Background technology
Existing evolved packet system (EPS, Evolved Packet System) adopts new core network architecture, as shown in Figure 1, comprising: Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN, Serving GPRSSupport Node), gateway (S-GW, Serving Gateway), Mobility Management Entity (MME, Mobility Management Entity), packet data network gateway (PDN Gateway, Packet DataNetwork Gateway), strategy and charging rule functions (PCRF, Policy and Charging RulesFunction) entity etc.
The EPS system supports a new function: idle state signaling optimization (ISR, Idle State SignalingReduction) function.After the ISR function of SGSN and MME activation UE, will notify the ISR function of this UE of Serving GW to be activated.After the ISR of UE function is activated, this UE just is registered on this SGSN and this MME, at this moment, this UE has two mobile management controlled entities, be SGSN and MME, serve the Serving GW of this UE like this and serve the SGSN of this UE and MME between maintain the GPRS Tunnel Protocol control (GTP-C of S4 interface and S11 interface simultaneously, GPRS TunnelingProtocol Control) connects, promptly two GTP-C connect, this SGSN and this MME also are registered on the home subscriber servers (HSS, Home Subscriber Server) simultaneously.
But, when the ISR of UE function is not activated by the ISR function of deexcitation or UE, the mobile management controlled entity of serving this UE has only one (SGSN or MME), at this moment, maintaining a GTP-C between the Serving GW that serves this UE and this mobile management controlled entity is connected, just when the ISR of UE function is not activated by the ISR function of deexcitation or UE, have only a GTP-C to be connected between the mobile management controlled entity of serving this UE and the Serving GW that serves this UE.
After the ISR of UE function is activated, the EPS carrying (Bearer) of UE is at MME, SGSN, corresponding EPS bearer context (EPS Bearer Context) is all arranged on the Serving GW, and need MME, it is synchronous that SGSN and Serving GW keep on EPS Bearer Context, for example: when UE at evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN, Evolved Universal Terrestrial RadioAccess Network) activates a new EPS Bearer in, get back to universal terrestrial access network (UTRAN then, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network)/the enhancing data transfer rate Radio Access Network (GERAN of GSM/GSM evolution, GSM/EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSMEvolution) Radio Access Network) in the time of in, SGSN will set up the EPS Bearer corresponding with this EPS Bearer among the MME by the synchronous mode of Context in SGSN; As UE EPS Bearer of deexcitation in E-UTRAN, when getting back among the UTRAN/GERAN then, SGSN will delete SGSN by the synchronous mode of Context and go up the EPS Bearer corresponding with this EPS Bearer among the MME; Service quality (QoS as the EPS Bearer of UE in UTRAN/GERAN, Quality ofService) has been modified, when getting back among the E-UTRAN then, MME will revise the QoS of EPS Bearer Context corresponding with this EPS Bearer among the SGSN among the MME by the synchronous mode of Context.
When UE is in connection status, its ISR function by deexcitation after, the current mobile management controlled entity of this UE, be currently to set up SGSN or the MME that signaling is connected with this UE, with notification service in the ISR function of this UE of the Serving of this UE GW by deexcitation, this Serving GW will delete the pairing EPS session management context of another mobile management controlled entity (MME or SGSN) (ESM Context, EPS Session Management Context) of this UE.For example, when UE is in when setting up the connection status that signaling is connected with MME, its ISR function by deexcitation after, MME with notification service in the ISR function of this UE of the Serving of this UE GW by deexcitation, this Serving GW will delete the pairing ESM Context of another mobile management controlled entity SGSN of this UE then.
