CN103108377A - Communication method, system and center control node of machine-type communication (MTC) terminal - Google Patents

Communication method, system and center control node of machine-type communication (MTC) terminal Download PDF

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CN103108377A
CN103108377A CN2011103622351A CN201110362235A CN103108377A CN 103108377 A CN103108377 A CN 103108377A CN 2011103622351 A CN2011103622351 A CN 2011103622351A CN 201110362235 A CN201110362235 A CN 201110362235A CN 103108377 A CN103108377 A CN 103108377A
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The invention discloses a communication method of a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal. The communication method of the MTC terminal comprises that the MTC terminal reports MTC terminal information to a center control node; and the center control node forms a corresponding non-access layer signal according to the MTC terminal information, and sends the non-access layer signal to a core network node. The communication method of the MTC terminal has the advantages of reducing complexity of the design of the MTC terminal, saving expenses of an air interface resource which is used for starting a non-access stratum (NAS) signal, wherein the air interface resource is relevant to the MTC terminal, thereby reducing energy consumption of the MTC terminal, and creating conditions for deployment of MTC services. In addition, the invention further discloses a communication system and the center control node of the MTC terminal.

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A kind of communication means of MTC terminal, system and center control nodes
Technical field
The present invention relates to wireless communication field, specifically, relate to the communication means of a kind of communication means for the MTC terminal and MTC terminal.
Background technology
MTC (machine-type communication, machine type communication) refers to communicating by letter between machine and machine (equipment and equipment), and does not need a kind of communication mode of people's participation.
Core net standard 3GPP 22.368 has defined 16 kinds of key characters in MTC communication at present, comprises Hypomobility, time control type, time delay tolerance type, online small data transmission type etc.For different application, as check meter, the application such as Smart Home and vehicle control, may have 1 of above 16 kinds of features or several.But because the MTC terminal quantity is numerous, type is numerous and diverse, and very difficult unification goes out more consistent characteristics, but how to reduce the cost of manufacture of MTC terminal, and the consumption that reduces interface-free resources and terminal power is one of problem demanding prompt solution.
At present, be connected with several connected modes between the MTC terminal, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, wherein, mode shown in Figure 1 is by the SIM/USIM card being implanted terminal, the mode that directly is connected with other access points of macro base station or operator's control; Fig. 2 is another mode, and wherein, the MTC terminal is carried out intercommunication, the mode that finally is connected with network by a certain center access node by modes such as WiFi/ bluetooth/Zigbee to each other.
H2H (the Human to human) business that existing Cellular Networks technology is supported is divided usually to be divided into from protocol stack and is accessed sublayer (AS) and Non-Access Stratum (NAS) two parts.Wherein, Non-Access Stratum NAS registers in terminal, authentication, service request etc. all can carry out corresponding flow process during the aspect.
Due in the wide MTC framework of above-mentioned small band, initiate comparatively redundancy of NAS process by the MTC terminal when MTC endpoint registration, authentication, access, service request each time, the complexity that has not only increased the MTC terminal has improved the cost of MTC terminal, and wasted the ample resources of eating dishes without rice or wine, thereby cause the useless consumption of Radio Resource in the environment that future, a large amount of MTC terminals were disposed.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is directed to prior art when MTC endpoint registration, authentication, access, service request, initiate the redundancy of non-NAS process and wasted the shortcoming of the ample resources of eating dishes without rice or wine and propose by the MTC terminal.
According to the first purpose of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of communication means of MTC terminal, comprising:
The MTC terminal reports center control nodes with the MTC end message;
Center control nodes forms corresponding Non-Access Stratum signaling according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node.
Further, preferred method is that described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
Further, preferred method is that described MTC terminal passes to described center control nodes by the Access Layer signaling with described MTC end message.
Further, preferred method is that described Access Layer signaling comprises media access control layer signaling or radio resource control layer signaling.
Among this scheme, initiate all Non-Access Stratum signalings because described center control nodes replaces the MTC terminal, reduced thus in the prior art due to the waste of Non-Access Stratum signaling for interface-free resources;
And the MTC terminal does not need to have the Non-Access Stratum protocol function, thus, has reduced the requirement to the MTC terminal, and then has reduced the cost of MTC terminal, and the method also can avoid causing the useless consumption of Radio Resource in the environment that a large amount of MTC terminals are disposed.
