CN102340792A - Switching method and equipment - Google Patents

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CN102340792A
CN102340792A CN2010102368486A CN201010236848A CN102340792A CN 102340792 A CN102340792 A CN 102340792A CN 2010102368486 A CN2010102368486 A CN 2010102368486A CN 201010236848 A CN201010236848 A CN 201010236848A CN 102340792 A CN102340792 A CN 102340792A
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The invention discloses a switching method and equipment, in particular to a network switching method and equipment for multi-screen service. The method comprises the following steps of: determining whether to switch a service delivery network through which a user terminal accesses the provided service based on at least one of quality of service on the user terminal side, user preference and message of the user terminal; if the switch is required, determining the service delivery network to be switched based on the quality of service on the user terminal side, the user preference or the message of the user terminal; and executing the switch so as to provide service for other user terminals or other terminals of the user through the switched service delivery network, wherein the service provided for the user is managed in a manner independent of the service delivery network.

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A kind of changing method and equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to the communication technology, more specifically, relate to a kind of changing method and equipment, in particular for multi-screen professional method for switching network and equipment.
Background technology
Along with the developing rapidly and popularizing of the communication technology, at present, the multi-screen business has obtained concern and application more and more widely.The multi-screen business realizing various communication services (especially content of multimedia) are offered multiple terminal equipment, for example television set, PC, hand-portable terminal, thus provide a kind of multi-screen to experience.The multi-screen business features is, in any place, any time, the ability of access communications service is provided on any equipment.For the service provider, multi-screen is professional to allow its service that personalization is provided for the user to improve user experience.For the user, the multi-screen business can move it and subscribes to through any reception in the multiple terminal equipment between diverse location content.
The exemplary professional network arrangement environment of a multi-screen that illustrates of Fig. 1.As shown in Figure 1, in this multi-screen operation system, it comprises: video content source; The multi-screen business platform, multi-screen server, file receiving system (for example receiver, video file), memory, file (for example video file) transcoding device; Three kinds of service offering networks: IPTV network, mobile radio communication, the Internet; Terminal equipment, the IPTV client through IPTV network TV reception, the portable terminal (for example mobile phone, PDA etc.) through the mobile communications network receiver, video, the individual PC (PC that contains media player like notebook computer etc.) through the Internet receiver, video.Wherein, the multi-screen business platform receives from video content source, the information of video content source for example, and it is carried out necessary processing, for example it is carried out necessary reception, format conversion, storage etc.Here, the multi-screen business platform particularly by the server in the platform, carries out unified management and scheduling to video content source.Through of be independent of each service offering Network Management and the maintenance of multi-screen business platform to information data, the service that the service offering network that makes the user of portable terminals such as having IPTV, mobile phone and individual PC can select its any terminal equipment to adapt via selected terminal equipment has visited by unified management.
Because the multi-screen business is not retrained by the single screen or the access technology of user terminal; Make the content of multimedia that available at any time any device access user is collected or subscribe to, so what give that user's PC, TV, mobile hand-held device (like mobile phone, PDA, portable game machine etc.) bring is seamless connection and seamless broadcast impression.It allows the entertainment selection of user individual customization oneself and promotes the user to share happy ability with the family and friends.This makes our various communications and entertainment business become more flexible, and better user experience quality (QoE, Quality of Experience) is provided.
A common deployment of multi-screen business platform is to cross over 3 kinds of heterogeneous networks: mobile radio communication, the Internet (can be that the fixed network access also can be the Wi-Fi wireless access), IPTV net, and as shown in Figure 1.Along with more outstanding user's mobility (having benefited from popularizing of automobile and subway), the lightening development trend of notebook computer, the scene of 3 kinds of heterogeneous networks of the professional leap of multi-screen is more and more common.
