EP3884731A1 - Provision to a second operator of an access resource managed by a first operator - Google Patents
Provision to a second operator of an access resource managed by a first operatorInfo
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- EP3884731A1 EP3884731A1 EP19831777.8A EP19831777A EP3884731A1 EP 3884731 A1 EP3884731 A1 EP 3884731A1 EP 19831777 A EP19831777 A EP 19831777A EP 3884731 A1 EP3884731 A1 EP 3884731A1
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- H04W48/00—Access restriction; Network selection; Access point selection
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- H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
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- H04W84/045—Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
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- the invention request is in the field of access networks of communication architectures and aims for a first operator to delegate access resources from a local network to a second operator with a view to having this second operator improves its service offer to its own customers.
- a Femtocell device includes an antenna providing radio connectivity to a customer.
- the Femtocell device is connected to a line of a customer access network (fixed or mobile).
- a customer access network fixed or mobile
- Such a device is offered to customers who do not have cellular radio coverage at home.
- this device also called “Home eNodeB” (HeNB)
- HeNB Home eNodeB
- a HeNB scans its environment and if it detects in the vicinity the
- the device is therefore used to provide radio connectivity, from an access network, to a customer located in a geographical area lacking operator radio coverage for a given frequency.
- Femtocells devices are also relevant to allow the propagation of millimeter waves, that is to say covering frequencies from 30 to 300 GHz inside buildings.
- Femtocells devices are only sold to users of the mobile network if the user, who also has a fixed broadband subscription of copper or fiber type, can justify that he has no mobile coverage on his fixed connection area. , most often corresponding to his domicile. This is a temporary solution because the antenna of the Femtocell device is deactivated as soon as the operator subsequently covers this area (we then say that the operator densifies its mobile network) by the deployment of an antenna connected to the mobile infrastructure.
- a customer, buying a Femtocell device therefore sees this unused device once the operator associated with the Femtocell deploys an antenna densifying its mobile infrastructure and allowing the customer to have a wireless connection without using the Femtocell device.
- a Femtocell device is also associated with a single operator. Indeed, the Femtocell device transmits on a frequency range corresponding to the range available to the operator of the mobile infrastructure.
- a Femtocell device cannot Besides being used in a different geographic area than the one for which it was sold. Its position is in fact regularly checked and a detection of a location outside the planned area leads to its deactivation.
- a Femtocell device cannot be used concurrently with an operator's radio infrastructure associated with the Femtocell device because the Femtocell device and the radio infrastructure transmit on the same frequency bands and the activation of the Femtocell device in an area where radio signal is detectable on an identical frequency band would cause disturbance or interference and a poor quality of experience for customers in the area.
- FIG 1 illustrates the framework for using a Femtocell device.
- the Femtocell device located in zone 1 is deactivated because an antenna of a mobile network, called macro antenna, broadcasts in the geographical area (Zone 1) where the Femtocell Femto device is located on the same frequency as it.
- zone 2 devoid of radio coverage by a macro antenna, the Femtocell Femto device is activated and provides radio coverage for the terminals located in this zone.
- Femtocells devices are configured, most often via a HeNB mgt (Management) device, for example using the TR069 protocol
- the object of the present invention is to remedy these drawbacks.
- the invention improves the situation using a method of temporarily providing an access resource of a local network of a customer of a first operator for at least a second operator, said network. local being connected to a
- said access resource being initially able to allow access to a communication service to at least one terminal of the client, the provisioning method being implemented by a configuration entity of the first operator , able to modify at least one parameter of the access resource, and comprising:
- the access resources for example of the Femtocell type
- deployed in the local networks of operator infrastructures are specific to the operators and are not shared between the operators.
- Local networks are residential networks, also called home networks, or professional networks.
- the access gateways also called boxes, which are access resources are specific to each operator and another operator cannot provide its own customers with access to boxes managed by another operator.
