CN102369700B - Method, system and gateway equipment for service initiation - Google Patents

Method, system and gateway equipment for service initiation Download PDF

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CN102369700B
CN102369700B CN201080001627.9A CN201080001627A CN102369700B CN 102369700 B CN102369700 B CN 102369700B CN 201080001627 A CN201080001627 A CN 201080001627A CN 102369700 B CN102369700 B CN 102369700B
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A method, system and gateway equipment for service initiation are provided by the embodiments of present invention. The service initiation method includes: receiving data information of user equipment (UE) from an application server; obtaining the internet protocol (IP) address of the UE according to the data information of UE; according to the IP address, inquiring a database, or storing information of a gateway equipment, so as to obtain the UE information; obtaining the information of mobility management network element serving the UE according to the UE information; and triggering the UE to initiate a connection establishment process through the mobility management network element which corresponds to the information of mobility management network element serving the UE.

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Business Initiator's method and system, gateway device
Technical field
The embodiment of the present invention relates to mobile communication technology field, particularly Business Initiator's method and system, gateway device.
Background technology
In Machine To Machine (Machine To Machine is called for short M2M) application, owing to there is not artificial participation, network side triggering M2M terminal and subscriber equipment (User Equipment is called for short UE) is needed to initiate business.In prior art, after gateway device receives the data message of the IP address comprising UE, according to the IP address of UE, and on it configuration the IP address of UE and international mobile subscriber identity (the International Mobile Subscriber Identifier of UE, be called for short IMSI) mapping relations, know the IMSI of UE, and according to the IMSI addressing subscribed database of UE, such as: home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, be called for short HSS) or attaching position register (Home Location Register, be called for short HLR), know the information of the mobile management net element of service UE, thus trigger UE initiation business by corresponding mobile management net element.
Because the UE quantity in M2M application is more, if gateway device needs the mapping relations configuring the IP address of each UE and the IMSI of UE, then requires that the configuration on gateway device is with a very high standard, result in the increase of gateway device implementation complexity and performance requirement.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the present invention provides Business Initiator's method and system, gateway device, in order to reduce complexity and the performance requirement of gateway device realization.
Embodiments provide a kind of Business Initiator's method, comprising:
Receive the data message of the UE that application server sends, know the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE;
According to the IP address lookup database of described UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, know the information of described UE;
According to the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE;
By the mobile management net element that the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service is corresponding, trigger described UE and initiate connection building process.
Embodiments provide another kind of Business Initiator's method, comprising:
Receive the data message of the UE that application server sends, know the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE;
According to the configuration information of the IP address lookup gateway device of described UE, know at least one in the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE and the positional information of described UE, and the mark of described UE;
By the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service or mobile management net element corresponding to the positional information of UE, trigger described UE and initiate connection building process.
The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides a kind of gateway device, comprising:
Module is known in address, for receiving the data message of the UE that application server sends, knows the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE;
The first information knows module, for according to the IP address lookup database of described UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, knows the information of described UE;
Second information knows module, for the information according to described UE, knows the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE;
Business initiation module, for by mobile management net element corresponding to the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service, triggers described UE and initiates connection building process.
The embodiment of the present invention has reoffered a kind of business and has initiated system, comprising:
Gateway device, for receiving the data message of the UE that application server sends, the IP address of described UE is known according to the data message of described UE, according to the IP address lookup database of described UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, know the information of described UE, according to the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE, by the mobile management net element that the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service is corresponding, trigger described UE and initiate connection building process;
Mobile management net element, initiates connection building process for triggering described UE.
The embodiment of the present invention additionally provides another kind of gateway device, comprising:
Module is known in address, for receiving the data message of the UE that application server sends, knows the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE;
Information knows module, for the configuration information of the IP address lookup gateway device according to described UE, knows at least one in the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE and the positional information of described UE, and the mark of described UE;
Business initiation module, for by the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service or mobile management net element corresponding to the positional information of UE, triggers described UE and initiates connection building process.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
The schematic flow sheet of a kind of Business Initiator's method that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one;
The schematic flow sheet of a kind of Business Initiator's method that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the present invention two;
The schematic flow sheet of another kind of Business Initiator's method that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention three;
The structural representation of a kind of gateway device that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention four;
The structural representation of a kind of business initiation system that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention five;
The structural representation of the another kind of gateway device that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention six.
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Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, be clearly and completely described the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
Business Initiator's method that the following embodiment of the present invention provides goes for multiple wireless access network, such as: evolved universal mobile communication system (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, be called for short UMTS) land radio access web (Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunication System Territorial Radio Access Network, be called for short E-UTRAN), UMTS Terrestrial radio access network (UMTS Territorial Radio Access Network, be called for short UTRAN), global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile Communications, be called for short GSM)/improve GSM evolution technology (the Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution of data rate, be called for short EDGE) wireless access network (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network, be called for short GERAN), non-third generation partner program (the 3rd Generation Partner Project, be called for short 3GPP) network such as network.
Mobile management net element wherein can be Mobility Management Entity (the Mobility Management Entity in E-UTRAN, be called for short MME), can also be service universal grouping wireless service (the General Packet Radio Service in UTRAN/GERAN, be called for short GPRS) support node (Serving GPRS Supporting Node is called for short SGSN).
Gateway device wherein can be gateway (the Serving Gateway in E-UTRAN, be called for short SGW), can also be grouped data network gateway (the Packet Data Network Gateway in E-UTRAN, be called for short PGW), also can be gateway general packet radio service (the General Packet Radio Service in UTRAN/GERAN, be called for short GPRS) network element such as support node (Gateway GPRS Supporting Node, be called for short GGSN).
The schematic flow sheet of a kind of Business Initiator's method that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one, as shown in Figure 1, Business Initiator's method of the present embodiment can comprise the following steps:
The data message of the UE that step 101, reception application server (MTC Server or MTC User) send, knows the IP address of above-mentioned UE according to the data message of above-mentioned UE;
In this step, gateway device receives the data message (such as: packet) that application server sends to UE, can know the IP address of UE according to the data message of UE.
Step 102, storage information according to the IP address lookup database of above-mentioned UE or inquiry gateway device, know the information of UE;
Wherein, the information of UE can comprise the mark of UE, such as: IMSI, travelling carriage International Integrated Services digital network (Mobile Station International Integrated Service Digital Network, be called for short MSISDN) number or International Mobile Station Equipment Identification (International Mobile Equipment Identity is called for short IMEI) etc.The information of UE also can comprise the information of the mobile management net element (comprising mobile management net element that UE adhered to or the mobile management net element that UE can adhere to) of the mark of UE and service UE, wherein, the information of mobile management net element can comprise service universal grouping wireless service (General Packet Radio Service, be called for short GPRS) support node (Serving GPRS Supporting Node, be called for short SGSN) address or qualified domain name (Fully Qualified Domain Name, be called for short FQDN); The information of mobile management net element also can comprise address or the qualified domain name (Fully Qualified Domain Name is called for short FQDN) of Mobility Management Entity (Mobility Management Entity is called for short MME).The information of UE can also comprise the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.The information of UE can also comprise the mark of UE and the positional information of UE.Wherein, the positional information of UE can be cell ID (cell ID or CGI), Routing Area Identifier (Routing Area Identity, be called for short RAI), at least one in tracking area identification (Tracking Area Identity, be called for short TAI) and tracking area identification list (Tracking Area Identity List).
