Background technology
Long Term Evolution (LTE, Long Term Eovlution) in the network, the local family's enode b (Home evolved Node B, i.e. family's evolution base station) of disposing such as in family, office, campus is used to serve these users through the be everlasting life of above-mentioned place, work, study.Special name is adopted in the sub-district that Home eNodeB is covered, and promptly closed user group (CSG, Closed Subscriber Group) sub-district (cell) is distinguished mutually with the sub-district of routine.
Home eNodeB is bought by the user usually; the Home eNodeB owner is connected to evolved packet system (EPS by the upper level link of oneself paying; Evolved Packet System) network; so in order to realize protection to Home eNodeB owner interests; only allow the Home eNodeB owner to insert the LTE network by its all Home eNodeB, other user can't insert the LTE network by this specific HomeeNodeB.
A CSG comprises a plurality of users of an operator, and these users are allowed to visit one or more sub-districts (CSG Cells) with restrict access of public land mobile network (PLMN, Public Land-Mobile Network).A CSG cell is the part of PLMN, and it has a specific CSG sign (CSG ID).All have the CSG sub-district of identical CSG sign and use identical wireless access access technology.CSG sign and the corresponding information content thereof are (for example, this CSG of user capture identifies the time restriction information of pairing CSG sub-district) constitute a list item of allowed closed subscriber group (CGS) identifier list (AllowedCSG list), an Allowed CSG list can have a plurality of list items, Allowed CSG list can be stored in the user terminal (UE), and the CSG sub-district that UE can visit can only be included in the sub-district that the CSG ID in this tabulation is identified.
Along with the variation of UE visit CSG sub-district authority, the Allowed CSG list that safeguards among the UE need be updated, and the mode of upgrading the Allowed CSG list of UE self maintained in the prior art has two kinds:
Mode one: manually upgrade.This mode needs user's intervention, when UE moves to distance C SGCELL neighborhood, trigger the search that UE carries out the CSG sub-district by the user, if the CSG ID of the CSG sub-district that searches is not in the Allowed of UE CSG list, then UE can attempt to adhere in this CSG sub-district (Attach) process or tracing section updating (TAU, Tracking Area Update) process, if Attach process or TAU process that UE initiates in this CSG sub-district are successful, then UE adds the CSG ID of this CSG sub-district among the Allowed CSG list of self to; If Attach process or TAU process that UE initiates in this CSG sub-district are rejected, then UE does not add the CSG ID of this CSG sub-district among the Allowed CSG list of self to.
When network decision current certain allow CSG sub-district that UE inserts no longer when meeting this UE and serve, then network sends service-denial (SERVICE REJECT) message to UE, after UE receives the SERVICE REJECT message that network sends, the CSG ID and the corresponding information content thereof of this CSG sub-district are deleted from the Allowed CSG list of self.
This shows, mode one needs the user to trigger the search that UE carries out the CSG sub-district, and UE searches the CSG sub-district, just by initiating Attach process or TAU process to upgrade Allowed CSG list, and a process can only be added a CSG ID among the Allowed CSG list to.When CSG ID is deleted from AllowedCSG list, need network notice user intervention UE operation to realize, concrete advice method comprises SMS notification, inform orally etc.Therefore, the operating efficiency of mode one is lower.
Mode two: application layer is upgraded (Application level update), promptly based on Open Mobile Alliance (OMA, the renewal of the process of the equipment control of tissue Open Mobile Alliance) (DM, Device Management) standard OMADM definition, related work is not also finished at present.
Yet, adopting OMA DM framework, the EPS network need be disposed OMA DM server, needs interface and parameter between definition OMA DM server and the mobile management entity (MME, Mobility Management Entity).UE needs to increase correlation function software as DM client (Client); Communication protocol between DM Client and the DM server (Server) is the application layer protocol of OMA definition, compares with the interacting message between UE and the MME, and the employing application layer protocol aloft expense of interface is very big.Therefore, the air interface overhead of mode two needs is bigger.
