CN104202738A - Policy control method and system and gateway - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a policy control method and system and a gateway. According to the policy control method, the highest priority of control action in the same type of control action contained in part of or all of control policies is determined through the PCEF (Policy And Charging Enforcement Function) according to the priorities of the control policies and the policy control on a user device is executed according to the highest priority of control action. Compared with the prior art, the policy control is performed according to the highest priority of control action in the same type of control action, the control action in the plurality of different control policies can be combined, and accordingly the technical defects due to the fact that the policy control is performed only according to a highest priority of control policy in the prior art are overcome, the efficiency of the policy control under complex business scenarios is improved, and the adaptability is good.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, in particular to a kind of policy control method, system and gateway.
Background technology
At 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP) in system, strategy is controlled (PCC, Policy and Charging Control) system with billing function by strategy and charging and is realized.
PCC system comprises strategy and charging rule functions (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF), strategy and charge execution function (PCEF, Policy and Charging Enforcement Function) and message accounting etc.Wherein, PCEF is after subscriber equipment being detected and reaching the standard grade, and to the relevant information of PCRF report of user equipment, PCRF generates user's control strategy according to the relevant information of subscriber equipment, and issuing control strategy to PCEF, PCEF carries out the policy control to subscriber equipment according to this control strategy.Wherein, control strategy comprises the combination of dissimilar control action, such as charging action, bandwidth control action etc.
But the policy control method that prior art provides is in the situation that PCRF issues many control strategies for subscriber equipment, PCEF only selects the control strategy that priority is the highest to carry out, and adaptability is poor.
Summary of the invention
Method, system and gateway that the embodiment of the present invention provides the priority of the control action at least two control strategies of a kind of basis to come implementation strategy to control.
First aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of policy control method, comprising:
Obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy;
According to the priority of control strategy, determine that described control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises;
According to the control action that described priority is the highest, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
In conjunction with first aspect, in the possible implementation of the first, described according to the priority of control strategy, determine that the highest control action of same type control action medium priority that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise comprises:
According to the type of control action, the concentrated control action of described control strategy is divided into groups;
According to the priority of described control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
In conjunction with first aspect, in the possible implementation of the second, described according to the priority of control strategy, determine that the highest control action of same type control action medium priority that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise comprises:
Obtaining described control strategy concentrates and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum;
According to the type of control action in the first control strategy, the concentrated control action of described control strategy is divided into groups;
According to the priority of described control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
In conjunction with the possible implementation of the second of the possible implementation of the first of first aspect, first aspect, first aspect, in the third possible implementation, described in obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment and comprise:
Receive many control strategies that strategy and charging rule functions issue;
Obtain the control strategy collection mating with the type of service of subscriber equipment.
In conjunction with the third possible implementation of first aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation, the method also comprises:
Receive the control strategy updating message that strategy and charging rule functions issue, upgrade described control strategy collection, it is described according to the priority of control strategy that redirect is carried out, and determines the step of the control action that same type control action medium priority that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise is the highest.
Wherein, control strategy updating message is specifically as follows credit control response (Credit Control Answer Update, CCA-Update) updating message, authentication request (Re-Auth-Request, RAR) order etc. again.
In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the possible implementation of the second of the possible implementation of the first of first aspect, first aspect, first aspect, first aspect, the 4th kind of possible implementation of first aspect, in the 4th kind of possible implementation, the type of described control action comprises one or more in bandwidth control, charging policy and use amount monitoring.
Second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of gateway, comprising:
Strategy acquiring unit, for obtaining the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy;
Action determining unit, for according to the priority of control strategy, determines that described control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises;
Strategy execution unit, for carrying out the policy control to described subscriber equipment according to the highest control action of described priority.
In conjunction with second aspect, in the possible implementation of the first, described action determining unit comprises:
The first grouping module, for dividing into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of control action;
The first determination module, for determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of described control action, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
In conjunction with second aspect, in the possible implementation of the second, described action determining unit comprises:
Acquisition module, concentrates and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum for obtaining described control strategy;
The second grouping module, for dividing into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of the first control strategy control action;
The second determination module, for determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of described control action, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
In conjunction with the possible implementation of the second of the possible implementation of the first of second aspect, second aspect, second aspect, in the third possible implementation, this gateway also comprises:
Policy update unit, the control strategy updating message issuing for receiving strategy and charging rule functions, upgrade described control strategy collection, trigger the step that described action determining unit is carried out the control action that same type control action medium priority that the described priority according to control strategy determines that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise is the highest.
