CN108076477B

CN108076477B - Data traffic monitoring method, device and system

Info

Publication number: CN108076477B
Application number: CN201611006366.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孔振岗; 王斌; 丁钻平
Original assignee: ZTE Corp
Current assignee: ZTE Corp
Priority date: 2016-11-15
Filing date: 2016-11-15
Publication date: 2021-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-15
Also published as: CN108076477A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a data flow monitoring method, which comprises the following steps: issuing a preset flow monitoring strategy to a policy and charging rule functional unit (PCRF); receiving data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF executing the traffic monitoring policy; and judging whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic or not according to a preset rule. The embodiment of the invention also discloses a data flow monitoring device and a system.

Description

Data traffic monitoring method, device and system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to mobile communication data traffic monitoring technologies, and in particular, to a data traffic monitoring method, apparatus, and system.

Background

With the evolution of mobile communication networks from 2G/3G to 4G and even 5G, the internet speed of mobile terminals, such as mobile phones, is on an exponential trend. At present, various complaints caused by the flow stolen by mobile phone software are more and more, and when the flow consumption is caused by the flow stolen by various mobile phone software, a user usually realizes the problem after huge flow cost is generated, so that the flow consumption cannot be effectively monitored.

In order to realize traffic monitoring, a lot of third-party software are available at present to monitor the traffic of the mobile phone, but the monitoring is limited to conventional mobile phone traffic monitoring and traffic data statistics. When various mobile phone software runs by theft to generate sudden abnormal flow consumption, if a large amount of data flow is consumed within a short time interval, the prior art cannot identify the sudden flow condition at present, cannot notify a user of the occurrence of a problem in real time, and enables the user to take corresponding processing measures such as speed limit.

In addition, the data traffic of the mobile terminal counted by the third-party software is different from the data traffic actually consumed by the whole mobile terminal counted by the network side, and the data traffic is not counted accurately enough; and the third-party software is used for counting the data flow of the mobile terminal, certain operation processing is needed, a certain technical threshold is provided for users, the method is not friendly to part of user groups (such as the old), and the user experience is slightly insufficient.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above technical problems, embodiments of the present invention are intended to provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for monitoring data traffic, so as to solve at least some or all of the above technical problems.

The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data traffic monitoring method, where the method includes:

issuing a preset flow monitoring strategy to a policy and charging rule functional unit (PCRF);

receiving data traffic used by the user terminal and reported by a PCRF (policy and charging rules function) executing a traffic monitoring policy;

and judging whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic or not according to a preset rule.

Optionally, the issuing a preset traffic monitoring policy to the PCRF includes:

responding to a first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring the traffic used by the user terminal, and issuing a preset traffic monitoring threshold value to the PCRF;

receiving data traffic used by a user terminal and reported by a PCRF executing a traffic monitoring policy, the method comprises the following steps:

and receiving the data traffic used by the user terminal reported by the PCRF when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches a preset traffic monitoring threshold.

Optionally, judging whether the data traffic belongs to the burst traffic according to a preset rule includes:

calculating a time interval of data traffic reported by the PCRF, and comparing the time interval with a preset time interval;

and when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval, the data flow belongs to the burst flow, and the reminding information is sent to the user terminal.

Optionally, when or after the reminding information is sent to the user terminal, the method further includes:

responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, and returning a preset speed limiting strategy to the PCRF; the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

Optionally, in response to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet access rate of the user terminal, before returning the preset speed limit policy to the PCRF, the method further includes:

receiving a speed-limiting service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the speed-limiting service for the user on a user attribute storage logic entity SPR and storing user subscription information; the speed limit service opening instruction at least carries a preset speed limit grade;

updating the speed limit service opened on the SPR to local user service information, and recording a preset speed limit grade;

responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, wherein the second request comprises:

and responding to a second request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires the subscription information of the user from the SPR and confirms the subscribed speed-limiting service.

Optionally, before responding to the first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring the usage traffic of the user terminal, the method further includes:

receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening a flow reminding service for the user on an SPR, and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries a preset flow monitoring threshold value and a preset time interval;

updating the flow reminding service opened on the SPR to local user service information, and recording a preset flow monitoring threshold value and a preset time interval;

responding to a first request sent by a PCRF for monitoring user terminal usage traffic, comprising:

and responding to a first request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires the subscription information of the user from the SPR and confirms the subscribed traffic reminding service.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limit service in local user service information, and changing a preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or a preset time interval, or changing a preset speed limit grade.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

receiving a service canceling instruction sent by a user, and canceling a flow reminding service or a speed limiting service for the user on an SPR;

and updating local user service information, and deleting the corresponding flow reminding service or speed limiting service.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data traffic monitoring apparatus, where the apparatus includes:

the policy issuing unit is used for issuing a preset flow monitoring policy to the policy and charging rule function unit PCRF;

the policy execution unit is used for receiving data traffic used by the user terminal reported by the PCRF execution traffic monitoring policy;

and the flow judging unit is used for judging whether the data flow belongs to burst flow according to a preset rule.

Optionally, the policy issuing unit includes:

the first response unit is used for responding to a first request which is sent by the PCRF and used for monitoring the traffic used by the user terminal, and issuing a preset traffic monitoring threshold value to the PCRF;

the policy execution unit includes:

the first receiving unit is configured to receive the data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF whenever the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches a preset traffic monitoring threshold.

Optionally, the flow determining unit includes:

the first judgment unit is used for calculating the time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF and comparing the time interval with a preset time interval;

and the first sending unit is used for sending the reminding information to the user terminal when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval and the data traffic belongs to the burst traffic.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the second response unit is used for responding to a second request which is sent by the PCRF and used for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal and returning a preset speed limit strategy to the PCRF when or after the first sending unit sends the reminding information to the user terminal;

and the speed limiting unit is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF according to a preset speed limiting strategy.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the first service opening unit is used for receiving a speed-limiting service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the speed-limiting service for the user on an SPR (surface plasmon resonance) and storing user subscription information; the speed limit service opening instruction at least carries a preset speed limit grade;

the first updating unit is used for updating the speed limit service opened on the SPR to local user service information and recording a preset speed limit grade;

the second response unit is specifically configured to: and responding to a second request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires the subscription information of the user from the SPR and confirms that the speed-limiting service is signed.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the second service opening unit is used for receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the flow reminding service for the user on an SPR (surface plasmon resonance) and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries a preset flow monitoring threshold value and a preset time interval;

