CN102170625B - Method and device for realizing PCC (Policy and Charging Control) policy - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the invention discloses a method and device for realizing a PCC (Policy and Charging Control) policy. The method comprises the following steps: a policy control and charging rule function (PCRF) entity obtains the wireless resource utilization information of the current cell in which user equipment is located; and the PCRF carries out PCC policy control on the user equipment according to the wireless resource utilization information of the current cell in which user equipment is located. By using the invention, the aims of carrying out PCC policy control according to the wireless resource utilization information of the cell in which the user equipment is located and managing and controlling wireless network resources are achieved, and the utilization ratio of the wireless network resources is improved.
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Technical field
The embodiment of the present invention relates to communication technical field, particularly a kind of implementation method of PCC strategy and device.
Background technology
In order to support QoS (the Quality of Service to Business Stream, service quality) control, charging control and thresholding control, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, third generation partner program) define PCC (Policy and Charging Control, strategy and charging control) framework, as shown in Figure 1, be the structural representation of PCC framework.
Wherein, main network element in PCC framework comprises: PCRF (Policy and Charging RulesFunction, policy control and charging regulation function entity), PCEF (Policy and ControlEnforcement Function, strategy and charging execution function entity), SPR (Subscription ProfileRepository, CAMEL-Subscription-Information storehouse) and AF (Application Function, Application Function).
PCRF is the core network element of PCC framework, and for decision-making and the charging regulation of generating strategy, these strategies and charging control mainly comprise: detection, thresholding control, QoS control and the charging regulation based on data flow etc. of business data flow.PCEF is positioned at Gateway (gateway), and the business datum flow filter in the PCC rule that PCEF issues according to PCRF detects business data flow, implementation strategy, thresholding control and the charging based on stream.SPR is the logical node of depositing all user signing contract informations, these CAMEL-Subscription-Information can be used for carrying out policy control based on signing and the PCC policy control of IP CAN (IPConnectivity Access Network, IP connects Access Network) bearing bed by PCRF.AF is to provide business and requires IP CAN to provide dynamic strategy control node for this business, AF by and PCRF between communicate by letter and issue dynamic session information to carry out policy control to PCEF, AF also receives IP CAN relevant information or the event notice that PCRF reports simultaneously.
Realize effective management and the control to resource by generate strategy decision-making and charging regulation of PCRF, thereby make full use of Internet resources.In the prior art, PCRF carries out strategy and the Main Basis of charging control comprises: that obtain from AF and information traffic aided, from SPR obtain user's strategy and billing control and subscription information, from PCEF/BBERF (Bearing Binding and Event Report Function, bearing binding and event reporting function entity) obtain and carry the relevant network information, as the positional information of IP CAN type, subscriber equipment, and the pre-configured relevant information of PCRF self.
The shortcoming of prior art is: PCRF in the time carrying out decision-making and charging control, conventionally using SPR, AF, PCEF and self with configuration information as foundation, cannot realize optimum PCC strategy.For example, when community is during in busy condition, if the subscriber equipment transmission service of Xiang Gai community can cause the business of this propelling movement to occupy busy bandwidth resources, affect normally carrying out of business that other times have relatively high expectations, reduced network service quality and user and experienced; When community is during in idle condition, if do not increase the qos requirement of the subscriber equipment in this community, do not have the subscriber equipment in Xiang Gai community to push the more wide in range business of delay requirement yet, can cause the waste of wireless network resource.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of implementation method and device of PCC strategy, for improving the utilance of wireless network resource.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of implementation method of PCC strategy, comprises the following steps:
The Radio Resource that policy control and charging regulation function entity PCRF obtain community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information;
Described PCRF utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to described subscriber equipment according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment.
Preferably, the Radio Resource that described PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, specifically comprises:
Described PCRF sends the first request message to network equipment, carries the subscriber identity information of described subscriber equipment in described the first request message;
Described network equipment sends the second request message according to described the first request message to base station, carry the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment in described the second request message;
The Radio Resource that community, the current place of described subscriber equipment is estimated according to described the second request message in described base station utilizes information, and utilizes information to the Radio Resource that described network equipment returns to community, the current place of described subscriber equipment;
The Radio Resource that described PCRF receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns utilizes information.
