CN102232311B

CN102232311B - Method, device and system for realizing home base station service quality control

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Publication number: CN102232311B
Application number: CN201080006012.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 时晓岩
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2010-10-26
Filing date: 2010-10-26
Publication date: 2013-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-26
Also published as: CN102232311A; WO2012055089A1

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device and a system for realizing home base station service quality control. The method for realizing the home base station service quality control comprises the steps of: receiving a resource request from a Serving Gateway (S-GW) or a Security Gateway (SecGW), wherein the resource request comprises an identification of the home base station and corrsponding Quality of Service (QoS) information; establishing a QoS rule for the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information; transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed to the home base station in order that the broadband network can perform a QoS control for the home base station according to the QoS rule. The technical scheme of the present invention can realize the home base station service quality control with the minimum upgrade and transformation for a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) entity in the present webside, thereby reduing network realizing complexity.

Description

Realize method and apparatus and the system of the control of Home eNodeB service quality

Technical field

The present invention relates to communication technical field, be specifically related to realize method and apparatus and the system of Home eNodeB service quality control.

Background technology

For the consideration of communication network evolution and customer service growth, industry is introduced Home eNodeB, with wireless coverage and the raising wireless bandwidth that strengthens the mobile network.

After disposing Home eNodeB (as HeNB), subscriber equipment (UE, user equipment) can be attached to evolution block core net (EPC, Evolved Packet Core) by Home eNodeB.Wherein, Home eNodeB inserts the main distinction that inserts with macro base station and is that backhaul network is different.Backhaul network refers to the transmission network between base station and the equipment of the core network.

The backhaul network of Home eNodeB adopts the broadband (BBF of forum, Broadband forum) network, can regard as is non-dedicated network, and the backhaul network of macro base station generally is the proprietary network of mobile operator or the special line of renting fixed operator, and the backhaul network of macro base station can be regarded dedicated network as.

Third generation collaborative project (3GPP, 3rd Generation Partnership Project) considers that the network topology structure behind the introducing Home eNodeB can be as shown in Figure 1, wherein, EPC is mobile network's core network architecture, referring to Fig. 1, the main network element of EPC comprises: the Mobility Management Entity (MME that mainly is responsible for the user mobility management, Mobility Management Entity), gateway (S-GW, Serving Gateway) and grouped data network gateway (P-GW, Packet Data Network Gateway), strategy and charging rule functions (PCRF, Policy and Charging Rules Function) entity; And be mainly used in converging the femto gateway (HeGW, HeNB Gateway) of Home eNodeB and be positioned at gras generally recognized as safe gateway (SecGW, Security Gateway) of mobile core network etc., wherein, HeGW and SecGW can be deployed on the same entity usually.Broadband access network mainly comprises: wideband network gateway, broadband policy control function (BPCF, Broadband Policy Control Function) entity and access point (AN, Access Node) etc.Home eNodeB is connected with the AN of broadband access network by home gateway (RG, Residential Gateway).

Because the backhaul network of Home eNodeB is non-dedicated network, therefore, in order to guarantee professional service quality end to end, under the scene that Home eNodeB inserts, need carry out service quality (QoS, Quality of Service) control to the backhaul network of Home eNodeB.In the existing controlling mechanism, the PCRF that is positioned at EPC is handed down to PGW on the one hand after formulating the QoS rule, PGW passes to the universal land radio access web (E-UTRAN of SGW and evolution with it, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network), to realize the QoS control on the mobile network node; On the other hand, PCRF sends the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity that is deployed in the broadband access network, BPCF can transmit this QoS rule and give wideband network gateway (BNG, Broadband Network Gateway) carries out, thereby realize that the QoS on the BBF network node controls (the QoS control that is the Home eNodeB backhaul network).

Owing to disposed the PCRF entity (namely not supporting the PCRF entity of S9* interface) of not supporting Home eNodeB QoS control in a large number in the existing network, therefore, implementing prior art need upgrade to the PCRF entity of much having disposed, and in many scenes, there is certain difficulty in upgrading to the PCRF entity, and the upgrading cost may be bigger.For example, when mobile operator has disposed PCRF pond (being a plurality of PCRF entities), because PGW may choose any one PCRF entity when selecting the PCRF entity, may just need all upgrade to all PCRF entities under this scene, be that the user chooses a PCRF entity of not supporting Home eNodeB QoS control to avoid; Perhaps under roaming scence, if the operator in visit territory has disposed Home eNodeB, also need the PCRF entity of home domain to upgrade this moment.

Summary of the invention

Embodiment of the invention technical problem to be solved is, the method and apparatus and the system that realize the control of Home eNodeB service quality are provided, so that as far as possible not under the situation to the PCRF entity in the existing network station and then upgrading, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, to reduce the network implementation complexity.

For achieving the above object, the technical scheme that provides in the embodiment of the invention is as follows:

A kind of method that realizes the control of Home eNodeB service quality comprises:

Reception is from the resource request of gateway or security gateway, and described resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB;

According to described QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB;

The broadband network that inserts to described Home eNodeB transmits described QoS rule, so that described broadband network carries out QoS control according to described QoS rule to described Home eNodeB;

Described reception is from the resource request of gateway or security gateway, comprise: the visit strategy receives the resource request that the visit gateway sends with charging rule functions V-PCRF entity, wherein, this resource request is sent in the QoS rule execution request back that receives from ownership charging rule functions H-PCRF entity by described visit gateway, or, receive and send after setting up request or bearing modification request from the carrying of home packet data network gateway;

The described broadband network that inserts to described Home eNodeB transmits described QoS rule, comprising: the V-PCRF entity sends described QoS rule to the broadband policy controlled entity in the broadband network of described Home eNodeB access.