The third aspect, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of strategy and charging control system, comprises strategy and charging rule functions, also comprises gateway as above, and described strategy and charging rule functions send control strategy by Gx interface to described gateway.
In the policy control method providing in the embodiment of the present invention, PCEF determines at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises according to the priority of control strategy, then according to the highest control action of priority, carries out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.Compared with prior art, the embodiment of the present invention is carried out policy control according to the highest control action of the control action medium priority of same type, can be in conjunction with the control action in many different control strategies, overcome prior art and only according to a highest control strategy of priority, carried out the technological deficiency that policy control is brought, improved the policy control efficiency under complicated business scene, better adaptability.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, below the accompanying drawing of required use during embodiment is described is briefly described, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skills, do not paying under the prerequisite of creative work, can also obtain according to these accompanying drawings other accompanying drawing.Wherein:
Fig. 1 is the Organization Chart of tactful in the embodiment of the present invention and charging control system;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention one;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention two;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention three;
Fig. 5 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention four;
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention five;
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention six;
A kind of structural representation of determining unit is provided in the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention six Fig. 8;
The another kind of structural representation of determining unit is provided in the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention six Fig. 9;
Figure 10 is the structural representation of the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention seven;
Figure 11 is the strategy that provides of the embodiment of the present invention eight and the structural representation of charging control system.
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Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Embodiment based in the present invention, those of ordinary skills, not making the every other embodiment obtaining under performing creative labour prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is the Organization Chart of tactful in the embodiment of the present invention and charging control system.As shown in the figure, strategy in the embodiment of the present invention and charging control system comprise PCRF 110, gateway (Gateway) 120, Online Charging System (Online Charging System, OCS) 130, off-line accounting system 140 (Offline Charging System, OFCS), application function (Application Function, AF) unit 150, user data warehouse (User Data Repository, UDR) 160, AN gateway 170 and flow monitoring functional unit (Traffic Detection Function, TDF) 180.
Wherein, gateway 120 comprises PCEF.AN gateway (AN-Gateway) 170 comprises bearing binding and event reporting function (Bearing Binding and Event Report Function, BBERF).Between PCRF and PCEF, by Gx interface, carry out tactful transmission.Gx interface is controlled (Diameter Credit Control, DCC) interface protocol based on credit.
Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention one.The policy control method that the embodiment of the present invention provides mainly comprises:
Step 201, obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and this control strategy in described control strategy.
Concrete, the control strategy that PCEF issues from PCRF, obtain many control strategies that mate with the business (such as data service, speech business etc.) of subscriber equipment, in every control strategy, comprise a plurality of dissimilar control actions or only comprise a control action.
In embodiments of the present invention, these many control strategies are referred to as control strategy collection.Each control strategy that control strategy is concentrated is a corresponding priority all, for identifying the priority of this control strategy.
Step 202, according to the priority of control strategy, determine that control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises.
Wherein, control action is divided and is comprised charging regulation, bandwidth control and use amount monitoring etc. according to type, the priority of the control strategy at this control action place of the priority inheritance of control action, and control action is identical with the priority of its place control strategy.It should be noted that, the control action of same type can only be present in a control strategy in above-mentioned at least two control strategies, and this control action is separately as a type.
In another embodiment, PCEF can determine the highest control action of each Type Control action medium priority that at least two control strategies comprise according to the priority of control strategy, and these at least two control strategies come from above-mentioned control strategy collection.
Step 203, according to the highest control action of above-mentioned priority, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
Concrete, in step 202, having determined after the control action that above-mentioned priority is the highest, PCEF carries out the policy control to described subscriber equipment according to the highest control action of described priority.
In another embodiment, PCEF can be combined into a new control strategy by the highest control action of priority of each type of determining, then carries out this new control strategy.
