Cooperative communication method of STB (set top box)

Abstract

The technical scheme discloses a cooperative communication method of an STB (set top box). The method comprises the following steps: S102: main boards respectively send out an MAC (media access control) address to a background server through a broadcast protocol of an MAC layer; S103: the server receives the MAC addresses, converts the MAC addresses to IP (internet protocol) addresses, generates IP addresses, namely SUBIP1 and SUBIP2, used by an internal network, and writes the IP addresses in a REG (registration) document; S104: the first main board and the second main board respectively download the REG document, IP configured for the first main board IP is SUBIP1and IP configured for the second main board is SUBIP2; S105: an external IP address is configured for the first main board so that the first main board communicates with the background server, and the second main board communicates with the background server through agent forwarding of the first main board. According to the method, only one external IP address is used for realizing the communication between the first main board and the background server and the communication between the second main board and the background server by the agent forwarding of the first main board.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of digital entertainment products, and is especially suitable for a set-top box cooperative communication method for integrating multiple chips in a single set-top box and establishing network communication connection and data transmission at the same time. Background technique [0002] With the continuous expansion of the product market, digital entertainment products are becoming more diversified, and the functional requirements for set-top boxes are also becoming more abundant. In order to make the set-top box have more functions, two motherboards are often integrated in the same set-top box for the expansion of the set-top box functions. [0003] However, both mainboards need to be connected to the background server for communication. At present, it is widely used to pre-configure an IP address for each mainboard, so as to achieve the purpose of cooperative communication. This method ensures that the main board a...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The shortcoming of above-mentioned technical scheme is: 1, the mode of disposing multiple IP addresses is the waste to IP address at first, and every set-top box needs to occupy two IP addresses

In particular, the more motherboard devices are integrated, the more serious the waste will be, and in places where set-top boxes are widely used, the IP address becomes the bottleneck of product use; 2. Although two IP addresses are configured, how to confirm the two IP addresses Belonging to the same set-top box has also become a new problem. If the background pre-configuration method is used, it cannot be applied to the application where DHCP dynamically obtains an IP address.

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