CN109286908A - The method and apparatus that resource for controlling in communication system uses - Google Patents

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CN109286908A
CN109286908A CN201710602577.3A CN201710602577A CN109286908A CN 109286908 A CN109286908 A CN 109286908A CN 201710602577 A CN201710602577 A CN 201710602577A CN 109286908 A CN109286908 A CN 109286908A
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Abstract

Embodiment of the disclosure provides the method, apparatus and computer program product that the resource for controlling in communication system uses.Communication system includes subscriber's groups associated with group control node, and subscriber's groups include multiple subscribers of shared subscription plan.Communication system further includes subscriber's control node associated with multiple subscribers.Method at group control node includes: the event notified in response to detecting triggering for the use of subscriber's groups, the message for being directed to the subscriber's groups is sent to first subscriber's control node, at least one of below message instruction: the update of service quality (QoS) parameter for the update of the subscriber's groups, the information used and the tolerance distributed for the subscriber's groups of the tolerance distributed for the subscriber's groups；And the first confirmation to message is received from first subscriber's control node.Using embodiment of the disclosure, it can monitor and used to subscriber's notification data with the efficient way of the network resource consumption with reduction.

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The method and apparatus that resource for controlling in communication system uses
Technical field
The non-limiting and example embodiment of the disclosure relates generally to the technical field of communication system, and more particularly to The method, apparatus and computer program product that resource for controlling in communication system uses.
Background technique
This section introduction may promote the aspect better understood to the disclosure.Therefore, the explanation of this section will be as base Plinth is read, and is understood not to about which in the prior art or which not recognizing in the prior art.
Data are serviced in the third generation (3G) communication network and forth generation (4G) communication network very using monitoring and notice It is popular.Such service can monitor the use of user's monthly data tolerance, prevent mobile phone by " bill impact ", so as to improve User experience.
Currently, most of data are all based on the call detail record (CDR) of terminal user using monitoring and notice service, And real time monitoring and notice cannot be provided.
Furthermore, it is possible to which the subscription plan including the data volume and/or total line duration subscribed to can be by home account or enterprise Multiple members of account are shared.Multiple members are likely distributed in the data network around city or country.It is such as how effective It is still an open problem that mode, which executes data using monitoring and notice for this scene,.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem at least part, has been provided method, apparatus and calculating in the disclosure Machine program product.It will be appreciated that though some embodiments of the present disclosure are described with reference to 3G/4G communication network, but embodiment It is not limited to this, but any communication network/system there are similar problems can be applied more broadly in.For example, embodiment Also 5G communication system or in the future any other that be developed communication system be can be applied to.
The various embodiments of the disclosure are directed primarily to provide the method, apparatus that the resource for controlling in communication network uses And computer program product.When read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the middle implementation for understanding the disclosure will be described below from various embodiments The principle of embodiment of the disclosure has been illustrated by way of example in other feature and advantage of example, attached drawing.
In the disclosure in a first aspect, providing the method at the group control node of one kind in a communications system.Communication system System includes subscriber's groups associated with group control node, and subscriber's groups include multiple subscribers of shared subscription plan.Communication system System further includes first subscriber's control node associated with multiple subscribers.This method comprises: being ordered in response to detecting that triggering is directed to The event of the use notice of family group, the message for being directed to the subscriber's groups is sent to first subscriber's control node；And from described first Subscriber's control node receives the first confirmation to the message.At least one of below message instruction: for the update of the subscriber's groups Service quality (QoS) parameter, for subscriber's groups the tolerance distributed use information and dividing for subscriber's groups The update for the tolerance matched.
In one embodiment, the event that triggering is notified for the use of subscriber's groups may include at least one of following: To for subscriber's groups the tolerance distributed use more than threshold value and user plan be changed.In another embodiment, The tolerance distributed may include quota and/or the effective time of data volume.
In some embodiments, the qos parameter of update may include following one: QoS grade, permission data rate, The notice of the termination of the index and data service of the parameter set selected from multiple predefined parameter sets.
In one embodiment, group control node can use the event of notice by following operation to detect triggering: Subscriber is received from first subscriber's control node and specifically uses update message, and is specifically used more based on the subscriber received New information detects the event.
In another embodiment, subscriber's groups may include sharing the subscription plan and associated with second subscriber's control node Other multiple subscribers, and this method can also include: in response to detecting that triggering is notified for the use of subscriber's groups Event sends the message for being directed to the subscriber's groups to the second subscriber control node；And from the second subscriber control node Receive the second confirmation to the message.
In the second aspect of the disclosure, the method realized at the subscriber's control node of one kind in a communications system is provided. Communication system includes subscriber's groups associated with group control node, and subscriber's groups include shared subscription plan and control with subscriber The associated multiple subscribers of node.This method comprises: receive the message for being directed to subscriber's groups from group control node, message instruction with One of lower: the qos parameter of update is ordered about the information of the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups used and about being directed to The update for the tolerance of family group distributed；And the confirmation to described group of control node transmission to the message.
In one embodiment, subscriber's control node can specifically use more in response to sending user to group control node New information and receive the message, and it is more than that threshold value using that subscriber, which specifically uses update message instruction,.
In another embodiment, in response to receiving the message, subscriber's control node can be to multiple subscribers and/or more A addressable database of subscriber sends the information obtained based on the message received.In another embodiment, subscriber controls section Point can send the information via public data network gateway (PGW).In yet another embodiment, subscriber's control node can lead to It crosses and sends re-authentication request (RAR) message including the information to PGW to send the information to PGW.
In the third aspect of the disclosure, provide real in a kind of group control node or part of it in a communication network Device existing or as group control node or part of it realization in a communication network.Communication system include and group control The associated subscriber's groups of node processed, and subscriber's groups include multiple subscribers of shared subscription plan.Communication system further include with it is more A associated subscriber's control node of subscriber.The device includes transmission unit and receiving unit.Transmission unit is configured to respond to In the event for detecting that use of the triggering for subscriber's groups notifies, the message for being directed to subscriber's groups is sent to subscriber's control node.Disappear At least one of below breath instruction: making for the qos parameter of the update of subscriber's groups, about the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups Information and to for subscriber's groups the tolerance distributed update.Receiving unit is configured as controlling from the first subscriber Node receives the first confirmation for the message.