Gateway receives the message of carrying QoS information;

Entity to the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB sends resource request, described resource request is carried sign and the described QoS information of Home eNodeB, so that described entity according to described QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB;

Described gateway receives the message of carrying QoS information, comprise: the visit gateway receives from the carrying of the QoS information of carrying of ownership packet data gateway and sets up request or bearing modification request, or, receive from ownership strategy and the QoS rule of the QoS information of carrying of charging rule functions H-PCRF entity and carry out request; The entity of the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of described formulation is visit strategy and charging rule functions V-PCRF entity.

A kind of Home eNodeB QoS rule entity comprises:

First receiver module is used for receiving the resource request from gateway or security gateway, and described resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB;

The Rulemaking module is used for according to described QoS information, formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB;

First sending module is used for transmitting the QoS rule that described Rulemaking module is formulated to the broadband network that described Home eNodeB inserts, so that described broadband network carries out QoS control according to described QoS rule to described Home eNodeB; Described Home eNodeB QoS rule entity is: visit strategy and charging rule functions V-PCRF entity.

A kind of gateway comprises:

Second receiver module is used for receiving the message of carrying QoS information;

Second sending module, be used for sending resource request to the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB, wherein, described resource request is carried sign and the described QoS information of Home eNodeB, so that described entity according to described QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB; The entity of the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of described formulation is visit strategy and charging rule functions V-PCRF entity; Described second receiver module specifically is used for, and receives the QoS rule execution request from the QoS information of carrying of H-PCRF entity.

A kind of Home eNodeB QoS control system comprises: as the described device of above-mentioned embodiment.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by SGW or SecGW to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the embodiment of the invention, trigger the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SGW or SecGW trigger the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the invention and technical scheme of the prior art, to do to introduce simply to the accompanying drawing of required use in embodiment and the description of the Prior Art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in describing below only is some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, under the prerequisite of not paying creative work, can also obtain other accompanying drawing according to these accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is the network topology structure schematic diagram after prior art 3GPP considers the introducing Home eNodeB;

Fig. 2 is the network topology structure schematic diagram after a kind of 3GPP that the embodiment of the invention provides considers to introduce Home eNodeB;

Fig. 3 is a kind of method flow schematic diagram of realizing the control of Home eNodeB service quality that the embodiment of the invention provides;

Fig. 4 is that the another kind that the embodiment of the invention provides is realized the method flow schematic diagram that Home eNodeB service quality is controlled;

Fig. 5 is that the another kind that the embodiment of the invention provides is realized the method flow schematic diagram that Home eNodeB service quality is controlled;

Fig. 6 is that the another kind that the embodiment of the invention provides is realized the method flow schematic diagram that Home eNodeB service quality is controlled;

Fig. 7 is that the another kind that the embodiment of the invention provides is realized the method flow schematic diagram that Home eNodeB service quality is controlled;

Fig. 8 is that the another kind that the embodiment of the invention provides is realized the method flow schematic diagram that Home eNodeB service quality is controlled;

Fig. 9 is that the another kind that the embodiment of the invention provides is realized the method flow schematic diagram that Home eNodeB service quality is controlled;

Figure 10 is a kind of Home eNodeB QoS rule entity structure schematic diagram that the embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 11 is a kind of gateway structural representation that the embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 12 is a kind of security gateway structural representation that the embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 13 is a kind of Home eNodeB QoS control system schematic diagram that the embodiment of the invention provides;

Figure 14 is the another kind of Home eNodeB QoS control system schematic diagram that the embodiment of the invention provides.

Embodiment

The embodiment of the invention provides method and apparatus and the system that realizes the control of Home eNodeB service quality, can be as far as possible not under the situation to the PCRF entity in the existing network and then upgrading, realize the control of Home eNodeB service quality.

Below by specific embodiment, be described in detail respectively.

Based on having disposed the PCRF entity of not supporting Home eNodeB QoS control in a large number in the existing network, the upgrading cost may be bigger situation, the embodiment of the invention proposes: can newly dispose 1 entity (can claim Home eNodeB strategy and charging rule functions (HeNB-PCRF) entity) of formulating the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB in network, or, utilize the Home eNodeB management system (HMS in the existing network, HeNB Management System) entity, BPCF entity or other entity are formulated the QoS rule (namely finishing Home eNodeB strategy and charging rule functions) of corresponding Home eNodeB, and the broadband network that inserts to Home eNodeB transmits this QoS rule, broadband network can carry out QoS control to Home eNodeB according to this QoS rule, thereby realizes the QoS control (being the QoS control of Home eNodeB backhaul network) on the BBF network node.

Referring to Fig. 2, a kind of 3GPP that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the invention considers the network topology structure schematic diagram behind the introducing Home eNodeB, wherein newly disposes the HeNB-PCRF entity.

Among Fig. 2, the main network element of EPC comprises: MME, S-GW, PGW and PCRF entity; And HeNB-PCRF entity, HeGW and SecGW etc., wherein, HeGW and SecGW can be deployed on the same entity usually.Broadband access network mainly can comprise: BNG, BPCF and AN etc.Home eNodeB is connected with the AN of broadband access network by home gateway RG.

Home eNodeB management system HMS entity can be deployed in (not shown among Fig. 2) among the EPC, and the HMS entity is connected with Home eNodeB, mainly is in charge of Home eNodeB.

In the embodiment of the invention, newly dispose the HeNB-PCRF entity or utilize HMS entity, BPCF entity or other entity in the existing network to formulate the several scenes of Home eNodeB QoS rule, the concrete scheme that realizes the control of Home eNodeB service quality of introducing at utilizing.