Defined the session management procedure of EPS system in the chapters and sections 5.4 of TS23.401v8.1.0, wherein defined session management procedure all is the session management procedure when UE is in connection status.When UE is in connection status, the Serving GW that serves this UE can will set up the identification information of the wireless access type (RAT Type) of this UE that MME that signaling is connected or SGSN provide with this UE, by bearing binding and event reporting function (BBERF, Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function) entity reports the PCRF entity, when using the GTP agreement between Serving GW and the PDN GW, BBERF is positioned at PDN GW place, and this moment, the BBERF entity was as PDN GW; When using proxy-mobile IP (PMIP, Proxy Mobile IP) agreement between Serving GW and PDN GW, BBERF is positioned at ServingGW, and at this moment, the BBERF entity is as Serving GW.After this, this PCRF entity can be made corresponding strategy control and charging regulation (PCC Rules) according to the RAT Type of this identification information correspondence, provide this PCC Rules to BBERF then, then BBERF can carry out the management process of EPSBearer according to this PCC Rules.Wherein, the RAT Type identification information that MME provides can only be the type that sign E-UTRAN inserts, and the RAT Type identification information that SGSN provides can be the type that sign UTRAN or GERAN insert.Defined 6 kinds of RAT Type at present, as shown in table 1.
The value of table 1:RAT Type
RAT?Types? |
Value (decimal system) |
<keep |
0? |
UTRAN? |
1? |
GERAN? |
2? |
WLAN? |
3? |
GAN? |
4? |
HSPA?Evolution |
5? |
E-UTRAN? |
6? |
<remaining |
7-255? |
Because the definition of RAT Type is based single wireless access technology at present, therefore, ServingGW can only report a RAT Type to give PCRF, and then the PCRF entity can only be made a corresponding PCC Rules according to a RATType who reports, and offers BBERF then.And after the ISR of UE function is activated, UE is registered on SGSN and the MME simultaneously, when UE is in idle condition, SGSN, MME and Serving GW also do not know the RAT Type that this UE is present, therefore when the PCC Rules that makes of the RAT Type according to the last use of UE that provides according to the PCRF entity as BBERF carries out the EPSBearer management process, the last RAT Type that uses of UE that is stored in employed RAT Type and Serving GW and the PCRF entity in the time of UE answer paging (Paging) message will occurring may be inconsistent, in this case, the management process of EPS Bearer will be very complicated.
Embodiment
In order to solve problems of the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of report method of wireless access type, when Serving GW knows that the ISR function of UE is activated, the wireless access type identification information that two mobile management controlled entity MME that receive that this UE is registered to and SGSN provide respectively, obtain predefined wireless access type combination identification information, and this wireless access type combination identification information reported the PCRF entity by the BBERF entity, like this, Serving GW can report the wireless access type combination identification information of the combination of two wireless access types of sign, it is consistent making one in two wireless access types of the wireless access type combination identification information sign of storing in the current RATType of UE and the PCRF entity, thereby makes follow-up EPS Bearer management process to carry out smoothly.
Be elaborated below in conjunction with the embodiment of Figure of description to the embodiment of the invention.
Convenient for follow-up description, at first combination and the wireless access type combination identification information to the wireless access type that relates in the embodiment of the invention describes.
Existing RAT Type is based on that single wireless access technology defines, and therefore existing every kind of RAT Type only represents a kind of wireless access type.And the combination of the wireless access type that proposes in the embodiment of the invention can be the combination of at least two kinds of wireless access types, and only representing two kinds of wireless access types with every kind of wireless access type combination here is that example describes.As described in the prior, every kind of RAT Type has corresponding identification information, such as, numerical value or letter etc.To identify RATType with numerical value is example, table 1 shows every kind of RAT Type value corresponding in the prior art, in the embodiment of the invention, can preestablish the wireless access type combination identification information of the combination of two wireless access types of sign, for example, as shown in table 2, the wireless access type combination identification information that can preestablish the combination E-UTRAN_GERAN_ISR of sign E-UTRAN and GERAN is 7, and E-UTRAN_GERAN_ISR represents that the ISR function of UE is activated between E-UTRAN and GERAN; Accordingly, the wireless access type combination identification information that can also preestablish the combination E-UTRAN_UTRAN_ISR of sign E-UTRAN and UTRAN is 8, and E-UTRAN_UTRAN_ISR represents that the ISR function of UE is activated between E-UTRAN and UTRAN.As long as can represent identical implication, the wireless access type combination identification information can arbitrarily be set, and in following description to the embodiment of the invention, describes with above-mentioned example.
