present invention discloses a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system and communication method, wireless communication system and method, wherein the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system comprises: a main control module, a boundary routing module, a Matter bridge module and a low-rate wireless personal area network module; the low-rate wireless personal area network module is connected to an antenna, receives a message, and sends the received message to the main control module; the main control module parses the message, identifies the message attribute according to the load content of the message; sends the Thread protocol message to the boundary routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message or / and the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module; when the boundary routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it. The present invention can reduce the cost of traditional solutions, reduce system complexity, and improve the convenience of user use.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the field of wireless communication technology, and relates to a wireless gateway system, and in particular to a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system and communication method, and a wireless communication system and method. Background Art

[0002] Matter is an application layer protocol launched by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) in 2011. The Matter protocol is based on Wi-Fi / Thread / Bluetooth and other technologies, and uses the Matter Bridge to connect existing 802.15.4-based Zigbee devices on the market to the Matter network.

[0003] Thread is a wireless protocol based on 802.15.4 that supports IPv6 through 6LoWPAN technology. It needs to access the IP network through a border router.

[0004] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the border routing communication method used in the prior art; Figure 1 As shown in the figure, traditional border routing is often done through a host and a wireless coprocessor (RCP). The host uses a powerful application processor chip (Application Processor) running Linux or Android. The wireless coprocessor uses an 802.15.4 chip. A practical example is to use a Raspberry Pi 4 as a border router. The application processor chip is Broadcom BCM2711, which has the same performance as the main control chip of a smartphone. The wireless coprocessor uses Nordic nRF52840.

[0005] Figure 2 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a Matter bridge communication method used in the prior art; Figure 2 As shown in Figure 1, most of the current Matter bridge solutions also inherit the architecture of traditional edge routers, that is, host and wireless coprocessor. However, although the above solutions can meet the needs in terms of function, they are costly, and the edge router and Matter bridge are two independent devices, which increases the complexity of the system and reduces the convenience of user use.

[0006] In view of this, there is an urgent need to design a new wireless communication method to overcome at least some of the above-mentioned defects of the existing wireless communication methods. Summary of the invention

[0007] The present invention provides a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system and communication method, a wireless communication system and method, which can reduce the cost of traditional solutions, and can combine the two devices of border routing and Matter bridge into one, thereby reducing system complexity and improving user convenience.

[0008] To solve the above technical problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, the following technical solution is adopted:

[0009] A multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system, the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system comprising: a main control module, a boundary routing module, a Matter bridge module and a low-rate wireless personal area network module; the main control module is connected to the boundary routing module, the Matter bridge module and the low-rate wireless personal area network module respectively;

[0010] The low-rate wireless personal area network module is connected to the antenna, receives the message, and sends the received message to the main control module; the main control module parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the main control module sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module;

[0011] When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it.

[0012] As an implementation manner of the present invention, the low-rate wireless personal area network module is an 802.15.4 module.

[0013] As an implementation manner of the present invention, the boundary routing module is a communication module for processing Thread protocol messages, and the Matter bridge module is a communication module for processing Zigbee protocol messages.

[0014] As an implementation manner of the present invention, the multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system further includes an antenna connected to the low-rate wireless personal area network module.

[0015] According to another aspect of the present invention, the following technical solution is adopted: a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising at least one multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system as described above, at least one first communication terminal and at least one second communication terminal;

[0016] The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system is connected to each first communication terminal and each second communication terminal respectively; the first communication terminal is a Thread terminal, and the second communication terminal is a ZigBee terminal or a Bluetooth terminal.

[0017] According to another aspect of the present invention, the following technical solution is adopted: a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip communication method, the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip communication method comprising:

[0018] The low-rate wireless personal area network module receives the message and sends the received message to the main control module;

[0019] The main control module parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the main control module sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module;

[0020] When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it.

[0021] As an implementation manner of the present invention, the low-rate wireless personal area network module is an 802.15.4 module.

[0022] As an implementation manner of the present invention, the boundary routing module is a communication module for processing Thread protocol messages, and the Matter bridge module is a communication module for processing Zigbee protocol messages.

[0023] According to another aspect of the present invention, the following technical solution is adopted: a wireless communication method, the wireless communication method comprising:

[0024] The first communication terminal / the second communication terminal sends a message to the wireless gateway; the first communication terminal is a Thread terminal, and the second communication terminal is a ZigBee terminal or a Bluetooth terminal;

[0025] The low-rate wireless personal area network module of the wireless gateway receives the message and sends the received message to the main control module;

[0026] The main control module of the wireless gateway parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the main control module sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module;

[0027] When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it to the first communication terminal / the second communication terminal.

[0028] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system and communication method, wireless communication system and method proposed in the present invention can reduce the cost of traditional solutions (the estimated cost is less than one-tenth of the traditional solution), and can combine the border router and Matter bridge devices into one, thereby reducing system complexity and improving user convenience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the border routing communication method adopted in the prior art.

[0030] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the Matter bridge communication method used in the prior art.

