CN105264969B

CN105264969B - Control method, equipment and system

Info

Publication number: CN105264969B
Application number: CN201380003357.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张健; 曾清海; 戴明增
Original assignee: Taizhou Keju New Material Technology Research Institute Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Shangge Intellectual Property Service Co ltd; Taizhou Keju New Material Technology Research Institute Co ltd
Priority date: 2013-10-31
Filing date: 2013-10-31
Publication date: 2020-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 2033-10-31
Also published as: WO2015062025A1; CN105264969A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a control method, equipment and a system, which relate to the field of communication, improve the QoS of services and improve the user perception. The specific scheme is as follows: the network equipment acquires user equipment information, wherein the user equipment information is used for indicating a Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment, and the network equipment provides a wireless cellular network access technology; according to the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide a carrier aggregation service to the user equipment. The invention is used in the control process of the service quality.

Description

Control method, equipment and system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a control method, device, and system.

Background

In order to meet the requirements of the third generation partnership project (3 GPP) on peak data rate, system bandwidth and the like, a Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology is introduced into a long term evolution advanced (LTE-a) system, and the CA technology can obtain larger system bandwidth through aggregation of a plurality of continuous or discontinuous component carriers, thereby improving the peak data rate and the system throughput. As is well known, the aggregation of component carriers may be performed in the same communication System, for example, in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) System, the aggregation of component carriers is performed by using a CA technology, in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), or between different communication systems, for example, between an LTE System and a UMTS, which belong to a cellular communication System,

in order to relieve the pressure of data traffic and signaling traffic of a cellular communication system and save precious spectrum resources of the cellular communication system, for a user equipment supporting both the cellular communication system and a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), data can be shunted between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi by using a CA technology, that is, data traffic of a part or all of the cellular communication system is shunted by the Wi-Fi, so that a higher peak data rate is provided by using the characteristics of high bandwidth and high data rate of the Wi-Fi.

In the prior art, cellular communication systems and Wi-Fi each have their own quality of service (QoS) control mechanism. For example, LTE supports establishing a data radio bearer according to different QoS Class Indicators (QCIs), and performing corresponding radio resource management according to the QCIs to meet QoS requirements of services, where different QCIs represent different QoS requirements such as service priorities, throughput, delay, jitter, packet loss rate, and the like. The Wi-Fi 802.11e protocol specifies the QoS requirements of Wi-Fi services, if different access categories represent different QoS requirements, different access parameters are set for different services through mechanisms such as enhanced channel access and hybrid control channel access to meet the QoS requirements of the services, wherein the access parameters can be interval time slots, backoff window sizes, transmission opportunity lengths and the like. Because the QoS control mechanism of Wi-Fi belongs to a best-effort QoS mechanism, when data is shunted between a cellular communication system and Wi-Fi by using a CA technology, the QoS of a service shunted to Wi-Fi is reduced and cannot meet basic requirements under the conditions of large Wi-Fi load, poor wireless conditions, and the like, so that the QoS of the service is difficult to be guaranteed or improved, and user experience is affected.

Therefore, when data is shunted between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi system by using the CA technology, how to improve the QoS of the traffic has become a major issue of research by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a control method, device, and system, which improve QoS of a service and improve user perception.

In various aspects or possible implementations of the present invention, the quality of service parameters may specifically include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status. The service quality information included in the service quality parameter may include at least one of the following: the throughput, the delay, the packet loss rate, the block error rate, and the service experience information included in the service quality parameter may include at least one of the following: the service satisfaction degree, the service level and the data transmission state contained in the service quality parameter can include at least one of the following: a successful frame transmission count, a failed frame transmission count, a dropped frame count, a received frame success information, a received frame failure information.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect of the present invention, a control method is provided, including:

the method comprises the steps that network equipment acquires user equipment information, wherein the user equipment information is used for indicating a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of communication service for the user equipment, and the network equipment provides a wireless cellular network access technology;

the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service for the user equipment.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, when the ue information is a quality of service parameter of the ue, the acquiring, by the network device, the ue information includes:

the network equipment receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment;

or,

the network equipment receives a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by a Mobile Management Entity (MME); wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME.

With reference to the first aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, when the ue information is a qos indication of the ue, the acquiring, by the network device, the ue information includes:

the network equipment receives a service quality indication of the user equipment sent by an MME, and the service quality indication is obtained by the MME according to a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

With reference to the first aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the controlling, by the network device, the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the user equipment information includes:

if the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and indicated by the user equipment information does not meet the service quality requirement, reducing the traffic shunted to the Wi-Fi access point;

and if the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and indicated by the user equipment information meets the service quality requirement, maintaining or improving the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point.

With reference to the first aspect and the possible implementations described above, in another possible implementation,

the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status;

wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point.

the quality of service information includes at least one of: throughput, delay, packet loss rate, block error rate;

the service experience information includes at least one of: service satisfaction, service level;

the data transmission state includes at least one of: a successful frame transmission count, a failed frame transmission count, a dropped frame count, a received frame success information, a received frame failure information.

With reference to the first aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner:

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

In a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method comprising:

the method comprises the steps that the user equipment measures the service quality of communication service provided by a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment;

the user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment;

the network equipment provides a wireless cellular network access technology, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide a carrier aggregation service for the user equipment.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

and the user equipment receives configuration information sent by a base station, wherein the configuration information is used for measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment by the user equipment.

With reference to the second aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the configuration information includes a preset condition, where the preset condition is used for the ue to determine whether a qos parameter of the ue meets qos.

With reference to the second aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the sending, by the ue, the quality of service parameter of the ue to the network device includes:

the user equipment sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to a Mobile Management Entity (MME), so that the MME can send the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, and then the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, or the MME obtains the service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment and sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the network equipment, and then the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment;

or,

the user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station, so that the base station sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the network equipment, and the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

In a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method comprising:

a mobile management entity MME receives a service quality parameter of user equipment sent by the user equipment;

the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment can control the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment;

With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation manner, after the receiving, by the mobility management entity MME, the quality of service parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment, the method further includes:

the MME acquires a service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment;

the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment controls the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment, and the method comprises the following steps:

and the MME sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the network equipment so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment.

With reference to the third aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the acquiring, by the MME, a qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue includes:

the MME determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment does not meet the service quality requirement, and generates the service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to reduce the traffic which is shunted to the Wi-Fi access point;

or,

and the MME generates the service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to maintain or improve the traffic volume shunted to the Wi-Fi access point if the MME determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets the service quality requirement.

In a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network device, comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain user equipment information, where the user equipment information is used to indicate a Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service to the user equipment, and the network equipment provides a wireless cellular network access technology;

the control unit is used for controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information obtained by the obtaining unit, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service for the user equipment.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, when the ue information is a quality of service parameter of the ue, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

receiving a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment;

or,

receiving a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by a Mobile Management Entity (MME); wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME.