The value of table 2:RAT Type
RAT?Types? |
Value (decimal system) |
<keep |
0? |
UTRAN? |
1? |
GERAN? |
2? |
WLAN? |
3? |
GAN? |
4? |
HSPA?Evolution |
5? |
E-UTRAN? |
6? |
E-UTRAN_GERAN_ISR? |
7? |
E-UTRAN_UTRAN_ISR? |
8? |
<remaining |
9-255? |
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of report method of wireless access type, and its flow process is shown in Fig. 2 A, and concrete steps are as follows:
The wireless access type identification information that step 210, current at least two the mobile management controlled entities that are registered to of reception user terminal provide respectively;
Wherein, when the ISR of user terminal function is activated, be to be registered at least two mobile management controlled entities simultaneously, described at least two mobile management controlled entities comprise MME and SGSN, and the wireless access type identification information that MME provides is used for the type that identifying subscriber terminal inserts by E-UTRAN; The wireless access type identification information that described SGSN provides is used for the type that identifying subscriber terminal inserts by UTRAN, or is used for the type that identifying subscriber terminal inserts by GERAN.
At least two wireless access type identification informations that step 220, storage receive;
Wherein, when the ISR of user terminal function is activated, the wireless access type identification information that SGSN provided can not cover the wireless access type identification information that MME provides, same, the wireless access type identification information that MME provided can not cover the wireless access type identification information that SGSN provides yet.
Step 230, according to the storage described at least two wireless access type identification informations, obtain predefined wireless access type combination identification information, described wireless access type combination identification information is used to identify the combination of the wireless access type that described at least two wireless access type identification informations identify respectively;
Wherein, described at least two the wireless access type identification informations according to storage obtain predefined wireless access type combination identification information, and detailed process comprises shown in Fig. 2 B:
Step 231, according to the storage described at least two wireless access type identification informations, in the mapping relations of predefined wireless access type and wireless access type identification information, find the wireless access type corresponding respectively with described at least two wireless access type identification informations;
Step 232, according to the combination of the described wireless access type that finds, in the mapping relations of predefined wireless access type combination and wireless access type combination identification information, obtain the wireless access type combination identification information corresponding with the combination of the described wireless access type that finds.
Step 240, with the described wireless access type combination identification information that obtains, report the PCRF entity.
With two specific embodiments the invention described above scheme is described below.
Embodiment one:
The wireless access type report method that proposes in the present embodiment, its flow process as shown in Figure 3, concrete steps are as follows:
Step 31, when UE carries out tracing section updating or Routing Area Update, serve the mobile management controlled entity MME of this UE and the ISR function that SGSN activates UE, and notify the ISR function of this UE of Serving GW to be activated, at this moment, UE is registered on MME and the SGSN simultaneously;
Step 32, Serving GW are known when the ISR function of UE is activated, receive the wireless access type identification information that current MME that is registered to of this UE and SGSN provide respectively respectively, if the type that the wireless access type identification information that MME provides inserts by E-UTRAN for sign UE, for example, according to table 2, value corresponding is 6, the type that the wireless access type identification information that SGSN provides inserts by UTRAN for sign UE, according to table 2, value corresponding is 1, then carry out step 33;
Two wireless access type identification informations that step 33, storage receive;
When the ISR function of UE is activated, can only set up signaling with MME and one of SGSN at synchronization is connected, for example, when UE and MME set up signaling and are connected, it is 6 that MME can provide the wireless access type identification information of UE to Serving GW, this wireless access type identification information that Serving GW store M ME is provided, then when UE and SGSN set up signaling and are connected, it is 1 that SGSN provides the wireless access type identification information of UE to Serving GW, Serving GW can also store this wireless access type identification information that SGSN provided, and the wireless access type identification information 1 that SGSN provided can not cover the wireless access type identification information 6 that MME provides, same, the wireless access type identification information 6 that MME provided can not cover the wireless access type identification information 1 that SGSN provides yet, rather than in prior art, only store the up-to-date wireless access type identification information that receives, and cause the up-to-date wireless access type identification information that receives to cover the wireless access type identification information that receives and stored in the past.