[0031] Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the composition of a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system in one embodiment of the present invention.

[0032] Figure 4 FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a wireless communication system in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 5 FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a wireless communication system in another embodiment of the present invention.

[0034] Figure 6 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system in another embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0036] In order to further understand the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below in conjunction with examples. However, it should be understood that these descriptions are only for further illustrating the features and advantages of the present invention, rather than limiting the claims of the present invention.

[0037] The description in this section is only for several typical embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the scope of the embodiments. The same or similar prior art means and some technical features in the embodiments are mutually replaced within the scope of the present invention.

[0038] The description of the steps in each embodiment in the specification is only for the convenience of explanation, and the implementation method of the present application is not limited by the order of implementation of the steps.

[0039] The term "connection" as used in the specification includes both direct connection and indirect connection, such as connection through some active devices, passive devices or electrically conductive media; it may also include connection through other active devices or passive devices known to those skilled in the art on the basis of achieving the same or similar functional purposes, such as connection through circuits or components such as switches and follower circuits.

[0040] The present invention discloses a multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system. Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the composition of a multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system in one embodiment of the present invention; please refer to Figure 3 The multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system includes: a main control module 1, a boundary routing module 2, a Matter bridge module 3 and a low-rate wireless personal area network module 4; the main control module 1 is connected to the boundary routing module 2, the Matter bridge module 3 and the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 respectively.

[0041] The low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 is connected to the antenna 5, receives messages, and sends the received messages to the main control module 1; in one embodiment of the present invention, the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system further includes the antenna 5 connected to the low-rate wireless personal area network module.

[0042] The main control module 1 parses the message and identifies the message attributes according to the payload content of the message; the main control module 1 sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module 2, and sends the Zigbee protocol message or / and the Bluetooth protocol (which can be the classic Bluetooth protocol or / and the low-power Bluetooth protocol, the classic Bluetooth protocol is abbreviated as BT, and the low-power Bluetooth protocol is abbreviated as BLE) message to the Matter bridge module 3.

[0043] When the border routing module 2 and the Matter bridge module 3 need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 through the main control module 1, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 sends it.

[0044] In one embodiment of the present invention, the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 can be an 802.15.4 module (a wireless communication module based on 802.15.4); the border routing module 2 can be a communication module for processing Thread protocol messages, and the Matter bridge module 3 can be a communication module for processing Zigbee protocol messages and / or Bluetooth protocol messages.

[0045] Of course, the control and analysis functions in the main control module 1 can also be set in the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 and implemented accordingly by the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4.

[0046] Figure 6This is a schematic diagram of the composition of a multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system in another embodiment of the present invention; please refer to Figure 6 In one embodiment of the present invention, the multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system includes: a boundary routing module 2, a Matter bridge module 3 and a low-rate wireless personal area network module 4; the boundary routing module 2 and the Matter bridge module 3 are respectively connected to the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4. The low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 is connected to the antenna 5 to receive messages.

[0047] The low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the low-rate wireless personal area network module 4 sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module 2, and sends the Zigbee protocol message or / and the Bluetooth protocol (which can be the classic Bluetooth protocol or / and the low-power Bluetooth protocol, the classic Bluetooth protocol is abbreviated as BT, and the low-power Bluetooth protocol is abbreviated as BLE) message to the Matter bridge module 3.

[0048] The present invention also discloses a wireless communication system. Figure 4 , Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the composition of a wireless communication system in an embodiment of the present invention; please refer to Figure 4 , Figure 5 , the wireless communication system includes at least one multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system mentioned above, at least one first communication terminal and at least one second communication terminal;

[0049] The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system is connected to each first communication terminal and each second communication terminal respectively; the first communication terminal is a Thread terminal, and the second communication terminal is a ZigBee terminal or a Bluetooth terminal.

[0050] The present invention further discloses a multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip communication method, the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip communication method comprising:

[0051] The low-rate wireless personal area network module is connected to the antenna, receives messages, and sends the received messages to the main control module;

[0052] The main control module parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module;

[0053] When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it.

[0054] In one embodiment of the present invention, the low-rate wireless personal area network module is an 802.15.4 module, the border routing module is a communication module for processing Thread protocol messages, and the Matter bridge module is a communication module for processing Zigbee protocol messages and / or Bluetooth protocol messages.

[0055] The present invention further discloses a wireless communication method, the wireless communication method comprising:

[0056] The first communication terminal / the second communication terminal sends a message to the wireless gateway; the first communication terminal is a Thread terminal, and the second communication terminal is a ZigBee terminal or a Bluetooth terminal;

[0057] The low-rate wireless personal area network module of the wireless gateway receives the message and sends the received message to the main control module;

[0058] The main control module of the wireless gateway parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module;

[0059] When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it to the first communication terminal / the second communication terminal.

[0060] After receiving a message through the antenna, it can be parsed and the payload of the 802.15.4 message can be used to determine whether the message belongs to the Thread or Zigbee protocol and then distributed to the border routing module or the Matter bridge module. When the border routing module or the Matter bridge module needs to send a message, it can be directly passed to the 802.15.4 module for transmission.