the second updating unit is used for updating the flow reminding service opened on the SPR to local user service information and recording a preset flow monitoring threshold value and a preset time interval;

the first response unit is specifically configured to: and responding to a first request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires the subscription information of the user from the SPR and confirms that the traffic reminding service is subscribed.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the service modification unit is used for receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limit service in local user service information, and changing a preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or a preset time interval or a preset speed limit grade.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the service canceling unit is used for receiving a service canceling instruction sent by a user and canceling a flow reminding service or a speed limiting service for the user on the SPR;

and the third updating unit is used for updating the local user service information and deleting the corresponding flow reminding service or speed limiting service.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data traffic monitoring method, where the method includes:

receiving a preset flow monitoring strategy issued by a data flow monitoring device;

and executing a flow monitoring strategy, and reporting the data flow used by the user terminal to a data flow monitoring device so that the data flow monitoring device judges whether the data flow belongs to burst flow according to a preset rule.

Optionally, the receiving of the preset traffic monitoring policy issued by the data traffic monitoring apparatus includes:

receiving a preset flow monitoring threshold value issued by the data flow monitoring device in response to the first request; the first request is a request which is sent by a PCRF and used for monitoring the use flow of the user terminal; executing a flow monitoring strategy, and reporting data flow used by a user terminal to a data flow monitoring device so that the data flow monitoring device judges whether the data flow belongs to burst flow according to a preset rule, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that data flow used by a user terminal is obtained through a PGW/GGSN, when the data flow used by the user terminal reaches a preset flow monitoring threshold value, the data flow used by the user terminal is reported to a data flow monitoring device, the data flow monitoring device calculates the time interval of the data flow, the time interval is compared with the preset time interval, when the time interval is smaller than or equal to the preset time interval, the data flow belongs to burst flow, and reminding information is sent to the user terminal.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

sending a second request for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal;

receiving a preset speed limit strategy returned by the data flow monitoring device in response to the second request;

and issuing a preset speed limit strategy, wherein the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a PCRF, where the PCRF includes:

the second receiving unit is used for receiving a preset flow monitoring strategy issued by the data flow monitoring device;

and the second execution unit is used for executing the flow monitoring strategy and reporting the data flow used by the user terminal to the data flow monitoring device so that the data flow monitoring device judges whether the data flow belongs to the burst flow according to a preset rule.

Optionally, the PCRF further includes:

a second sending unit, configured to send a first request for monitoring a usage traffic of the user equipment;

a second receiving unit, configured to specifically receive a preset traffic monitoring threshold value issued by the data traffic monitoring apparatus in response to the first request;

the second execution unit is specifically configured to: the data traffic used by the user terminal is acquired through the PGW/GGSN, when the traffic counting unit counts that the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches a preset traffic monitoring threshold value, the data traffic used by the user terminal is reported to the data traffic monitoring device, the data traffic monitoring device calculates the time interval of the data traffic, the time interval is compared with the preset time interval, when the time interval is smaller than or equal to the preset time interval, the data traffic belongs to the burst traffic, and reminding information is sent to the user terminal.

Optionally, the second sending unit is further configured to: sending a second request for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal;

a second execution unit to: receiving a preset speed limit strategy returned by the data flow monitoring device in response to the second request;

the second transmitting unit is further configured to: and issuing a preset speed limit strategy, wherein the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data traffic monitoring system, where the system includes a PCRF and a data traffic monitoring device;

the data traffic monitoring device is used for issuing a preset traffic monitoring strategy to the PCRF;

PCRF, used for carrying out the monitoring policy of the flowrate, report the data flowrate that user terminal uses;

and the data flow monitoring device is also used for judging whether the data flow belongs to burst flow or not according to a preset rule.

Optionally, the PCRF is specifically configured to, after querying the SPR for the user subscription information and confirming that the traffic reminding service is subscribed, send a first request for monitoring usage traffic of the user terminal to the data traffic monitoring device;

the data traffic monitoring device is used for responding to the first request and returning a preset traffic monitoring threshold value to the PCRF;

the PCRF is also used for acquiring data traffic used by the user terminal through the PGW/GGSN, and reporting the data traffic used by the user terminal when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches a preset traffic monitoring threshold;

the data traffic monitoring device is further configured to calculate a time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF, compare the time interval with a preset time interval, determine that the data traffic belongs to the burst traffic when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval, and send the notification information to the user terminal.

Optionally, the data traffic monitoring apparatus is further configured to: responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, and returning a preset speed limiting strategy to the PCRF;

the PCRF is further configured to: and limiting the internet access speed of the user terminal according to a preset speed limit strategy.

The embodiment of the invention provides a data traffic monitoring method, a device and a system, which are used for issuing a preset traffic monitoring strategy to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF); receiving data traffic used by the user terminal and reported by a PCRF (policy and charging rules function) executing a traffic monitoring policy; and judging whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic or not according to a preset rule. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can effectively identify the terminal burst flow condition, and can further inform and remind the user in real time, so that the user can take corresponding processing measures such as speed limit and the like.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a third data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a fourth data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a service provisioning process in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a business data modification process in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a service cancellation flow in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a flow monitoring reminding process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a speed limit process according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a data traffic monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of another data traffic monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of another data traffic monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of a PCRF according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating a fifth data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a data traffic monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.

In each embodiment of the invention, the sudden flow condition of a terminal such as a mobile phone can be effectively identified, the reminding user is further informed in real time, the speed limit can be finished by guiding the user while reminding, a speed limit means is provided for the user, and the abnormal flow is prevented from being continuously generated when the sudden abnormal flow is generated and consumed by the mobile phone, so that the generation of huge flow cost is avoided. The following detailed description of various embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a data traffic monitoring method shown in an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is implemented by a traffic management platform, where the traffic management platform may be composed of one or more servers, and the traffic management platform cooperates with the PCRF to complete a traffic monitoring reminding task of a terminal, and the method includes:

s101, issuing a preset flow monitoring strategy to a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF);

s102, receiving data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF executing the traffic monitoring policy;

s103, judging whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic or not according to a preset rule.

Specifically, the issuing of the preset traffic monitoring policy to the policy and charging rule function unit PCRF includes: and responding to a first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring the traffic used by the user terminal, and issuing a preset traffic monitoring threshold value to the PCRF.

