Background technology
MBMS(MultimediaBroadcastMulticastService, multimedia broadcast-multicast service) be 3GPPR6(3rdGenerationPartnershipProjectRelease6, third generation partner program the 6th version) the middle multimedia broadcasting and multicast function defining, be used to the user in wireless area that multimedia broadcasting and multicast service are provided.
Transmit relevant logic channel to MBMS and mainly comprise BCCH(BroadcastControlChannel, BCCH), MCCH(MulticastControlChannel, multicast control channel) and MTCH(MulticastTrafficChannel, multicast service channel), wherein, BCCH is used for network to UE(UserEquipment, subscriber equipment) broadcast system information. For MBMS, in BCCH, carry the configuration information of MCCH, for example, the signaling MCS form of repetition period, beginning radio frames side-play amount, subframe position, MCCH amendment cycle, MCCH amendment advice indicating mode and the transmission MCCH of MCCH etc., to make UE can find the resource location of MCCH, do not carry concrete MBMS business information in BCCH.
MCCH is a point-to-multipoint down channel, and for network, to the relevant control information of UE transmission MBSFN region MBMS, a MCCH can corresponding to one or more MTCH, that is, can carry the control information of multiple MTCH. The information that MCCH carries can comprise MBSFN(MulticastBroadcastSingleFrequencyNetwork, Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network) sub-frame allocation in region and sub-frame allocation repetition period, PMCH(PhysicalMulticastChannel, Physical Multicast Channel) or MCH(MulticastChannel, Multicast Channel) configuration information, for example, MBMSsession(session) information, data MCS format configuration, PMCH subframe position and dispatching cycle etc. MTCH is a point-to-multipoint down channel, sends concrete MBMS business datum for network to UE.
Network utilisation BCCH is to the configuration information of UE instruction MCCH, and recycling MCCH provide (P) MCH information to UE, and UE reads the MTCH schedule information MSI of concrete business on (P) MCH, thereby can on MTCH, receive MBMS business.
LTE(LongTermEvolution, Long Term Evolution) in system, MBMS dedicated frequency layer and can both provide MBMS with non-MBMS business shared frequencies layer, supports that MBMS LTE community can be MBMS dedicated cell, can be also MBMS/ clean culture mixed cell. MBMS can carry out single cell transmission, also can carry out many cell transmission.
Wherein, many cell transmission of MBMS need to be supported MBSFN transmission means,, carry out synchronous transfer at one time with same frequency in multiple communities that is, to save frequency resource, improve the availability of frequency spectrum. MBSFN transmission means requires multiple communities that identical content is sent simultaneously, UE receiver is using multiple MBSFN community as Yi Ge great community, therefore, UE not only can not be subject to the presence of intercell interference of neighbor cell transmission, and by the stack of benefiting from from the signal of multiple MBSFN community. Multiple sectors at same keeps pouring in defeated brought diversity can also solve the problems such as blind area covering, strengthens the reliability receiving, and improves coverage rate.
The technical characterstic of the many cell transmission of MBMS comprises: the synchronous transfer of MBMS in MBSFN territory; Support the merging of many cell MBMS transmission; Logic channel MTCH and MCCH are mapped in for PTM(PacketTransferMode, PTM Packet Transfer Mode) transmission channel MCH, and then be mapped on PMCH; Can semi-static configuration MBSFN retaining zone, for example, by O&M(Operations&Maintenance, operation and maintenance) system configuration MBSFN region.
As shown in Figure 1, for the logical architecture schematic diagram of LTEMBMS of the prior art, wherein, MCE(MobileControlEntity, mobile controlled entity) as RAN(RadioAccessNetwork, wireless access network) centralized node of side, M2 interface is as MCE and eNB(base station) logic interfacing, for transmitting the area identification of MBSFN; MCE is used for upgrading MCCH configuration to the schedule information of MBMS business, forwards from the session of MME and starts, finishes and new information more, has M2 interface management and configuration feature simultaneously.