With reference to the fourth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, when the ue information is a qos indication of the ue, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

receiving a service quality indication of the user equipment sent by an MME, wherein the service quality indication is obtained by the MME according to a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

With reference to the fourth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the control unit is specifically configured to:

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, a user equipment is provided, including:

the measuring unit is used for measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment;

a sending unit, configured to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment obtained by the measuring unit to a network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide, according to the quality of service parameter of the user equipment, the quality of service of the communication service for the user equipment;

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive configuration information sent by a base station, where the configuration information is used for a user equipment to measure a service quality of a communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

With reference to the fifth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the configuration information includes a preset condition, where the preset condition is used for the ue to determine whether a qos parameter of the ue meets qos.

With reference to the fifth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the sending unit is specifically configured to:

sending the service quality parameter of the user equipment to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), so that the MME can send the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, and then the network equipment controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, or the MME obtains the service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment and sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the network equipment, and then the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment;

or,

and sending the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station so that the base station can send the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the network equipment, and the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

In a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobility management entity, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a quality of service parameter of a user equipment sent by the user equipment;

a sending unit, configured to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment obtained by the receiving unit to a network device, so that the network device controls a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service for the user equipment according to the quality of service parameter of the user equipment;

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain, after the receiving unit receives the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue, a qos indication of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue;

the sending unit is specifically configured to send the qos indicator of the ue to the network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos indicator of the ue.

With reference to the sixth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

if the service quality parameter of the user equipment is determined not to meet the service quality requirement, generating the service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to reduce the traffic which is shunted to the Wi-Fi access point;

or,

and if the service quality parameter of the user equipment is determined to meet the service quality requirement, generating the service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to maintain or improve the traffic volume shunted to the Wi-Fi access point.

A seventh aspect of the present invention provides a network device, including:

a receiver configured to obtain user equipment information, where the user equipment information is used to indicate a Wi-Fi access point to provide a service quality of a communication service to the user equipment, and the network equipment provides a wireless cellular network access technology;

and the processor is used for controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information obtained by the receiver, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service for the user equipment.

With reference to the seventh aspect, in a possible implementation manner, when the ue information is a quality of service parameter of the ue, the receiver is specifically configured to:

or,

With reference to the seventh aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, when the ue information is a qos indication of the ue, the receiver is specifically configured to:

With reference to the seventh aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the processor is specifically configured to:

An eighth aspect of the present invention provides a user equipment, comprising:

the processor is used for measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment;

a transmitter, configured to send the service quality parameter of the user equipment obtained by the processor to a network device, so that the network device controls, according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the Wi-Fi access point to provide, to the user equipment, service quality of a communication service;

With reference to the eighth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

the receiver is configured to receive configuration information sent by a base station, where the configuration information is used for a user equipment to measure a service quality of a communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

With reference to the eighth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the configuration information includes a preset condition, where the preset condition is used for the ue to determine whether a qos parameter of the ue meets qos.

With reference to the eighth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the transmitter is specifically configured to:

or,

A ninth aspect of the present invention provides a mobility management entity, comprising:

the receiver is used for receiving the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment;

the transmitter is used for transmitting the service quality parameters of the user equipment obtained by the receiver to network equipment so that the network equipment can control a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment;

With reference to the ninth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

the processor is used for acquiring a service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment after the receiver receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment;

the transmitter is specifically configured to transmit the qos indicator of the ue to the network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos indicator of the ue.

With reference to the ninth aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the processor is specifically configured to:

or,

A tenth aspect of the present invention provides a control system comprising: a network device, and a user device;

the network equipment is used for acquiring user equipment information, and the user equipment information is used for indicating a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment; controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information;

the user equipment is used for measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment; sending the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment;

With reference to the tenth aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the method further includes: a mobility management entity;

the mobility management entity is used for receiving the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment; and sending the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment can control the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

According to the control method, the control device and the control system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the network device acquires the user equipment information, controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the acquired user equipment information, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the network device, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a control method according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a control method according to embodiment 2 of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a control method according to embodiment 3 of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a control method in an application scenario according to embodiment 4 of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a control method in another application scenario according to embodiment 4 of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a control method in an application scenario according to embodiment 5 of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart of a control method in another application scenario according to embodiment 5 of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic composition diagram of a network device according to embodiment 6 of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic composition diagram of a user equipment according to embodiment 7 of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic composition diagram of another ue according to embodiment 7 of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a mobility management entity according to embodiment 8 of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating another mobility management entity according to embodiment 8 of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a network device according to embodiment 9 of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic composition diagram of a user equipment according to embodiment 10 of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating a mobility management entity according to embodiment 11 of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic composition diagram of a control system according to embodiment 12 of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The techniques described herein may be used in various communication systems, such as current 2G, 3G communication systems and next generation communication systems, such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA) systems, Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA) systems, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) systems, FDMA (SC-FDMA) systems, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Radio systems, LTE systems, and other such communication systems.

Various aspects are described herein in connection with a terminal and/or a base station node.

A user equipment, which may be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal, may refer to a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having wireless connection capability, or other processing device connected to a wireless modem. Wireless terminals, which may be mobile terminals such as mobile telephones (or "cellular" telephones) and computers having mobile terminals, such as portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or vehicle-mounted mobile devices, may communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network (e.g., a Radio Access Network, RAN). Such as Personal Communication Service (PCS) phones, cordless phones, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones, Wireless Local Loop (WLL) stations, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and the like. A wireless Terminal may also be referred to as a system, a Subscriber Unit (Subscriber Unit), a Subscriber Station (Subscriber Station), a Mobile Station (Mobile), a Remote Station (Remote Station), an Access Point (Access Point), a Remote Terminal (Remote Terminal), an Access Terminal (Access Terminal), a User Terminal (User Terminal), a User Agent (User Agent), and a User Equipment (User Equipment).

A base station (e.g., access point) can refer to a device in an access network that communicates over the air-interface, through one or more sectors, with wireless terminals. The base station may be configured to interconvert received air frames and IP packets as a router between the wireless terminal and the rest of the access network, which may include an Internet Protocol (IP) network. The base station may also coordinate management of attributes for the air interface. For example, the Base station may be a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in GSM or CDMA, a Base station (NodeB) in WCDMA, or an evolved Node B (NodeB) in LTE, which is not limited in this application.

Additionally, the terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably herein. The term "and/or" herein is merely an association describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Because the QoS control mechanism of Wi-Fi belongs to a best-effort QoS mechanism, when data is shunted between a cellular communication system and a Wi-Fi access point by using a CA technology, the QoS of a service shunted to the Wi-Fi access point is reduced and cannot meet basic requirements under the conditions of a large load of the Wi-Fi access point, poor wireless conditions, and the like, so that the QoS of the service is difficult to be guaranteed or improved. Therefore, in various embodiments of the present invention, the QoS of the service is guaranteed or improved by the network device controlling the QoS of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the network device provides a wireless cellular network access technology for the user equipment, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology for the user equipment, and the network device and the Wi-Fi access point provide a carrier aggregation service for the user equipment.

Example 1

Embodiment 1 of the present invention provides a control method, which may include, as shown in fig. 1:

101. the network device obtains user device information.

The user equipment information acquired by the network equipment is used for indicating the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment.