In the policy control method providing in the embodiment of the present invention, PCEF determines at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises according to the priority of control strategy, then according to the highest control action of priority, carries out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.Compared with prior art, the embodiment of the present invention is carried out policy control according to the highest control action of the control action medium priority of same type, can be in conjunction with the control action in many different control strategies, overcome prior art and only according to a highest control strategy of priority, carried out the technological deficiency that policy control is brought, improved the policy control efficiency under complicated business scene, better adaptability.
Referring to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention two.As shown in the figure, the policy control method that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises:
Step 301, obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy.
Wherein, the concrete implementation of step 301 is identical with the implementation of step 201 in above-described embodiment, and details, referring to the description of above-described embodiment, do not repeat them here.
Step 302, determine the different first kind control action of type of the control action comprising from limit priority control strategy in the control action that described control strategy collection comprises.
Concrete, the type of the control action that the type of the control action that control strategy collection comprises comprises more than limit priority control strategy, thereby PCEF can determine the different control action of type of the control action comprising from limit priority control strategy in the control action that described control strategy collection comprises, these dissimilar control actions are referred to as first kind control action, can comprise a plurality of dissimilar control actions in first kind control action.
Step 303, according to the control action in the control strategy of described limit priority and described first kind control action, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
Concrete, PCEF can carry out the policy control to subscriber equipment according to the control action in the control strategy of limit priority and first kind control action.PCEF specifically can be combined into a new control strategy by the control action in the control strategy of limit priority and first kind control action, then carries out this new control strategy.
Wherein, PCEF can further divide into groups according to type of action to first kind control action, according to the priority of control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of the control strategy at control action place described in the priority inheritance of control action, and then combine and carry out policy control according to the control action in limit priority control strategy and each minute the highest control action of in-group priority.
Compared with prior art, the embodiment of the present invention is carried out policy control in conjunction with the control strategy (control action in the control strategy of limit priority and an other control strategy) of many different priorities, overcome prior art and only according to the control strategy of limit priority, carried out the technological deficiency that policy control is brought, improved the policy control efficiency under complicated business scene, better adaptability.
Referring to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention three.As shown in the figure, the policy control method that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises:
Step 401, obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy.
Wherein, the concrete implementation of step 401 is identical with the implementation of step 201 in above-described embodiment, and details, referring to the description of above-described embodiment, do not repeat them here.
Step 402, according to the type of control action, the concentrated control action of described control strategy is divided into groups.
Concrete, PCEF is according to the type of control action, and as charging regulation, bandwidth control and use amount monitoring etc., the control action concentrated to control strategy divides into groups, and then the control action of same type is arranged in a grouping.
In particular cases, in a grouping, also can only there is a control action.
Step 403, according to the priority of control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
Due to every control strategy corresponding unique priority all, and the priority of the control strategy at control action place described in the priority inheritance of control action, the priority that is control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place, thereby the corresponding unique priority of each control action.PCEF can determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of control action.
Step 404, according to the highest control action of described priority, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
Wherein, the concrete implementation of step 404 is identical with the implementation of step 203 in above-described embodiment, and details, referring to the description of above-described embodiment, do not repeat them here.
The control strategy updating message that step 405, reception PCRF issue, upgrades the concentrated control strategy of described control strategy, and the step of the concentrated control action of control strategy being divided into groups according to the type of control action is carried out in redirect.
In the present embodiment, PCEF, after the most much higher dissimilar control action implementation strategy controlled according to above-mentioned priority, can also receive the control strategy updating message that PCRF issues, and upgrades above-mentioned control strategy collection.Wherein, renewal process can comprise increase, modification, delete the concentrated control action of control strategy.Control strategy updating message is specifically as follows credit control response (Credit Control Answer Update, CCA-Update) updating message, authentication request (Re-Auth-Request, RAR) order etc. again.
After upgrading above-mentioned control strategy collection, the step 402 of the concentrated control action of described control strategy being divided into groups according to the type of control action is held in embodiment of the present invention redirect.
In the policy execution method providing in the embodiment of the present invention three, according to the concentrated control action of control strategy, determine the dissimilar control action that priority is the highest, thereby can concentrate all control strategies to carry out policy control to subscriber equipment in conjunction with control strategy, improve the efficiency of policy control.In addition, the control strategy updating message that the embodiment of the present invention also issues according to PCRF is upgraded control strategy collection at any time, and again user is carried out to policy control according to the control strategy collection upgrading, and has further improved the efficiency of policy control.
