CN113727395A

CN113727395A - Service quality control method, device, equipment and medium

Info

Publication number: CN113727395A
Application number: CN202010453914.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴洪亮; 何明; 郭洋
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Chengdu ICT Co Ltd
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Chengdu ICT Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-26
Filing date: 2020-05-26
Publication date: 2021-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-26
Also published as: CN113727395B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device, equipment and a medium for controlling service quality. The method is applied to a multi-access edge computing MEC server and comprises the following steps: acquiring a first quality of service (QoS) parameter of User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE is connected with the MEC server; and sending QoS information to an operation maintenance OAM entity, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identifier of the UE, so that the OAM entity sends the QoS information to the base station, the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when the UE accesses the network, the base station generates Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE. By the embodiment of the invention, when the UE uses the local business of the MEC, the QoS parameter can be updated only for the base station where the UE is located.

Description

Service quality control method, device, equipment and medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a medium for controlling quality of service.

Background

Currently, Quality of Service (QoS) control is one of the main control strategies for user's hierarchical services in a mobile communication network, and a user can apply for different Service classes according to his/her own will, and thus enjoy different mobile communication services. Different service levels can be represented by different communication bandwidths enjoyed by users, data traffic, priorities under user states and the like.

In the current QoS control mode, a user generally determines a QoS class by applying for it autonomously in an initial QoS state and accepting it through a management system, and registers it after the QoS class is determined by the management system and stores it in subscription data. When a User accesses a network, a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) generates QoS information according to subscription data, and issues the QoS information to a base station and User Equipment (UE) to implement QoS update.

However, the current QoS information is network-wide, all QoS information related configurations require the base station to participate in the core network at the same time, and for the QoS information configured in the network-wide, the QoS information is not subdivided into coverage areas of each base station, and the network-wide base station receives the QoS information. However, in a coverage area of a certain base station, for most services that are only locally computed at a Multi-access Edge (MEC), the user still performs QoS update according to a uniform QoS control policy of the whole network, which is not favorable for reasonable scheduling and utilization of radio resources.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, a device, and a medium for controlling quality of service, which can update QoS parameters only for a base station where a UE is located when the UE uses a service local to an MEC.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control method, which is applied to an MEC server, and includes: acquiring a first QoS parameter of UE; the method comprises the steps of sending QoS information to an Operation And Maintenance (OAM) entity, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE And UE identification of the UE, the OAM entity is used for sending the QoS information to a base station, the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information, when the UE accesses the network, Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration information is generated according to the QoS information, And RRC connection reconfiguration information is sent to the UE.

In some implementations of the first aspect, obtaining the first QoS parameter of the UE includes: determining a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the UE according to the UE identifier; and determining a first QoS parameter according to the preset QoS parameter.

In some implementations of the first aspect, determining the first QoS parameter according to a preset QoS parameter includes: acquiring a second QoS parameter of a service currently used by the UE; and determining the first QoS parameter according to the second QoS parameter and the preset QoS parameter.

In some implementations of the first aspect, the UE Identity includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI); the first QoS parameter includes at least one of the following options: quality of service Class Identifier (QCI), Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP), preemption capability, and preempted capability.

In some implementations of the first aspect, after sending the QoS information to the OAM entity, the method further includes: and receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control method, where the QoS control method is applied to an OAM entity, and the method includes: receiving QoS information sent by an MEC server, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE and a UE identifier of the UE; and sending QoS information to the base station, so that the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when determining that the UE accesses the network, generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information and sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

In some implementations of the second aspect, the UE identity comprises an IMSI; the first QoS parameter includes at least one of the following options: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

In some realizations of the second aspect, after sending the QoS information to the base station, the method further comprises: and receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the base station, and sending the QoS parameter response information to the MEC server, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control method, where the QoS control method is applied to a base station, and includes: receiving QoS information sent by an OAM entity, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE and a UE identifier of the UE; determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information; when the UE is determined to be accessed to the network, generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information; and sending RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

In some implementations of the third aspect, before determining whether the UE is networked according to the UE identity in the QoS information, the method further includes: when any UE accesses the base station, acquiring the UE identification of any UE from any UE; determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information, wherein the method comprises the following steps: searching the UE identification in the QoS information in the UE identification of any UE; when the UE identification in the QoS information is found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE accesses the network; and when the UE identification in the QoS information is not found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE does not access the network.

