Intelligent operation and maintenance system of edge gateway

Abstract

The invention discloses an intelligent operation and maintenance system of an edge gateway. The intelligent operation and maintenance system comprises a security access area, a production control area and an information management area, the safety access area comprises a first cross-area synchronization module and a front acquisition link layer module, the production control area comprises a second cross-area synchronization module and a front acquisition application layer module, and the information management area comprises a third cross-area synchronization module and an intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; the edge gateway is connected with the front acquisition link layer module, the acquisition link layer module is connected with the first cross-region synchronization module, and the first cross-region synchronization module is connected with the second cross-region synchronization module. The second cross-regional synchronization module is respectively connected with the front acquisition application layer module and the third cross-regional synchronization module, and the third cross-regional synchronization module is connected with the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; and the security access area, the production control area and the information management area realize data transmission and reception through a cross-area synchronization module.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of power systems, and in particular to an intelligent operation and maintenance system of an edge gateway. Background Art

[0002] As a gateway device, the edge gateway is deployed at substations, distribution stations / stations / towers, distributed new energy and other emerging market entities' grid connection points. It is responsible for collecting local power grid operation data, sending it to the edge cluster, and implementing power grid operation mode switching, frequency / peak regulation and other command operations. It has edge computing and cloud-edge collaborative application functions to support dispatching operations and market operations.

[0003] Edge gateways have the characteristics of decentralized installation, huge number, and high access security requirements. It is particularly difficult for users to perform on-site operation and maintenance. There is an urgent need for an intelligent operation and maintenance system that supports secure access to massive edge gateways to achieve centralized operation monitoring and remote operation and maintenance. Summary of the invention

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and provide an intelligent operation and maintenance system for an edge gateway, which can realize cross-zone data collaboration among security access areas, production control areas and information management areas, and at the same time adopt containerization technology to support the elastic scaling and rapid deployment of the system, so as to realize centralized operation monitoring and remote operation and maintenance of massive distributed edge gateways.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the present invention is implemented by adopting the following technical solutions: The present invention provides an intelligent operation and maintenance system for an edge gateway, including a security access area, a production control area, and an information management area; The edge gateway is used to: obtain its own operating status and alarm information, encapsulate its own operating status and alarm information according to a preset protocol, obtain a communication message, and send the communication message to the secure access area; at the same time, receive the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and perform the operation and maintenance operation according to the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction; The secure access area is used to: establish a connection with the edge gateway according to a preset protocol; receive a communication message, and send the communication message to the production control area; at the same time, receive the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and send the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the edge gateway; The production control area is used to: receive communication messages, decode the communication messages in sequence, encapsulate them according to a preset format, obtain encapsulated communication messages, and send the encapsulated communication messages to the information management area; at the same time, receive the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, decode the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions in sequence, encode them according to a preset protocol, obtain the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, and send the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions to the security access area; The information management area is used to: receive encapsulated communication messages, determine operation and maintenance instructions based on the encapsulated communication messages; at the same time, encode the operation and maintenance instructions according to a preset format to obtain first encoded operation and maintenance instructions, and send the first encoded operation and maintenance instructions to the production control area.

[0006] Optionally, the security access area includes a first cross-area synchronization module and a front-end acquisition link layer module, the production control area includes a second cross-area synchronization module and a front-end acquisition application layer module, and the information management area includes a third cross-area synchronization module and an intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; The edge gateway is connected to the front-end acquisition link layer module, the acquisition link layer module is connected to the first cross-zone synchronization module, the first cross-zone synchronization module is connected to the second cross-zone synchronization module, the second cross-zone synchronization module is respectively connected to the front-end acquisition application layer module and the third cross-zone synchronization module, and the third cross-zone synchronization module is connected to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; The security access area, production control area and information management area transmit and receive data through a cross-area synchronization module.

[0007] Optionally, the front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module are all deployed in a containerized form, and the number of containers is deployed according to the number of accesses to the edge gateway; The front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module are all managed by a stateful replica set to control the load balancing of the system.

[0008] Optionally, establishing a connection with an edge gateway according to a preset protocol includes: Using the encryption module, a TCP connection is established between the front-end acquisition link layer module and the edge gateway according to the preset protocol.

[0009] Optionally, sending the communication message to the secure access zone includes sending the communication message to a front-end acquisition link layer module according to a TCP connection.

[0010] Optionally, the front-end acquisition link layer module receives communication messages, and sends the communication messages to the front-end acquisition application layer through the first cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; at the same time, the front-end acquisition link layer module receives the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, and sends the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions to the edge gateway.