Optionally, in an application scenario, the ue information may be a quality of service parameter of the ue, and the quality of service parameter of the ue may be obtained by measuring a quality of service of the Wi-Fi access point by the ue. Specifically, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the qos parameter of the ue may be obtained by the ue measuring the qos of the Wi-Fi access point according to configuration information agreed with the base station in advance, or in another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the qos parameter of the ue may also be obtained by the ue measuring the qos of the Wi-Fi access point according to the configuration information sent by the base station.

The quality of service parameters may specifically include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status. The service quality information included in the service quality parameter may include at least one of the following: the throughput, the delay, the packet loss rate, the block error rate, and the service experience information included in the service quality parameter may include at least one of the following: the service satisfaction degree, the service level and the data transmission state contained in the service quality parameter can include at least one of the following: a successful frame transmission count, a failed frame transmission count, a dropped frame count, a received frame success information, a received frame failure information.

Further optionally, when the ue information is a qos parameter of the ue, the network device may specifically acquire the ue information by: the network equipment receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment. Or the network device may further receive a quality of service parameter of the user equipment sent by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), where the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME.

Optionally, in another application scenario, the ue information may be a qos indicator of the ue, where the qos indicator of the ue is used to instruct the network device to control the quality of Wi-Fi service according to the qos indicator.

Further optionally, when the ue information is the qos indication of the ue, the network device may specifically acquire the ue information by: the network equipment receives a service quality indication of the user equipment sent by the MME, and the service quality indication is obtained by the MME according to a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

It should be noted that the user equipment information acquired by the network device may be user equipment information for one or some service flows of the Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment, or may be user equipment information for all service flows of the Wi-Fi access point of the user equipment, which is not limited herein in the embodiments of the present invention.

102. And the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information.

After the network device acquires the user equipment information, the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment can be controlled according to the acquired user equipment information, so that the QoS of the service is ensured or improved.

Further optionally, in an application scenario, when the user equipment information is a service quality parameter of the user equipment, the service quality of the network device controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the communication service to the user equipment according to the user equipment information may specifically be: the network equipment judges whether the service quality parameter meets the service quality requirement, the service quality parameter is used for indicating the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and if the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and indicated by the user equipment information does not meet the service quality requirement, namely the service quality parameter does not meet the service quality requirement, the network equipment can reduce the traffic shunted to the Wi-Fi access point; if the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point indicated by the user equipment information to the user equipment meets the service quality requirement, that is, the service quality parameter meets the service quality requirement, the network equipment can maintain or improve the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point.

Further optionally, in another application scenario, when the user equipment information is a service quality indication of the user equipment, the service quality of the network equipment controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the communication service to the user equipment according to the user equipment information may specifically be: the network equipment directly controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment.

It should be noted that the Network device in the embodiment of the present invention may be a base station, and may also be a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW), and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

For example, in an application scenario, when the network device is a base station, the service quality of the network device controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the communication service to the user device according to the user device information may specifically be that the base station controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user device according to the user device information, after receiving a service quality parameter sent by the user device, the base station may determine a size relationship between the service quality parameter and a preset threshold, and if the service quality parameter obtained by the determination is lower than the preset threshold, it is determined that the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point does not meet a service quality requirement, and at this time, the base station may reduce traffic diverted to the Wi-Fi access point, or may also stop diverting traffic to the Wi-Fi access point; if the service quality parameter is higher than the preset threshold, the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point is determined to meet the service quality requirement, at this time, the base station can continue to maintain the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point, or the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point can be improved, or new services can be added to be distributed by the Wi-Fi access point, or new user equipment can be added to be distributed by the Wi-Fi access point, so that the QoS of the services can be guaranteed or improved.

The user equipment supporting the CA can communicate with the network through a plurality of service cells, wherein the plurality of service cells comprise a main service cell and at least one auxiliary service cell. In the embodiment of the present invention, it may be considered that a base station of a cellular communication system provides a primary serving cell and 0 to a plurality of secondary serving cells, a radio resource of a Wi-Fi access point may serve as a secondary serving cell, and a user equipment may perform data transmission through the cellular communication system and the radio resource of the Wi-Fi access point. When the base station decides to stop the current traffic from being shunted to the Wi-Fi access point, it may send an auxiliary serving cell for releasing the Wi-Fi access point or deactivate the auxiliary serving cell of the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

For example, in another application scenario, when the network device is a PGW, the PGW controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the specific description of the service quality of the communication service to the user device according to the user device information, which may refer to the specific description of the service quality of the communication service provided by the base station to the user device by controlling the Wi-Fi access point to the user device according to the user device information in another application scenario of the present invention, and details of the embodiment of the present invention are not repeated here. Where the control operation of deciding to stop offloading to a Wi-Fi access point is, however, controlled by the base station in embodiments of the present invention, that is, when the PGW determines that the traffic needs to be stopped being shunted to the Wi-Fi access point according to the service quality parameters, the decision to stop traffic offload to Wi-Fi access point is sent to the base station through the MME, so that the base station performs the control operation of stopping traffic offload to Wi-Fi access point, or, when the MME determines that the service distribution needs to be stopped to the Wi-Fi access point according to the service quality parameters, the decision to stop offloading traffic to the Wi-Fi access point may be directly sent to the base station, so that the base station performs a control operation to stop offloading traffic to the Wi-Fi access point, or the MME directly sends the service quality parameters to the base station so that the base station performs control operation of stopping shunting the service to the Wi-Fi.

According to the control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment acquires the user equipment information, controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the acquired user equipment information, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the network equipment, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

Example 2

Embodiment 2 of the present invention provides a control method, as shown in fig. 2, the method may include:

because the QoS control mechanism of Wi-Fi belongs to a best-effort QoS mechanism, when data is shunted between a cellular communication system and a Wi-Fi access point by using a CA technology, the QoS of a service shunted to the Wi-Fi access point is reduced and cannot meet basic requirements under the conditions of a large load of the Wi-Fi access point, poor wireless conditions, and the like, so that the QoS of the service is difficult to be guaranteed or improved. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment sends the QoS parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, so that the network equipment can control the Wi-Fi access point to provide the QoS of the communication service to the user equipment according to the received QoS parameter of the user equipment, thereby ensuring or improving the QoS of the service.

201. The user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

The user equipment may measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment so as to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment, wherein the specific user equipment may measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to configuration information agreed with the base station in advance to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, or may measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information sent by the base station to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and the configuration information is used for the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

It should be noted that the user equipment may obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment by measuring the service quality of one or some service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, or may obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment by measuring the service quality of all service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, where the embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein, and the user equipment measures the service quality of one or some service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, or measures the service quality agreement of all service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, may be predetermined with the base station, or may be according to indication information sent by the base station to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of one or some service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, or the qos indication information for indicating the ue to measure all traffic flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the ue.

For convenience of understanding by those skilled in the art, in the embodiment of the present invention, the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment by the user equipment according to the configuration information is measured, and a service quality parameter of the user equipment is obtained by way of example. For example, the configuration information includes indication information for indicating the user equipment to measure the service quality of one or some traffic flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and at this time, the user equipment may measure the service quality of one or some traffic flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, for example, calculate the throughput, delay, packet loss rate, or block error rate of the one or some radio bearers shunted to the Wi-Fi access point over a period of time, or calculate the user-aware classification information of the one or some radio bearers shunted to the Wi-Fi access point over a period of time, that is, the service satisfaction and/or service level, or calculate the transmission success frame count, the transmission success frame count, The service quality parameters can be obtained by counting the number of failed frames sent, counting the number of discarded frames, counting the number of received frames, receiving the frame success information, receiving the frame failure information, and the like.