In some implementations of the third aspect, the UE identity includes an IMSI; the first QoS parameter includes at least one of the following options: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

In some implementations of the third aspect, generating the RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information includes: and generating modified bearing request information according to the QoS information, and generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearing request information.

In some implementations of the third aspect, after sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, the method further includes: and receiving RRC connection reconfiguration completion information sent by the UE, and sending QoS parameter response information to the OAM entity, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control apparatus, which is applied to an MEC server, and includes: the system comprises an acquisition module, a processing module and a processing module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring a first QoS parameter of UE; the sending module is used for sending QoS information to the OAM entity, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identifier of the UE, the OAM entity is used for sending the QoS information to the base station, the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, when the UE accesses the network, the base station generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

In some implementations of the fourth aspect, the obtaining module is specifically configured to: determining a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the UE according to the UE identifier; and determining a first QoS parameter according to the preset QoS parameter.

In some implementations of the fourth aspect, the obtaining module is specifically configured to: acquiring a second QoS parameter of a service currently used by the UE; and determining the first QoS parameter according to the second QoS parameter and the preset QoS parameter.

In some implementations of the fourth aspect, the UE identity includes an IMSI; the first QoS parameter includes at least one of the following options: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

In some realizations of the fourth aspect, the apparatus further comprises: and the receiving module is used for receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity after the QoS information is sent to the OAM entity, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control apparatus, where the QoS control apparatus is applied to an OAM entity, and the apparatus includes: the device comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving QoS information sent by an MEC server, and the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE and a UE identifier of the UE; and the sending module is used for sending the QoS information to the base station, so that the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when determining that the UE accesses the network, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

In some implementations of the fifth aspect, the UE identity comprises an IMSI; the first QoS parameter includes at least one of the following options: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

In some implementations of the fifth aspect, the receiving module is further to: after sending the QoS information to the base station, receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the base station, and sending the QoS parameter response information to the MEC server, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control apparatus, which is applied to a base station, and includes: the device comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving QoS information sent by an OAM entity, and the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE and a UE identifier of the UE; the determining module is used for determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information; the generation module is used for generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when the UE is determined to be accessed to the network; and the sending module is used for sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

In some realizations of the sixth aspect, the apparatus further comprises: the acquiring module is used for acquiring the UE identification of any UE from any UE when any UE is accessed to the base station before determining whether the UE is accessed to the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information; the determination module is specifically configured to: searching the UE identification in the QoS information in the UE identification of any UE; when the UE identification in the QoS information is found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE accesses the network; and when the UE identification in the QoS information is not found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE does not access the network.

In some implementations of the sixth aspect, the UE identity includes an IMSI; the first QoS parameter includes at least one of the following options: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

In some implementations of the sixth aspect, the generating module is specifically configured to: and generating modified bearing request information according to the QoS information, and generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearing request information.

In some implementations of the sixth aspect, the receiving module is further configured to: after sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, receiving RRC connection reconfiguration complete information sent by the UE, and sending Qos parameter response information to the OAM entity, where the Qos parameter response information is used to indicate that the UE has updated air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a QoS control apparatus, where the apparatus includes: a processor and a memory storing computer program instructions; the processor may implement the QoS control method as described in any of the realizations of the first aspect or the first aspect when executing the computer program instructions, or may implement the QoS control method as described in any of the realizations of the second aspect or the second aspect when executing the computer program instructions, or may implement the QoS control method as described in any of the realizations of the third aspect or the third aspect when executing the computer program instructions.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer program instructions, and the computer program instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the QoS control method described in the first aspect or any of the realizations of the first aspect, or the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the QoS control method described in the second aspect or any of the realizations of the second aspect, or the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the QoS control method described in the third aspect or any of the realizations of the third aspect.