Following elder generation is described with the angle of the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB.The present invention realizes an embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, can comprise: receive the resource request from gateway or security gateway, wherein, this resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB; According to above-mentioned QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB; The broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits above-mentioned QoS rule, so that broadband network carries out QoS control according to above-mentioned QoS rule to described Home eNodeB.

Referring to Fig. 3, concrete steps can comprise:

310, reception is from the resource request of gateway or security gateway, and this resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB;

Under a kind of application scenarios, gateway SGW can be after receiving the message of carrying QoS information, for example SGW can be after request or bearing modification request be set up in the carrying of the QoS information of carrying that receives the PGW transmission, or, after reception is carried out request from the QoS of the QoS information of carrying of PCRF entity rule, send the resource request of the sign that comprises Home eNodeB and corresponding QoS information to the entity (for example can be HMS entity, BPCF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity etc.) of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB.Perhaps under roaming scence, the visit gateway can be after the message of carrying QoS information that receives from the entity of home network, for example visiting SGW can be after request or bearing modification request be set up in the carrying of the QoS information of carrying that receives ownership PGW transmission, or, after reception was carried out request from the QoS rule of the QoS information of carrying of ownership PCRF entity, the entity of formulating the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB in the visited network (for example can be visit HMS entity, visit BPCF entity, visit PCRF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity etc.) send the resource request of the sign comprise Home eNodeB and corresponding QoS information.

Perhaps, security gateway SecGW can be after the carrying that receives the sign of carrying QoS information and Home eNodeB mutual between SGW and the Home eNodeB request of setting up or bearing modification request, sends the resource request of the sign that comprises Home eNodeB and corresponding QoS information to the entity (for example can be HMS entity, BPCF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity etc.) of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB.

Wherein, the QoS information that obtains from above-mentioned message of gateway or security gateway can comprise one or more of following information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss.

Under a kind of application scenarios, the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request of above-mentioned reception can be Home eNodeB sign (ID), procotol (IP, Internet Protocol) but the information of address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification.

320, according to above-mentioned QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB;

Wherein, formulate the entity of QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB after the resource request that receives from gateway or security gateway, according to the QoS information of carrying in the resource request, formulation is corresponding to the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and this QoS rule can indicate bandwidth, time delay, shake and/or packet loss etc. to the backhaul network of Home eNodeB to carry out correspondence control.And how to make corresponding QoS rule according to QoS information can no longer specifically describe in detail with reference to existing correlation technique herein.

330, the broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits above-mentioned QoS rule, so that broadband network carries out QoS control according to above-mentioned QoS rule to above-mentioned Home eNodeB.

Under a kind of application scenarios, if the entity of the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of above-mentioned formulation is the BPCF entity, then the BPCF BNG that the QoS rule of above-mentioned formulation can be passed in the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts carries out.If the entity of the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of above-mentioned formulation is that HMS entity, visit PCRF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other be not with the direct-connected entity of BNG etc., then it can be carried out the BNG that the QoS rule of above-mentioned formulation passes in the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts by the BPCF entity in the broadband network, namely earlier the QoS rule of formulating is sent to the BPCF entity, again by the BPCF entity after determining to enable this QoS rule, transmit this QoS rule and carry out for the BNG entity.

The BNG entity is carried out above-mentioned QoS rule, thereby realizes the QoS control on the BBF network node, the i.e. QoS of Home eNodeB backhaul network control.

Can find, for non-roaming scene, implement such scheme and can under the situation of the upgrading of all the PCRF entities in the existing network not being supported the S9* interface, realize the control of Home eNodeB service quality; And for roaming scence, implementing such scheme also can be at the upgrading of all the PCRF entities in the existing network not being supported the S9* interface, at least can under the situation of the upgrading of the ownership PCRF entity in the existing network not being supported the S9* interface (because of not needing the ownership PCRF entity under the roaming scence to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the visit broadband network), realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled.

Be appreciated that, above-mentioned steps can be under the HMS of communication network entity, BPCF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, roaming scence visit PCRF (V-PCRF, Visit-PCRF) specifically implement on entity or other the similar entity, certainly, the entity that can implement such scheme can think to be integrated with the HeNB-PCRF functional module.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by SGW or SecGW to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the present embodiment, trigger the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SGW or SecGW trigger the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

Angle with gateway is described below.The present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, can comprise: gateway receives the message of carrying QoS information; Entity to the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB sends resource request, this resource request is carried sign and the above-mentioned QoS information of Home eNodeB, so that above-mentioned entity according to above-mentioned QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB.

Accordingly, the entity of formulating the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB receives the resource request from gateway; According to above-mentioned QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB; The broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits above-mentioned QoS rule, so that broadband network carries out QoS control according to above-mentioned QoS rule to described Home eNodeB.

Under a kind of application scenarios, gateway receives the message of carrying QoS information and can comprise:

SGW receives from the carrying of the QoS information of carrying of PGW and sets up request, bearing modification request or other message, perhaps, receives regular request or other message carried out of QoS from the QoS information of carrying of PCRF entity.Perhaps, under roaming scence, visit SGW receives from the carrying of the QoS information of carrying of ownership PGW and sets up request, bearing modification request or other message, or, visit SGW receives (H-PCRF, Home-PCRF) QoS of the QoS information of carrying of entity rule execution request or other message from ownership PCRF.

Wherein, the QoS information that obtains from above-mentioned message of gateway can comprise one or more of following information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss.

