Embodiment
The embodiment of the invention provides the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure; by GAN sub-district, source in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure of Target cell; by terminal or general access network controller triggering the release guard of packet transmission channel is operated, avoided sending or refusal execution packet transmission channel release information.The embodiment of the invention also further provides by the method for supervising of cell-of-origin in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure of target GAN sub-district.In addition, the embodiment of the invention also provides relevant terminal and general access network controller.Below respectively the method and apparatus of the embodiment of the invention is elaborated.
Method for supervising in embodiment one, a kind of packet transmission channel handoff procedure, relate in the present embodiment terminal by GAN sub-district, source to adopting wireless access technology (RAT, the switching of other sub-districts Radio Access Technology), and have Packet Service to carry out between terminal and network, RAT can be GERAN, UTRAN or GAN.Method flow comprises as shown in Figure 2:
A1, terminal judges are in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that switches GAN sub-district, source;
In GAN, the packet transmission channel that leaves GAN sub-district, source switches and can be initiated by GANC or terminal, provide following several concrete triggering mode in the present embodiment, under different triggering modes, terminal can be made the judgement that is in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure according to corresponding information:
One, switching is triggered by terminal.Terminal descends by the GA-PSR Transport Channel quality between local measurement discovery and the GANC, thereby send switching Reference News (GA-PSR Handover Information) to GANC, GANC sends packet transmission channel handover preparation request information (PS Handover Required) in view of the above to core-network side, the execution that begins to switch.
Under this mode, terminal can be a foundation to send switching Reference News, judges to be in the handoff procedure.
Two, switching is triggered by GANC.GANC measures the GA-PSR Transport Channel situation of designated terminal, comprises the error rate, delay, and system loading etc.GANC is according to self measurement result and system configuration, for example GERAN or UTRAN Lin Qu the configuration etc., selected target sub-district when the quality of terminal GA-PSR Transport Channel is reduced to a certain degree, send packet transmission channel handover preparation request information to core-network side, the execution that begins to switch.GANC notifies terminal after switching initiation.
Under this mode, terminal can be a foundation to receive switching notice, judges to be in the handoff procedure.
Three, switch triggering, judge by terminal again by GANC.GANC can be when finding that GA-PSR Transport Channel quality drops to a certain degree, send link-quality indication information (GA-PSR Uplink Quality Indication) and give terminal, indication need be switched, judge that according to the link-quality indication information of receiving needs send switching Reference News to GANC by terminal, GANC sends packet transmission channel handover preparation request information in view of the above to core-network side, the execution that begins to switch.
Under this mode, terminal can be a foundation to receive the link-quality indication information, is foundation to send switching Reference News perhaps, judges to be in the handoff procedure.
Being understood that easily above-mentioned listed judgment mode only is an example, is not exhaustive, does not constitute the restriction to the embodiment of the invention.
A2, terminal trigger the release guard operation to the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network, and described release guard operation is used to avoid carrying out the release of packet transmission channel;
Judgement is in after the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that switches GAN sub-district, source terminal according to relevant information, promptly triggers the release guard operation to GA-PSR Transport Channel.Because the general at present grouped channels timer GA-PSR Channel Timer that adopts monitors GA-PSR Transport Channel; therefore; a kind of simple directly release guard operation executive mode is provided in the present embodiment, that is: stops the operation of grouped channels timer.Like this, between transfer period, send packet transmission channel release information at packet transmission channel, thereby avoid carrying out the release of packet transmission channel with regard to not triggering to source GANC because of the grouped channels timer expiry.If terminal is because handoff failure comes back to GAN sub-district, source, the grouped channels timer will be restarted, and continues to use GA-PSR Transport Channel to carry out transfer of data, enters normal monitor procedure.
Monitoring with packet transmission channel handoff procedure and packet transmission channel in the present embodiment logically associates; a kind of simple directly release guard operation executive mode is provided; make packet transmission channel in handoff procedure, can not discharged too early; when the switching generation is unusual; terminal can be got back in the universal access network sub-district, source smoothly timely, avoids causing professional shake.