Here, when monitoring terminal traffic, the PCRF sends a first request for monitoring user terminal usage traffic to the traffic management platform, and the traffic management platform returns a preset traffic monitoring threshold to the PCRF. The PCRF acquires the internet traffic of a user terminal through a packet data GateWay (PGW, PDN GateWay)/GateWay GPRS Support Node (GGSN, GateWay GPRS Support Node), and reports the data traffic used by the user terminal to a traffic management platform; the flow monitoring threshold is set by a user according to the flow using condition of the user in a self-defined mode or set by an operator according to the flow package grade of the user.

The PCRF comprises a policy control decision and a flow charging control-based function, provides a network control function related to service data flow detection, gate control, quality of service (QoS) and flow charging (except credit control) for the PCEF, and can generate a control rule and issue the control rule to the PCEF for execution by taking multiple dimensions such as service, users, positions, accumulated usage, access types, time and the like as trigger conditions. The PCRF and the PCEF may refer to the prior art, and are not described in detail.

The receiving of the data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF executing the traffic monitoring policy, includes: and receiving the data traffic used by the user terminal reported by the PCRF when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold.

Specifically, after the user terminal is online, requesting to establish a bearer to the PGW/GGSN, and the PGW/GGSN receives the terminal request, creating a Gx session and applying for a PCC rule to the PCRF; and the PCRF sends a default PCC rule to the PGW/GGSN after acquiring the preset traffic monitoring threshold value, the user terminal normally accesses the Internet, the PGW accumulates all Internet traffic of the user, and when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold value, the data traffic is immediately reported to the PCRF, and the PCRF notifies the traffic management platform of the report.

Further, the determining, according to a preset rule, whether the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic includes: calculating the time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF, and comparing the time interval with a preset time interval; and when the time interval is less than or equal to a preset time interval, the data flow belongs to burst flow, and reminding information is sent to the user terminal.

Specifically, the traffic management platform calculates a time interval for the user terminal to report the data traffic by using the PCRF, that is: and calculating the time length spent by the user terminal to use the data traffic of the preset traffic monitoring threshold value.

When the time length spent by the user terminal for using the data traffic of the preset traffic monitoring threshold size is less than or equal to the preset time length, the method comprises the following steps: when the duration corresponding to the traffic monitoring limit set by the user is not reached, the set traffic monitoring limit is generated, that is, a large data traffic is consumed within a short time interval, the traffic management platform considers that a burst traffic is generated, and immediately sends a burst traffic reminding message to the user terminal, for example, a short message or a reminding message in a third-party Application (APP) mode is provided for the user. The preset time interval, that is, the preset time length, may be one day or more, one hour or more, or one minute or more, which is not particularly limited, and may be set by a person skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the embodiment of the invention, the traffic information is directly acquired from the PCRF at the network side, so that the traffic statistics is more accurate, when the mobile terminal generates sudden abnormal traffic consumption, the sudden traffic condition of the terminal such as a mobile phone can be effectively identified, the actual data traffic can be more accurately counted and the reminding user can be informed in real time, and the data traffic can be monitored at the terminal side without the need of installing specific software by the user, so that the traffic statistics method is suitable for all people and improves the user experience.

In some examples, the traffic management platform may further accumulate the traffic data reported by the PCRF to obtain a total traffic used by the user in the current month, and generate a package traffic reminder according to the monthly package traffic information provided by the user. Furthermore, the flow management platform can push flow value-added product information to the user to guide the user to consume and select when sending the burst flow prompt or the package flow prompt.

Fig. 2 is another data traffic monitoring method shown in the embodiment of the present invention, where the method is implemented by a traffic management platform, and while or after sending a notification message to a user terminal, the method includes:

s201, responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal;

s202, returning a preset speed limit strategy to the PCRF; the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

Specifically, when speed limiting of the internet access speed of the terminal is performed, the PCRF sends a second request for controlling the internet access speed of the user terminal to the traffic management platform, and the traffic management platform returns a preset speed limiting policy to the PCRF. And the PCRF issues the preset speed limit strategy to the PGW/GGSN, and the PGW/GGSN executes the preset speed limit strategy to limit the internet access speed of the user terminal.

After the user terminal is on line, requesting to establish a bearer to the PGW/GGSN, and the PGW/GGSN receives the terminal request and establishes a Gx session; and after the PCRF acquires the preset speed limit strategy from the traffic management platform, the preset speed limit strategy is issued to the PGW/GGSN, the user normally surfs the internet, and the PGW executes the speed limit strategy on the user terminal to limit the internet surfing speed of the user to a specified value.

Illustratively, the preset speed limit strategy is determined according to a speed limit grade preset by a user, and different speed limit grades correspond to different internet access speeds. And after acquiring the preset speed limit strategy from the traffic management platform, the PCRF converts the speed limit grade preset by the user into the corresponding internet access speed, transmits the speed limit grade to the PGW/GGSN and executes the specific speed limit strategy. The higher the speed limit level preset by the user is, the larger the corresponding internet speed is, or the higher the speed limit level preset by the user is, the smaller the corresponding internet speed is, which is not limited, and a person skilled in the art can set the speed limit level according to specific situations. In a specific implementation, for example, a correlation correspondence table for storing the speed limit level and the internet access rate may be established in advance, and the conversion between the speed limit level and the corresponding internet access rate may be realized according to a table look-up manner.

Fig. 3 shows another data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is implemented by a traffic management platform, and on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the method further includes:

s301, receiving a speed-limiting service opening instruction sent by a user, opening a speed-limiting service for the user on a user attribute storage logic entity (SPR) and storing user Subscription information; wherein, the speed limit service opening instruction at least carries the preset speed limit grade;

specifically, when the traffic management platform sends the burst traffic reminding information to the user terminal in a short message manner, the reminding short message content can carry a speed limit opening instruction, and a user can manually open the speed limit service in a short message reply manner. The user can also initiate an application for opening the speed-limiting service to the flow management platform through the third-party APP or the tent system. And after receiving a speed limit opening instruction of the user, the flow management platform interacts with the SPR and opens a speed limit service package for the user on the SPR. And speed limit grade information can be set in the speed limit opening instruction.

The SPR contains information related to all subscribers or subscriptions, and subscription/resolution information of the subscriber account invoicing, traffic reminding service and speed limiting service needs to be synchronized to the SPR. The SPR is matched with the PCRF to realize service control based on the subscription relationship for the user. For the SPR, reference may be made to the prior art, and details are not repeated.