According to the second purpose of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of communication system of MTC terminal, its concrete technical scheme is as follows, comprising:
The MTC terminal is used for the MTC end message is reported center control nodes;
Center control nodes is used for forming the Non-Access Stratum signaling corresponding with described MTC end message according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node.
Further, preferred structure is that described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
Further, preferred structure is that described MTC terminal passes to described center control nodes by the Access Layer signaling with described MTC end message.
After the present invention had taked such scheme, the MTC terminal did not need to have the Non-Access Stratum function, thus, reduced the requirement to the MTC terminal, and then reduced the cost of MTC terminal, and the method also can avoid causing the useless consumption of Radio Resource in the environment that a large amount of MTC terminals are disposed.
According to the 3rd purpose of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of center control nodes, comprising:
The signaling receiver module is used for receiving the MTC end message that the MTC terminal is transmitted by the Non-Access Stratum signaling;
Signaling transfer module is used for generating the Access Layer signaling corresponding with described MTC end message according to described MTC end message;
Signaling sending module is used for sending the Non-Access Stratum signaling corresponding with described MTC end message to core net node.
Further, preferred structure is that described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
Further, preferred structure is that described signaling receiver module also is used for receiving the Non-Access Stratum signaling that core net node returns;
Described Non-Access Stratum signaling comprises to the GUTI of MTC terminal distribution sign and IP address.
Further, preferred structure is also to comprise: temporary mark distribution module, address mapping module and address base module, wherein,
Described sign distribution module is used for distributing to the interim unique identification of MTC terminal, and described temporary mark is the mac-layer address of MTC terminal or the rrc layer ID that distributes to the MTC terminal;
Described address mapping module is used for obtaining GUTI sign and the IP address of MTC terminal, and identifies and the IP address is shone upon one by one according to the GUTI of described interim unique identification and described MTC terminal;
Described address base module, interim unique identification, the GUTI that is used for receiving and storing described MTC terminal identifies and the IP address.
After the present invention has taked technique scheme, described center control nodes has protocol conversion function, and center control nodes can manage the connection of various MTC terminals, thereby can reduce the expense of the related interface-free resources of MTC terminal, for the deployment of MTC terminal provides condition.
In addition, the invention also discloses a kind of MTC terminal, specifically comprise:
Information generating unit is used for generating the MTC end message;
Information transmitting unit is used for according to the Access Layer signaling, described MTC end message being passed to center control nodes.
Further, preferred structure is that described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
MTC terminal of the present invention, it is undertaken alternately by Access Layer signaling and center control nodes, and does not need to carry out alternately with core net node, thus, reduce the Access Layer signaling protocol of MTC terminal, reduced the complexity of MTC terminal, and reduced the energy consumption of MTC terminal.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the following description, and, partly become apparent from specification, perhaps understand by implementing the present invention.Purpose of the present invention and other advantages can realize and obtain by specifically noted structure in the specification of writing, claims and accompanying drawing.
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Accompanying drawing is used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and consists of the part of specification, is used for together with embodiments of the present invention explaining the present invention, is not construed as limiting the invention.Wherein,
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of a kind of communication system of MTC terminal in prior art;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the communication of another kind of MTC terminal in prior art;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the communication system of MTC terminal of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the system in the communication system of MTC terminal of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic flow sheet of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the schematic flow sheet of embodiment of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the schematic flow sheet of embodiment of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the schematic flow sheet of embodiment of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention.
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Embodiment of the method one:
Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention is described in detail.