Under a kind of application scenarios, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request that gateway sends can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by SGW to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the present embodiment, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB with the entity of QoS rule that trigger to formulate corresponding Home eNodeB according to this QoS information, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SGW triggers the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

Angle with security gateway is described below.The present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, can comprise: security gateway receives carrying and sets up request or bearing modification request; Resolve this carrying and set up request or bearing modification request, obtain this carrying and set up the sign of the Home eNodeB that request or bearing modification request carry and the QoS information of correspondence; Entity to the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB sends resource request, this resource request is carried sign and the QoS information of described Home eNodeB, so that this entity according to above-mentioned QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB.

Accordingly, the entity of formulating the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB receives the resource request from security gateway; According to above-mentioned QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB; The broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits above-mentioned QoS rule, so that broadband network carries out QoS control according to above-mentioned QoS rule to described Home eNodeB.

Wherein, the mutual carrying of SGW and Home eNodeB is set up message such as request or bearing modification request and can be passed through SecGW, SecGW can receive SGW accordingly and request or bearing modification request or other message are set up in the mutual carrying of Home eNodeB, and therefrom parses the information such as sign of QoS information and Home eNodeB.

Wherein, the QoS information that obtains from above-mentioned message of SecGW can comprise one or more of following information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss.

Under a kind of application scenarios, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request that SecGW sends can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by SecGW to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the present embodiment, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB with the entity of QoS rule that trigger to formulate corresponding Home eNodeB according to this QoS information, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SecGW triggers the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

The technical scheme of embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention, below with under the scene of independently disposing at the HeNB-PCRF entity, SGW will obtain QoS information from PGW and send to the HeNB-PCRF entity, so that it is example that the HeNB-PCRF entity is formulated a kind of concrete scene of QoS rule accordingly, be further described in detail.

Referring to Fig. 4, the present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, specifically can comprise:

401, SGW receives carrying foundation request or the bearing modification request that PGW sends;

Under a kind of application scenarios, request is set up in the carrying that PGW sends or the bearing modification request for example can be to create or revise GPRS (GPRS, General Packet Radio Service) tunnel protocol (GTP, GPRS Tunneling Protocol) Cheng Zai signaling also can be other signaling.

Wherein, portability QoS information in request or the bearing modification request is set up in above-mentioned carrying, goes back some other information of portability, can comprise one or more of following information in this QoS information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss.

Be understandable that UE comprises to the carrying between the PGW: the UE carrying that carrying and the Home eNodeB of PGW to the carrying of SGW, SGW to the family base station arrives.The carrying that PGW sends set up request or bearing modification request can be corresponding the Home eNodeB that inserts of UE.

402, SGW sends resource request to the HeNB-PCRF entity, can carry sign (Home eNodeB of request or bearing modification request is set up in corresponding carrying) and the corresponding QoS information of Home eNodeB in this resource request, goes back some other information of portability certainly.Wherein, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification;

Under a kind of application scenarios, SGW for example can be GTP signaling, Diameter signaling to the resource request that the HeNB-PCRF entity sends, and perhaps also can be other signaling.

403, the HeNB-PCRF entity receives the resource request from SGW, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to QoS information, and issue the QoS rule (can carry out request or other message issue the QoS rule by the QoS rule) of its formulation to the BPCF entity.

404, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rule and carries out to BNG;

In actual applications, the BPCF entity is after acquisition HeNB-PCRF entity issues the QoS rule, can carry out this locality decision-making according to configuration information, (for example determine whether to enable this QoS rule, if corresponding QoS rule has been arranged before this, then can not enable above-mentioned HeNB-PCRF entity and issue the QoS rule, otherwise, can enable this QoS rule, perhaps also can enable above-mentioned HeNB-PCRF entity and issue QoS Policy Updates existing QoS rule before this), enable this QoS rule if make a strategic decision out, then issue the QoS rule and carry out to BNG, the BPCF entity can issue the QoS rule by the execution request of QoS rule or other message and carry out to BNG.

BNG can carry out QoS control to Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.

Therefore, received after carrying that PGW sends sets up message such as request or bearing modification request by SGW in the present embodiment, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information to newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity transmission, to trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make that the BNG in the broadband network can carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SGW is after message such as request or bearing modification request are set up in the carrying that receives the PGW transmission, trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity and formulate the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

The technical scheme of embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention, below with under the scene of independently disposing at the HeNB-PCRF entity, SGW will obtain QoS information from the PCRF entity and send to newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, a kind of concrete scene that the HeNB-PCRF entity is formulated the QoS rule is example, is further described in detail.

Referring to Fig. 5, the present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, specifically can comprise:

501, SGW receives the QoS rule execution request that the PCRF entity sends;

Under a kind of application scenarios, it for example can be that (RAR, Re-Auth-Request) (CCA, Credit-Control-Answer) message also can be other signaling to re-authentication requests for message or Credit Control Answer that the QoS rule that the PCRF entity sends is carried out request.

Wherein, the above-mentioned QoS rule that the PCRF entity sends is carried out and can be comprised QoS information (the QoS rule that perhaps also can comprise the formulation of PCRF entity in the request, comprise QoS information in the QoS rule), some other information of portability also can comprise one or more of following information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss in this QoS information.

502, SGW sends resource request to the HeNB-PCRF entity, can carry sign (corresponding QoS rule is carried out the Home eNodeB of request) and the corresponding QoS information of Home eNodeB in this resource request, goes back some other information of portability certainly.Wherein, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification;

503, the HeNB-PCRF entity receives the resource request from SGW, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to QoS information, and issue the QoS rule (can carry out request or other message issue the QoS rule by the QoS rule) of its formulation to the BPCF entity.

504, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rule and carries out to BNG;

In actual applications, the BPCF entity is after acquisition HeNB-PCRF entity issues the QoS rule, can carry out this locality decision-making according to configuration information, (for example determine whether to enable this QoS rule, if also there is not corresponding QoS rule before this, then can enable this QoS rule, otherwise, can not enable above-mentioned HeNB-PCRF entity and issue the QoS rule, perhaps also can enable above-mentioned HeNB-PCRF entity and issue QoS Policy Updates existing QoS rule before this), enable this QoS rule if make a strategic decision out, then issue the QoS rule and carry out to BNG.The BPCF entity can issue the QoS rule by the execution request of QoS rule or other message and carry out to BNG.

Therefore, received after QoS rule that the PCRF entity sends carries out message such as request by SGW in the present embodiment, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information to newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity transmission, to trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make that the BNG in the broadband network can carry out QoS control to Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be to be received after QoS rule that the PCRF entity sends carries out message such as request by SGW, trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity and formulate the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

The technical scheme of embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention, below to realize at HMS under the scene of HeNB-PCRF function (namely disposing the HeNB-PCRF functional module at HMS), SGW will send to HMS from PGW or PCRF entity acquisition QoS information, a kind of process that HMS formulates the QoS rule is example, is further described in detail.

Referring to Fig. 6, the present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, specifically can comprise:

601, SGW receives carrying foundation request or the bearing modification request that PGW sends;

Under a kind of application scenarios, request is set up in the carrying that PGW sends or the bearing modification request for example can be the signaling of creating or revise the GTP carrying, also can be other signaling.

Wherein, above-mentioned carrying is set up in request or the bearing modification request can carry QoS information, goes back some other information of portability, can comprise one or more of following information in this QoS information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss.

Be understandable that SGW also can receive the QoS rule execution request (or other message) that the PCRF entity sends in the step 601, wherein portability QoS information is gone back some other information of portability.

602, SGW sends resource request to the HMS entity, can carry sign and the corresponding QoS information of Home eNodeB in this resource request, goes back some other information of portability certainly.Wherein, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification;

Wherein, SGW for example can be GTP signaling, Diameter signaling to the resource request that the HMS entity sends, and perhaps also can be other signaling.

603, the HMS entity receives the resource request from SGW, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to QoS information, and issue the QoS rule (can carry out request or other message issue the QoS rule by the QoS rule) of its formulation to the BPCF entity.

604, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rule and carries out to BNG;

In actual applications, the BPCF entity is after acquisition HMS entity issues the QoS rule, can carry out this locality decision-making according to configuration information, (for example determine whether to enable this QoS rule, if corresponding QoS rule has been arranged before this, then can not enable above-mentioned HMS entity and issue the QoS rule, otherwise, can enable this QoS rule, perhaps also can enable above-mentioned HMS entity and issue QoS Policy Updates existing QoS rule before this), enable this QoS rule if make a strategic decision out, then issue the QoS rule and carry out to BNG, the BPCF entity can issue the QoS rule by the execution request of QoS rule or other message and carry out to BNG.

Therefore, in the present embodiment by SGW after receiving the message of carrying QoS information that PGW or PCRF entity send, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information to the transmission of HMS entity, to trigger the HMS entity according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and the broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits this QoS rule, makes that the BNG in the broadband network can carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to this QoS rule.Since be by SGW after receiving the message of carrying QoS information that PGW or PCRF entity send, trigger the HMS entity and formulate the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

The scheme of embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention, below with under the scene that realizes HeNB-PCRF function (namely in the BPCF entity, disposing the HeNB-PCRF functional module) at the BPCF entity, SGW will send to the BPCF entity from PGW or PCRF entity acquisition QoS information, a kind of process that the BPCF entity is formulated the QoS rule is example, is further described in detail.

Referring to Fig. 7, the present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, specifically can comprise:

701, SGW receives carrying foundation request or the bearing modification request that PGW sends;

Be understandable that SGW also can receive the QoS rule execution request (or other message) that the PCRF entity sends in the step 701, wherein portability QoS information is gone back some other information of portability.

702, SGW sends resource request to the BPCF entity, can carry sign and the corresponding QoS information of Home eNodeB in this resource request, goes back some other information of portability certainly.Wherein, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification;

Wherein, SGW for example can be GTP signaling, Diameter signaling to the resource request that the BPCF entity sends, and perhaps also can be other signaling.

Under a kind of application scenarios, SGW can send resource request to the BPCF entity by HMS, namely utilizes HMS transfer resource request, also can pass through other entity transfer resource request certainly, or can directly send resource request to the BPCF entity.

703, the BPCF entity receives the resource request from SGW, according to the QoS rule of QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and issue this QoS rule and carry out to BNG, can carry out request or other message by the QoS rule and issue the QoS rule and carry out to BNG.

In actual applications, the BPCF entity can carry out this locality decision-making according to configuration information after the QoS information that obtains from SGW, (for example determine whether to formulate the QoS rule, if corresponding QoS rule has been arranged before this, then can not formulate the QoS rule, otherwise, the QoS rule can be formulated, perhaps also can formulate QoS Policy Updates existing QoS rule before this), need to formulate the QoS rule if make a strategic decision out, then formulate the QoS rule according to QoS information, and issue the QoS rule and carry out to BNG.

Therefore, in the present embodiment by SGW after receiving the message of carrying QoS information that PGW or PCRF entity send, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information to the transmission of BPCF entity, to trigger the BPCF entity according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and the BNG in the broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits this QoS rule, makes BNG to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to this QoS rule.Since be by SGW after receiving the message of carrying QoS information that PGW or PCRF entity send, trigger the BPCF entity and formulate the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

The technical scheme of embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention, below with at roaming scence, visit PCRF entity is realized under the scene of HeNB-PCRF function, visit SGW will send to visit PCRF entity from the QoS information of ownership PGW or the acquisition of ownership PCRF entity, a kind of concrete scene of being formulated the QoS rule by visit PCRF entity is example, is further described in detail.