In this step, gateway device at least can know the information of UE by following several mode, comprising:
A, gateway device Query Database, know the information of UE;
Wherein, at gateway device Query Database, before knowing the information of UE, the information of UE is stored in this database, such as: the corresponding relation of the IP address of UE and the mark of UE, or the corresponding relation of the information of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE corresponding relation, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE corresponding relation.
Wherein, the method storing the information of UE in above-mentioned database comprises at least one in following manner:
A, in above-mentioned database the information of configuration UE, such as: the corresponding relation of the IP address of configuration UE and the mark of UE in above-mentioned database, or the corresponding relation of the information of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the corresponding relation of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE corresponding relation;
Alternatively, the user name of UE in the corresponding relation configured in above-mentioned database, can also be comprised, such as: the URL(uniform resource locator) (Uniform Resource Locator is called for short URL) of UE.
B, in above-mentioned database the corresponding relation of the IP address of configuration UE and the mark of UE, at least one in the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE, according to the notice of gateway device or mobile management net element, is stored in the corresponding relation of the corresponding IP address of UE and the mark of UE by database root.
Alternatively, the user name of U E in the corresponding relation configured in above-mentioned database, can also be comprised, such as: the URL(uniform resource locator) (Uniform Resource Locator is called for short URL) of UE.
At least one in the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE, according to the notice of gateway device or mobile management net element, is stored in the corresponding relation of the corresponding IP address of UE and the mark of UE, can comprises by database root:
Gateway device or mobile management net element are by the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE send to above-mentioned database.The information of the UE that above-mentioned database can be sent by above-mentioned gateway device or mobile management net element knows the mapping relations between the IP address of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE or the positional information of UE.Or the information of the UE that above-mentioned database can be sent by above-mentioned gateway device or mobile management net element knows the mapping relations between the positional information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE or UE.Or the information of the UE that above-mentioned database can be sent by above-mentioned gateway device or mobile management net element knows the mapping relations between the mark of UE and the IP address of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE or the positional information of UE.Alternatively, the user name of UE can also be comprised in the information of UE that above-mentioned gateway device or mobile management net element send.The user name of the UE in the information of the UE that above-mentioned database can also be sent by gateway device or mobile management net element knows the mapping relations between the mark of mapping relations between the IP address of UE and the user name of UE or UE and the user name of UE.
The information of the UE that c, reception gateway device or mobile management net element send, such as: the corresponding relation of the IP address of UE and the mark of UE, or the corresponding relation of the information of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the corresponding relation of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE corresponding relation.Alternatively, the user name of UE can also be comprised in the information of UE that above-mentioned gateway device or mobile management net element send.
Wherein, the information that gateway device or mobile management net element send UE to database can comprise:
One, gateway device is to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE;
When UE sets up to network initiation session, such as: during the flow processs such as the PDN connection building process that the activation PDP Context flow process that UE initiates, UE initiate or attachment flow/Routing Area Update flow process/tracing section updating flow process/service request that UE initiates, gateway device is to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE.
Particularly, UE sends access request message to mobile management net element, mobile management net element sends session management request message to gateway device, the information of the UE that mobile management net element is known is comprised in this session management request message, gateway device receives above-mentioned session management request message, and gateway device knows the information of UE.The message notice of above-mentioned UE is given above-mentioned database by gateway device.
Wherein, mobile management net element knows that the mode of the information of UE can comprise as under type:
The information of UE is known, such as: the user name of the mark of UE, the IP address of UE or UE the access request message that mobile management net element can send from UE; Or
After mobile management net element can also receive the access request message that UE sends, know the subscription data of UE, mobile management net element knows the information of UE from the subscription data of UE, such as: the IP address of UE, the user name of UE or the positional information of UE; Or
Mobile management net element also can receive the access request message that UE sends, and know the contextual information of UE, mobile management net element knows the information of UE from the context of UE, such as: the mark of UE, the IP address of UE, the user name of UE or the positional information of UE; Or
The information of UE is known the subscription data of the access request that mobile management net element can also send from UE and UE, such as: mobile management net element knows the mark of UE from above-mentioned access request message, mobile management net element knows the IP address of UE, the positional information of UE or the user name of UE from the subscription data of UE; Or
The information of UE is known the context of the access request that mobile management net element can also send from UE and UE, such as: mobile management net element knows the positional information of UE from above-mentioned access request message, mobile management net element knows the mark of UE from the context of UE, alternatively, mobile management net element also can know the user name of UE from the context of UE; Or
The information of UE is known the context of the access request that mobile management net element sends from UE, the subscription data of UE and UE, such as: mobile management net element knows the positional information of UE from above-mentioned access request message, mobile management net element knows the mark of UE from the context of UE, mobile management net element knows the IP address of UE from the subscription data of UE, alternatively, mobile management net element can know the user name of UE from the subscription data of UE.
After gateway device knows the information of UE, give above-mentioned database by the message notice of above-mentioned UE.Such as: gateway device sends user profile notice (User information Notification) message to above-mentioned database, the information of UE is comprised in above-mentioned user profile notification message, such as: the IP address of UE and the mark of UE, or the IP address of UE, the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE, or the information of the IP address of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the IP address of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE, or the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.Alternatively, the user name of UE can be comprised in the information of above-mentioned UE.
The agreement adopted between gateway device and above-mentioned database can be remote authentication dial-in user service (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service, be called for short Radius) agreement, Radius upgrading (Diameter) agreement or other agreements, this patent is not restricted this.Above-mentioned database can be Radius server, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is called for short DHCP) server or other servers, and this patent is not restricted this.
Optionally, after gateway device receives the information of the UE that mobile management net element sends, gateway device can also comprise as under type to the concrete mode of the information of above-mentioned database notification UE:
1, the indication information that comprises in session management request message according to mobile management net element of gateway device, sends the information of UE to above-mentioned database, the message notice of UE is given above-mentioned database by above-mentioned indication information instruction gateway device;
Such as: mobile management net element contains the IP address (the IP address of UE can regard above-mentioned indication information as) of UE in session management request message, then gateway device sends the information of UE to above-mentioned database.
2, gateway device knows that the application characteristic (MTC Feature) of UE is for low mobility (Low mobility MTC Feature), send the information of UE to above-mentioned database, above-mentioned low mobility comprises that UE does not move, UE moves or the characteristic such as UE is nomadic in fixed area;
Such as: if the application characteristic that mobile management net element comprises in session management request message is low mobility, then gateway device sends the information of UE to above-mentioned database;
3, gateway device is according to the group identification of the UE of configuration, to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE.
Such as: on gateway device, configuration needs the group identification of the information of the UE sent to database, gateway device receives the session management request message that mobile management net element sends, the mark comprising UE in above-mentioned session management request message belongs to or is contained in the group identification of above-mentioned configuration, or the group identification comprising UE in above-mentioned session management request message is equal to the group identification of above-mentioned configuration, then gateway device by the message notice of UE known from above-mentioned session management request message to above-mentioned database.
Above-mentioned group identification can be the mark (Group ID) of group belonging to subscriber equipment, it can also be the mark that in group, multiple subscriber equipment is shared, such as: international mobile subscriber identity (International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number, be called for short IMSI), travelling carriage International Integrated Services digital network number (Mobile Station International Integrated Services Digital Network Number, be called for short MSISDN), International Mobile Station Equipment Identification (International Mobile Equipment Identity, be called for short IMEI) etc., it can also be IMSI number section, MSISDN section etc., the mark of a group can also can be indicated for other, such as: APN (Access Point Name, be called for short APN).The form of the embodiment of the present invention to group identification is not restricted.