In the fourth aspect of the disclosure, provide a kind of real in the subscriber's control node or part of it of communication network Device existing or as subscriber's control node or part of it realization in communication network.Communication system include and group control The associated subscriber's groups of node processed, and subscriber's groups include shared subscription plan and associated with subscriber's control node multiple order Family.The device includes receiving unit and transmission unit.The receiving unit is configured as receiving from a group control node being directed to and be somebody's turn to do The message of subscriber's groups, and message instruction is at least one of following: the qos parameter of update, about the institute for being directed to the subscriber's groups The information of the tolerance of distribution used and update to the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups.Transmission unit be configured as to This group of control node sends the confirmation to the message.
At the 5th aspect of the disclosure, a kind of device is provided.Described device includes processor and memory, the storage Device includes the instruction that can be performed by the processor, and thus described device operation describes in the first aspect of the disclosure to execute Method in any one.
At the 6th aspect of the disclosure, a kind of device is provided.Described device includes processor and memory, the storage Device includes the instruction that can be performed by the processor, thus described in second aspect of the described device operation for the execution disclosure Any one in method.
At the 7th aspect of the disclosure, a kind of computer program product is provided comprising instruction, when the instruction is at one Or it is performed on multiple processors so that the method that the one or more processors execute the first aspect according to the disclosure.
In the eighth aspect of the disclosure, a kind of computer program product is provided comprising instruction, when the instruction is at one Or it is performed on multiple processors so that the method that the one or more processors execute the second aspect according to the disclosure.
In the 9th aspect of the disclosure, a kind of computer-readable storage for being embodied with computer program product thereon is provided Medium.Computer program product includes instruction, when instruction is performed on at least one processor, so that at this at least one The method for managing the first aspect that device is executed according to the disclosure.
In the tenth aspect of the disclosure, provides and a kind of be embodied with the computer-readable of computer program product thereon and deposit Storage media.Computer program product includes instruction, when instruction is performed on at least one processor, so that this at least one The method that processor executes the second aspect according to the disclosure.
It, can be with the efficient side of the network resource consumption with reduction according to various aspects as described above and embodiment Formula monitors and informs the user data use.
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According to the described in detail below of reference attached drawing, above and other aspects of the various embodiments of the disclosure, feature and Benefit will become apparent, and identical appended drawing reference or letter are for indicating identical or equivalent element in the accompanying drawings. Attached drawing is shown for promoting to be best understood from embodiment of the disclosure, and is not drawn necessarily to scale, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is shown in which that the example communication network of embodiment of the disclosure may be implemented；
Fig. 2 shows in tolerance secret sharing between Member Accounts and group account relationship example；
Fig. 3 shows some functions involved in tolerance secret sharing；
Fig. 4 shows the flow chart of the method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure group of control node；
Fig. 5 shows the flow chart of the method in subscriber's control node according to an embodiment of the present disclosure；
Fig. 6 shows the process of the QoS for controlling subscriber's groups；
Fig. 7 shows according to an embodiment of the present disclosure as group controlled node/realize in group controlled node The schematic block diagram of device；
Fig. 8 shows according to an embodiment of the present disclosure as subscriber's control node/realize in subscriber's control node The schematic block diagram of device；And
Fig. 9, which is shown, can be used as group control node or subscriber's control node/in group control node or subscriber's control node The simplified block diagram of the device of middle embodiment.
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Hereinafter, reference embodiment is described to the principle and spirit of the disclosure.It should be appreciated that it is all this A little embodiments merely to those skilled in the art more fully understand and further practice the disclosure and provide, rather than in order to It limits the scope of the present disclosure.For example, the feature that a part as one embodiment shows or describes can be with another embodiment It is used together to generate another embodiment.For the sake of clarity, all spies actually realized are not described in the present specification Sign.
Referring to described by instruction to " one embodiment ", " embodiment ", " example embodiment " etc. in specification Embodiment may include specific feature, structure or characteristic, but not necessarily each embodiment include the specific feature, Structure or characteristic.In addition, such phrase is not necessarily referring to the same embodiment.In addition, ought describe in conjunction with the embodiments special characteristic, When structure or characteristic, in spite of being expressly recited, it is believed that in conjunction with other embodiments realize as feature, structure or characteristic be In the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
It will be appreciated that though term " first " and " second " etc. can be used to describe various elements herein, these yuan Part should not be limited by these terms.These terms are only applied to distinguish an element with another element.For example, not In the case where the range for being detached from example embodiment, first element can be referred to as second element, and similarly, second element can To be referred to as first element.As used herein term "and/or" includes associated one or more of the term listed Any and all combinations of term.
Terms used herein are used only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, it is no intended to the limit as example embodiment System.As used herein singular " one ", "one" and "the" are also intended to including plural form, bright unless the context otherwise Really instruction.It will be further understood that, as used herein, the terms "include", "comprise", " having ", " having ", " containing " are specified The presence of the feature, element and/or component etc., but it is not excluded for one or more of the other feature, element, component and/or its group The presence or addition of conjunction.
In following description and claim, unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein tool There is meaning identical with the normally understood meaning of disclosure those of ordinary skill in the art.
As it is used herein, term " communication network ", which refers to, follows any suitable communication standard (such as new radio (NR), long term evolution (LTE), LTE advanced (LTE-A), wideband code division multiple access WCDMA), high-speed packet access (HSPA), CDMA2000, TD SDMA (TD-CDMA) etc.) network.Furthermore, it is possible to according to any suitable communication protocol come Execute communication network in the network equipment between communication, communication protocol include but be not limited to global system for mobile communications (GSM), Universal Mobile Communication System (UMTS), long term evolution (LTE), and/or other suitable communication protocols, such as first generation (1G), The second generation (2G), 2.5G, 2.75G, 3G, 4G, 4.5G, 5G communication protocol, WLAN (WLAN) standard (such as IEEE 802.11 standards)；And/or any other wireless communication standard appropriate, and/or any other be currently known or it is following will exploitation Agreement.