- the method makes it possible to release these constraints by allowing a second operator to be able to use the services of a device for accessing an infrastructure of a first operator for its own customers.
- This method has the advantage, for the first operator, to make profitable its investments on the access devices and for the second operator to limit its own investments to update its own communication infrastructure, to be able to extend its offer of services intended for its customers, or even to be able to adapt to a sudden event in a given geographical area by relying on the devices of other operators offering services in the area.
- the method also allows customers deploying local networks, at their home or their business, to be able to obtain a remuneration from their operator for the provision of an access device to another operator.
- the provision method further comprises a step of periodically receiving a notification message comprising a set of connectivity criteria relating to the access resource prior to the step of sending. of the offer message.
- the provision of access resources for a second operator requires the first operator to regularly collect data informing the first operator if the access resources can actually be made available to the second operator. This collection makes it possible to select the resources that can be made available and not to impact access to communication services by the client.
- the set of connectivity criteria of the provisioning method comprises at least one of the following parameters:
- cell identifier a transmission zone identifier, called cell identifier, relating to the location of the access resource
- the various criteria received allow the configuration device to apply provisioning policies and to construct a precise offer so that the second operator can decide whether a request for provision is possible and if so, to specify the request.
- the provisioning method further comprises a step of transmitting to a device for interconnecting a communication infrastructure of the first operator and a communication infrastructure of the other. at least a second operator, a configuration message for said device.
- the purpose of providing a second operator with the access resource is to provide customers of the second operator with access capacities for their own services.
- the routing of data relating to these services must be routed and possibly processed by the second operator.
- the configuration of an interconnection device makes it possible to route the flows of an access resource, for example a Femtocell device, to the infrastructure of the second operator by updating the configuration of a interconnection between the infrastructures of the two operators.
- the provisioning method further comprises a step of receiving compensation data from the client as a function of the configuration message sent.
- the method assumes that the access resources are available and that the client, for example, does not turn off his Femtocell box or device when he is not using it, or when he does not move the antenna. Excluding the activation of the Femtocell box consumes resources, particularly energy, and this consumption can lead the customer to render the Femtocell box inoperative if it is not used. In order to compensate for this consumption of resources and encourage as many customers as possible to make their access resources available, a remuneration for the customers in return for the provision of their access resources is implemented.
- the compensation data may correspond to free access time, pecuniary data or even discounts on certain products or services of the first operator.
- the service data of the provisioning method comprises at least one frequency band.
- Access resources can only transmit on a limited and standardized number of frequency bands.
- the second operator has authorization to transmit on certain frequency bands.
- the information on a frequency band allows the second operator to be able to respond effectively or not to the offer, knowing that in the absence of agreement between the frequency bands in the offer and the transmission capacities of the second operator , the latter has no interest in transmitting a request.
- the method of making available further comprises a step of receiving from the management equipment of the at least one second operator a message for updating the request for made available following the transmission of the configuration message of the access resource.
- the second operator can note, following the configuration of the access resource by the first operator, that the customer does not have enough speed or wishes to access to new services from the second operator.
- the method then includes a possibility of updating the provision of an access resource, once it is used by the second operator.
- the request message of the provisioning method comprises information relating to an application.
- the first operator identifies the services that can be activated on the antenna based on the QoS of the access used, the capabilities of the femtocell device, etc.
- the second operator can thus decide, depending on the services available, to benefit from access resources for a particular service, for example, so that its customers can transmit and receive real-time services (video, audio, etc.) and services. streaming.
- the first operator configures the access resources made available to filter, for example, certain services.
- the at least one parameter of the provisioning method relates to an application.
- the first operator limits access to the access resource by clients of the second operator only to certain applications so that the networks of the first operator are not impacted by excessively large data flows and / or by data not secure for example. This also allows the first operator to guarantee the second operator the quality of service necessary for the application.
- the at least one parameter of the provisioning method relates to a network slice, called a network slice, allocated to the transport of data from the at least one second operator.