202. The user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the network equipment, so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

When the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information and obtains the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the obtained service quality parameter of the user equipment can be sent to the network equipment, so that the network equipment can control the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the received service quality parameter of the user equipment, and the QoS of the service is ensured or improved.

Specifically, the sending, by the ue, the qos parameter of the ue to the network device may be sending, by the ue, the qos parameter to the base station through a media access Control (MAC CE) Control element (MAC CE), or sending, by a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, the qos parameter to the base station.

Further, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific method for sending, by the user equipment to the network equipment, the quality of service parameter of the user equipment may be: the user equipment sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the MME so that the MME can send the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, and then the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, wherein in the possible implementation mode, the network equipment can be a base station or a PGW. Or, in another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific way for the user equipment to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment may be: the MME acquires a service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the network equipment, and then the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment, wherein in the possible implementation mode, the network equipment can be a base station or a PGW. Or, in another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific way for the user equipment to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment may be: the user equipment sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the base station, so that the base station sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, and the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, wherein in the possible implementation mode, the network equipment can be a PGW.

It should be noted that the network device described in the embodiment of the present invention may be a base station or a PGW, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Further optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information sent by the base station to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment, before the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the embodiment of the present invention may further include: the user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station.

In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific configuration information that the user equipment receives and is sent by the base station may be: the user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station through the MAC CE. In another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specific step of the user equipment receiving the configuration information sent by the base station may also be: the user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station through the RRC message.

For example, in an application scenario, when the network device is a base station, and the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and report the measurement result to the base station, the base station sends the configuration information to the user equipment specifically, and the base station may send, to the user equipment through an RRC message, configuration information used to instruct the user equipment to periodically measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and report the measurement result to the base station, or the base station sends, to the user equipment through an MAC CE, configuration information used to dynamically instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and report the measurement result to the base station. When the network device is a base station and the configuration information is used for indicating the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME, the base station specifically sends the configuration information to the user equipment, and the base station can send the configuration information to the user equipment through an RRC message, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the user equipment to periodically measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME, or the base station sends the configuration information to the user equipment through an MAC CE, and is used for dynamically indicating the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME. Optionally, the configuration information may further include indication information for instructing the user equipment to measure the service quality of one or some traffic flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, or service quality indication information for instructing the user equipment to measure all traffic flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

For example, in another application scenario, when the network device is a PGW, and the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, or the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME, the base station sends the configuration information to the user equipment specifically, where reference may be made to the case where the network device is a base station, and the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, or the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and when reporting the measurement result to the MME, the base station sends a specific description of the configuration information to the user equipment, which is not described in detail herein in the embodiment of the present invention.

Further optionally, the configuration information that the ue has agreed with the base station in advance, or the configuration information that the ue receives and is sent by the base station may further include a preset condition, where the preset condition is used for the ue to determine whether the qos parameter of the ue meets the qos. The control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include, after the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment: the user equipment determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a preset condition.

In a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the condition that satisfies the preset condition is: the service quality parameter of the user equipment is lower than a first threshold and/or the service quality parameter of the user equipment is higher than a second threshold, that is, after the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information and obtains the service quality parameter of the user equipment, whether the service quality parameter is lower than the first threshold and/or whether the service quality parameter is higher than the second threshold can be judged, and when the service quality parameter is lower than the first threshold and/or higher than the second threshold, it is determined that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets the preset condition. In another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the condition that the predetermined condition is satisfied is that the user equipment sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the Wi-Fi access point, that is, after the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the measured service quality parameter of the user equipment may also be sent to the base station when the user equipment sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the Wi-Fi access point. Since the qos parameters sent by the ue to the Wi-Fi access point are different from the qos parameters sent by the base station, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, that the ue sends the qos parameters of the ue to the Wi-Fi access point, and after the ue determines that the qos parameters of the ue satisfy the predetermined condition, the embodiment of the present invention further includes: the ue performs format conversion on the qos parameter of the ue, for example, when the ue sends the qos parameter to the Wi-Fi access point, the ue uses a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU) format specified in the Wi-Fi Protocol, and when the ue reports the qos parameter to the base station, the ue needs to use a parameter and a Data format specified in the cellular communication system, so before the ue sends the qos parameter to the base station, the ue needs to convert the qos parameter using the MAC PDU format specified in the Wi-Fi Protocol into a parameter and a Data format specified in the cellular communication system.

It should be noted that, when configuration information received by the user equipment and sent by the base station includes configuration information used for instructing the user equipment to periodically measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, or, when configuration information used for dynamically instructing the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, the user equipment may directly send the service quality parameter to the base station after measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter, that is, the step of determining whether the service quality parameter meets the preset condition may be executed according to the configuration information.

For example, in an application scenario, the configuration information further includes a preset condition, and when the network device is a base station and the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, the base station may send, to the user equipment through an RRC message, the configuration information used to instruct the user equipment to report the measurement result to the base station when the preset condition is met. Or, in another application scenario, when the network device is a base station and the configuration information is used to instruct the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME, the base station may send, to the user equipment through an RRC message, the configuration information used to instruct the user equipment to report the measurement result to the MME when a preset condition is met.

Further optionally, the configuration information may further include information used for instructing the user equipment to measure and report to the network equipment information such as a load and a received signal strength indication of a Wi-Fi access point associated with the user equipment. At this time, the network device may also determine to stop shunting the service to the Wi-Fi access point according to a measurement report, such as a load of the Wi-Fi access point reported by the user equipment, a received signal strength indication, and the like, specifically, determine to release or deactivate an auxiliary serving cell of the Wi-Fi access point when the load is higher than a preset threshold and/or the received signal strength indication is lower than the preset threshold, increase or activate the auxiliary serving cell of the Wi-Fi access point when the load is lower than the preset threshold and/or the received signal strength indication is higher than the preset threshold, and the base station may also determine to select a new Wi-Fi access point or a Wi-Fi channel for shunting when the load is higher than the preset threshold and/or the received signal strength indication is lower than the preset threshold.

According to the control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and sends the service quality parameter to the network equipment, so that the network equipment controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment is controlled through the network equipment, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

Example 3

Because the QoS control mechanism of Wi-Fi belongs to a best-effort QoS mechanism, when data is shunted between a cellular communication system and a Wi-Fi access point by using a CA technology, the QoS of a service shunted to the Wi-Fi access point is reduced and cannot meet basic requirements under the conditions of a large load of the Wi-Fi access point, poor wireless conditions, and the like, so that the QoS of the service is difficult to be guaranteed or improved. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the QoS parameter sent by the user equipment, the MME sends the QoS parameter to the network device, so that the network device can control the Wi-Fi access point to provide the QoS of the communication service to the user equipment according to the QoS parameter, thereby ensuring or improving the QoS of the service.

