CN116133139A - Service area determining method, device, equipment and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a service area determining method, device, equipment and storage medium, which relate to the technical field of communication and are used for improving the efficiency of determining a FWA service area. Comprising the following steps: when receiving that a target user opens a fixed wireless network access FWA function, acquiring a user identification of the target user; based on the user identification of the target user, acquiring measurement report MR data corresponding to the target user, wherein the MR data comprises at least one of the following items: the user identification, the identification of a target cell and the position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user; the method and the device are used for determining the target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, wherein the target service area comprises a plurality of cells, and the method and the device are applied to the scene of determining the service area of the FWA product.

Description

Service area determining method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a service area determining method, device, equipment, and storage medium.

Background

With the continuous development of communication technology, communication service business is developed more comprehensively. Such as network access technologies represented by fixed wireless network access (Fixed Wireless Access, FWA). FWA is a product that employs mobile communication technology to meet fixed broadband access requirements in a specific area. In FWA, a broadband access function is implemented by directly accessing a wireless network through Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) using terminal equipment of a user (e.g., home user, enterprise user). In order to maintain market stability, it is generally necessary to define the service range of FWA when providing FWA services. In the related art, the service range of the FWA is determined mainly by multiple communications between marketers and operation maintenance staff, and the service area is manually configured by professional technicians on related network elements of the core network, such as a policy control function (Policy Control Function, PCF) network element, a policy and charging rules function (Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF) network element, and the like.

In the above method, a service area needs to be preset on a related network element of the core network in advance, and for the whole service range of an operator (such as a service range of an operator in a city level and a state level), the service area setting process usually includes hundreds to thousands of cells, so that the service area setting process is complicated, and fine management and control of the FWA service area corresponding to each user cannot be realized. In addition, when the user use area is changed (such as adding a new user use area, deleting a user use area, and adjusting a user use area), a professional technician is required to complete a series of configuration again, the changing process is complicated, the operation threshold is high, and the user service requirement of frequent market change cannot be met flexibly. Therefore, the efficiency of determining the FWA service region is currently poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a service area determining method, device, equipment and storage medium, which are used for improving the efficiency of determining a FWA service area.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, a service area determining method is provided, the method including: when receiving that a target user opens a fixed wireless network access FWA function, acquiring a user identification of the target user; based on the user identification of the target user, acquiring measurement report MR data corresponding to the target user, wherein the MR data comprises at least one of the following items: the user identification, the identification of a target cell and the position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user; and determining a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, wherein the target service area comprises a plurality of cells.

In one design, determining a target service area corresponding to a target user based on MR data includes: determining a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, and determining at least one target cell from the plurality of target cells based on preset conditions, wherein the preset conditions are any one of the following: the method comprises the steps of accessing a time point of a CPE terminal to a target cell, accessing duration of the CPE terminal to the target cell and accessing signal quality of the CPE terminal to the target cell; and determining at least one target cell as a target service area corresponding to the target user.

In one design, the method further comprises: determining a plurality of neighbor cells corresponding to the at least one target cell based on the MR data; determining at least one target cell as a target service area corresponding to a target user, including: and determining at least one target cell and a plurality of adjacent cells as a target service area corresponding to the target user.

In one design, the method further comprises: acquiring the identification of a cell currently accessed by a CPE terminal corresponding to a target user; and when the fact that the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal does not belong to the service range included in the target service area is determined based on the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal, limiting the CPE terminal to access the network.

In a second aspect, there is provided a service area determining apparatus including: an acquisition unit, a determination unit; the acquisition unit is used for acquiring the user identification of the target user when the target user is received to open the fixed wireless network access FWA function; the acquisition unit is used for acquiring measurement report MR data corresponding to the target user based on the user identification of the target user, wherein the MR data comprises at least one of the following items: the user identification, the identification of a target cell and the position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user; and the determining unit is used for determining a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, wherein the target service area comprises a plurality of cells.

In one design, the determining unit is configured to determine a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, and determine at least one target cell from the plurality of target cells based on a preset condition, where the preset condition is any one of the following: the method comprises the steps of accessing a time point of a CPE terminal to a target cell, accessing duration of the CPE terminal to the target cell and accessing signal quality of the CPE terminal to the target cell; and the determining unit is used for determining at least one target cell as a target service area corresponding to the target user.

In one design, the determining unit is configured to determine a plurality of neighboring cells corresponding to the at least one target cell based on the MR data; and the determining unit is used for determining at least one target cell and a plurality of adjacent cells as a target service area corresponding to the target user.