According to the QoS control method, device, equipment and medium provided by the embodiment of the invention, the MEC server can acquire the first QoS parameter of the UE connected with the MEC server, and send the QoS information comprising the first QoS parameter and the UE identifier to the OAM entity without the participation of a core network, and the OAM entity can send the QoS information to the base station accessed by the UE without sending the QoS information to the whole network base station.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

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

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a base station acquiring a UE identity according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flow chart of another QoS control method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another QoS control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a QoS control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoS control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoS control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of a QoS control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Features and exemplary embodiments of various aspects of the present invention will be described in detail below, and in order to make objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. The following description of the embodiments is merely intended to provide a better understanding of the present invention by illustrating examples of the present invention.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Currently, in the current QoS control mode, the core network generally receives the modification request and signs a subscription, and when a user attaches, the subscription data generates QoS information, which is sent from the core network to the base station and the terminal. Furthermore, the generation of QoS information may be triggered by modifying HSS subscription data, that is, QoS update may be triggered by service, that is, the upper application server recognizes that the user is using a certain subscribed service, and initiates a related operation of updating QoS to PCRF.

However, the current QoS information is network-wide, all QoS information related configurations require the base station to participate in the core network at the same time, and for the QoS information configured in the network-wide, the QoS information is not subdivided into coverage areas of each base station, and the network-wide base station receives the QoS information. However, in a coverage area of a certain base station, the user performs QoS update on most services only in the MEC local area or according to a uniform QoS control policy of the whole network, which is not favorable for reasonable scheduling and utilization of wireless resources.

In view of the above, embodiments of the present invention provide a QoS control method, apparatus, device, and medium, where an MEC server may obtain a first QoS parameter of a UE connected to the MEC server, and send QoS information including the first QoS parameter and a UE identifier to an OAM entity, without involving a core network, and the OAM entity may send the QoS information to a base station to which the UE accesses, and without sending the QoS information to a base station in a whole network.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the QoS control method may be applied to a QoS control system, and the QoS control system may include an MEC server, an OAM entity, a base station, and a UE. As an example, the QoS control system may be applied in Long Term Evolution (LTE). The QoS control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a QoS control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, the QoS control method 100 may include S110 to S160.

S110, the MEC server obtains a first QoS parameter of the UE.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the MEC server may determine a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the UE according to the UE identifier of the UE, and determine the first QoS parameter according to the corresponding preset QoS parameter. The UE logs in to the MEC server, the MEC server may provide a service local to the MEC for the UE, and the UE identifier may include an IMSI, that is, a mobile phone number. In one embodiment, in order to enable a user to better use a service, a second QoS parameter of a service currently used by the UE may be obtained, and the first QoS parameter is determined according to the second QoS parameter and a corresponding preset QoS parameter. Wherein the first QoS parameter may comprise at least one of the following options: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, and QCI details can be as shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

It can be appreciated that QCI is a scaling value used to measure the packet forwarding behavior (e.g., packet loss rate, packet delay budget) provided to a service data flow, and can be applied to both GBR and Non-GBR for specifying the control bearer level packet forwarding scheme (e.g., scheduling weight, admission threshold, queue management threshold, link layer protocol configuration, etc.) defined in the access node, which can be preconfigured by the operator into the access network node.

S120, the MEC server sends the QoS information to the OAM entity.

The QoS information may include a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identity of the UE. Alternatively, the OAM entity may be an OAM entity corresponding to a base station that the UE accesses when using the service local to the MEC.

S130, the OAM entity receives the QoS information sent by the MEC server and sends the QoS information to the base station.

The base station may be a base station to which the UE accesses when using a service local to the MEC.

S140, the base station receives the QoS information sent by the OAM entity, and determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information.

S150, when the UE is determined to be in the network, the base station generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the base station may generate modified bearer request information according to the QoS information, and generate RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearer request information. As an example, the base station may check a QCI of a first QoS parameter in the QoS information, and determine whether a resource type corresponding to the QCI is a Non-GBR. And when the corresponding resource type is Non-GBR, the base station generates modified bearing request information according to the QoS information and generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearing request information.

S160, the base station sends RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

The RRC connection reconfiguration information may be used for the UE to update its air interface scheduling information according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

The QoS control method of the embodiment of the invention can obtain the first QoS parameter of the UE connected with the MEC server by the MEC server, send the QoS information comprising the first QoS parameter and the UE identifier to the OAM entity without the participation of a core network, and the OAM entity can send the QoS information to the base station accessed by the UE without sending the QoS information to the base station of the whole network.