Further, gateway device to database send UE information before, the identification information knowing above-mentioned database can also be performed, such as: the IP address of above-mentioned database, or the FQDN of above-mentioned database, step, specifically can comprise:
1, the corresponding relation of the group identification (such as: group identification can be characterized by APN, MTC Group ID, IMSI number section or MSISDN section etc.) of configuration UE and the identification information of database in gateway device;
Gateway device knows the group identification of UE from the session management request message that mobile management net element sends, and knows the identification information of database according to the group identification of UE and the information of configuration.
2, the corresponding relation of configuration of IP address section or IP address prefix (such as: IPv4 address field or IPv6 address prefix (Prefix)) and the identification information of database in gateway device;
Gateway device knows the IP address information of UE from the session management request message that mobile management net element sends, and knows the identification information of database according to the IP address information of UE and the information of configuration.
3, the subscription data that subscribed database issues mobile management net element comprises the identification information of database, the identification information of above-mentioned database is informed to gateway device by mobile management net element in session management request message, and gateway device knows the identification information of above-mentioned database from session management request message.
The access request message described in the embodiment of the present invention can comprise attachment request (Attach Request) message, activate PDP Context request (Activate PDP Context Request) message, PDN connection establishment request (PDN Connectivity Request) message, tracing section updating request (TAU Request) message, any one in Routing Area Update request (RAU Request) message or service request (Service Request) message etc.
The session management request message described in the embodiment of the present invention comprises establishment PDP Context request (Create PDP Context Request) message, create session request (Create Session Request) message, amendment session request (Modify Session Request) message, any one in (Modify Bearer Request) message or renewal PDP Context request (Update PDP Context Request) message etc. is asked in amendment carrying.
The mobile management net element described in the embodiment of the present invention sends session management request message can comprise intermediate NE participation to gateway device, such as: mobile management net element sends session management request message to SGW, then SGW sends session management request message to PGW.
Two, mobile management net element is to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE.
When UE initiates access process to network, such as: during the flow processs such as the activation PDP Context flow process that the service request that the tracing section updating flow process that the Routing Area Update flow process that the attachment flow that UE initiates, UE initiate, UE initiate, UE initiate, UE initiate or the PDN connection building process that UE initiates, mobile management net element is to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE.
Particularly, mobile management net element knows that the mode of the information of UE see the description in above-mentioned, can repeat no more herein.
After mobile management net element knows the information of UE, give above-mentioned database by the message notice of above-mentioned UE.Such as: mobile management net element sends user profile notice (User information Notification) message to above-mentioned database, the information of UE is comprised such as: the IP address of UE and the mark of UE in above-mentioned user profile notification message, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE, the positional information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE and UE, or the IP address of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the IP address of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE, or the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.Alternatively, the user name of UE can be comprised in the information of above-mentioned UE.Alternatively, the user name of UE can be comprised in the information of above-mentioned UE.
The agreement adopted between mobile management net element and above-mentioned database can be MAP, Diameter or other agreements, and this patent is not restricted this.Above-mentioned database can be domain name analysis system (Domain Name System is called for short DNS) server, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server or other servers, and this patent is not restricted this.
Further, mobile management net element to database send UE information before, the identification information knowing above-mentioned database can also be performed, such as: the IP address of above-mentioned database, or the FQDN of above-mentioned database, step, specifically can comprise:
1, the corresponding relation of the group identification (such as: group identification can be characterized by APN, MTC Group ID, IMSI number section or MSISDN section etc.) of configuration UE and the identification information of database in mobile management net element;
Know the group identification of UE the subscription data of the access request message that mobile management net element sends from UE or UE, know the identification information of database according to the group identification of UE and the information of configuration.
2, the corresponding relation of configuration of IP address section or IP address prefix (such as: IPv4 address field or IPv6 address prefix (Prefix)) and the identification information of database in mobile management net element;
Mobile management net element knows the IP address information of UE from the subscription data of UE, knows the identification information of database according to the IP address information of UE and the information of configuration.
3, the subscription data that subscribed database issues mobile management net element comprises the identification information of database, and mobile management net element knows the identification information of above-mentioned database according to the Database Identification information in subscription data.
Further, after mobile management net element knows the information of UE, the concrete mode to the information of the database notification UE of correspondence can also comprise as under type:
1, mobile management net element is according to the indication information comprised in the subscription data of UE, sends the information of UE to above-mentioned database, and the message notice of UE is given above-mentioned database by above-mentioned indication information instruction mobile management net element;
2, mobile management net element knows that the application characteristic (MTC Feature) of UE is for low mobility (Low mobility MTC Feature), to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE, above-mentioned low mobility contains that UE does not move, UE moves or the characteristic such as UE is nomadic in fixed area;
Such as: the subscription data of the access request message that mobile management net element sends from UE or UE, know that the application characteristic of UE is low mobility, then mobile management net element sends the information of UE to above-mentioned database.
3, mobile management net element is according to the group identification of the UE of configuration, to the information of above-mentioned database notification UE.
Such as: on mobile management net element, configuration needs the group identification of the information of the UE sent to database, the group identification of UE is known the subscription data of the access request message that mobile management net element sends from UE or UE, if the group identification of UE is in configuration, then the message notice of UE is given above-mentioned database by mobile management net element.
Above-mentioned group identification can be the mark (Group ID) of group belonging to subscriber equipment, it can also be the mark that in group, multiple subscriber equipment is shared, such as: international mobile subscriber identity (International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number, be called for short IMSI), travelling carriage International Integrated Services digital network number (Mobile Station International Integrated Services Digital Network Number, be called for short MSISDN), International Mobile Station Equipment Identification (International Mobile Equipment Identity, be called for short IMEI) etc., it can also be IMSI number section, MSISDN section etc., the mark of a group can also can be indicated for other, such as: APN (Access Point Name, be called for short APN).The form of the embodiment of the present invention to group identification is not restricted.
The user profile notification message of UE that above-mentioned database can be sent by above-mentioned gateway device or mobile management net element or the information of configuration know the information of UE.Such as: above-mentioned database can obtain mapping between the IP address of UE and the mark of UE (corresponding or associate) relation.Alternatively, above-mentioned database can also know at least one item in the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.Alternatively, above-mentioned database can also know the user name of UE.
Alternatively, before application server sends the data message of UE to gateway device, application server can know the IP address of UE from above-mentioned database, and without the need to the IP address of independent configuration UE on the application server, reduces the workload of Operation and Maintenance.Such as: application server utilizes the user name of UE or the mark of UE, to the IP address of above-mentioned data base querying UE, above-mentioned database knows the user name of UE or the mark of UE, and above-mentioned database returns to the IP address of UE to above-mentioned application server.Application server is to the IP address of above-mentioned data base querying UE, such as: application server sends user information request (User information Request) message to above-mentioned database, and above-mentioned message comprises the user name of UE or the mark of UE in (can be called query messages).Above-mentioned database receives the query messages that gateway device sends, according to the user name of the UE comprised in query messages or the mark of UE, inquire the IP address of the UE corresponding with the user name of above-mentioned UE or the mark of UE, above-mentioned database returns to the IP address of UE to gateway device.
In this step, gateway device can by inquiring about the identification information (such as: IP address or FQDN) according to IP address field (such as: IPv4 address field) or IP address prefix (IPv6 address prefix) configuration database on gateway device, such as: by the addressing relation of inquiry configuration of IP address section or IP address prefix and database on gateway device, know the identification information of database.Particularly, gateway device receives the data message that application server sends, know the IP address of UE, the IP address field of gateway device belonging to above-mentioned IP address or the IP address prefix query configuration information of above-mentioned IP address, know the identification information of above-mentioned database (database of corresponding with above-mentioned IP address field or IP address prefix (association)).