For example; Watch the professional user of multi-screen for using mobile phone (also comprising mobile hand-held devices such as PDA) through mobile communications network; In the time also can obtaining the Internet, IPTV network insertion in its inlet chamber; In view of the large-screen characteristic of PC and TV can be brought better viewing experience, he more hopes to use PC or TV to watch multi-screen professional through the Internet or IPTV network probably; And for watching the professional user of multi-screen at indoor PC or TV; Can not be at PC or TV by its timing; Taken by other kinsfolks like PC or TV; Perhaps when he will move to when outdoor, the user possibly hope to change into through mobile communications network and on mobile phone, continues to watch multi-screen professional; For another example; The user possibly watch multi-screen professional at indoor TV originally; But because the user will use PC or mobile phone to carry out interactive service in watching process; Such as the situation that certain film-pieces is carried out screenshotss or records and upload, cause the user to change into and use PC or mobile phone to continue to watch multi-screen professional.The professional situation of multi-screen is watched with mobile phone or Wi-Fi notebook computer in the place that is deployed with the mobile communications network and the Wi-Fi network coverage for the user at the same time; The user might be switched between these two kinds of networks at any time; Such as; Which kind of network wireless signal quality is better; Perhaps which kind of network rate is cheaper, and he just selects which kind of network to watch multi-screen professional through, or watches multi-screen professional with a kind of equipment that the energy content of battery is more sufficient among mobile phone and the Wi-Fi notebook computer.
This shows that the multi-screen business all might take place in any two kinds of internetwork switchings.Yet professional research does not relate to this content of network switching to multi-screen at present.The method of switching all about network at present all is about the switching of same terminal equipment in mobile communications network (the for example handover of portable terminal) or Wi-Fi network.Therefore the multi-screen business presses for the switching of real realization multi-screen business between heterogeneous network, for example between mobile communications network, the Internet, IPTV network, switches.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes a kind of changing method and equipment thereof, perhaps alleviate the problems referred to above of the prior art at least so that solve.
According to an aspect of the present invention, proposed a kind of changing method, having comprised:
Based at least one in the message of service quality, user preference and the user terminal of subscriber terminal side, the service that determines whether this access is provided via the service offering network switch;
If confirm to switch, then, confirm the service offering network that will switch to based on the message of service quality, user preference or the user terminal of subscriber terminal side;
Carry out said switching, so that to said user terminal or said user's other-end service is provided through the service offering network after switching;
Wherein, said service is independent of said service offering network.
Preferably, said service is managed by the multi-screen business platform.Preferably, said user terminal is single mode, bimodulus (like the 3G/Wi-Fi bimodulus) or video playback apparatus such as multimode portable mobile termianl, mobile phone, PDA, PC or television set.
Preferably, said service offering network is the combination in any of mobile radio communication, the Internet, Wi-Fi network, LTE network, blueteeth network, WiMAX network, Zigbee network, 802.20MBWA network, wireless Mesh netword or HIPERLAN network and IPTV network.
Alternatively, said user preference comprises prioritization that user for example carries out the service offering network that can insert, the various information that shown user preferences relevant with the handed over service delivery network such as access priority ordering to the service offering network of particular case that set.
Alternatively, can select (for example whether switching, switch to specific service offering network etc.) to be included in the said user message switching that the user carries out according to the concrete condition of its access services (for example multi-screen is professional).
Alternatively, said service is one or more in immediate service, non-immediate service, voice service, the multimedia service.
Wherein, said service is managed by the multi-screen business platform.
Preferably; After confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching; In said service, add mark so as to distinguish offered the user with the service that does not offer the user; So that after carrying out said switching, continue as said user service is provided, so that seamless service is provided for the user;
Preferably, after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, increase buffer memory to the service that user terminal provided.
Preferably, after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, the service that is provided is pushed to the service offering network after will switching in advance.
Preferably, be pushed to the nearest network node of service offering network middle distance user after switching, user's STB, user's home gateway.
Alternatively; Based in the bandwidth of the identification information in the message of the comparison of the service quality that service offering network before and after switching is provided, user terminal, service offering network, signal quality, Congestion Level SPCC, the rate etc. at least one, confirm the service offering network that will switch to.
Preferably, for example under the situation of not using TV, the said service offering network that will switch to is the Wi-Fi network.Wherein, said service quality is the signal quality of wireless signal, and it is identified by in carrier/interface ratio, the error rate, signal to noise ratio, the BLER(block error rate) at least one.Preferably, the parameter of the said signal quality of indication and the corresponding threshold that sets are compared, thereby determine whether and to switch.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of changing method is provided, has comprised:
Based in service quality, user preference and the user message of subscriber terminal side at least one, determine whether to visit via the service offering network switch;
If confirm to switch, then notify said switching to the equipment that is independent of the said service of said service offering network ground management;
Wherein, the service offering network that switch to is based on that service quality and/or the user preference of subscriber terminal side confirm, and after carrying out said switching, said service is visited via the service offering network after switching.
Preferably, said service is by management platform, and for example the multi-screen business platform is managed.
Preferably, said service be added mark in case distinguish offered the user with the service that does not offer the user so that after carrying out said switching, visit said service unceasingly.
After confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, the buffer memory of the service of being visited is increased; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, said service is pushed to the service offering network after will switching in advance.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of switching device is provided, has comprised and be used to carry out device according to the step of aforementioned arbitrary method.
Alternatively, said equipment can be made up by software, hardware or its and realize.
Preferably, said equipment can be loaded in the equipment that can move said device.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of switching device is provided, has comprised:
Switch to confirm device, be used at least one of message of service quality, user preference and user terminal based on subscriber terminal side, the service that determines whether this access is provided via the service offering network switch;
The service offering network selection apparatus is used for the message of service quality, user preference or user terminal based on subscriber terminal side, confirms the service offering network that will switch to;
Switching device shifter is used to carry out said switching, so that to said user terminal or said user's other-end service is provided through the service offering network after switching;
The Service Management device is independent of the said service of said service offering network ground management.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of equipment that is used to switch is provided, has comprised:
Switch to confirm to be used for device based on service quality and/or user preference, the service that determines whether visit is provided via the service offering network switch;
The service offering network selection apparatus is used for service quality and/or user preference based on subscriber terminal side, confirms the service offering network that will switch to;
Switching device shifter is carried out said switching, so that through the said service of service offering access to netwoks after switching;
Wherein, said service is independent of the management of said service offering network ground.
According to a further aspect in the invention, a kind of equipment that is used to switch is provided, has comprised:
Transceiver is used for carrying out alternately with the service offering network;
Switch unit is used to carry out the switching of service offering network, so that visit service through the service offering network after switching via said transceiver;
Wherein, determine whether to carry out based on the user's of the service quality of this equipment side and/or user preference or this equipment message and switch, and said service is independent of said service offering network ground and manages.
Preferably, said equipment further comprises: the handoff manager unit, be used to determine whether to carry out said switching, and wherein, confirm the service offering network that will switch to based on the message of service quality, user preference or the user terminal of subscriber terminal side.
According to scheme of the present invention, solve or alleviated at least the difficult problem of user's switching during via corresponding service offering network access service through various terminals.Especially for multi-screen business network environment; Can be when bringing the professional seamless switching of multi-screen that the user crosses over three nets and experiencing; Service quality, user preference according to subscriber terminal side come switching is controlled and managed, thereby have realized the frequency spectrum resource to mobile communications network, the efficient utilization of Radio Resource.
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To be described with reference to the accompanying drawings scheme of the present invention below, still, should be noted in the discussion above that for the ease of having enumerated some instances in the illustrative purposes literary composition, but this should not be regarded as limitation of the present invention.Wherein:
The exemplary network environment that a multi-screen operation system is shown of Fig. 1;
Fig. 2 is exemplary to illustrate the flow chart that the multi-screen business platform is carried out switching according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is exemplary to illustrate the flow chart that user terminal is carried out switching according to an embodiment of the invention;
Exemplary the illustrating of Fig. 4 is deployed on the multi-screen business platform or the structured flowchart of the equipment according to an embodiment of the invention on the user terminal;
The exemplary structured flowchart that subscriber terminal equipment according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown of Fig. 5.
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Scheme proposed by the invention service through visiting via different service offering networks to the user; Video content for example; Carry out unified maintenance and management; Make service to be visited be independent of concrete or specific service offering network and insert standard, standard accordingly, thus for the user provides at the internetwork seamless switching of different service offerings maybe.Based on the concrete condition of subscriber terminal side, when discovery need switch to new service offering network, to the user service is provided through desired service offering network.In a preferred embodiment, can be the user continuous service is provided, make the user obtain real seamless switching.
Hereinafter, will combine accompanying drawing to describe scheme of the present invention in detail.
As shown in Figure 2; In multi-screen business platform side; Can be based in the message of service quality, user preference and the user terminal of subscriber terminal side at least one, the service that determines whether this access is provided via the service offering network switch step 201.In step 202,, then, confirm the desired service offering network that switches to based on the message of service quality, user preference or the user terminal of subscriber terminal side if confirm to switch to new service offering network.At last, in step 203, carry out and switch, thereby pass through other service offering network to this user terminal, perhaps this user's other-end provides service.Here, As mentioned above, the service that is provided is independent of concrete service offering network ground management.Preferably, manage the service that provides for the multi-screen service-user, like user's login, authentication, charging, data base administration or the like through the multi-screen business platform.