Wherein, Fig. 5 is the schematic flow sheet of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 5, the communication means of described MTC terminal comprises the following steps:
The S101:MTC terminal reports center control nodes with the MTC end message;
Wherein, specifically, described MTC end message is to initiate the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling for the MTC terminal to core net node;
S102: center control nodes (GW) gets described MTC end message, gets to generate the necessary MTC end message of Non-Access Stratum (NAS layer) signaling from MT reconnaissance C end message;
Wherein, among S102, described MTC end message represents in order to generate the necessary message of described Non-Access Stratum signaling at this;
For example, if the MTC terminal is to the core network requests network registry, described MTC end message need to comprise the MTC terminal in order to and core net node between carry out some necessary information of authentication, such as, IMSI in the SIM/USIM of MTC terminal or equipment I MEI, and, the distinctive information of these MTC terminals of security password etc.
If when the MTC terminal is initiated specific service request to core net, may comprise the MTC terminal in described MTC end message in order to tell the necessary information of this business of core net, for example, the indication of the type of service of this business.
S103: center control nodes forms various Non-Access Stratums (NAS layer) signaling of initiating to core net node according to described MTC end message, and initiates the access request corresponding with described MTC terminal by described Non-Access Stratum signaling;
S104: center control nodes is undertaken by described Non-Access Stratum signaling and core net node alternately.
Wherein, due in step S103, above-mentioned Non-Access Stratum signaling is all to be generated according to described MTC end message by center control nodes, therefore, for core net node, all Non-Access Stratum signalings from the center control nodes forwarding all think to come from the MTC terminal.
In the preferred embodiment, described MTC terminal passes to center control nodes by Access Layer (AS) signaling with described MTC end message.
For example, can transmit by media access control layer signaling (MAC layer signaling), wherein, this MAC layer signaling comprises random access signaling;
Perhaps, transmit by radio resource control layer signaling (rrc layer signaling), wherein, described rrc layer signaling comprises dependent instructions such as connecting foundation.
Thus, only need to carry out message with the Access Layer signaling between described MTC terminal and center control nodes transmits, and replace described MTC terminal to carry out Non-Access Stratum signaling and flow process between follow-up and core net by center control nodes, thus, it has reduced the requirement to the MTC terminal, and then reduced the cost of MTC terminal, and, also avoided causing the useless consumption of Radio Resource in the environment that a large amount of MTC terminals are disposed.
Wherein, in this embodiment, described Access Layer signaling is by the connected mode of 3GPP, and for example, the mode of LTE is transmitted between MTC terminal and center control nodes; Described Non-Access Stratum signaling is transmitted between center control nodes and core net node by wireless or wired mode.
Thus, can transmit by the mode of little bandwidth between MTC terminal and center control nodes, and then can greatly reduce cost and the power consumption of MTC terminal; In addition, be connected with core net node due to center control nodes and can connect by Wireless/wired mode, it has further reduced in the prior art and has carried out the NAS signaling to blocking up that network brings between MTC terminal and core net node.
Embodiment of the method two:
Further illustrate below in conjunction with the MTC terminal of Fig. 6~shown in Figure 8 and the mutual various scenes between the core net communication means to MTC terminal of the present invention.
In embodiment shown in Figure 6, described MTC terminal is to core net node request network registry, and wherein, described MTC terminal is as the criterion static, and takes IMSI or equipment I MEI in SIM/USIM to carry out authentication and authentication.
As shown in Figure 6, the communication means of described MTC terminal further comprises the following steps:
The S201:MTC starting up of terminal is to the request of core net node request network registry;
The S202:MTC terminal will pass to center control nodes for MTC terminal access request information from the Non-Access Stratum instruction of network registry request to core net node that initiate;
According to this embodiment, described MTC terminal access request informational needs comprises following necessary information: IMSI or the IMEI of the SIM/USIM card of MTC terminal, and the safe key corresponding with IMSI or IMEI.
S203: center control nodes gets IMSI that the MTC terminal sends or the IMEI of equipment, and safe key, and according to the IMEI of above-mentioned IMSI or equipment, and safe key forms Non-Access Stratum (NAS layer) signaling.
According to this embodiment, described Non-Access Stratum signaling comprises be used to carrying out the various Non-Access Stratum signalings that the registration of MTC terminal network, authentication, ID are obtained, safety is set up.
S204: center control nodes is carried out alternately according to described Non-Access Stratum signaling and core net node, and for example, that carries out that network registry, authentication, ID obtain, safety is set up is various mutual.