[0011] Optionally, the front-end acquisition application layer module receives communication messages, decodes and processes the communication messages in sequence, encapsulates them according to a preset format to obtain encapsulated communication messages, and sends the encapsulated communication messages to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module through the second cross-zone synchronization module and the third cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; at the same time, the front-end acquisition application layer module receives the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, decodes and processes the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions in sequence, encodes them according to a preset protocol to obtain the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, and sends the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions to the front-end acquisition link layer module through the second cross-zone synchronization module and the first cross-zone synchronization module in sequence.

[0012] Optionally, the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module receives the encapsulated communication message, and determines the operation and maintenance operation instructions according to the encapsulated communication message; at the same time, the intelligent monitoring module encodes the operation and maintenance operation instructions according to a preset format to obtain a first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the front-end acquisition application layer module through the third cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module in sequence.

[0013] Optionally, the preset format is JSON format.

[0014] Optionally, the running status and alarm information of the edge gateway include basic device information, device running status, device alarm events, container running status, container configuration parameters, container alarm events, application running status, application configuration parameters and application alarm events; The operation and maintenance instructions include device synchronization, equipment upgrade, equipment control, equipment configuration modification and query, container installation, container control, container configuration modification and query, application installation, application control, application configuration modification and query and log management.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: The present invention can realize cross-zone data collaboration among security access areas, production control areas and information management areas, and at the same time adopts containerization technology to support the elastic scaling and rapid deployment of the system, which can realize centralized operation monitoring and remote operation and maintenance of massive distributed edge gateways. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 Shown is a schematic diagram of the structure of an intelligent operation and maintenance system of an edge gateway of the present invention in one embodiment; Figure 2 The figure is a schematic diagram of the device upgrade process of the intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway of the present invention in one embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] The technical solution of the present invention is described in detail below through the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present invention and the specific features in the embodiments are detailed descriptions of the technical solution of the present invention, rather than limitations on the technical solution of the present invention. The embodiments of the present invention and the technical features in the embodiments may be combined with each other unless there is a conflict.

[0018] The term "and / or" is only a description of the association relationship between related objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship.

[0019] Example 1

[0020] like Figure 1 As shown, this embodiment introduces an intelligent operation and maintenance system for an edge gateway, which specifically includes a security access area, a production control area, and an information management area. Different modules of the intelligent operation and maintenance system are deployed in partitions to achieve cross-zone collaboration. The modules in the security access area, the production control area, and the information management area are deployed according to functions and security requirements.

[0021] The security access area includes a first cross-zone synchronization module and a front-end acquisition link layer module, the production control area includes a second cross-zone synchronization module and a front-end acquisition application layer module, and the information management area includes a third cross-zone synchronization module and an intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module.

[0022] The edge gateway is connected to the front-end acquisition link layer module, the acquisition link layer module is connected to the first cross-zone synchronization module, the first cross-zone synchronization module is connected to the second cross-zone synchronization module, the second cross-zone synchronization module is respectively connected to the front-end acquisition application layer module and the third cross-zone synchronization module, and the third cross-zone synchronization module is connected to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; The security access area, production control area and information management area transmit and receive data through a cross-zone synchronization module, and the cross-zone synchronization module is responsible for realizing cross-zone message synchronization among the security access area, production control area and information management area according to the network event number automatically generated by the corresponding module connected to it.

[0023] The front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module are all deployed in a containerized form, and the number of containers is deployed according to the number of accesses to the edge gateway and can be elastically scaled; the front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module are all managed by a stateful replica set, and the number of replicas can be dynamically adjusted to control the load balancing of the system.

[0024] In this embodiment, the edge gateway, the front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module can all send and receive data.

[0025] First, using the encryption module, a TCP connection is established between the front-end acquisition link layer module in the secure access area and the edge gateway according to the preset protocol.

[0026] The process of the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module receiving the operating status and alarm information of the edge gateway includes: The edge gateway obtains its own running status and alarm information, encapsulates its own running status and alarm information according to the preset protocol, obtains a communication message, and sends the communication message to the front-end acquisition link layer module according to the TCP connection mode; the acquisition link layer module receives the communication message, and sends the communication message to the front-end acquisition application layer module in the production control area through the first cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; the front-end acquisition application layer module receives the communication message, decodes the communication message in sequence, and encapsulates it according to the preset format to obtain the encapsulated communication message, and sends the encapsulated communication message to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module in the information management area through the second cross-zone synchronization module and the third cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module receives the encapsulated communication message, and determines the operation and maintenance operation instruction according to the encapsulated communication message. The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module is used to receive the running status and alarm information of the edge gateway for display and storage, and provide it to the interactive interface for users to perform operation and maintenance operations.

[0027] In a specific embodiment, the edge gateway encapsulates its own operating status and alarm information into a communication message according to a preset protocol and sends it to the front-end acquisition link layer module in the security access area. The front-end acquisition link layer module synchronizes the communication message to the front-end acquisition application layer module in the production control area through the first cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module. The front-end acquisition application layer module decodes the communication message and then encapsulates it in the JSON format agreed upon by the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module, and sends it to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module in the management information area after being processed by the second cross-zone synchronization module and the third cross-zone synchronization module.