Referring to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention four.As shown in the figure, the policy control method that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises:
Step 501, obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy.
Wherein, the concrete implementation of step 501 is identical with the implementation of step 201 in above-described embodiment, and details, referring to the description of above-described embodiment, do not repeat them here.
Step 502, obtain described control strategy and concentrate and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum.
In embodiments of the present invention, because the control action quantity comprising in every control strategy exists different situations, PCEF obtains control strategy and concentrates and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum.
Wherein, comprise control strategy that control action quantity is maximum and may comprise a plurality ofly, the embodiment of the present invention is obtained one of them (for example obtain priority the highest one) as the first control strategy.For simplifying logic, PCEF also can obtain and a plurality ofly comprise in the control strategy that control action quantity is maximum any as the first control strategy.
Step 503, according to the type of control action in the first control strategy, the concentrated control action of described control strategy is divided into groups.
Concrete, PCEF concentrates all control actions to divide into groups according to all types of of control action in the first control strategy to control strategy, and then the control action that has a same type with control action in the first control strategy is arranged in identical grouping, from the type of control action in the first control strategy all different control action can not divide into groups.
Step 504, according to the priority of control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
Due to every control strategy corresponding unique priority all, and the priority of the control strategy at control action place described in the priority inheritance of control action, thereby the corresponding unique priority of each control action.PCEF can determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of control action.
Step 505, according to the highest control action of described priority, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
Wherein, the concrete implementation of step 505 is identical with the implementation of step 203 in above-described embodiment, and details, referring to the description of above-described embodiment, do not repeat them here.
Step 506, receive the control strategy updating message that PCRF issues, upgrade the concentrated control strategy of described control strategy, redirect is obtained control strategy described in carrying out and is concentrated and comprise the first control strategy step that control action quantity is maximum.
In the present embodiment, PCEF, after the most much higher dissimilar control action implementation strategy controlled according to above-mentioned priority, can also receive the control strategy updating message that PCRF issues, and upgrades above-mentioned control strategy collection.Wherein, renewal process can comprise increase, modification, delete the concentrated control action of control strategy.Control strategy updating message is specifically as follows (Credit Control Answer Update, CCA-Update) updating message, authentication request (Re-Auth-Request, RAR) order etc. again.
After upgrading above-mentioned control strategy collection, embodiment of the present invention redirect is obtained control strategy described in carrying out and is concentrated the step 502 that comprises the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum.
In the policy execution method providing in the embodiment of the present invention four, with the type of the control action in the first control strategy, be as the criterion and determine the dissimilar control action that priority is the highest, thereby can to subscriber equipment, carry out policy control in conjunction with many control strategies, can improve the efficiency of policy control.In addition, the control strategy updating message that the embodiment of the present invention also issues according to PCRF is upgraded control strategy collection at any time, and again user is carried out to policy control according to the control strategy collection upgrading, and has further improved the efficiency of policy control.
Referring to Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is the flow chart of the policy control method that provides of the embodiment of the present invention five.
In the present embodiment, mutual equipment comprises user equipment (UE), PCEF and PCRF, and policy control method specifically comprises the following steps:
Step 601, UE send user's notice of reaching the standard grade.
Subscriber equipment is reached the standard grade (wireless network adheres to), and user's relevant information can be by the notice reporting of reaching the standard grade to PCEF.
Step 602, PCEF send subscriber equipment relevant information to PCRF.
After PCEF detects subscriber equipment and reaches the standard grade, can control request (Credit Control Request, CCR) message to the relevant information (position, access APN, access network, IP address, end message etc.) of PCRF report of user equipment by credit.
Step 603, PCRF generate control strategy and issue to PCEF.
PCRF is according to the relevant information of subscriber equipment the control strategy that user come into force in conjunction with user's out of Memory (user brand, CAMEL-Subscription-Information, time etc.) decision-making, and inform by credit control response (Credit Control Answer, CCA) message the control strategy that PCEF need to carry out.