In this step, if gateway device does not have the contextual information (such as: carrying or PDP Context) of UE, then gateway device can according to the information of the IP address of the UE known to data base querying UE.Gateway device is to the information of above-mentioned data base querying UE, such as: gateway device sends user information request (User information Request) message to above-mentioned database, and above-mentioned message comprises the IP address of UE in (can be called query messages).Above-mentioned database receives the query messages that gateway device sends, according to the IP address of the UE comprised in query messages, the information of the UE UE of (association) above-mentioned IP address (corresponding) is returned, such as: at least one item in the information of the mobile management net element of the mark of UE or the mark of UE and service UE and the positional information of UE to gateway device.
The method of the information of UE that what this step provided know, if application server (MTC Server/MTC User) triggers UE and initiates connection establishment, then gateway device can know the information of UE from above-mentioned database, thus avoid the information of the UE configuring magnanimity on gateway device, and the information of above-mentioned UE only needs to configure in above-mentioned database, avoid the information of configuration UE in different network elements, decrease the workload of Operation and Maintenance.In addition, if gateway device has known at least one item in the information of mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE from above-mentioned database, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
The storage information of B, gateway device inquiry gateway device, knows the information of UE.
In the storage information of gateway device inquiry gateway device, before knowing the information of UE, gateway device stores the information of UE.Particularly, UE sends access request message to mobile management net element, and mobile management net element sends session management request message to gateway device, and gateway device receives above-mentioned session management request message, and gateway device knows the information of this UE.Such as: gateway device knows the IP address of this UE and the mark of UE from session management request message, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE information, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.Gateway device stores the information of the above-mentioned UE known.
Optionally, gateway device knows the information of UE, then the mode of the information of gateway device storage UE can comprise as under type:
1, the indication information that gateway device can send according to mobile management net element stores the information of UE;
Such as: if mobile management net element contains the IP address (the IP address of above-mentioned UE can regard above-mentioned indication information as) of UE in session management request message, then gateway device stores the information of UE.
2, gateway device knows that the application characteristic (MTC Feature) of UE is for low mobility (Low mobility MTC Feature), then store the information of UE, above-mentioned low mobility contains that UE does not move, UE moves or the characteristic such as UE is nomadic in fixed area;
Such as: if the application characteristic that mobile management net element comprises in session management request message is Hypomobility, then gateway device stores the information of UE.
3, gateway device is according to the group identification of the UE of configuration, stores the information of UE.
Such as: on gateway device, configuration needs the group identification of the information storing UE, if gateway device receives the session management request message that mobile management net element sends, the mark comprising UE in above-mentioned session management request message belongs to or is contained in the group identification of above-mentioned configuration, or the group identification comprising UE in above-mentioned session management request message is equal to the group identification of above-mentioned configuration, then gateway device stores the information of the UE known from above-mentioned session management request message.
Above-mentioned group identification can be the mark (Group ID) of group belonging to subscriber equipment, it can also be the mark that in group, multiple subscriber equipment is shared, such as: international mobile subscriber identity (International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number, be called for short IMSI), travelling carriage International Integrated Services digital network number (Mobile Station International Integrated Services Digital Network Number, be called for short MSISDN), International Mobile Station Equipment Identification (International Mobile Equipment Identity, be called for short IMEI) etc., it can also be IMSI number section, MSISDN section etc., the mark of a group can also can be indicated for other, such as: APN (Access Point Name, be called for short APN).The form of the embodiment of the present invention to group identification is not restricted.
In this step, if gateway device there is no the contextual information (such as: carrying or PDP Context) of UE, if gateway device receives the data message of UE, gateway device knows the IP address of UE according to the data message of UE, then gateway device knows the information of UE according to the information that the IP address lookup of above-mentioned UE stores, such as: the information of mobile management net element of the information of the information of the mobile management net element of the mark of UE or the mark of UE and service UE or the mark of UE and UE position or the mark of UE, service UE and the information of UE position.
The method of the information of UE that what this step provided know, if application server (MTC User or MTC Server) triggers UE and initiates connection establishment, then gateway device can know the information of UE from storage information, thus avoid the information of the UE configuring magnanimity on gateway device, and avoid the information of configuration UE in different network elements, decrease the workload of Operation and Maintenance.In addition, if gateway device has known at least one item in the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the information of UE position from above-mentioned storage information, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
The information of the above-mentioned UE that step 103, basis are known, knows the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE;
Gateway device needs the information of the mobile management net element knowing service UE before UE initiates connection establishment triggering, specifically can have following three kinds of modes:
A, from the information of above-mentioned UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of service UE;
B, positional information according to the UE in the information of above-mentioned UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of service UE;
Particularly, gateway device according to the relation between the positional information of UE stored or configure and the information of the mobile management net element of service UE, can know the information of the mobile management net element of service UE.
C, mark (such as: IMSI) according to the UE in the information of above-mentioned UE, inquiry subscribed database, knows the information of the mobile management net element of service UE.
Such as: gateway device sends GPRS routing iinformation (Send Routing Information for GPRS) message to subscribed database, comprise the mark of UE in above-mentioned message, subscribed database is to the information of the mobile management net element of gateway device return service UE.Further, if store the positional information of UE in subscribed database, then subscribed database returns the positional information of UE to gateway device.
Step 104, by mobile management net element corresponding to the information of the mobile management net element with the above-mentioned UE of above-mentioned service known, trigger above-mentioned UE initiate connection building process.
Gateway device, according to the information of the UE known, is initiated to trigger UE and is initiated connection building process, such as: gateway device can trigger UE by mobile management net element and initiate connection establishment.
In this step, gateway device knows the information of the mobile management net element of service UE, and the mobile management net element to correspondence sends and triggers the Indication message that UE initiates connection establishment, comprises the mark needing the UE initiating connection establishment in above-mentioned Indication message.Wherein,
In UTRAN/GERAN system, the above-mentioned gateway device of the present embodiment can be GGSN, then above-mentioned Indication message can be grouped data report notice request (PDU Notification Request) message, comprises the mark of the UE that needs trigger in above-mentioned grouped data report notification request message.Alternatively, the positional information of the UE that needs trigger can also be comprised in above-mentioned grouped data report notification request message, such as: cell ID (cell ID or CGI) or Routing Area Identifier (Routing Area Identity is called for short RAI).
In E-UTRAN system, the above-mentioned gateway device of the present embodiment can be PGW, then above-mentioned Indication message can be downlink data notification (Downlink Data Notification) message, the mark (particularly, PGW can send downlink data notification message by SGW) of the UE that needs trigger is comprised in above-mentioned downlink data notification message.Alternatively, the positional information of the UE that needs trigger can also be comprised in above-mentioned downlink data notification message, such as: cell ID (cell ID or CGI), tracking area identification (Tracking Area Identity is called for short TAI) or tracking area identification list (Tracking Area Identity List).
It should be noted that: those skilled in the art should be appreciated that, the Indication message that gateway device sends except being grouped data report notification request message, or outside downlink data notification message, also can be other existing message, or newly-increased message, and comprise the mark of UE within the message.
Alternatively, the positional information of UE can also be comprised in above-mentioned Indication message, for above-mentioned mobile management net element paging UE in the scope that the positional information of above-mentioned UE indicates.