Preferably, the service offering network is mobile communications network (for example GSM network, cdma network, 3G network etc.), the Internet (for example fixing/cable access network, Radio Access Network etc.), IPTV network.Correspondingly, can be with above-mentioned service offering network corresponding user terminal: various single modes, bimodulus or multi-module mobile terminal, for example mobile phone, PDA or other various portable sets; PC, net book or the like can visit the terminal of information through Internet; Television set.
Here, service quality can comprise the error rate, delay, video jitter, response time, signal quality etc.Wherein, signal quality can be weighed through parameters such as carrier interference ratio C/I (Carrier/interference), the error rate, BLER(block error rate) (BLER), signal to noise ratio (snr)s.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that; Also the mode of existing any appropriate capable of using is weighed signal quality; Such measurement can be accurate (as in the instantiation of hereinafter with the comparison of the threshold value that sets); Also can be rough, as long as the mode of gauge signal quality and concrete applied environment and concrete application demand adapt.
User preference comprises prioritization that the user selects, the service offering network that can insert is carried out the history of optionally connected service offering network of going into, the various information that show user preferences such as access priority to the service offering network of some situation that set.
For example; Along with the popularizing of 3G/Wi-Fi dual-mode handset or bimodulus notebook computer (at present a lot of notebook computers all are embedded with the Wi-Fi module), the covering points of WLAN (for example Wi-Fi network) and the increase day by day of area coverage, the user may switching continually between mobile communications network and the Internet when using multi-screen professional.For example; When the user gets into the Wi-Fi area of coverage; Possibly more be happy to switch to the Wi-Fi network watches multi-screen professional; Have benefited from the higher bandwidth of bigger screen, the Wi-Fi network of Wi-Fi notebook, better radio signal quality (indoor, the signal quality of Wi-Fi network is better than 3G network), lower rate (even free), the user can obtain better viewing experience.And when the user moves to beyond the Wi-Fi overlay area, just can only change into and use mobile communications network and mobile phone to continue to watch multi-screen professional.It is thus clear that for such user, it can be stored on the user terminal using the Wi-Fi network as default setting, is perhaps safeguarded by the multi-screen business platform.
Because scheme of the present invention allows the user that the preference of oneself is arranged and can manage switching according to the user preference that obtains, and therefore the user experience that seamlessly switches to the Wi-Fi network more easily is provided.Like this, can utilize the Wi-Fi network to come further to promote the user experience in the multi-screen business more fully, save the frequency spectrum resource and the Radio Resource of operator's mobile communications network simultaneously.For example; Video service in the multi-screen business is horn of plenty more; And compare with traditional voice service, transmitted video content will consume the bandwidth more than ten times, (high-definition movie 2~3GB file size often for example; Smooth playing need be at least about the 6Mbps bandwidth), so be very surprising to the consumption of wireless network resource such as frequency spectrum resource.Therefore, the Wi-Fi network that uses free ISM (industry science doctor) frequency range is exactly one well to be selected, and its bandwidth not only high (about 50Mbps) but also do not take the Radio Resource of mobile communications network relatively is fit to the application of multi-screen business.And, obviously promoted the utilization and the professional application of multi-screen of Wi-Fi network through scheme of the present invention.
Although it should be noted that preceding text is that example has been described operating process shown in Figure 2 with the multi-screen business platform.But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the dual-mode/multi-mode user terminal also can carry out same flow process.
In the present invention,, both can initiate, also can initiate by user terminal from multi-screen service management side for multi-screen user's diverse network switching.The exemplary instance that the switching of being initiated by user terminal is shown of Fig. 3.Wherein, in step 301,,, determine whether to switch to other service offering network based in service quality, user preference, the user message at least one in subscriber terminal side.If confirm to switch, then in step 302, the equipment of notice management service, the multi-screen business platform of the business that provides to the multi-screen user of notice management for example, the switching carried out of determining.Wherein, the service offering network that switch to is based on that in service quality, user preference, the user message at least one confirm, and after carrying out said switching, said service is visited via the service offering network after switching.Similarly, service is independent of the management of service offering network ground.Preferably, the multi-screen business platform by the service offering network comes management service.
Here, method shown in Figure 3 typically realizes by single mode, bimodulus, multimode user terminal, for example dual-mode handset, notebook computer etc.For the user terminal of bimodulus, multimode, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that obviously except the Overall Steps of carrying out method shown in Figure 3, it possibly also confirm the service switching network that will switch to even execution handover operation.
