CN101106778A - GPRS implementation method and system based on one-in-multiple number SIM card - Google Patents

GPRS implementation method and system based on one-in-multiple number SIM card Download PDF

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CN101106778A
CN101106778A CNA2007101180406A CN200710118040A CN101106778A CN 101106778 A CN101106778 A CN 101106778A CN A2007101180406 A CNA2007101180406 A CN A2007101180406A CN 200710118040 A CN200710118040 A CN 200710118040A CN 101106778 A CN101106778 A CN 101106778A
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The invention relates to a method, a system, and an access SGSN server for performing general grouping wireless business based on one-card-multi-number. The system includes an access data business platform server, a one-card-multi-number platform server, and an access SGSN server. The access SGSN server includes a first query module, an allocation module, and a communication module. With the invention, roaming visiting client can use the access business conveniently without paying the high roaming cost, which is beneficial to satisfy requirements of users for business application during roaming, promote the development of digital business, and promote cooperation of global operators.

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GPRS implementation method and system based on one-card multi-number
Technical field
The present invention relates to data service implementation method and system, relate in particular to GPRS (General Packet Radio Service based on the one-card multi-number technology, hereinafter to be referred as: GPRS) data service implementation method and system belong to data communication field.
Background technology
The one-card multi-number technology is a kind ofly to be cooperated and a kind of mobile communication technology that can be applicable in the international roaming service of realizing by local operator and operator overseas.The one-card multi-number technology allows the client at a client identification module (Subscriber Identity Module, abbreviation SIM) disposes two telephone numbers simultaneously on the card, one is the major number that local operator provides, and another is the minor number that is provided by visit ground operator.When the client is in the local network scope, can insert local network by major number; When customers' place during at access zone network, can pass through the minor number access network, provide call service by access zone network for this client.The calling that the client is undertaken by minor number compares with common international roaming expenses standard that can to enjoy certain rate preferential.
GPRS can provide wireless packet data service for the mobile subscriber.Existing GPRS network structure when visiting portable terminal is in access zone network, at first is connected to GPRS support node (Serving GPRS Supporting Node, the abbreviation: SGSN) on visit ground as shown in Figure 1; Visit ground SGSN is connected to ownership place gateway GPRS support node, and (Gateway GPRS Supporting Node is called for short: GGSN); Homing GGSN distributes private IP address and is connected to corresponding network address for the portable terminal of should coming to visit according to terminal use's attribute.
The defective of prior art is: when the user roams into access zone network, existing gprs service can not adopt the one-card multi-number technology as speech business, make the Freight Basis of gprs service still will calculate according to the common international roaming expenses standard of great number, make the client can't enjoy preferential rate, hindered professional popularization.
Summary of the invention
The problem to be solved in the present invention is: can make visiting user use the gprs service on visit ground by the one-card multi-number technology, and not increase the roaming cost of great number.
In order to address the above problem, one embodiment of the present of invention have provided a kind of GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number, wherein, comprising:
After visit ground SGSN server receives the data service request message that carries destination address that comes from visiting portable terminal, send the minor number inquiry request message of the terminal major number that carries described visiting portable terminal to the one-card multi-number platform server;
The one-card multi-number platform server replies to visit ground SGSN server according to described terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number;
Visit ground SGSN server is that described visiting portable terminal distributes private IP address according to described terminal minor number, and according to described destination address this private IP address and described data service request message is sent to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump;
Visit ground data service platform server carries out data information transfer according to described private IP address and described visiting portable terminal.
In order to address the above problem, an alternative embodiment of the invention has provided a kind of GPRS based on one-card multi-number and has realized system, wherein, comprise: visit ground data service platform server, one-card multi-number platform server and visit ground SGSN server, wherein
Visit ground SGSN server, be used for according to the data service request message that carries destination address that comes from visiting portable terminal, by one-card multi-number platform server lookup relevant terminal minor number, according to this terminal minor number is that described visiting portable terminal distributes private IP address, and according to described destination address this private IP address and described data service request message is sent to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump;
The one-card multi-number platform server is used for replying to visit ground SGSN server according to described terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number;
Visit ground data service platform server carries out data information transfer according to described private IP address and described visiting portable terminal.