Preferably, the Radio Resource that described PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, specifically comprises:
Described PCRF sends the 3rd request message of the subscriber identity information that carries described subscriber equipment to described network equipment, and receives the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns according to described the 3rd request message;
Described PCRF sends the 4th request message of positional information that carries community, the current place of described subscriber equipment to network management device, and the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network management device returns according to described the 4th request message utilizes information.
Preferably, described Radio Resource utilizes information, is specially:
Radio Resource takies grade, or Radio Resource utilizes percentage.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of PCRF, comprising:
Acquiring unit, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment;
Policy control unit, utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to described subscriber equipment for the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that obtains according to described acquiring unit.
Preferably, described acquiring unit, comprising:
First sends subelement, for send the first request message to network equipment, carries the User Identity of described subscriber equipment in described the first request message;
First receives subelement, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns.
Preferably, described acquiring unit, comprising:
Second sends subelement, for send the 3rd request message that obtains the current place of described subscriber equipment location information of cell to described network equipment, carries the User Identity of described subscriber equipment in described the second request message; And, receiving after the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns according to described the 3rd request message, send the 4th request message that obtains the current place of described subscriber equipment cell radio resource and utilize information to network management device, in described the 4th request message, carry the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment;
Second receives subelement, and for receiving the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns, the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network management device returns utilizes information.
Be compared with the prior art, the technical scheme that the embodiment of the present invention provides has the following advantages:
The Radio Resource that PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, and utilize information to carry out PCC policy control according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, realize management to wireless network resource and the object of control, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of base station, comprising:
Receiving element, utilizes the second request message of information for receiving the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment that network equipment sends, and carries the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment in described the second request message;
Predicting unit, the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment of carrying for the described request message receiving according to receiving element, predicts that the Radio Resource of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment utilizes information;
Transmitting element, utilizes information for the Radio Resource of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment from the prediction of described predicting unit to described network equipment that send.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of network management device, comprising:
Receiving element, utilizes the 4th request message of information for receiving the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment that PCRF sends, and carries the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment in described the 4th request message;
Acquiring unit, the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment of carrying in the described request message receiving according to receiving element, the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information;
Transmitting element, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that sends the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described acquiring unit obtains to described PCRF.
Preferably, described acquiring unit, specifically for utilizing information to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment described in wireless network active obtaining, or the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that reports of wireless network utilizes information.
Be compared with the prior art, the technical scheme that the embodiment of the present invention provides has the following advantages:
Base station or network management device receive after request message, the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, and utilize information to return to PCRF this Radio Resource, make PCRF utilize information to carry out PCC policy control according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, realize management to wireless network resource and the object of control, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, to the accompanying drawing of required use in the present invention or description of the Prior Art be briefly described below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, do not paying under the prerequisite of creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of PCC framework in prior art;
The schematic flow sheet of the implementation method of a kind of PCC strategy that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the system construction drawing that Radio Resource that in a kind of LTE system provided by the invention, PCRF obtains community, current user equipment place utilizes information;
Fig. 4 is the system construction drawing that Radio Resource that in a kind of 2G/3G system provided by the invention, PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information;
The implementation method schematic flow sheet of a kind of PCC strategy that Fig. 5 provides for application scenarios one of the present invention;
The implementation method schematic flow sheet of a kind of PCC strategy that Fig. 6 provides for application scenarios two of the present invention;
The implementation method schematic flow sheet of a kind of PCC strategy that Fig. 7 provides for application scenarios three of the present invention;
A kind of policy control that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the present invention and the structural representation of charging regulation function entity;
The another kind of policy control that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention and the structural representation of charging regulation function entity;
The structural representation of a kind of base station that Figure 10 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of a kind of network management device that Figure 11 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.