According to this embodiment, described core net node is chosen mobile management entity MME, and ((Multi Media Extension), it can network registry, authentication, the ID in carrying out network registry obtains to the MTC terminal, foundation operates safely according to the information in described Non-Access Stratum signaling.
Wherein, due in S203~S204, above-mentioned Non-Access Stratum signaling is all according to the MTC terminal access request Information generation of MTC terminal by center control nodes, therefore, this Non-Access Stratum signaling and the Non-Access Stratum signaling that is directly generated by the MTC terminal of the prior art are identical, therefore, and for mobile management entity MME, when it carries out authentication and checking, still be based on the information of MTC terminal is carried out authentication and checking.
S205: after described core net node MME gets the IMSI and safe key of MTC terminal, and carry out alternately with HSS.
Wherein, owing to having comprised those chartered MTC terminals and its information in HSS, therefore, described core net node MME can according to the IMSI of MTC terminal and safe key whether with HSS in relevant information compare, whether legal to judge described MTC terminal.
Wherein, if described MTC terminal is passed through the checking of core net node MME, enter step S206: described core net node MME distributes to the described MTC terminal interim unique identification GUTI in a whole world, and, the IP address that this MTC terminal is corresponding.
After this, mutual between MTC terminal and core net node MME all represent with the GUTI sign of this MTC terminal, and do not need to send the IMSI of this MTC terminal or IMEI etc. again.
After to described MTC terminal distribution GUTI and IP address, the information that described core net node will comprise above-mentioned GUTI sign and IP address returns to center control nodes, wherein, is understandable that, above-mentioned information is to transmit by the Non-Access Stratum signaling.
S207: center control nodes receive above-mentioned Non-Access Stratum signaling message and get described MTC terminal legal, at this moment, described center control nodes is the interim unique identification under this center control nodes of this MTC terminal distribution by checking, and should shine upon one by one corresponding with described GUTI sign by interim unique identification.
Wherein, unless the unique identification center control nodes is deleted it temporarily, otherwise it is corresponding one by one with corresponding MTC terminal.
Wherein, described interim unique identification can be chosen the MAC Address of MTC terminal; Certainly, it can be also that center control nodes is the rrc layer ID that this MTC terminal is redistributed, for example, and C-RANTI.Certainly, above-mentioned interim unique identification can be chosen other sign, does not repeat them here.
By said method, center control nodes set up the MTC terminal with and core net distribute to the GUTI sign of this terminal and IP address relation one to one.
Thus, the MTC terminal does not just need again and carries out authentication and authentication between core net node after having initiated the primary network registration request, thus, saves the redundancy of a large amount of NAS layer signalings between MTC terminal and core net node.
Fig. 7 is the schematic flow sheet of another embodiment of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 7, shown in the communication means of MTC terminal, further comprise:
The S301:MTC terminal is to the core net initiating business request;
The S302:MTC terminal will be used to form to the MTC terminal traffic accessing request information of the Non-Access Stratum instruction of core net node initiation Operational Visit request and pass to center control nodes;
S303: after the request of described MTC terminal traffic was sent to center control nodes, this center control nodes was by reading the interim unique identification of this MTC terminal, and then the MTC terminal of initiating business request corresponding to identification;
S304: described center control nodes is searched the corresponding GUTI sign of the interim unique identification of described MTC terminal and IP address, and forms the Non-Access Stratum signaling of described MTC terminal traffic request according to the described MTC terminal of above-mentioned information replacement;
Wherein, comprising: described center control nodes adds the information such as the IP address, GUTI sign of MTC terminal, and together with above-mentioned service requesting information, forms the Non-Access Stratum signaling of initiating to core net node.
S305: described center control nodes is undertaken alternately by described Non-Access Stratum signaling and core net node; Wherein, S306: core net node MME processes the service request of described MTC terminal according to described Non-Access Stratum signaling.
Among this embodiment, the business of initiating due to the MTC terminal mostly is the IP type of data packet, and therefore, major part need to not indicated for concrete business information.
