CN113395670B - Policy control method, device, system and computer readable storage medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a policy control method, device, system and computer readable storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method of the present disclosure comprises: acquiring attribute information of a user card, wherein the attribute information comprises: the identification of the group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication state data of the user card; determining the statistic value of each communication state data of all the user cards in the same group as the group state information of the group according to the attribute information of each user card; matching the group state information of the group with a preset strategy switching condition, and determining whether to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; wherein the policy comprises: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy; and under the condition of switching the current strategy into other strategies, sending the switched strategy to the corresponding execution network element.
Description
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer-readable storage medium for controlling a policy.
Background
With the development of communication technology, the types of services that can be used by users are more and more abundant, and the charging policy for users is more and more flexible.
At present, different policies can be formulated for different users according to the service subscribed by the user, and then the user is charged or the communication behavior of the user is controlled according to the policies.
Disclosure of Invention
The inventor finds that: currently, operators charge mainly for each subscriber card individually. For example, a large client may subscribe to 100 mobile cards at the same time, and these mobile cards share the traffic in a traffic pool instead of limiting the traffic of each mobile card individually. Under the condition, the control and management of the subsequent service strategy of the group are realized, which cannot be realized by the current equipment. Management can only be done for each individual user card in the group. Meanwhile, the strategy for changing the group is adjusted and modified by cards one by one, so that the efficiency is low and the maintenance workload is large.
One technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is: a new strategy control method is provided, which can control and manage the strategy of the group and improve the control accuracy and the management efficiency.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for controlling a policy, including: acquiring attribute information of a user card, wherein the attribute information comprises: the identification of the group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication state data of the user card; determining the statistic value of each communication state data of all user cards in the same group as the group state information of the group according to the attribute information of each user card; matching the group state information of the group with a preset strategy switching condition, and determining whether to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; wherein, the strategy comprises: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy; and under the condition that the current strategy is switched into other strategies, sending the switched strategy to the corresponding execution network element.
In some embodiments, obtaining the attribute information of the user card comprises: receiving a credit control creation request (CCR-I) message sent by a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), wherein the CCR-I message comprises attribute information of a user card; the identification of the group to which the user card belongs is obtained from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) when the PCEF is on line at the user card.
In some embodiments, different preset policy switching conditions correspond to different policy switching modes; each group of preset strategy switching conditions comprises a preset range corresponding to each group state information; determining whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy includes: matching the group state information of the group with each group of preset strategy switching conditions corresponding to the group; and aiming at each group of preset strategy switching conditions, under the condition that one or more items in each group state information exceed the corresponding preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies according to the switching mode corresponding to the group of preset strategy switching conditions.
In some embodiments, the at least one item of communication status data of the user card comprises: at least one item of on-line or off-line state of the user card, call use information, connection times, flow use information, service type and position information; the group state information of the group includes: at least one of an online rate or an offline rate of the user cards in the group, call usage statistical information, total connection times, traffic usage statistical information, traffic consumption speed, service usage distribution information, and region distribution information.
In some embodiments, determining whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy comprises: under the condition that the group state information of the group comprises flow usage statistical information, determining the number of first user cards of which the flow usage exceeds a first preset amount and the number of second user cards of which the flow usage is lower than a second preset amount in the group; the first preset amount is greater than the second preset amount; under the condition that the number of the first user cards exceeds a corresponding first preset range and the number of the second user cards exceeds a corresponding second preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other strategies include: and adjusting the upper flow limit of the first user card to a first threshold value, and adjusting the upper flow limit of the second user card to a second threshold value.
In some embodiments, determining whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy comprises: determining the number of third user cards in an area outside a preset area in the group under the condition that the group state information of the group comprises regional distribution information; under the condition that the number of the third user cards exceeds a corresponding third preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other strategies include: and reducing the bandwidth of the third user card to be a preset bandwidth.
In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving group configuration information sent by a service system, wherein the group configuration information comprises: the group identification, the identification of the user card included in the group, the multiple strategies of the group and the switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions; and storing the group configuration information.