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Under wireless network environment, the quantity of the radio open resource that can provide due to system is very limited, and subscriber equipment is unlimited to the demand of Radio Resource, in the time that the wireless resource utility efficiency of community, the current place of subscriber equipment is high, be that community is under busy condition, if the subscriber equipment transmission service of Xiang Gai community, this business will take busy bandwidth resources, affect normally carrying out of business that other times have relatively high expectations, user's use impression is poor, even will cause the congested of cell radio resource.
As can be seen here, the reason that prior art cannot realize optimum PCC strategy is, PCRF is in the time carrying out decision-making and charging control, the Radio Resource of not considering community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, cannot carry out according to cell radio resource utilance propelling movement and the QoS control of business, also cannot ensure the qos requirement of customer service.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of implementation method and device that utilizes the PCC decision-making mechanism of information based on Radio Resource, PCRF utilizes information to carry out QoS of survice control and service propelling according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, realize management and control to wireless network resource, utilized fully limited wireless network resource.Core concept of the present invention is: PCRF utilizes information to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of network equipment request subscriber equipment, and utilize information to carry out corresponding PCC policy control to subscriber equipment according to cell radio resource, realize management and control to wireless network resource.
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.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of implementation method of PCC strategy, and as shown in Figure 2, the method comprises the following steps:
Step s201, the Radio Resource that PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information.
Particularly, the Radio Resource that above-mentioned PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, can specifically comprise: PCRF sends the first request message to network equipment, carries the subscriber identity information of described subscriber equipment in this first request message; Network equipment sends the second request message according to described the first request message to base station, carry the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment in this second request message; The Radio Resource that community, the current place of described subscriber equipment is estimated according to described the second request message in base station utilizes information, and utilizes information to the Radio Resource that described network equipment returns to community, the current place of described subscriber equipment; The Radio Resource that PCRF receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns utilizes information.Wherein, subscriber identity information can be user identity indications.
The Radio Resource that above-mentioned PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, can also specifically comprise: PCRF sends the 3rd request message of the subscriber identity information that carries described subscriber equipment to described network equipment, and receive the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns according to described the 3rd request message; PCRF sends the 4th request message of positional information that carries community, the current place of described subscriber equipment to network management device, and the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network management device returns according to described the 4th request message utilizes information.Wherein, the positional information of community, the current place of subscriber equipment can be the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment.
Step s202, PCRF utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to this subscriber equipment according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment.
Wherein, Radio Resource utilizes information, is specially: Radio Resource takies grade, or Radio Resource utilizes percentage.
The implementation method of the PCC strategy that the application of the invention embodiment proposes, having realized according to the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control, wireless network resource is managed and the object of controlling, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of implementation method of PCC strategy, be applied to LTE (Long TermEvolution, Long Term Evolution) in system, or be applied in 2G/3G (2rd Generation/3rd Generation, the second generation/3G (Third Generation) Moblie technology) system.Certainly, PCC that the embodiment of the present invention provides strategy implementation method is also applied in other communication systems, at this, describes as example to be applied in 2G/3G system and LTE system.
In order to be more expressly understood technical scheme of the present invention, below PCRF is obtained to community, subscriber equipment place Radio Resource utilize the system architecture of information to be elaborated.
As shown in Figure 3, the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment for PCRF in LTE system utilizes the system construction drawing of information, comprise: PCRF, PDN-GW (Public DataNetwork-Gateway, public data network gateway, hereinafter to be referred as P-GW), Serving-GW (Serving-Gateway, gateway, hereinafter to be referred as S-GW), MME (Mobility ManagementEntity, Mobility Management Entity), eNodeB (evolved NodeB, base station) and user equipment (UE).Wherein, PCRF utilizes information to the Radio Resource of P-GW request community, the current place of subscriber equipment, P-GW utilizes the request message of information to S-GW transmission cell radio resource, S-GW utilizes the request message of information to MME transmission cell radio resource, MME utilizes the request message of information to eNodeB transmission cell radio resource, the Radio Resource that eNodeB obtains community, subscriber equipment place according to the user ID of carrying in the request message from MME receiving utilizes information, and utilize information to the Radio Resource of MME transmission community, the current place of subscriber equipment, MME passes through S-GW, the Radio Resource that P-GW sends community, the current place of subscriber equipment to PCRF utilizes information, PCRF utilizes information to carry out corresponding PCC policy control to subscriber equipment according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment.