But, when some more special MTC terminal traffics, a type of service Warning Mark need to be set, be used for informing its business that will transmit of core net.For example,
For the MTC terminal that needs transmission of video, need to arrange the business information indication of a transmission of video, this business information indication is sent to together with the MTC end message by above-mentioned Access Layer signaling among described center control nodes.
In the present embodiment, has advantages of previous embodiment, be only need to carry out message with the Access Layer signaling between described MTC terminal and center control nodes to transmit, and replace described MTC terminal to carry out Non-Access Stratum signaling and flow process between follow-up and core net by center control nodes, thus, it has reduced the requirement to the MTC terminal, and then has reduced the cost of MTC terminal, and, also avoided causing the useless consumption of Radio Resource in the environment that a large amount of MTC terminals are disposed.
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of the communication means of MTC terminal of the present invention;
As shown in Figure 8, the communication means of described MTC terminal further comprises:
S401: core net node makes a call to the MTC terminal;
S402: core net node will pass to center control nodes to the message that the MTC terminal sends;
Wherein, comprise the identifying information of terminal in described message, for example: the S-TMSI of MTC terminal or IMSI or IMEI;
In this embodiment, described message is the beep-page message that core net node is initiated, and this beep-page message paging passes to center control nodes by the mode of Non-Access Stratum signaling;
Wherein, comprised the identifying information of the MTC terminal that will call out in described beep-page message paging, having comprised: the S-TMSI of MTC terminal or IMSI or IMEI;
S403: center control nodes is determined the opportunity of the MTC terminal of calling according to the S-TMSI in described beep-page message;
S404: center control nodes arrives the interim unique identification of described MTC terminal according to the acquisition of information of described MTC terminal, this interim unique identification is as implied above, can select mac-layer address or rrc layer ID.
Then, S405: described center control nodes is sent to corresponding MTC terminal with this message related to calls by the Access Layer signaling, and then completes the calling that network side is initiated to the MTC terminal.
The present embodiment has advantages of all embodiment of front, and namely the method can be saved the redundancy of a large amount of NAS layer signalings between MTC terminal and core net node.
System embodiment:
Describe below in conjunction with the communication system of specific embodiment to MTC terminal of the present invention.
Wherein, Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the communication system of MTC terminal of the present invention;
As shown in the figure, the communication system of described MTC terminal mainly comprises:
The MTC terminal is used for the MTC end message is reported center control nodes;
Center control nodes is used for forming the Non-Access Stratum signaling corresponding with described MTC end message according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node;
Core net node is used for carrying out alternately based on described Non-Access Stratum signaling and center control nodes.
Wherein, described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
Wherein, among embodiment, described MTC terminal all is in accurate inactive state, and takes IMEI in USIM/SIM or IMSI and the core net node of equipment to carry out authentication and authentication.
Wherein, the connected mode by 3GPP between described MTC terminal and center control nodes, for example, TD-LTE; Carry out data and Signalling exchange by wireless or wired mode between described core net node and center control nodes.
And, further, carry out the transmission of described MTC end message by the Access Layer signaling between described MTC terminal and center control nodes, wherein, described Access Layer signaling comprises media access control layer signaling or radio resource control layer signaling.
In addition, because most of MTC business is all small data quantity, therefore, the present invention can utilize little bandwidth to transmit between MTC terminal and center control nodes, for example, and 1.4M; And the present invention can only concerning prior art, owing to not requiring that the MTC terminal has the function of carrying out the Non-Access Stratum Signalling exchange with core net node, therefore, reduce requirement and its design complexities of MTC terminal, and then reduce cost and the power consumption of MTC terminal;
In addition, the present invention can also utilize described center control nodes realization to the management of MTC terminal, and thus, it has improved the fail safe between MTC terminal and core net communication.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the center control nodes in the communication system of MTC terminal of the present invention is described in more detail.
In addition, according to Fig. 4, described MTC terminal further specifically comprises:
Information generating unit is used for generating the MTC end message;
Information transmitting unit is used for according to the Access Layer signaling, described MTC end message being passed to center control nodes.
And described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
Because described MTC terminal is undertaken alternately by Access Layer signaling and center control nodes, and do not need to carry out alternately with core net node, thus, reduced the Access Layer signaling protocol of MTC terminal, reduce the complexity of MTC terminal, and reduced the energy consumption of MTC terminal.
