CN101646157A - Method for managing pool information and equipment thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a method for managing pool information, which is applied to a communication system comprising at least more than two mobility management entities, wherein the mobility management entities (2 and 3) are connected with a base station 1 and provide communication services to the base station 1. When the network topology relationship of the communication system is changed, priorpool management information is acquired from network equipment saving the prior pool management information; and after the pool management information is updated, the updated pool management information is sent to associated network equipment. The technical scheme of the invention can realize the automatic pool information configuration of mobility management entity pools such as MME POOL, SGSN POOL, MSC POOL and the like, and reduce the workload of manual configuration and errors caused by the manual configuration. In addition, the invention also discloses a device for realizing pool information management.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to moving communicating field, relate in particular to method for managing pool information and equipment thereof in a kind of moving communicating field.
Background technology
Third generation affiliate organizes 3GPP in order to strengthen its competitiveness, is devoted to study a kind of brand-new evolvement network at present, is illustrated in figure 1 as the system architecture diagram of this evolvement network.This system comprises the UMTS Terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN, Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network) of evolution, is used to realize all and the wireless function associated of evolvement network.Mobile management network element (MME, MobilityManagement Entity) is responsible for the mobile management of chain of command, for example carries out management of user's context and mobile status and distributing user temporary identity sign etc.Gateway (SGW, Serving Gateway) is the user's face anchor point between the 3GPP access network.Grouped data network gateway (PGW, Packet Data NetworkGateway) is the user's face anchor point between 3GPP access network and the non-3 GPP access network network."Policy and Charging Rules Function entity (PCRF, Policy and Charging Rule Function) is used for policy control decision and flow based charging controlled function.Home subscriber server (HSS, Home Subscriber Server) is used for storing user subscription information.
In the existing technical scheme, a plurality of MME are for can be for an evolution base station eNB equipment provides communication service, so-called " MME POOL " technology that Here it is.It is MSC POOL technology that the similar techniques that occur certain period more early also has the mobile services switching centre pool technology of circuit domain, and the Serving GPRS Support Node pool technology of packet domain is that SGSN POOL and Gateway GPRS Support Node pool technology are GGSN POOL technology; For ease of describing, this paper uses this notion of pond (POOL) to be referred to as above-mentioned various forms of POOL technical scheme, it generally is characterized as, and above core network device provides communication service for individual access network device on two, provides communication service as two above MME for an eNB; Two above SGSN are that a radio network controller (RNC, RadioNetwork Controller) RNC provides communication service; Perhaps two above MSC provide service for a base station controller BSC.Can also be the pond framework technology between other core network device in addition, for example a plurality of grouped data network gateway PGW provide identical IP operation service.In MME POOL, can weight information be set for each MME, MME can be related eNB by MME with the evolution base station that S1 interface between the eNB brings physical connection with self weight information, and described eNB is that UE selects suitable serving MME to reach load balancing between MME according to the weight information of each MME.The weight information General Definition numerical value of MME with respect to the capacity setting of other MME in the Pool.Weight such as MME1 is 0.1, and the weight of another one MME2 is 0.4, and when other condition was identical or close, then eNB selected MME2 can be higher than MME1 as the probability of the serving MME of subscriber equipment.This weight information not only can be used in MME Pool, can be used in equally among SGSN Pool or the GGSN POOL.SGSN pond management information, comprise (RAI, Routing Area Identifier) with the inner SGSN of corresponding relation, SGSN Pool of corresponding relation, RNC and the SGSN of RAI and radio network controller (RNC, Radio Network Controller) RNC between addressing information, heavily distribution (Redistribution) function between the SGSN etc. all realize addressing and network parameter configuration by manual configuration.
In such scheme, network topology concerns for example radio network controller (RNC, Radio NetworkController) and the addressing relation between addressing relation, SGSN and the GGSN between the SGSN etc., and the core web network equipment that adopts the POOL technology, for example between the network elements such as MME, SGSN, GGSN load balancing, load heavily distribute etc. function all by manual configuration with information configuration in network entities such as access network device and/or core web network equipment.Routing Area Identifier (RAI, Routing Area Identifier) also is to adopt manual being configured with the corresponding relation of RNC in addition, and adopts signalling system No.7 to carry out addressing.Therefore SGSN can directly search out the RNC of RAI correspondence.