In some embodiments, the method further comprises: receiving group configuration modification information sent by a service system, wherein the group configuration modification information comprises: at least one of the identification of the user card to be modified, the strategy to be modified, the preset strategy switching condition to be modified and the identification of the group; and modifying the stored group configuration information according to the group configuration modification information.
According to further embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a policy control apparatus including: the acquisition module is used for acquiring the attribute information of the user card, and the attribute information comprises: the identification of the group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication state data of the user card; the group information determining module is used for determining the statistic value of each item of communication state data of all the user cards in the same group as the group state information of the group according to the attribute information of each user card; the strategy switching module is used for matching the group state information of the group with a preset strategy switching condition and determining whether to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; wherein, the strategy comprises: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy; and the sending module is used for sending the switched strategy to the corresponding execution network element under the condition that the current strategy is switched to other strategies.
In some embodiments, the obtaining module is configured to receive a CCR-I message of a credit control creation request sent by a policy and charging enforcement function PCEF, where the CCR-I message includes attribute information of a user card; wherein the identity of the group to which the subscriber card belongs is obtained from the home subscriber server HSS when the PCEF is online.
In some embodiments, different preset policy switching conditions correspond to different policy switching modes; each group of preset strategy switching conditions comprises a preset range corresponding to each group state information; the strategy switching module is used for matching the group state information of the group with each group of preset strategy switching conditions corresponding to the group; and aiming at each group of preset strategy switching conditions, under the condition that one or more items in each group state information exceed the corresponding preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies according to the switching mode corresponding to the group of preset strategy switching conditions.
In some embodiments, the at least one item of communication status data of the user card comprises: at least one item of on-line or off-line state of the user card, call use information, connection times, flow use information, service type and position information; the group state information of the group includes: at least one of an online rate or an offline rate of the user cards in the group, call usage statistical information, total connection times, traffic usage statistical information, traffic consumption speed, service usage distribution information, and region distribution information.
In some embodiments, the policy switching module is configured to determine, in a case that the group state information of the group includes traffic usage statistics information, a number of first user cards in the group whose traffic usage exceeds a first preset amount, and a number of second user cards in the group whose traffic usage is lower than a second preset amount; the first preset amount is greater than the second preset amount; under the condition that the number of the first user cards exceeds a corresponding first preset range and the number of the second user cards exceeds a corresponding second preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other strategies include: and the upper flow limit of the first user card is adjusted up to a first threshold value, and the upper flow limit of the second user card is adjusted down to a second threshold value.
In some embodiments, the policy switching module is configured to determine, when the group state information of the group includes geographical distribution information, a number of third user cards in an area outside a preset area in the group; under the condition that the number of the third user cards exceeds a corresponding third preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other strategies include: and reducing the bandwidth of the third user card to be the preset bandwidth.
In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a group configuration module, configured to receive group configuration information sent by a service system, where the group configuration information includes: the group identification, the identification of the user card included in the group, the multiple strategies of the group and the switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions; and storing the group configuration information.
In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a group configuration modification module, configured to receive group configuration modification information sent by a service system, where the group configuration modification information includes: at least one of the identification of the user card to be modified, the strategy to be modified and the preset strategy switching condition to be modified, and the identification of the group; and modifying the stored group configuration information according to the group configuration modification information.
According to still other embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a policy control apparatus including: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method of controlling a policy as in any of the preceding embodiments.
According to still further embodiments of the disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements the steps of any of the foregoing embodiment methods.
According to still other embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a control system of a policy, including: control means of the strategy of any of the preceding embodiments; and the execution network element is used for receiving the switched strategy sent by the strategy control device and executing the switched strategy.
In some embodiments, the performing the network element comprises: a policy and charging enforcement function, PCEF; the PCEF is further configured to, when the subscriber card is online, obtain an identifier of a group to which the subscriber card belongs from a home subscriber server HSS, and send a credit control creation request CCR-I message to the policy control device, where the CCR-I message includes attribute information of the subscriber card.
In some embodiments, the system further comprises: the business service system is used for sending group configuration information or group configuration modification information to the control device of the strategy; the group configuration information includes: the group identification, the identification of the user card included in the group, the multiple strategies of the group and the switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions; the group configuration modification information includes: at least one of the identity of the user card to be modified, the policy to be modified, the preset policy switching condition to be modified, and the identity of the group.