Wherein, as described in Figure 4, described center control nodes specifically comprises:
Signaling receiver module, signaling sending module and signaling transfer module, wherein, described signalling module is used for receiving MTC and transmits the next NAS layer signaling message that returns to center control nodes to MTC end message or the core net node of core net node initiation NAS layer signaling that is used to form;
What for example, reception MTC terminal transmitted is used to form to the MTC terminal access request information of the Non-Access Stratum instruction of core net node initiation network registry request; Be used to form the MTC terminal traffic accessing request information of initiating the Non-Access Stratum instruction of Operational Visit request to core net node.
Described signaling transfer module is used for generating the NAS layer signaling corresponding with described MTC end message according to described MTC end message;
Perhaps, the message after the NAS layer signaling message that center control nodes is returned to center control nodes core net node is processed converts the Access Layer signaling of returning to the MTC terminal to; For example, core net node returns comprises Non-Access Stratum signaling to the IP address of the GUTI sign of MTC terminal distribution and this MTC terminal.
Described signaling sending module is used for described NAS layer signaling sent to core net node;
Perhaps, center control nodes need to be sent to the MTC terminal to the Access Layer information that the MTC terminal is returned.
Wherein, according to said method embodiment, described center control nodes further comprises: temporary mark distribution module, address mapping module and address base module, wherein,
Described sign distribution module is used for distributing to interim unique identification of MTC terminal, and described temporary mark is the mac-layer address of MTC terminal or the rrc layer ID that distributes to the MTC terminal;
Described address mapping module is used for obtaining GUTI sign and the IP address of MTC terminal, and identifies and the IP address is shone upon one by one according to the GUTI that described interim unique identification and core net node is distributed to the MTC terminal; Described address base module, interim unique identification, the GUTI that is used for receiving and storing described MTC terminal identifies and the IP address.
Thus, described center control nodes has protocol conversion function, and center control nodes can manage the connection of various MTC terminals, thereby can reduce the expense of the related interface-free resources of MTC terminal, for the deployment of MTC terminal provides condition.
In addition, described center control nodes also according to the message of MTC terminal closedown attachment removal, is selected temporarily to preserve the relevant information of this MTC terminal or delete the relevant information of this MTC terminal in described address base module, its processing method and prior art are similar, are not described in detail at this.
It should be noted that at last: the above only is the preferred embodiments of the present invention, be not limited to the present invention, although with reference to previous embodiment, the present invention is had been described in detail, for a person skilled in the art, it still can be modified to the technical scheme that aforementioned each embodiment puts down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of doing, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., within all should being included in protection scope of the present invention.

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1. the communication means of a MTC terminal comprises:
The MTC terminal reports center control nodes with the MTC end message;
Center control nodes forms corresponding Non-Access Stratum signaling according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node.
2. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 1, is characterized in that,
Described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
3. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that,
Described MTC terminal passes to described center control nodes by the Access Layer signaling with described MTC end message.
4. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described Access Layer signaling comprises media access control layer signaling or radio resource control layer signaling.
5. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, specifically comprises in described MTC end message:
The IMSI of the SIM/USIM card of MTC terminal or equipment I MEI, and the safe key corresponding with IMSI or equipment I MEI.
6. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 5, is characterized in that, further comprises:
Core net node verifies the legitimacy of MTC terminal, gives MTC terminal distribution GUTI sign and IP address by checking;
Center control nodes is shone upon described GUTI sign one by one with the interim unique identification of MTC terminal under center control nodes.
7. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 6, is characterized in that, the interim unique identification of described MTC terminal under center control nodes is the mac-layer address of described MTC terminal or the rrc layer ID that center control nodes is distributed to the MTC terminal.
8. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described MTC end message comprises business indication type information;
Center control nodes forms corresponding Non-Access Stratum signaling according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node;
Core net node is processed the service request of MTC terminal according to described business indication type information.
9. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, further comprises:
Core net node will pass to center control nodes to the message that the MTC terminal sends, and wherein, comprise the identifying information of terminal in described message,
Center control nodes is determined to call out the opportunity of MTC terminal according to described terminal identification information, and corresponding message is passed to the MTC terminal.