S302, the speed limit service opened on the SPR is updated to local user service information, and a preset speed limit grade is recorded.

Correspondingly, the responding to the second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal includes:

and responding to the second request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires the user subscription information from the SPR and confirms the subscribed speed-limiting service.

Illustratively, after a speed limit service package is opened for the user on the SPR, the flow management platform updates local user service information and records a preset speed limit grade. And after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms that the speed-limiting service is subscribed, the PCRF sends a second request for controlling the internet access speed of the user terminal so as to locally acquire the preset speed-limiting strategy on the traffic management platform. Specifically, after the speed limit service package is successfully opened, the PCRF may obtain speed limit information of the user, that is, the preset speed limit level, from a traffic management platform, and notify a downstream network element PGW/GGSN to execute the speed limit policy.

The embodiment of the invention can guide the user to finish speed limiting when the terminal generates the burst abnormal flow to send the reminding information, provides a speed limiting means for the user, and avoids continuously generating the abnormal flow when the burst abnormal flow is consumed, thereby avoiding generating huge flow cost.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating another data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is implemented by a traffic management platform, and on the basis of the foregoing embodiments, before responding to a first request sent by a PCRF for monitoring a traffic used by a user terminal, the method further includes:

s401, receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening a flow reminding service for the user on an SPR and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries the preset flow monitoring threshold value and the preset time interval;

s402, updating the flow reminding service opened on the SPR to local user service information, and recording a preset flow monitoring threshold value and a preset time interval.

Correspondingly, the responding to the first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring the usage traffic of the user terminal includes: and responding to the first request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms the subscribed traffic reminding service.

And after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms that the traffic reminding service is subscribed, the PCRF sends a first request for monitoring the traffic used by the user terminal so as to locally acquire the preset traffic monitoring threshold. It should be noted that, this embodiment is a flow step of opening a traffic reminding service, which is similar to the flow step of opening the speed limiting service, and reference may be made to the contents in the foregoing embodiments, which is not described again.

Further, on the basis of the above embodiment of opening the traffic reminding service and the speed limit service, the method further includes: receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limit service in local user service information, and changing the preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or the preset time interval or changing the preset speed limit grade.

Specifically, in order to facilitate the user to modify the service data, for example, data such as a monitoring time interval of the traffic reminding service, a monitoring limit (i.e., a traffic monitoring threshold), a monthly package traffic or a speed limit level of the speed limit service, and the like are included. The user can send a service modification instruction to the traffic management platform through the tent system, the third party APP or the Short Message Gateway (SMGW) to modify the service data, and then the traffic reminding or the speed limit is executed according to the modified data.

Further, the method further comprises: receiving a service canceling instruction sent by a user, and canceling a flow reminding service or a speed limiting service for the user on an SPR; and updating local user service information, and deleting the corresponding flow reminding service or speed limiting service.

After receiving a service canceling instruction of a user, the traffic management platform interacts with the SPR, cancels a traffic reminding service or a speed limiting service package for the user on the SPR, and notifies a downstream network element PGW/GGSN to cancel a speed limiting strategy or cancel a traffic monitoring task after the successful cancellation.

The following describes various embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to specific application examples.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 5, the PGW/GGSN is a packet data gateway, and provides interface transmission between the UE and an external packet data network connection point, and supports functions such as detection of service data flow, data packet filtering and screening, charging support, policy execution, and flow-based charging, which may specifically refer to the prior art and are not described again. In this embodiment, the PCRF obtains traffic usage information of the user through the PGW/GGSN and implements a speed limit policy on the user. The billing system (abbreviated as billing) refers to a BOSS/BSS system constructed by telecommunication operators, and in the embodiment of the invention, the system mainly faces to end users and accepts user account opening and account cancellation requests, and service ordering and ordering removal requests. And sending the user service acceptance request to the flow management platform through an interface externally provided by a service acceptance module in the flow management platform. And the third party APP can send the user service acceptance request to the flow management platform through the API provided by the service acceptance module. Meanwhile, the traffic monitoring module in the traffic management platform can also send burst traffic reminding information to the user through the third-party APP. The SMGW is a short message gateway, can be used as a channel for opening/canceling the service, and can send a reminding short message to a user through the SMGW.

In fig. 5, the service acceptance module on the traffic management platform accepts a service acceptance request from the billing system, the third party APP or the SMGW, interacts with the SPR, and updates the service subscription information of the user on the SPR. And a traffic monitoring module on the traffic management platform is in butt joint with the PCRF to realize the monitoring of the user traffic, and sends a traffic reminding short message to the user when the user generates the burst traffic, or sends a traffic reminding message to the user through a third-party APP. The module can also send package flow reminders to push flow value-added product information to the user. And a speed limiting module on the traffic management platform is in butt joint with the PCRF, and the control on the user internet access speed is realized under the cooperation of the PGW/GGSN.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a service provisioning process in the embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes:

601, a user opens a service through a tent or a third-party APP, or sends an uplink short message opening service;

and the user sends an opening instruction to the service acceptance module through the tent and the third-party APP, or sends an opening short message to the service opening module through the SMGW. If the flow reminding service is opened, the monitoring time interval and the monitoring amount need to be specified, and optionally, the user can also set monthly package flow information; if the speed limit service is opened, the speed limit grade of the speed limit needs to be appointed;

step 602, the service acceptance module analyzes the instruction and confirms that the received service opening instruction is received;

step 603, the service acceptance module judges whether the user has opened an account before according to the local user information;

step 604, if the user has not opened the account before, the service acceptance module sends an account opening instruction to the SPR, otherwise, the step 607 is skipped;

step 605, the SPR executes an account opening process, and returns a response message after an account is successfully opened;

step 606, adding a user record locally by the service acceptance module;

step 607, the service acceptance module sends a service order instruction to the SPR, and opens a traffic reminding service or a speed limit service;

step 608, SPR executes the service subscription procedure, and returns a response message after success;

step 609, the service acceptance module updates local user service information, and records the monitoring time interval, the monitoring limit, the monthly package flow or the speed limit grade of the speed limit service of the flow reminding service;

step 610, the service acceptance module returns the response information of the service fulfillment success to the user.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a service data modification process in the embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes:

step 701, the user modifies the service data, and after the service is opened, if the user wants to modify the service data, such as the monitoring time interval, the monitoring limit, the monthly package flow or the speed limit level of the speed limit service of the flow reminding service. A user sends a service modification instruction to a service acceptance module through a tent, a third party APP or an SMGW;

step 702, the service acceptance module analyzes the instruction and confirms that the received service modification instruction is received;

step 703, the service acceptance module updates the monitoring time interval, the monitoring limit, the monthly package flow or the speed grade of the speed-limiting service of the user flow reminding service;

step 704, the service acceptance module returns the service modification success response information to the user.