As it is used herein, term " network equipment " refer in communication network terminal device via its access network and from It receives the equipment of service.According to the term and technology of application, the network equipment can refer to base station (BS), access point (AP), gateway (GW), router, Charging Control Node, server etc..
Term " terminal device " refers to any terminal device that may have communication capacity.As an example, not a limit, eventually End equipment can be referred to as user equipment (UE), subscriber station (SS), portable subscriber station, movement station (MS) or access terminal (AT).Terminal device can include but is not limited to mobile phone, cellular phone, smart phone, ip voice (VoIP) phone, wireless Local loop telephone, tablet computer, wearable terminal equipment, personal digital assistant (PDA), portable computer, desk-top meter Calculation machine, the image capture terminal device of such as digital camera, gaming terminal device, music stores and playback reproducer, onboard wireless Terminal device, wireless endpoint, mobile station, embedded device on knee (LEE), installation equipment (LME) on knee, USB softdog, Smart machine, wireless client premises equipment (CPE) etc..In the following description, term " terminal device ", " terminal ", " user sets It is standby " and " UE " may be used interchangeably.
As another example, in Internet of Things (IOT) scene, terminal device can indicate to execute monitoring and/or measurement And by it is this monitoring and/or measurement result be sent to another terminal device and/or the network equipment machine or other set It is standby.In this case, terminal device can be machine to machine (M2M) equipment, can be referred to as in 3GPP context Machine type communication (MTC) equipment.As a specific example, terminal device can be realization third generation partner program The UE of the narrowband (3GPP) Internet of Things (NB-IoT) standard.The example of such machine or equipment is sensor, such as power meter The personal wearable items of measuring equipment, industrial machinery or family or personal equipment, such as refrigerator, television set, wrist-watch etc.. In other scenes, terminal device can represent vehicle or can monitor and/or report its mode of operation or operate to it related The other equipment of the other function of connection.
Fig. 1 is shown in which that the example communication network 100 of embodiment of the disclosure may be implemented.As shown in Figure 1, communication network Network 100 may include one or more terminal device 111-113 and one or more network equipments (also referred to as network node), example Such as organize control node 101-104, subscriber's control node 105-108, router or index server 121, PDN GW (PGW) 131 With notice server 141.In addition, group control node can also be hereinafter referred to as group server.Similarly, subscriber controls section Point can be hereinafter referred to as subscriber server.
One of terminal device 111-113 and subscriber's control node (for example, one in subscriber's control node 105-108) phase Association, which can be such as route online charging system (OCS) node, and be responsible for controlling terminal equipment Data use.However, embodiment of the disclosure is without being limited thereto, and in some embodiments, subscriber's control node 105-108 can To be there is any suitable network node of similar functions, such as in some embodiments, subscriber's control node 105-108 can To be referred to as route Mobile Agent Server (MAS).
Multiple terminal devices 111-113 may belong to subscription group 100, and share identical subscription plan, such as shared Total amount of data tolerance and/or total line duration tolerance.Subscription group (for example, by group account or group ID mark) 100 can be with a group control One in node 101-104 processed is associated, and group control node 101-104 can be such as group OCS node, and be responsible for control The data of subscription group 100 use.However, embodiment of the disclosure is without being limited thereto, and in some embodiments, control node is organized 101-104 can be any suitable network node with similar functions, such as in some embodiments, organize control node 101-104 can be referred to as group MAS.
The multiple terminal devices 111-113 for belonging to identical subscription group 100 can be with identical or different subscriber's control node It is associated.For example, terminal device 111 and 112 can be associated with subscriber's control node 105, and terminal device 113 can with order Family control node 107 is associated.
In one embodiment, one in terminal device 111-113 can control via PGW 131 with corresponding subscriber Node (for example, subscriber's control node 105) communication.Additionally, one organized in control node 101-104 can be via router 121 communicate with subscriber's control node.In another embodiment, organize control node and subscriber's control node both can with it is logical Know that server 141 communicates.
It should be appreciated that Fig. 1 is only rendered as non-limiting example.That is, in some embodiments, communication network 100 may include more or less or different network equipments.Such as, it is convenient to omit some network equipments shown in FIG. 1.This Outside, the function of multiple network equipments can be realized in single network equipment or at single website.For example, group control node and The function of subscriber's control node can be realized in single network equipment.Group control node 101-104 and subscriber's control node 105-108 may be used to provide the effective monitoring and notice that data use.
Although there is data to can be used for monitoring and controlling the use of user data tolerance using monitoring and notice service at present, Most of in these services are all based on the CDR of end user, and cannot provide real time monitoring and notice, and monitor in real time Avoid " bill impact " and operator that income leakage is avoided to be necessary on terminal device with notice.
Using 3GPP Gy interface, the real time data control suitable for both pre-paid subscribers and post-paid subscriber can be developed System and reporting system, the use tolerance for monitoring group account or personal account limit, and/or optimization and adjustment quota (quota) size.
For sharing subscription plan (for example, data Pricing Program), end user is the member of group account.These are finally used Family can be distributed over the entire network, associated from different server or control node.Group membership does not know other members' Data use information, it is therefore desirable to for managing the centralization group server of group account.Group server can accumulate data use, The quota size of group membership is distributed in adjustment, is avoided exceeding using limitation, and realize accurate alert notification.
Spending Limit counter can be used for counting/control use.For group account, several sharable countings can be subscribed to Device.For Member Accounts, there may be one or more shared counters for counting.Fig. 2 shows in tolerance secret sharing Member Accounts 111-113 and group account 110 between relationship example.
As shown in Fig. 2, group account 110 is associated with three Subscriber Account 111-113.In group account 110, three are had subscribed A counter 201-203.Three counters may be respectively used for, for example, counting local service (for example, up to 5G byte), state Interior business (for example, up to 10G byte) and international business (for example, up to 20G byte).In another embodiment, three meters Number device may be respectively used for different types of service, such as 3G network business, (TDD) network service of 4G time division duplex and 4G Frequency division duplex (FDD) network service.It is real in the group control node 101 that three counter 201-203 can be for example shown in Fig. 1 It is existing.Counter 201 is shared by subscriber 111 and 112, and counter 202 is shared by subscriber 111-113, and counter 203 is by ordering Family 112 and 113 is shared.