In addition, said user message can be the message that the user initiatively fills in/sends, and also can be based on the message (possible switching will be described below to user prompt) of prompting feedback.
This shows that the switching that the present invention can be applicable to initiatively to be initiated by the user, by the switching that a side of managing service independently (for example multi-screen business platform) is carried out also can be according to user's preference and be provided with in advance and automatically switch.Below we will combine concrete application example to introduce the application to scheme of the present invention.
Because the signal area coverage of cordless communication network (comprising mobile communications network and Wi-Fi network) is limited; The signal quality of cell edge is not good; If the multi-screen video traffic that the user is watching when moving to cell edge is interrupted; Then will produce the poorest customer service and experience, this also is the situation that the service provider does one's utmost to avoid.Therefore, can with the quality of signal quality as whether being that the user provides one of criterion of switching.In this instance, we use carrier/interface ratio to weigh the quality of wireless signal.C/I (carrier/interface ratio) refers to carrier wave (C) and disturbs the ratio of (I); Be that wireless signal is in the communication process in space; At the intensity of carrier bandwidths intercarrier signal and the ratio of other interference; Unit is a decibel (dB), and it can reflect the quality of wireless signal received signal of receiving terminal in the process of spatial transmission.Particularly, corresponding to mobile communications network and Wi-Fi network, we can confirm the threshold value of receiving terminal carrier/interface ratio respectively, such as all corresponding to 1% the error rate of user terminal application layer.Then, detect,, then determine the user switched to other service offering network if radio signal quality is lower than this threshold value with the signal carrier/interface ratio of cycle regular hour to the user terminal place.Perhaps alternatively, send information to the user, the signal of the present used wireless network of prompting user is not good, and the suggestion user switches to other network.The advantage of the mode that this permission user selects is; Can select whether to switch according to the professional concrete condition of its visit multi-screen by the user; For example, if the video that this user watched closes to an end, perhaps will stop to watch current multi-screen professional, can refuse this switching so.Here, information can have various ways, for example text, picture, animation, sound or the like.After confirming to switch, shown in Fig. 2,3 method, can further confirm the service offering network that will switch to, and switch.
Like this; As long as the quality of the wireless signal that the user is received is lower than the threshold value that sets, perhaps automatically the user is switched (this is more useful to bimodulus, multimode user terminal, because can under the situation that the user does not discover, carry out seamless switching); Perhaps information is provided for the user; Be convenient to decision and preparation (can switch to the Internet of fixing/wireless access, also can switch to the IPTV network) that the user makes switching in advance, thereby improve user's business experience effectively.
For the threshold value in the preceding text, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that this threshold value can be predefined constant, also can be the variable of in using scheme process of the present invention, setting flexibly.
In another preferred embodiment, can combine user's preference and service quality to realize switching.For example, for one have 3G/Wi-Fi dual-mode handset or a bimodulus notebook computer the user, he possibly hope preferentially to use the Wi-Fi network to realize inserting.To this, can set the threshold value of a Wi-Fi receiving terminal carrier/interface ratio earlier, such as 1% the error rate corresponding to multi-screen user terminal application layer.Then; The detection of Wi-Fi wireless signal is carried out in the present region of Wi-Fi user according to cycle regular hour; If detect the Wi-Fi wireless signal (promptly the radio signal quality of this Wi-Fi network supports that enough multi-screen is professional) that is higher than the predefine threshold value, then automatically the user switched to through the Wi-Fi network and visit the multi-screen business.Similarly, also can send information to the user, there is the Wi-Fi wireless network the present region of prompting user, confirms whether will switch accordingly to the user.Like this; In case the multi-screen user terminal has detected the Wi-Fi network; And the radio signal quality of this Wi-Fi network is enough supported multi-screen professional (carrier/interface ratio is higher than threshold value); Then the user can be through pointing out the existence of in time knowing the Wi-Fi network, make in advance decision and the preparation that switches to the Wi-Fi network, thereby make full use of the business experience that the Wi-Fi network improves the user.Here, information can have various ways equally, text, picture, animation, sound etc.
In another embodiment, can be in advance according to user's preference the automatic/hand switching criterion be set, in case satisfy predefined criterion, just said switching is carried out on automatic/hand ground.
Following preferred embodiment is further experienced for the user provides seamless switching.