Referring to Fig. 8, the present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, specifically can comprise:

801, visit SGW receives carrying foundation request or the bearing modification request that ownership PGW sends;

Be understandable that SGW also can receive the QoS rule execution request (or other message) that ownership PCRF entity sends in the step 801, wherein portability QoS information is gone back some other information of portability.

802, visit SGW sends resource request to visit PCRF entity, can carry sign and the corresponding QoS information of Home eNodeB in this resource request, goes back some other information of portability certainly.Wherein, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification;

Wherein, SGW for example can be GTP signaling, Diameter signaling to the resource request that visit PCRF entity sends, and perhaps also can be other signaling.

803, visit PCRF entity receives the resource request from visit SGW, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to QoS information, and issue the QoS rule (can carry out request or other message issue the QoS rule by the QoS rule) of its formulation to the BPCF entity.

804, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rule and carries out to BNG;

In actual applications, the BPCF entity is after acquisition visit PCRF entity issues the QoS rule, can carry out this locality decision-making according to configuration information, (for example determine whether to enable this QoS rule, if corresponding QoS rule has been arranged before this, then can not enable above-mentioned visit PCRF entity and issue the QoS rule, otherwise, can enable this QoS rule, perhaps also can enable above-mentioned visit PCRF entity and issue the QoS rule to upgrade existing QoS rule before this), enable this QoS rule if make a strategic decision out, then issue the QoS rule and carry out to BNG, the BPCF entity can issue the QoS rule by the execution request of QoS rule or other message and carry out to BNG.

Need to prove that above-mentioned is with under roaming scence, visit SGW will send to visit PCRF entity from the QoS information of ownership PGW or the acquisition of ownership PCRF entity, and a kind of concrete scene of being formulated the QoS rule by visit PCRF entity is that example is introduced.Certainly visit SGW also can send to the QoS information from ownership PGW or the acquisition of ownership PCRF entity the entities such as HMS entity, BPCF entity or newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity the visited network, formulate the QoS rule by entities such as HMS entity, BPCF entity or newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entities, and pass to broadband network and carry out (upgrading that can not support the S9* interface like this to visit PCRF entity), detailed process can repeat no more with reference to the description of above-described embodiment herein.

Therefore, under present embodiment is primarily aimed at roaming scence, by visiting SGW after the message of carrying QoS information that receives ownership PGW or the transmission of ownership PCRF entity, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information to the transmission of visit PCRF entity, to trigger visit PCRF entity according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and the broadband network that inserts to above-mentioned Home eNodeB transmits this QoS rule, makes BNG to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to this QoS rule.Owing to be by visiting SGW after the message of carrying QoS information that receives ownership PGW or the transmission of ownership PCRF entity, trigger visit PCRF entity and formulate the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB, do not send QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network and do not need to belong to the PCRF entity, thereby can be in avoiding existing network as far as possible the PCRF entity of home network support under the situation of upgrading of S9* interface, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

The technical scheme of embodiment for a better understanding of the present invention, below with under the scene of independently disposing at the HeNB-PCRF entity, SecGW sends to the HeNB-PCRF entity with the QoS information that obtains, and a kind of concrete scene that the HeNB-PCRF entity is formulated the QoS rule is example, is further described in detail.

Referring to Fig. 9, the present invention realizes another embodiment of the method for Home eNodeB service quality control, specifically can comprise:

901, after SecGW detects carrying foundation request or bearing modification request, set up the sign that parses QoS information and Home eNodeB request or the bearing modification request from this carrying;

Under a kind of application scenarios, the mutual carrying of SGW and Home eNodeB is set up message such as request or bearing modification request and can be passed through SecGW, SecGW can receive SGW accordingly and request or bearing modification request or other message are set up in the mutual carrying of Home eNodeB, and therefrom parses the information such as sign of QoS information and Home eNodeB.

Wherein, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries from the carrying request of setting up or bearing modification request can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification.

Request is set up in the mutual carrying of SGW and Home eNodeB or the bearing modification request for example can be the signaling of creating or revise the GTP carrying, also can be other signaling.

Wherein, the QoS information of carrying in above-mentioned carrying foundation request or the bearing modification request can comprise one or more of following information: information such as bandwidth, time delay, shake and packet loss.

902, SecGW sends resource request to the HeNB-PCRF entity, and the sign of the above-mentioned Home eNodeB that parses of portability and corresponding QoS information are gone back some other information of portability certainly in this resource request.

Under a kind of application scenarios, SecGW for example can be GTP signaling, Diameter signaling to the resource request that the HeNB-PCRF entity sends, and perhaps also can be other signaling.

903, the HeNB-PCRF entity receives the resource request from SecGW, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to QoS information, and issue the QoS rule (can carry out request or other message issue the QoS rule by the QoS rule) of its formulation to the BPCF entity.

904, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rule and carries out to BNG;

Be understandable that, present embodiment is to be that example is carried out scheme and described with the scene that the HeNB-PCRF entity is independently disposed, if the HeNB-PCRF module is deployed in HMS entity or the BPCF entity, namely formulated the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB by HMS entity or BPCF entity, then SecGW also can carry the sign of the Home eNodeB that parses and the resource request of the QoS information of correspondence to HMS entity or the transmission of BPCF entity, HMS entity or BPCF entity are then formulated the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB accordingly, and be handed down to BNG and carry out, detailed process can be described with reference to the correspondence in above-described embodiment, and this repeats no more.