As shown in Figure 4, the Radio Resource that obtains community, subscriber equipment place for PCRF in 2G/3G system utilizes the system construction drawing of information, comprise: PCRF, GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node, Gateway GPRS Support Node), SGSN (Service GPRS Support Node, GPRS serving GPRS support node), eNodeB and UE.Wherein, PECF utilizes information to the Radio Resource of GGSN request community, subscriber equipment place, GGSN utilizes the request message of information to SGSN transmission cell radio resource, SGSN utilizes the request message of information to eNodeB transmission cell radio resource, the Radio Resource that eNodeB obtains community, subscriber equipment place according to the user ID of carrying in the request message from SGSN receiving utilizes information, and utilize information to the Radio Resource of SGSN transmission community, subscriber equipment place, the Radio Resource that SGSN sends community, subscriber equipment place by GGSN to PCRF utilizes information, PCRF utilizes information to carry out corresponding PCC policy control to subscriber equipment according to the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place, as QoS controls, service propelling etc.
It should be noted that, in concrete application scenarios, what the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilized that information can be expressed as Radio Resource takies utilizing percentage etc. other can representing that Radio Resource utilizes the form of information of grade, Radio Resource.
For example, during with the taking Radio Resource that grade represents community, subscriber equipment place and utilize information of Radio Resource, can setting in advance Radio Resource, to take grade be 5 grades, and Radio Resource is set, and take higher grade, the wireless resource utility efficiency of community, subscriber equipment place is higher, as to take grade be that the wireless resource utility efficiency of 5 grades is the wireless resource utility efficiency of 1 grade higher than taking grade, and take grade according to Radio Resource corresponding PCC strategy is set, for example, in the time that Radio Resource takies grade and is 5 grades, the utilance of cell radio resource is very high, corresponding PCC strategy now can be set for not to subscriber equipment transmission service, or the qos requirement of reduction subscriber equipment, in the time that Radio Resource takies grade and is 1 grade, the utilance of cell radio resource is very low, can push to community, subscriber equipment place the higher business of qos requirement, or pushes the more wide in range business of delay requirement etc. to subscriber equipment.The wireless resource utility efficiency that utilizes community, subscriber equipment place is corresponding PCC strategy for subscriber equipment pushes, and has realized management and control to wireless network resource, has improved the utilance of wireless network resource, and has improved user's use impression.Concrete, can show Radio Resource and utilize the various forms of information to belong to protection scope of the present invention, do not repeating one by one inferior.
Under concrete application scenarios, the implementation method that subscriber equipment is in to the PCC strategy under CONNECTED (connection) state and IDLE (off-line) state is discussed respectively.
As shown in Figure 5, the implementation method of a kind of PCC strategy providing for application scenarios one of the present invention, is applied in LTE system as shown in Figure 3, and wherein, subscriber equipment is under CONNECTED state, and the method comprises the following steps:
Step s501, the request message that PCRF sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to P-GW is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s502, the request message that P-GW sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to S-GW is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s503, the request message that S-GW sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to MME is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s504, the request message that MME sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to eNodeB is carried the ID of community, subscriber equipment place in this request message.
When subscriber equipment is under CONNECTED state, mail to user identity indications entrained in the request message of MME according to S-GW, MME directly obtains the positional information of this community, subscriber equipment place, the i.e. ID of community from wireless network according to this user identity identifier; MME sends request to eNodeB the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment according to the ID of community, subscriber equipment place and utilizes the request message of information, and in this request request, carries the ID of community, subscriber equipment place.
Step s505, the request message that eNodeB sends according to MME, the Radio Resource of community, the current place of predictive user equipment utilizes information.
Concrete, eNodeB can utilize situation according to the Radio Resource of the communities, the current place of factor predictive user equipment such as Radio Resource that in the wireless resource utility efficiency of community, subscriber equipment place in the past period (if subscriber equipment roam in minizone, can be according to the wireless resource utility efficiency of current area, place after user's set roaming in the past period), community, the shared wireless network bandwidth of customer service, community may take in next time interval.Concrete, what the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilized that information can be expressed as Radio Resource takies utilizing percentage etc. other can representing that Radio Resource utilizes the form of situation of grade, Radio Resource.