In the prior art scheme, in SGSN POOL framework, the corresponding relation of the addressing information of SGSN, SGSN numbering, SGSN and the RNC in POOL and data all are based on manual type and are configured, same data are wanted repeated configuration repeatedly usually, and in case revise a certain item number according to configuration, the relevant configuration information of all related network equipment that then may need to reset.This configuration mode workload is heavy and occur mistake easily, thereby causes communication failure.
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The embodiment of the invention is intended to propose about the managing pool information scheme, the network equipment pond is disposed automatically and upgrades pond management information.
The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of method for managing pool information, be applied to comprise in the communication system of at least two above mobile management entities, wherein mobile management entity 2 links to each other with base station 1 with mobile management entity 3, for base station 1 provides communication service, when the network topology relation of described communication system changes, obtain described original pond management information from the network equipment of preserving original pond management information; After upgrading described pond management information, the pond management information of described renewal is sent to the network equipment that is associated.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses a kind of Mobility Management Entity, be used for communication service being provided and described subscriber equipment being carried out the mobile status management with the subscriber equipment that a base station is connected to mobile communication simultaneously, comprise information acquisition unit, updating block and transmitting element with at least one mobile management entity; Described information acquisition unit is used to obtain original pond management information; Described updating block is used to upgrade original pond management information that described information acquisition unit obtains; Pond management information after described transmitting element is used for updating block upgraded send to the opposite end mobile management entity or with described mobile management entity associated base station.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses a kind of evolution base station, link to each other with two above mobile management entities, provide the interface of eating dishes without rice or wine that subscriber equipment is linked into one of them of described two above mobile management entities, it is characterized in that, comprise acquiring unit, be used to obtain the pond management information after the renewal.Can also comprise transmitting element, be used for the pond management information that described acquiring unit obtains is sent to the base station, opposite end by inter-base station interface.In addition, when described base station linked to each other with automatic configuration center, described acquiring unit can also be used for obtaining the pond management information of renewal from automatic configuration center or mobile management entity.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses a kind of automatic configuration center, described automatic configuration center can link to each other with a plurality of mobile management entities, is used to preserve the pond management information of Mobility Management Entity.Comprise acquiring unit, be used for when the network topology relation changes that described automatic configuration center obtains pond management information from mobile management entity, and upgrade the pond management information of self preserving.Can also comprise transmitting element, the pond management information that is used for upgrading sends to mobile management entity.In addition, described automatic configuration center links to each other with a plurality of base stations, and when the network topology relation changed, described transmitting element also was used for the pond management information after upgrading is sent to continuous base station.
Use embodiment of the invention disclosed method, can realize the automatic configuration of pond information and renewal automatically, reduce the workload of human configuration pond information, thereby further reduce the mistake that causes because of numerous and diverse configuration operation, minimizing is satisfied the better demand that communication service is provided sooner of operator because of the communication failure that the network topology relationship change causes.
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Pond as referred to herein (POOL) management information comprises but is not limited to: in the numbering of inner each MME of the corresponding relation of corresponding relation, RAI and the RNC of tracking area TA and evolution base station eNB address, Pool and IP address, the Pool in the information such as each SGSN numbering and IP address, weight relevant information, network topology relation, specific transactions management any one or several.
The embodiment of the invention newly adds the bookkeeping that network element in the Pool such as MME or SGSN etc. carry out Pool, include but not limited to that interior other MME of MME Pool obtain the scene of network topology relationship change, other SGSN obtain the variation of network topology relation in the SGSNPool, eNB obtains the variation of network topology relation, RNC obtains the network topology relationship change, the corresponding relation of TA district and eNB is notified to initiate MME, the corresponding relation of RA district and RNC is notified to initiate SGSN, calculate the weight information of initiate MME (or SGSN), and the weight information that will newly add MME (or SGSN) is handed down to related eNB (RNC) etc.Above-mentioned information has different purposes in different communication service is used, such as the address corresponding relation of TA and eNB, it is used to be mainly used in MME distribution T A district and addressing eNB.The numbering of each MME and I P address corresponding relation can be used for addressing between the inner MME of Pool in the Pool.The weight relevant information can be a reference capacity and benchmark weight, and the MME new by these parameters can calculate the weight of self; The network topology relation is mainly used in the LA Management Room intercommunication; The specific transactions information spinner will refer to the specific transactions that the network equipment can be supported, the follow-up equipment of target network element is if desired supported specific transactions, then needs to use specific transactions information.In one embodiment of the invention, artificial manual some essential informations of configuration earlier on the MME that newly joins a MME POOL: (inlet MME refers to the management MME of the MME Pool that certain is specific as the inlet MME address of MME sign, MME Pool, inlet MME has disposed basic management information in the Pool), also can comprise the number of devices that comprises among pond numbering POOL ID, the MME Pool.After initiate MME powers on, obtain the IP address from Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server, and according to pre-configured essential information, inlet MME in MME Pool obtains other configuration informations of MME Pool, thereafter weight parameter of self or the network topology relation after the variation is sent to associated core net equipment such as MME and access network equipment such as eNB.