It shares the subscription plan of group account and control nodes can be organized (below by one or more using the limitation of tolerance Referred to as organize server) it manages.When data service is used in the member of shared group account, PGW is (for example, the PGW in Fig. 1 131) or strategy will be continuously for example via Diameter message (for example, CCRi/CCRu/ with charge execution function (PCEF) CCRt it) is used to a group control node (for example, group control node 101 in Fig. 1) data reporting.
In the use report for receiving member from PGW or PCEF, group control node 101 accumulates it total data use Counter (for example, counter 201 in Fig. 2).Then, group control node 101 determines data service rating, and really according to this Come to distribute subsequent quota size for member calmly.
In one embodiment, when total data use reaches predefined key in subscription plan (or data Pricing Program) When point, group control node 101 will notify end user.Particularly, when total data use reaches tolerance limitation, control node is organized 101 will notify end user, and at the same time intervening or terminating the data service of member.Broadcast can be used in group control node 101 Mechanism notifies terminal user, that is to say, that group control node 101 can each member into group send message.In message It may include the change information of the terminations of such as current sessions, quota size.
Tolerance secret sharing may include some functions shown in Fig. 3.It can be group account (for example, group in Fig. 3 300) multiple counters 310 are defined.Counter 310 can be shared by the member (for example, member 301-303) organized, and can be Based on data volume and/or based on cost.(tier) is made it possible to multi-level using control function 320 using control at many levels It provides multiple using block.The use control ginseng in block, defining maximum quota size, effective time etc. is used each Number, for controlling consumption of the member to shared resource.When due to using report to lead to that block is used to change, will notify it is all at Member.
Bill (bill) cycle management function 330 enables group and member to reset based on the billing period of shared counter (BCR) date and group account attributed region carry out BCR respectively.
QoS control function 340 in Fig. 3 allows accumulation of the group 300 based on QoS counter using controlling member's QoS grade.Group 300 can adjust the QoS grade of all members by broadcasting new QoS grade to all members.
Informing function 350 is configured as warning group account to avoid bill impact.For example, the use when counter reaches pre- When the threshold value of definition, notice will be issued by informing function 350.In the embodiment with hard stop type mechanism, make when reaching When with limitation, the first alert notification will be issued, and notice will be broadcast to member to terminate ongoing phone.In another reality It applies in example, when reaching the X% using limitation, the second alert notification will be sent.It note that the value of X% may be predefined Or configurable.
As shown in figure 3, member 301-303 associated with group account 300 can send service condition report to group server It accuses, and organizing server (including function 310-350) can be to all member's broadcast message.
Hereinafter, some illustrative functions that description can be realized in group control node side, it being understood, however, that, this Disclosed embodiment is without being limited thereto.
In one embodiment, whenever receiving from member using request message is updated, group control node will be based on asking The use indicated in message is asked to update corresponding counter.Group controls node for the value of corresponding counter and predefined notice threshold Value, switching point, QoS threshold etc. are compared, to determine its operation.For example, group control node can determine based on comparing and be No trigger notice changes using block and/or changes QoS grade.
In another embodiment, group control node may include one or more hard stop counters.Hard stop meaning Related service will be terminated within the current bill period.In the present embodiment, after reaching using tolerance, group control node will It is broadcasted to all members, therefore all members (hereinafter to be referred to as " route ") can stop using shared counting Device.
In another embodiment, multiple realized using block at many levels using control function, for example, Fig. 3 can be used Shown at many levels use control function 320.Each using in block, it is (all that one or more session control parameters can be defined Such as maximum/minimum quota, effective time, amount Quota Threshold, quota retention time), to control use of the member to tolerance.
As described above, a critical function in tolerance secret sharing is to broadcast to believe in some cases to all routes Breath.For example, all routes, which may need to be switched to, only supports that low speed is logical after the accumulation of all routes uses up to 6G byte The QoS grade of letter.Then, the variation of QoS needs to be informed to all members.In another example, in the tired of all routes After product is using up to 10G byte, it may be necessary to which the data for closing all routes use.In this case it is necessary to all The termination of member's broadcast data services.In another embodiment, when group uses more than such as 90%, it may be necessary to it is all at Member sends gas dosing notice.
It is shared that existing tolerance secret sharing is suitable for the tolerance in family or small enterprise.The inventor of the disclosure has recognized Arrive, large enterprise associated with single group account for up to 10K route or up to 1M member (such as water meter or UPS delivery device) can M2M enterprise associated with a group account, be one to all route broadcast messages and huge choose War, especially when route is associated with multiple and different subscriber's control node (for example, MAS or other hardware).In this feelings Under condition, broadcast may result in a large amount of transaction between group and route, for example, it may trigger the RAR from route to PGW, Then a large amount of updates from route to group.That is, all members broadcast if number of members is huge, into a group It is inefficient.
At least part to solve the above-mentioned problems, has been proposed method and apparatus in the disclosure.In some realities It applies in example, group control node only broadcasts the message to subscriber's control node, rather than broadcasts the message to all members to be used for enterprise Data sharing.In this way it is possible to reduce signaling overheads and network resource consumption.In one embodiment, if final use Family/subscriber has ongoing calling, is somebody's turn to do then these member/user/subscribers will be notified or be noticed by subscriber's control node Message.Note that notice/notice can be realized with proactive notification mode or passive query mode.For example, for passive query mould Formula, the terminal device with ongoing calling can check new broadcast message once in a while.
Fig. 4 shows the method 400 realized at group control node in a communications system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure Flow chart.Communication system includes subscriber's groups associated with group control node, and subscriber's groups include shared subscription plan Multiple subscribers.Communication system further includes first subscriber's control node associated with multiple subscribers.For example, communication system can be Communication system 100 shown in FIG. 1, group control node can be any of group control node 101-104, and the first subscriber Control node can be one of subscriber's control node 105-108.Subscriber's groups may include user 111-113 shown in FIG. 1, and Other possible unshowned subscribers.For the ease of discussing, come below with reference to group control node 101 and scene shown in FIG. 1 Description method 400.It however, embodiment of the disclosure is without being limited thereto, and can may include more subscribers in subscriber's groups It is applied even more extensively in other scenes.