" service identifiers " solution has been proposed in a preferred embodiment.This service identifiers be used to distinguish offered the user with the service that does not offer the user so that after carrying out said switching, continuous unbroken service is provided for said user.Also can this service identifiers for example be interpreted as " bookmark ".This service identifiers is in the multi-screen business platform (like the multi-screen service server among Fig. 1), the mark that in any one multi-screen video frequency program (like film " batman "), adds.Because the multi-screen business is managed by the multi-screen business platform that is independent of the service offering network; Service identifiers also adds in multi-screen business platform (being the program source end); Therefore irrelevant with each service offering network (mobile communications network, the Internet, IPTV network), therefore for user experience, this mark is to all user's multi-screen terminal equipments; Three kinds of multi-screen equipment among Fig. 1 for example: mobile hand-held device, PC and TV, all effective.Thereby no matter the multi-screen user uses which kind of equipment, which kind of network to continue to watch from " service identifiers " (mark) is experienced the professional video frequency program of multi-screen that network switches, rather than begins from the beginning to watch from program.Such as; When the user watched " batman " middle leading role batman to go downstairs, he wanted handover network, and then the multi-screen business platform is set up general service identifiers herein; Like this; No matter the multi-screen user uses which kind of equipment, which kind of network instead and can continue to watch from batman this position of going downstairs, rather than begins from the beginning to watch from program, provides a kind of seamless switching to experience for the multi-screen user.
In a further advantageous embodiment, adopted the scheme that increases buffer memory.Owing to compare with traditional voice service; Transmitted video content will consume the bandwidth more than ten times; So in some cases; For example the user switches to and waits for that enough data could continue to watch multi-screen professional after getting into buffer area behind the new network possibly, service identifiers only is set possibly is not enough to the service quality that provides satisfied.To this, can be before network switch, on the multi-screen service terminal, automatically increasing should the pairing buffer memory of business, for example doubles.Like this, owing to stored enough video content data in advance for the user, even if there is time delay in the network switching, the video content data that the user still can call in the buffer memory is play, and the network handover delay experienced of user has just significantly reduced like this.This preferred version is particularly useful for the dual-mode/multi-mode terminal, and for example the user uses 3G/Wi-Fi dual-mode handset or the bimodulus notebook computer situation as the multi-screen service terminal.
In another preferred embodiment, the scheme that service pushes has in advance been proposed.Particularly, before carrying out the network switching, the service that is provided is pushed to the service offering network after will switching in advance.For example; For switching manual or that user side is initiated; The user answered whether switch or will switch to which network after, determine whether on one's own initiative will follow-up video content to be pushed in advance according to user's wish and leave the nearest network node of user in the service offering network that will switch to.For example, the IPTV network can be pushed in the STB in the users home, and the Internet can push to user's home gateway.This scheme is particularly useful for the situation that the user is switched between different service offering networks.In addition, this embodiment also is applicable to the real-time less demanding situation of user to switching.That is to say that the user does not require to switch on another network and watch that this situation is very general in fact, watches video with regard to inconvenience when driving such as the user, while the user walks to watch the situation of video also few at once.In fact, it is not very long that video content pushes the required time in advance, even can push a video segment a few second.So the use that meets application demand of this embodiment can improve user's business experience further.
It should be noted that for above-mentioned interpolation service identifiers, the preferred implementation that increases buffer memory, push in advance, the use to other embodiment is not got rid of in the use of a certain embodiment wherein.In other words, one of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that can be with the use that at random combines of above-mentioned three kinds of modes, thereby reaches desired service quality or user experience quality.For the enforcement of above-mentioned optimal way, it can be carried out any suitable time in said method, for example between Fig. 2, the step 202/302 shown in 3 and 203/303, is carrying out.For increasing buffer memory, obviously it carries out interrupting being connected between user and the current service offering network before.Alternatively, obviously, for adding service identifiers, pushing in advance, it can also carry out with switching basic synchronization ground.In a word, no matter adopt which type of sequential, the short of original intention that deviates from when proposed by the invention gets final product.
Preceding text have been described the method for scheme of the present invention.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that it can realize with software, also can be with the form of software and hardware combining, and perhaps hardware is realized.And each step in the method mentioned above can be merged in order to adapt to the certain applications environment, or is further split or suitably revised.But the said method concentrated area is carried out, is carried out in subscriber terminal side in a side of management service independently, also can be scattered on the existing distinct device and carry out.