Embodiment 3 of the present invention provides a control method, as shown in fig. 3, the method may include:

301. and the MME receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

After the user equipment measures the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point according to the configuration information predefined or sent by the base station to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the user equipment may send the service quality parameter to the MME, and at this time, the MME may receive the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

302. And the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the network equipment so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

After receiving the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment, the MME may send the service quality parameter to the network equipment, so that the network equipment may control the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the received service quality parameter of the user equipment, thereby ensuring or improving the QoS of the service.

Further optionally, after the MME receives the quality of service parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment, the control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include: the MME obtains the qos indication of the user equipment according to the qos parameter of the user equipment, and at this time, in step 302, the MME sends the qos parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the communication service to the user equipment according to the qos parameter of the user equipment, which may specifically be: and the MME sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the network equipment so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment.

Further, in a possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specifically that the MME obtains the qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue may be: and the MME generates a service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to reduce the traffic which is shunted to the Wi-Fi access point if the MME determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment does not meet the service quality requirement. Or, in another possible implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specifically that the MME acquires the qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue may be: and the MME determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets the service quality requirement, and generates a service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to maintain or improve the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point.

For example, after the MME receives the qos parameter sent by the ue, the qos indicator of the ue may be obtained according to the received qos parameter of the ue. Specifically, the MME acquiring the qos indicator of the user equipment according to the qos parameter of the user equipment may be: judging the size relationship between the service quality parameter and a preset threshold, and when the service quality parameter is lower than the preset threshold, the MME determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment does not meet the service quality requirement, and then generates a service quality indication for indicating the network equipment to reduce the traffic flow distributed to the Wi-Fi access point or stopping distributing the service to the Wi-Fi access point; when the service quality parameter is determined to be higher than the preset threshold, the MME determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets the service quality requirement, and then generates a service quality indication for maintaining the traffic distributed to the Wi-Fi, or improves the traffic distributed to the Wi-Fi, or adds a new service for distributing by adopting the Wi-Fi by adopting the new user equipment.

In the control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the MME receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment and sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, so that the network equipment controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and the network equipment controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between a cellular communication system and Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is improved, and the user perception is improved.

In order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, a specific implementation process of the present invention is illustrated in embodiment 4 of the present invention and embodiment 5 of the present invention.

Example 4

Embodiment 4 of the present invention provides a control method, and for facilitating understanding of those skilled in the art, in the embodiment of the present invention, a network device is taken as an example of a base station.

In the WLAN interworking LAN (I-WLAN) protocol TS24.324 of a cellular communication system, an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) is introduced. The operator configures some relatively static access network discovery and selection strategies through the ANDSF function, and assists the user equipment in discovering and selecting a proper Wi-Fi access point for data distribution. A more compact architecture for data distribution between a cellular communication system and a Wi-Fi Access point is to distribute and converge data through a RAN of the cellular communication system, such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) or evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) and Wi-Fi, that is, a base station or RNC is used as an anchor point for distribution. In the wireless layer, E-UTRAN or UTRAN manages cellular wireless resources, and Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) manages Wi-Fi wireless resources, which is equivalent to performing data offloading between the cellular communication system and Wi-Fi by using CA technology, and the offloading anchor point at this time is a base station.

It should be noted that, after the user equipment measures the service quality of the Wi-Fi according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the user equipment may directly report the measured service quality parameter of the user equipment to the base station, so that the base station controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, or the user equipment may also report the measured service quality parameter of the user equipment to the MME, and then the MME sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the base station, so that the base station controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment. After the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the service quality parameter of the user equipment is reported to the base station or to the MME, which may be an appointment made between the user equipment and the base station, or the user equipment is obtained according to configuration information sent by the base station, that is, the configuration information may include indication information for indicating whether the measured service quality parameter of the user equipment is reported to the base station or to the MME, and the user equipment may know whether the service quality parameter of the user equipment is reported to the base station or to the MME according to the indication information. In order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, in the embodiment of the present invention, specific descriptions are respectively given to that the user equipment reports the qos parameters of the user equipment to the base station, and that the user equipment reports the qos parameters of the user equipment to the MME.

In an application scenario, a ue reports a quality of service parameter of the ue to a base station, and as shown in fig. 4, a control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

401. the base station sends configuration information to the user equipment.

402. The user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station.

It should be noted that the configuration information may be sent by the base station to the ue, or may be pre-agreed with the base station by the ue, that is, step 401 and step 402 are optional steps.

403. And the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

404. The user equipment determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a preset condition.

After the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information and obtains the service quality parameter of the user equipment, it may be determined whether the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a preset condition according to the configuration information, and when it is determined that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets the preset condition, step 405 is executed.

It should be noted that, when the configuration information sent by the base station and received by the user equipment includes the configuration information used for instructing the user equipment to periodically measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, or, when the configuration information is used for dynamically instructing the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the base station, the user equipment may directly perform the step 405 after measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain a service quality parameter, that is, the step 404 is an optional step, in this embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment may determine whether to perform the step 404 according to the received configuration information, the embodiments of the invention are not limited thereto.

405. The user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station.

It should be noted that, after the ue obtains the qos parameter of the ue, whether the ue needs to report the qos parameter of the ue to the base station may be predetermined with the base station, or determined according to indication information included in the configuration information and used for indicating the ue to report the measured qos parameter of the ue to the base station.

406. And the base station receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

407. And the base station controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

After the user equipment sends the measured service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station, the base station can receive the service quality parameters sent by the user equipment and can control the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the received service quality parameters.

It should be noted that, for specific descriptions of contents in steps 401 to 407 in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the specific descriptions of corresponding contents in embodiments 1 to 3 of the present invention, and details of the embodiment of the present invention are not described herein again.

According to the control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the base station acquires the user equipment information, controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the acquired user equipment information, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the base station, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

In another application scenario, where the ue reports the quality of service parameter to the MME, as shown in fig. 5, the control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

501. the base station sends configuration information to the user equipment.

502. The user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station.

Optionally, the configuration information may include indication information for indicating that the user equipment reports the measured service quality parameter to the MME, and the configuration information may further include indication information for indicating that the user equipment measures the service quality of one or some service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, or indication information for indicating that the user equipment measures the service quality of all service flows of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

It should be noted that the configuration information may be sent by the base station to the ue, or may be pre-agreed with the base station by the ue, that is, step 501 and step 502 are optional steps.

503. And the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

504. The user equipment determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a preset condition.

It should be noted that, when the configuration information sent by the base station and received by the user equipment includes the configuration information used for instructing the user equipment to periodically measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME, or when the configuration information is used for dynamically instructing the user equipment to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and report the measurement result to the MME, the user equipment may directly perform step 505 after measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment, that is, step 504 is an optional step, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment may determine whether to perform step 504 according to the received configuration information, the embodiments of the invention are not limited thereto.

505. And the user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the MME.

When the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain a service quality parameter, or measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain a service quality parameter, and determines that the service quality parameter meets a preset condition, the user equipment can send the service quality parameter to the MME.

It should be noted that, after the ue obtains the qos parameter of the ue, whether the ue needs to report the qos parameter of the ue to the MME may be predetermined with the base station, or determined according to indication information included in the configuration information and used for indicating the ue to report the measured qos parameter of the ue to the MME.