After mobile management net element receives above-mentioned Indication message, if UE is in Idle state or UE is in a point amorph, then mobile management net element triggers corresponding UE according to the mark of the UE in this Indication message and connects.Particularly, above-mentioned mobile management net element according to the mark of the UE in Indication message, can initiate the paging comprising the mark of UE, with the UE of the mark correspondence of the UE comprised in this Indication message of paging; Alternatively, the indication information that instruction UE initiates business foundation in above-mentioned beep-page message, can be comprised, such as: instruction UE initiates the indication information of PDP context activation flow process.
Mobile management net element can in concrete scope (such as: community, Route Area, tracking area or tracking area identification list) paging UE, and do not need paging UE in the service range of whole mobile management net element, thus improve specific aim and the efficiency of paging, decrease paging amount, reduce the probability of network congestion, thus ensure the normal operation of network.Particularly, mobile management net element can know the scope of paging by following method:
1, the positional information of UE is included in the Indication message that gateway device sends, then mobile management net element paging UE in the scope that the positional information of above-mentioned UE indicates;
2, mobile management net element initiates paging according to self-defining paging rule;
Particularly, if include the mark of UE in the Indication message that gateway device sends, mobile management net element inquires about the positional information of the UE of configuration on it (such as: according to the scope of the mark of UE on mobile management net element, such as: IMSI number section etc., the positional information of configuration UE), paging UE in the scope indicated by the positional information of above-mentioned UE.
Have the positional information of UE in the subscription data of 3, UE, mobile management net element knows the positional information of the UE of paging from the subscription data of UE, and mobile management net element is paging UE in the scope indicated by above-mentioned positional information.
Wherein, the business that mobile management net element triggering UE initiates is set up and specifically can be comprised form:
If 1 UE is in connected state, then mobile management net element can send Non-Access Stratum (Non-Access Stratum to UE, be called for short NAS) message, such as: request PDP context activation (Request PDP Context Activation) message, above-mentioned NAS message triggers UE and initiates connection establishment.Such as: after mobile management net element receives above-mentioned Indication message, mobile management net element knows the mark of the UE comprised in above-mentioned Indication message, if the UE of the mark correspondence of above-mentioned UE is in connected state, then mobile management net element sends NAS message to above-mentioned UE, initiates connection establishment to indicate above-mentioned UE.
If 2 UE are in connected state, the then connection (such as: Iu connects or S1 connects) of mobile management net element release UE, after the Connection Release of UE, mobile management net element can initiate the paging of the mark comprising UE, with the UE of the mark correspondence of the UE comprised in this Indication message of paging.Such as: after mobile management net element receives above-mentioned Indication message, mobile management net element knows the mark of the UE comprised in above-mentioned Indication message, if the UE of the mark correspondence of above-mentioned UE is in connected state, then mobile management net element discharges the connection of above-mentioned UE, initiate the paging comprising the mark of UE, with the UE of the mark correspondence of the UE comprised in this Indication message of paging.The method that mobile management net element initiates to comprise the paging of the mark of UE particularly see description above, can repeat no more herein.
Alternatively, after mobile management net element receives above-mentioned Indication message, instruction response message can also be returned to gateway device.Particularly, receive gateway device send comprise the Indication message of the mark of UE after, above-mentioned mobile management net element can make response, and returns instruction response message.Wherein, if above-mentioned Indication message is grouped data report notification request message, then the instruction response message that mobile management net element returns can be grouped data report push-notification-answer (PDU Notification Response) message; If when above-mentioned Indication message is downlink data notification message, then the instruction response message that mobile management net element returns can confirm (Downlink Date Notification Ack) message for downlink data notification.
What UE received that mobile management net element sends comprise after instruction UE initiates the NAS message of connection establishment or beep-page message, initiates to connect flow process, comprising:
If 1 UE is in a point amorph, after UE receives above-mentioned beep-page message, UE will initiate attachment flow;
Such as: in E-UTRAN system, UE initiates attachment flow, and in attachment flow, sets up packet data network (Packet Data Network is called for short PDN) connection, according to the PDN connection establishment service connection in above-mentioned attachment flow; In UTRAN/GERAN system, after UE receives above-mentioned beep-page message, UE initiates attachment flow, then initiation packet data protocol (Packet Data Protocol, be called for short PDP) context active flow, connected by above-mentioned PDP context activation flow process.Or, after UE has initiated attachment flow, further, then according to the Indication message (such as: instruction UE initiates the Indication message of PDP context activation flow process) of the instruction UE initiation connection establishment in above-mentioned beep-page message PDP context activation flow process is initiated.
If 2 UE are in Idle state, after UE receives above-mentioned beep-page message, UE initiates attachment flow;
Such as: in E-UTRAN system, UE initiates attachment flow, and in attachment flow, sets up packet data network (Packet Data Network is called for short PDN) connection, according to the PDN connection establishment service connection in above-mentioned attachment flow; In UTRAN/GERAN system, after UE receives above-mentioned beep-page message, UE initiates attachment flow, then initiation packet data protocol (Packet Data Protocol, be called for short PDP) context active flow, connected by above-mentioned PDP context activation flow process.Or, after UE has initiated attachment flow, further, then according to the Indication message (such as: instruction UE initiates the indication information of PDP context activation flow process) that the instruction UE initiation business in above-mentioned beep-page message is set up PDP context activation flow process is initiated.
If 3 UE are in Idle state, after UE receives above-mentioned beep-page message, the Indication message (such as: instruction UE initiates the Indication message of PDP context activation flow process) that UE initiates business foundation according to the instruction UE in above-mentioned beep-page message initiates PDP context activation flow process or PDN connection building process;
If 4 UE are in connected state, receive the NAS message (such as: Request PDP Context Activation message) of above-mentioned instruction UE initiation connection establishment at UE after, then UE initiates PDP context activation flow process or PDN connection building process.
After UE connects according to the method described above, the business of himself can be realized, such as: receive or send relevant business information, effectively can meet the service needed of UE or application server.
In Business Initiator's method of the present embodiment, from database or storage information, the information of UE is known by gateway device, trigger UE and initiate connection establishment, meet industry user and trigger the demand that UE initiates business, because gateway device can know the information of UE from above-mentioned database or storage information, avoid the information of configuration UE on gateway device, and avoid the information of configuration UE in different network elements, decrease the workload of Operation and Maintenance; At least one item in the information of the mobile management net element of having served UE and the information of UE position can be known from above-mentioned database or storage information due to gateway device, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
The schematic flow sheet of a kind of Business Initiator's method that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the present invention two, the present embodiment is the instantiation of a upper embodiment, and as shown in Figure 2, Business Initiator's method of the present embodiment can comprise the following steps:
Step 201, subscriber equipment (UE) send access request message to mobile management net element;
Step 202, mobile management net element know the information of UE after receiving the access request message of UE transmission;
Wherein mobile management net element can know the information of UE from the context of the subscription data of access request message, UE or UE;
Can comprise the mark of UE, the IP address of UE, the information of the UE such as the positional information of UE or the user name of UE in above-mentioned access request message, mobile management net element can know the information of UE from access request message;
If access request message is Attach Request message, Routing Area Update request message or tracing section updating request message, mobile management net element is then to subscribed database, such as: attaching position register (Home Location Register, be called for short HLR), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, be called for short HSS), send and upgrade position requests (Update Location Request) message, subscribed database returns to mobile management net element and upgrades location confirmation (Update Location Ack) message, the subscription data of UE is comprised in the acknowledge message of above-mentioned renewal position, the mark of UE is comprised in the subscription data of above-mentioned UE, the IP address of UE, the information of the UE such as the user name of UE or the positional information of UE,
If access request message is Attach Request message, Routing Area Update request message or tracing section updating request message, mobile management net element knows the context of UE according to above-mentioned access request message, comprises the mark of UE, the IP address of UE, the information of the UE such as the user name of UE or the positional information of UE in the context of above-mentioned UE.