- network slices also called network slices
- the configuration of network slices makes it possible to transmit and receive data on equipment, physical or virtualized, appropriately configured to guarantee the requirements of the data transported on these slices.
- the allocation of a network slice to the traffic of the second operator on the access resources made available makes it possible to isolate and differentiate the different flows in the access networks.
- the provisioning method further comprises a step of sending to the management equipment the at least one second operator of data for the use of access resources by the at least a second operator.
- Usage data relating to the second operator i.e. consumed by the second operator or by client terminals of the second operator, may be used by the second operator to update its own network infrastructure .
- a significant use of access resources belonging to the first operator can in fact lead it to deploy its own resources in a given geographical area and close to the access resources of the first operator (i.e. close to Femtocell).
- the invention also relates to a device for the temporary provision of an access resource of a local network of a customer of a first operator for at least a second operator, said local network being connected to an infrastructure of
- said access resource being initially capable of allow access to a communication service to at least one client terminal, the device being able to modify at least one parameter of the resource, and comprising:
- a message comprising at least one service item, of an offer to make the access resource available to management equipment of the at least one second operator
- a receiver capable of receiving a request message for the provision of the access resource, prepared by the management equipment of the at least one second operator from the at least one data item received.
- This device capable of implementing in all of its embodiments the provisioning method which has just been described, is intended to be implemented in an operator's configuration or control equipment.
- the invention also relates to a system for the temporary provision of an access resource of a local network of a customer of a first operator for at least a second operator, said local network being connected to an infrastructure of
- said access resource being initially able to allow access to a communication service to at least one terminal of the client, comprising:
- the access resource capable of receiving from the configuration entity a configuration message of at least one parameter.
- the invention also relates to a computer program comprising instructions for implementing the steps of the provisioning method which has just been described, when this program is executed by a processor.
- This program can use any programming language, and be in the form of source code, object code, or intermediate code between source code and object code, such as in a partially compiled form, or in any other desirable form.
- the invention also relates to an information medium readable by a computer, and comprising instructions of the computer program as mentioned above.
- the information medium can be any entity or device capable of storing the programs.
- the support may include a storage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectronic circuit ROM, or also a magnetic recording means, or a hard disk.
- the information medium can be a transmissible medium such as an electrical or optical signal, which can be routed via an electrical or optical cable, by radio or by other means.
- the program according to the invention can in particular be downloaded from a network of the Internet type.
- the information medium can be an integrated circuit in which the program is incorporated, the circuit being adapted to execute or to be used in the execution of the process in question.
- FIG 2 presents a simplified view of a communication architecture according to a prior technique
- FIG 3 presents a simplified view of a communication architecture in which the provisioning method is implemented according to one aspect of the invention
- FIG 4 presents an overview of the provision method according to a first embodiment
- FIG 5 presents an overview of the provision method according to a second embodiment
- FIG 6 shows an example of the structure of a delivery device according to one aspect of the invention.
- FIG 2 presents a simplified view of a communication architecture according to a prior technique.
- Network 1 is said to be fixed, that is to say that it offers services based on a fixed architecture, such as an architecture based on xDSL or Fiber type technologies.
- Network 2 is a mobile type network. This network 2 offers services to the customers of an operator B on a mobile architecture, for example based on technologies originating from the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) or 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project).
- Network 3 is also a mobile type network and this network is operated by an operator C.
- the local network 18 comprises an access point 11 offering wireless access, for example of the cellular type, to the terminal 100.
- the local network 18 is connected to a node 12 of fixed or mobile connection of the network 1.
- the local network 18 may be a home local area network or a corporate network and it may be connected to node 12 via the access point 11 or by other equipment of the local area network 18.
- Node 12 may for example be a BNG type equipment ( Broadband Network Gateway) or Router-type equipment.
- the node 12 is itself connected to a device 13 for interconnection with the network 10.
- This network 10 is a data transport network for
- routing of these to the application servers can for example be a mobile-type core network.