As shown in figure 4, in frame 410, the event notified in response to detecting triggering for the use of subscriber's groups, group control section Point 101 sends the message for being directed to subscriber's groups to first subscriber's control node 105.The message can indicate at least one of following: needle To the update qos parameter of subscriber's groups, about the information of the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups used and for subscriber's groups The tolerance distributed update.
Because in frame 410, group control node only to first subscriber's control node 105 rather than all members are (for example, with ordering The associated subscriber 111 of family control node 105 and 112) transmission message, signaling overheads and network resource consumption can be reduced.
In one embodiment, the information used about the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups can indicate to be distributed Tolerance data limitation be reached.In another embodiment, distributed appearance can be indicated about the information used The use of limit alreadys exceed predefined threshold value.
Alternately or in addition, the qos parameter for the update that can include in the message may include, such as, but not limited to, At least one of below: QoS grade, the data rate of tolerance, the parameter set selected from multiple predefined parameter sets index, with And the notice of the termination of data service.
In one embodiment, group control node 101 can receive subscriber from first subscriber's control node 105 and specifically make Trigger event specifically is detected using update message with update message, and based on the received user of institute.For example, group control section Point 101 can receive the use update message for being directed to subscriber 112 from first subscriber's control node 105.Triggering uses the thing notified Part may include, such as, but not limited to: use more than threshold value, and/or subscriber for the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups Plan is changed.In one embodiment, from first subscriber's control node 105 to the use update message of group control node 101 It can indicate the use of distributed tolerance, and if indicated uses more than predefined threshold value, organize control node 101 can confirmly detect trigger event.
Embodiment is not limited to any certain types of distributed tolerance.In order to illustrate rather than limit, one implement In example, the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups may include quota and/or the effective time of data volume.
As shown in figure 4, group control node 101 is received from first subscriber's control node 105 to the first of message in frame 420 Confirmation.
Note that subscriber's groups associated with group control node 101 may include shared subscription plan and control with the second subscriber The associated other multiple subscribers of node 107 processed, the second subscriber control node 107 are divided with first subscriber's control node 105 From.In this scene, method 400 may further include frame 430 and 440.In frame 430, in response to detecting that triggering is directed to The event of the use notice of subscriber's groups, group control node 101 are also sent to second subscriber's control node 107 for subscriber's groups Message；And in frame 440, organize second confirmation of the control node 101 from the reception of second subscriber's control node 107 for the message.
Referring now to Figure 5, Fig. 5 is shown at subscriber's control node in a communications system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure The flow chart of the method 500 of realization.Communication system includes subscriber's groups associated with group control node, and subscriber's groups include altogether Enjoy subscription plan and multiple subscribers associated with subscriber's control node.For example, communication system can be communication system shown in FIG. 1 System 100, group control node can be any of group control node 101-104, and subscriber's control node can be subscriber One of control node 105-108.Subscriber's groups may include subscriber 111-113 shown in FIG. 1 and possible other are unshowned Subscriber.For the ease of discussing, method 500 is described below with reference to subscriber's control node 105 and scene shown in FIG. 1.However, Embodiment of the disclosure is without being limited thereto, and can be applied even more extensively in other scenes, and wherein subscriber's groups may include more More subscribers.
As shown in figure 5, subscriber's control node 105 receives the message for being directed to subscriber's groups from group control node 101 in frame 510. Message can indicate at least one of following: update qos parameter, about the letter of the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups used Breath and to for subscriber's groups the tolerance distributed update.
In one embodiment, in frame 510, subscriber's control node 105 can in response in frame 501 to a group control node 101 transmission subscribers specifically receive message using update message, and subscriber specifically uses update message instruction beyond threshold The use of value.That is, the message received from group control node 101 can be by from subscriber's control node 105 to a group control The use update message of node 101 triggers.For example, subscriber's control node 105 can be sent out to group control node 101 in frame 501 Send the use update message for subscriber 112.This can be indicated using update message for example, by 112 pairs of appearances distributed of subscriber Limit use more than threshold value 60% of (such as quota and/or effective time of data volume).
In order to illustrate rather than limit, the qos parameter for the update that can included in the received message may include QoS grade, the data rate of permission, the index of parameter set from multiple predefined parameter sets and data service end One or more of notice only.
In frame 520, subscriber's control node 105 sends the confirmation of the message to group control node 101.
In some embodiments, in response to receiving the message at frame 510, at frame 530, subscriber's control node 105 It can send to multiple subscribers based on the message information obtained received.Alternately or in addition, in another embodiment In, subscriber's control node 105 can send the information to the addressable database of multiple subscribers.It is obtained based on the message received Information may include, such as, but not limited to, the qos parameter of update, and/or for subscriber's groups the tolerance distributed more Institute's allocated quota etc. new, and/or for certain subscriber.
Embodiment is not limited to will send information to any ad hoc fashion of multiple subscribers or database.For example, subscriber controls Node 105 can send information to multiple subscribers with available any suitable way in existing communication network.
Optionally, in frame 530, subscriber's control node 105 can send information to multiple subscribers via PGW or PCEF.Example Such as, subscriber's control node 105 can send the re-authentication including the information to PGW and request (RAR) message.It is appreciated that another In one embodiment, the network equipment of other or more may relate in the transmission at frame 530, and/or difference can be used Signaling carry the information.
In some embodiments, subscriber's control node 105 only can send letter to the subscriber with ongoing calling Breath.That is, if a subscriber in multiple subscribers has an ongoing calling, subscriber's control node 105 can be with Information is sent to the subscriber.
Using method 500, the institute that control node 101 only needs to subscriber's control node rather than includes in subscriber's groups is organized There is member to send the message for being directed to subscriber's groups.Therefore, the signaling between group controlled node and user's control node can be reduced, And network resource consumption can be reduced correspondingly.