In one embodiment, in order to determine whether the UE accesses the network more accurately, before determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identity in the QoS information, the method may further include the following steps: when any UE accesses the base station, the base station may obtain the UE identity of any UE from any UE. This step is described below with reference to a specific example:

as shown in fig. 2, when the base station completes user registration or the UE is switched in from another base station, that is, any UE accesses the base station, the base station may construct a Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) message, that is, an identification Request (identity Request), where the identification Request indicates that the UE identifier is an IMSI, and then an identity identification procedure is performed based on the identification Request, and the any UE returns its IMSI in an identification response (identity response), so that the UE identifier of the any UE may be obtained and recorded in the context of the any UE in the base station for subsequent use.

Furthermore, the UE identification in the QoS information can be searched in the UE identification of any UE, when the UE identification in the QoS information is searched in the UE identification of any UE, the UE is determined to be accessed to the network, and when the UE identification in the QoS information is not searched in the UE identification of any UE, the UE is determined not to be accessed to the network, so that whether the UE is accessed to the network can be determined more accurately.

In one embodiment, in order to notify the MEC server that the air interface scheduling information of the UE has been updated, after sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, the method may further include the following steps:

s170, the UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration information sent by the base station, updates the air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information, and sends RRC connection reconfiguration completion information to the base station.

And S180, the base station receives RRC connection reconfiguration completion information sent by the UE and sends Qos parameter response information to the OAM entity.

The QoS parameter response message may be used to indicate that the UE has updated air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration message.

And S190, the OAM entity receives the Qos parameter response information sent by the base station and sends the QoS parameter response information to the MEC server.

S200, the MEC server receives the QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity.

In this way, the MEC server UE can be timely notified that the air interface scheduling information has been updated.

In the following, taking an example of updating QoS when a user logs in an MEC server, a QoS control method according to the present invention is described with reference to a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the QoS control method may include the following steps:

step 1, a user uses the local business of the MEC, and needs to log in an MEC server first, when the user business logs in, namely UE logs in the MEC server, the UE can send IMSI to the MEC server, the MEC server can correlate and store the IMSI of the UE and the IP of the UE, and the corresponding IMSI can be obtained through the IP inquiry of the UE when the UE does the business later. After the MEC server completes user login, the MEC server may determine, according to the IMSI of the UE, a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the IMSI among a plurality of preset QoS parameters, and determine the corresponding preset QoS parameter as a first QoS parameter, where each preset QoS parameter includes a QCI, an ARP priority, preemption capability, and preemption capability.

The preset QoS parameter is preset, and the specific setting may be as shown in table 2:

TABLE 2

UE identity IMSI	QCI	ARP priority (1-15)	Preemption capability	Preempted capability
					UE1	9	10	Non-preemptive	Can be preempted
UE2	6	6	Preemptible	Can not be preempted
					UE3	7	7	Preemptible	Can be preempted
UE4	8	8	Non-preemptive	Can not be preempted

As an example, when the IMSI of the UE is the UE1, the preset QoS parameter corresponding to the IMSI at this time is QCI 9, ARP priority is 10, preemption capability is non-preemptive, preemption capability is preemptive, and then it is determined that the corresponding preset QoS parameter is the first QoS parameter.

Step 2, the MEC server may send QoS information to the OAM entity, where the QoS information includes a first QoS parameter of the UE and an IMSI of the UE. If the first QoS parameter is not determined, no further processing is performed.

And 3, the OAM entity can receive the QoS information sent by the MEC server and send the QoS information to the base station.

And 4, the base station can receive the QoS information sent by the OAM entity, search whether the UE accesses the network according to the IMSI of the UE in the QoS information, and execute the step 5 if the UE accesses the network. If not, the processing is not carried out.