506. And the MME receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

After the MME receives the quality of service parameters sent by the user equipment, steps 507 to 509 may be performed, or steps 510 to 513 may also be performed.

507. And the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station.

After receiving the quality of service parameter sent by the user equipment, the MME may send the quality of service parameter to the base station.

508. And the base station receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the MME.

509. And the base station controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

510. And the MME acquires the service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

511. The MME sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the base station.

After the MME obtains the qos indicator of the user equipment according to the received qos parameter of the user equipment, the qos indicator of the user equipment may be sent to the base station.

512. And the base station receives the service quality indication of the user equipment sent by the MME.

513. And the base station controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment.

It should be noted that, for specific descriptions of contents in steps 501 to 513 in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the specific descriptions of corresponding contents in embodiments 1 to 3 of the present invention, and details of the embodiment of the present invention are not described herein again.

Example 5

In embodiment 5 of the present invention, a control method is provided, and for facilitating understanding of those skilled in the art, a network device is taken as a PGW in the embodiment of the present invention for description.

Cellular communication systems support user equipment to connect to an application server or the internet using Wi-Fi access points either directly or indirectly through the operator's Evolved Packet Core (EPC). For example, in a trusted (trusted) mode, a Wi-Fi access point can access a PGW in an EPC through an s2a interface, and in an untrusted (un-trusted) mode, the Wi-Fi access point can access the PGW through an s2b interface between an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) and the PGW. The user equipment and the ePDG use the security access service provided by Internet protocol security (IPsec). When the user equipment simultaneously carries out wireless communication with the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi access point, the shunting and aggregation of the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi access point are controlled by the PGW in the EPC, that is, the PGW is used as an anchor point of shunting, that is, the shunting anchor point at the moment is the PGW.

It should be noted that, after the user equipment measures the service quality of the Wi-Fi according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the user equipment can directly report the measured service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station, and the base station sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the PGW, so that the PGW controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, or, the ue may report the measured qos parameter of the ue to the MME first, then the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station, the base station sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the PGW, so that the PGW controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment. After the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the service quality parameter of the user equipment is reported to the base station or to the MME, the user equipment and the base station can be contracted in advance, the user equipment can also be obtained according to configuration information sent by the base station, namely the configuration information can contain indicating information for indicating the user equipment to report the measured service quality parameter of the user equipment to the base station or to the MME, and the user equipment can know whether the service quality parameter of the user equipment is reported to the base station or to the MME according to the indicating information. In order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, in the embodiment of the present invention, specific descriptions are respectively given to that the user equipment reports the qos parameters of the user equipment to the base station, and that the user equipment reports the qos parameters of the user equipment to the MME.

In an application scenario, a ue reports a quality of service parameter of the ue to a base station, and as shown in fig. 6, a control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

601. the base station sends configuration information to the user equipment.

602. The user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station.

603. And the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

604. The user equipment determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a preset condition.

605. The user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the base station.

606. And the base station receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

607. And the base station sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the PGW.

Specifically, the base station first sends the qos parameter of the ue to the MME, then the MME sends the qos parameter of the ue to a signaling gateway (Signal Gate Way, SGW), and finally the SGW sends the qos parameter of the ue to the PGW, or the base station directly sends the qos parameter of the ue to the SGW, and then the SGW sends the qos parameter of the ue to the PGW.

608. And the PGW receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the base station.

609. And the PGW controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

It should be noted that, for specific descriptions of contents in steps 601 to 609 in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to specific descriptions of corresponding contents in embodiments 1 to 4 of the present invention, and details of the embodiment of the present invention are not described herein again.

In the control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the PGW acquires the information of the user equipment, controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the acquired information of the user equipment, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the PGW, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

In another application scenario, where the ue reports the quality of service parameter to the MME, as shown in fig. 7, the control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

701. the base station sends configuration information to the user equipment.

702. The user equipment receives the configuration information sent by the base station.

703. And the user equipment measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

704. The user equipment determines that the service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a preset condition.

705. And the user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the MME.

706. And the MME receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment.

After the MME receives the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue, step 707 and 709 may be executed, or steps 710 to 713 may be executed.

707. And the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to the PGW.

After receiving the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue, the MME may send the qos parameter of the ue to the SGW, and then the SGW sends the qos parameter of the ue to the PGW.

708. And the PGW receives the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the MME.

709. And the PGW controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment.

710. And the MME acquires the service quality indication of the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

711. The MME sends the service quality indication of the user equipment to the PGW.

After the MME obtains the qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue, the qos indicator of the ue may be directly sent to the PGW, or the qos indicator of the ue may be first sent to the SGW, and then the SGW sends the qos indicator of the ue to the PGW.

712. And the PGW receives the service quality indication of the user equipment sent by the MME.

713. And the PGW controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality indication of the user equipment.

It should be noted that, for the specific description of the contents in steps 701 to 713 in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the specific description of the corresponding contents in embodiments 1 to 4 in the present invention, and details of the embodiments of the present invention are not described herein again.

Example 6

Embodiment 6 of the present invention provides a network device, as shown in fig. 8, including: an acquisition unit 81 and a control unit 82.

An obtaining unit 81, configured to obtain user equipment information, where the user equipment information is used to indicate a Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service to the user equipment, and the network equipment provides a wireless cellular network access technology.

A control unit 82, configured to control, according to the user equipment information obtained by the obtaining unit 81, the Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service to the user equipment, where the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network device and the Wi-Fi access point provide a carrier aggregation service to the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit 81 of the network device may execute step 101 in the embodiment of the method, and the control unit 82 may execute step 102 in the embodiment of the method.

Further, when the ue information is a qos parameter of the ue, the obtaining unit 81 is specifically configured to receive the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue.

Or, the obtaining unit 81 is specifically configured to receive a quality of service parameter of the user equipment, which is sent by a mobility management entity MME; wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME.

Further, when the ue information is a qos indicator of the ue, the obtaining unit 81 is specifically configured to receive the qos indicator of the ue sent by an MME, where the qos indicator is obtained by the MME according to a qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue.

Further, the control unit 82 is specifically configured to reduce traffic volume shunted to the Wi-Fi access point if the quality of service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, which is indicated by the user equipment information, does not meet a quality of service requirement; and if the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and indicated by the user equipment information meets the service quality requirement, maintaining or improving the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point.

Further, the quality of service parameter includes at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status.

Further, the service quality information includes at least one of: throughput, delay, packet loss rate, block error rate.

The service experience information includes at least one of: service satisfaction, service level.

Further, the network device is a base station or a packet data gateway PGW.

It should be noted that, for specific descriptions of functional modules in the network device provided in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the specific descriptions of corresponding contents in the method embodiment, and details are not described here in detail in the embodiment of the present invention.

The network device provided by the embodiment of the invention acquires the user equipment information, controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the acquired user equipment information, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the network device, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between a cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

Example 7

Embodiment 7 of the present invention provides a user equipment, as shown in fig. 9, including: a measuring unit 91 and a transmitting unit 92.

The measuring unit 91 is configured to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, so as to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment.