[0061] The wireless network management system of the present invention integrates the functions of border routing and Matter bridge; it runs a real-time operating system without running large operating systems such as Linux or Android, which greatly reduces the requirements for chips; the wireless network management system of the present invention uses an MCU chip that integrates Wi-Fi / 802.15.4 / Bluetooth functions.

[0062] The present invention integrates the functions of edge routing and Matter bridge, that is, it needs to support both Thread network and Zigbee network; Thread technology and Zigbee technology both use the 802.15.4 protocol. In this solution, Thread and Zigbee share an antenna and the same 802.15.4 module.

[0063] When the 802.15.4 module receives a message through the antenna, it can parse it, determine whether the message belongs to the Thread or Zigbee protocol based on the payload content of the 802.15.4 message, and distribute it to the border routing module or Matter bridge module. When the border routing module or Matter bridge module needs to send a message, it can be directly passed to the 802.15.4 module for sending.

[0064] The Matter bridge mentioned above, in addition to connecting Zigbee devices to the Matter network, can also be expanded to a Bluetooth bridge to connect Bluetooth devices in a point-to-point manner, or to connect Bluetooth devices through a BLEmesh network.

[0065] To sum up, the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system and communication method, wireless communication system and method proposed in the present invention can reduce the cost of traditional solutions (the estimated cost is less than one-tenth of the traditional solution), and can combine the border router and Matter bridge devices into one, reducing system complexity and improving user convenience.

[0066] It should be noted that the present application can be implemented in software and / or a combination of software and hardware; for example, it can be implemented using an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a general-purpose computer, or any other similar hardware device. In some embodiments, the software program of the present application can be executed by a processor to implement the above steps or functions. Similarly, the software program of the present application (including related data structures) can be stored in a computer-readable recording medium; for example, a RAM memory, a magnetic or optical drive or a floppy disk and the like. In addition, some steps or functions of the present application can be implemented in hardware; for example, as a circuit that cooperates with a processor to perform various steps or functions.

[0067] The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0068] The description and application of the present invention here are illustrative, and it is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to the above-mentioned embodiments. The effects or advantages involved in the embodiments may not be embodied in the embodiments due to interference from various factors, and the description of the effects or advantages is not used to limit the embodiments. The deformation and change of the embodiments disclosed here are possible, and the replacement of the embodiments and the various equivalent parts are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. It should be clear to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented in other forms, structures, arrangements, proportions, and with other components, materials and parts without departing from the spirit or essential features of the present invention. Other deformations and changes can be made to the embodiments disclosed here without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system, characterized in that: The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system comprises: a main control module, a boundary routing module, a Matter bridge module and a low-rate wireless personal area network module; the main control module is connected to the boundary routing module, the Matter bridge module and the low-rate wireless personal area network module respectively; The low-rate wireless personal area network module is connected to the antenna, receives the message, and sends the received message to the main control module; the main control module parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the main control module sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module; When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it.

2. The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The low-rate wireless personal area network module is an 802.15.4 module, the border routing module is a communication module for processing Thread protocol messages, and the Matter bridge module is a communication module for processing Zigbee protocol messages.

3. The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system further includes an antenna connected to the low-rate wireless personal area network module.

4. A wireless communication system, characterized in that: The wireless communication system comprises at least one multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, at least one first communication terminal and at least one second communication terminal; The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip system is connected to each first communication terminal and each second communication terminal respectively; the first communication terminal is a Thread terminal, and the second communication terminal is a ZigBee terminal or a Bluetooth terminal.

5. A multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip communication method, applied to the multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The multifunctional wireless gateway single-chip communication method comprises: The low-rate wireless personal area network module receives the message and sends the received message to the main control module; The main control module parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the main control module sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module; When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it.

6. The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip communication method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The low-rate wireless personal area network module is an 802.15.4 module.

7. The multifunctional wireless gateway single chip communication method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The border routing module is a communication module for processing Thread protocol messages, and the Matter bridge module is a communication module for processing Zigbee protocol messages.

8. A wireless communication method, applied to the wireless communication system according to claim 4, characterized in that: The wireless communication method comprises: The first communication terminal / the second communication terminal sends a message to the wireless gateway; the first communication terminal is a Thread terminal, and the second communication terminal is a ZigBee terminal or a Bluetooth terminal; The low-rate wireless personal area network module of the wireless gateway receives the message and sends the received message to the main control module; The main control module of the wireless gateway parses the message and identifies the message attribute according to the payload content of the message; the main control module sends the Thread protocol message to the border routing module, and sends the Zigbee protocol message and / or the Bluetooth protocol message to the Matter bridge module; When the border routing module and the Matter bridge module need to send a message, the message is sent to the low-rate wireless personal area network module through the main control module, and the low-rate wireless personal area network module sends it to the first communication terminal / the second communication terminal.

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