In one design, the acquiring unit is configured to acquire an identifier of a cell currently accessed by a CPE terminal corresponding to a target user; and the determining unit is used for limiting the CPE terminal to access the network when the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal is determined not to belong to the service range included in the target service area based on the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal.

In a third aspect, an electronic device is provided, comprising: a processor and a memory; wherein the memory is configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a service area determination method as in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a service area determination method as in the first aspect.

The application provides a service area determining method, device, equipment and storage medium, which are applied to a scene of determining a service area of a FWA product. When a target user opens a fixed wireless network to access the FWA function is received, a user identification of the target user is obtained, and measurement report MR data which corresponds to the target user and comprises the user identification, the identification of a target cell and the position information of the target cell is obtained based on the user identification of the target user, so that a target service area which corresponds to the target user and comprises a plurality of cells is determined based on the MR data. By the method, the target service area corresponding to the target user can be determined based on the MR data corresponding to the target user, and automatic generation of the target service area is realized. And, can confirm different goal service areas that different goal users correspond to on the basis of MR data that different goal users correspond to, thus realize the fine management and control of service area of different goal users, in order to raise the efficiency to confirm FWA service area.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a service area determining system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a second schematic structural diagram of a service area determining system according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a second flowchart of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a flowchart fifth of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a flowchart sixth of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a flowchart seventh of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart eight of a service area determining method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a service area determining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the present application, "/" means "or" unless otherwise indicated, for example, a/B may mean a or B. "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. Further, "at least one", "a plurality" means two or more. The terms "first," "second," and the like do not limit the number and order of execution, and the terms "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ.

Currently, in the related art, the limitation of the active range of the FWA using the user is mainly implemented through policy control and charging (Policy and Charging Control, PCC) architecture of the mobile core network such as the fourth generation mobile communication technology (4th Generation Mobile Communication Technology,4G) and the fifth generation mobile communication technology (5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology,5G). The PCC architecture includes functional entities such as policy control functions (Policy Control function, PCF)/policy and charging rules functions (Policy and Charging Rule Function, PCRF), policy and charging enforcement functions (Policy and Charging Enforcement Function, PCEF), subscriber archives (Subscriber Profile Repository, SPR)/unified data warehouse functions (Unified Data Repository, UDR).

It should be noted that the PCC performs similar functions and mechanisms in the 4G Core Network (Evolved Packet Core, EPC) and the 5G Core Network (CN), and mainly differs in terms of interface and signaling.

When developing FWA service, it is generally necessary to repeatedly communicate with marketers and wireless network optimizers in each state, to determine a service area of the FWA product, and then a professional technician manually completes configuration of the service area on a core network element (such as PCF/PCRF network element). After the preparation is ready, the FWA product can enter the number placing stage. In practical application, for the service area of the FWA, a batch of radio cells meeting requirements are generally selected by each state city, and are uniformly submitted to a technician, and the technician completes relevant configuration on a core network element, thereby realizing the determination of the service area of the FWA.

The service area determining method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a service area determining system. Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a structure of the service area determination system. As shown in fig. 1, the service area determination system 20 includes: an electronic device 21, a server 22, and a plurality of base stations 23. The electronic device 21 is connected to a server 22 and a base station 23, respectively.

The service area determining system 20 may be used for the internet of things, and the service area determining system 20 may include a plurality of central processing units (central processing unit, CPU), a plurality of memories, a storage device storing a plurality of operating systems, and other hardware.

The electronic device 21 is configured to transmit the implementation data, for example, the electronic device 21 may determine the target service area corresponding to the target user based on measurement report data of the target user.

The server 22 may be a management server corresponding to the FWA product, and when the target user applies for opening the FWA function, obtain application information of the target user, and generate a user identifier for the target user.

The base station 23 is a base station to which the FWA product is accessed, and may be a base station of various network systems (such as a 4G base station and a 5G base station) for implementing network access, and transmitting a measurement report corresponding to a target user uploaded by the FWA product to the electronic device 21.

It should be noted that, in the FWA product, one end of the CPE may support various terminal devices to access through wired or Wireless (WiFi), and the other end of the CPE accesses an Evolved Node B (eNodeB) (4G base station) or a next generation base station (the next Generation Node B, gNodeB) (5G base station) through long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) or a New Radio (NR) signal.

Fig. 2 shows another structural schematic diagram of the service area determination system. As shown in fig. 2, the service area determination system 30 includes: the system comprises a tent system 31, a big data platform 32, application function entities (Application Function, AF) 33 and a core network element 34.

The accounting system 31 may be a Business and accounting system of a telecom service operation support system (BSS) for transmitting a user identification of the target user to the AF33 after the target user has subscribed to the FWA product successfully.