Referring now to Figure 6, Fig. 6 is shown based on the QoS controlled using update message for subscriber's groups from member Process 600.Hereinafter, for illustrative purposes, by the scene of reference Fig. 1 and PGW 131,105 and of subscriber's control node 107, control node 101 and notice server 141 are organized to describe instantiation procedure.It will be appreciated, however, that in another embodiment In, depending on the deployment of communication system, it may relate to more or less or different network equipments in this process.
In this example, it is assumed that subscriber A (for example, the subscriber 111 or 112 in Fig. 1, is expressed as sub-A) is controlled in subscriber There is ongoing calling, and subscriber B (for example, the subscriber 113 in Fig. 1, is expressed as sub-B) is in subscriber on node 105 There is ongoing calling in control node 106.
As shown in fig. 6, subscriber A starts new session.Subscriber A is provided in subscriber's control node 105, and therefore PGW 131 send initial (CCR-I) message of (601) credit control request-to subscriber's control node 105, which can To be route MAS.CCR-I message may include some attribute values to (AVP), such as { base AVP, Event Timestamp, subscriber ID (MSISDN), more service indicators, more service credits control (service unit of request, sequence group information on services (PS information (3GPP charging ID, 3GPP-P, 3GPP-RAT- type)) } ({ Base AVPs, Event-Timestamp, Subscription- ID(MSISDN),Multiple-Services-Indicator,Multiple-Services-Credit-Control (Requested-Service-Unit,Rating Group Service-Information(PS-Information(3GPP- Charging-Id,3GPP-P,3GPP-User-Location-Info,3GPP-RAT-Type))})。
Then, subscriber's control node 105 provides (602) quota with initial (CCA-I) message of credit control answer-.CCA-I Message may include some AVP, such as { base AVP, the control of more service credits (service unit (CC- total byte) of authorization, sequence Group, effective time, result code, amount Quota Threshold, 3GPP quota retention time), diameter credit control troubleshooting (Base AVPs, Multiple-Services-Credit-Control(Granted-Service-Unit(CC-Total-Octets), Rating-Group,Validity-Time,Result-Code,Volume-Quota-Threshold,3GPP-Quota- Holding-Time),Credit-Control-Failure-Handling})。
It is associated with group control node 101 that subscriber's control node 105 for example knows that subscriber A belongs to from subscriber profiles configuration Subscriber's groups.Therefore, subscriber's control node 105 sends (603) to group control node 101 and uses update message, and using more New information indicates to give the quota of subscriber A.It the use of update message is the internal message defined, and it may include and subscriber A Related some information, such as, but not limited to: MSISDN, group ID, counter ID, the value used, associated with the value used It assigns quota and allocation of quota timestamp, request time stamp (sending using timestamp when updating) and retries mark.
In response to receiving from subscriber's control node 105 using update message, organizes control node 101 and send (604) confirmation (Ack), indicate that it has been received using update message.Ack message may include such as group ID, member id/MSISDN, counting The information of device ID and/or block ID.
The subscriber B for also belonging to subscriber's groups continues existing session, and PGW 131 sends (605) to subscriber's control node 107 CCR updates (CCR-U) message, because subscriber B consumes previous quota.CCR-U message is similar to above-mentioned CCR-I message.Together Sample, subscriber's control node 107 update (CCA-U) message via CCA and provide (606) quota to subscriber B.CCA-U message is similar to Above-mentioned CCA-I message.
Subscriber's control node 107 sends the use update message that (607) are directed to subscriber B to group control node 101.It is finding What subscriber's control node 107 was reported is directed to when using more than threshold value of subscriber B, and group controlled node 101 detects subscriber's groups QoS needs to change, and sends the instruction of (608) Ack message to subscriber's control node 107 and need to change the QoS for subscriber B.Ack Message may include such as such as organizing the instruction that ID, member id/MSISDN, counter ID, Qos threshold value be reached, block ID.
Optionally, if enabling class of track (or subscriber level) QoS changes notice, subscriber's control node 106 can Change notice for the QoS of subscriber B to send (609) to notice server 141.Alternately or in addition, settle a debt or an account if enabled The QoS of family grade (or group grade) changes notice, then (610) group can be sent to notice server 141 by organizing control node 101 QoS changes notice.
Change information and session control parameter to broadcast QoS to all subscribers of group, group control node 101 is respectively to ordering Family control node 105 and 107 rather than to all subscribers send (611,612) session parameter updates message.Session parameter updates Message may include such as, but not limited to such as following information: group ID, counter ID, the instruction for reaching Qos threshold value and block ID.So Afterwards, subscriber's control node 105 sends (613) Ack message to group control node 101, and notifies subscriber associated there.Together Sample, subscriber's control node 107 sends (614) Ack message to group control node 101, and notifies subscriber associated there.
Group control node 101 (it can be a group MAS) can also broadcast (620) and change for the QoS of All other routes subscriber.
After the instruction that group control node 101 receives that QoS grade changes, subscriber's control node 105 can be to PGW 131 send the re-authentication request of the ongoing session of (615) for all subscribers associated with subscriber's control node 105 (RAR) message, to by new QoS classes of applications in their data session.For example, for the data meeting based on DIAMETER Words will apply RAR, to force Diameter client computer to send CCR-U.PGW 131 is sent in re-authentication response (RAA) message (616)Ack。
It then, can be in PGW 131, subscriber's control node 105 and group control node 101 similar to the process of 605-608 Between occur.For example, PGW 131 sends (617) to subscriber's control node 105 and sends CCR-U message in response to previous RAR. Subscriber's control node 105 sends (618) CCA-U message in response to CCR-U message, to PGW 131.In one embodiment, CCA-U message, Final-Unit-Action field can be set to " limitation access ", to notify Diameter that client computer changes Become QoS grade.Furthermore, it is possible to include Filter-ID AVP to fill information related with new QoS grade.
Subscriber's control node 105 sends the use update message that (619) are directed to subscriber A, and group to group control node 101 Control node 101 sends (620) Ack certainly to subscriber's control node 105.
Note that can be for subscriber B and any other subscriber's repetitive process 615-620 for including in same subscriber's groups.