[0028] At the same time, the process of the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module sending operation and maintenance operations to the edge gateway includes: The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module encodes the operation and maintenance operation instruction according to a preset format to obtain a first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the front-end acquisition application layer module through the third cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; the front-end acquisition application layer module receives the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, decodes the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction in sequence, encodes it according to a preset protocol, and obtains a second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the front-end acquisition link layer module through the second cross-zone synchronization module and the first cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; the front-end acquisition link layer module receives the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the edge gateway in a TCP connection mode; the edge gateway receives the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and performs the operation and maintenance operation according to the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction.

[0029] In another specific embodiment, the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module running in the information management area sends operation and maintenance operation instructions on the interactive interface. The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module will store the operation records in a commercial library according to the user configuration. The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module will encapsulate the operation and maintenance operation instructions in the JSON format agreed upon by the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module, and then process them through the third cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module, and then hand them over to the front-end acquisition application layer module of the production control area of ​​the first zone for processing. The front-end acquisition application layer module decodes the instructions, encapsulates them according to the preset protocol, and then sends them to the front-end acquisition link layer module of the secure access zone for processing. After receiving the operation and maintenance operation instructions sent by the front-end acquisition link layer module, the edge gateway executes them and returns the execution results.

[0030] In this embodiment, the preset format is JSON format; The running status and alarm information of the edge gateway include basic device information, device running status, device alarm events, container running status, container configuration parameters, container alarm events, application running status, application configuration parameters and application alarm events; The operation and maintenance instructions include device synchronization, equipment upgrade, equipment control, equipment configuration modification and query, container installation, container control, container configuration modification and query, application installation, application control, application configuration modification and query and log management.

[0031] Example 2

[0032] Based on Example 1, this example introduces the operation and maintenance steps of an intelligent operation and maintenance system of an edge gateway system: Step 1: Use the encryption module to establish a TCP connection between the front-end acquisition link layer module in the secure access area and the edge gateway according to the preset protocol.

[0033] Step 2: The edge gateway encapsulates its own status information into a binary message according to the preset protocol and sends it to the front-end acquisition link layer module in the secure access area via a TCP connection.

[0034] Step 3: The front-end acquisition link layer module sends the binary message to the first cross-zone synchronization module in the security access area, and the first cross-zone message synchronization module synchronizes the binary message to the second cross-zone message module in the production control area.

[0035] Step 4: The second cross-zone message module sends the binary message to the front-end acquisition application layer module in the production control area. The front-end acquisition application layer module decodes the binary message according to the preset protocol, and then encapsulates it into a JSON message according to the interaction protocol between the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module and the front-end acquisition application layer module and sends it to the second cross-zone synchronization module in the information management area. The second cross-zone synchronization module synchronizes the JSON message to the third cross-zone synchronization module in the information management area.

[0036] Step 5: The third cross-zone synchronization module sends the JSON message to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module. The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module decodes the JSON message and then performs further processing such as display, alarm, and storage. The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module encapsulates the command into a JSON message according to the interaction protocol between the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module and the front-end acquisition application layer module and sends it to the third cross-zone synchronization module. The third cross-zone synchronization module synchronizes the JSON message to the second cross-zone synchronization module.

[0037] Step 6: The second cross-zone synchronization module sends the JSON message to the front-end collection application layer module. The front-end collection application layer module decodes the JSON message, encapsulates it into a binary message according to a preset protocol, and sends it to the second cross-zone synchronization module. The second cross-zone synchronization module synchronizes the binary message to the first cross-zone synchronization module. Step 7: The first cross-zone synchronization module sends the binary message to the front-end acquisition link layer module, and the front-end acquisition link layer module sends the binary message to the edge gateway through a TCP connection, and the edge gateway performs operation and maintenance operations.

[0038] The following description takes the intelligent operation and maintenance system sending a device upgrade command to the edge gateway as an example, and other operation and maintenance operation instructions are not described in detail.

[0039] Step 1: The intelligent operation and maintenance system sends a device upgrade command to the edge gateway, and the command message contains the upgrade package information; Step 2: The edge gateway receives and parses the command, and replies that the command has been successfully received; Step 3: The edge gateway sends a request to the intelligent operation and maintenance system to summon the upgrade package; Step 4: The intelligent operation and maintenance system sends an upgrade package to the edge gateway; Step 5: After receiving the upgrade package, the edge gateway installs the upgrade package and reports the upgrade result to the operation and maintenance system.

[0040] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present application may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present application may adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. Moreover, the present application may adopt the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing computer-usable program codes.