As shown in Figure 2, be the schematic diagram that is related between MBMS service area of the prior art and MBSFN region. MBMS service area can be by BM-SC(BroadcastMulticastServiceCenter, broadcast/multicast service center) in conversation message, carry to base station, comprise one or more service identifications, each service identification maps to one or more communities. MBSFN region can be planned according to the strategy of operator by MCE, and by informing base station in M2 interface message, comprises Yi Zu community in retaining zone, and these communities send for carrying out synchronous MBSFN. Reserved community, MBSFN region also belongs to retaining zone, but does not carry out the transmission of MBMS business.
Realizing in process of the present invention, inventor finds prior art, and at least there are the following problems:
The transmission of current MBMS business is broadcasted based on MBSFN region, but some MBMS business has regional feature, and corresponding region is less than MBSFN region, for example: weather forecast, video ads and transport information etc. In these cases, subscriber equipment, by receiving a large amount of garbages, has been wasted battery electric quantity.
Detailed description of the invention
In the technical scheme that the embodiment of the present invention provides, pass through MCEOAM(OperationAdministrationandMaintenance, Operations, Administration and Maintenance) system configures MBMS session location information on MCE, and by MCE as control node, MBMS session location information is notified to eNB. ENB can send to UE by the MBMS session location information receiving, and UE determines whether to receive corresponding MBMS session according to this MBMS session location information; ENB also can carry out according to MBMS session location information process control to eating dishes without rice or wine, with make UE can based on MBMS session location Information Selection receive MBMS session.
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the present invention, the technical scheme in the present invention is carried out to clear, complete description, obviously, described embodiment is a part of embodiment of the present invention, instead of whole embodiment. Based on the embodiment in the present invention, the every other embodiment that those of ordinary skill in the art obtain under the prerequisite of not making creative work, belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.
In the embodiment of the present invention, MCEOAM system can configure MBMS session location information by the mode that sends configuration signal to MCE on MCE, and MCE is according to the configuration signal storage TMGI receiving and the mapping relations table of MBMS session location information.
Wherein, the MBMS session location information that MCEOAM system configures on MCE can more specific location information, this more specific location information can be the cell list in the MBMS scope of business, determine the regional extent of MBMS business with the form of community, can pass through ECGI(E-UTRANCellGlobalIdentifier, the general continental rise wireless access network of evolution: Cell Global Identification) or PLMN(PublicLandMobileNetwork, public land mobile network)+CellID(cell ID) form represent. Above-mentioned more specific location information can be also the TAI(TrackingAreaIdentity in the MBMS scope of business, tracing area mark) list, determine the regional extent of MBMS business with the form of TAI, can pass through PLMN+TAC(TrackingAreaCode, trace regions code) form represent. Above-mentioned more specific location information can be also the ID list of predefined region, and the self-defining region ID of for example operator is used to indicate the regional extent of MBMS business; Above-mentioned more specific location information can be also geographical location information, for example, " xx street, xx region ", GPS(GlobalPositioningSystem, global positioning system) geography information or the latitude and longitude information etc. that provide.
The MBMS session location information that MCEOAM system configures on MCE can also be for position class information, and this position class information can be set by operator, and arranges while contracting with user in operator. When MCEOAM is on MCE when allocation position class information, MBMSGW(Gateway, gateway) can the more specific location information of MBMS business be sent to eNB by business data. Position class information can be concrete position grade, for example, and administrative hierarchy (national, provincial level, city-level or at county level etc.), system-level (cell-level or base station level etc.); Also can be the position hierarchy index corresponding with concrete position grade, this position hierarchy index can be Digital ID and/or letter mark, and for example, position hierarchy index 1 is corresponding provincial, the corresponding city-level of position hierarchy index 2. Corresponding relation between position hierarchy index and concrete position grade can be set by operator, and arranges when signing in operator and user.