- Network 2 comprises two radio transmitters 110 and 120, to which the terminal 200 can be attached, and these two transmitters are respectively connected to two routers 22 and 23 themselves connected to an interconnection device 24. This device
- interconnection 24 is itself, according to a particular case, connected to the transport network 10. It could also be a transport network separate from network 10.
- the mobile network 3 itself comprises a radio antenna 310 allowing the terminal 300, customer of operator C, to access multimedia services, specific to operator C or not.
- the radio antenna 310 is connected to the interconnection device 32 of the network 3. This device 32 interconnects the network 3 with a transport network 30.
- the terminals 100, 200, 300 can respectively only attach to networks 1, via the local network 18, 2 and 3 because they are respectively customers of operators A, B and C administering the respective networks 1 , 2 and 3. If the operators A and B are identical, it is possible that the two terminals 100 and 200 can be attached indifferently to the access point 11 and to the radio antennas 110 and 120 but this supposes that the terminals are identified and recognized in architectures 1 and 2. This may be the case for a converged operator, having a fixed architecture such as network 1 and a mobile architecture such as network 2. If the access point 11 transmits on frequencies identical to antennas 110 and 120,
- the access point 11 is most often deployed when the client of the terminal 100 cannot receive the radio signal from the antennas 110 and 120.
- the access point 11 is deployed in the local network 18 of the customer's home. terminal 100 to make it benefit from radio coverage in the absence of radio coverage by the antennas 110 and 120.
- the access point 11 can receive the signals from one of the antennas 110 and 120 or from a new antenna deployed in the network 2, then the access point 11, which is for example a Femtocell access point, is deactivated and it becomes inoperative and useless for the terminal 100 but also for any terminal.
- the terminal 300 is possibly out of range of the antenna 310 but within range of the access point 11 but cannot attach to it because the customer owning the terminal 300 is a customer of the operator C and cannot be identified and recognized by the network 1 preventing the terminal 300 from connecting to the network 1 via the network 18.
- FIG. 3 a simplified view of a communication architecture is presented in which the provisioning method is implemented according to one aspect of the invention.
- FIG 3 it is considered that operator C, administering network 3, has no agreement with operator A, administering network 1 to which the local network 18 is connected. It is furthermore considered that the access point 11 of the local network 18 of the client having the terminal 100 can connect to the antenna 110 which is administered by operator B, having an agreement with operator A or else which is the same as the operator A, which makes the access point 11 for the terminal 100 unnecessary.
- the terminal 300 of a customer of the operator C is out of range of the antenna 310, ie for reasons of too long distance between the terminal 300 and the antenna 310, either because the antenna 310 is inoperative. It is therefore impossible for the terminal 300 to access multimedia services using the network 3 of operator C since it has no connectivity with a network of operator C.
- the terminal 300 is however under cover of the access point 11 of the local network 18, the operator C having been informed, by the operator A, of the availability of the access point 11 of the operator A, of its capacity, its geographic location, as specified in [Fig 5].
- the terminal 300 once the access point 11 is configured so that terminals of operator C can be attached to it, can then connect to the access point 11. It is also necessary to route the flows from terminal 300 to a network of operator C so that the client having the terminal 300 can access the services offered by operator C and be subject to the security, quality of service and billing policies specific to operator C.
- the interconnection device 13 of network 1 is dynamically connected to the device 32 of the network 3 to route the data flows from the terminal 300 to the network 3 then the network 30.
- FIG 4 presents an overview of the provisioning method according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- networks 1 and 3 are only shown, knowing that the objective of the method is to make available to operator C, administering network 3, an access point 11 of a local network 18 belonging to a client of network 1, network 1 being administered by operator A.
- the access point 11 of the local network is initially only intended to ensure a connection to the terminals of the client having the local network 18, this client with a contract with operator A.
- the access point 11, according to this embodiment, is an access resource of the Home eNodeB type (named HeNB in the text below).