[0041] The present application is described with reference to the flowcharts and / or block diagrams of the methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that each process and / or box in the flowchart and / or block diagram, as well as the combination of the processes and / or boxes in the flowchart and / or block diagram, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device generate instructions for implementing the processes in the flowchart and / or block diagram. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A device that provides the functions specified in a block or multiple blocks.

[0042] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction device, which implements the process Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 A function specified in one or more boxes.

[0043] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operating steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, thereby providing instructions for implementing the process in the computer or other programmable device. Figure 1 A process or multiple processes and / or boxes Figure 1 The steps for the functions specified in one or more boxes.

[0044] The embodiments of the present invention are described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. The above-mentioned specific implementation methods are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Under the enlightenment of the present invention, ordinary technicians in this field can also make many forms without departing from the scope of protection of the purpose of the present invention and the claims, which all fall within the protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent operation and maintenance system for an edge gateway, characterized in that: Includes secure access area, production control area and information management area; The edge gateway is used to: obtain its own operating status and alarm information, encapsulate its own operating status and alarm information according to a preset protocol, obtain a communication message, and send the communication message to the secure access area; at the same time, receive the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and perform the operation and maintenance operation according to the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction; The secure access area is used to: establish a connection with the edge gateway according to a preset protocol; receive a communication message, and send the communication message to the production control area; at the same time, receive the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and send the second coded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the edge gateway; The production control area is used to: receive communication messages, decode the communication messages in sequence, encapsulate them according to a preset format, obtain encapsulated communication messages, and send the encapsulated communication messages to the information management area; at the same time, receive the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, decode the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions in sequence, encode them according to a preset protocol, obtain the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions, and send the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instructions to the security access area; The information management area is used to: receive encapsulated communication messages, determine operation and maintenance instructions based on the encapsulated communication messages; at the same time, encode the operation and maintenance instructions according to a preset format to obtain first encoded operation and maintenance instructions, and send the first encoded operation and maintenance instructions to the production control area.

2. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The security access area includes a first cross-area synchronization module and a front-end acquisition link layer module, the production control area includes a second cross-area synchronization module and a front-end acquisition application layer module, and the information management area includes a third cross-area synchronization module and an intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; The edge gateway is connected to the front-end acquisition link layer module, the acquisition link layer module is connected to the first cross-zone synchronization module, the first cross-zone synchronization module is connected to the second cross-zone synchronization module, the second cross-zone synchronization module is respectively connected to the front-end acquisition application layer module and the third cross-zone synchronization module, and the third cross-zone synchronization module is connected to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module; The security access area, production control area and information management area transmit and receive data through a cross-area synchronization module.

3. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module are all deployed in a containerized form, and the number of containers is deployed according to the number of accesses to the edge gateway; The front-end acquisition link layer module, the front-end acquisition application layer module and the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module are all managed by a stateful replica set to control the load balancing of the system.

4. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The establishing of a connection with the edge gateway according to a preset protocol includes: Using the encryption module, a TCP connection is established between the front-end acquisition link layer module and the edge gateway according to the preset protocol.

5. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The sending of the communication message to the secure access zone includes sending the communication message to a front-end acquisition link layer module according to a TCP connection.

6. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 2, characterized in that: The front-end acquisition link layer module receives the communication message, and sends the communication message to the front-end acquisition application layer through the first cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; at the same time, the front-end acquisition link layer module receives the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the edge gateway.

7. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 2, characterized in that: The front-end acquisition application layer module receives the communication message, decodes the communication message in sequence, encapsulates it according to a preset format, obtains the encapsulated communication message, and sends the encapsulated communication message to the intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module through the second cross-zone synchronization module and the third cross-zone synchronization module in sequence; at the same time, the front-end acquisition application layer module receives the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, decodes the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction in sequence, encodes it according to a preset protocol, obtains the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the second encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the front-end acquisition link layer module through the second cross-zone synchronization module and the first cross-zone synchronization module in sequence.

8. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 2, characterized in that: The intelligent operation and maintenance monitoring module receives the encapsulated communication message, and determines the operation and maintenance operation instruction according to the encapsulated communication message; at the same time, the intelligent monitoring module encodes the operation and maintenance operation instruction according to a preset format to obtain a first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction, and sends the first encoded operation and maintenance operation instruction to the front-end acquisition application layer module through the third cross-zone synchronization module and the second cross-zone synchronization module in sequence.

9. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 1, characterized in that: The preset format is JSON format.

10. The intelligent operation and maintenance system of the edge gateway according to claim 1, characterized in that: The running status and alarm information of the edge gateway include basic device information, device running status, device alarm events, container running status, container configuration parameters, container alarm events, application running status, application configuration parameters and application alarm events; The operation and maintenance instructions include device synchronization, equipment upgrade, equipment control, equipment configuration modification and query, container installation, container control, container configuration modification and query, application installation, application control, application configuration modification and query and log management.

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