Wherein, the control strategy that needs unloading or installation in CCA message by deletion charging regulation field (Charging-Rule-Remove), installation charging regulation field (Charging-Rule-Install) sign.And charging regulation define field (Charging-Rule-Definition) has shown a plurality of actions (action) that strategy comprises.In a control strategy, can comprise a plurality of actions such as bandwidth control, charging policy, use amount monitoring.
In the present embodiment, PCRF returns three control strategies:
Rule1: charging RG1, controls binding facebook business, priority 1 without bandwidth;
Rule2: charging RG2, bandwidth is controlled QOS1:1Mb/s, binding HTTP business, priority 2;
Rule3: charging RG3, bandwidth is controlled QOS2:3Mb/s, binds all business, priority 3.
Priority order is from high to low: priority 1 > priority 2 > priority 3.
Step 604, the subscriber equipment PCEF that sends datagram.
User uses business of networking (access Facebook website), subscriber equipment by data message forwarding to PCEF.
Step 605, PCEF obtain the control strategy mating with the type of service of subscriber equipment.
PCEF identifies the business of user's access, obtains the control strategy mating with type of service.
In the present embodiment, the business of networking that subscriber equipment carries out meets Rule1, Rule2, Rule3 simultaneously, three control strategy Rule1, Rule2 and Rule3 composition control set of strategies.
Step 606, PCEF concentrate all control actions to divide into groups according to the type of control action to described control strategy.
Concrete, three control strategies of the present embodiment traversal, determine that the type of control action comprises: charging regulation, bandwidth are controlled, respectively corresponding two groupings, shown in table specific as follows:
| ? | Charging regulation grouping | Bandwidth control packet |
| Priority 1 | Charging RG1 | Nothing |
| Priority 2 | Charging RG2 | Bandwidth is controlled QOS1 |
| Priority 3 | Charging RG3 | Bandwidth is controlled QOS2 |
Step 607, according to the priority of control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of the control strategy at the priority inheritance control action place of control action.
After dividing into groups by the type of control action, in charging regulation grouping, the control action of limit priority is charging RG1 (priority 1); In bandwidth control packet, the control action of limit priority is that bandwidth is controlled QOS1 (priority 2).
Step 608, PCEF carry out the policy control to subscriber equipment according to the highest control action of all types of priority.
In the present embodiment, user accesses facebook, and the charging regulation finally coming into force is RG1, bandwidth control law QOS1, limiting bandwidth 1Mb/s.
PCEF is after carrying out policy control, and for example, if the charging regulation of subscriber equipment need to change (flow reaches threshold value), PCRF will issue control strategy updating message.
Step 609, PCRF issue control strategy updating message.
Concrete, PCRF issues control strategy updating message (for example CCA message), revises the charging regulation in Rule1, and charging RG1 is revised as to charging RG4.In addition, control strategy updating message is also upgraded the priority of control strategy, by the priority update of Rule1, is 4.
Step 610, PCRF upgrade the charging regulation in control strategy Rule1, jump to step 606.
Concrete, the charging regulation RG1 that PCRF upgrades in control strategy Rule1 is RG4, and upgrades this tactful global precedence effect level (priority update is 4), jumps to step 606, re-execute the step of the control action of determining that priority is the highest, so that up-to-date charging regulation is carried out.
According to the highest control strategy of priority, carry out policy control in the prior art, select Rule1 to carry out policy control, cause policy control process cannot comprise the QOS action in other two strategies, and all control actions that the embodiment of the present invention combines in Rule1, Rule2 and Rule3 carry out policy control, policy control process comprises that charging regulation, bandwidth control a plurality of control actions, improve the efficiency of policy control, gone for complicated Service control scene.
Referring to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 is the structural representation of the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention six.
As shown in the figure, the gateway that the embodiment of the present invention provides mainly comprises:
Strategy acquiring unit 710, for obtaining the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy;
Action determining unit 720, for according to the priority of control strategy, determines that described control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises;
Strategy execution unit 730, for carrying out the policy control to described subscriber equipment according to the highest control action of described priority.
In the policy control method embodiment mono-to embodiment five that the gateway that the embodiment of the present invention provides can be used in aforementioned correspondence, specific implementation and corresponding beneficial effect can be referring to the descriptions of said method embodiment.