The method comprises the steps of adding group identification to the user cards, monitoring communication state data of all the user cards in the same group to obtain group state information of the group, determining whether to switch the current strategy to other strategies or not by matching the group state information with preset strategy switching conditions, and sending the switched strategy to a corresponding execution network element under the condition of switching. The scheme of the disclosure provides a method for controlling and switching group strategies. The user cards in the same group can be uniformly controlled by using one strategy, and the individual control and operation of each user card in the group are not needed, so that the management and control efficiency of the strategy of the group is improved, and the flexibility and the accuracy of charging and controlling the group are improved.
Other features of the present disclosure and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 illustrates a flow diagram of a policy control method of some embodiments of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a policy control method of further embodiments of the disclosure.
Fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of a strategic control device of some embodiments of the disclosure.
Fig. 4 shows a schematic configuration of a strategic control device of further embodiments of the disclosure.
Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a policy control device according to further embodiments of the present disclosure.
FIG. 6 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a strategic control system of some embodiments of the disclosure.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is obvious that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments disclosed herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a policy, which is described below in conjunction with fig. 1.
FIG. 1 is a flow chart of some embodiments of a method of controlling a policy of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the method of this embodiment includes: steps S102 to S108. The method of this embodiment may be implemented by a Policy control device provided in the present disclosure, and the Policy control device may be disposed in a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function).
In step S102, attribute information of the user card is acquired.
The user card is, for example, a SIM card, a UICC card, a USIM card, an eSIM card, or another subscriber identity module card used for mobile communication. The attribute information of the user card includes: an identification of a group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication status data of the user card. The method can also comprise the following steps: card information of the user card, for example, MDN (Mobile Directory Number), etc. The at least one item of communication status data of the user card comprises, for example: at least one item of on-line or off-line state of the user card, call use information, connection times, flow use information, service type and position information; the call use information includes, for example: at least one of a call duration, a call frequency, a call period (e.g., a preset busy period or idle period). The traffic usage information includes, for example: at least one of flow rate usage and flow rate consumption rate. Different types of communication status data may be obtained according to actual charging requirements, and are not limited to the illustrated example.
The attribute information of the user card may be obtained from a PCEF (Policy and Charging Enforcement Function), for example, a PGW (PDN GateWay), or may be obtained from network elements such as an OCS (Online Charging System), an offline Charging System, and the like, and is not limited to the examples.
In some embodiments, a CCR-I (Credit control creation request) message sent by the PCEF is received, the CCR-I message including attribute information of the subscriber card. The identity of the group to which the subscriber card belongs is obtained from the HSS (home subscriber server) by the PCEF when the subscriber card is online. A CRM (Customer relationship management system) or other service provisioning system may provision a service for a group, and assign a unique identifier to the group as an identifier of the group. The identification of the group may be configured in the Charging Characteristics (Charging Characteristics) field. Each user card in a group corresponds to the identity of the group. The identity of the group may be sent to the HSS for storage. When the user cards in the group are online, the PCEF may obtain the identifier of the group corresponding to the user card from the HSS, may carry the identifier in a CCR-I message, and send the CCR-I message to the policy control device through the GX interface.
The PCEF may not send the identifier of the group, the policy control device may store a correspondence between the identifier of the user card and the identifier of the group, the PCEF carries the identifier of the user card (for example, card information) when sending the CCR-I message, and the policy control device may determine the identifier of the group according to the identifier of the user card. The PCEF may send at least one item of communication status data of the user card to the control means of the policy. Referring to the prior art, the configuration event triggers the PCEF to report various communication status data. For example, when the location of the subscriber card changes, the location information of the subscriber card is reported, when the subscriber card is online or offline, various communication status data are reported, when the traffic of the subscriber card reaches a preset value, traffic usage information is reported, and the like.
In step S104, according to the attribute information of each user card, a statistical value of each item of communication status data of all user cards in the same group is determined as group status information of the group.
