CN102611810A

CN102611810A - Communication method, application platform and communication device

Info

Publication number: CN102611810A
Application number: CN2012100656863A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄文良; 王志军; 王建海; 张伦泳
Original assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2012-03-13
Filing date: 2012-03-13
Publication date: 2012-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 2032-03-13
Also published as: CN102611810B

Abstract

The invention provides a communication method, an application platform and a communication device. The communication method comprises the following steps that: the application platform receives a communication requesting message which is sent by a first network by a first terminal; the communication requesting message comprises a label of a second terminal and a label of the first terminal; the application platform establishes communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal of a second network according to the label of the first terminal and the label of the second terminal, wherein the first terminal is an Internet terminal, the label of the first terminal is number E.164 and the first network is the Internet; the second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the label of the second terminal is number E.164 and the second network is a telecommunication network; or the second terminal is an Internet terminal, the label of the second terminal is the number E.164 and the second network is the Internet, and the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal. With the adoption of the communication method, the transparent and undifferentiated communication, such as conversation, short message sending and receiving, can be realized between the Internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal.

Description

Communication method, application platform and communication device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to communications technologies, and in particular, to a communication method, an application platform, and a communication apparatus.

Background

Telephone communication has appeared earlier than computer communication, before VoIP (Voice Over IP, IP telephony) appeared, they developed independently, after VoIP appeared, they began to merge, but it was still popular that until the later appearance of IMS (IP multimedia subsystem), all IP 3G network, both began to merge in the true sense, but still limited to interworking and sharing in network.

For example, an Internet Protocol (IP) address is used as an identifier for applications between a computer and an IPAD (hereinafter, referred to as an Internet terminal) in the Internet, so that a plurality of Internet terminals perform voice communication between the same application or a plurality of applications in the Internet. The traditional telecommunication networks such as mobile terminals and fixed telephones (hereinafter referred to as telecommunication network terminals) adopt E.164 numbers as identifiers to carry out voice communication.

In practical applications, the IP address of the internet cannot be used as an identifier for voice communication between terminals of the telecommunication network, and the e.164 number in the telecommunication network cannot be used as an identifier for voice communication between terminals of the internet, so that voice communication cannot be performed between the terminals of the internet and the telecommunication network.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a communication method, an application platform and a communication device.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a communication method, including:

the application platform receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, wherein the request communication message comprises: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal;

the application platform establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal;

the first terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is the internet; the second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is a telecommunication network;

or,

the second terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is the internet; the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is a telecommunication network.

According to the technical scheme, the uniform E.164 number is adopted as the identifier for the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal, so that the application platform at the internet side can establish transparent and non-differential communication between the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal according to the received request communication message, the problem that the non-uniform identifier cannot realize the non-differential communication in the prior art is solved, and the communication range of the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal is expanded.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a communication method, including:

a communication network element in a telecommunication network receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, wherein the request communication message comprises: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal;

the communication network element establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal;

or,

According to the technical scheme, the E.164 number is used as the unique identification of the communication between the Internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal, so that transparent and undifferentiated communication can be established between the Internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal, and the communication range of the telecommunication network terminal is expanded.

A third aspect of the present invention provides an application platform, comprising:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, where the request communication message includes: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal;

a first communication establishing unit, configured to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal located in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal;

or,

According to the technical scheme, the application platform can enable the Internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal to establish transparent and non-differential communication, and the problem that the non-uniform identification cannot realize the non-differential communication in the prior art is solved.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a communication device, comprising:

a second receiving unit, configured to receive a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, where the request communication message includes: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal;

a second communication establishing unit, configured to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal located in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal;

or,

According to the technical scheme, the communication device can enable the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal to establish transparent and non-differential communication, and the problem that the non-uniform identification cannot realize the non-differential communication in the prior art is solved.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a scene diagram of communication between an internet terminal and a terminal of a telecommunication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1B is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1C is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 1D is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6A is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6B is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6C is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6D is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an application platform according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1A, fig. 1A is a view illustrating a communication scenario between an internet terminal and a terminal of a telecommunication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the internet terminal 10, such as a Personal Computer (PC), an IPAD, and the like, interacts with the internet terminal, such as a WiFi terminal, and the like through the internet, such as the internet, and a identifier used for the interaction is an IP address.