And step 5, the base station can check the QCI of the first QoS parameter in the QoS information and determine whether the resource type corresponding to the QCI is Non-GBR. If so, the base station may generate modified Bearer Request information, i.e., modified Bearer Request information, according to the QoS information, generate RRC Connection Reconfiguration information, i.e., RRC Connection Reconfiguration information, according to the modified Bearer Request information, and record the QoS information sent by the OAM entity. If not, no processing is performed.

Step 6, the base station may send RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

And step 7, the UE can receive the RRC connection reconfiguration information sent by the base station, update the air interface scheduling information according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information and send RRC connection reconfiguration completion information to the base station.

Step 8, the base station may receive RRC connection Reconfiguration Complete information, that is, RRCConnection Reconfiguration Complete information, sent by the UE, determine, according to the recorded QoS information sent by the OAM Entity, that the Request is a modified Bearer Request triggered by the OAM Entity, and send modified Bearer Response information, that is, modified Bearer Response information, to the OAM Entity without sending the modified Bearer Response information to a Mobility Management Entity (MME).

And step 9, receiving the QoS parameter response information sent by the base station by the OAM entity, and sending the QoS parameter response information to the MEC server.

And step 10, receiving the QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity by the MEC server.

Therefore, when the user logs in the MEC local service, the QoS parameter corresponding to the user can be obtained, and the priority of the user in the MEC local service is effectively distinguished based on the QoS parameter.

In the following, taking dynamic QoS update according to the currently used service of the user as an example, a QoS control method according to the present invention is described with reference to a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the QoS control method may include the following steps:

step 11, the MEC server may determine a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the IMSI among a plurality of preset QoS parameters according to the IMSI of the UE, may obtain a second QoS parameter of a service currently used by the UE according to current service data of the UE, and determines a first QoS parameter according to the second QoS parameter and the corresponding preset QoS parameter.

The second QoS parameter of the service is planned in advance by the operator, and the second QoS parameter may include a QCI, and a specific form may be as shown in table 3:

TABLE 3

Type of service	QCI
		Service 1	5
Service 2	6
		Service 3	7
Service 4	8
		Service 5	9

As an example, with reference to tables 2 and 3, when the IMSI of the UE is UE1 and the UE is using service 1, at this time, the preset QoS parameter corresponding to the IMSI is QCI 9, the ARP priority is 10, the preemption capability is non-preemptive, the preempted capability is preempted, the second QoS parameter is QCI 5, at this time, the first QoS parameter determined according to the second QoS parameter and the corresponding preset QoS parameter is QCI 5, the ARP priority is 10, the preemption capability is non-preemptive, and the preempted capability is preempted.

Step 12, the MEC server may send QoS information to the OAM entity, where the QoS information includes a first QoS parameter of the UE and an IMSI of the UE. If the first QoS parameter is not determined, no further processing is performed.

Step 13, the OAM entity may receive the QoS information sent by the MEC server and send the QoS information to the base station.

Step 14, the base station may receive the QoS information sent by the OAM entity, search whether the UE accesses the network according to the IMSI of the UE in the QoS information, and if so, execute step 15. If not, the processing is not carried out.

Step 15, the base station may check the QCI of the first QoS parameter in the QoS information, and determine whether the resource type corresponding to the QCI is a Non-GBR. If so, the base station may generate modified bearer request information according to the QoS information, generate RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearer request information, and record the QoS information sent by the OAM entity. If not, no processing is performed.

Step 16, the base station may send RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

Step 17, the UE may receive the RRC connection reconfiguration information sent by the base station, update its air interface scheduling information according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information, and send RRC connection reconfiguration complete information to the base station.

Step 18, the base station may receive the RRC connection reconfiguration complete information sent by the UE, determine, according to the recorded QoS information sent by the OAM entity, that the modified bearer Request is triggered by the OAM entity, and send the QoS parameter response information to the OAM entity without sending modified bearer response information to the MME.

And step 19, receiving the Qos parameter response information sent by the base station by the OAM entity, and sending the Qos parameter response information to the MEC server.

And step 20, receiving the QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity by the MEC server.

Therefore, the QoS related parameters can be adjusted more quickly according to the QoS parameters corresponding to the user and the QoS parameters of the service, and the air interface scheduling efficiency of the service is guaranteed.