And determining each user card belonging to the same group according to the identification of the group of the user cards. When the control device of the policy receives the communication state data of the user card sent by other network elements, the control device can count the group state information of the whole group in real time, or the control device can judge whether the counting time is reached or not aiming at each group state information, and count when the counting time is reached.
The group state information of the group includes, for example: at least one of an online rate or an offline rate of the user cards in the group, call usage statistical information, total connection times, traffic usage statistical information, traffic consumption rate, service usage distribution information, and geographical distribution information. The call usage statistics include, for example: at least one of the total call duration, the total call duration in different time periods, the number of calls in different time periods, the number (or proportion) of the user cards whose call duration exceeds the first call duration, and the number (or proportion) of the user cards whose call duration is lower than the second call duration, but not limited to the examples given. Traffic usage statistics include, for example: at least one of a total amount of traffic usage, a total amount of traffic usage for different periods of time, a number (or proportion) of first user cards whose traffic usage exceeds a first preset amount, and a number (or proportion) of second user cards whose traffic usage is below a second preset amount, but not limited to the examples given. The service usage distribution information includes, for example: the number (or proportion) of the user cards of the different services (or applications), and the traffic usage (or proportion) of the different services (or applications), but are not limited to the examples given. The region distribution information includes: at least one of the number (or ratio) of user cards in different zones (e.g., the preset zone or a zone outside the preset zone), and the traffic usage of the different zones, but not limited to the examples given.
The group status information that needs to be counted may be different for different groups. Since the group state information needs to be matched with the preset policy switching condition subsequently, the group state information can be counted according to the type of the group state information included in the preset policy switching condition.
In step S106, the group state information of the group is matched with a preset policy switching condition, and it is determined whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy.
The strategy comprises the following steps: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy; the control strategies include, for example: bandwidth changes, regional traffic limitations, etc. The different preset policy switching conditions correspond to different policy switching manners, for example, the first policy is switched to the second policy, the first policy is switched to the third policy, the second policy is switched, and the like, which are not limited to the examples given above. Different strategies and preset strategy switching conditions are configured according to the requirements of customers when the group service is ordered. Each set of preset strategy switching conditions comprises a preset range corresponding to each item of group state information. The preset ranges corresponding to the same group state information in different preset policy switching conditions may be different. Different preset policy switching conditions may be set for different group state information.
In some embodiments, the group state information of the group is matched with each set of preset policy switching conditions corresponding to the group; and aiming at each group of preset strategy switching conditions, under the condition that one or more items in each group state information exceed the corresponding preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies according to the switching mode corresponding to the group of preset strategy switching conditions.
The policies include, for example: for one or more user cards in the group, at least one of stopping service of the user card, adjusting a bandwidth of the user card to a preset bandwidth, setting a threshold of a usage amount of traffic of the user card, setting a threshold of a duration of a call of the user card, and adjusting a billing rate of the user card, but not limited to the examples. I.e. the policy may control parameters such as bandwidth, traffic, call and tariff of the user card. Different policies have different control modes for the user card.
Some embodiments of how to determine whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy are described below.
In some embodiments, in a case that the group status information of the group includes traffic usage statistics information, determining a number of first user cards in the group whose traffic usage exceeds a first preset amount, and a number of second user cards whose traffic usage is lower than a second preset amount; the first preset amount is greater than the second preset amount; and under the condition that the number of the first user cards exceeds the corresponding first preset range and the number of the second user cards exceeds the corresponding second preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies. Other policies include, for example: and the upper flow limit of the first user card is adjusted up to a first threshold value, and the upper flow limit of the second user card is adjusted down to a second threshold value.
For example, when providing a customer with an internet of vehicles service, an initial subscription of 10 ten thousand cards provides 50M per month of traffic. In use, it is found that 1 million cards exceeds 50M (a first preset amount) of flow rate, and the remaining 9 million card flow rates are rarely used (lower than a second preset amount), i.e. the number of first user cards is 1 million, exceeds a first preset range (e.g. 0-1000), and the number of second user cards is 9 million, exceeds a second preset range (e.g. 0-2000). At this time, the strategy may be switched to adjust the 1 ten thousand cards to 100M (first threshold value) and the remaining 9 ten thousand cards to 40M (second threshold value).