Step 203, alternatively, mobile management net element sends registration message to database, comprises the information of UE in above-mentioned registration message, to the information of database registration UE.
Concrete grammar, can repeat no more to the description of the information of database notification UE with reference to mobile management net element in the embodiment of the present invention one herein.
Step 204, database return registration confirmation message to mobile management net element;
Step 205, mobile management net element send session management request message to gateway device, comprise the information of UE in above-mentioned session management request message.
If gateway device is PGW, then above-mentioned session management messages can be sent to PGW by SGW by mobile management net element.
Step 206, alternatively, gateway device sends registration message to database, comprises the information of UE in above-mentioned registration message, to the information of database registration UE.
Concrete grammar, can repeat no more to the description of the information of database notification UE with reference to gateway device in the embodiment of the present invention one herein.
Step 207, database return registration confirmation message to gateway device;
Step 208, gateway device return session management request response to mobile management net element.
Above-mentioned session management request response can for creating PDP Context response (Create PDP Context Response) message, creating the message such as conversational response (Create Session Response) message.
Step 209, mobile management net element return access request response message to UE.
Above-mentioned access request response message can accept/refusal (Attach Accept/Reject) message for attachment, Routing Area Update accepts/refusal (Routing Area Update Accept/Reject) message, tracing section updating accepts/refusal (Tracking Area Update Accept/Reject) message, service request accepts/refusal (Service Request Accept/Reject) message, PDN connection establishment accepts/refusal (PDN Connectivity Accept/Reject) message, activate PDP Context and accept/refuse the message such as (Active PDP Context Accept/Reject) message.
Now, UE can be in a point amorph, attached state have carrying or attached state do not carry any state.
Step 210, alternatively, application server sends query messages to database, comprises the user name of UE in above-mentioned query messages, the IP address of inquiry UE;
Step 211, database return query response message to application server, comprise the IP address of UE in above-mentioned query response message;
Step 212, application server, according to the IP address architecture data message of the UE known, send the data message of UE to gateway device;
Step 213, gateway device send query messages to database, comprise the IP of UE in above-mentioned query messages;
Concrete grammar with reference to the related content in the embodiment of the present invention one, can repeat no more herein.
Step 214, database return query response message to gateway device, comprise the information of UE in above-mentioned query response message;
Alternatively, the gateway device in the embodiment of the present invention can also inquire about storage information by gateway device, knows the information of UE, namely can not perform above-mentioned steps 213 and step 214.Concrete grammar with reference to the related content in the embodiment of the present invention one, can repeat no more herein.
Step 215, gateway device send to mobile management net element and trigger the Indication message that UE initiates connection establishment, comprise the mark needing the UE initiating connection establishment in above-mentioned Indication message.
Above-mentioned Indication message can be grouped data report notice request (PDU Notification Request) message, comprises the mark of the UE that needs trigger in above-mentioned grouped data report notification request message; Or can also be downlink data notification (Downlink Data Notification) message, in above-mentioned downlink data notification message, comprise the mark of the UE that needs trigger.
Alternatively, the positional information of UE in the above-mentioned Indication message in this step, can also be comprised, for mobile management net element paging UE in the scope that the positional information of above-mentioned UE indicates.
Step 216, mobile management net element send beep-page message to UE, comprise the mark of UE in above-mentioned beep-page message;
Alternatively, mobile management net element sends NAS message to UE, and above-mentioned NAS message instruction UE initiates connection establishment.
Step 217, UE initiate connection building process.
In this step, UE can initiate attachment flow; Or order can also initiate attachment flow and PDP context activation flow process.
In the present embodiment, the execution of above-mentioned steps 206 and step 208 does not have sequential relationship.
The schematic flow sheet of another kind of Business Initiator's method that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention three, as shown in Figure 3, Business Initiator's method of the present embodiment can comprise the following steps:
The data message of the UE that step 301, reception application server (MTC Server or MTC User) send, knows the IP address of above-mentioned UE according to the data message of above-mentioned UE;
In this step, gateway device receives the data message (such as: data message) that application server sends to UE, can know the IP address of UE according to the data message of UE.
Step 302, configuration information according to the IP address lookup gateway device of above-mentioned UE, know at least one in the information of mobile management net element and the positional information of UE of serving above-mentioned UE, and the mark of above-mentioned UE;
In gateway device query configuration information, before knowing the information of UE, the information of configuration UE on gateway device.Such as: the corresponding relation of the information of the IP address of configuration UE, the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE on gateway device, also can the IP address of configuration UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE corresponding relation, also can the IP address of configuration UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE corresponding relation.
In this step, if gateway device there is no the contextual information (such as: carrying or PDP Context) of UE, if gateway device receives the data message of UE, gateway device knows the IP address of UE according to the data message of UE, then gateway device knows the information of UE according to the IP address lookup configuration information of above-mentioned UE, such as: the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE, or the mark of UE and the positional information of UE, or the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.
Step 303, by mobile management net element corresponding to the information of the mobile management net element with the above-mentioned UE of above-mentioned service known, trigger above-mentioned UE initiate connection building process.
Particularly, this step with reference to the related content in the invention described above embodiment one, can repeat no more herein.
If the information of configuration UE comprises the IP address of UE, the mark of UE and the positional information of UE on gateway device, then gateway device also needs the information of the mobile management net element knowing service UE according to the positional information of UE, and concrete mode can comprise as under type:
The gateway device inquiry positional information of UE and the mapping relations of mobile management net element, know the information of the mobile management net element of service UE.
In Business Initiator's method of the present embodiment, from configuration information, the information of UE is known by gateway device, trigger UE and initiate connection establishment, meet industry user and trigger the demand that UE initiates business, because gateway device can know at least one item in the information of mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE from the configuration information of gateway device, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
It should be noted that: for aforesaid each embodiment of the method, in order to simple description, therefore it is all expressed as a series of combination of actions, but those skilled in the art should know, the present invention is not by the restriction of described sequence of movement, because according to the present invention, some step can adopt other orders or carry out simultaneously.Secondly, those skilled in the art also should know, the embodiment described in specification all belongs to preferred embodiment, and involved 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, in certain embodiment, there is no the part described in detail, can see the associated description of other embodiments.
The structural representation of a kind of gateway device that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention four, as shown in Figure 4, the gateway device of the present embodiment can comprise that module 41 is known in address, the first information knows that module 42, second information knows module 43 and business initiation module 44.Wherein, address knows that module 41 receives the data message of the UE that application server sends, the IP address of above-mentioned UE is known according to the data message of above-mentioned UE, the first information knows that module 42 is according to the IP address lookup database of above-mentioned UE or the storage information of inquiring about gateway device, know the information of above-mentioned UE, second information knows the information of module 43 according to above-mentioned UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE, business initiation module 44 is by mobile management net element corresponding to the information of the mobile management net element with the above-mentioned UE of above-mentioned service, trigger above-mentioned UE and initiate connection building process.
The gateway device that in the method for the invention described above embodiment one, the embodiment of the present invention two, the function of gateway device all can be provided by the present embodiment realizes.