Step 34, according to two wireless access type identification informations of storage, from table 1 or table 2, obtain the respectively corresponding wireless access type of two wireless access type identification informations 6 and 1, i.e. E-UTRAN and UTRAN;
Step 35, according to the combination E-UTRAN_UTRAN_ISR of these two wireless access type E-UTRAN and UTRAN, from table 2, obtain the wireless access type combination identification information corresponding with E-UTRAN_UTRAN_ISR, promptly numerical value is 8;
Step 36, Serving GW report PCRF with this wireless access type combination identification information 8 by the BBERF entity;
If when BBERF is positioned at PDN GW, Serving GW can report the wireless access type combination identification information of UE to PDN GW/BBERF entity by new bearer request (UpdateBearer Request) message more, and PDN GW/BBERF entity can be responded more new bearer response (Update Bearer Response) message to Serving GW then.When PDN GW/BBERF entity reports this wireless access type combination identification information to the PCRF entity, if PDN GW/BBERF entity is positioned at the visit public land mobile network (VPLMN of UE, Visited PLMN, Visited Public Land Mobile Network), then PDN GW/BBERF entity is at first given this wireless access type combination identification-information reporting the visit PCRF (VPCRF among the VPLMN, Visited PCRF) entity, the VPCRF entity is notified to this wireless access type combination identification information local PCRF (HPCRF, the Home PCRF) entity of UE more then.Subsequently, the HPCRF entity can be responded response message to the VPCRF entity, and the VPCRF entity is responded response message to the PDNGW/BBERF entity again, and detailed process is same as the prior art, repeats no more herein.
If when BBERF is positioned at Serving GW, Serving GW/BBERF entity directly reports this wireless access type combination identification information to the PCRF entity, and detailed process is same as the prior art, repeats no more herein.
Step 37, PCRF entity receive and store this wireless access type combination identification information.
Wherein, if stored wireless access type identification information or wireless access type combination identification information in the PCRF entity, then the wireless access type identification information or the wireless access type combination identification information of the storage of PCRF Central Plains will be covered by up-to-date this wireless access type combination identification information that receives.
Embodiment two:
The wireless access type report method that proposes in the present embodiment, its flow process as shown in Figure 4, concrete steps are as follows:
Step 41, when UE carries out tracing section updating or Routing Area Update, serve the mobile management controlled entity MME of this UE and the ISR function that SGSN activates UE, and notify the ISR function of this UE of Serving GW to be activated, at this moment, UE is registered on MME and the SGSN simultaneously;
Step 42, Serving GW are known when the ISR function of UE is activated, receive the wireless access type identification information that current MME that is registered to of this UE and SGSN provide respectively respectively, if the type that the wireless access type identification information that MME provides inserts by E-UTRAN for sign UE, for example, according to table 2, value corresponding is 6, the type that the wireless access type identification information that SGSN provides inserts by GERAN for sign UE, according to table 2, value corresponding is 2, then carry out step 43;
Two wireless access type identification informations that step 43, storage receive;
When the ISR function of UE is activated, can only set up signaling with MME and one of SGSN at synchronization is connected, for example, when UE and MME set up signaling and are connected, it is 6 that MME can provide the wireless access type identification information of UE to Serving GW, this wireless access type identification information that Serving GW store M ME is provided, then when UE and SGSN set up signaling and are connected, it is 2 that SGSN provides the wireless access type identification information of UE to Serving GW, then Serving GW can also store this wireless access type identification information that SGSN provided, and the wireless access type identification information 2 that SGSN provided can not cover the wireless access type identification information 6 that MME provides, same, the wireless access type identification information 6 that MME provided can not cover this wireless access type identification information 2 that SGSN provides yet, rather than in prior art, only store the up-to-date wireless access type identification information that receives, and cause the up-to-date wireless access type identification information that receives to cover the wireless access type identification information that receives and stored in the past.