In some embodiments, when the group state information of the group includes a total usage amount of traffic, it is determined whether the total usage amount of traffic exceeds a preset total usage amount, and if so, the current policy corresponding to the group is switched to another policy. Other policies are, for example, charging the part exceeding the preset total amount of usage with a new rate.
In some embodiments, when the group state information of the group includes traffic total usage amounts in different time periods, it is determined whether the total usage amounts in different time periods exceed a preset total usage amount corresponding to the time period, and if so, the current policy corresponding to the group is switched to another policy. Other policies are, for example, charging the part exceeding the preset total usage amount according to a new charging rate corresponding to the time period.
In some embodiments, in the case that the group state information of the group includes geographical distribution information, determining the number of third user cards in an area outside the preset area in the group; under the condition that the number of the third user cards exceeds a corresponding third preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other policies include, for example: and reducing the bandwidth of the third user card to be the preset bandwidth.
For example, a customer orders 10 ten thousand cards, each card containing a package with 1G traffic, and initially when more than 7 ten thousand online user cards are in a preset area, the current policy is to continuously guarantee that the bandwidth of each user card is 100M. When the number of the user cards (i.e. the third user card) outside the preset area exceeds 3 ten thousand (the third preset range), the strategy is switched, i.e. the bandwidth of the user cards outside the preset area is adjusted to be reduced to 500k.
In some embodiments, when the group state information of the group includes an online rate, it is determined whether the online rate is lower than a preset online rate, and if so, a current policy corresponding to the group is switched to another policy. Other strategies are, for example, increasing the bandwidth of the online user card to a certain preset bandwidth, or increasing the upper limit of the traffic usage of the online user card. In the case that the group status information of the group includes the offline rate, a similar policy switching manner may be employed.
In some embodiments, in the case that the group state information of the group includes a traffic consumption rate, it is determined whether the traffic consumption rate exceeds a preset consumption rate, and if so, a current policy corresponding to the group is switched to another policy. Other policies are for example to reduce the bandwidth of the user card to a certain preset bandwidth.
In some embodiments, in a case that the group state information of the group includes service usage distribution information, it is determined whether traffic usage amounts of different services (or applications) exceed a preset usage amount, and if the traffic usage amount of one or more services (or applications) exceeds the preset usage amount, a current policy corresponding to the group is switched to another policy. The other policy is, for example, to reduce the bandwidth corresponding to the one or more services to a certain preset bandwidth.
In the case that the group status information of the group includes the call usage statistical information, the group status information of the charging group may be processed with reference to the case that the group status information of the charging group includes the traffic usage statistical information, which is not described herein again.
The group state information of the group may further include communication state data of any one of the user cards in the group, and the preset policy switching condition may also be set for any one of the user cards in the group. For example, for each user card in the group, it is determined whether the traffic usage amount of the user card exceeds a threshold included in the preset policy switching condition, and if the traffic usage amount of one or more user cards exceeds the threshold, the bandwidth of the one or more user cards is reduced, which is not limited to the illustrated example.
In step S108, when the current policy is switched to another policy, the switched policy is sent to the corresponding enforcement network element.
The enforcement network element is, for example, PCEF, OCS, offline charging system, etc. If the handover policy is not required, knowledge information of the non-handover policy may be sent to the enforcement network element.
In the above embodiment, a group identifier is added to the user card, communication status data of all the user cards in the same group is monitored, group status information of the group is obtained, whether the current policy is switched to another policy is determined by matching the group status information with a preset policy switching condition, and the switched policy is sent to the corresponding execution network element under the switching condition. The scheme of the embodiment provides a method for controlling and switching group strategies. The user cards in the same group can be uniformly controlled by using one strategy, and the individual control and operation of each user card in the group are not needed, so that the management and control efficiency of the strategy of the group is improved, and the flexibility and the accuracy of charging and controlling the group are improved.