Method for supervising in embodiment two, a kind of packet transmission channel handoff procedure relates to terminal and is switched by the packet transmission channel of GAN sub-district, source to target RAT sub-district in the present embodiment.The main distinction part of present embodiment and embodiment one is, is triggered the execution of release guard operation by source GANC.Method flow comprises as shown in Figure 3:
B1, source GANC judge that certain terminal is in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that switches this sub-district;
Under different packet transmission channel handover trigger modes, source GANC can make the judgement that terminal is in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure according to corresponding information.For example, in the mode of enumerating in embodiment one one, source GANC can be a foundation to send packet transmission channel handover preparation request information perhaps to receive that switching Reference News is foundation, judges that associated terminal is in the handoff procedure; In mode two, source GANC can be a foundation to send packet transmission channel handover preparation request information, judges that associated terminal is in the handoff procedure; In mode three, source GANC can be a foundation to send the link-quality indication information, perhaps to receive that switching Reference News is foundation, is foundation to send packet transmission channel handover preparation request information perhaps, judges that associated terminal is in the handoff procedure.
When source GANC receive or self produce this end packet transmission channel handover cancelling or failure or the information that completes successfully after, judge that then associated terminal is not in the handoff procedure.
B2, source GANC trigger the release guard operation to the shared packet transmission channel of this terminal, and described release guard operation is used for refusal described packet transmission channel is discharged.
Source GANC can be after receiving the packet transmission channel release information that terminal sends; carry out the judgement of step B1; if being in, the judgement terminal then triggers the release guard operation in the handoff procedure; promptly refusal is carried out packet transmission channel release; and can return to terminal and also can not return refusal release information; can comprise Reason For Denial in the refusal release information, in carrying out as switching.
Source GANC also can be after judging that terminal is in the handoff procedure, promptly trigger the release guard operation, it for example is this starting terminal timer, at the timer run duration, if receiving the packet transmission channel release information that this terminal sends then refuses to carry out, also can return refusal release information, can comprise Reason For Denial in the refusal release information, in carrying out as switching; Source GANC can close corresponding timer when judging that associated terminal no longer is in the handoff procedure, recover the normal response of information that packet transmission channel is discharged.
Carry out when switching the packet transmission channel that this sub-district and switching in terminal by source GANC in the present embodiment; the packet transmission channel that terminal is taken carries out the release guard operation; make packet transmission channel in handoff procedure, can not discharged too early; when the switching generation is unusual; terminal can be got back in the universal access network sub-district, source smoothly timely, avoids causing professional shake.Simultaneously, carry out, avoid the inconvenience that terminal staging is caused owing to concentrating to the transformation of source GANC.
Method for supervising in embodiment three, a kind of packet transmission channel handoff procedure relates to terminal and is switched by the packet transmission channel of GAN sub-district, source to target RAT sub-district in the present embodiment.The difference part of present embodiment and embodiment one is, provides terminal to carry out the another kind of concrete mode of release guard operation.Method flow comprises as shown in Figure 4:
C1, terminal judges are in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that switches GAN sub-district, source;
But the situation of enumerating in the concrete judgment mode reference example one.
C2, terminal trigger the release guard operation to the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network; promptly; the operation of monitoring grouped channels timer; behind the grouped channels timer expiry, restart the grouped channels timer; do not trigger the release of packet transmission channel, as: the transmission that packet transmission channel discharges information do not triggered.
Restart the grouped channels timer and can define a maximum times,, no longer restart the grouped channels timer, but trigger the release of packet transmission channel, discharge information as sending packet transmission channel restarting after number of times reaches this maximum times.Maximum times can be monitored by usage counter, and as whenever restarting timer No. one time, this counter adds up 1.Counter can be set up, discharge at channel, switches when finishing etc. and carries out initialization, as the value of giving 0.
Monitoring with packet transmission channel handoff procedure and packet transmission channel in the present embodiment logically associates, make packet transmission channel in handoff procedure, can not discharged too early, when the switching generation is unusual, terminal can be got back in the universal access network sub-district, source smoothly timely, avoids causing professional shake.