Step s506, eNodeB sends response message to MME, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s507, MME sends response message to S-GW, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s508, S-GW sends response message to P-GW, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s509, P-GW sends response message to PCRF, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s510, the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that PCRF reports according to P-GW utilizes information to carry out corresponding PCC policy control to subscriber equipment, and cell radio resource is managed and controlled.
Under this application scene, utilize percentage to represent that the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilizes information with Radio Resource.The Radio Resource that PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes percentage, and set in advance different Radio Resources and utilize the PCC decision-making that percentage is corresponding, for example, in the situation that Radio Resource utilizes percentage higher (being 98% as Radio Resource takies percentage), community is in busy condition, in community, utilizable Radio Resource quantity is little, corresponding PCC strategy can be set for not to subscriber equipment transmission service, or do not push the related service that bandwidth occupancy is higher, or the qos requirement of reduction subscriber equipment etc.; Take percentage lower in the situation that (being 30% as Radio Resource takies percentage) at Radio Resource, community is under idle condition, now in community, there is utilizable Radio Resource quantity more, can be set to subscriber equipment and push the business that high bandwidth takies, increase the qos requirement of subscriber equipment, or push more wide in range business of delay requirement etc. to subscriber equipment, to reach the object of the utilance that improves wireless network resource.
The implementation method of the PCC strategy that the application of the invention proposes, having realized according to the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control, wireless network resource is managed and the object of controlling, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
As shown in Figure 6, the implementation method of a kind of PCC strategy providing for application scenarios two of the present invention, is applied in LTE system as shown in Figure 3, and wherein, subscriber equipment is under IDLE state, and the method comprises the following steps:
Step s601, the request message that PCRF sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to P-GW is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s602, the request message that P-GW sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to S-GW is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s603, the request message that S-GW sends request the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilize information to MME is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s604, MME, according to the user identity indications of carrying in request message, obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment.
When subscriber equipment is under IDLE state, MME cannot directly obtain the ID of community, subscriber equipment place from wireless network, therefore, receiving when obtaining cell radio resource and utilizing the request message of information, first MME need to obtain the ID of community, subscriber equipment place.
Concrete, MME obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, can adopt following methods:
The first situation: MME issues paging (paging) message calling user device, subscriber equipment is initiated service request (service request) message according to paging message to eNodeB, when eNodeB receives this service request message and forwards to MME, the ID of community, subscriber equipment place is carried in this message.MME receives this service request message, obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment.
MME is by initiatively initiating beep-page message calling user device to obtain the ID of community, subscriber equipment place, in the time having urgency traffic to push, the ID that can obtain timely community, subscriber equipment place utilizes information with the Radio Resource that obtains this community, realizes and utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to subscriber equipment according to cell radio resource.
The second situation: MME is the ID of community, active request subscriber equipment place not, but waits for that UE initiates TAU or service request message, obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment from described message.Be understandable that, MME is the ID of community, active request subscriber equipment place not, can select the method to avoid the additional load to network side in the time there is no urgency traffic requirement.
Certainly, MME can also obtain according to additive method the ID of community, subscriber equipment place, and this is no longer going to repeat them.
Step s605, after MME obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, MME sends the request message of obtaining cell radio resource and utilize information to eNodeB, carry the ID of community, subscriber equipment place in this request message.
Step s606, the ID of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment of carrying in the request message that eNodeB sends according to MME, the Radio Resource of community, the current place of predictive user equipment utilizes information.
Step s607, eNodeB sends response message to MME, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s608, MME sends response message to S-GW, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s609, S-GW sends response message to P-GW, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s610, P-GW sends response message to PCRF, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s611, the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that PCRF reports according to P-GW utilizes information to carry out corresponding PCC policy control to subscriber equipment.