The SPR is not sensitive to the service parameters, so that the service acceptance module does not need to synchronize information to the SPR.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a service cancellation flow in the embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes:

step 801, a user cancels subscription flow reminding or speed limiting service, and sends a subscription canceling instruction to a service acceptance module through a tent, a third party or an SMGW;

step 802, the service acceptance module analyzes the instruction and confirms that the received instruction is the instruction for canceling the service order;

step 803, the service acceptance module sends a cancel service order instruction to the SPR;

step 804, SPR executes cancellation of service ordering process, and returns response information after success;

step 805, the service acceptance module updates the user service information and deletes the corresponding service information;

step 806, the service acceptance module returns a response message of successfully canceling the service subscription to the user.

Fig. 9 is a schematic flow chart of flow monitoring and reminding shown in the embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes:

step 901, a user terminal UE is on line and requests to establish a bearer to a PGW/GGSN;

step 902, the PGW/GGSN receives the terminal request, creates a Gx session, and applies for a PCC rule to the PCRF;

step 903, PCRF inquires user service subscription information from SPR;

step 904, the SPR returns that the user has signed a traffic alert service;

step 905, the PCRF sends a request to a traffic monitoring module to acquire a user traffic monitoring limit;

step 906, the traffic monitoring module indicates the traffic monitoring limit of the user to the PCRF;

step 907, the PCRF issues a default PCC rule to the PGW;

step 908, the user surfs the internet normally, the PGW accumulates all the internet traffic of the user, and reports to the PCRF when the usage traffic reaches the monitoring limit;

step 909, the PCRF notifies the traffic monitoring module that the user's usage traffic reaches the monitoring limit;

step 910, after receiving the notification from the PCRF, the traffic monitoring module compares the time spent by the user using the traffic with the monitoring time interval of the service set by the user, and if the time is less than or equal to the monitoring time interval, it determines that the traffic of the user is abnormal, and sends a reminding short message to the user through the SMGW; the traffic monitoring module can also accumulate the total traffic used by the user in the current month according to the traffic reported by the PCRF, compare the total traffic with the monthly package traffic set by the user, and send a monthly package traffic prompt to the user through the SMGW if the total traffic reaches a preset threshold value; when the reminding is sent, related traffic value-added product information can be added in the reminding short message and pushed to the user, so that the user is guided to consume and select.

911, the SMGW sends the reminding short message to the user;

and 913, after receiving the reminding message, the third-party server notifies the third-party APP client to which the third-party APP client belongs through an internal module of the third-party APP client, and the APP client initiates reminding to the user.

Optionally, between step 911 and step 913, the method may further include: step 912, the traffic monitoring module may also issue the reminding message to the third party server.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a speed limit process shown in the embodiment of the present invention, which specifically includes:

1001, a user terminal is on line and requests to establish a bearer to a PGW/GGSN;

step 1002, the PGW/GGSN receives the terminal request, creates a Gx session, and applies for a PCC rule to the PCRF;

step 1003, PCRF inquires about user service subscription information from SPR;

step 1004, returning the speed limit service signed by the user by the SPR;

step 1005, the PCRF sends a request to the speed limiting module to acquire a user speed limiting grade;

step 1006, the speed limit module indicates the speed limit grade of the user to the PCRF;

step 1007, the PCRF converts the speed limit grade into a corresponding internet speed and issues a speed limit strategy to the PGW/GGSN;

step 1008, the user normally surfs the internet, and the PGW executes a speed limit policy for the user to limit the internet surfing rate of the user to a specified value.

The scheme of the embodiment of the invention realizes monitoring and real-time reminding of the sudden flow of the mobile phone by matching with the PCRF, the SPR and the PGW/GGSN, and can adopt an auxiliary means of speed limiting to control the flow consumption, thereby avoiding the generation of huge data communication cost for users.

Specifically, in the traffic management platform provided by the invention, the service acceptance module can be in butt joint with a BOSS/BSS system of an operator and a third-party APP, a user can open or cancel a traffic reminding service in a business hall or the third-party APP, and a time interval and a monitoring limit for traffic monitoring can be appointed when the service is opened. The service acceptance module can also accept the request of the user for opening or canceling the speed limit service, and can appoint the speed limit grade when the service is opened. The service acceptance module is also in butt joint with the SPR, and after receiving a service opening/canceling request, the service acceptance module updates the information of the user on the SPR to complete the acceptance flow of the service. Meanwhile, the service acceptance module can also realize the modification of service parameters (namely the flow monitoring time interval, the monitoring limit and the speed limit grade).

The traffic monitoring module in the traffic management platform provided by the embodiment of the invention is in butt joint with the PCRF, so that the monitoring of the user traffic is realized. After acquiring the traffic monitoring limit of the user from the traffic monitoring module, the PCRF starts accumulating the data traffic of the user. When the user traffic usage reaches the monitoring limit, the PCRF reports traffic usage information to the traffic monitoring module, the traffic monitoring module calculates the time spent on using the specified monitoring limit traffic, if the time is shorter than the time interval specified by the user when the user opens the service, the traffic consumption speed of the user in the period of time is considered to be too high (namely burst traffic is generated), and at the moment, a message prompt in a short message or third-party APP mode is provided for the user. The flow monitoring module can also accumulate the flow reported by the PCRF to obtain the total flow used by the user in the current month, and then generate a package flow prompt according to the monthly package flow information provided by the user. Furthermore, when the burst flow reminding or the package flow reminding is sent, the flow value-added product information can be pushed to the user, and the user is guided to select consumption.

The embodiment of the invention at least has the following technical advantages:

the traffic information is directly acquired from the PCRF at the network side, so that the traffic statistics is accurate, when the mobile terminal generates sudden abnormal traffic consumption, the actual data traffic can be accurately counted and the reminding user can be informed in real time, and the data traffic can be monitored at the terminal side without the need of installing specific software by the user, so that the traffic statistics method is suitable for all people and improves the user experience.