The telecommunication network terminal 20, such as a mobile phone, can perform voice communication with the telecommunication network terminal 20, such as a fixed telephone, etc., through the telecommunication network, and the identifier used for the communication is an e.164 number. Each telecommunications network terminal in the prior art has a unique e.164 number.

For example, when the terminal 20 of the telecommunication Network is a fixed Telephone, the fixed Telephone needs to access the telecommunication Network by means of Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). In the telecommunication network, voice communication can be established between Mobile phones through a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 16, and messages are sent between Mobile phones through a Message Service Center 17, such as a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) and a Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC).

Before the terminal 20 of the telecommunication network is used, the identifier such as 132 × × 5 needs to be registered and activated in a Business Support System (BSS), and then the BSS issues the activated 132 × × 5 and its related information to a Home Location Register (HLR), so that the MSC and the message service center obtain the 132 × 5 related information through the HLR to implement communication between the terminals of the telecommunication network.

At present, a telecommunication network terminal and an internet terminal do not have uniform identification which can be identified mutually, so that the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal cannot realize the voice communication without difference.

In the invention, the new identifier E.164 number is distributed to the Internet terminal, so that the Internet terminal uses the new identifier to realize the communication with the telecommunication network terminal.

As shown in fig. 1A, an application platform 11 is added on the internet side, and the application platform 11 has a protocol conversion function and stores therein right information and the like corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal. Specifically, the sub application platform 14 of the application platform may receive various permission information corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal, such as permission information capable of performing voice communication, permission information capable of transmitting and receiving short messages, and the like, issued by the BSS; the voice gateway 12 of the application platform is configured to convert a signaling control Protocol (SIP) used by the internet terminal into a No.7 signaling used by the terminal of the telecommunication network, or convert the No.7 signaling used by the terminal of the telecommunication network into the SIP used by the internet terminal; the value-added service capability open Gateway 13 of the application platform is configured to convert an SIP used by the internet terminal into a point-to-point Short Message Protocol (SMPP) used by the telecommunication network terminal, a Short Message Gateway Interface Protocol (SGIP), a Multimedia Message center Interface Protocol (MM 1) and a Multimedia Message Gateway Interface Protocol (MM 7), or convert an SMPP/SGIP/MM1/MM7 used by the telecommunication network terminal into an SIP used by the internet terminal.

In addition, the HLR of the telecommunication network side also stores the identifier attribution internet of the internet terminal issued by the BSS or attribution information of the attribution telecommunication network, and stores the identifier attribution internet of the telecommunication network terminal issued by the BSS or attribution information of the attribution telecommunication network. It should be understood that after the above-mentioned identifier, i.e. the e.164 number, is registered and activated in the BSS, the BSS issues various information (including authority information, home information, etc.) corresponding to the identifier to the HLR.

It should be noted that, the internet terminal is embedded with client software for implementing communication with the terminal of the telecommunication network. When the internet terminal needs to communicate with the telecommunication network terminal, the internet terminal using the e.164 number as the identifier can communicate with the telecommunication network terminal by triggering the related function of the software (for example, sending a request communication message initiated by the internet terminal to the application platform, etc.). Of course, if the internet terminal does not trigger the client software, the internet terminal and the internet terminal communicate with each other using the IP address as the identifier. In addition, when the telecommunication network terminal needs to communicate with the internet terminal, the client software is started, the application platform enables the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal to communicate according to the communication request message of the telecommunication network terminal, and if the client software is closed, the application platform sends prompt information, such as shutdown prompt information and the like, to the telecommunication network terminal.

The present invention illustrates a communication process between a terminal of a telecommunication network and a terminal of an internet network by the following embodiments.

Fig. 1B is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1B, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

101. The application platform receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, wherein the request communication message comprises: an identity of the second terminal, an identity of the first terminal.

102. The application platform establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal; the first terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is the internet; the second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is a telecommunication network; or the second terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is the internet; the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is a telecommunication network.

It can be known from the foregoing embodiments that, in the communication method of this embodiment, a uniform e.164 number is used as an identifier for an internet terminal and a telecommunication network terminal, so that an application platform on the internet side can establish transparent and non-differential communication between the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal according to a received request communication message, thereby avoiding a problem that the non-uniform identifier cannot achieve non-differential communication in the prior art, and expanding communication ranges of the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1C, the communication method includes the following

steps

111 and 112.