- the access resource can also be a residential gateway called box or even an access router of a professional local network.
- the HeNB transmits service information to the service management entity 15 of a set of HeNBs.
- the HeNB 11 thus sends messages, possibly periodically, to the entity 15 which analyzes the data.
- the entity 15 also receives service information from the interconnection device 13 which is called HeNBGW in this embodiment.
- HeNBGW the interconnection device 13
- the HeNBGW entity 13 Apart from the role of interconnection with the mobile core network 10, the HeNBGW entity 13 also has the role of aggregating the traffic originating from the different HeNBs deployed in the network 1 to the network 10.
- the data analysis entity 15 obtains information from HeNB 11 and HeNBGW 13 directly or through an entity 17
- HeNB-Mgt administration of resources
- these resources being HeNB 11 and HeNBGW 13.
- this entity 17 HeNB-Mgt transmits to entity 15 only the information useful for the provisioning process among the all the information transmitted to it by HeNB 11 and HeNBGW 13.
- This HeNB-Mgt 17 entity can also be used to configure HeNB 11 and HeNBGW 13, for example by using the TR069 protocol (https: // www .broadband- forum.org/technical/download/TR-196_Issue-2.pdf).
- the HeNB 11 and the HeNBGW 13 transmit their service information directly to the data analysis entity 15.
- Entity 15 analyzes information on the use of resources from HeNB 11, for example by collecting information from HeNb-Mgt 17, in addition to information from HeNBGW 13 on users who have logged in. This identifies the volume of traffic generated by:
- the owner of the HeNB links it from the analysis of the connection data from the terminals of the owner of the HeNB 11 on his antenna and counting tickets (CDR) of the mobile core containing the usage information of the HeNB 11a from the recording data (Logs) of the HeNBGW 13,
- HeNBGW 13 HeNBGW 13
- HeNB 11 can provide various services identified in particular by network sections and this information on the network sections can influence whether or not HeNB 11 is made available as well as the services offered to operator C on HeNB 11 .
- the analysis entity 15 can optionally obtain information from the fixed or mobile network 1 in order to know the characteristics of the fixed or mobile access used to route the data of the local network 18 and of the HeNB 11 (types of fixed access (Fiber , xDSL ...), types of mobile access (5G, 4G, 3G) speed, quality of service ). According to another example, the entity 15 can collect information from other entities of the fixed network 1 and / or of the mobile network 10 so as to have as precise a knowledge as possible of the capacities of the HeNB 11. Thus, the entity 15 can potentially
- HeNB-Mgt 17 AMF (Core Access and Mobility Management Function), SMF (Session Management Function) Certainly (F AMF and SMF are not shown in the figure) to collect information that will decide whether or not to make the HeNB 11 available.
- a HeNB 11 context identifier relating to a session can be used to link all of the service information relating to this session.
- the entity 15 analyzes it and transmits to the configuration entity 16 a notification message comprising a set of connectivity criteria of the HeNB 11. This message is transmitted periodically to take into account the variations in criteria and allow entity 16 to establish a supply offer adapted to variations in context.
- a location parameter of the HeNB 11 can be information of the GPS (Global Positioning System) type, an IP address (Internet Protocol) allocated to the HeNB on the fixed network 1 or any other information allowing the geographic or logical location of the HeNB 11.
- a transmission zone identifier such as a cell identifier where the HeNB 11 is located, can also be transmitted to the entity 16. It can for example be the PLMN-Id network identifier (Public Land Mobile Network identifier) and / or a Cell-Id cell identifier and / or a LAI (Location Area Identifier) / TAI (Tracking Area Identifier) .
- a HeNB 11 identifier can also be transmitted.
- a speed value between the local network 18, in which the HeNB 11 is deployed, and the fixed network 1 can also be transmitted to the entity 16 as well as information relating to the client, such as for example a client identifier. This information will have been previously collected or extracted from the service information, by the entity 15 for analysis with HeNB 11, HeNbGw 13, entity 17 or any other entity of the fixed network 1 or of the mobile network 10.