Method for supervising in embodiment four, a kind of packet transmission channel handoff procedure relates to terminal and is switched by the packet transmission channel of GAN sub-district, source to target RAT sub-district in the present embodiment.The difference part of present embodiment and embodiment one is, provides terminal to carry out another concrete mode of release guard operation.Method flow comprises as shown in Figure 5:
D1, terminal judges are in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that switches GAN sub-district, source;
But the situation of enumerating in the concrete judgment mode reference example one.
D2, terminal trigger the release guard operation to the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network, that is:
D21, startup first timer;
D22, behind the grouped channels timer expiry, judge whether first timer is overtime, if not, then do not trigger releasing operation described packet transmission channel, for example do not trigger the transmission that packet transmission channel discharges information, and can make the reclocking of grouped channels timer.Generally speaking, the timing length of first timer is greater than the timing length of grouped channels timer.
After terminal judges successfully inserts Target cell, can stop first timer.
The timing length of first timer can also can be provided with by the signaled terminal by GANC by the terminal setting.
Monitoring with packet transmission channel handoff procedure and packet transmission channel in the present embodiment logically associates, adopt an extra timer that the transmission that packet transmission channel discharges information is monitored once more, make packet transmission channel in handoff procedure, can not discharged too early, when the switching generation is unusual, terminal can be got back in the universal access network sub-district, source smoothly timely, avoids causing professional shake.
Method for supervising in embodiment five, a kind of packet transmission channel handoff procedure relates to terminal and is switched by the packet transmission channel of GAN sub-district, source to target RAT sub-district in the present embodiment.The difference part of present embodiment and embodiment one is, provides terminal to carry out another concrete mode of release guard operation.Method flow comprises as shown in Figure 6:
E1, terminal judges are in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that switches GAN sub-district, source;
But the situation of enumerating in the concrete judgment mode reference example one.
E2, terminal are received the release information that discharges described packet transmission channel;
This information generally sends to terminal by source GANC;
E3, terminal trigger the release guard operation to the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network; that is: do not carry out this release information; perhaps do not carry out this release information and return refusal release information, can comprise Reason For Denial in the refusal release information, in carrying out as switching.
Method in the present embodiment can be used simultaneously with the method among embodiment one or three or four, at terminal self and the issuable packet transmission channel releasing operation of network side, packet transmission channel is carried out release guard respectively.
Monitoring with packet transmission channel handoff procedure and packet transmission channel in the present embodiment logically associates, when discharging, source GANC initiation packet transmission channel carries out the refusal operation by terminal, make packet transmission channel in handoff procedure, can not discharged too early, when the switching generation is unusual, terminal can be got back in the universal access network sub-district, source smoothly timely, avoids causing professional shake.
Method for supervising in embodiment six, a kind of packet transmission channel handoff procedure relates to terminal and is switched by the packet transmission channel of RAT sub-district, source to target GAN sub-district in the present embodiment, method flow comprises as shown in Figure 7:
F1, target GANC set up packet transmission channel for certain terminal that need cut this sub-district;
, carry out by RAT sub-district, source in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure of target GAN sub-district because certain reason in terminal, target GANC can receive the handover preparation information that core net sends, and is that terminal is set up GA-PSR Transport Channel according to this information.
F2, target GANC trigger the monitoring to this packet transmission channel after setting up packet transmission channel, when the monitoring condition of setting is reached, discharge the packet transmission channel of having set up.Two kinds of simple monitor modes are provided in the present embodiment, and these two kinds of monitor modes can select one or parallel the employing, comprising:
Mode one,
F21, packet transmission channel startup second timer for setting up;
F22, after second timer is overtime, whether the packet transmission channel of judging corresponding terminal switches and to complete successfully, and if not, then discharges the packet transmission channel of having set up; And target GANC is further this time of notification source network handoff failure also; And judge whether to be established to the link circuit resource of core net, if then discharge.
The timing length of second timer can be provided with voluntarily or be provided with by the networking configuration by GANC.
Mode two,
Whether the terminal that F23, target GANC judge to need incision is switching cancel register when not completing successfully, judgement can receive that the deregister message (GA-RC Deregister) that terminal sends is a foundation with target GANC, and perhaps sending deregister message with target GANC is foundation to terminal; If then discharge the packet transmission channel of having set up, this time of notification source network handoff failure; And judge whether to be established to the link circuit resource of core net, if then discharge.