111. The application platform receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, wherein the request communication message comprises: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal, wherein the first terminal is an internet terminal, the second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identification of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the identification of the second terminal is an E.164 number.

For example, the first terminal is labeled 133 x 4 and the second terminal is labeled 136 x 4.

112. The application platform sends the request communication message to a communication network element in the telecommunication network so that the communication network element establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

Further, before step 112, the communication method further comprises step 113, which is not shown in fig. 1C as follows.

113. And the application platform performs protocol conversion on the request communication message adopting the first protocol format to obtain the request communication message adopting the second protocol format.

At this time, the first protocol format is SIP, and the second protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1, or MM 7. Accordingly, the aforementioned communication network element may be an MSC, an SMSC, or an MMSC. If the communication network element is MSC, the second protocol format is No.7 signaling; if the communication network element is SMSC, the second protocol format is SMPP or SGIP; if the communication network element is an MMSC, the second protocol format is MM1 or MM 7. In this embodiment, when the communication network element is an SMSC, the second protocol format preferably adopts an SGIP, and when the communication network element is an MMS, the second protocol format preferably adopts an MM 7.

It should be understood that, in the prior art, when the internet terminal communicates with the internet terminal, the IP address carried by the SIP is used as the identifier, and the identifier of the IP address is located at the protocol layer of the SIP. In this embodiment, when the internet terminal and the terminal of the telecommunication network communicate with each other, the SIP carries the e.164 number as the identifier, and the e.164 number is located in the application layer of the SIP, which is located above the protocol layer. Therefore, the protocol format of the SIP does not need to be changed in the embodiment, and further, the communication without difference between the Internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal can be better realized.

As can be seen from the foregoing embodiments, in the communication method of this embodiment, a uniform e.164 number is used as an identifier for the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal, so that the application platform on the internet side can establish transparent and non-differential communication between the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal according to the received request communication message.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 1D, the communication method includes the following

steps

121 and 122.

121. The application platform receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a communication network element in a telecommunication network; the second terminal is an internet terminal, the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number.

122. And the application platform establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

Further, after step 121 and before step 122, the above-mentioned communication method further includes step 123, which is not shown in fig. 1D as follows.

123. And the application platform performs protocol conversion on the received request communication message adopting the first protocol format to obtain the request communication message adopting the second protocol format.

At this time, the first protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1, or MM7, and the second protocol format is SIP.

Accordingly, the aforementioned communication network element may be an MSC, an SMSC, or an MMSC. In the present embodiment, the first and second electrodes are,

when the communication network element is an MSC, the first protocol format is No.7 signaling, when the communication network element is an SMSC, the first protocol format preferably adopts SGIP, and when the communication network element is an MMSC, the first protocol format preferably adopts MM 7.

In particular, in the above-described communication method shown in fig. 1B to 1D, the communication party further includes, before the step of establishing the communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal located in the second network, the following step S01 and step S02 not shown in the figure.

And S01, the application platform receives the authority information corresponding to the identification of the Internet terminal issued by the BSS.

For example, the rights information includes: authority information for voice communication with the telecommunication network terminal, authority information for receiving and sending short messages, and the like.

And S02, the application platform determines whether the Internet terminal has the authority to communicate with the telecommunication network terminal according to the authority information.

As can be seen from the foregoing embodiments, in the communication method in this embodiment, a uniform e.164 number is used as an identifier for the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal, so that the application platform on the internet side can establish transparent and non-differential communication between the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal according to the received request communication message.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 2, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

201. The application platform receives a call request sent by the internet terminal, wherein the call request comprises an identifier of a telecommunication network terminal and an identifier of the internet terminal, the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal is an E.164 number, and the identifier of the internet terminal is an E.164 number.

For example, the identification of the terminal of the telecommunication network is a unique e.164 number, such as 138 x 1, and the identification of the terminal of the internet is a unique e.164 number, such as 132 x 3.

202. The application platform converts the protocol used by the call request to No.7 signaling.

Specifically, the application platform converts the SIP-based call request into a No.7 signaling-based call request.

It should be understood that in the internet, SIP is used for communication between internet terminals; in the telecommunications network, No.7 signalling is used for communication between terminals of the telecommunications network. Thus, in order to enable the call request of the internet terminal to be identified in the telecommunication network, the application platform needs to convert the SIP based call request into the call request based on No.7 signaling.