In instantiation procedure shown in Fig. 6, when a triggered event is detected, group control node 101, which is only controlled to subscriber, to be saved Point sends (611,612) session parameter updates message, rather than broadcasts the information to all subscribers.In this way, reduce Signaling overheads between group control node and subscriber's control node.Session parameter updates message, which may include that group is specific, updates ginseng Number.
In some embodiments, it can be realized by reusing the available signaling in existing communication system in addition to 611- Process except 614.
Hereinafter, it will thus provide for some examples of the structure of group control node and subscriber's control node.
Fig. 7 shows the schematic frame of the device 700 in cordless communication network (for example, communication network 100 shown in FIG. 1) Figure.Device 700 may be implemented as shown in FIG. 1 group of control node 101 (or 102-104) or be implemented in multicast control section In 101 (or 102-104) of point.Communication system 100 includes subscriber's groups associated with group control node 101, and subscriber's groups packet Include multiple subscribers of shared subscription plan.Communication system 100 further includes first subscriber's control node associated with multiple subscribers 105。
As shown in fig. 7, device 700 includes transmission unit 701 and receiving unit 702.Transmission unit 701 is configured as: being rung Ying Yu detects the event that triggering is notified for the use of subscriber's groups, sends to first subscriber's control node 105 and is directed to subscriber's groups Message.At least one of below message instruction: for the qos parameter of the update of subscriber's groups, about being distributed for subscriber's groups Tolerance the information used and the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups update.Receiving unit 702 is configured as from One subscriber's control node receives the first confirmation for message.
In one embodiment, subscriber's groups may include shared subscription plan and related to second subscriber's control node 107 Other multiple subscribers of connection, and transmission unit 701 can be additionally configured to: in response to detecting triggering for subscriber's groups Using the event of notice, second subscriber's control node 107 will be sent to for the message of subscriber's groups；And receiving unit 702 is also It can be configured as: receiving the second confirmation to the message from second subscriber's control node 107.
In some embodiments, with reference to provided by Fig. 4 and method 400 as described in message and trigger event description also at this In be applicable in, and will not be repeated again details.
In one embodiment, device 700 may include some in function 310-350 shown in Fig. 3.For example, device 700 may include one or more counters (310 shown in 211-213 or Fig. 3 as shown in Figure 2), in order to trigger using logical The detection for the event known.It will be appreciated, however, that embodiment of the disclosure is without being limited thereto.Device 700 can be used any suitable Mechanism carrys out detecting event and triggers transmission unit 701 in response to the detection to send message.For example, transmission unit 701 can be with Including the detection function for detecting event.
Fig. 8 shows the schematic frame of the device 800 in cordless communication network (for example, communication network 100 shown in FIG. 1) Figure.Device 800 may be implemented as subscriber's control node 105 (or 106-108) shown in FIG. 1 or be implemented shown in Fig. 1 Subscriber's control node 105 (or 106-108) in.Communication system 100 includes related to group control node 101 (or 102-104) The subscriber's groups of connection, and subscriber's groups include shared subscription plan and associated with subscriber's control node 105 (or 106-108) more A subscriber.
As shown in figure 8, device 800 includes receiving unit 801 and transmission unit 802.Receiving unit 801 is configured as from group Control node 101 receives the message for being directed to subscriber's groups.Message instruction is at least one of following: the qos parameter of update, about being directed to The update of the information of the tolerance of subscriber's groups distributed used and the tolerance distributed for subscriber's groups.Transmission unit 802 are configured as sending the confirmation to message to group control node 101.In one embodiment, transmission unit 802 can also quilt It is configured to send to multiple subscribers and/or the addressable database of multiple subscribers based on message information obtained.
In some embodiments, herein with reference to the description as described in message and trigger event of Fig. 5 and the offer of method 500 It is applicable in, and will not be repeated again details.
Fig. 9, which is shown, can be implemented in the network equipment (for example, shown in FIG. 1 group of control node 101-104 and/or ordering Family control node 105-108) in or be implemented as the network equipment device 910 simplified block diagram.
Device 910 may include one or more processors 911 (such as data processor (DP)) and be coupled to processor 911 one or more memories (MEM) 912.Device 910 can also include the one or more hairs for being coupled to processor 911 Penetrate machine (TX)/receiver (RX) 913.MEM 912 can be non-transitory machinable medium, and it can store journey Sequence or computer program product (PROG) 914.PROG 914 may include making to fill when executing on associated processor 911 The instruction of (such as executing method 400 or 500) can be operated in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure by setting 910.At one or more The combination of reason device 911 and one or more MEM 912 can form the processing component for being adapted for carrying out the various embodiments of the disclosure 915。
The various embodiments of the disclosure can by computer program or computer program product that processor 911 can be performed, Software, firmware, hardware or combinations thereof are realized.
MEM 912 can be suitable for any type of local technical environment, and any suitable data can be used Memory technology is realized, such as the memory terminal equipment based on semiconductor, the magnetic memory terminal of non-limiting example Equipment and system, optical memory terminal device and system, fixed memory and removable memory.
Processor 911 can be suitable for any type of local technical environment, and may include as non-limiting Exemplary one or more general purpose computer, special purpose computer, microprocessor, digital signal processor DSP and based at multicore Manage the processor of device framework.
Although having carried out some in foregoing description in the context of communication system shown in Fig. 1, this should not be by It is construed to limitation spirit and scope of the present disclosure.The principle and concept of the disclosure can be more generally applicable to other scenes.
In addition, the disclosure can also provide computer readable storage medium, such as comprising computer program as described above Or the memory of computer program product comprising machine readable media and machine readable transmission medium.Machine readable media Computer-readable medium can be referred to as, and may include machine readable storage medium, such as disk, tape, CD, phase transformation Memory or electronic memory terminal device, such as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory device, CD-ROM, DVD, Blu-ray Disc etc..Machine readable transmission medium is referred to as carrier, and may include such as electricity, light, nothing The transmitting signal of line electricity, sound or other forms, carrier wave, infrared signal etc..