A kind of method for managing pool information is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention, be applied to comprise in the communication system of at least two above mobile management entities, wherein mobile management entity 2 links to each other with base station 1 with mobile management entity 3, for base station 1 provides communication service, when the network topology relation of communication system changes, obtain original pond management information from the network equipment of preserving original pond management information.Original pond management information of obtaining as referred to herein, comprise from other network equipment of preserving pond management information and obtaining, for example mobile management entity 1 obtains from mobile management entity 2, when network element is controlled oneself when preserving pond management information, and also can be from self obtaining original pond management information.Obtain the renewal of carrying out pond management information after the original pond management information, and the pond management information after will upgrading sends to the network equipment that is associated.The described mobile management entity of the embodiment of the invention can be mobile management network element MME, SGSN or MSC, and corresponding, the base station can be evolution base station eNB, RNC or BSC.In embodiments of the present invention, in communication system as described in new network element joins as mobile management entity 1, provide service for base station 1, make the network topology of described communication system concern when changing, mobile management entity 1 obtains original pond management information from mobile management entity 2, and the pond management information after will upgrading sends to mobile management entity 2 or base station 1.Thereafter, mobile management entity 1 can send to mobile management entity 2 with the pond management information after the described renewal, sends to mobile management entity 3 by the pond management information of mobile management entity 2 after with described renewal again.
In one embodiment of the invention, mobile management entity 1 can obtain the address of mobile management entity 3 earlier from mobile management entity 2, and the pond management information after will upgrading sends to mobile management entity 3.
Similarly, invention thought of the present invention also can be applied to mobile management entity of deletion from described communication system, thereby makes the application scenarios that the network topology relation changes.Obtain after the management information of original pond and upgrade pond management information, the pond management information after will upgrading thereafter also sends to the network equipment that is associated.The network equipment that is associated here refers to the network equipment that physical connection concerns.All there is incidence relation in mobile management entity 1 with base station 1 and mobile management entity 2.
More specifically, inventive concept can be applied to the management and the configuration of weight information, when described mobile management entity 1 joins in the described communication system, described mobile management entity 1 obtains original weight information from mobile management entity 2, and calculating the weight information that makes new advances according to described original weight information, the weight information after will upgrading thereafter sends to the network equipment that is associated that comprises mobile management entity 2.
In one embodiment of the invention, if the new base station 2 that adds in the described communication system, wherein said base station 2 links to each other with two above mobile management entities in the pond, when thereby the network topology relation that makes described communication system changes, obtain original pond management information and upgrade, and the pond management information of upgrading is sent to the network equipment that is associated that comprises base station 2.Pond management information after will upgrading in one embodiment of the invention sends to base station 2 and comprises: send to base station 1 earlier, send to base station 2 by base station 1 by the interface between the base station then; Perhaps, directly send to base station 2.
In one embodiment of the invention, can further include automatic configuration center, described automatic configuration center links to each other with all mobile management entities in the pond, is used to preserve pond management information; When the network topology relation of described communication system changed, described automatic configuration center obtained original pond management information and upgrades, and thereafter the pond management information of upgrading is sent to mobile management entity or base station.
The described pond of the foregoing description management information can comprise at least one of following information: the address and the numbering of weight information, network topology relation information, mobile management entity.
Below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments technical scheme of the present invention is described in detail.
Figure 2 shows that the system architecture diagram in the mobile management entity pond in one embodiment of the present of invention, the existing bookkeeping of introducing Pool as example.The mobile management entity of present embodiment indication includes but not limited to MME or SGSN.
After step 2, mobile management entity 1 obtain the weight relevant information of other mobile management entity such as mobile management entity 2 or mobile management entity 3, contrast by fiducial value and the absolute capacity of self, extrapolate the weighted value of mobile management entity 1 self, the weight with self sends to remaining mobile management entity in the Pool by the interface between mobile management entity thereafter.