As shown in fig. 1A, the voice gateway 12 in the application platform 11 can implement the SIP and No.7 signaling conversion.

203. And the application platform sends the call request based on the No.7 signaling to the MSC, so that the MSC enables the telecommunication network terminal to establish voice communication with the Internet terminal according to the call request based on the No.7 signaling.

For example, the MSC calls the terminal of the telecommunication network according to the identifier of the terminal of the telecommunication network, establishes voice communication between the terminal of the telecommunication network and the internet terminal, and if the terminal of the telecommunication network is powered off, the MSC returns prompt information to the application platform so that the application platform sends the prompt information to the internet terminal.

If the telecommunication network terminal is fixed telephone, the MSC will be connected with the telecommunication network terminal through PSTN so as to make the telecommunication network terminal and the Internet terminal establish voice communication.

It can be known from the foregoing embodiments that, in the communication method in this embodiment, the unified e.164 number is used as the identifier of the target internet terminal and the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal, and further, the application platform converts the call request sent by the receiving internet terminal into the call request based on the No.7 signaling, so that the MSC can receive the recognizable call request, so as to establish the voice communication between the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal. The method and the system realize the voice communication without difference between the telecommunication network terminal and the Internet terminal, and expand the application range of the voice communication.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

301. And the application platform receives the authority information which is issued by the BSS and corresponds to the identification of the internet terminal.

Generally, the BSS may issue various rights information corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal in batch. The identification of the internet terminal in this embodiment is a unique e.164 number, such as 133 x 5.

Referring to fig. 1A, the sub-application platform 14 stores various registered and activated e.164 numbers issued by the BSS and corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal.

For example, the internet terminal selects a unique e.164 number as an identifier for communication with the terminal of the telecommunication network through a number selection platform in the BSS ((a number pre-opened in an e.164 number initialization operation)), and registers the selected unique e.164 number in the BSS (such as registering personal information) and activates (such as charging and paying), and then the BSS issues the identifier of the internet terminal that has been registered and activated and authority information corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal to the sub-application platform 14 of the application platform.

In practical application, e.164 number of BSS-reservable part is used as identification of internet terminal. In addition, after the internet terminal selects the unique E.164 number as the identifier, the card corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal is not circulated in the market.

302. The application platform receives a call request sent by an internet terminal, wherein the call request comprises: the identification of the internet terminal and the identification of the telecommunication network terminal, wherein the identification of the telecommunication network terminal is an E.164 number, and the identification of the internet terminal is an E.164 number.

For example, the protocol used for the call request in this step is SIP.

In this embodiment, the identifier of the terminal in the telecommunication network is a unique e.164 number, and the identifier of the internet terminal is a unique e.164 number.

303. And the application platform determines that the identifier of the Internet terminal has the authority information for carrying out voice communication with the telecommunication network terminal according to the authority information.

That is, the application platform checks whether authority information for performing voice communication with the telecommunication network terminal corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal is stored therein.

Referring to fig. 1A, after receiving a call request sent by an internet terminal, an application platform determines whether the internet terminal has authority information for voice communication with a terminal of a telecommunication network.

And if the application platform determines that the internet terminal does not have the authority information of the voice communication, sending prompt information to the internet terminal, and ending.

304. The application platform converts the SIP based call request into a No.7 signaling based call request.

305. And the application platform sends the call request based on the No.7 signaling to the MSC, so that the MSC enables the telecommunication network terminal to establish voice communication with the Internet terminal according to the call request based on the No.7 signaling.

The communication method can realize the voice communication without difference between the telecommunication network terminal and the Internet terminal, and enlarges the application range of the voice communication. The communication method of this embodiment does not limit whether the terminal is an intra-network user of an operator or an extra-network user of the operator.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

401. The application platform receives a first message sent by the internet terminal, wherein the first message comprises an identifier of the internet terminal, an identifier of the telecommunication network terminal and information edited by a user through the internet terminal, and the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal is an E.164 number and the identifier of the internet terminal is an E.164 number.

402. The application platform converts the protocol used by the first message to SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM 7.

For example, the application platform converts the SIP-based first message to an SMPP-, SGIP-, MM 1-, or MM 7-based first message.

Referring to fig. 1A, if the information edited by the user through the internet terminal is information of multimedia message content (e.g., video, picture), the value added service capability open gateway 13 in the application platform is used to convert the first SIP-based message into the first MM 1-or MM 7-based message.