Step 44, according to two wireless access type identification informations of storage, from table 1 or table 2, obtain the respectively corresponding wireless access type of two wireless access type identification informations 6 and 2, i.e. E-UTRAN and GERAN;
Step 45, according to the combination E-UTRAN_GERAN_ISR of these two wireless access type E-UTRAN and GERAN, from table 2, obtain the wireless access type combination identification information corresponding with E-UTRAN_UTRAN_ISR, promptly numerical value is 7;
Step 46, Serving GW report PCRF with this wireless access type combination identification information 7 by the BBERF entity;
If when BBERF is positioned at PDN GW, Serving GW can report the wireless access type combination identification information of UE to PDN GW/BBERF entity by new bearer request (UpdateBearer Request) message more, and PDN GW/BBERF entity can be responded more new bearer response (Update Bearer Response) message to Serving GW then.When PDN GW/BBERF entity reports this wireless access type combination identification information to the PCRF entity, if PDN GW/BBERF entity is positioned at the visit public land mobile network (VPLMN of UE, Visited PLMN, Visited Public Land Mobile Network), then PDN GW/BBERF entity is at first given this wireless access type combination identification-information reporting the visit PCRF (VPCRF among the VPLMN, Visited PCRF) entity, the VPCRF entity is notified to this wireless access type combination identification information local PCRF (HPCRF, the Home PCRF) entity of UE more then.Subsequently, the HPCRF entity can be responded response message to the VPCRF entity, and the VPCRF entity is responded response message to the PDNGW/BBERF entity again, and detailed process is same as the prior art, repeats no more herein.
If when BBERF is positioned at Serving GW, Serving GW/BBERF entity directly reports this wireless access type combination identification information to the PCRF entity, and detailed process is same as the prior art, repeats no more herein.
Step 47, PCRF entity receive and store this wireless access type combination identification information.
Wherein, if stored wireless access type identification information or wireless access type combination identification information in the PCRF entity, then the wireless access type identification information or the wireless access type combination identification information of the storage of PCRF Central Plains will be covered by up-to-date this wireless access type combination identification information that receives.
Subsequently, the PCRF entity just can be according to the wireless access type combination identification information of storage, find the combination of two corresponding wireless access types, and make corresponding PCC Rules according to each wireless access type respectively, the PCRF entity can provide two kinds of PCC Rules to BBERF like this, like this, the current RAT Type of UE necessarily with described two wireless access types in one be consistent, thereby can from two kinds of PCC Rules that the PCRF entity provides, select the PCC Rules corresponding to carry out follow-up EPS Bearer management process with current RAT Type.
In addition, the wireless access type report method that the embodiment of the invention provides can also comprise the following steps:
Steps A 1, when the ISR of UE function during by deexcitation, the current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this UE can notify the ISR function of this UE of Serving GW by deexcitation;
The ISR function that steps A 2, Serving GW are known this UE is during by deexcitation, and the wireless access type identification information with the current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this UE of storage provides reports the PCRF entity by the BBERF entity.
If the current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this UE is MME, then the sign UE that provides of Serving GW this MME that will store reports the PCRF entity at the wireless access type identification information of the type of E-UTRAN access by the BBERF entity;
If the current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this UE is SGSN, then the sign UE that provides of Serving GW this SGSN that will store reports the PCRF entity at the wireless access type identification information of the type of UTRAN or GERAN access by the BBERF entity.
Steps A 3, this wireless access type identification information of PCRF entity stores.
As seen, after the ISR of UE function was by deexcitation, the RAT Type identification information that Serving GW reports the PCRF entity was the RAT Type identification information that defines in the prior art.
Accordingly, the embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of gateway, and its structure comprises referring to Fig. 5 A:
Receiving element 510 is used to receive the wireless access type identification information that current at least two the mobile management controlled entities that are registered to of user terminal provide respectively;
Described receiving element 510 is used to receive the wireless access type identification information that at least two mobile management controlled entities that user terminal is registered to provide respectively when the idle state signaling optimizational function is activated.Described at least two mobile management controlled entities comprise MME and SGSN.The wireless access type identification information that MME provides is used to identify the type that UE inserts by E-UTRAN; The wireless access type identification information that SGSN provides is used to identify the type that UE inserts by UTRAN, or the type that inserts by GERAN.