In addition, the scheme of the embodiment can flexibly and dynamically acquire and monitor the multi-dimensional information of the group, such as various dimensions of online rate, service use condition, area distribution and the like, so that the group can be more flexibly and accurately controlled and charged. Further embodiments of the strategy control method of the present disclosure are described below in conjunction with fig. 2.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of other embodiments of a method of controlling a policy of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the method of this embodiment includes: steps S202 to S208.
In step S202, group configuration information sent by the service system is received.
The group configuration information includes, for example: the group identification, the user card identification included in the group, the multiple strategies of the group and the switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions. The business service system, such as CRM, service opening system, etc. issues the group configuration command in the form of work order or instruction.
In step S204, the group configuration information is saved.
In step S206, group configuration modification information sent by the service system is received.
The group configuration modification information includes, for example: at least one of the identity of the user card to be modified, the policy to be modified, the preset policy switching condition to be modified, and the identity of the group.
In step S208, the group configuration information stored in the storage device is modified according to the group configuration modification information.
And group configuration deletion information sent by the service system can be received. The group configuration deletion information includes, for example: at least one of the identification of the user card to be deleted, the strategy to be deleted, the preset strategy switching condition to be deleted and the identification of the group. And group configuration adding information sent by the business service system can be received. The group configuration deletion information includes, for example: at least one of the identifier of the user card to be added, the policy to be added, the preset policy switching condition to be added, and the identifier of the group.
The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that all user cards belonging to the same client are set to be the same group, meanwhile, the control device of the strategy carries out multi-dimensional real-time monitoring on the card states of the group, and the strategy is dynamically adjusted according to the real-time state, so that the quick and effective group card information management is provided while the charging management, the shutdown and the recovery, the package information change and the like are completed. The problem that the current large client cannot effectively manage the card states of all or part of package change, machine halt and recovery and the like according to the application scene is effectively solved.
The present disclosure also provides a control apparatus for a strategy, which is described below with reference to fig. 3.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of some embodiments of a control device of the disclosed strategy. As shown in fig. 3, the apparatus 30 of this embodiment includes: the system comprises an acquisition module 310, a group information determination module 320, a policy switching module 330 and a sending module 340.
The obtaining module 310 is configured to obtain attribute information of the user card, where the attribute information includes: an identification of a group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication status data of the user card.
In some embodiments, the obtaining module 310 is configured to receive a credit control creation request CCR-I message sent by a policy and charging enforcement function PCEF, where the CCR-I message includes attribute information of a user card; the identification of the group to which the user card belongs is obtained from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) when the PCEF is on line at the user card.
The group information determining module 320 is configured to determine, according to the attribute information of each user card, a statistical value of each communication status data of all user cards in the same group, as group status information of the group.
In some embodiments, the at least one item of communication status data of the user card comprises: at least one item of on-line or off-line state of the user card, call use information, connection times, flow use information, service type and position information; the group state information of the group includes: at least one of an online rate or an offline rate of the user cards in the group, call usage statistical information, total connection times, traffic usage statistical information, traffic consumption speed, service usage distribution information, and region distribution information.
The policy switching module 330 is configured to match the group state information of the group with a preset policy switching condition, and determine whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy. The strategy comprises the following steps: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy.
In some embodiments, different preset policy switching conditions correspond to different policy switching modes; each group of preset strategy switching conditions comprises a preset range corresponding to each group state information; the policy switching module 330 is configured to match group state information of the group with each set of preset policy switching conditions corresponding to the group; and aiming at each group of preset strategy switching conditions, under the condition that one or more items in each group state information exceed the corresponding preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies according to the switching mode corresponding to the group of preset strategy switching conditions.
In some embodiments, the policy switching module 330 is configured to determine, if the group status information of the group includes traffic usage statistics information, a number of first user cards in the group whose traffic usage exceeds a first preset amount, and a number of second user cards in the group whose traffic usage is lower than a second preset amount; the first preset amount is greater than the second preset amount; under the condition that the number of the first user cards exceeds a corresponding first preset range and the number of the second user cards exceeds a corresponding second preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other strategies include: and adjusting the upper flow limit of the first user card to a first threshold value, and adjusting the upper flow limit of the second user card to a second threshold value.