And if the information edited by the user through the internet terminal is the information of the text content, converting the first message based on the SIP into the first message based on the SMPP or the SGIP by adopting a value added service capability open gateway in the application platform.

403. The application platform transmits a first message based on the SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM7 to a message service center (such as the message service center 17 including SMSC or MMSC shown in fig. 1A) so that the message service center transmits the identification of the internet terminal and information edited by the user through the internet terminal to the terminal of the telecommunication network according to the first message based on the SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM 7.

Referring to fig. 1A, if the information edited by the user through the internet terminal is information of multimedia message content (such as video and picture), the application platform sends a first message based on MM1 or MM7 to the MMSC of the message service center 17, so that the MMSC sends the identifier of the internet terminal and the information edited by the user through the internet terminal to the terminal of the telecommunication network according to the identifier of the terminal of the telecommunication network;

if the information edited by the user through the internet terminal is the information of the character content, the application platform sends the first message based on the SMPP or the SGIP to an SMSC of the message service center, so that the SMSC sends the identification of the internet terminal and the information edited by the user through the internet terminal to the telecommunication network terminal according to the identification of the telecommunication network terminal.

It can be known from the foregoing embodiment that, in the communication method in this embodiment, a uniform e.164 number is used as an identifier of an internet terminal and an identifier of a terminal in a telecommunication network, so that the internet terminal can actively communicate with the terminal in the telecommunication network, and the communication between one or more internet terminals and the terminal in the telecommunication network is not limited in the foregoing embodiment, so that the communication range between the internet terminal and the terminal in the telecommunication network is expanded.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 5, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

501. And the application platform receives the authority information which is issued by the BSS and corresponds to the identification of the internet terminal.

502. The application platform receives a first message sent by the internet terminal, wherein the first message comprises an identifier of the internet terminal, an identifier of the telecommunication network terminal and information edited by a user through the internet terminal, and the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal is an E.164 number and the identifier of the internet terminal is an E.164 number.

For example, the first message is a first message based on the SIP protocol.

503. And the application platform determines that the Internet terminal has the authority information for receiving and sending the short message according to the authority information.

504. The application platform converts the SIP-based first message into a SMPP-, SGIP-, MM 1-or MM 7-based first message.

505. The application platform sends a first message based on SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM7 to the message service center, so that the message service center sends the identification of the Internet terminal and the information edited by the user through the Internet terminal to the telecommunication network terminal according to the first message of SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM 7.

It can be known from the foregoing embodiments that the communication method in this embodiment can use the uniform e.164 number as the identifier of the internet terminal and the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal, thereby implementing communication without difference between the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal, and expanding the application range of communication between the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal.

Fig. 6A is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6A, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

601. A communication network element in a telecommunications network receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, the request communication message including: an identity of the second terminal, an identity of the first terminal.

602. The communication network element establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal; the first terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is the internet; the second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is a telecommunication network; or the second terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is the internet; the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is a telecommunication network.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 6B, the communication method includes the following

steps

611 and 612.

611. A communication network element in a telecommunication network receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through an application platform in the internet, the first terminal is an internet terminal, a second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number.

612. And the communication network element establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

Further, in step 611, the request communication message sent by the application platform is specifically a request communication message in a second protocol format obtained by the application platform performing protocol conversion on the request communication message in the first protocol format.

In this case, the first protocol format is SIP, and the second protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1, or MM 7.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication network element may be an MSC, an SMSC, or an MMSC.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 6C, the communication method includes

steps

621 and 622 as follows.

621. A communication network element in a telecommunications network receives a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, the request communication message including: the system comprises an identifier of a second terminal and an identifier of a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the second terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number.

622. And the communication network element sends the request communication message to an application platform in the Internet, so that the application platform establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

It should be noted that, the application platform first performs protocol conversion on the request communication message in the first protocol format to obtain a request communication message in the second protocol format, and then establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in the second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal in the second protocol format.

The communication network element in this embodiment includes: MSC, SMSC, or MMSC. In this embodiment, the communication network element is an MSC, and the first protocol format adopts No.7 signaling; when the communication network element is an SMSC, the first protocol format preferably adopts SGIP, and when the communication network element is an MMSC, the first protocol format preferably adopts MM 7.