In addition, realize that equipment of the present invention can be as shown in Figure 4, it includes and is respectively applied for execution and Fig. 2, the corresponding device of the method shown in 3.When this equipment was deployed on the multi-screen business platform, alternatively, this equipment can include the Service Management device, data storage device for example as shown in Figure 1, and perhaps this equipment can be communicated by letter with corresponding data storage device.Wherein, said Service Management device can the maintenance customer and its multi-screen service terminal between relation, map information etc. for example; Perhaps be used for adding the service identifiers that preceding text are mentioned to service; Perhaps whether management increases the operations such as propelling movement in advance of buffer memory, service.To those skilled in the art, such equipment can have software flow to realize, and loads in existing equipment, the system, and simultaneously, it also can be realized by hardware.
Fig. 5 is exemplary to illustrate a schematic diagram that is used to realize user terminal of the present invention.It includes: transceiver is used for carrying out alternately with the service offering network; Switch unit is used to carry out the switching of service offering network, so that visit service through the service offering network after switching via said transceiver.Wherein, determine whether to carry out based on the user's of the service quality of this equipment side and/or user preference or this equipment message and switch, and said service is independent of said service offering network ground and manages.Equipment shown in Figure 5 can be realized by hardware, for example the professional terminal of user's visit multi-screen, for example mobile phone.
Alternatively, it also can include handover management element, is used to determine whether to carry out said switching, wherein based on the message of service quality, user preference or the user terminal of subscriber terminal side, confirms the service offering network that will switch to.Subscriber terminal equipment with handover management element is bimodulus, multi mode terminal, computer or the like for example.
Although Fig. 4,5 has schematically shown the structure that can realize equipment of the present invention; But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that; Obviously, realized that equipment of the present invention can also dispose other module, device, interface etc., in order to accomplish general or special purpose function.Therefore, realization of the present invention is other functions of remover apparatus not, and for brevity, shown only is in order to realize part required for the present invention.
Although preceding text mainly combine the multi-screen business particularly video traffic the present invention has been described; But obviously; The present invention also can be applicable to the service of other types, comprises immediate service, non-immediate service, video stream, visual telephone, video conference, video teaching system, stream of voice information or the like.
Although preceding text have combined concrete application example that scheme of the present invention has been carried out detailed elaboration.But, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention obviously is not limited between mobile communications network, the Internet (for example fixed network access, Wi-Fi wireless access etc.), IPTV network three, switching is provided.In fact, the network that thought of the present invention can be applicable to various heterogeneous networks, divides according to different criterions, the division of for example network being carried out according to the difference of Virtual network operator, service provider, content supplier.Regardless of the criterion of dividing, the various network (this paper is referred to as the service offering network, is used for giving user terminal with service offering) that the present invention can be used to pass through to be divided provides service to the user.For example, the present invention can be applicable to the multi-screen user in the switching between LTE cordless communication network and the Wi-Fi network, between Bluetooth wireless communication network and the Wi-Fi network, and obviously, LTE network, blueteeth network and Wi-Fi network all are a kind of in the wireless network.Similarly, WiMAX network, Zigbee network, 802.20MBWA network, wireless Mesh netword, HIPERLAN network also can be used as service offering network of the present invention.
Through the detailed description to instance shown in above-mentioned and the accompanying drawing, basic design of the present invention and principle become more clear.But those skilled in the art are to be understood that; The structure of the equipment of being mentioned in the literary composition, it can be realized by hardware device, for example specific server apparatus, service management platform, user terminal etc.; Also can realize by software; For example realize the software/functional module of its function, and in use it be attached in the corresponding system that perhaps the combination by software, hardware realizes.And the said equipment can be independent equipment, also can be distributed apparatus, can be positioned at same physical node, also can be positioned on a plurality of physical nodes.And the specific equipment of being mentioned (for example multi-screen business platform) all is exemplary, and those skilled in the art can adopt other equipment/entities to accomplish function corresponding according to the demand of concrete applied environment fully.
In each instance of preceding text, provided detailed information from the purpose of being convenient to understand, for example concrete particular device of the prior art, environment etc., but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be applicable in any feasible network environment.Therefore; Although above-detailed embodiment according to the present invention; But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that difference, can do any merging, split, delete, change method flow and the device structure mentioned along with the practical implementation environment; As long as it does not break away from thought of the present invention, just fall in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. changing method comprises:
Based in the message of service quality, user preference and the user terminal of subscriber terminal side at least one, the service that determines whether this access is provided via the service offering network switch;
If confirm to switch, then, confirm the service offering network that will switch to based on the message of service quality, user preference or the user terminal of subscriber terminal side;
Carry out said switching, so that to said user terminal or said user's other-end service is provided through the service offering network after switching;
Wherein, said service is independent of said service offering network.