Based on the QoS control method of the embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a QoS control apparatus, where the QoS control apparatus is applied to an MEC server, and as shown in fig. 5, the QoS control apparatus 200 may include: an obtaining module 210 and a sending module 220.

The obtaining module 210 is configured to obtain a first QoS parameter of the UE. A sending module 220, configured to send QoS information to the OAM entity, where the QoS information includes a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identifier of the UE, and is used for the OAM entity to send the QoS information to the base station, and the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when it is determined that the UE accesses the network, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

The QoS control apparatus 200 of the embodiment of the present invention may acquire a first QoS parameter of a UE connected to an MEC server, and send QoS information including the first QoS parameter and a UE identifier to an OAM entity, without involving a core network, where the QoS information may be used for the OAM entity to send the QoS information to a base station, and the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when it is determined that the UE accesses the network, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

In one embodiment, the obtaining module 210 is specifically configured to: and determining a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the UE according to the UE identifier, and determining a first QoS parameter according to the preset QoS parameter.

In one embodiment, the obtaining module 210 is specifically configured to: and acquiring a second QoS parameter of the service currently used by the UE, and determining the first QoS parameter according to the second QoS parameter and a preset QoS parameter.

In one embodiment, the UE identity comprises an IMSI and the first QoS parameter comprises at least one of: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 200 further comprises: a receiving module 230, configured to receive QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity after sending the QoS information to the OAM entity, where the QoS parameter response information is used to indicate that the UE has updated air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

It can be understood that the QoS control apparatus 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the main execution body of the QoS control method according to the embodiment of the present invention in fig. 1, and specific details of the operation and/or the function of each module/unit of the QoS control apparatus 200 may refer to the description of the corresponding part in the QoS control method according to the embodiment of the present invention in fig. 1, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoS control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the QoS control apparatus is applied to an OAM entity, and as shown in fig. 6, the QoS control apparatus 300 may include: a receiving module 310 and a sending module 320.

The receiving module 310 is configured to receive QoS information sent by the MEC server, where the QoS information includes a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identity of the UE. A sending module 320, configured to send QoS information to the base station, so that the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when it is determined that the UE accesses the network, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

The QoS control apparatus 300 of the embodiment of the present invention may send QoS information to a base station to which the UE accesses, and does not need to send QoS information to a base station in a whole network, where the QoS information may be used by the base station to determine whether the UE accesses the network according to a UE identifier in the QoS information, and when it is determined that the UE accesses the network, generate RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information, and send the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, so that when the UE uses a MEC local service, only QoS parameter update is performed on the base station where the UE is located, which is beneficial to reasonable scheduling and utilization of radio resources, and the priority of the UE in the MEC local service may be determined based on the first QoS parameter.

In one embodiment, the receiving module 310 is further configured to: after sending the QoS information to the base station, receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the base station, and sending the QoS parameter response information to the MEC server, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

It can be understood that the QoS control apparatus 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the main execution body of the QoS control method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 1, and specific details of the operation and/or function of each module/unit of the QoS control apparatus 300 may refer to the description of the corresponding part in the QoS control method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 1, and are not described herein again for brevity.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another QoS control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the QoS control apparatus is applied to a base station, and as shown in fig. 7, the QoS control apparatus 400 may include: a receiving module 410, a determining module 420, a generating module 430, and a transmitting module 440.

The receiving module 410 is configured to receive QoS information sent by an OAM entity, where the QoS information includes a first QoS parameter of a UE and a UE identifier of the UE. A determining module 420, configured to determine whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identity in the QoS information. A generating module 430, configured to generate RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when it is determined that the UE accesses the network. A sending module 440, configured to send RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

The QoS control apparatus 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention may generate RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when it is determined that the UE accesses the network, and send the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE for reconfiguration of air interface scheduling information of the UE, so that when the UE uses the MEC local service, only QoS parameter update is performed on a base station where the UE is located, which is beneficial to reasonable scheduling and utilization of radio resources, and the priority of the UE in the MEC local service may be determined based on the first QoS parameter.