Fig. 11 shows a data traffic monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is a data traffic management platform in the above embodiment, and implements monitoring and real-time reminding of a mobile terminal burst traffic through cooperation with the PCRF, the SPR, and the PGW/GGSN, and may control traffic consumption by using an auxiliary means for limiting a speed. The device comprises a strategy issuing unit 10, a strategy executing unit 20 and a flow judging unit 30; wherein,

the policy issuing unit 10 is configured to issue a preset traffic monitoring policy to the policy and charging rule function unit PCRF;

the policy executing unit 20 is configured to receive the data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF executing the traffic monitoring policy;

the traffic determining unit 30 is configured to determine whether the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic according to a preset rule.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 12, in the data traffic monitoring apparatus, the policy issuing unit 10 includes a first response unit 101, configured to respond to a first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring a traffic used by a user terminal, and issue a preset traffic monitoring threshold to the PCRF;

the policy executing unit 20 includes a first receiving unit 201, configured to receive the data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF whenever the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold;

the traffic determining unit 30 includes a first determining unit 301 and a first sending unit 302, where the first determining unit 301 is configured to calculate a time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF, and compare the time interval with a preset time interval; the first sending unit 302 is configured to send a notification message to the user terminal when the time interval is less than or equal to a preset time interval and the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 13, the data traffic monitoring apparatus further includes a second response unit 40 and a speed limiting unit 50;

the second response unit 40 is configured to, when or after the first sending unit 302 sends the reminding information to the user terminal, respond to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet access rate of the user terminal, and return a preset speed limit policy to the PCRF;

and the speed limiting unit 50 is configured to enable the PCRF to limit the internet access speed of the user terminal according to the preset speed limiting policy.

And the PCRF issues the preset speed limit strategy to the PGW/GGSN, and the PGW/GGSN executes the preset speed limit strategy to limit the internet access speed of the user terminal. The preset speed limit strategy is determined according to the speed limit grade preset by the user, and different speed limit grades correspond to different internet access speeds.

The device also comprises a first service opening unit and a first updating unit;

the first service opening unit is used for receiving a speed-limiting service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the speed-limiting service for the user on an SPR (surface plasmon resonance) and storing user subscription information; wherein, the speed limit service opening instruction at least carries the preset speed limit grade;

the second response unit is specifically configured to: and responding to the second request sent after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms that the speed limit service is subscribed.

And after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms that the speed-limiting service is subscribed, the PCRF sends a second request for controlling the internet access speed of the user terminal so as to locally acquire the preset speed-limiting strategy.

The device also comprises a second service opening unit and a second updating unit;

the second service opening unit is used for receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the flow reminding service for the user on the SPR and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries the preset flow monitoring threshold value and the preset time interval;

the first response unit is specifically configured to: and responding to the first request sent after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms that the traffic reminding service is subscribed.

And after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms that the traffic reminding service is subscribed, the PCRF sends a first request for monitoring the traffic used by the user terminal so as to locally acquire the preset traffic monitoring threshold.

The device also comprises a service modification unit used for receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limit service in local user service information, changing the preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or the preset time interval, or changing the preset speed limit grade.

The device also comprises a service canceling unit and a third updating unit;

and the third updating unit is used for updating the local user service information and deleting the corresponding flow reminding service or speed limiting service. It should be noted that the device embodiments correspond to the method embodiments one to one, and specific reference may be made to the detailed description of the method embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

In the embodiment of the invention, the traffic information is directly acquired from the PCRF at the network side, so that the traffic statistics is more accurate, when the mobile terminal generates burst abnormal traffic consumption, the burst traffic can be accurately identified, the actual data traffic can be accurately counted and the reminding user can be informed in real time, and the data traffic can be monitored at the terminal side without installing specific software by the user, so that the method and the device are suitable for all people and improve the user experience.

Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of a PCRF according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the embodiment of the present invention implements monitoring and real-time reminding of a mobile phone burst traffic through cooperation of a data traffic monitoring device (i.e., the traffic management platform) with the PCRF, an SPR and a PGW/GGSN, and may control traffic consumption by using an auxiliary means for limiting a speed, so as to avoid a huge data communication cost for a user. The PCRF comprises a second receiving unit 402 and a second performing unit 403;

the second receiving unit 402 is configured to receive a preset traffic monitoring policy issued by a data traffic monitoring apparatus;

the second executing unit 403 is configured to execute the traffic monitoring policy, and report the data traffic used by the user terminal to the data traffic monitoring device, so that the data traffic monitoring device determines whether the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic according to a preset rule.

Specifically, the PCRF further includes a second sending unit 401, configured to send a first request for monitoring usage traffic of the user terminal;

the second receiving unit 402 is specifically configured to receive a preset traffic monitoring threshold value issued by the data traffic monitoring apparatus in response to the first request;

the second execution unit 403 is specifically configured to: and acquiring data traffic used by the user terminal through a PGW/GGSN, reporting the data traffic used by the user terminal to a data traffic monitoring device when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold value, enabling the data traffic monitoring device to calculate the time interval of the data traffic, and sending reminding information to the user terminal when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval. The data traffic monitoring device, i.e. the traffic management platform, can be described with reference to the foregoing embodiments, and will not be described in detail herein.

And if the time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF is less than or equal to the preset time interval and the data traffic belongs to the burst traffic, the data traffic monitoring device sends a reminding message to the user terminal. It should be noted that, the specific process of implementing the traffic monitoring reminding by the cooperation of the traffic management platform with the PCRF, the SPR and the PGW/GGSN may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 9. And will not be described in detail herein.

In the embodiment of the invention, the traffic information is directly acquired from the PCRF at the network side, so that the traffic statistics is more accurate, the actual data traffic can be more accurately counted and the reminding user can be informed in real time when the mobile terminal generates sudden abnormal traffic consumption, and the data traffic can be monitored at the terminal side without installing specific software by the user, so that the traffic statistics method and the traffic statistics device are suitable for all people, especially the old, and the user experience is improved.

Further, the second sending unit 401 is further configured to: sending a second request for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal; the second receiving unit 402 is further configured to: receiving a preset speed limit strategy returned by the data flow monitoring device in response to the second request; the second sending unit 401 is further configured to: and issuing the preset speed limit strategy, wherein the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the internet access speed of the user terminal by the PGW/GGSN.