In addition, in the Attach process that also requires at UE in the prior art, MME is from home signature user server (HSS, Home Subscriber Server) obtain and store with the corresponding AllowedCSG list of this UE in the contextual information of this UE, promptly a UE has a corresponding with it Allowed CSGlist, and whether chief reason is to need MME to control corresponding UE according to this Allowed CSG list can be linked in certain CSG sub-district.Yet,, do not provide the scheme that the Allowed CSG list among the UE is managed by MME in the prior art though the required expense of the interacting message between UE and the MME is less.
In sum, can't manage the Allowed CSG list among the UE by MME in the prior art, the efficient of prior art management Allowed CSG list is lower, air interface overhead is bigger.
Embodiment
The embodiment of the invention provides a kind of management method, system and device of allowed closed subscriber group (CGS) identifier list, in order to realize the management to Allowed CSG list by MME, improves the efficiency of management, reduces air interface overhead.
How MME obtains Allowed CSG list, does not also clearly stipulate in the prior art.Generally, by the owner of Home eNodeB under the supervision and management (SUPERVISION) of Virtual network operator, mode by website browsing, determine to use the UE of this Home eNodeB, being about to certain user adds among the CSG, or the user among certain CSG deleted from this CSG, perhaps change the information of certain user among certain CSG.Because a CSG is corresponding with one or more CSG sub-district, and which CSG sub-district UE determines self can use by Allowed CSG list, so the CSG in network has been updated, network also needs to upgrade the Allowed CSGlist of MME and the storage of UE place.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the embodiment of the invention is described.
In the MME side, referring to Fig. 1, the management method of a kind of Allowed CSG list that the embodiment of the invention provides totally comprises step:
S101, MME obtain the list information of Allowed CSG List.
Wherein, MME can be from self obtaining the list information of Allowed CSG List, also can be the list information that obtains Allowed CSG List from HSS, also can be such as the list information that obtains Allowed CSG List from the OMADM server by alternate manner.
The list information of Allowed CSG List described in the embodiment of the invention can be the list information of whole list items of Allowed CSGList, also can be the list information of the part list item of Allowed CSG List.
Each list item of Allowed CSG List is made up of two parts, and a part is CSG ID, i.e. the sign of the CSG sub-district that can visit of UE; Another part is the restrictive condition of UE when visiting this CSG sub-district, can use the time restriction of this CSG sub-district as UE, and this time restriction can be following three kinds of restrictions:
The zero hour and the finish time: promptly UE can use the pairing CSG of CSG ID sub-district in this time period.
The zero hour and duration: i.e. can use the pairing CSG of CSG ID sub-district in the time period of this duration of UE after this zero hour.
The finish time: promptly UE can use the pairing CSG of CSG ID sub-district before this finish time.
S102, MME are notified to the list information of Allowed CSG List the UE of this Allowed CSG List correspondence.
The Allowed CSG List that comprises this UE correspondence in the contextual information of the UE that stores among the MME, whether this Allowed CSG List is used to control this UE can use certain CSG sub-district.
Accordingly, in the UE side, referring to Fig. 2, the management method of a kind of Allowed CSG list that the embodiment of the invention provides totally comprises step:
S201, UE obtain the notification message of the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List of MME transmission, and therefrom obtain the list information of the Allowed CSG List of MME transmission.
S202, UE are according to the notification message of the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List of MME transmission, the list information of the Allowed CSG List that MME is sent is as the list information of the Allowed CSGList of self, perhaps utilizes the Allowed CSG List of the list information updating self of the Allowed CSG List that MME sends.
Define four kinds of information units (IE, Information Element) in the embodiment of the invention, be used to deposit the list information of Allowed CSG List.
First kind of IE is called the Allowed CSG List IE of the current storage of UE, is called for short UCIE.This UCIE is used for UE and indicates its current Allowed CSG List or request network to issue AllowedCSG List to network.
Second kind of IE be called the current storage of MME with the corresponding Allowed CSG of UE List IE, abbreviate MCIE as.This MCIE is used for MME and sends whole Allowed CSG List to the UE of correspondence, and the whole list informations that are about to Allowed CSG List send to corresponding UE.
MCIE comprises that store among the MME and the whole list items corresponding Allowed CSG of certain UE List.When the Allowed CSG List corresponding with certain UE of the current storage in MME place is empty, during promptly without any list item, then the MCIE of this UE correspondence is set to sky; When the Allowed of this UE correspondence CSG List is not empty, when promptly list item being arranged, comprise whole list items of the Allowed CSG List of this UE among the MCIE of this UE correspondence.