Optionally, before the application platform establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal in the second protocol format, the application platform further needs to determine that the internet terminal has the right to communicate with the terminal of the telecommunication network, i.e., the first terminal, according to the identifier of the internet terminal, i.e., the identifier of the second terminal in the second protocol format.

In addition, prior to step 622, the communication method further includes step 623, which is not shown in fig. 6C, as follows.

623. And the communication network element inquires an HLR according to the identifier of the second terminal to determine whether the second terminal belongs to the Internet, wherein the HLR comprises attribution information which is issued by a service support system BSS and corresponds to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal respectively.

If the second terminal belongs to the internet, the above step 622 is executed, otherwise, the communication is performed according to the communication mode between the terminals in the telecommunication network in the prior art.

It can be known from the foregoing embodiments that, in the communication method of the present embodiment, the e.164 number is used as the unique identifier for communication between the internet terminal and the terminal of the telecommunications network, so that transparent and undifferentiated communication can be established between the internet terminal and the terminal of the telecommunications network, and the communication range of the terminal of the telecommunications network is expanded.

Fig. 6D is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6D, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

631. The MSC receives a call request sent by a telecommunication network terminal, wherein the call request comprises an identification of an Internet terminal and an identification of the telecommunication network terminal, the identification of the telecommunication network terminal is an E.164 number, and the identification of the Internet terminal is an E.164 number.

632. The MSC sends the call request to the application platform according to the identification of the Internet terminal, so that the application platform converts the signaling used by the call request into SIP, and the Internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal establish voice communication according to the SIP-based call request.

As can be seen from the foregoing embodiments, in the communication method in this embodiment, the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal use a uniform e.164 number as an identifier, and the MSC sends the call request of the internet terminal belonging to the internet to the application platform, and then the application platform converts the call request based on the No.7 signaling into a call request based on the SIP, so that the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal establish voice communication. The communication method between the Internet and the telecommunication network can realize the voice communication without difference between the telecommunication network terminal and the Internet terminal, and the application range of the voice communication is enlarged.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

701. And the HLR receives attribution information which is issued by the BSS and corresponds to the identification of the internet terminal and the identification of the telecommunication network terminal respectively.

For example, the identity of the internet terminal is a unique e.164 number, which belongs to the internet, and the identity of the telecommunications network terminal is a unique e.164 number, which belongs to the telecommunications network.

After the identification of the internet terminal and the identification of the telecommunication network terminal are respectively registered and activated in the BSS, the BSS issues attribution information, authority information and the like corresponding to the identification of the internet terminal to the HLR, and the BSS issues attribution information, authority information and the like corresponding to the identification of the telecommunication network terminal to the HLR.

702. The MSC receives a call request sent by a telecommunication network terminal, wherein the call request comprises an identification of the Internet terminal and an identification of the telecommunication network terminal, and the identification of the Internet terminal is an E.164 number and an identification E.164 number of the telecommunication network terminal.

The terminal of the telecommunications network here is, for example, a mobile terminal. If the terminal of the telecommunication network is a fixed telephone, the terminal of the telecommunication network sends a call request to the MSC through the PSTN.

703. After the MSC inquires and determines that the Internet terminal belongs to the Internet from the HLR according to the identifier of the Internet terminal, the MSC sends a call request to the application platform according to the identifier of the Internet terminal so that the application platform converts a signaling used by the call request into SIP, and the Internet terminal and a telecommunication network terminal establish voice communication according to the call request based on the SIP.

For example, the MSC sends a request for querying the home information, which includes an identifier of the internet terminal and an identifier of the terminal of the telecommunication network, to the HLR, so that the HLR queries the home information corresponding to the identifier of the internet terminal according to the identifier of the internet terminal, and sends the queried home information to the MSC.

It can be known from the foregoing embodiments that the communication method in this embodiment uses the uniform e.164 number as the identifier of the internet terminal and the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal, thereby enabling communication without difference between the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal, and expanding the application range of communication between the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, the communication method in this embodiment is described below.

801. The message service center receives a second message sent by the terminal of the telecommunication network, wherein the second message comprises: the identification of the internet terminal, the identification of the telecommunication network terminal and the information edited by the user through the telecommunication network terminal are E.164 numbers and E.164 numbers.

It should be noted that the message service center includes: MMSC, SMSC.