Further, the gateway that the embodiment of the present invention provides can also comprise:
Policy update unit 740, for receiving the control strategy updating message that PCRF issues, upgrade described control strategy collection, trigger described action determining unit 720 and carry out the step of the control action that same type control action medium priority that the described priority according to control strategy determines that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise is the highest, thereby gateway can be controlled according to up-to-date control strategy implementation strategy.
Referring to Fig. 8-9, Fig. 8-9 are respectively that the structural representation of determining unit is provided in the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention six.
As shown in the figure, the described action determining unit 720 in gateway comprises:
The first grouping module 721, for dividing into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of control action;
The first determination module 722, for determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of described control action, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
The embodiment of the present invention is by increasing the first grouping module 721 and the first determination module 722, can be so that gateway be determined the most much higher dissimilar control action of priority according to the concentrated control action of control strategy, thereby can to subscriber equipment, carry out policy control in conjunction with all control strategies, can improve the efficiency of policy control.
In disclosed another embodiment of Fig. 9, the action determining unit 720 in gateway comprises:
Acquisition module 723, concentrates and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum for obtaining described control strategy;
The second grouping module 724, for dividing into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of the first control strategy control action;
The second determination module 725, for determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of described control action, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
In the gateway providing at the present embodiment, with respect to directly the concentrated control action of control strategy being divided into groups, the second grouping module 724 in the present embodiment is divided into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of control action in the first control strategy, can reduce the quantity of grouping, and then accelerate to determine and the step of the control action that each minute in-group priority is the highest further to have improved execution efficiency.
Referring to Figure 10, Figure 10 is the structural representation of the gateway that provides of the embodiment of the present invention seven.
As shown in the figure, the gateway that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises:
Input/output interface 801, processor 802, memory 803 and bus 804, described memory 803 is for storing computer executed instructions, described processor 802 is connected by described bus 804 with described memory 803, when described gateway operation, described processor 802 is carried out described computer executed instructions, so that described gateway is carried out following method:
Obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy;
According to the priority of control strategy, determine that described control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises;
According to the control action that described priority is the highest, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
Wherein, gateway is carried out the process of above-mentioned policy control method referring to above-described embodiment one to embodiment five, and specific implementation and corresponding beneficial effect can be referring to the descriptions of said method embodiment.
The gateway that the embodiment of the present invention provides is specifically as follows general packet radio service technology (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS) (the Gateway GPRS Support Node of the Gateway GPRS Support Node in, GGSN), evolution block core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC) (the PDN Gateway of the grouped data network gateway in, P-GW), WLAN (wireless local area network) (Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN) packet data gateway in (Packet Data Gateway, PDG) etc.
Referring to Figure 11, Figure 11 is the strategy that provides of the embodiment of the present invention eight and the structural representation of charging control system.
As shown in the figure, the strategy that the embodiment of the present invention provides and charging control system (PCC system) comprise strategy and charging rule functions (PCRF) 910 and above-mentioned gateway 920, described strategy and charging rule functions (PCRF) 910 by Gx interface to described gateway transmission control strategy.
Wherein, the concrete structure of gateway 920, referring to the associated description of above-described embodiment six and embodiment seven, does not repeat them here, and in PCC system, can also comprise other equipment, such as UDR, AF etc.
Compared with prior art, the strategy that the embodiment of the present invention provides and charging control system carry out policy control according to the highest control action of the control action medium priority of same type, can be in conjunction with the control action in many different control strategies, overcome prior art and only according to a highest control strategy of priority, carried out the technological deficiency that policy control is brought, improved the policy control efficiency under complicated business scene, better adaptability.
The possible implementation that one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that various aspects of the present invention or various aspects can be embodied as system, method or computer program.Therefore, the possible implementation of each aspect of the present invention or various aspects can adopt complete hardware implementation example, complete implement software example (comprising firmware, resident software etc.), or the form of the embodiment of integration software and hardware aspect, is all referred to as " circuit ", " module " or " system " here.In addition, the possible implementation of each aspect of the present invention or various aspects can adopt the form of computer program, and computer program refers to the computer readable program code being stored in computer-readable medium.
Computer-readable medium can be computer-readable signal media or computer-readable recording medium.Computer-readable recording medium is including but not limited to electronics, magnetic, optics, electromagnetism, infrared or semiconductor system, equipment or device, or aforesaid appropriately combined arbitrarily, as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPROM (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable read-only memory (CD-ROM).