Step 3, mobile management entity 1 by the S1 interface, are notified to up-to-date weighted value the network topology of obtaining and concern relevant eNB in first step.In another embodiment of the present invention, mobile management entity 1 is notified any eNB related with it with the weight of self, thereafter can be by this eNB by the interface between the eNB, the weight of up-to-date MME is notified to all the other eNB.
After having the eNB of physical connection and the mobile management entity 2 in the mobile management entity pond or mobile management entity 3 to get access to the weight of mobile management entity 1 with mobile management entity 1, can in the mobile management entity pond, carry out load balancing according to this weighted value by said method.Use the embodiment of the invention, network side has been realized the automatic configuration of equipment pond the in, and the weight information of the mobile management entity by issuing new adding pond, has saved manpower and financial resources, to the pond management method of operator's more convenient and quicker.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, can realize the automatic configuration of network topology relation.
Step 2, mobile management entity 1 combine the new network topology relation that obtains with the self networks topological relation with the network topology relation of obtaining, and described new network topology relation is notified to other mobile management entity in the Pool.Advice method can be the form of multicast or broadcasting.
Step 3, mobile management entity 1 are notified to association base station such as evolution base station eNB with the latest network topological relation, also can notify one of them eNB, know the latest network topological relation by these all the other eNB by the interface between the eNB or between the RNC then.
In other execution mode of the present invention, all can be as out of Memory such as addressing relations by other mobile management entities in this mobile management entity notice Pool, in addition, the network equipments such as SGSN, PGW and SGW all can use the principle of above-mentioned execution mode, realize the automatic configuration of pond management information.Also can realize the automatic configuration of multiple pond management information in addition simultaneously, for example obtain weight information and network topology relation simultaneously, and transmit at the corresponding network equipment room.
The foregoing description is by the renewal and/or the weight information of the network topology relation directly or indirectly obtaining initiate MME or SGSN between the equipment of the core network or between the access network equipment and relate to, in other execution mode of the present invention, pond management information after also can obtaining other in a manner described and upgrading, when said method also can be applicable to remove a mobile management entity such as MME or SGSN from a Pool in addition, adopt aforesaid way to carry out the renewal of the pond management information such as renewal, weight information renewal of network topology relation.When for example from MME Pool, removing a MME1, MME1 by with other MME between interface send message to other MME in the Pool that is associated in this MME; Perhaps send message to the eNB that is associated by the S1 interface, carry in the message deletion MME order and and the sign of corresponding MME, after all devices is received this message, can delete the information that is associated with described MME.
Introduce automatic configuration center ACS configuration in another embodiment of the present invention.Wherein automatically configuration center ACS generally can have modeling, automatically dispose and adjust network data, detect and save the function of system mistake automatically, this entity can be used as an independent function entity or it is provided with on the dns server.Automatically configuration center is appreciated that into the most basic device parameter of artificial input, and ACS can dispose the information with this device association automatically.
The network equipment can directly obtain information from ACS; Perhaps obtain information indirectly, pond management information is passed to the OM operating maintenance terminal, by configuration this information is passed to equipment of the core network by operating maintenance terminal such as ACS from ACS.
Now with MME POOL be example and in conjunction with the accompanying drawings 3 pairs of embodiment of the invention 2 be described in detail:
After step 1, MME1 add Pool, by automatic configuration center ACS pond management information is handed down to MME1, this pond management information can comprise following surface information any one or several: the inner MME numbering of Pool ID, Pool and IP address corresponding relation, TA and eNB corresponding relation, network topology relation, weight information, specific transactions information etc.
Step 2, automatically configuration center ACS upgrades the pond management information of other MME in the MME Pool such as MME2 and MM3, pond management information can comprise surface information down any one or several: the inner MME numbering of Pool ID, Pool and IP address corresponding relation, TA and eNB corresponding relation, network topology relation, weight information, specific transactions information etc.
Pond management information such as weight information, network topology relation etc. after step 3, ACS will upgrade send to eNB by MME.
Pond management information after the renewal that step 4, this eNB will receive passes in the network topology relation with the related eNB of MME Pool by the interface between the eNB.
Above-mentioned execution mode is that example is described with MME, and in another embodiment of the present invention, the principle that can use above-mentioned execution mode applies in the scenes such as SGSN POOL or MSC POOL.