Optionally, the BSS further includes a billing and settlement system, a customer service system, and a decision support system.

The big data platform 32 is configured to transmit measurement report (Measurement Report, MR) data of the target user to the AF33 according to the subscription message of the AF33.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the big data platform 32 may be a platform integrating mass data of the mobile DPI data acquisition and analysis system and having a capability of acquiring reporting of a user implementation location cell, for example, the big data platform may be a big data platform of an operator.

Optionally, the mobile core network may be built in synchronization with a deep packet inspection (Deep Packet Inspection, DPI) data acquisition and analysis system that may collect and parse interface messages of network elements and have the ability to obtain changes in the location of the user on the network.

Illustratively, the DPI data acquisition analysis system may be provided with the capability to acquire changes in location (e.g., changes in location updates, location switches, routing area updates, tracking area updates, etc.) using the user's minute, second, millisecond level changes in location on the network.

Optionally, the network elements collected and resolved by the DPI data collection and analysis system may be network elements such as a mobility management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME), a Serving GateWay (SGW), a packet data network GateWay (Packet Data Network GateWay, PGW), an access and mobility management function (Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF), a service management function (Service Management Function, SMF), a user plane function (User Plane Function, UPF), and the like; the interface message may be a message of an interface such as a signaling interface (e.g., s1_mme, gn, N1, N2 interface), a user plane interface (e.g., s1_ U, N3 interface), or the like.

The AF33 is configured to implement data processing, for example, generate, according to MR data of the target user transmitted by the big data platform 32, a target service area corresponding to the target user, and send, according to a real-time location cell of the target user, a different PCC policy for the target user.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2, the AF33 may include a message subscription module, a data processing module, and a PCC policy management module. The message subscription module may be configured to receive a user identifier of a target user transmitted by the tent system 31, and subscribe MR data corresponding to the target user to the big data platform 32 according to the user identifier of the target user; the data processing module is used for determining a target service area corresponding to the target user according to the MR data corresponding to the user, and storing the target service area corresponding to each target user; and the PCC policy management and control module is used for issuing different PCC policies for each target user according to the real-time position cell corresponding to each target user based on the target service area corresponding to each target user.

Optionally, the core network element 34 is configured to execute, for each target user, a PCC policy corresponding to the target user according to the PCC policy issued by the functional entity.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2, the core network element 34 may be a PCRF/SPR network element, a PCF/UDR network element, or the like, configured to execute a corresponding PCC policy according to parameter information corresponding to the target user.

A service area determining method provided in the embodiments of the present application is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 3, a service area determining method provided in an embodiment of the present application includes S201 to S203:

s201, when receiving that a target user opens a fixed wireless network access FWA function, acquiring a user identification of the target user.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the automatic generation and management of the FWA user allowed usage area (target service area) may be implemented by using the mobile network open architecture and the existing wireless MR data of the operator, the real-time position reporting capability acquired by the mobile DPI, and the like. The mobile network capability is open, which means that the network capability of an operator is opened to the outside through the AF.

Specifically, in the mobile network capability open architecture, various service requirement parameters are issued to a core network element through an application program interface (Aplication Programming Interface, API), so as to implement the call of network resources. The operator can open the capability of the Rx interface, the N5 interface and the SOAP interface between the AF and the traffic management PCRF network element.

By way of example, the functions of PCC acceleration, qoS resource application, modification, release and the like can be opened to a third party service platform, so that the real-time agility of pipeline capability is adapted to the diversified demands of users.

Optionally, the target user opens the fixed wireless network to access the FWA function, which can be understood as successful reservation of the FWA product by the target user.

Optionally, user information including the user identifier corresponding to the target user can be obtained through the BSS accounting system, and the user information is pushed to the AF.

Alternatively, the subscriber identity may be information such as a mobile station international ISDN number (Mobile Station international ISDN number, MSISDN) corresponding to the target subscriber, an international mobile subscriber identity (International Mobile Subscriber Identification Number, IMSI), etc.

Optionally, the user information may further include information such as an installed address, an uplink rate, a downlink rate, and the like corresponding to the target user.

When the target user subscribes to the FWA product, a subscription condition may be set, such as a subscription application information that requires the target user to determine an installed address, select a FWA service rate (network uplink/downlink rate), and the like.

Optionally, when receiving the reservation application information of the user, the tent system performs auditing based on the reservation application information of the user, and when meeting the specified conditions, generates a user identifier for the target user to perform number placement.

S202, acquiring measurement report MR data corresponding to a target user based on the user identification of the target user.

Wherein the MR data comprises at least one of: user identification, identification of a target cell and position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user.