Technique described herein can realize by various means, so that the corresponding intrument that realization embodiment describes The device of one or more functions not only includes prior art means, but also including for realizing right described in embodiment The component of the one or more functions of device is answered, and it may include the separate part for each independent function, Huo Zheke To be configured as executing the component of two or more functions.For example, these technologies can with hardware (one or more devices), Firmware (one or more devices), software (one or more modules) or combinations thereof are realized.For firmware or software, realization can To be carried out by the module (for example, process, function etc.) for executing functions described herein.
The example embodiment of this paper is illustrated above by reference to the block diagram and flow chart of method and apparatus.It should be appreciated that block diagram Combination with the frame in each frame and block diagram and flow chart diagram of flow chart diagram respectively can be by including hardware, soft The various means of part, firmware and combinations thereof are realized.For example, in one embodiment, each frame of block diagram and flow chart diagram And the combination of block diagram and the frame in flow chart diagram can be by computer program or computer including computer program instructions Program product is realized.These computer program instructions can be loaded into general purpose computer, special purpose computer or other can compile To generate machine on journey data processing equipment, so that the instruction wound executed on computer or other programmable data processing units It builds for realizing the component for the function of being specified in one or more flow chart box.
Although this is understood not to require this generic operation with shown in addition, operation is described with particular order Particular order execute or execute in order, or execute it is all shown in operation to obtain desired result.In certain situations Under, multitask and parallel processing may be advantageous.Similarly, although it is thin comprising several concrete implementations in discussed above Section, but these are not necessarily to be construed as the limitation to the range of subject matter described herein, but it is distinctive to specific embodiment The description of feature.Certain features described in the context of separated embodiment can also individually implemented in the present specification It is combined to achieve in example.On the contrary, the various features described in the context of single embodiment can also be dividually or with any Suitable sub-portfolio is realized in various embodiments.In addition, although features described above can be described as in the form of certain combinations Work, and it is even so initially so claimed, but claimed combined one or more features are in certain situations Under can be removed from combination, and combination claimed can be related to the variant of sub-portfolio or sub-portfolio.
It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that with advances in technology, idea of the invention can be with various Mode is realized.It provides above-described embodiment and is used to describe rather than limit the disclosure, and it is to be understood that not departing from this field In the case where the readily comprehensible spirit and scope of the present disclosure of technical staff, it can modify and modification.These modifications and change Type is considered in the scope of the disclosure and the accompanying claims.The protection scope of the disclosure is defined by the following claims.

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1. a kind of method realized at group control node in a communications system, the communication system include and described group of control section The associated subscriber's groups of point, the subscriber's groups include multiple subscribers of shared subscription plan, and the communication system further includes and institute State the associated first subscriber control node of multiple subscribers, which comprises
The event notified in response to detecting triggering for the use of the subscriber's groups, sends to the first subscriber control node At least one of for the message of the subscriber's groups, the message instruction is following:
For service quality (QoS) parameter of the update of the subscriber's groups,
About the information of the tolerance distributed for the subscriber's groups used, and
For the update for the tolerance of the subscriber's groups distributed；And
The first confirmation to the message is received from the first subscriber control node.
2. according to the method described in claim 1, the event that wherein triggering is notified for the use of the subscriber's groups includes At least one of below:
Threshold value is used more than for the tolerance of the subscriber's groups distributed, and
The subscription plan is changed.
3. according to the method described in claim 2, the tolerance wherein distributed includes at least one of the following:
The quota of data volume, and
Effective time.
4. the method as described in claim 1, wherein the qos parameter of the update includes following one:
QoS grade,
The data rate of permission,
The index of the parameter set selected from multiple predefined parameter sets, and
The notice of the termination of data service.
5. according to the method described in claim 1, the event that wherein detection triggering is notified for the use of the subscriber's groups Include:
Subscriber, which is received, from the first subscriber control node specifically uses update message；And
The event is specifically detected using update message based on the received subscriber of institute.
6. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein the subscriber's groups include sharing the subscription plan and ordering with second The associated other multiple subscribers of family control node, the method also includes:
The event notified in response to detecting triggering for the use of the subscriber's groups, sends to the second subscriber control node For the message of the subscriber's groups；And
The second confirmation to the message is received from the second subscriber control node.
7. a kind of method realized at subscriber's control node in a communications system, the communication system include and a group control node Associated subscriber's groups, the subscriber's groups include shared subscription plan and associated with subscriber's control node multiple order Family, which comprises
The message for the subscriber's groups is received from described group of control node, at least one of below the message instruction: updating Service quality (QoS) parameter, about the information of the tolerance distributed for the subscriber's groups used and about being directed to The update for the tolerance of the subscriber's groups distributed；
The confirmation to the message is sent to described group of control node；And
It sends at least one of following based on the received message information obtained of institute: the multiple subscriber and the multiple The addressable database of subscriber.
8. according to the method described in claim 7, the tolerance wherein distributed includes at least one of the following:
The quota of data volume, and
Effective time.
9. according to the method described in claim 7, wherein the qos parameter of the update includes with the next item down:
QoS grade,
The data rate of permission,
The index of parameter sets in multiple predefined parameter sets, and
The notice of the termination of data service.
10. according to the method described in claim 7, wherein receiving and including: for the message of the subscriber's groups
The message is received in response to specifically using update message to described group of control node transmission subscriber, the subscriber is special The fixed use for exceeding threshold value using update message instruction.
11. according to the method described in claim 7, wherein sending and including: based on the received message information obtained of institute
The information is sent via public data network gateway PGW.
12. according to the method for claim 11, wherein sending the information via the PGW and including:
The re-authentication including the information, which is sent, to the PGW requests RAR message.
13. according to the method described in claim 7, wherein being sent to the multiple subscriber obtained based on the received message of institute The information includes:
If the subscriber in the multiple subscriber has ongoing calling, the information is sent to the subscriber.
14. a kind of device, including processor and memory, the memory includes the instruction that can be performed by the processor, by The operation of this described device is execution method according to any one of claim 1 to 6.
15. a kind of device, including processor and memory, the memory includes the instruction that can be performed by the processor, by The operation of this described device is execution method according to any one of claim 7 to 13.
16. a kind of computer readable storage medium with the computer program product being implemented on, the computer program Product includes instruction, so that at least one described processor is executed basis when described instruction is performed on at least one processor Method described in any one of claims 1 to 13.
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