Specifically, the PCRF issues the preset speed limit strategy to the PGW/GGSN, and the PGW/GGSN executes the preset speed limit strategy to limit the internet access speed of the user terminal. It should be noted that, the specific process of the traffic management platform, the PCRF, the SPR, and the PGW/GGSN for implementing the speed limit of the terminal for internet surfing may refer to the embodiment shown in fig. 10, and details are not described here.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data traffic monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method is implemented by the PCRF, and the method includes:

s501, receiving a preset flow monitoring strategy issued by a data flow monitoring device;

s502, executing the flow monitoring strategy, and reporting the data flow used by the user terminal to the data flow monitoring device, so that the data flow monitoring device judges whether the data flow belongs to burst flow according to a preset rule.

Specifically, the receiving of the preset traffic monitoring policy issued by the data traffic monitoring apparatus includes: receiving a preset flow monitoring threshold value issued by the data flow monitoring device in response to the first request; the first request is a request which is sent by a PCRF and used for monitoring the use flow of the user terminal;

the executing the traffic monitoring policy and reporting the data traffic used by the user terminal to the data traffic monitoring device so that the data traffic monitoring device judges whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic according to a preset rule, includes:

acquiring data traffic used by the user terminal through a PGW/GGSN, reporting the data traffic used by the user terminal to the data traffic monitoring device when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold value, enabling the data traffic monitoring device to calculate the time interval of the data traffic, comparing the time interval with the preset time interval, and sending a reminding message to the user terminal when the data traffic belongs to burst traffic when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval.

The method further comprises the following steps: sending a second request for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal; receiving a preset speed limit strategy returned by the data traffic monitoring device in response to the second request; and issuing the preset speed limit strategy, wherein the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the internet access speed of the user terminal by the PGW/GGSN. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the method is implemented by the PCRF, which may specifically refer to the description in each of the foregoing embodiments, and details are not described here again.

Fig. 16 is a diagram illustrating a data traffic monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the system includes a PCRF1503 and a data traffic monitoring device 1502 (i.e., the traffic management platform);

the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is configured to issue a preset traffic monitoring policy to the PCRF;

the PCRF1503, configured to execute the traffic monitoring policy and report the data traffic used by the user terminal;

the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to determine whether the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic according to a preset rule.

Specifically, the data traffic monitoring device 1502 is configured to receive a service provisioning instruction sent by a user, provision a traffic reminding service for the user on the SPR1501, store user subscription information, and update the service information to local user service information; wherein the user service information at least comprises the preset flow monitoring threshold and a preset time interval;

the PCRF1503, configured to query the SPR1501 for user subscription information and determine that a traffic reminding service is subscribed, and send a first request for monitoring a traffic used by a user terminal to the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502;

the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to return the preset traffic monitoring threshold to the PCRF1503 in response to the first request;

the PCRF1503, configured to obtain, through the PGW/GGSN1504, a data traffic used by the user terminal, and report, whenever the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold, the data traffic used by the user terminal;

the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to calculate a time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF1503, compare the time interval with the preset time interval, determine that the data traffic belongs to a bursty traffic when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval, and send a notification message to the user terminal through the SMGW1505 or a third party APP client installed in the user terminal.

In the embodiment of the invention, the traffic information is directly acquired from the PCRF at the network side, so that the traffic statistics is more accurate, when the mobile terminal generates sudden abnormal traffic consumption, the sudden traffic can be identified, the actual data traffic can be more accurately counted, the reminding user is informed in real time, and the data traffic can be monitored at the terminal side without the need of installing specific software by the user, so that the traffic statistics method is suitable for all people, especially the old, and the user experience is improved.

Further, the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to: responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, and returning a preset speed limit strategy to the PCRF;

the PCRF1503 is further configured to: and issuing the preset speed limit strategy to the PGW/GGSN1504, and executing the preset speed limit strategy by the PGW/GGSN1504 to limit the internet access speed of the user terminal.

Specifically, the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to: receiving a speed limit service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the speed limit service for the user on an SPR1501 and storing user subscription information; the speed-limiting service opening instruction at least carries a preset speed-limiting grade; updating the speed limit service opened on the SPR1501 to local user service information, and recording a preset speed limit grade;

further, before the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 responds to the first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring the usage traffic of the user terminal, the data traffic monitoring apparatus is further configured to: receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening a flow reminding service for the user on an SPR1501 and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries the preset flow monitoring threshold value and the preset time interval; updating the flow reminding service opened on the SPR to local user service information, and recording a preset flow monitoring threshold value and a preset time interval; and the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms the first request sent after the traffic reminding service is subscribed, and acquires the preset traffic monitoring threshold value and the preset time interval.

Further, the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to: receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limit service in local user service information, and changing the preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or the preset time interval or changing the preset speed limit grade. In order to facilitate the user to modify the service data, for example, the data such as the monitoring time interval of the traffic reminding service, the monitoring limit (i.e., the traffic monitoring threshold), the monthly package traffic or the speed limit level of the speed limit service, etc. are included. The user can send a service modification instruction to the traffic management platform through the tent system, the third party APP or the SMGW1505 to realize service data modification, and then, the traffic reminding or the speed limit is executed according to the modified data.

Further, the data traffic monitoring apparatus 1502 is further configured to: receiving a service canceling instruction sent by a user, and canceling a flow reminding service or a speed limiting service for the user on an SPR 1501; and updating local user service information, and deleting the corresponding flow reminding service or speed limiting service. After receiving a service canceling instruction of a user, the traffic management platform interacts with the SPR, cancels a traffic reminding service or a speed limiting service package for the user on the SPR, and notifies a downstream network element PGW/GGSN to cancel a speed limiting strategy or cancel a traffic monitoring task after the successful cancellation. The present invention is based on the same concept, and specific reference may be made to the detailed description of the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