The implementation method of the PCC strategy that the application of the invention proposes, having realized according to the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control, wireless network resource is managed and the object of controlling, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
Under the concrete application scenarios of the present invention, PCRF can also send to network equipment (MME or GGSN) the request message of the ID that obtains community, subscriber equipment place, at the ID that obtains the community, subscriber equipment place that network side reports, obtain this community cell radio resource corresponding to ID from network management device and utilize information.
As shown in Figure 7, the implementation method of a kind of PCC strategy providing for application scenarios three of the present invention, is applied in 2G/3G system as shown in Figure 4, and the method comprises the following steps:
Step s701, the request message that PCRF sends request to GGSN the ID that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment, carries user identity indications in this request message.
Step s702, the request message that GGSN sends request to SGSN the ID that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment is carried user identity indications in this request message.
Step s703, SGSN, according to the user identity indications of carrying in request message, obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment.
Concrete, when subscriber equipment is in CONNECTED state lower time, the Radio Resource that SGSN can directly obtain community, the current place of subscriber equipment from wireless network utilizes information; When subscriber equipment is under IDLE state, the Radio Resource that SGSN can obtain community, the current place of subscriber equipment by the mode of active paging utilizes information, or SGSN is the ID of community, the current place of active request subscriber equipment not, wait for that subscriber equipment obtains the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment while initiating TAU message or service request message.The ID which kind of mode network equipment SGSN specifically adopts obtain community, the current place of subscriber equipment all belongs to protection scope of the present invention.
Step s704, SGSN sends response message to GGSN, carries the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message.
Step s705, GGSN sends response message to PCRF, carries the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message.
Step s706, PCRF sends the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment and utilizes the request message of information to network management device, carry the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this message.
Step s707, network management device is according to the ID of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, and the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information.
Concrete, network management device is according to the ID of the community, subscriber equipment place of carrying in this request message, and the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of this subscriber equipment utilizes information.
Wherein, the Radio Resource that network management device obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information can adopt various ways; for example: the network management device periodically Radio Resource of active obtaining community utilizes information; or network management device records the cell radio resource that wireless network reports and utilizes information, and other can obtain cell radio resource and utilize the method for information all to belong to protection scope of the present invention.
Step s708, network management device sends response message to PCRF, and the Radio Resource that carries community, the current place of subscriber equipment in this response message utilizes information.
Step s709, the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that PCRF reports according to network management device utilizes information to carry out corresponding PCC policy control to subscriber equipment.
The implementation method of the PCC strategy that the application of the invention proposes, having realized according to the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control, wireless network resource is managed and the object of controlling, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of policy control and charging regulation function entity, as shown in Figure 8, is the structural representation of this device, comprising:
Acquiring unit 810, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment;
Policy control unit 820, utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to subscriber equipment for the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that obtains according to acquiring unit 810.
Wherein, acquiring unit comprises that the first transmission subelement 811 and second receives subelement 812,
First sends subelement 811, for send the first request message to network equipment, carries the User Identity of described subscriber equipment in described the first request message;
First receives subelement 812, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that network equipment returns.
The present invention also provides a kind of policy control and charging regulation function entity, as shown in Figure 9, comprising:
Acquiring unit 910, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment;
Policy control unit 920, utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to subscriber equipment for the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that obtains according to acquiring unit 910.
Wherein, acquiring unit also comprises transmission subelement 911 and reception subelement 912,
Second sends subelement 911, for send the 3rd request message that obtains the current place of described subscriber equipment location information of cell to described network equipment, carries the User Identity of described subscriber equipment in described the second request message; And, receiving after the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns according to described the 3rd request message, send the 4th request message that obtains the current place of described subscriber equipment cell radio resource and utilize information to network management device, in described the 4th request message, carry the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment;
Second receives subelement 912, and for receiving the positional information of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that network equipment returns, the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment that receiving network managing equipment returns utilizes information.
Wherein, Radio Resource utilizes information to be specially: Radio Resource takies grade, or Radio Resource utilizes percentage.