In one embodiment, the apparatus 400 further comprises: an obtaining module 450, configured to obtain the UE identity of any UE from any UE when any UE accesses the base station before determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identity in the QoS information. The determining module 420 is specifically configured to: and searching the UE identification in the QoS information in the UE identification of any UE. And when the UE identification in the QoS information is found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE accesses the network. And when the UE identification in the QoS information is not found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE does not access the network.

In one embodiment, the generating module 430 is specifically configured to: and generating modified bearing request information according to the QoS information, and generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearing request information.

In one embodiment, the receiving module 410 is further configured to: after sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, receiving RRC connection reconfiguration complete information sent by the UE, and sending Qos parameter response information to the OAM entity, where the Qos parameter response information is used to indicate that the UE has updated air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

It can be understood that the QoS control apparatus 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the main execution body of the QoS control method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 1, and specific details of the operation and/or the function of each module/unit of the QoS control apparatus 400 may refer to the description of the corresponding part in the QoS control method according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in fig. 1, and are not described herein again for brevity.

As shown in fig. 8, the QoS control apparatus 500 in the present embodiment includes an input apparatus 501, an input interface 502, a central processing unit 503, a memory 504, an output interface 505, and an output apparatus 506. The input interface 502, the central processing unit 503, the memory 504, and the output interface 505 are connected to each other through a bus 510, and the input device 501 and the output device 506 are connected to the bus 510 through the input interface 502 and the output interface 505, respectively, and further connected to other components of the QoS control device 500.

Specifically, the input device 501 receives input information from the outside and transmits the input information to the central processor 503 through the input interface 502; the central processor 503 processes input information based on computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 504 to generate output information, temporarily or permanently stores the output information in the memory 504, and then transmits the output information to the output device 506 through the output interface 505; the output device 506 outputs the output information to the outside of the QoS control device 500 for use by the user.

In one embodiment, the QoS control apparatus 500 shown in fig. 8 includes: a memory 504 for storing programs; a processor 503, configured to execute a program stored in the memory, to execute the QoS control method provided in the embodiment shown in fig. 1.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium has computer program instructions stored thereon; the computer program instructions, when executed by a processor, implement the QoS control method provided by the embodiment shown in fig. 1.

It should be clear that each embodiment in this specification is described in a progressive manner, and the same or similar parts among the embodiments may be referred to each other, and for brevity, the description is omitted. The invention is not limited to the specific configurations and processes described above and shown in the figures. A detailed description of known methods is omitted herein for the sake of brevity. In the above embodiments, several specific steps are described and shown as examples. However, the method processes of the present invention are not limited to the specific steps described and illustrated, and those skilled in the art can make various changes, modifications and additions or change the order between the steps after comprehending the spirit of the present invention.

The functional blocks shown in the above-described structural block diagrams may be implemented as hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. When implemented in hardware, it may be, for example, an electronic Circuit, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), suitable firmware, plug-in, function card, or the like. When implemented in software, the elements of the invention are the programs or code segments used to perform the required tasks. The program or code segments may be stored in a machine-readable medium or transmitted by a data signal carried in a carrier wave over a transmission medium or a communication link. A "machine-readable medium" may include any medium that can store or transfer information. Examples of machine-readable media include electronic circuits, semiconductor Memory devices, Read-Only memories (ROMs), flash memories, erasable ROMs (eroms), floppy disks, CD-ROMs, optical disks, hard disks, fiber optic media, Radio Frequency (RF) links, and so forth. The code segments may be downloaded via computer networks such as the internet, intranet, etc.

It should also be noted that the exemplary embodiments mentioned in this patent describe some methods or systems based on a series of steps or devices. However, the present invention is not limited to the order of the above-described steps, that is, the steps may be performed in the order mentioned in the embodiments, may be performed in an order different from the order in the embodiments, or may be performed simultaneously.