- the configuration entity 16 then transmits a HeNB 11 provision offer to one or more operators and receives in return a HeNB 11 provision request message from one or more operators to whom an offer has been transmitted. These two steps are not shown in [Fig 4] but will be explained in [Fig 5].
- the entity 16 When the entity 16 has received one or more request messages from one or more operators, it updates the configuration of the HeNB 11 and the HeNBGW 13 so that clients of this (or these) operators can connect to HeNB 11 and that the data of these customers can be routed over the networks of this (or these operators).
- the terminal 300, client of the operator C administering the network 3 can connect to the HeNB 11 following the configuration of the HeNB 11 and the traffic from the terminal 300 is routed in the networks 3 and 30 of operator C by configuring HeNBGW 13. This is possible because
- operator C has issued a request for the provision of the access resource (HeNB 11) to operator A
- operator A validated the request for provision and configured the HeNB 11 and possibly also the HeNBGW 13 so that terminals of the customers of operator C, such as terminal 300, can effectively connect to the HeNB 11 and access their services as if they were connected directly to the network 3.
- operator A decides to make available the HeNB 11 not used by the customer having this HeNB 11, by exposing its configuration, through a set of parameters, to operator C.
- Operator C can thus use this HeNB 11 for the needs of its customers.
- the operator A can nevertheless preserve the security of the HeNB 11 by exposing only a few parameters to the operator A.
- the configuration of the HeNB 11 by the operator A can indeed consist in delegating the administration of the HeNB to the operator C but by preventing certain parameters of the HeNB 11 from being accessible to the operator C, thus allowing the operator A to keep control over the HeNB 11.
- FIG 5 presents an overview of the provisioning method according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- the terminal 100 is a smartphone or any equipment capable of attaching to the access resource 11, a Femtocell device (named Femtocell in the following text), on a frequency band fl specific to an operator A.
- the terminal 100 belongs to a client of operator A and is connected to the access resource 11 using the frequency band fl during step E0.
- the Femtocell 11 is deactivated for the terminal 100 because the Femtocell lia detected that an antenna, which can be an eNodeB, a NodeB or a radio antenna of a 5G network, of the infrastructure of the operator A transmits on the frequency band fl and the signal received from this antenna allows the terminal 100 to attach to it.
- the Femtocell 11 is therefore deactivated for the client of terminal 100.
- the interconnection device 13 responsible for interconnecting the network 1 of operator A with other networks, in particular managed by other operators, transmits service information to the entity 17 management of access resources.
- the device 13 can for example be a router or a proxy.
- the service information sent concerns for example the volume of data managed by the device 13 as well as its configuration in terms of security and protection.
- step E3 the Femtocell 11 also transmits service information to the management entity 17.
- service information also called F AP (Femto Access Point) services in the terminology of the TR-069 protocol mentioned above, is provided below:
- Control activation of SON services, certificate of association with device 13).
- PLMN-ID Cell ID
- FAI Cell ID
- TAI Cell ID
- neighbor list interRAT
- IntraRAT voice, video, ..
- REM Radio Environment Measurement
- verification of network location information on neighboring cells
- information on neighboring cells identifier, radio power, frequency, FAC (Focation Area Code), RAC (Routing Area Code Certainly )
- CSG-Id Content Services Gateway Identifier
- ACF Access Control Fists
- HeNB-Identifier Number of CSG users (IMSI, MSISDN) of the CSG terminal group) ... address IP HenB-mgt 17, Device
- Transport security of transport protocols (SCTP (@IP IP Address Stream Control Transmission Protocol), IPSEC Security association) and QoS (measurement of transport (lost packet rate, volume 7) by type of service (SCTP, RTP ( Real Time Protocol), Real Time, Best effort))
- SCTP Security of transport protocols
- IPSEC Security association IP IP Address Stream Control Transmission Protocol
- QoS measure of transport (lost packet rate, volume 7) by type of service (SCTP, RTP ( Real Time Protocol), Real Time, Best effort))
- GPS location of Femtocell 11, blocking of Femtocell 11 if not located at coordinates accepted by operator A
- step E4 the administration entity 17 transmits to the analysis entity 15 connectivity parameters which are then aggregated with service information that the entity 16 has previously received from access resources 11 and 13.