Optionally, the MR data corresponding to the target user may be subscribed to by the user identifier of the target user, so as to obtain the MR data corresponding to the target user.

For example, after determining the user identification of the target user, the large data platform may be subscribed to user-level wireless MR data according to the user identification of the target user.

When the user identifier of the target user is acquired, the target user only reserves the FWA product and does not complete the product installation and network access, and therefore MR data corresponding to the target user cannot be immediately acquired at this time.

Optionally, when the staff installs the FWA product for the target user at the top, the staff can search the cell with better channel quality at the first time after starting up to establish the radio bearer. After the radio bearer is established, the FWA product periodically uploads a measurement report, so that the MR data corresponding to the target user is acquired.

Illustratively, after the radio bearer is established, the FWA product will upload the measurement report to the base station corresponding to the currently accessed cell, and the base station periodically reports the MR file to the large data platform to generate user-level MR data.

Optionally, the big data platform may determine, according to the MR file, a correspondence between the target user identifier (e.g., MSISDN, IMSI, etc.) and the wireless MR data, so as to generate MR data corresponding to the target user.

It should be noted that MR measurement is an important function of a mobile communication system, and is also a necessary means for analyzing coverage of a wireless network and discovering network problems. The MR data in the embodiment of the present application may be measurement statistics data calculated from a User Equipment (UE), an eNodeB, and in a radio resource management process.

Optionally, the MR data may further include radio measurement information such as physical cell identities (Physical Cell Identifier, PCI) corresponding to a serving cell and a neighboring cell in the service maintaining process of the UE, reference signal received power (Reference Signal Receiving Power, RSRP), reference signal received quality (Reference Signal Receiving Quality, RSRQ), timing Advance (TA), signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR), and the like.

Alternatively, the identity of the target cell may be a cell unique identity (E-UTRAN Cell Identifier, ECI) of the target cell.

Optionally, the big data platform may include an acquisition server, and the base station may periodically upload a measurement report sample data (MR Original, MRO) file and an Event triggered measurement report sample data (MR Event, MRE) file to the acquisition server of the big data platform.

Optionally, the file may include related information of the serving cell occupied by the UE and the measured multiple neighboring cells.

S203, determining a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data.

Wherein the target service area comprises a plurality of cells.

Alternatively, the target service area may be understood as an area that allows surfing (allowing use) corresponding to the target user, that is, an area specified by the operator to provide network access service for the target user.

Optionally, based on the MR data, location information of the target user may be obtained, so as to determine a target service area corresponding to the target user.

Alternatively, a plurality of cells corresponding to the target user may be determined through a plurality of MR data, so as to obtain the target service area.

In the embodiment of the application, when receiving that the target user opens the fixed wireless network access FWA function, the user identifier of the target user is obtained, and based on the user identifier of the target user, measurement report MR data including the user identifier, the identifier of the target cell and the location information of the target cell corresponding to the target user is obtained, so that a target service area including a plurality of cells corresponding to the target user is determined based on the MR data. By the method, the target service area corresponding to the target user can be determined based on the MR data corresponding to the target user, and automatic generation of the target service area is realized. And, can confirm different goal service areas that different goal users correspond to on the basis of MR data that different goal users correspond to, thus realize the fine management and control of service area of different goal users, in order to raise the efficiency to confirm FWA service area.

In one design, as shown in fig. 4, in a service area determining method provided in an embodiment of the present application, S203 includes S301 to S302:

s301, determining a plurality of target cells corresponding to target users based on MR data, and determining at least one target cell from the plurality of target cells based on preset conditions.

Wherein the preset condition is any one of the following: the time point of accessing the CPE terminal to the target cell, the time length of accessing the CPE terminal to the target cell and the signal quality of accessing the CPE terminal to the target cell.

S302, determining at least one target cell as a target service area corresponding to a target user.

Optionally, a plurality of MR data corresponding to the target user may be obtained based on a preset time period, and a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user may be determined based on the plurality of MR data.

For example, MR data uploaded by the target user within one week after the network connection is established may be selected, so that a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user are determined based on the MR data uploaded within one week.

Optionally, after the MR data is obtained, the MR data may be stored and counted, and at least one target cell is determined from the target cells corresponding to each MR data in the plurality of MR data according to a preset condition.

Optionally, the AF may be provided with a database, configured to store MR data sent by the big data platform, so as to determine, according to MR data corresponding to the target user, a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user.

For example, a target cell corresponding to a preset number (e.g., the first 5) of MR data may be determined as the target service area according to the generation time of the MR data.

Optionally, the preset conditions may be modified according to specific service requirements, for example, selecting a target cell with the largest corresponding MR data among the multiple target cells as the target service area.