In order to address the above problem, another embodiment of the present invention has provided a kind of visit ground SGSN server, wherein, comprising:
First enquiry module is used for according to the data service request message that carries destination address that comes from visiting portable terminal, by one-card multi-number platform server lookup relevant terminal minor number;
Distribution module, the secondary sign indicating number of terminal that is used for obtaining according to first enquiry module distributes private IP address for described visiting portable terminal;
Communication module is used for sending to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump according to the data service request message that described destination address will be received by the privately owned I P address and first enquiry module of module assigns.
By the present invention, can make the visiting user of roaming be convenient to use visit ground business, and need not to pay the wandering fee of great number, to demand, the long-distance development that promotes data service of satisfying the use business during user's roaming, promote that the cooperation of global operator all is very favorable.
Below by drawings and Examples, technical scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.
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Fig. 1 is a system construction drawing of realizing gprs service in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the embodiment of the invention 1 described gprs service implementation method;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the method for the embodiment of the invention 1 described application minor number;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation that the embodiment of the invention 2 described gprs services are realized system.
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Embodiment 1
Present embodiment provides a kind of GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number, as shown in Figure 2, comprising:
Step 101, visiting portable terminal sends the data service request message that carries destination address to visit ground SGSN server.
Wherein, visiting portable terminal is meant the portable terminal that roams in the access zone network.Data service is meant that (Wireless Application Protocol, be called for short: WAP) web page browsing etc. is based on the business of GPRS technology as WAP (wireless application protocol).Destination address is meant the address of the visit ground data service platform server that above-mentioned data service can be provided.
Step 102, after visit ground SGSN server receives the data service request message, send the minor number inquiry request message of the terminal major number carry visiting portable terminal to the one-card multi-number platform server, be used to inquire about the terminal minor number that is associated with this terminal major number.
Wherein, the one-card multi-number platform server is mainly used in the distributing terminals minor number, and the unified management one card multi-number business.The terminal major number is exactly mobile subscriber's international number (Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network, the abbreviation: MSISDN) number of the portable terminal of existing user's use.When the user is in the access network, will use this number logging in network automatically.The terminal minor number is the number that cooperation operator provides, and is the MSISDN of cooperation operator, when the client roams with access, will automatically switch to this number.
Step 103, the one-card multi-number platform server replies to visit ground SGSN server according to described terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number.Particularly, can attaching position register (HomeLocation Register, hereinafter to be referred as: HLR) according to terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number.
Step 104, visit ground SGSN server distributes privately owned I P address according to the terminal minor number for visiting portable terminal, and according to the destination address that carries in the data service request message this private IP address and data service request message is sent to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump;
Wherein, private IP address is to distribute to portable terminal to make it and provide the data service platform server of data, services to carry out data communication based on the GPRS technology.When visiting portable terminal will be asked the GPRS data service, can send the data service request message that carries destination address, this destination address can be purpose domain name addresses or purpose IP address.When this destination address was the purpose domain name addresses, at first (DomainName System was called for short: DNS) inquiry corresponding target IP address in the server visit ground SGSN server in this step in domain name mapping according to this purpose domain name addresses; According to the purpose IP address that inquires private IP address and data service request message are sent to the corresponding visit ground data service platform server with this purpose IP address in the lump again.
Step 105, visit ground data service platform server carries out data information transfer according to the private IP address and the visiting portable terminal that receive, to realize the GPRS data service.Particularly, visit ground data service platform server and visiting portable terminal carry out data information transfer via visit ground SGSN server.
Before Figure 3 shows that visiting portable terminal is between access network requests GPRS data service, the process of application minor number.
Step 201, visiting portable terminal is by (the Mobile Switch Center of mobile switching centre, be called for short: MSC) server sends the minor number login request message that carries the terminal major number, terminal minor number of request registration to the one-card multi-number platform server.