As described above, only the specific embodiments of the present invention are provided, and it can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the system, the module and the unit described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again. It should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive various equivalent modifications or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and these modifications or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A quality of service (QoS) control method is applied to a multi-access edge computing (MEC) server, and comprises the following steps:

acquiring a first QoS parameter of User Equipment (UE);

and sending QoS information to an operation maintenance OAM entity, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identifier of the UE, so that the OAM entity sends the QoS information to a base station, the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when determining that the UE accesses the network, the base station generates Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first QoS parameter of the UE comprises:

determining a preset QoS parameter corresponding to the UE according to the UE identifier;

and determining the first QoS parameter according to the preset QoS parameter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the first QoS parameter according to the preset QoS parameter comprises:

acquiring a second QoS parameter of a service currently used by the UE;

and determining the first QoS parameter according to the second QoS parameter and the preset QoS parameter.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the UE identity comprises an international mobile subscriber identity, IMSI;

the first QoS parameter comprises at least one of: the service quality category identifies QCI, allocates and retains priority ARP, preemption capability, and preempted capability.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein after sending the QoS information to the OAM entity, the method further comprises:

and receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the OAM entity, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

6. A QoS control method applied to an OAM entity, the method comprising:

receiving QoS information sent by an MEC server, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of a UE and a UE identifier of the UE;

and sending the QoS information to a base station, so that the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when determining that the UE accesses the network, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the UE identity comprises an IMSI;

the first QoS parameter comprises at least one of: QCI, ARP, preemption capability, preempted capability.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein after sending the QoS information to a base station, the method further comprises:

and receiving QoS parameter response information sent by the base station, and sending the QoS parameter response information to the MEC server, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

9. A QoS control method is applied to a base station, and comprises the following steps:

receiving QoS information sent by an OAM entity, wherein the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of a UE and a UE identifier of the UE;

determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identification in the QoS information;

when the UE is determined to be accessed to the network, generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information;

and sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein before determining whether the UE is networked according to the UE identity in the QoS information, the method further comprises:

when any UE accesses the base station, acquiring the UE identification of the any UE from the any UE;

the determining whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identity in the QoS information includes:

searching the UE identification in the QoS information in the UE identification of any UE;

when the UE identification in the QoS information is found in the UE identification of any UE, determining that the UE is accessed to the network;

and when the UE identifier in the QoS information is not found in the UE identifier of any UE, determining that the UE does not access the network.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the UE identity comprises an IMSI;

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information comprises:

and generating modified bearing request information according to the QoS information, and generating RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the modified bearing request information.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein after sending the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE, the method further comprises:

receiving RRC connection reconfiguration completion information sent by the UE, and sending QoS parameter response information to an OAM entity, wherein the QoS parameter response information is used for indicating that the UE updates air interface scheduling information of the UE according to the RRC connection reconfiguration information.

14. A QoS control apparatus applied to an MEC server, the apparatus comprising:

the system comprises an acquisition module, a processing module and a processing module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring a first QoS parameter of UE;

the sending module is configured to send QoS information to an OAM entity, where the QoS information includes a first QoS parameter of the UE and a UE identifier of the UE, and is used for the OAM entity to send the QoS information to a base station, and the base station determines whether the UE accesses a network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, and when it is determined that the UE accesses the network, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

15. A QoS control apparatus applied to an OAM entity, the apparatus comprising:

the device comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving QoS information sent by an MEC server, and the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE and a UE identifier of the UE;

and the sending module is used for sending the QoS information to a base station, so that the base station determines whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information, generates RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when determining that the UE accesses the network, and sends the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

16. A QoS control apparatus applied to a base station, the apparatus comprising:

the device comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving QoS information sent by an OAM entity, and the QoS information comprises a first QoS parameter of UE and a UE identifier of the UE;

a determining module, configured to determine whether the UE accesses the network according to the UE identifier in the QoS information;

a generating module, configured to generate RRC connection reconfiguration information according to the QoS information when it is determined that the UE accesses the network;

a sending module, configured to send the RRC connection reconfiguration information to the UE.

17. A QoS control apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a processor and a memory storing computer program instructions;

the processor when executing the computer program instructions implements the QoS control method of any of claims 1-5, or the processor when executing the computer program instructions implements the QoS control method of claims 6-8, or the processor when executing the computer program instructions implements the QoS control method of claims 9-13.

18. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer readable storage medium has stored thereon computer program instructions, which when executed by a processor implement the QoS control method according to any of claims 1 to 5, or which when executed by a processor implement the QoS control method according to claims 6 to 8, or which when executed by a processor implement the QoS control method according to claims 9 to 13.