In one embodiment of the invention, MME and eNB can also obtain up-to-date pond management information simultaneously from ACS.Existing 4 concrete technical schemes that are described in detail present embodiment in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
Step 2, pond management information by ACS notify each eNB in the pond, this pond management information comprise following information any one or several: information such as the address of the network topology relation between the corresponding relation of TA and MME, eNB and the MME, the weight information of MME, MME and numbering.
When if step 3 has new eNB to be connected to MME Pool, ACS need be notified to described new eNB with the pond management information after upgrading, can also notify other eNB that is associated, described pond management information mainly comprises one or several of following information: the information such as corresponding relation of the network topology relation after the renewal, weight information, eNB and the TA of the MME after the renewal.
After step 4, new eNB are connected to MME Pool, then ACS need be updated to the pond management information after upgrading among each MME among the MME Pool, and pond management information comprises the weight information, network topology of corresponding relation, each MME of any one or a few of following information: TA and eNB etc.
In another embodiment of the present invention, if newly-increased eNB or minimizing eNB serving MME Pool, any one MME among the pond management information notice MME Pool after then eNB will upgrade, the pond management information after this MME will upgrade by the interface between MME is notified remaining MME.
Step 2, the eNB that links to each other with MME Pool are with any one MME in the pond management information notice MME Pool of above-mentioned renewal.
Step 3, above-mentioned MME notify the pond management information of the renewal of obtaining in other MME steps 2 in the MME Pool by the MME interface.Perhaps MME adopts the form of multicast or broadcasting to the pond of other MME update notifications management information.
In one embodiment of the invention, SGSN or MME can use ACS to obtain the pond management information of GGSN Pool or PGW POOL equally in the application scenarios of GGSN Pool or PGW Pool.The pond management information of GGSNPool or PGW POOL can comprise at least a in the following information: (for example GGSN1 and GGSN2 are master/slave devices to main and standby relation, PGW1 and PGW2 are information such as master/slave device), GGSN address and numbering, PGW address and numbering, particular service information (can only handle or GGSN1 information such as support voice business not by PGW2) as speech business, network topology relation information (the annexation that comprises SGSN and GGSN, the annexation of PGW and SGW, and the annexation of PGW and MME) information such as.
Now with the 5 concrete schemes of describing present embodiment in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
Step 1:ACS is notified to SGSN or MME with relevant pond management information among GGSN Pool or the PGW Pool, and wherein pond management information can comprise at least a in the following information: (for example GGSN1 and GGSN2 are master/slave devices to main and standby relation, PGW1 and PGW2 are information such as master/slave device), GGSN address and numbering, PGW address and numbering, particular service information (can only handle or GGSN1 information such as support voice business not by PGW2) as speech business, network topology relation information (the annexation that comprises SGSN and GGSN, the annexation of PGW and SGW, and the annexation of PGW and MME) information such as.
Step 2: when increasing or reducing the network equipment in the pond and cause pond management information to change, the for example change of network topology relation, main and standby relation change, device address and number information change, the change of particular service information etc., ACS reconfigures new pond management information, and with the up-to-date network elements that are associated such as pond management information notice SGSN, PGW.Advice method includes but not limited to broadcasting or multicast.
In one embodiment of the invention, any one GGSN such as GGSN1 in GGSN Pool, after perhaps any one PGW such as PGW1 get access to pond management information after the renewal among the PGW Pool, transmit pond management information after the renewal by the interface between the GGSN or PGW1 by the interface between the PGW by GGSN1.The pond management information of GGSN Pool or PGW POOL can comprise at least a in the following information: (for example GGSN1 and GGSN2 are master/slave devices to main and standby relation, PGW1 and PGW2 are information such as master/slave device), GGSN address and numbering, PGW address and numbering, particular service information (can only handle or GGSN1 information such as support voice business not by PGW2) as speech business, network topology relation information (the annexation that comprises SGSN and GGSN, the annexation of PGW and SGW, and the annexation of PGW and MME) information such as.
Now 6 pairs of present embodiments are described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
Step 1:GGSN1 or PGW1 with pond management information at the SGSN1 or the MME1 that upgrade or notice has annexation during initial configuration.For PGW, this information can be transmitted to MME by SGW.Described pond management information comprises at least one of following information: main and standby relation (for example GGSN1 and GGSN2 are that master/slave device, PGW1 and PGW2 are information such as master/slave device), GGSN address and numbering, PGW address and numbering, particular service information (can only be handled or GGSN1 information such as support voice business not by PGW2 as speech business), network topology relation information such as (comprising the annexation of annexation, PGW and SGW of SGSN and GGSN and the annexation of PGW and MME).