Processor in computer reads the computer readable program code being stored in computer-readable medium, makes processor can carry out the function action of stipulating in the combination of in flow chart each step or each step; Generation is implemented in the device of the function action of stipulating in each piece of block diagram or the combination of each piece.
Computer readable program code can be completely carried out on user's computer, part is carried out on user's computer, as independent software kit, part on user's computer and part on remote computer, or on remote computer or server, carry out completely.Also should be noted that in some alternate embodiment, in flow chart, in each step or block diagram, the dated function of each piece may be not according to occurring in sequence of indicating in figure.For example, depend on related function, in fact two steps or two pieces that illustrate in succession may be executed substantially concurrently, or these pieces sometimes may be carried out with reverse order.
Those of ordinary skills can recognize, unit and the algorithm steps of each example of describing in conjunction with embodiment disclosed herein, can realize with the combination of electronic hardware or computer software and electronic hardware.These functions are carried out with hardware or software mode actually, depend on application-specific and the design constraint of technical scheme.Professional and technical personnel can specifically should be used for realizing described function with distinct methods to each, but this realization should not thought and exceeds scope of the present invention.
The above; be only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited to this, is anyly familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; can expect easily changing or replacing, within all should being encompassed in protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion by the described protection range with claim.
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1. a policy control method, is characterized in that, comprising:
Obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy;
According to the priority of control strategy, determine that described control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises;
According to the control action that described priority is the highest, carry out the policy control to described subscriber equipment.
2. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described according to the priority of control strategy, determines that the highest control action of same type control action medium priority that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise comprises:
According to the type of control action, the concentrated control action of described control strategy is divided into groups;
According to the priority of described control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
3. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, described according to the priority of control strategy, determines that the highest control action of same type control action medium priority that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise comprises:
Obtaining described control strategy concentrates and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum;
According to the type of control action in the first control strategy, the concentrated control action of described control strategy is divided into groups;
According to the priority of described control action, determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
4. the method as described in claim 1-3 any one, is characterized in that, described in obtain the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment and comprise:
Receive many control strategies that strategy and charging rule functions issue;
Obtain the control strategy collection mating with the type of service of subscriber equipment.
5. method as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, also comprises:
Receive the control strategy updating message that strategy and charging rule functions issue, upgrade described control strategy collection, it is described according to the priority of control strategy that redirect is carried out, and determines the step of the control action that same type control action medium priority that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise is the highest.
6. the method as described in claim 4 or 5, is characterized in that, the type of described control action comprises one or more in bandwidth control, charging policy and use amount monitoring.
7. a gateway, is characterized in that, comprising:
Strategy acquiring unit, for obtaining the control strategy collection mating with subscriber equipment, described control strategy is concentrated and is comprised many control strategies, comprises the priority of control action and described control strategy in described control strategy;
Action determining unit, for according to the priority of control strategy, determines that described control strategy concentrates at least two the highest control actions of same type control action medium priority that control strategy comprises;
Strategy execution unit, for carrying out the policy control to described subscriber equipment according to the highest control action of described priority.
8. gateway as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described action determining unit comprises:
The first grouping module, for dividing into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of control action;
The first determination module, for determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of described control action, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
9. gateway as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described action determining unit comprises:
Acquisition module, concentrates and to comprise the first control strategy that control action quantity is maximum for obtaining described control strategy;
The second grouping module, for dividing into groups to the concentrated control action of described control strategy according to the type of the first control strategy control action;
The second determination module, for determine each minute the highest control action of in-group priority according to the priority of described control action, the priority of described control action is identical with the priority of the control strategy at described control action place.
10. gateway as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, also comprises:
Policy update unit, the control strategy updating message issuing for receiving strategy and charging rule functions, upgrade described control strategy collection, trigger the step that described action determining unit is carried out the control action that same type control action medium priority that the described priority according to control strategy determines that described control strategy concentrates at least two control strategies to comprise is the highest.
11. 1 kinds of strategies and charging control system, comprise strategy and charging rule functions, it is characterized in that,
Also comprise the gateway as described in claim 7-10 any one, described strategy and charging rule functions send control strategy by Gx interface to described gateway.
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