In the embodiment of the invention, the traffic information is directly acquired from the PCRF at the network side, so that the traffic statistics is more accurate, when the mobile terminal generates burst abnormal traffic consumption, the burst traffic can be more accurately identified, the actual data traffic can be more accurately counted and the reminding user can be informed in real time, and the data traffic can be monitored at the terminal side without the need of installing specific software by the user, so that the method and the device are suitable for all people and improve the user experience.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of a hardware embodiment, a software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for data traffic monitoring, the method comprising:

receiving data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF executing the traffic monitoring policy;

judging whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic or not according to a preset rule;

the issuing of the preset traffic monitoring policy to the policy and charging rule functional unit PCRF includes:

the receiving of the data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF executing the traffic monitoring policy, includes:

receiving data traffic used by the user terminal reported by the PCRF when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold;

wherein, the determining whether the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic according to a preset rule includes:

calculating the time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF, and comparing the time interval with a preset time interval;

and when the time interval is less than or equal to a preset time interval, the data flow belongs to burst flow, and reminding information is sent to the user terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when or after sending the alert message to the ue, the method further comprises:

responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, and returning a preset speed limit strategy to the PCRF; the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein in response to the second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, a preset speed limit policy is returned to a front of the PCRF, and the method further comprises:

receiving a speed-limiting service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the speed-limiting service for the user on a user attribute storage logic entity SPR and storing user subscription information; the speed-limiting service opening instruction at least carries a preset speed-limiting grade;

the responding to the second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal comprises the following steps:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein before responding to the first request from the PCRF for monitoring the usage traffic of the user terminal, the method further comprises:

receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening a flow reminding service for the user on an SPR, and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries the preset flow monitoring threshold value and the preset time interval;

the response PCRF sends a first request for monitoring the usage traffic of the user terminal, and comprises the following steps:

and responding to the first request sent by the PCRF after the PCRF inquires user subscription information from the SPR and confirms the subscribed traffic reminding service.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

and receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limit service in local user service information, and changing the preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or the preset time interval or changing the preset speed limit grade.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

7. A data traffic monitoring apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a policy execution unit, configured to receive a data traffic used by the user terminal, where the PCRF executes the traffic monitoring policy and reports the data traffic;

the flow judging unit is used for judging whether the data flow belongs to burst flow or not according to a preset rule;

wherein, the strategy issuing unit comprises:

a first response unit, configured to respond to a first request sent by the PCRF for monitoring a traffic used by a user terminal, and issue a preset traffic monitoring threshold to the PCRF;

the policy execution unit includes:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive the data traffic used by the user terminal, which is reported by the PCRF whenever the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold;

wherein the flow rate judging unit includes:

the first judging unit is used for calculating the time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF and comparing the time interval with a preset time interval;

and the first sending unit is used for sending a reminding message to the user terminal when the time interval is less than or equal to a preset time interval and the data traffic belongs to the burst traffic.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

and the speed limiting unit is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF according to the preset speed limiting strategy.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

the first service opening unit is used for receiving a speed-limiting service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the speed-limiting service for the user on an SPR (surface plasmon resonance) and storing user subscription information; the speed-limiting service opening instruction at least carries a preset speed-limiting grade;

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

the second service opening unit is used for receiving a flow reminding service opening instruction sent by a user, opening the flow reminding service for the user on an SPR (surface plasmon resonance) and storing user subscription information; the flow reminding service opening instruction at least carries the preset flow monitoring threshold value and the preset time interval;

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

and the service modification unit is used for receiving a service modification instruction sent by a user, modifying the opened flow reminding service or speed limiting service in local user service information, and changing the preset flow monitoring threshold value and/or the preset time interval or changing the preset speed limiting grade.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

13. A method for data traffic monitoring, the method comprising:

executing the flow monitoring strategy, and reporting the data flow used by the user terminal to the data flow monitoring device so that the data flow monitoring device judges whether the data flow belongs to burst flow according to a preset rule;

the receiving of the preset traffic monitoring policy issued by the data traffic monitoring device includes:

receiving a preset flow monitoring threshold value issued by the data flow monitoring device in response to the first request; the first request is a request which is sent by a PCRF and used for monitoring the use flow of the user terminal; the executing the traffic monitoring policy and reporting the data traffic used by the user terminal to the data traffic monitoring device so that the data traffic monitoring device judges whether the data traffic belongs to burst traffic according to a preset rule, includes:

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a preset speed limit strategy returned by the data traffic monitoring device in response to the second request;

and issuing the preset speed limit strategy, wherein the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

15. A PCRF comprising:

a second execution unit, configured to execute the traffic monitoring policy, and report a data traffic used by the user terminal to the data traffic monitoring device, so that the data traffic monitoring device determines whether the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic according to a preset rule;

wherein, PCRF also includes:

the second receiving unit is specifically configured to receive a preset traffic monitoring threshold value issued by the data traffic monitoring apparatus in response to the first request;

the second execution unit is specifically configured to: acquiring data traffic used by the user terminal through a PGW/GGSN, reporting the data traffic used by the user terminal to a data traffic monitoring device when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold value, enabling the data traffic monitoring device to calculate the time interval of the data traffic, comparing the time interval with the preset time interval, and sending a reminding message to the user terminal when the data traffic belongs to burst traffic when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval.

16. The PCRF of claim 15, wherein the second sending unit is further configured to: sending a second request for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal;

the second execution unit is further configured to: receiving a preset speed limit strategy returned by the data traffic monitoring device in response to the second request;

the second sending unit is further configured to: and issuing the preset speed limit strategy, wherein the preset speed limit strategy is used for limiting the Internet access speed of the user terminal by the PCRF.

17. A data traffic monitoring system is characterized in that the system comprises a PCRF and a data traffic monitoring device;

the PCRF is used for executing the flow monitoring strategy and reporting the data flow used by the user terminal;

the data flow monitoring device is also used for judging whether the data flow belongs to burst flow or not according to a preset rule;

the PCRF is specifically used for inquiring user subscription information from the SPR and sending a first request for monitoring the user terminal traffic to the data traffic monitoring device after confirming that the traffic reminding service is subscribed;

the data traffic monitoring device is configured to return the preset traffic monitoring threshold to the PCRF in response to the first request;

the PCRF is further configured to acquire data traffic used by the user terminal through a PGW/GGSN, and report the data traffic used by the user terminal when the data traffic used by the user terminal reaches the preset traffic monitoring threshold;

the data traffic monitoring device is further configured to calculate a time interval of the data traffic reported by the PCRF, compare the time interval with the preset time interval, determine that the data traffic belongs to a burst traffic when the time interval is less than or equal to the preset time interval, and send a notification message to the user terminal.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the data flow monitoring device is further configured to: responding to a second request sent by the PCRF for controlling the internet surfing rate of the user terminal, and returning a preset speed limit strategy to the PCRF;

the PCRF is further configured to: and limiting the internet access speed of the user terminal according to the preset speed limit strategy.