Step 202, the one-card multi-number platform server is at attaching position register (Home LocationRegister, be called for short: whether this terminal major number of inquiry has had the terminal minor number that is associated HLR), if having, then keeps original terminal minor number constant; Otherwise, when not having the terminal minor number that is associated, execution in step 203.
Step 203, one-card multi-number platform server are that this terminal major number distributes a terminal minor number, and are associated with this terminal major number and are kept among the HLR.
Need to prove herein by step 202, whether this terminal major number of inquiry has had the terminal minor number that is associated before the distributing terminals minor number, can avoid repeating the branch terminal and join minor number, saves number resource.If but the one-card multi-number platform server can obtain the relevant information whether this terminal major number has had the terminal minor number that is associated by other modes; When perhaps if system does not need to consider the number resource problem, step 202 also is omissible, and promptly the one-card multi-number platform server is received after the minor number login request message and can be directly to be distributed a terminal minor number for wherein terminal major number.
By the described method of present embodiment, visit ground SGSN server has distributed private IP address for the terminal minor number automatically, make visiting user carry out data information transfer, to realize the GPRS data service by newly assigned private IP address and visit ground data service platform server.Because the terminal minor number reaches with this corresponding private IP address and all is specifically designed to access zone network, and do not need existing homing GGSN branch to be used in the IP address of belonging area network, therefore expenses standard can be collected according to the local data business, make the user save the wandering fee of great number, thereby satisfied the demand of the use data service of user during roaming, promoted the development of GPRS data service.
Embodiment 2
Present embodiment provides a kind of gprs service to realize system, as shown in Figure 4, comprise: a kind of GPRS based on one-card multi-number realizes system, comprise: visit ground data service platform server 10, one-card multi-number platform server 20 and visit ground SGSN server 30, particularly, visit ground SGSN server 30 comprises first enquiry module 31, distribution module 32 and communication module 33.Its course of work is as follows:
When visiting portable terminal will be asked the GPRS data service in access zone network, send the data service request message that carries destination address to visit ground SGSN server 30; First enquiry module 31 in the visit ground SGSN server 30 sends the minor number inquiry request message of the terminal major number that carries visiting portable terminal to one-card multi-number platform server 20, is used to inquire about the terminal minor number that is associated with this terminal major number; One-card multi-number platform server 20 obtains first enquiry module 31 that the relevant terminal minor number replies to visit ground SGSN server 30 according to this terminal major number inquiry.Particularly, can be according to terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number in HLR.
The secondary sign indicating number of terminal that the distribution module 32 of visit ground SGSN server 30 obtains according to first enquiry module 31 is to distribute private IP address by visiting portable terminal; Communication module 33 sends to corresponding visit ground data service platform server 10 in the lump according to the data service request message that the destination address that carries in the data service request message will be received by the private IP address and first enquiry module 31 of distribution module 32 distribution.
Wherein, destination address can be purpose domain name addresses or purpose IP address.When this destination address is the purpose domain name addresses, can further include second enquiry module 34 in the visit ground SGSN server 30, can further include dns server 40 in this gprs service realization system.Second enquiry module 34 is according to the purpose domain name addresses of carrying in the data service request message, send to communication module 33 by dns server 40 inquiry corresponding target IP addresses, make communication module 33 arrive corresponding visit ground data service platform server 10, to send private IP address and data service request message by this purpose IP address search.
Private IP address and visiting portable terminal that visit ground data service platform server 10 bases receive carry out data information transfer.Particularly, can carry out data information transfer via visit ground SGSN server 30.
By the described system of present embodiment, visit ground SGSN server 30 has distributed private IP address for the terminal minor number automatically, make visiting user carry out data information transfer, to realize the GPRS data service by newly assigned private IP address and visit ground data service platform server.Because the terminal minor number reaches with this corresponding private IP address and all is specifically designed to access zone network, and do not need existing homing GGSN branch to be used in the IP address of belonging area network, therefore expenses standard can be collected according to the local data business, make the user save the wandering fee of great number, thereby satisfied the demand of the use data service of user during roaming, promoted the development of GPRS data service.