In some embodiments, the policy switching module 330 is configured to determine the number of third user cards in an area outside the preset area in the group if the group status information of the group includes geographical distribution information; under the condition that the number of the third user cards exceeds a corresponding third preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; other strategies include: and reducing the bandwidth of the third user card to be a preset bandwidth.
The sending module 340 is configured to send the policy after the switching to the corresponding execution network element when the current policy is switched to another policy.
In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a group configuration module 350, configured to receive group configuration information sent by a service system, where the group configuration information includes: the method comprises the steps that a group mark, a user card mark included by the group, a plurality of strategies of the group and different strategy switching modes correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions; and storing the group configuration information.
In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a group configuration modification module 360, configured to receive group configuration modification information sent by the service system, where the group configuration modification information includes: at least one of the identification of the user card to be modified, the strategy to be modified, the preset strategy switching condition to be modified and the identification of the group; and modifying the stored group configuration information according to the group configuration modification information.
The control means of the policy in the embodiments of the present disclosure may each be implemented by various computing devices or computer systems, which are described below in conjunction with fig. 4 and 5.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of some embodiments of a control device of the disclosed strategy. As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus 40 of this embodiment includes: a memory 410 and a processor 420 coupled to the memory 410, the processor 420 configured to execute a method of controlling a policy in any of the embodiments of the present disclosure based on instructions stored in the memory 410.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a control device of the disclosed strategy. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus 50 of this embodiment includes: memory 510 and processor 520 are similar to memory 410 and processor 420, respectively. An input output interface 530, a network interface 540, a storage interface 550, and the like may also be included. These interfaces 530, 540, 550 and the connections between the memory 510 and the processor 520 may be, for example, through a bus 560. The input/output interface 530 provides a connection interface for input/output devices such as a display, a mouse, a keyboard, and a touch screen. The network interface 540 provides a connection interface for various networking devices, such as a database server or a cloud storage server. The storage interface 550 provides a connection interface for external storage devices such as an SD card and a usb disk.
The present disclosure also provides a strategic control system, described below in conjunction with fig. 6.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of some embodiments of a control system of the disclosed strategy. As shown in fig. 6, the system 6 of this embodiment includes: control means 30/40/50 of the strategy of any of the previous embodiments; and an executing network element 62.
The enforcement network element 62 is configured to receive the policy after the handover sent by the control device 30/40/50 and enforce the policy after the handover.
In some embodiments, the enforcement network element 62 includes: a policy and charging enforcement function, PCEF; the PCEF is further configured to, when the subscriber card is online, obtain an identification of a group to which the subscriber card belongs from a home subscriber server HSS, and send a credit control creation request CCR-I message to the policy control device 30/40/50, where the CCR-I message includes attribute information of the subscriber card.
In some embodiments, the system further comprises: a service system 64 for sending the group configuration information or the group configuration modification information to the policy control device 30/40/50; the group configuration information includes: the group identification, the identification of the user card included in the group, the multiple strategies of the group and the switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions; the group configuration modification information includes: at least one of the identity of the user card to be modified, the policy to be modified, the preset policy switching condition to be modified, and the identity of the group.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable non-transitory storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The present disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the disclosure. 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 exemplary of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, so that any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of the present disclosure.
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1. A method of controlling a policy, comprising:
acquiring attribute information of a user card, wherein the attribute information comprises: an identification of a group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication status data of the user card;
determining the statistic value of each communication state data of all user cards in the same group as the group state information of the group according to the attribute information of each user card;
matching the group state information of the group with a preset strategy switching condition, and determining whether to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; wherein the policy comprises: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy;
under the condition of switching the current strategy into other strategies, sending the switched strategy to a corresponding execution network element;
wherein the determining whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy comprises:
determining the number of third user cards in an area outside a preset area in the group under the condition that the group state information of the group comprises regional distribution information;
under the condition that the number of the third user cards exceeds a corresponding third preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies;
the other policies include: and reducing the bandwidth of the third user card to be a preset bandwidth.
2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein,
the acquiring of the attribute information of the user card comprises:
receiving a credit control creation request (CCR-I) message sent by a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), wherein the CCR-I message comprises attribute information of the user card;
wherein the identity of the group to which the subscriber card belongs is obtained from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) when the PCEF is online on the subscriber card.