The TMGI(TemporaryMobileGroupIdentity that MCE can store according to self, Temporary Mobile Group Identity) and the mapping relations table of MBMS session location information, eNB is carried out to the configuration of MBMS session location information, idiographic flow as shown in Figure 3, comprises the following steps:
Step 301, MME(MobilityManagementEntity, Mobility Management Entity)/SGSN(ServingGPRSSupportNode, GPRS service node) send the request of MBMS session establishment to MCE.
Wherein, in the request of MBMS session establishment, can comprise TMGI, also can comprise QoS(QualityofService, service quality), MBMSservicearea(MBMS service area), Sessionidentifier(session identification), the duration is estimated in estimatedsessionduration(session), transportnetworkIPMulticastAddress(transmission network ip multicast address), IPaddressofthemulticastsource(multicast source IP address) and GTP(GPRSTunnellingProtocol, GPRS tunnel protocol) TEID(TunnelEndpointIdentifier, tunnel endpoint identifier) etc. information.
Step 302, MCE returns to the response of MBMS session establishment to MME/SGSN.
Wherein, the response of MBMS session establishment is for confirming to receive the request of MBMS session establishment.
Step 303, MCE is according to the TMGI of the TMGI inquiry of carrying in the request of MBMS session establishment self storage and the mapping relations table of MBMS session location information.
In the time that MCE does not inquire the MBMS session location information corresponding with the TMGI carrying in the request of MBMS session establishment from mapping relations table, MCE carries out conventional MBMS session establishment flow process; In the time that MCE inquires the MBMS session location information corresponding with the TMGI carrying in the request of MBMS session establishment from mapping relations table, continue to carry out following steps:
Step 304, MCE sends the request of MBMS session establishment by M2 interface to the eNB in MBSFN region.
Wherein, the MBMS session establishment request of M2 interface carries the MBMS session location information that inquires and corresponding TMGI, and its message format is as shown in table 1:
The message format of table 1MBMS session establishment request
Step 305, eNB returns to the response of MBMS session establishment to MCE.
Particularly, eNB sets up session, the MBMS session location information of carrying in the request of store M BMS session establishment according to the MBMS session establishment request receiving. In the time of session establishment success, eNB returns to the response of MBMS session establishment to MCE, by eating dishes without rice or wine, MBMS session location information is notified to UE, or is carried out process control to eating dishes without rice or wine according to MBMS session location information.
In addition,, in the time of session establishment failure, eNB can return to MBMS session establishment failed message to MCE.
It should be noted that, when MBMS session location information corresponding to the TMGI with carrying in the request of MBMS session establishment inquiring from mapping relations table as MCE is position class information, MCE can indicate eNB to obtain corresponding more specific location information from MBMSGW, and MBMSGW can send to eNB by the more specific location information of MBMS business by business data.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, MCE, in session establishment process, carries out the configuration of MBMS session location information to eNB; In other embodiments of the present invention, MCE also can, in session updates process, carry out the configuration of MBMS session location information to eNB, and idiographic flow as shown in Figure 4, comprises the following steps:
Step 401, MME/SGSN sends the request of MBMS session updates to MCE.
Wherein, in the request of MBMS session updates, can comprise TMGI, also can comprise QoS, MBMSservicearea(MBMS service area), Sessionidentifier(session identification), estimatedsessionduration(session estimates the duration), transportnetworkIPMulticastAddress(transmission network ip multicast address), IPaddressofthemulticastsource(multicast source IP address) and the information such as GTPTEID.
Step 402, MCE returns to the response of MBMS session updates to MME/SGSN.
Wherein, the response of MBMS session updates is for confirming to receive the request of MBMS session updates.
Step 403, MCE is according to the TMGI of the TMGI inquiry of carrying in the request of MBMS session updates self storage and the mapping relations table of MBMS session location information.
In the time that MCE does not inquire the MBMS session location information corresponding with the TMGI carrying in the request of MBMS session updates from mapping relations table, MCE carries out conventional MBMS session updates flow process; In the time that MCE inquires the MBMS session location information corresponding with the TMGI carrying in the request of MBMS session updates from mapping relations table, continue to carry out following steps:
Step 404, MCE sends the request of MBMS session updates by M2 interface to the eNB in MBSFN region.