The PCRF that the application of the invention proposes, has realized according to the Radio Resource of community, subscriber equipment place and has utilized information to carry out PCC policy control, and wireless network resource is managed and the object of controlling, and has improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of base station, as shown in figure 10, is the structural representation of this device, comprising:
Receiving element 1010, utilizes the second request message of information for receiving the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment that network equipment sends, and carries the current place of subscriber equipment location information of cell in this second request message;
Predicting unit 1020, the positional information of the community, the current place of subscriber equipment of carrying for the request message receiving according to receiving element 1010, the Radio Resource of community, the current place of predictive user equipment utilizes information;
Transmitting element 1030, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that sends predicting unit 1020 community, the current place of subscriber equipment of predicting to network equipment.
Base station in the embodiment of the present invention receives after request message, the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, and utilize information to return to PCRF this Radio Resource, make PCRF utilize information to carry out PCC policy control according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, realize management to wireless network resource and the object of control, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of network management device, as shown in figure 11, is the structural representation of this device, comprising:
Receiving element 1110, utilizes the 4th request message of information for receiving the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment that PCRF sends, and carries the positional information of community, the current place of subscriber equipment in the 4th request message;
Acquiring unit 1120, the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment of carrying in the described request message receiving according to receiving element 1110, the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information;
Above-mentioned acquiring unit 1120, specifically for utilizing information to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment described in wireless network active obtaining, or the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that reports of wireless network utilizes information.
Transmitting element 1130, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that sends the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that obtains of acquiring unit 1120 to PCRF.
Network management device in the embodiment of the present invention receives after request message, the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, and utilize information to return to PCRF this Radio Resource, make PCRF utilize information to carry out PCC policy control according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of subscriber equipment, realize management to wireless network resource and the object of control, improved the utilance of wireless network resource.
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 under a lot of information, the former is better execution mode.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.
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1. an implementation method for strategy and charging control PCC strategy, is characterized in that, comprises the following steps:
The Radio Resource that policy control and charging regulation function entity PCRF obtain community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information;
Described PCRF utilizes information to carry out PCC policy control to described subscriber equipment according to the Radio Resource of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment;
Wherein, the Radio Resource that described PCRF obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment utilizes information, specifically comprises:
Described PCRF sends the first request message to network equipment, carries the subscriber identity information of described subscriber equipment in described the first request message; Described network equipment sends the second request message according to described the first request message to base station, carry the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment in described the second request message; The Radio Resource that community, the current place of described subscriber equipment is estimated according to described the second request message in described base station utilizes information, and utilizes information to the Radio Resource that described network equipment returns to community, the current place of described subscriber equipment; The Radio Resource that described PCRF receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns utilizes information; Or
Described PCRF sends the 3rd request message of the subscriber identity information that carries described subscriber equipment to described network equipment, and receives the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns according to described the 3rd request message; Described PCRF sends the 4th request message of positional information that carries community, the current place of described subscriber equipment to network management device, and the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network management device returns according to described the 4th request message utilizes information.
2. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described Radio Resource utilizes information, is specially:
Radio Resource takies grade, or Radio Resource utilizes percentage.
3. policy control and a charging regulation function entity PCRF, is characterized in that, comprising:
Acquiring unit, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that obtains community, the current place of subscriber equipment;
Policy control unit, utilizes information to carry out strategy and charging control PCC policy control to described subscriber equipment for the Radio Resource of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that obtains according to described acquiring unit;
Wherein, described acquiring unit, comprising:
First sends subelement, for send the first request message to network equipment, carries the User Identity of described subscriber equipment in described the first request message;
First receives subelement, utilizes information for the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns; Or
Described acquiring unit, comprising:
Second sends subelement, for send the 3rd request message that obtains the current place of described subscriber equipment location information of cell to described network equipment, carries the User Identity of described subscriber equipment in described the 3rd request message; And, receiving after the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns according to described the 3rd request message, send the 4th request message that obtains the current place of described subscriber equipment cell radio resource and utilize information to network management device, in described the 4th request message, carry the positional information of community, the current place of described subscriber equipment;
Second receives subelement, and for receiving the positional information of the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network equipment returns, the Radio Resource that receives the community, the current place of described subscriber equipment that described network management device returns utilizes information.
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