2. method according to claim 1, wherein said user terminal are single mode, bimodulus or video playback apparatus such as multimode portable mobile termianl, mobile phone, PDA, PC or television set; And/or said service offering network is the combination in any of mobile radio communication, the Internet, Wi-Fi network, LTE network, blueteeth network, WiMAX network, Zigbee network, 802.20MBWA network, wireless Mesh netword, HIPERLAN network, IPTV network; And/or said service be Video service such as visual telephone, video conference, video teaching system, immediate service, non-immediate service, in one or more; And/or said service is managed by the multi-screen business platform.
3. method according to claim 1 and 2; Wherein, After confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching; In said service, add mark so as to distinguish offered the user with the service that does not offer the user so that after carrying out said switching, continue as said user service is provided, so that seamless service is provided for the user; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, increase buffer memory to the service that user terminal provided; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, the service that is provided is pushed to the service offering network after will switching in advance; Preferably, be pushed to the nearest network node of service offering network middle distance user after switching, user's STB, user's home gateway.
4. according to any described method in the claim 1 to 3; Wherein, Based in the bandwidth of the identification information in the message of the comparison of the service quality (comprising the error rate, delay, video jitter, response time, signal quality etc.) that service offering network before and after switching is provided, user terminal, service offering network, signal quality, Congestion Level SPCC, the rate etc. at least one, confirm the service offering network that will switch to; Preferably, the said service offering network that will switch to is the Wi-Fi network; And/or said service quality refers to signal quality, and it is identified by in carrier/interface ratio, the error rate, signal to noise ratio, the BLER(block error rate) at least one.
5. changing method comprises:
Based in service quality, user preference and the user message of subscriber terminal side at least one, the service that determines whether visit is provided via the service offering network switch;
If confirm to switch, then notify said switching to the equipment that is independent of the said service of said service offering network ground management;
Wherein, The service offering network that switches to is based on that in service quality, user preference and the user message of subscriber terminal side at least one confirm; And after carrying out said switching; Said service is visited via the service offering network after switching, and wherein, said service is independent of said service offering network.
6. method according to claim 5, wherein, said service be added mark in case distinguish offered the user with the service that does not offer the user so that after carrying out said switching, visit said service unceasingly; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, the buffer memory of the service of being visited is increased; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, said service is pushed to the service offering network after will switching in advance; And/or said service is managed by management platform (like the multi-screen business platform).
7. switching device comprises:
Switch to confirm device, be used at least one of message of service quality, user preference and user terminal based on subscriber terminal side, the service that determines whether this access is provided via the service offering network switch;
The service offering network selection apparatus is used for the message of service quality, user preference or user terminal based on subscriber terminal side, confirms the service offering network that will switch to;
Switching device shifter is used to carry out said switching, so that to said user terminal or said user's other-end service is provided through the service offering network after switching;
Wherein, said service is independent of said service offering network.
8. equipment according to claim 7; Wherein, After confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, said service be added mark in case distinguish offered the user with the service that does not offer the user so that seamless service is provided for the user; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, the buffer memory of the service that user terminal provided is increased; And/or after confirming to carry out said switching, carry out before the said switching, the service that is provided is pushed to the service offering network after will switching in advance; Preferably, be pushed to the nearest network node of service offering network middle distance user after switching, user's STB, user's home gateway; And/or said equipment comprises memory, is used to safeguard the mapping between said user and this user's the terminal, and wherein, said terminal can visit service through the service offering network; And/or said equipment also comprises management devices, is used for managing independently said service; And/or said service is managed by management platform (like the multi-screen business platform).
9. equipment that is used to switch comprises:
Transceiver is used for carrying out alternately with the service offering network;
Switch unit is used to carry out the switching of service offering network, so that visit service through the service offering network after switching via said transceiver;
Wherein, determine whether to carry out based on the user's of the service quality of this equipment side and/or user preference or this equipment message and switch, and said service is independent of said service offering network.
10. equipment according to claim 9; Further comprise: handover management element; Be used to determine whether to carry out said switching, wherein, confirm the service offering network that will switch to based on the message of service quality, user preference or the user terminal of subscriber terminal side; And/or said service is managed by management platform (like the multi-screen business platform).
11. a switching device comprises the device of the step that is used to carry out aforementioned arbitrary method.
12. equipment according to claim 11, wherein, said equipment can be realized by software; Preferably, it is loaded in the equipment that can move said device.
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