Wherein, the MBMS session updates request of M2 interface carries the MBMS session location information that inquires and corresponding TMGI.
Step 405, eNB returns to the response of MBMS session updates to MCE.
Particularly, eNB is according to the more new session of MBMS session updates request receiving, the MBMS session location information of carrying in the request of store M BMS session updates. In the time of session updates success, eNB returns to the response of MBMS session updates to MCE, by eating dishes without rice or wine, MBMS session location information is notified to UE, or is carried out process control to eating dishes without rice or wine according to MBMS session location information.
In addition,, in the time of session updates failure, eNB can return to MBMS session updates failed message to MCE.
It should be noted that, when MBMS session location information corresponding to the TMGI with carrying in the request of MBMS session updates inquiring from mapping relations table as MCE is position class information, MCE can indicate eNB to obtain corresponding more specific location information from MBMSGW, and MBMSGW can send to eNB by the more specific location information of MBMS business by business data.
Embodiments of the invention comprise following advantage, by eNB being carried out to the configuration of MBMS session location information, make UE can based on MBMS session location Information Selection receive MBMS business, can effectively avoid UE to receive garbage, save the battery electric quantity of UE. Certainly, arbitrary product of enforcement embodiments of the invention might not need to reach above-described all advantages simultaneously.
According to the method for the configuration MBMS session location information providing in above-mentioned embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention also provides the device of the method for applying above-mentioned configuration MBMS session location information.
As shown in Figure 5, be the structural representation of the MCE in the embodiment of the present invention, comprising:
Memory module 510, for storing the mapping relations table of TMGI and MBMS session location information.
Wherein, MBMS session location information can be more specific location information or position class information, and more specific location information can comprise at least one in following content: TAI list, the ID list of predefined region, geographical location information and latitude and longitude information in cell list, the MBMS scope of business in the MBMS scope of business.
Receiver module 520, the MBMS session establishment request that carries TMGI or the request of MBMS session updates that send for receiving core net.
Enquiry module 530, the mapping relations table of storing for the TMGI inquiry memory module 510 receiving according to receiver module 520.
Sending module 540, in the time that enquiry module 530 inquires the MBMS session location information corresponding with TMGI from mapping relations table, sends to base station by this MBMS session location information.
Particularly, in MBMS session establishment process, sending module 540 can send to base station the response of MBMS session establishment, in this MBMS session establishment response, carries TMGI and corresponding MBMS session location information. In MBMS session updates process, sending module 540 can send to base station the response of MBMS session updates, in this MBMS session updates response, carries TMGI and corresponding MBMS session location information.
In the time that the MBMS session location information of storing in mapping relations table is position class information, above-mentioned sending module 540, is also used to indicate base station and obtains corresponding more specific location information from MBMSGW.
Above-mentioned MCE, can further include:
Module 550 is set, and the configuration signal sending for receiving MCEOAM, arranges mapping relations table according to this configuration signal.
Embodiments of the invention comprise following advantage, by base station being carried out to the configuration of MBMS session location information, make UE can based on MBMS session location Information Selection receive MBMS business, can effectively avoid UE to receive garbage, save the battery electric quantity of UE. Certainly, arbitrary product of enforcement embodiments of the invention might not need to reach above-described all advantages simultaneously.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the module in the device in embodiment can be distributed in the device of embodiment according to embodiment description, also can carry out respective change and be arranged in the one or more devices that are different from the present embodiment. The module of above-described embodiment can be merged into a module, also can further split into multiple submodules.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can be well understood to the mode that the present invention can add essential general hardware platform by software and realize, and can certainly pass through hardware, but in a lot of situation, the former is better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the part that technical scheme of the present invention contributes to prior art in essence in other words can embody with the form of software product, this computer software product is stored in a storage medium, comprise that some instructions (can be mobile phones in order to make a station terminal equipment, personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) carry out the method described in each embodiment of the present invention.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention; it should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the premise without departing from the principles of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be looked protection scope of the present invention.