3. The control method according to claim 1,
different preset strategy switching conditions correspond to different strategy switching modes; each group of preset strategy switching conditions comprises a preset range corresponding to each group state information;
the determining whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy includes:
matching the group state information of the group with each group of preset strategy switching conditions corresponding to the group;
and aiming at each group of preset strategy switching conditions, under the condition that one or more items in each group state information exceed the corresponding preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies according to the switching mode corresponding to the group of preset strategy switching conditions.
4. The control method according to claim 1,
the at least one item of communication status data of the user card comprises: at least one item of on-line or off-line state, conversation use information, connection times, flow use information, service type and position information of the user card;
the group state information of the group includes: at least one of an online rate or an offline rate of the user cards in the group, call usage statistical information, total connection times, traffic usage statistical information, traffic consumption speed, service usage distribution information, and region distribution information.
5. The control method according to claim 4,
the determining whether to switch the current policy corresponding to the group to another policy includes:
determining the number of first user cards with the flow usage exceeding a first preset amount and the number of second user cards with the flow usage lower than a second preset amount in the group under the condition that the group state information of the group comprises flow usage statistical information; the first preset amount is greater than the second preset amount;
under the condition that the number of the first user cards exceeds a corresponding first preset range and the number of the second user cards exceeds a corresponding second preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies;
the other policies include: and adjusting the upper flow limit of the first user card to a first threshold value, and adjusting the upper flow limit of the second user card to a second threshold value.
6. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving group configuration information sent by a service system, wherein the group configuration information comprises: the method comprises the steps of identifying a group, wherein the group comprises an identification of a user card, a plurality of strategies of the group and switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions;
and storing the group configuration information.
7. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving group configuration modification information sent by a service system, wherein the group configuration modification information comprises: at least one of the identification of the user card to be modified, the strategy to be modified and the preset strategy switching condition to be modified, and the identification of the group;
and modifying the stored group configuration information according to the group configuration modification information.
8. An apparatus for controlling a policy, comprising:
an obtaining module, configured to obtain attribute information of a user card, where the attribute information includes: an identification of a group to which the user card belongs and at least one item of communication status data of the user card;
the group information determining module is used for determining the statistic value of each item of communication state data of all the user cards in the same group as the group state information of the group according to the attribute information of each user card;
the strategy switching module is used for matching the group state information of the group with a preset strategy switching condition and determining whether to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; wherein the policy comprises: at least one of a charging policy and a control policy;
a sending module, configured to send the switched policy to a corresponding execution network element when the current policy is switched to another policy;
the policy switching module is configured to determine the number of third user cards in an area outside a preset area in the group when the group state information of the group includes geographical distribution information; under the condition that the number of the third user cards exceeds a corresponding third preset range, determining to switch the current strategy corresponding to the group into other strategies; the other policies include: and reducing the bandwidth of the third user card to be a preset bandwidth.
9. An apparatus for controlling a policy, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method of controlling a policy of any one of claims 1-7.
10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements the steps of the method of any one of claims 1-7.
11. A control system for a strategy, comprising: control means for the strategy of any one of claims 8-9; and
and the execution network element is used for receiving the switched strategy sent by the strategy control device and executing the switched strategy.
12. The strategic control system of claim 11 wherein,
the executing network element comprises: a policy and charging enforcement function, PCEF;
the PCEF is also used for acquiring the identification of the group to which the user card belongs from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) when the user card is online, and sending a credit control creation request (CCR-I) message to the policy control device, wherein the CCR-I message comprises the attribute information of the user card.
13. The strategic control system of claim 11, further comprising:
the business service system is used for sending group configuration information or group configuration modification information to the control device of the strategy;
the group configuration information includes: the method comprises the steps of identifying a group, wherein the group comprises an identification of a user card, a plurality of strategies of the group and switching modes of different strategies correspond to different preset strategy switching conditions;
the group configuration modification information includes: at least one of the identity of the user card to be modified, the policy to be modified, the preset policy switching condition to be modified, and the identity of the group.
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