In above-mentioned dual mode, judge that the packet transmission channel handover success of terminal is finished, can be to receive that ascending packet data or signaling that terminal sends are foundation, perhaps to receive that the handoff completion message that terminal sends is a foundation.
The present embodiment method can be used with the collocation of embodiment one~five method, when terminal is cut and cut out the GAN sub-district corresponding packet transmission channel is monitored respectively.
In the process of existing incision GAN sub-district, receive the switching command of cell-of-origin when terminal, after switching to target GAN sub-district, lost terminal takes place to cause unusually if connect, then GANC may not receive the upstream data or the handoff completion message of terminal, source GANC does not have effective monitoring means again simultaneously, can only think by the time that terminal could discharge the GA-PSR Transport Channel that has set up behind the cancel register; In addition, source GANC can not discharge the resource between GANC and the core net in time, causes the wasting of resources.Monitoring with packet transmission channel handoff procedure and packet transmission channel in the present embodiment logically associates, by source GANC the packet transmission channel of setting up for the incision terminal is monitored, make switching under the unusual situation and can in time discharging resource, avoided owing to can not in time detecting the wasting of resources that lost terminal causes.
Embodiment seven, a kind of terminal as shown in Figure 8, comprising:
Switching treatmenting unit 11, the packet transmission channel that is used to carry out from universal access network sub-district, source to Target cell switches;
Grouped channels timer 12 is used for regularly;
Channel discharge protection element 13, be used for carrying out the packet transmission channel handoff procedure at switching treatmenting unit 11, triggering is to the release guard operation of the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network, and described release guard operation is used to avoid to send packet transmission channel to the source general access network controller and discharges information; In the present embodiment, the release guard operation that channel discharge protection element 12 triggers is presented as, sends indication out of service to grouped channels timer 12;
Channel monitoring unit 14 is used to monitor grouped channels timer 12, sends packet transmission channel in grouped channels timer 12 overtime backs to described source general access network controller and discharges information;
The present embodiment terminal can be applicable in the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that embodiment one provides.
Embodiment eight, a kind of terminal as shown in Figure 9, comprising:
Switching treatmenting unit 21, the packet transmission channel that is used to carry out from universal access network sub-district, source to Target cell switches;
Grouped channels timer 22 is used for regularly;
Channel discharge protection element 23, be used for carrying out the packet transmission channel handoff procedure at switching treatmenting unit 21, triggering is to the release guard operation of the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network, promptly, the operation of monitoring grouped channels timer 22 is restarted indication in grouped channels timer 22 overtime backs to 2 transmissions of grouped channels timer 2;
Channel monitoring unit 24 is used to monitor grouped channels timer 22, after grouped channels timer 22 is overtime, judges whether grouped channels timer 22 is restarted, if then do not send packet transmission channel to described source general access network controller and discharge information; If not, then send packet transmission channel and discharge information to described source general access network controller;
The present embodiment terminal can be applicable in the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that embodiment three provides.
Embodiment nine, a kind of terminal as shown in figure 10, comprising:
Switching treatmenting unit 31, the packet transmission channel that is used to carry out from universal access network sub-district, source to Target cell switches;
Grouped channels timer 32 is used for regularly;
First timer 33 is used for regularly;
Channel discharge protection element 34 is used for carrying out the packet transmission channel handoff procedure at switching treatmenting unit 31, triggers the release guard operation to the packet transmission channel in the shared universal access network,, sends the startup indication to first timer 33 that is;
Channel monitoring unit 35 is used to monitor grouped channels timer 32, after grouped channels timer 32 is overtime, judge whether first timer 33 is overtime, if not, then do not send packet transmission channel and discharge information, restart grouped channels timer 32 to described source general access network controller; If then send packet transmission channel and discharge information to described source general access network controller.
The present embodiment terminal can be applicable in the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that embodiment four provides.