Memory cell 520 is used to store at least two wireless access type identification informations that receiving element 510 receives;
Unlike the prior art, prior art is only stored up-to-date wireless access type identification information and is covered the wireless access type identification information that receives and stored in the past, memory cell 520 in the embodiment of the invention is stored respectively for two wireless access type identification informations that receive at least, i.e. both wireless access type identification information of providing of store M ME, store the wireless access type identification information that SGSN provides again, therefore this wireless access type identification information that SGSN provided can not cover this wireless access type identification information that MME provides, same, this wireless access type identification information that MME provided can not cover this wireless access type identification information that SGSN provides yet.
Acquiring unit 530, be used for described at least two wireless access type identification informations according to memory cell 520 storages, obtain predefined wireless access type combination identification information, described wireless access type combination identification information is used to identify the combination of the wireless access type that at least two wireless access type identification informations identify respectively;
First reports unit 540, is used for wireless access type combination identification information that acquiring unit 530 is obtained, reports strategy and charging regulation function entity;
Preferably, the first wireless access type combination identification information that reports unit 540 acquiring unit 530 can be obtained reports the PCRF entity by the BBERF entity.
Know unit 550, be used to know that the idle state signaling optimizational function of this user terminal is by deexcitation;
Second reports unit 560, be used for knowing that described the idle state signaling optimizational function of knowing this user terminal in unit 550 is during by deexcitation, the wireless access type identification information that the current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this user terminal that memory cell 520 is stored provides reports strategy and charging regulation function entity.
Preferably, the wireless access type identification information that the second current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this user terminal that reports unit 560 that memory cell 520 is stored provides reports the PCRF entity by the BBERF entity.
Because at least two wireless access type identification informations that 520 pairs of memory cell receive are stored respectively, so when knowing that ISR function that user terminal is known in unit 550 is by deexcitation, the wireless access type identification-information reporting that the current mobile management controlled entity that is registered to of this user terminal of memory cell 520 storages can be provided.Be registered on the MME as if this UE is current, then the second wireless access type identification-information reporting that reports unit 560 that the MME that stores in the memory cell 520 is provided; Be registered on the SGSN as if this UE is current, then the second wireless access type identification-information reporting that reports unit 560 that the SGSN that stores in the memory cell 520 is provided.
Wherein, the structure of acquiring unit 530 can comprise referring to Fig. 5 B:
Search subelement 531, be used for described at least two wireless access type identification informations according to described memory cell 520 storages, in the mapping relations of predefined wireless access type and wireless access type identification information, find the wireless access type corresponding respectively with described at least two wireless access type identification informations;
Wherein, the mapping relations of wireless access type and wireless access type identification information can preestablish as required, form as shown in table 1.
Obtain subelement 532, be used for the combination of searching the wireless access type that subelement 531 finds according to described, in the mapping relations of predefined wireless access type combination and wireless access type combination identification information, obtain the wireless access type combination identification information corresponding with the combination of the described wireless access type that finds.
Wherein, the mapping relations of wireless access type combination and wireless access type combination identification information can preestablish as required, form as shown in table 2.
Wireless access type report method by embodiment of the invention proposition, after the ISR of UE function is activated, the wireless access type identification information that two mobile management controlled entity MME that Serving GW receives that this UE is registered to and SGSN provide respectively, and two wireless access type identification informations that will receive are all stored, obtain predefined wireless access type combination identification information according to these two wireless access type identification informations then, and this wireless access type combination identification information reported the PCRF entity by the BBERF entity, thereby, Serving GW can report the wireless access type combination identification information of the combination of two wireless access types of sign, make one in current two wireless access types of RAT Type and this of UE to be consistent, then follow-up EPS Bearer management process just can be carried out smoothly.Though it is that example describes that the foregoing description is registered to two mobile management controlled entities with UE, above-mentioned wireless access type report method is equally applicable to the situation that UE is registered at least two mobile management controlled entities.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to the present invention and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs within the scope of claim of the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.