10. the communication means of MTC terminal according to claim 9, is characterized in that, the identifying information of described terminal is S-TMSI or IMSI or the IMEI of MTC terminal.
11. the communication system of a MTC terminal is characterized in that, comprising:
The MTC terminal is used for the MTC end message is reported center control nodes;
Center control nodes is used for forming the Non-Access Stratum signaling corresponding with described MTC end message according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node.
12. the communication system of MTC terminal according to claim 11 is characterized in that, described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
13. the communication system of according to claim 11 or 12 described MTC terminals is characterized in that, described MTC terminal passes to described center control nodes by the Access Layer signaling with described MTC end message.
14. the communication system of according to claim 11 or 12 described MTC terminals is characterized in that, specifically comprises in described MTC end message:
The IMSI of the SIM/USIM card of MTC terminal or equipment I MEI, and the safe key corresponding with IMSI or equipment I MEI.
15. the communication system of MTC terminal according to claim 14 is characterized in that, described core net node is used for the legitimacy of MTC terminal is verified, gives MTC terminal distribution GUTI sign and IP address by checking;
Described center control nodes also is used for described GUTI sign and shines upon one by one with the interim unique identification of MTC terminal under center control nodes.
16. the communication system of MTC terminal according to claim 15 is characterized in that, the interim unique identification of described MTC terminal under center control nodes is the mac-layer address of described MTC terminal or the rrc layer ID that center control nodes is distributed to the MTC terminal.
17. the communication system of according to claim 11 or 12 described MTC terminals is characterized in that, described MTC end message comprises business indication type information;
Described center control nodes is used for forming corresponding Non-Access Stratum signaling according to described MTC end message, and described Non-Access Stratum signaling is sent to core net node;
Described core net node is used for according to described business indication type information, the service request of MTC terminal being processed.
18. the communication system of according to claim 11 or 12 described MTC terminals is characterized in that, described core net node also is used for and will passes to center control nodes to the message that the MTC terminal sends, and wherein, comprises the identifying information of terminal in described message,
Described center control nodes is used for determining to call out the opportunity of MTC terminal according to described terminal identification information, and corresponding message is passed to the MTC terminal.
19. the communication system of described MTC terminal, is characterized in that according to claim 18, the identifying information of described terminal is S-TMSI or IMSI or the IMEI of MTC terminal.
20. a center control nodes comprises:
The signaling receiver module is used for receiving the MTC end message that the MTC terminal is transmitted by the Non-Access Stratum signaling;
Signaling transfer module is used for generating the Access Layer signaling corresponding with described MTC end message according to described MTC end message;
Signaling sending module is used for sending the Non-Access Stratum signaling corresponding with described MTC end message to core net node.
21. center control nodes according to claim 20 is characterized in that, described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
22. center control nodes according to claim 20 is characterized in that, described signaling receiver module also is used for receiving the Non-Access Stratum signaling that core net node returns;
Described Non-Access Stratum signaling comprises to the GUTI of MTC terminal distribution sign and IP address.
23. center control nodes according to claim 22 is characterized in that, further comprises: temporary mark distribution module, address mapping module and address base module, wherein,
Described sign distribution module is used for distributing to the interim unique identification of MTC terminal, and described temporary mark is the mac-layer address of MTC terminal or the rrc layer ID that distributes to the MTC terminal;
Described address mapping module is used for obtaining GUTI sign and the IP address of MTC terminal, and identifies and the IP address is shone upon one by one according to the GUTI of described interim unique identification and described MTC terminal;
Described address base module, interim unique identification, the GUTI that is used for receiving and storing described MTC terminal identifies and the IP address.
24. a MTC terminal is characterized in that, comprising:
Information generating unit is used for generating the MTC end message;
Information transmitting unit is used for according to the Access Layer signaling, described MTC end message being passed to center control nodes.
25. MTC terminal according to claim 24 is characterized in that, described MTC end message is that the MTC terminal is used for initiating the necessary information of Non-Access Stratum signaling to core net node.
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