Embodiment ten, a kind of terminal as shown in figure 11, comprising:
Switching treatmenting unit 41, the packet transmission channel that is used to carry out from universal access network sub-district, source to Target cell switches;
Information receiving unit 42 is used to receive the release information that discharges described packet transmission channel;
Channel discharge protection element 43 is used for triggering the release guard operation when information receiving unit 42 is received the release information that discharges described packet transmission channel, does not carry out this release information, does not perhaps carry out this release information and returns refusal release information.
The present embodiment terminal can be applicable in the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that embodiment five provides.In addition; present embodiment terminal information receiving element and channel discharge protection element can merge in the terminal that is set to embodiment seven or eight or nine; concrete set-up mode can for; in embodiment seven or eight or nine terminal, increase information receiving unit, and in original channel discharge protection element, merge the function of present embodiment channel discharge protection element.
Embodiment 11, a kind of general access network controller as shown in figure 12, comprising:
Cut out processing unit 51, be used to carry out the packet transmission channel of terminal and switch from current universal access network sub-district to Target cell;
First channel controller 52 is used for the packet transmission channel release information that receiving terminal sends; Judge whether cut out processing unit 51 switches at the packet transmission channel of carrying out described terminal, if then refuse described packet transmission channel is discharged.First channel controller 42 can also return refusal release information to terminal when not carrying out the release information of terminal transmission.
The present embodiment general access network controller can be monitored the shared packet transmission channel of the terminal that cuts out the GAN sub-district, can be applicable in the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that embodiment two provides.
Embodiment 12, a kind of general access network controller as shown in figure 13, comprising:
Incision processing unit 61 is used to carry out the packet transmission channel of terminal from other cell-of-origins to current universal access network sub-district and switches;
Second channel control unit 62 is used for triggering the monitoring to described packet transmission channel after incision processing unit 61 has been set up packet transmission channel for terminal, when the monitoring condition of setting is reached, discharges the described packet transmission channel of having set up.In the present embodiment second channel control unit 62 can select one or share following two kinds of structures, and for purpose of brevity, the second channel control unit 62 that only drawn among Figure 13 share the situation of two kinds of structures, in practice, also can delete one group of structure wherein arbitrarily.
Structure one comprises:
Second timer 621 is used for regularly;
First control sub unit 622 is used for after incision processing unit 61 has been set up packet transmission channel for terminal, sends to second timer 621 to start indication, and monitoring second timer 621; After second timer 621 is overtime, judge whether the switching of described terminal completes successfully, if not, then discharge the described packet transmission channel of having set up, this time of notification source network handoff failure; And judge whether to be established to the link circuit resource of core net, if then discharge.
Structure two comprises:
Registration monitoring unit 623 is used in incision after processing unit 61 set up packet transmission channel for terminal, judges whether cancel register when switching does not complete successfully of described terminal;
Second control sub unit 624 is used for being judged as when being at registration monitoring unit 623, discharges the described packet transmission channel of having set up, this time of notification source network handoff failure; And judge whether to be established to the link circuit resource of core net, if then discharge.
The present embodiment general access network controller can be monitored the shared packet transmission channel of terminal of incision GAN sub-district, can be applicable in the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure that embodiment six provides.
In actual applications, the logical construction of the general access network controller that embodiment 11 and 12 provides can merge use, general access network controller after feasible the merging can be supported the monitoring function to the shared packet transmission channel of the terminal of cutting and cut out the GAN sub-district.
By the foregoing description as can be seen, the application of the embodiment of the invention makes the monitoring of packet transmission channel handoff procedure and packet transmission channel logically associate; When terminal was cut out by the GAN sub-district, packet transmission channel can not discharged in handoff procedure too early, and when the switching generation was unusual, terminal can be got back in the universal access network sub-district, source smoothly timely, avoided causing professional shake; When terminal incision GAN sub-district,, avoided owing to can not in time detecting the wasting of resources that lost terminal causes in case switchings such as generation lost terminal can in time discharge resource unusually.
More than the method for supervising in the packet transmission channel handoff procedure provided by the present invention and relevant terminal and general access network controller are described in detail, used specific case herein principle of the present invention and execution mode are set forth, the explanation of above embodiment just is used for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof; Simultaneously, for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, the part that all can change in specific embodiments and applications, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.