- NWDA Network Data Analytics
- the entity 15 can further determine that if critical applications are activated on a Femtocell, an extensive collection of connectivity parameters is carried out so as not to offer the Femtocell 11 and impact the supply of these critical applications.
- the entity 15 can also obtain connectivity parameters from other equipment (MME (Mobility Management Entity), SMF (Session Management Function (7)) to refine its analysis of access resources.
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- SMF Session Management Function
- information on the network slices associated with the services deployed on the access resources can be obtained.
- Fe Femtocell being attached to a fixed network, the entity 15 can also obtain information from entities of the fixed network, in particular information relating to the speed, the type of access, the parameters of Quality of Service.
- Fe Femtocell can also be attached to a mobile access network, entity 15 can also obtain information relating to the flow, type access, to the Quality of Service parameters of this mobile network.
- Information relating to the local network in which the Femtocell 11 is located can also be collected by the analysis entity 15.
- the access resources 11 and 13 can transmit their connectivity parameters directly to the analysis entity 15 and that the sending to the entity 17 is an embodiment.
- step E5 the analysis entity 15 transmits to the configuration entity 16 a notification message comprising a set of connectivity criteria relating to the Femtocell device 11.
- the entity 16 is for example a NEF (Network) device Exposure function).
- NEF Network
- the device 15 can consider that the Femtocell 11 is not used by the client and can be proposed to the configuration entity 16 .
- the connectivity criteria include information relevant to the receiving operators of a possible supply offer, such as location parameters of the Femtocell 11 device, a transmission zone identifier, an identifier of the Femtocell 11 device, a value of debit for the Femtocell 11 device, a date and duration of validity of the Femtocell 11 device as well as information relating to the client of the terminal 100. It should be noted that step E5, like steps E2, E3 and E4, can be reproduced periodically, in particular according to variations in parameters and therefore connectivity criteria.
- the configuration entity 16 transmits to an entity 19 for managing a second operator C an offer message for providing the Femtocell device 11.
- This message which can be transmitted to multiple operators, includes service data.
- service data are for example bands f2, f3, f4 of frequencies which can be used by the operator C as well as some of the criteria obtained from the analysis entity 15 during step E5.
- the configuration entity 16 receives a message for requesting the provision of the Femtocell device 11 coming from the entity 19 for managing the second operator C.
- the offer message transmitted during the step E6 included frequency bands f2, f3, f4, then the operator C, in particular if he has obtained one of these frequency bands from a regulatory authority, can transmit the request comprising the band in question.
- the frequency band can correspond to a frequency.
- the request message transmitted may also include information relating to an application, indicating for example that the operator C wants to have the Femtocell device so that his customers can use one or more applications indicated in the request message.
- the information can for example indicate TV, Real-time, Streaming, VoIP according to the application or the type of application to be made available to its customers by the operator C.
- step E8 the configuration entity 16 sends a configuration message of at least one parameter of the Femtocell device 11, triggered following the request message received during step E7 potentially via the management entity 17 which manages femtocells.
- This configuration message aims to modify parameters of the Femtocell 11 device so that the terminal 300, of a client of operator C, can connect to it and thus access services as if it were directly, this is i.e. without network intermediary like local network 18 and network 1 of [Fig 4], attached to a network managed by operator C.
- the parameter can be a frequency band.
- the Femtocell device 11 is configured to transmit data using this frequency band f2 and no longer the frequency band fl previously configured by the operator A for the client owning the terminal 100.