A sending unit 92, configured to send the service quality parameter of the user equipment obtained by the measuring unit 91 to a network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the measurement unit 91 of the user equipment may execute step 201 in the embodiment of the method, and the sending unit 92 may execute step 202 in the embodiment of the method.

Further, as shown in fig. 10, the user equipment may further include: a receiving unit 93.

A receiving unit 93, configured to receive configuration information sent by a base station, where the configuration information is used for a user equipment to measure a service quality of a communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 93 of the user equipment may execute a process of the user equipment receiving the configuration information sent by the base station in a possible implementation manner in the method embodiment.

Further, the configuration information includes a preset condition, where the preset condition is used for the ue to determine whether a qos parameter of the ue meets qos.

Further, the sending unit 92 is specifically configured to send the qos parameter of the ue to a mobility management entity MME, so that the MME sends the qos parameter of the ue to the network device, and then the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue, or the MME obtains a qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue, and sends the qos indicator of the ue to the network device, and then the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos indicator of the ue.

Or, the sending unit 92 is specifically configured to send the qos parameter of the ue to the base station, so that the base station sends the qos parameter of the ue to the network device, and the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue.

Further, the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway PGW.

It should be noted that, for specific descriptions of functional modules in the user equipment provided in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the specific descriptions of corresponding contents in the method embodiment, and details are not described here in detail in the embodiment of the present invention.

The user equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention measures the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the configuration information to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and sends the service quality parameter to the network equipment, so that the network equipment controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the network equipment, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between a cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

Example 8

An embodiment 8 of the present invention provides a mobility management entity, as shown in fig. 11, including: receiving section 1001 and transmitting section 1002.

A receiving unit 1001, configured to receive a quality of service parameter of a user equipment sent by the user equipment.

A sending unit 1002, configured to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment obtained by the receiving unit 1001 to a network device, so that the network device controls a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service for the user equipment according to the quality of service parameter of the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving unit 1001 of the mobility management entity may execute step 301 in the method embodiment, and the sending unit 1002 may execute step 302 in the method embodiment.

Further, as shown in fig. 12, the mobility management entity may further include: an acquisition unit 1003.

An obtaining unit 1003, configured to obtain, after the receiving unit 1001 receives the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue, a qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue.

It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining unit 1003 of the mobility management entity may execute a process of obtaining the qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue in one possible implementation manner in the method embodiment.

The sending unit 1002 is specifically configured to send the qos indicator of the ue to the network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos indicator of the ue.

Further, the obtaining unit 1003 is specifically configured to determine that a service quality parameter of the user equipment does not meet a service quality requirement, and generate the service quality indication for instructing the network equipment to reduce traffic volume offloaded to the Wi-Fi access point.

Or, the obtaining unit 1003 is specifically configured to determine that a quality of service parameter of the user equipment meets a quality of service requirement, and then generate the quality of service indication for indicating the network equipment to maintain or improve traffic volume shunted to the Wi-Fi access point

Further, the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway PGW.

It should be noted that, for specific descriptions of functional modules in the mobility management entity provided in the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the specific descriptions of corresponding contents in the method embodiment, and details are not described here in the embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile management entity provided by the embodiment of the invention receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment, and sends the service quality parameter of the user equipment to the network equipment, so that the network equipment controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, and the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment is controlled by the network equipment, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between a cellular communication system and Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is improved, and the user perception is improved.

Example 9

Embodiment 9 of the present invention provides a network device, as shown in fig. 13, including: receiver 1101, processor 1102.

A receiver 1101, configured to obtain user equipment information, where the user equipment information is used to indicate a wifi access point to provide a service quality of a communication service to the user equipment, and the network device provides a wireless cellular network access technology.

A processor 1102, configured to control, according to the user equipment information obtained by the receiver 1101, the Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service to the user equipment, where the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network device and the Wi-Fi access point provide a carrier aggregation service to the user equipment.

It should be noted that, the receiver 1101 of the network device in the embodiment of the present invention may execute step 101 in the method embodiment. Processor 1102 may perform step 102 in a method embodiment.

Further, when the ue information is a qos parameter of the ue, the receiver 1101 is specifically configured to receive the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue.

Or, the receiver 1101 is specifically configured to receive a quality of service parameter of the user equipment, which is sent by a mobility management entity MME; wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME.

Further, when the ue information is a qos indicator of the ue, the receiver 1101 is specifically configured to receive the qos indicator of the ue sent by an MME, where the qos indicator is obtained by the MME according to a qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue.

Further, the processor 1102 is specifically configured to reduce, if the quality of service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, which is indicated by the user equipment information, does not meet a quality of service requirement, traffic diverted to the Wi-Fi access point; and if the service quality provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment and indicated by the user equipment information meets the service quality requirement, maintaining or improving the traffic volume distributed to the Wi-Fi access point.

Further, the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway PGW.

Example 10

An embodiment 10 of the present invention provides a user equipment, as shown in fig. 14, including: a processor 1201 and a transmitter 1202.

The processor 1201 is configured to measure a service quality of a communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment, and obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment.

A transmitter 1202, configured to send the service quality parameter of the user equipment obtained by the processor 1201 to a network device, so that the network device controls, according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment, the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1201 of the user equipment may execute step 201 in the method embodiment, and the transmitter 1202 may execute step 202 in the method embodiment.

Further, the user equipment may further include: a receiver 1203.

A receiver 1203, configured to receive configuration information sent by a base station, where the configuration information is used for a user equipment to measure a service quality of a communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiver 1203 of the user equipment may execute a process of the user equipment receiving the configuration information sent by the base station in one possible implementation manner in the method embodiment.

Further, the transmitter 1202 is specifically configured to transmit the qos parameter of the ue to a mobility management entity MME, so that the MME transmits the qos parameter of the ue to the network device, and then the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue, or the MME obtains a qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue, and transmits the qos indicator of the ue to the network device, and then the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the ue according to the qos indicator of the ue.

Or, the transmitter 1202 is specifically configured to send the qos parameter of the ue to the base station, so that the base station sends the qos parameter of the ue to the network device, and the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue.

Further, the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway PGW.

Example 11

An embodiment 11 of the present invention provides a mobility management entity, as shown in fig. 15, including: receiver 1301, transmitter 1302.

The receiver 1301 is configured to receive a quality of service parameter of a user equipment sent by the user equipment.

A transmitter 1302, configured to send the quality of service parameter of the ue obtained by the receiver 1301 to a network device, so that the network device controls a wifi access point to provide service quality of a communication service to the ue according to the quality of service parameter of the ue.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiver 1301 of the mobility management entity may perform step 301 in the method embodiment, and the transmitter 1302 may perform step 302 in the method embodiment.

Further, the mobility management device may further include: and a processor 1303.

The processor 1303 is configured to, after the receiver 1301 receives the qos parameter of the ue sent by the ue, obtain a qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue.

It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1303 of the mobility management entity may execute a process of obtaining the qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue in a possible implementation manner in the method embodiment.

The transmitter 1302 is specifically configured to send the qos indicator of the ue to the network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the qos of the communication service to the ue according to the qos indicator of the ue.