Need to prove, store the contextual information of the UE that is attached to this MME among the MME, include the Allowed CSG List corresponding in this information with this UE.The Allowed CSGList that comprises among the MCIE is exactly whole list items of this Allowed CSG List.
The third IE is called that store among the MME and the newly-increased IE corresponding Allowed CSG of UE List, is called for short MCNIE, comprising the newly-increased list item of this Allowed CSG List and/or upgrade list item information.The list item that MME notifies corresponding UE to increase newly in the Allowed CSG List of this UE self storage by MCNIE; Perhaps, the list item that MME notifies corresponding UE to upgrade in the Allowed CSG List of this UE self storage by MCNIE, be that CSG ID is constant, but the pairing content information of CSG ID (for example visiting the time restriction of CSG sub-district) is when changing, MCNIE can be notified to UE with this information, makes UE utilize the content information of same list item among this information updating self Allowed CSG List.
The 4th kind of IE is called that store among the MME and the deletion IE corresponding Allowed CSG of UE List, is called for short MCDIE, comprising the remove entries information of this Allowed CSG List.The list item information that MME need delete from the Allowed CSG List of this UE self storage by MCDIE notice UE.
The embodiment of the invention, when MME has obtained up-to-date Allowed CSG list, MME realizes that by the Attach process between self and the UE, TAU process or GUTI Reallocation process the list information of the up-to-date Allowed CSG list that will self obtain sends to UE, thereby make UE obtain up-to-date Allowed CSG list, provide respectively below and specify.
The flow process that E-UTRAN initially adheres to (InitialAttach) as shown in Figure 3, in the step 1 of this flow process, UE when need the informing network side current self the storage Allowed CSG List the time, perhaps when need when the network side request issues the list information of up-to-date Allowed CSG List, asking at Attach to place UCIE in (Attach Request) message.Wherein, when the Allowed of UE CSG List was sky, UCIE was set to sky; When the Allowed of UE CSG List was not sky, UCIE comprised whole list informations of the Allowed CSG List that stores among the UE.Certainly, UE can not place UCIE yet in the Attach request message.
In the step 18 of flow process shown in Figure 3, MME is provided with the list information of the Allowed CSG List that carries in the Attach Accept message according to following rule:
Rule a: if do not have UCIE in the Attach request message, then MME places MCIE in Attach Accept message.
Rule b: if the Attach request message has UCIE, then MME compares this UCIE and MCIE, is about to the Allowed CSG List of UE and the Allowed CSG List of self and compares.
If the list item of storing among list item among the UCIE and the MME with the corresponding Allowed CSG of this UE List is in full accord, then MME does not place the list information of self Allowed CSG List in AttachAccept message, promptly MCIE, MCNIE and/or MCDIE is not placed in the Attach Accept message.
If the list item of storing among list item among the UCIE and the MME with the corresponding Allowed CSG of this UE List is inconsistent, then MME can place MCIE, MCNIE and/or MCDIE in Attach Accept message.
MME notifies Allowed CSG List list item that UE need increase newly or that upgrade with MCNIE, the Allowed CSG List list item that need delete with MCDIE notice UE, thus it is consistent with the corresponding Allowed CSG of this UE List to make that AllowedCSG List and the MME place at UE place store.Certainly, MME also can select MCIE is sent to UE, and soon whole list informations of the AllowedCSG List corresponding with this UE that self stores send to UE.Particularly, can compare the data volume of MCIE,,, then send MCNIE and/or MCDIE, otherwise send MCIE to UE to UE if the data volume of MCIE is bigger with the data volume of MCNIE and/or MCDIE.
Need to prove that except Attach Accept message, certainly the embodiment of the invention can also be used and adhere to refusal (Attach Reject) message and carry the list information of Allowed CSG List.
In step 19 shown in Figure 3, UE handles according to following rule for the Attach Accept message that receives.
Rule c: if in Attach Accept message, received MCIE, then replace the Allowed CSG List of the current storage of UE with the AllowedCSG List among the MCIE, if also have MCNIE and/or MCDIE in this message, then ignore this MCNIE and/or MCDIE.