Therefore, received after the mutual carrying of SGW and Home eNodeB sets up message such as request or bearing modification request by SecGW in the present embodiment, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information to newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity transmission, to trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make that the BNG in the broadband network can carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be to be received after the mutual carrying of SGW and Home eNodeB sets up message such as request or bearing modification request by SecGW, trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity and formulate the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

Need to prove, for aforesaid each method embodiment, for simple description, so it all is expressed as a series of combination of actions, but those skilled in the art should know, the embodiment of the invention is not subjected to the restriction of described sequence of movement, because according to the embodiment of the invention, some step can adopt other orders or carry out simultaneously.Secondly, those skilled in the art also should know, the embodiment described in the specification all belongs to preferred embodiment, and related action and module might not be that the present invention is necessary.

In the above-described embodiments, the description of each embodiment is all emphasized particularly on different fields, do not have the part that describes in detail among certain embodiment, can be referring to the associated description of other embodiment.

For ease of the technique scheme of the better implement embodiment of the invention, also provide the related device of implementing technique scheme in the embodiment of the invention.

See also Figure 10, a kind of Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 that the embodiment of the invention provides can comprise: first receiver module 1010, Rulemaking module 1020 and first sending module 1030.

First receiver module 1010 is used for receiving the resource request from gateway or security gateway, and this resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB.

Under a kind of application scenarios, gateway SGW can be after receiving the message of carrying QoS information, for example SGW can be after request or bearing modification request be set up in the carrying of the QoS information of carrying that receives the PGW transmission, or, after reception is carried out request from the QoS of the QoS information of carrying of PCRF entity rule, send the resource request of the sign that comprises Home eNodeB and corresponding QoS information to Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 (for example HMS entity, BPCF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity etc.).Perhaps under roaming scence, the visit gateway can be after the message of carrying QoS information that receives from the entity of home network, for example visiting SGW can be after request or bearing modification request be set up in the carrying of the QoS information of carrying that receives ownership PGW transmission, or, after reception was carried out request from the QoS rule of the QoS information of carrying of ownership PCRF entity, the Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 in visited network (for example can be visit HMS entity, visit BPCF entity, visit PCRF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity etc.) send the resource request of the sign comprise Home eNodeB and corresponding QoS information.

Perhaps, security gateway SecGW can comprise the sign of Home eNodeB and the resource request of the QoS information of correspondence to Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 (for example can be HMS entity, BPCF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity etc.) transmission after the carrying foundation request that receives the sign of carrying QoS information and Home eNodeB mutual between SGW and Home eNodeB or bearing modification request.

Under a kind of application scenarios, but the sign of the Home eNodeB that carries in the resource request that first receiver module 1010 receives can be the information of Home eNodeB ID, IP address or other this Home eNodeB of unique identification.

Rulemaking module 1020 is used for according to described QoS information, formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB.

First sending module 1030 is used for formulating the QoS rule that module 1020 is formulated to the broadband network delivery rules that described Home eNodeB inserts, so that described broadband network carries out QoS control according to described QoS rule to described Home eNodeB.

Under a kind of application scenarios, Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 can be the V-PCRF entity under HeNB-PCRF entity, HMS entity, BPCF entity or the roaming scence.

Under a kind of application scenarios, if Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 be the BPCF entity, then first sending module 1030 can pass to the QoS rule of above-mentioned formulation the BNG execution in the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts.If Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 be the HMS entity, visit the PCRF entity, newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other be with the direct-connected entity of BNG etc., then first sending module 1030 can be carried out the BNG that the QoS rule of above-mentioned formulation passes in the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts by the BPCF entity in the broadband network, namely earlier the QoS rule of formulating is sent to the BPCF entity, again by the BPCF entity after determining to enable this QoS rule, transmit this QoS rule and carry out for the BPCF entity.

The BPCF entity is carried out above-mentioned QoS rule, thereby realizes the QoS control on the BBF network node, the i.e. QoS of Home eNodeB backhaul network control.

Be understandable that, the Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 of present embodiment can be the entity of formulating the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB among the said method embodiment, the described function of its each functional module can be according to the method specific implementation of said method embodiment introduction, its specific implementation process can not repeat them here referring to the associated description in above-described embodiment.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by SGW or SecGW to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the present embodiment, trigger Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SGW or SecGW trigger the QoS rule that Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000 is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

See also Figure 11, a kind of gateway 1100 that the embodiment of the invention provides can comprise: second receiver module 1110 and second sending module 1120.

Wherein, second receiver module 1110 is used for receiving the message of carrying QoS information;

Under a kind of application scenarios, after request or bearing modification request are set up in the carrying that second receiver module 1110 can receive the QoS information of carrying that PGW sends, or, receive from the QoS rule of the QoS information of carrying of PCRF entity and carry out request.Perhaps under roaming scence, the visit gateway can be after the message of carrying QoS information of reception from the entity of home network, second receiver module 1110 can be set up request or bearing modification request in the carrying of the QoS information of carrying that receives ownership PGW transmission, or, receive the QoS rule execution request from the QoS information of carrying of ownership PCRF entity.

Second sending module 1120, be used for sending resource request to the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB, wherein, described resource request is carried sign and the described QoS information of Home eNodeB, so that described entity according to described QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB.

Under a kind of application scenarios, the entity of formulating the QoS rule of corresponding Home eNodeB can be V-PCRF entity under HMS entity, BPCF entity, HeNB-PCRF entity or the roaming scence etc.

Be understandable that, the gateway 1100 of present embodiment can be the gateway among the said method embodiment, the function of its each functional module can be according to the method specific implementation of said method embodiment introduction, its specific implementation process can not repeat them here referring to the associated description in above-described embodiment.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by gateway 1100 to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the present embodiment, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB with the entity of QoS rule that trigger to formulate corresponding Home eNodeB according to this QoS information, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that gateway 1100 triggers the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

See also Figure 12, a kind of security gateway 1200 that the embodiment of the invention provides can comprise: the 3rd receiver module 1210, parsing obtain module 1220 and the 3rd sending module 1230.