Further, if the first information in the embodiment of the present invention knows that the information of the UE that module 42 is known knows according to the IP address lookup database of UE, then the gateway device of the embodiment of the present invention can further include relation configuration module 45 and addressed module 46.Wherein, the addressing relation of relation configuration module 45 configuration of IP address section or IP address prefix and database, addressed module 46 according to the above-mentioned addressing relation of the IP address of above-mentioned UE and configuration, the database that addressing is corresponding.
Alternatively, if the first information in the embodiment of the present invention knows that the information of the UE that module 42 is known stores information according to the IP address lookup of UE to know, then the gateway device of the embodiment of the present invention can further include information storage module 47, for the information of the above-mentioned UE that storing mobile managed network element sends.
Further, the second information in the present embodiment knows that module specifically may be used for
From the information of above-mentioned UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE; Or
According to the positional information of the above-mentioned UE in the information of above-mentioned UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE; Or
According to the mark of the above-mentioned UE in the information of above-mentioned UE, from subscribed database, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE.
In the gateway device of the present embodiment, know that module knows the information of UE from database or storage information by the first information, thus the business initiation module of making can trigger UE initiation connection establishment, meet industry user and trigger the demand that UE initiates business, because the first information knows that module can know the information of UE from above-mentioned database or storage information, avoid the information of configuration UE on gateway device, and avoid the information of configuration UE in different network elements, decrease the workload of Operation and Maintenance; Because the first information knows that module can know at least one item in the information of the mobile management net element of having served UE and the information of UE position from above-mentioned database or storage information, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
The structural representation of a kind of business initiation system that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention five, as shown in Figure 5, the business of the present embodiment is initiated system and can be comprised gateway device 51 and mobile management net element 52.Wherein, gateway device 51 receives the data message of the UE that application server sends, the IP address of above-mentioned UE is known according to the data message of above-mentioned UE, according to the IP address lookup database of above-mentioned UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, know the information of above-mentioned UE, according to the information of above-mentioned UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE, by the mobile management net element 52 that the information of the mobile management net element with the above-mentioned UE of above-mentioned service is corresponding, trigger above-mentioned UE and initiate connection building process; Mobile management net element 52 triggers above-mentioned UE and initiates connection building process.
Gateway device 51 in the business initiation system that in the method for the invention described above embodiment one and the embodiment of the present invention two, the function of gateway device all can be provided by the present embodiment realizes.
In the business initiation system of the present embodiment, from database or storage information, the information of UE is known by gateway device, thus make gateway device can trigger UE initiation connection establishment, meet industry user and trigger the demand that UE initiates business, because gateway device can know the information of UE from above-mentioned database or storage information, avoid the information of configuration UE on gateway device, and avoid the information of configuration UE in different network elements, decrease the workload of Operation and Maintenance; At least one item in the information of the mobile management net element of having served UE and the information of UE position can be known from above-mentioned database or storage information due to gateway device, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
Further, the business of the present embodiment is initiated system and be can further include database, for the information of configuration UE, or receive the information of the UE that gateway device 51 sends, or the information of the UE that above-mentioned reception mobile management net element sends, and according to the request of gateway device 51, inquire about the information of the UE corresponding with the IP address of above-mentioned UE, and the information of above-mentioned UE is sent to gateway device 51; Mobile management net element 52 can also be further used for the information of the above-mentioned UE obtained to send to gateway device 51 or above-mentioned database.
Further, the business of the present embodiment is initiated system and be can further include application server, for sending query messages to above-mentioned database, inquiring about the IP address of above-mentioned UE, comprising the user name of above-mentioned UE or the mark of UE in above-mentioned query messages; Above-mentioned database can also be further used for, according to the user name of above-mentioned UE in above-mentioned query messages or the mark of UE, inquiring about the IP address of above-mentioned UE, and sending to above-mentioned application server.
Further, the gateway device 51 in the present embodiment can also be further used for the information of the above-mentioned UE that storing mobile managed network element sends.
Further, the mobile management net element 52 in the present embodiment can also be further used for receiving and trigger the Indication message that above-mentioned UE initiates connection establishment, comprises the mark of above-mentioned UE in above-mentioned Indication message; According to above-mentioned Indication message, send the beep-page message comprising the mark of above-mentioned UE; Or according to above-mentioned Indication message, send the beep-page message comprising the mark of above-mentioned UE, comprise in above-mentioned beep-page message and trigger the indication information that above-mentioned UE initiates connection establishment; Or according to above-mentioned Indication message, send and trigger the NAS message that above-mentioned UE initiates connection establishment.
The structural representation of the another kind of gateway device that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention six, as shown in Figure 6, the gateway device of the present embodiment can comprise that module 61 is known in address, information knows module 62 and business initiation module 63.Wherein, address knows that module 61 receives the data message of the UE that application server sends, the IP address of above-mentioned UE is known according to the data message of above-mentioned UE, information knows the configuration information of module 62 according to the IP address lookup gateway device of above-mentioned UE, know at least one in the information of the mobile management net element of serving above-mentioned UE and the positional information of above-mentioned UE, and the mark of above-mentioned UE, business initiation module 63 is by the information of the mobile management net element with the above-mentioned UE of above-mentioned service or mobile management net element corresponding to the positional information of UE, trigger above-mentioned UE and initiate connection building process.
The gateway device that the method for the invention described above embodiment three can be provided by the present embodiment realizes.
In the gateway device of the present embodiment, know that module knows the information of UE from configuration information by information, thus the business initiation module of making can trigger UE initiation connection establishment, meet industry user and trigger the demand that UE initiates business, because information knows that module can know at least one item in the information of mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE from the configuration information of gateway device, then gateway device does not need the information knowing UE to subscribed database, thus avoid gateway device support Gc interface, reduce the complexity that gateway device realizes.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: all or part of step realizing said method embodiment can have been come by the hardware that program command is relevant, aforesaid program can be stored in a computer read/write memory medium, this program, when performing, performs the step comprising said method embodiment; And aforesaid storage medium comprises: ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CD etc. various can be program code stored medium.
Last it is noted that above embodiment is only in order to illustrate technical scheme of the present invention, be not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment to invention has been detailed description, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be modified to the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments, or carries out equivalent replacement to wherein portion of techniques feature; And these amendments or replacement, do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.

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1. Business Initiator's method, is characterized in that, comprising:
Application server sends the IP address of query messages inquiring user equipment UE to database, comprises the user name of described UE or the mark of UE in described query messages;
Described application server sends the data message of UE to gateway device, the IP address of the described UE inquired described in comprising in the data message of described UE;
Described gateway device receives the data message of the UE that application server sends, and knows the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE;
According to the IP address lookup database of described UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, gateway device knows the information of described UE from database or storage information;
According to the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE;
By the mobile management net element that the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service is corresponding, trigger described UE and initiate connection building process.
2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the information of described UE comprises the mark of UE; Or the information of the mark of UE and the mobile management net element of service UE; Or the mark of UE and the positional information of UE; Or the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE.
3. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, comprises according to before the IP address lookup database of described UE:
The addressing relation of configuration of IP address section or IP address prefix and database;
According to the IP address of described UE and the described addressing relation of configuration, database described in addressing.
4. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, according to the IP address lookup database of described UE, also comprises before knowing the information of described UE:
Described database configures the information of described UE; Or
Gateway device sends the information of described UE to described database; Or
Mobile management net element sends the information of described UE to described database.