Further, the processor 1303 is specifically configured to determine that a quality of service parameter of the user equipment does not meet a quality of service requirement, and generate the quality of service indication for instructing the network equipment to reduce traffic volume offloaded to the Wi-Fi access point.

Or, the processor 1303 is specifically configured to determine that a service quality parameter of the user equipment meets a service quality requirement, and then generate the service quality indication for instructing the network equipment to maintain or improve traffic volume offloaded to the Wi-Fi access point.

Further, the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway PGW.

Example 12

Embodiment 12 of the present invention provides a control system, as shown in fig. 16, including: a network device 1401, and a user device 1402.

The network device 1401 is configured to obtain user equipment information, where the user equipment information is used to indicate a wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to provide service quality of a communication service to the user equipment 1402; and controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment 1402 according to the user equipment information.

The user equipment 1402 is configured to measure the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment 1402 according to the configuration information, so as to obtain a service quality parameter of the user equipment 1402; and sending the service quality parameters of the user equipment 1402 to a network device 1401, so that the network device 1401 controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment 1402 according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment 1402.

Wherein the network device 1401 provides wireless cellular network access technology, the Wi-Fi access point provides wireless local area network access technology, and the network device 1401 and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service to the user device 1402.

Further, the control system may further include: mobility management entity 1403.

The mobility management entity 1403, configured to receive the quality of service parameter of the user equipment 1402 sent by the user equipment 1402; and sending the service quality parameter of the user equipment 1402 to a network device 1401, so that the network device 1401 controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment 1402 according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment 1402.

In the control system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the network equipment acquires the information of the user equipment, controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment according to the acquired information of the user equipment, and controls the service quality of the communication service provided by the Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment through the network equipment, so that the QoS of the service distributed to the Wi-Fi access point is improved or ensured when data distribution is carried out between the cellular communication system and the Wi-Fi, the QoS of the service is further improved, and the user perception is improved.

Through the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions. For the specific working process of the device described above, reference may be made to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which is not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical functional division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may be one physical unit or a plurality of physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in a plurality of different places. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be substantially implemented or contributed to by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product, where the software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a device (which may be a single chip, a chip, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A control method, comprising:

the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service for the user equipment;

wherein, when the ue information is the qos parameter of the ue, the acquiring, by the network device, the ue information includes: the network equipment receives the service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment; or, the network device receives a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by a Mobility Management Entity (MME); wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status; wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the ue information is a qos indicator of the ue, the obtaining, by the network device, ue information includes:

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network device controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service to the user equipment according to the user equipment information comprises:

4. The control method according to claim 1,

5. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that:

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

6. A control method, comprising:

the user equipment sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status;

7. The control method according to claim 6, characterized by further comprising:

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the configuration information includes a preset condition, and the preset condition is used for the ue to determine whether a qos parameter of the ue satisfies qos.

9. The control method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the sending, by the ue, the qos parameter of the ue to the network device comprises:

or,

10. The control method according to claim 9,

11. The control method according to any one of claims 7 to 8, 10,

the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

12. A control method, comprising:

a mobile management entity MME receives a service quality parameter of user equipment sent by the user equipment; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status; wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point;

the MME sends the service quality parameters of the user equipment to network equipment so that the network equipment can control the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameters of the user equipment;

13. The control method according to claim 12,

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the MME acquiring the qos indicator of the ue according to the qos parameter of the ue comprises:

or,

15. The control method according to claim 12,

16. The control method according to any one of claims 12 to 15,

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

17. A network device, comprising:

the control unit is used for controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information obtained by the obtaining unit, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service for the user equipment;

wherein, when the ue information is a qos parameter of the ue, the acquiring unit is specifically configured to: receiving a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment; or receiving a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by a Mobility Management Entity (MME); wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status; wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point.

18. The network device according to claim 17, wherein when the ue information is a qos indicator of the ue, the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

19. The network device according to claim 17, wherein the control unit is specifically configured to:

20. The network device of claim 17,

21. The network device of any one of claims 17-20,

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

22. A user device, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment obtained by the measuring unit to a network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide, according to the quality of service parameter of the user equipment, the quality of service of the communication service for the user equipment; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status;

23. The user equipment of claim 22, further comprising:

24. The UE of claim 23, wherein the configuration information includes a preset condition, and the preset condition is used for the UE to determine whether a QoS parameter of the UE meets QoS.

25. The ue of claim 23 or 24, wherein the sending unit is specifically configured to:

or,

26. The user equipment of claim 22,

27. The user equipment according to claim 23 or 24,

the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

28. A mobility management entity, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a quality of service parameter of a user equipment sent by the user equipment; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status; wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point;

a sending unit, configured to send the quality of service parameter of the user equipment obtained by the receiving unit to a network device, so that the network device controls the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of the communication service for the user equipment according to the quality of service parameter of the user equipment;

29. The mobility management entity according to claim 28,

30. The mobility management entity according to claim 28, wherein the obtaining unit is specifically configured to:

or,

31. The mobility management entity according to claim 28,

32. The mobility management entity according to any of claims 28-31,

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

33. A network device, comprising:

the processor is used for controlling the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the user equipment information obtained by the receiver, the Wi-Fi access point provides a wireless local area network access technology, and the network equipment and the Wi-Fi access point provide carrier aggregation service for the user equipment;

wherein, when the ue information is a qos parameter of the ue, the receiver is specifically configured to: receiving a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by the user equipment; or receiving a service quality parameter of the user equipment sent by a Mobility Management Entity (MME); wherein the quality of service parameter is sent by the user equipment to the MME; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status; wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point.

34. The network device according to claim 33, wherein when the ue information is a qos indicator of the ue, the receiver is specifically configured to:

35. The network device of claim 33, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

36. The network device of claim 33,

37. The network device of any one of claims 33-36,

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

38. A user device, comprising:

the processor is used for measuring the service quality of the communication service provided by the wireless fidelity Wi-Fi access point to the user equipment to obtain the service quality parameter of the user equipment; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status;

39. The user equipment of claim 38, further comprising:

40. The UE of claim 39, wherein the configuration information comprises a preset condition, and wherein the preset condition is used for the UE to determine whether a QoS parameter of the UE meets QoS.

41. The UE of claim 39 or 40, wherein the transmitter is specifically configured to:

or,

42. The user equipment of claim 38,

43. The user equipment according to claim 39 or 40,

the network device is the base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).

44. A mobility management entity, comprising:

the receiver is used for receiving the service quality parameters of the user equipment sent by the user equipment; the quality of service parameters include at least one of: quality of service information, service experience information, data transmission status; wherein the service quality parameter is obtained by the user equipment measuring the service quality of the Wi-Fi access point;

the transmitter is used for transmitting the service quality parameter of the user equipment obtained by the receiver to network equipment so that the network equipment can control the Wi-Fi access point to provide the service quality of communication service for the user equipment according to the service quality parameter of the user equipment;

45. The mobility management entity according to claim 44,

46. The mobility management entity according to claim 44, wherein the processor is specifically configured to:

or,

47. The mobility management entity according to claim 44,

48. The mobility management entity according to any of claims 44-47,

the network equipment is a base station or a packet data gateway (PGW).