Wherein, the 3rd receiver module 1210 is used for receiving SGW and request or bearing modification request are set up in the mutual carrying of Home eNodeB;

Resolve to obtain module 1220, be used for resolving described carrying and set up request or bearing modification request, obtain sign and corresponding QoS information that the Home eNodeB that request or bearing modification request carry is set up in described carrying;

The 3rd sending module 1230, be used for sending resource request to the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB, wherein, this resource request is carried sign and the QoS information of described Home eNodeB, so that described entity according to described QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB.

Be understandable that, the security gateway 1200 of present embodiment can be the security gateway among the said method embodiment, the function of its each functional module can be according to the method specific implementation of said method embodiment introduction, its specific implementation process can not repeat them here referring to the associated description in above-described embodiment.

Therefore, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by security gateway 1200 to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB in the present embodiment, formulate QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB with the entity of QoS rule that trigger to formulate corresponding Home eNodeB according to this QoS information, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that security gateway 1200 triggers the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

A kind of Home eNodeB QoS control system that the embodiment of the invention also provides can comprise: one or more in security gateway 1200, gateway 1100 and the Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1000.

See also Figure 13, a kind of Home eNodeB QoS control system that the embodiment of the invention also provides can comprise: gateway 1310 and Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1320.

Wherein, gateway 1300 is used for receiving the message of carrying QoS information; Send resource request to Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1320, wherein, described resource request is carried sign and the described QoS information of Home eNodeB;

Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1320 is used for receiving the resource request from gateway 1300, and described resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB; According to described QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB; The broadband network that inserts to described Home eNodeB transmits described QoS rule, so that described broadband network carries out QoS control according to described QoS rule to described Home eNodeB.

See also Figure 14, a kind of Home eNodeB QoS control system that the embodiment of the invention also provides can comprise: security gateway 1410 and Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1420.

Security gateway 1410, be used for to receive carrying and set up request or bearing modification request; Resolve described carrying and set up request or bearing modification request, obtain sign and corresponding QoS information that the Home eNodeB that request or bearing modification request carry is set up in described carrying; Send resource request to Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1420, described resource request is carried sign and the QoS information of described Home eNodeB;

Home eNodeB QoS rule entity 1420 is used for receiving the resource request from security gateway 1410, and described resource request comprises sign and the corresponding service quality QoS information of Home eNodeB; According to described QoS information, formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB; The broadband network that inserts to described Home eNodeB transmits described QoS rule, so that described broadband network carries out QoS control according to described QoS rule to described Home eNodeB.

To sum up, in the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, carry the sign of Home eNodeB and the message of corresponding QoS information by SGW or SecGW to the entity transmission of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB, trigger the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB according to the QoS rule of this QoS information formulation corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of above-mentioned Home eNodeB, and transmit this QoS rule to the broadband network that Home eNodeB inserts, make broadband network to carry out QoS control to above-mentioned Home eNodeB according to above-mentioned QoS rule.Owing to be that SGW or SecGW trigger the QoS rule that corresponding entity is formulated corresponding Home eNodeB, and do not need the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule by the S9* interface to the BPCF entity in the broadband network, thereby can be under the situation of the upgrading of avoiding the PCRF entity in the existing network is supported the S9* interface as far as possible, realize what Home eNodeB service quality was controlled, and then can reduce the network implementation complexity.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step in the whole bag of tricks of above-described embodiment is to instruct relevant hardware to finish by program, this program can be stored in the computer-readable recording medium, and storage medium can comprise: read-only memory, random asccess memory, disk or CD etc.

More than method and apparatus and the system of realization Home eNodeB service quality control that the embodiment of the invention is provided be described in detail, used specific case herein principle of the present invention and execution mode are set forth, the explanation of above embodiment just is used for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof; Simultaneously, for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, the part that all can change in specific embodiments and applications, to sum up, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.

Claims

1. a method that realizes the control of Home eNodeB service quality is characterized in that, comprising:

2. a method that realizes the control of Home eNodeB service quality is characterized in that, comprising: gateway receives the message of carrying QoS information;

Described gateway receives the message of carrying QoS information, comprising:

The visit gateway receives from the carrying of the QoS information of carrying of ownership packet data gateway and sets up request or bearing modification request, or, receive from ownership strategy and the QoS rule of the QoS information of carrying of charging rule functions H-PCRF entity and carry out request;

The entity of the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of described formulation is visit strategy and charging rule functions V-PCRF entity.

3. a Home eNodeB QoS rule entity is characterized in that, comprising:

First sending module is used for transmitting the QoS rule that described Rulemaking module is formulated to the broadband network that described Home eNodeB inserts, so that described broadband network carries out QoS control according to described QoS rule to described Home eNodeB;

Described Home eNodeB QoS rule entity is: visit strategy and charging rule functions V-PCRF entity.

4. a gateway is characterized in that, comprising:

Second sending module, be used for sending resource request to the entity of the QoS rule of formulating corresponding Home eNodeB, wherein, described resource request is carried sign and the described QoS information of Home eNodeB, so that described entity according to described QoS information, is formulated the QoS rule corresponding to the corresponding Home eNodeB of sign of described Home eNodeB; The entity of the QoS rule of the corresponding Home eNodeB of described formulation is visit strategy and charging rule functions V-PCRF entity;

Described second receiver module specifically is used for, and receives the QoS rule execution request from the QoS information of carrying of H-PCRF entity.

5. a Home eNodeB QoS control system is characterized in that, comprising:

As each described device of claim 3 to 4.