The SMSC receives a second message sent by the terminal of the telecommunication network, wherein the second message comprises: the identification of the internet terminal, the identification of the telecommunication network terminal and the multimedia message information such as pictures, videos and the like edited by the user through the telecommunication network terminal;

the MMSC receives a second message sent by the terminal of the telecommunication network, wherein the second message comprises: the identification of the internet terminal, the identification of the telecommunication network terminal and the information of the plain text content edited by the user through the telecommunication network terminal.

802. And the message service center sends the second message to the application platform according to the identifier of the Internet terminal so that the application platform converts the protocol used by the second message into the SIP, and sends the identifier of the telecommunication network terminal and the information edited by the user through the telecommunication network terminal to the Internet terminal according to the second message based on the SIP.

Referring to fig. 1A, the message service center sends the second message to the value added service capability openness gateway 13 in the application platform according to the identifier of the internet terminal, so that the value added service capability openness gateway converts the protocol.

In practical applications, before step 802, the communication method in this embodiment further includes the following step 803 not shown in fig. 8.

803. The message service center inquires the HLR according to the identification of the internet terminal to determine whether the internet terminal belongs to the internet, if so, the step 802 is executed, otherwise, the operation is finished.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of an application platform according to another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 9, the application platform in this embodiment includes: a first receiving unit 91, a first communication establishing unit 92;

the first receiving unit 91 is configured to receive a request communication message sent by a first terminal through a first network, where the request communication message includes: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal; the first communication establishing unit 92 is configured to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal located in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal;

or,

In an application of an embodiment, if the first terminal is an internet terminal and the second terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network, the first communication establishing unit 92 is specifically configured to send the request communication message to a communication network element in the telecommunication network, so that the communication network element establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second network according to an identifier of the first terminal and an identifier of the second terminal.

Further, before the first communication establishing unit 92 sends the request communication message to the communication network element in the telecommunication network, it needs to perform protocol conversion on the request communication message in the first protocol format to obtain a request communication message in the second protocol format (for example, the function implemented by the voice gateway and the value added service capability open gateway in fig. 1A).

At this time, the first protocol format is SIP, and the second protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1, or MM 7.

In another embodiment, if the second terminal is an internet terminal and the first terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network, the first receiving unit 91 is specifically configured to receive a request communication message sent by the first terminal through a communication network element in the telecommunication network.

At this time, the first communication establishing unit 92 further needs to perform protocol conversion on the request communication message in the first protocol format to obtain a request communication message in the second protocol format, and establish a communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal in the request communication message in the second protocol format.

The first protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM7, and the second protocol format is SIP.

Further, in practical application, the first receiving unit 91 is further configured to receive permission information corresponding to an identifier of the internet terminal, which is issued by the BSS;

accordingly, the application platform further comprises a determining unit, not shown in the figure, for determining the rights information whether the internet terminal has the right to communicate with the terminal of the telecommunications network. If the determining unit determines that the internet terminal has the authority to communicate with the terminal of the telecommunication network, the function of the first communication establishing unit 92 is executed, otherwise, the process is ended. It is to be understood that certain elements herein are used to implement the functionality of the sub-application platform 14 of FIG. 1A.

The communication network elements in the above mentioned telecommunications network may be MSCs, SMSCs or MMSCs.

It should be noted that the first communication establishing unit 92 in this embodiment has the functions of the voice gateway 12 and the value added service capability opening gateway 13 shown in fig. 1A, such as a function of protocol conversion.

The application platform in the embodiment can enable the internet terminal and the telecommunication network terminal to establish transparent and non-differential communication, and avoids the problem that the non-uniform identification cannot realize the non-differential communication in the prior art.

Fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 10, the communication device in this embodiment includes: a second receiving unit 1011, a second communication establishing unit 1012;

the second receiving unit 1011 is configured to receive a request communication message sent by the first terminal through the first network, where the request communication message includes: the identification of the second terminal and the identification of the first terminal; the second communication establishing unit 1012 is configured to establish a communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal located in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal; the first terminal is an internet terminal, the identifier of the first terminal is an E.164 number, and the first network is the internet; the second terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the identifier of the second terminal is an E.164 number, and the second network is a telecommunication network;

or,

In an application of an embodiment, if the first terminal is an internet terminal and the second terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network, the second receiving unit 1011 is specifically configured to receive a request communication message sent by the first terminal through an application platform in the internet.