Step 2:MME1 or SGSN1 utilize interface between the MME or the interface between the SGSN pond management information of being received to be passed in the Pool other MME or SGSN.
If automatic configuration center ACS is arranged in the system, then can (for example GGSN1 and GGSN2 be master/slave devices with main and standby relation by ACS, PGW1 and PGW2 are information such as master/slave device), GGSN address and numbering (PGW address and numbering), particular service information (can only be in PGW2 or GGSN1 information such as support voice business not) as speech business, network topology relation information such as (annexations of the annexation of SGSN and GGSN or PGW and MME and/or SGW) is notified to any one entity among MME Pool or the SGSN Pool, and this entity transmits other entities that above-mentioned information is given MME Pool or SGSN Pool by the interface between MME or between the SGSN.
In one embodiment of the invention, disclose a kind of mobile management entity, described Mobility Management Entity can be SGSN, MME or MSC, is used for the subscriber equipment of mobile communication system is carried out mobile management.In the scene of POOL, two above Mobility Management Entity can be configured to link to each other with a base station simultaneously, can provide communication service for this base station simultaneously.Disclosed mobile management entity in the embodiment of the invention can comprise information acquisition unit, updating block and transmitting element; Wherein information acquisition unit is used to obtain original pond management information; Updating block is used to upgrade original pond management information that described information acquisition unit obtains; Pond management information after transmitting element is used for updating block upgraded send to the opposite end mobile management entity or with described mobile management entity associated base station.Described mobile management entity can link to each other with automatic configuration center, and at this moment, information acquisition unit can also be used for obtaining original pond management information from automatic configuration center; Transmitting element can also be used for the pond management information after upgrading is sent to automatic configuration center.In addition, moving real information acquisition unit of managing entity can also be used for obtaining original pond management information from the opposite end mobile management entity.The opposite end here refers to other mobile management entity in the mobile management pond.
A kind of base station is also disclosed in one embodiment of the present of invention, described base station can be eNB (mobile management entity correspondingly is MME), can also be RNC (base station correspondingly can be SGSN or MSC etc.), base station in the embodiment of the invention is linked into subscriber equipment one of them of described two above mobile management entities, can comprise acquiring unit, be used to obtain the pond management information after the renewal.Can also comprise transmitting element, be used for the pond management information that described acquiring unit obtains is sent to the base station, opposite end by inter-base station interface.Described acquiring unit can also be used for obtaining the pond management information of renewal from automatic configuration center or mobile management entity.The base station, opposite end here refers to other base station that is connected to same pond.
The embodiment of the invention also discloses an automatic configuration center, described automatic configuration center links to each other with a plurality of mobile management entities, is used to preserve the pond management information of Mobility Management Entity.Can comprise acquiring unit, be used for when the network topology relation changes, described automatic configuration center obtains pond management information from mobile management entity, and upgrade the pond management information of self preserving and can also comprise transmitting element, the pond management information that is used for upgrading sends to mobile management entity.In one embodiment of the invention, configuration center can link to each other with a plurality of base stations automatically, and when the network topology relation changed, described transmitting element also was used for the pond management information after upgrading is sent to continuous base station.
Use embodiment of the invention disclosed method, can realize the automatic configuration of pond information and renewal automatically, reduce the workload of human configuration pond information, thereby further reduce the mistake that causes because of numerous and diverse configuration operation, minimizing is satisfied the better demand that communication service is provided sooner of operator because of the communication failure that the network topology relationship change causes.
Invention has been described more than to have used preferred embodiment, but above preferred embodiment only is used for helping to understand core concept of the present invention and execution mode thereof, therefore one of ordinary skill in the art can change on embodiment and details under the situation that does not depart from thought of the present invention and scope to some extent.These changes should be understood to implement the present invention.
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1, a kind of method for managing pool information, be applied to comprise in the communication system of at least two above mobile management entities, wherein mobile management entity 2 links to each other with base station 1 with mobile management entity 3, for base station 1 provides communication service, it is characterized in that, when the network topology relation of described communication system changes, obtain described original pond management information from the network equipment of preserving original pond management information; After upgrading described pond management information, the pond management information of described renewal is sent to the network equipment that is associated.
2, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, when joining in the described communication system, mobile management entity 1 provides service for base station 1, make the network topology of described communication system concern when changing, mobile management entity 1 obtains original pond management information from mobile management entity 2, and the pond management information after will upgrading sends to mobile management entity 2 or base station 1.
3, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, after the pond management information of mobile management entity 1 after with described renewal sent to mobile management entity 2, the pond management information of mobile management entity 2 after with described renewal sent to mobile management entity 3.
4, method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, mobile management entity 1 is from the address of mobile management entity 2 acquisition mobile management entities 3, and the pond management information after will upgrading sends to mobile management entity 3.
5, method according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, mobile management entity of deletion in the described communication system, make when the network topology relation changes, obtain original pond management information and upgrade, and the pond management information after will upgrading and send to the network equipment that is associated.
6, according to each described method of claim 2 to 4, it is characterized in that, described pond management information is weight information, when described communication system because increase or deletion network element when making that network topology structure changes, described mobile management entity 1 obtains original weight information from mobile management entity 2, and calculating the weight information that makes new advances according to described original weight information, the weight information after will upgrading thereafter sends to the network equipment that is associated that comprises mobile management entity 2.
7, method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the new base station 2 that adds in described communication system, wherein said base station 2 links to each other with two above mobile management entities in the pond, when thereby the network topology relation that makes described communication system changes, obtain original pond management information and upgrade, and the network equipment that the pond management information of upgrading is sent to base station 2 or is associated with base station 2.
8, method according to claim 7 is characterized in that, the pond management information after upgrading is sent to base station 2 comprise: send to base station 1 earlier, send to base station 2 by base station 1 by the interface between the base station then; Perhaps, directly send to base station 2.
9, according to claim 1 or 7 described methods, it is characterized in that described system further comprises automatic configuration center, described automatic configuration center links to each other with all mobile management entities in the pond, is used to preserve pond management information; When the network topology relation of described communication system changed, described automatic configuration center obtained original pond management information and upgrades, and thereafter the pond management information of upgrading is sent to mobile management entity or base station.
According to claim 1,2,3,4,5,7 or 8 described methods, it is characterized in that 10, described pond management information comprises at least one of following information: the address and the numbering of weight information, network topology relation information, mobile management entity.
11, a kind of mobile management entity, be used for linking to each other with a base station simultaneously with at least one mobile management entity, for the subscriber equipment in the mobile communication being provided communication service and described subscriber equipment being carried out the mobile status management, it is characterized in that, comprise information acquisition unit, updating block and transmitting element;
Described information acquisition unit is used to obtain original pond management information;
Described updating block is used to upgrade original pond management information that described information acquisition unit obtains;
Pond management information after described transmitting element is used for updating block upgraded send to the opposite end mobile management entity or with described mobile management entity associated base station.
12, mobile management entity according to claim 11 is characterized in that, described mobile management entity links to each other with automatic configuration center, and described information acquisition unit is used for obtaining original pond management information from automatic configuration center;
Described transmitting element also is used for the pond management information after upgrading is sent to automatic configuration center.
13, mobile real reason entity according to claim 11 is characterized in that described information acquisition unit is used for obtaining original pond management information from the opposite end mobile management entity.
14, a kind of evolution base station links to each other with two above mobile management entities, provides the interface of eating dishes without rice or wine that subscriber equipment is linked into one of them of described two above mobile management entities, it is characterized in that, comprises acquiring unit, is used to obtain the pond management information after the renewal.
15, base station according to claim 14 is characterized in that, also comprises transmitting element, is used for the pond management information that described acquiring unit obtains is sent to the base station, opposite end by inter-base station interface; Perhaps
Send to coupled mobile management entity.
According to claim 14 or 16 described base stations, it is characterized in that 16, described acquiring unit is used for obtaining the pond management information of renewal from automatic configuration center or mobile management entity.
17, a kind of automatic configuration center, link to each other with a plurality of mobile management entities, be used to preserve the pond management information of Mobility Management Entity, it is characterized in that, comprise acquiring unit, be used for when the network topology relation changes, described automatic configuration center obtains pond management information from mobile management entity, and upgrades the pond management information of self preserving.
18, automatic configuration center according to claim 17 is characterized in that, comprises transmitting element, and the pond management information that is used for upgrading sends to mobile management entity.
19, according to claim 17 or 18 described automatic configuration center, it is characterized in that, described automatic configuration center links to each other with a plurality of base stations, and when the network topology relation changed, described transmitting element also was used for the pond management information after upgrading is sent to continuous base station.
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