- the parameter can correspond to one or more applications.
- the configuration can consist in prohibiting or authorizing certain application ports depending in particular on the request message received.
- the parameter can, according to another example, be information relating to a network slice, allocated to the transport of the data of operator C. In the case where operator A wishes to route the traffic of the customers of the different operators, and in particular of the operator C, on specific network sections, it is then advisable to configure for example the network section corresponding to the frequency band and / or of applications authorized for the operator C.
- Femtocell 11 administration of Femtocell 11 is delegated to operator C for the time that this device is made available to it.
- This delegation assumes, however, that certain parameters of the Femtocell 11 are not under the control of the operator C so that the operator A retains certain prerogatives over the Femtocell 11.
- the table in Annex 1 at the end of the description gives an example of parameters under the control of operator A and parameters accessible to operator C during the provision of the Femtocell device via operator C.
- the configuration entity 16 sends a configuration message for the device 13 for interconnection between the network of operator A and the network of operator C so that the flows of data from terminal 300 are routed to the network of operator C, thus allowing terminal 300 to access the services of operator C and authorizing processing by operator C of the data sent and received by terminal 300 via potentially the management entity 17 which manages the Femtocells gateways.
- the configuration entity 16, during step E10 transmits to the entity 19 for managing the operator C usage data of the Femtocell device by the terminal 300. These data allow to operator C to have a follow-up of the use of the Femtocell 11 device by its customers, and also to verify a possible invoicing of the process of provision by operator A to operator C.
- the operator management entity 19 C transmits, during step E11, to the configuration entity 16 an acknowledgment message for the provision of the Femtocell device 11, indicating that the operator C has verified that the setting available complies with the request for provision and that operator A can issue billing tickets for this provision.
- the operator C can also decide to modify the request for provision, during step E12, for example so that the terminal 300 has more bit rates or accesses more applications.
- the management entity 19 of the operator C sends an update message to the availability request message, once the configuration of the Femtocell device 11 has taken place.
- This update message includes an updated parameter or a new parameter that was not included in the previous provisioning request.
- step E13 which can, according to an alternative, take place just after step E8, the terminal 300 belonging to a client of an operator C can attach to the device 11 Femtocell of a client of the operator A, this device being made available to operator C.
- FIG 7 an example of the structure of a delivery device is presented, according to one aspect of the invention.
- the provisioning device 80 implements the provisioning method, of which various embodiments have just been described.
- Such a device 80 can be implemented in a configuration device.
- the configuration device can be an equipment of a fixed network or a mobile network.
- the configuration device may in particular be a NEF type device for a fifth generation 3GPP network.
- the device 80 comprises a processing unit 830, equipped for example with an mR microprocessor, and controlled by a computer program 810, stored in a memory 820 and implementing the method of provision according to the invention.
- a computer program 810 stored in a memory 820 and implementing the method of provision according to the invention.
- the code instructions of the computer program 810 are for example loaded into a RAM memory, before being executed by the processor of the processing unit 830.
- Such a device 80 comprises:
- a transmitter 83 capable of transmitting
- Off message comprising at least one service item, offering to make available an access resource to at least one second operator
- a receiver 84 capable of receiving a Req message requesting the availability of the access resource, prepared by the at least one second operator from the at least one data item received.
- the provisioning method allows an operator to be able to delay a deployment of a communications infrastructure or even to abandon it by relying on the resources of another operator.
- Client access devices are most often associated with a given operator and are generally not shared or loaned to clients of another operator.
- the provisioning method aimed at assigning a device for accessing a client of a first operator to the routing of data from a client of a second operator, allows the first operator to enrich the supply of services of the access devices that it manages, and the second operator not to invest in new architectures but by guaranteeing access to its customers a more geographically and temporally accessible access offer.
- the provision process is based on a process of collaboration between operators allowing their respective customers to benefit from this collaboration, the former benefiting from a better access offer and the latter being compensated for this provision. .
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