It should be noted that the request communication message sent by the application platform is a request communication message in a second protocol format obtained by the application platform performing protocol conversion on the request communication message in the first protocol format.

The first protocol format here is SIP and the second protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM 7.

In another embodiment of the application, if the first terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network and the second terminal is an internet terminal, the second communication establishing unit 1012 is specifically configured to send the request communication message to an application platform in the internet, so that the application platform establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal in the second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

Before the second communication establishing unit 1012 sends the communication request message to the application platform in the internet, the communication network element further includes a determining unit, not shown in the figure, configured to query, according to an identifier of the second terminal, to the HLR to determine whether the second terminal belongs to the internet, where the HLR includes attribution information corresponding to the identifier of the second terminal, which is issued by the BSS.

It should be understood that, the application platform first performs protocol conversion on the received request communication message in the first protocol format to obtain a request communication message in the second protocol format, and then establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in the second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal in the request communication message in the second protocol format.

The above mentioned communication network elements may be MSCs, SMSCs or MMSCs.

The communication device in the embodiment can enable the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal to establish transparent and non-differential communication, such as voice communication, short message receiving and sending and the like, thereby avoiding the problem that the non-uniform identification can not realize the non-differential communication in the prior art and expanding the application range of the communication between the telecommunication network terminal and the internet terminal.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: all or a portion of the steps of implementing the above-described method embodiments may be performed by hardware associated with program instructions. The program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When executed, the program performs steps comprising the method embodiments described above; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media that can store program codes, such as ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disks.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of communication, comprising:

or,

2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein if the first terminal is an internet terminal and the second terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network, the application platform establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal, specifically:

and the application platform sends the request communication message to a communication network element in the telecommunication network so that the communication network element establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

3. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein if the second terminal is an internet terminal and the first terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network, the application platform receives a communication request message sent by the first terminal through a first network, specifically:

and the application platform receives the request communication message sent by the first terminal through a communication network element in the telecommunication network.

4. The communication method according to claim 2, wherein before transmitting the request communication message, further comprising:

and carrying out protocol conversion on the request communication message adopting the first protocol format to obtain the request communication message adopting the second protocol format.

5. The communication method according to claim 3, further comprising, after receiving the request communication message:

6. The communication method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein if the first terminal is an internet terminal, the first protocol format is a signaling control message SIP, and the second protocol format is No.7 signaling, a point-to-point short message protocol SMPP, a short message gateway interface protocol SGIP, a multimedia message center interface protocol MM1, or a multimedia message gateway interface protocol MM 7;

if the first terminal is a telecommunication network terminal, the first protocol format is No.7 signaling, SMPP, SGIP, MM1 or MM7, and the second protocol format is signaling control message SIP.

7. The communication method according to any of claims 2 to 5, wherein the communication network element in the telecommunication network comprises: a mobile switching center MSC, a short message service center SMSC, or a multimedia information service MMSC.

8. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein before the establishing the communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal located in the second network, further comprising:

the application platform receives authority information which is issued by a service support system BSS and corresponds to the identification of the internet terminal;

and the application platform determines whether the internet terminal has the authority for communicating with the telecommunication network terminal according to the authority information.

9. A method of communication, comprising:

or,

10. The communication method according to claim 9, wherein if the first terminal is an internet terminal and the second terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network, the communication network element receives a communication request message sent by the first terminal through a first network, specifically:

and the communication network element receives a request communication message sent by the first terminal through an application platform in the Internet.

11. The communication method according to claim 9, wherein if the first terminal is a terminal of a telecommunication network and the second terminal is an internet terminal, the communication network element establishes a communication connection between the first terminal and the second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal, specifically:

and the communication network element sends the request communication message to an application platform in the Internet, so that the application platform establishes communication connection between the first terminal and a second terminal in a second network according to the identifier of the first terminal and the identifier of the second terminal.

12. The communication method according to claim 11, wherein before the communication network element sends the request communication message to the application platform in the internet, the method further comprises:

and the communication network element inquires a Home Location Register (HLR) according to the identifier of the second terminal to determine that the second terminal belongs to the Internet, wherein the HLR contains home information which is issued by a service support system (BSS) and corresponds to the identifier of the second terminal.

13. An application platform, comprising:

or,

14. A communications apparatus, comprising:

or,