Rule d: if in Attach Accept message, received MCNIE, then the list information with the Allowed CSG List among the MCNIE adds among the Allowed CSG List of the current storage of UE, perhaps utilize the information content of the corresponding list item among the AllowedCSG List of the current storage of list information updating UE of the Allowed CSG List among the MCNIE, if promptly the CSG ID of certain list item among the Allowed CSG List of the CSG ID of certain list item and the current storage of UE is identical among the MCNIE, then this list item at UE place is replaced with this list item of MCNIE.
Rule e: if in Attach Accept message, received MCDIE, then with list information deletion identical among the Allowed CSG List of the current storage of UE with the list information of the Allowed CSG List that comprises among the MCDIE.
Rule f: if do not receive among MCIE, MCDIE, the MCNIE any one in Attach Accept message, then UE keeps the Allowed CSG List of current storage constant.
After the Allowed CSG List of MME place storage changed, MME can also initiate GUTI Reallocation process immediately, and the list information of up-to-date Allowed CSG List is sent to UE.GUTI Reallocation flow process as shown in Figure 4, particularly, MME sends to UE according to following rule is provided with up-to-date Allowed CSG List in heavy assignment commands (the GUTI Reallocation Command) message of GUTI list information:
Rule g: if renewal has taken place the Allowed CSG List corresponding with certain UE of MME self storage, then MME will be more the information setting of new portion in MCNIE or MCDIE, MCNIE or MCDIE are arranged among the GUTI Reallocation Command, promptly only send the part that changed to UE.
Rule h: if renewal has taken place the Allowed CSG List corresponding with certain UE of MME self storage, then MME is arranged on whole Allowed CSG List among the MCIE, MCIE is arranged in the GUTIReallocation Command message, and the whole Allowed CSG List after promptly transmission is upgraded is to UE.
Specifically be selective rule g or regular h, multiple decision method can be arranged, for example, can compare the data volume of MCNIE or MCDIE and the data volume of MCIE, the IE that data volume is less sends to UE.
After UE receives GUTI Reallocation Command, the Allowed CSG List that self stores is handled according to above-mentioned regular c, d, e, f.
The TAU process that UE initiates as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6, wherein, Fig. 5 is the schematic flow sheet that carries out the tracing section updating (Tracking Area Update procedure with Serving GW change) of gateway change; Fig. 6 does not carry out the schematic flow sheet of the tracing section updating (Tracking AreaUpdate procedure without Serving GW change) of gateway change for E-UTRAN.
When renewal has taken place in the Allowed CSG List of MME storage, MME waits until when UE initiates the TAU process, the list information of the Allowed CSG List after upgrading is refused (TAU Reject) message by TAU acceptance (TAUAccept) message (step 19 as shown in Figure 5 and step 23 shown in Figure 6) or TAU send to UE.
In TAU Accept or TAU Reject message, the IE that carries in the message is set according to above-mentioned regular g and regular h.
After UE receives TAU Accept or TAU Reject message, the Allowed CSG List that self stores is handled according to above-mentioned regular c, d, e, f.
Introduce system and device that the embodiment of the invention provides below.
Referring to Fig. 7, the communication system that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
MME 71, are used to obtain the list information of Allowed CSG List; This list information is notified to the UE 72 of this Allowed CSG List correspondence.
UE 72, are used to obtain the notification message of the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 sends, and therefrom obtain the list information of the Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 sends; According to this notification message,, perhaps utilize the Allowed CSG List of this list information updating self with the list information of this list information as the Allowed CSG List of self.
Preferably, referring to Fig. 8, the MME 71 that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
List information acquiring unit 81 is used to obtain the list information of allowed closed subscriber group (CGS) identifier list Allowed CSGList.
List information notification unit 82 is used for described list information is notified to the pairing user terminal of described Allowed CSG List.
Preferably, described list information acquiring unit 81 triggers list information notification unit 82 when obtaining the list information of Allowed CSG List from HSS; Described list information notification unit 82 initiatively will be notified to the UE 72 of this Allowed CSG List correspondence from the list information that HSS obtains Allowed CSG List when receiving the triggering of described list information acquiring unit 81.
Preferably, described list information notification unit 82 is notified to the list information of AllowedCSG List the UE 72 of this Allowed CSG List correspondence by GUTI Reallocation process.