It should be noted last that, above embodiment is only unrestricted in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that, can make amendment or be equal to replacement technical scheme of the present invention, and not break away from the spirit and scope of technical solution of the present invention.

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1. the GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number is characterized in that, comprising:
After visit ground SGSN server receives the data service request message that carries destination address that comes from visiting portable terminal, send the minor number inquiry request message of the terminal major number that carries described visiting portable terminal to the one-card multi-number platform server;
The one-card multi-number platform server replies to visit ground SGSN server according to described terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number;
Visit ground SGSN server is that described visiting portable terminal distributes private IP address according to described terminal minor number, and according to described destination address this private IP address and described data service request message is sent to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump;
Visit ground data service platform server carries out data information transfer according to described private IP address and described visiting portable terminal.
2. the GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described one-card multi-number platform server specifically comprises according to described terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number:
In attaching position register, inquire about the relevant terminal minor number according to described terminal major number.
3. the GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described destination address is purpose domain name addresses or purpose IP address.
4. the GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, when described destination address is the purpose domain name addresses, described visit ground SGSN server according to described destination address with described private IP address and described data service request message with sending to corresponding visit in the lump the data service platform server specifically comprise:
According to described purpose domain name addresses, inquiry corresponding target IP address in domain name resolution server;
According to the described purpose IP address that inquires described private IP address and described data service request message are sent to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump.
5. the GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described visiting portable terminal also comprised before visit ground SGSN server sends described data service request message:
Send the minor number login request message that carries the terminal major number to the one-card multi-number platform server by Mobile Switching Center Server;
The one-card multi-number platform server is that this terminal major number distributes a terminal minor number, and is associated with this terminal major number and preserves in the attaching position register.
6. the GPRS implementation method based on one-card multi-number according to claim 5 is characterized in that, described one-card multi-number platform server is that described terminal major number distributes a terminal minor number specifically to comprise:
Whether the described terminal major number of inquiry has had the terminal minor number that is associated in attaching position register, when not having the terminal minor number that is associated, for described terminal major number distributes a terminal minor number.
7. the GPRS based on one-card multi-number realizes system, it is characterized in that, comprising: visit ground data service platform server, and one-card multi-number platform server and visit ground SGSN server, wherein,
Visit ground SGSN server, be used for according to the data service request message that carries destination address that comes from visiting portable terminal, by one-card multi-number platform server lookup relevant terminal minor number, according to this terminal minor number is that described visiting portable terminal distributes private IP address, and according to described destination address this private IP address and described data service request message is sent to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump;
The one-card multi-number platform server is used for replying to visit ground SGSN server according to described terminal major number inquiry relevant terminal minor number;
Visit ground data service platform server carries out data information transfer according to described private IP address and described visiting portable terminal.
8. the GPRS based on one-card multi-number according to claim 7 realizes system, it is characterized in that, also comprises:
Domain name resolution server is used for according to the purpose domain name addresses that comes from visit ground SGSN server, inquiry corresponding target IP address, and reply described visit ground SGSN server.
9. a visit ground SGSN server is characterized in that, comprising:
First enquiry module is used for according to the data service request message that carries destination address that comes from visiting portable terminal, by one-card multi-number platform server lookup relevant terminal minor number;
Distribution module, the secondary sign indicating number of terminal that is used for obtaining according to first enquiry module distributes private IP address for described visiting portable terminal;
Communication module is used for sending to corresponding visit ground data service platform server in the lump according to the data service request message that described destination address will be received by the private IP address and first enquiry module of module assigns.
10. visit according to claim 9 ground SGSN server is characterized in that, also comprises:
Second enquiry module is used for the purpose domain name addresses of carrying according to the data service request message, and inquiry corresponding target IP address sends to communication module.
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