5. method according to claim 4, is characterized in that, described gateway device sends the information of UE to described database, or the information that described mobile management net element sends UE to described database comprises:
The indication information that described gateway device sends according to described mobile management net element, sends the information of described UE to described database; Or
Indication information signing in the indication information comprised in the access request message that described mobile management net element sends according to described UE or the subscription data of described UE, sends the information of described UE to described database; Or
Described gateway device or mobile management net element, according to the group identification of the described UE of configuration, send the information of described UE to described database; Or
Described gateway device or mobile management net element are low mobility according to the application characteristic of described UE, send the information of described UE to described database.
6. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, according to the storage information of the IP address lookup gateway device of described UE, also comprises before knowing the information of described UE:
The information of the described UE that storing mobile managed network element sends.
7. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, the information of the described UE that described storing mobile managed network element sends comprises:
According to the indication information that described mobile management net element sends, store the information of described UE; Or
According to the group identification of the described UE of configuration, store the information of described UE; Or
Application characteristic according to described UE is low mobility, stores the information of described UE.
8. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the described mobile management net element corresponding by the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service, triggers described UE initiation connection building process and comprises:
Send to the mobile management net element that the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service is corresponding and trigger the Indication message that described UE initiates connection establishment, in described Indication message, comprise the mark of described UE;
Described mobile management net element, according to described Indication message, sends the beep-page message comprising the mark of described UE; Or
Described mobile management net element, according to described Indication message, sends the beep-page message comprising the mark of described UE, comprises and trigger the indication information that described UE initiates connection establishment in described beep-page message; Or
Described mobile management net element, according to described Indication message, sends and triggers the non access stratum NAS message that described UE initiates connection establishment.
9. method according to claim 8, is characterized in that, described mobile management net element, according to described Indication message, sends before comprising the beep-page message of the mark of described UE and also comprises:
If described UE is in connected state, then described mobile management net element discharges the connection of described UE.
10. method according to claim 8, is characterized in that, the described information according to described UE, knows that the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE comprises:
From the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE; Or
According to the positional information of the described UE in the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE; Or
According to the mark of the described UE in the information of described UE, from subscribed database, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE.
11. methods according to claim 10, is characterized in that, the described mark according to the described UE in the information of described UE, know that the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE comprises from subscribed database:
According to the mark of the described UE in the information of described UE, from subscribed database, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE and the positional information of described UE;
The positional information of described UE is also comprised in the described Indication message that described mobile management net element sends.
12. methods according to claim 11, is characterized in that, described mobile management net element, according to described Indication message, sends the beep-page message comprising the mark of described UE and comprises:
Described mobile management net element, according to described Indication message, in the position range that the positional information of described UE is corresponding, sends the beep-page message comprising the mark of described UE.
13. methods according to claim 8, is characterized in that, the described UE of described triggering initiates connection building process and comprises:
Trigger described UE and initiate attachment flow; Or
Trigger described UE order and initiate attachment flow and packet data protocol PDP context activation flow process; Or
Trigger described UE and initiate PDP context activation flow process or packet data network PDN connection building process; Or
Trigger described UE and initiate PDP context activation flow process or PDN connection building process according to the indication information in described beep-page message.
14. 1 kinds of Business Initiator's methods, is characterized in that, comprising:
Application server sends the IP address of query messages inquiring user equipment UE to database, comprises the user name of described UE or the mark of UE in described query messages;
Described application server sends the data message of UE to gateway device, the IP address of the described UE inquired described in comprising in the data message of described UE;
Receive the data message of the UE that application server sends, know the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE;
Gateway device is configured with the corresponding relation of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE, according to the configuration information of the IP address lookup gateway device of described UE, know at least one in the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE and the positional information of described UE, and the mark of described UE;
By the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service or mobile management net element corresponding to the positional information of UE, trigger described UE and initiate connection building process.
15. methods according to claim 14, is characterized in that, also comprise:
According to the positional information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE.
16. 1 kinds of gateway devices, is characterized in that, comprising:
Module is known in address, for receiving the data message of the user equipment (UE) that application server sends, knows the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE; Wherein, the data message of described UE comprises the IP address of described UE, and the IP address of described UE stores in a database;
The first information knows module, for according to the IP address lookup database of described UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, knows the information of described UE from database or storage information;
Second information knows module, for the information according to described UE, knows the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE;
Business initiation module, for by mobile management net element corresponding to the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service, triggers described UE and initiates connection building process.
17. gateway devices according to claim 16, is characterized in that, also comprise:
Relation configuration module, for the addressing relation of configuration of IP address section or IP address prefix and database;
Addressed module, for according to the IP address of described UE and the described addressing relation of configuration, the database that addressing is corresponding.
18. gateway devices according to claim 16, is characterized in that, also comprise:
Information storage module, for the information of the described UE that storing mobile managed network element sends.
19. gateway devices according to claim 16, is characterized in that, described second information know module specifically for
From the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE; Or
According to the positional information of the described UE in the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE; Or
According to the mark of the described UE in the information of described UE, from subscribed database, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE.
20. 1 kinds of business initiate system, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Application server, for sending the IP address of query messages inquiring user equipment UE to database, comprises the user name of described UE or the mark of UE in described query messages; And send the data message of UE to gateway device, the IP address of the described UE inquired described in comprising in the data message of described UE;
Database, for according to the user name of described UE in described query messages or the mark of UE, inquires about the IP address of described UE, and sends to described application server;
Gateway device, for receiving the data message of the UE that application server sends, the IP address of described UE is known according to the data message of described UE, according to the IP address lookup database of described UE or the storage information of inquiry gateway device, the information of described UE is known from database or storage information, according to the information of described UE, know the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE, by the mobile management net element that the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service is corresponding, trigger described UE and initiate connection building process;
Mobile management net element, initiates connection building process for triggering described UE.
21. systems according to claim 20, is characterized in that, also comprise:
Database, for the information of configuration UE, or receive the information of the UE that described gateway device sends, or receive the information of the UE that described mobile management net element sends, and according to the request of described gateway device, inquire about the information of the UE corresponding with the IP address of described UE, and the information of described UE is sent to described gateway device;
Described mobile management net element, also for the information of the described UE obtained is sent to described gateway device or described database.
22. systems according to claim 20, is characterized in that,
Described gateway device, also for the information of the described UE of storing mobile managed network element transmission.
23. systems according to the arbitrary claim of claim 20 to 22, is characterized in that,
Described mobile management net element, also triggering for receiving the Indication message that described UE initiates connection establishment, comprising the mark of described UE in described Indication message; According to described Indication message, send the beep-page message comprising the mark of described UE; Or according to described Indication message, send the beep-page message comprising the mark of described UE, comprise in described beep-page message and trigger the indication information that described UE initiates connection establishment; Or according to described Indication message, send and trigger the NAS message that described UE initiates connection establishment.
24. 1 kinds of gateway devices, is characterized in that, comprising:
Module is known in address, for receiving the data message of the user equipment (UE) that application server sends, know the IP address of described UE according to the data message of described UE, wherein, the data message of described UE comprises the IP address of described UE, and the IP address of described UE stores in a database;
Information knows module, for the configuration information of the IP address lookup gateway device according to described UE, knows at least one in the information of the mobile management net element of serving described UE and the positional information of described UE, and the mark of described UE; The corresponding relation of the IP address of UE, the mark of UE, the information of the mobile management net element of service UE and the positional information of UE is configured with in configuration information,
Business initiation module, for by the information of the mobile management net element with the described UE of described service or mobile management net element corresponding to the positional information of UE, triggers described UE and initiates connection building process.
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