Preferably, described list information notification unit 82 is notified to the list information of Allowed CSG List the UE 72 of this Allowed CSG List correspondence by initiating GUTI Reallocation Command.
Preferably, this device also comprises:
Receive request unit 83, be used to receive and store the user terminal requests that UE 72 sends.
Described list information notification unit 82 is according to this user terminal requests, and the list information of Allowed CSG List is notified to UE 72.
Preferably, Attach Request or the TAU Request that described reception request unit 83 receives and storage UE 72 sends.
Preferably, described list information notification unit 82 is according to Attach Request, by Attach Accept message the list information of Allowed CSG List is notified to UE 72; Perhaps, according to TAU Request, the list information of Allowed CSG List is notified to UE 72 by TAU Accept message or TAU Reject.
Preferably, described list information notification unit 82 comprises:
Analysis request unit 821, be used for judging whether the request that reception request unit 83 receives comprises the Allowed CSG List that described UE 72 sends, if, then extract the list information of this Allowed CSG List, and trigger first processing unit 822, otherwise, trigger second processing unit 823.
First processing unit 822, be used for triggering according to described analysis request unit 821, the list information that list information that obtains when described list information acquiring unit 81 and described analysis request unit 821 extract not simultaneously, the list information that described list information acquiring unit 81 is obtained is notified to UE 72.
Second processing unit 823 is used for the triggering according to described analysis request unit 821, and the list information that described list information acquiring unit 81 is obtained is notified to UE 72.
Preferably, the list information that described list information acquiring unit 81 obtains comprises newly-increased list item, remove entries and/or the entry updating information of Allowed CSGList, perhaps comprises all list item information of Allowed CSG List.
Preferably, described list information notification unit 82, according to the newly-increased list item of Allowed CSG List, remove entries and/or upgrade the data volume of list item information, and the data volume of all list item information of Allowed CSG List, judgement is with newly-increased list item, remove entries and/or the renewal list item information of Allowed CSG List, and perhaps all list item information with Allowed CSG List are notified to UE 72.
Preferably, referring to Fig. 9, the UE 72 that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
Obtain notification unit 91, be used to obtain the notification message of the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List that MME 71 sends, and therefrom obtain the list information of the Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 sends.
Processing unit 92, be used for according to this notification message, the list information of the Allowed CSGList that described MME 71 is sent is as the list information of the Allowed CSG List of described UE 72, perhaps utilizes the AllowedCSG List of the described UE 72 of list information updating of the Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 sends.
Preferably, described processing unit 92 comprises:
First processing unit 921, the notification message that is used for the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List that sends according to described MME 71, the list information of the Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 is sent is as the list information of the Allowed CSG List of described UE 72.
Second processing unit 922, the notification message that is used for the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List that sends according to described MME 71, the list information that the CSG sign is not included among the Allowed CSG List of described UE 72 in the list information of the Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 is sent is added among the Allowed CSG List of described UE 72; And/or, utilize that same CSG identifies pairing list information among the Allowed CSG List of the described UE 72 of list information updating of the Allowed CSGList that described MME 71 sends; And/or, the identical list information of list information of deletion and the Allowed CSG List of described MME 71 transmissions from the Allowed CSG List of described UE 72.
Preferably, the described notification unit 91 that obtains adheres to Attach process or tracing section updating TAU process by what described UE 72 initiated, and perhaps the global unique temporary identity of initiating by described MME 71 heavily distributes GUTI Reallocation process to obtain the notification message of the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List that described MME 71 sends.
Preferably, the described notification unit 91 that obtains obtains the notification message of the list information that comprises Allowed CSG List of described MME 71 transmissions by Attach Accept message, TAU Accept message, TAU Reject message or GUTI Reallocation Command that described MME 71 sends.
Preferably, described UE 72 also comprises:
Request unit 93 is used for sending Attach request or TAU request to described MME 71, wherein comprises the Allowed CSG List of described UE 72.
In sum, the embodiment of the invention is upgraded the Allowed CSG List of UE storage automatically by MME, and that has avoided that user intervention brought is loaded down with trivial details, thereby improves update efficiency, reduces the UE resource consumption, and reduces air interface overhead.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to the present invention and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs within the scope of claim of the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.