Optionally, the wireless Cell information around the CPE terminal location may also be determined by information such as location event reporting information of the mobile communication network 5G network opening function (Network Exposure Function, NEF), or may also be determined by Cell information such as location area code (location area code, LAC)/tracking area code (Tracking Area Code, TAC), cell identification code (Cell ID) in the data collected by the mobile network DPI.

In the embodiment of the application, the target cell accessed by the target user is determined based on the MR data corresponding to the target user, so that the target service area corresponding to the target user is determined according to the target cell, the target service area corresponding to each target user is determined according to different target users, and the automatic generation and the refined management and control of the limited use area (target service area) of each target user are realized.

In one design, as shown in fig. 5, in a service area determining method provided in an embodiment of the present application, S401 is further included, and S302 includes S402:

s401, determining a plurality of adjacent cells corresponding to at least one target cell based on MR data.

S402, determining at least one target cell and a plurality of adjacent cells as a target service area corresponding to a target user.

Alternatively, the neighboring cell may be a neighboring cell of the serving cell to which the CPE terminal is currently accessing.

Optionally, a plurality of target cells corresponding to the plurality of MR data and a plurality of neighbor cells corresponding to each target cell in the plurality of target cells may be determined, and then a preset number (e.g., 5) of target cells are selected from the target cells, a preset number (e.g., 3) of neighbor cells are selected from the neighbor cells, and the preset number of target cells and the determined preset number of neighbor cells are determined as the target service area corresponding to the target user.

Optionally, the neighboring cells may be selected according to specific usage requirements, for example, the signal quality of the combined cell, the number of CPE terminals corresponding to the cell, and the like, and the neighboring cell that needs to be determined as the target service area is selected.

Alternatively, in some cases, a plurality of target cells may be directly determined without selecting a neighboring cell, and the plurality of target cells may be determined as the target service areas.

It should be noted that, the selection condition for the target service area in the embodiment of the present application has higher flexibility, and the cells can be comprehensively considered and selected according to different service requirements, for example, when the signal quality corresponding to the target cell is poor, the adjacent cells with better signal quality corresponding to part of the target cells can be selected again, so as to obtain the target service area corresponding to the target user.

In the embodiment of the application, the neighbor cell corresponding to the target cell is determined based on the MR data, and the neighbor cell is determined as the target service area corresponding to the target user, so that the surrounding cells of the target user are comprehensively considered to determine the target service area, the service quality of the determined target service area is improved, and the use experience of the target user is improved.

In one design, as shown in fig. 6, in a service area determining method provided in the embodiment of the present application, S501 to S502 are further included:

s501, obtaining the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user.

Optionally, the identifier of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user may be an ECI of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user.

Optionally, based on the user identifier of the target user, the identifier of the cell corresponding to the real-time position corresponding to the target user may be subscribed, so as to obtain the identifier of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user.

For example, the real-time location cell information of the target user can be subscribed to the big data platform by the AF according to the user identification of the target user, and the real-time location cell information is uploaded to the big data platform by the base station and pushed to the AF by the big data platform.

S502, limiting the access of the CPE terminal to the network when the fact that the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal does not belong to the service range included in the target service area is determined based on the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal.

Optionally, when determining the target service area corresponding to the target user, the identifier of the cell corresponding to the target service area may be determined as the cell identifier corresponding to the target user, so as to determine whether the target user exceeds the target service area by determining whether the identifier of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal is the cell identifier in the cell identifier corresponding to the target user.

Alternatively, different PCC policies may be set according to the service requirements of the FWA,

optionally, the identity of the currently accessed cell may be compared with the cell in the target service area, and if the identity of the currently accessed cell does not belong to the identity of the cell in the target service area, the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user is considered to currently exceed the target service area, and a speed limiting policy is executed for the target user.

For example, when the identity of the currently accessed cell does not belong to the identity of the cell in the target service area, a PCC speed limiting policy may be issued to the SOAP interface of the PCRF or PCF on the network side, so as to ensure that the target user cannot move out of the area where surfing is allowed (the target service area).

Alternatively, other real-time location cell information may be employed in addition to the identity of the cell, which can be used to indicate the current access cell of the target user.

Optionally, two sets of PCC policies may be set according to FWA service requirements, where one set is a policy corresponding to an uplink and downlink rate signed by FWA, and is used to allow a user to access an area; another set of speed limiting policies is used for areas where users are not allowed to surf the internet.

Optionally, the AF may also have processing capability of location reset to reset the area allowed to surf the internet (target service area) when the target user applies for a mobile (changing usage range) or when a large adjustment of the wireless network occurs.

It should be noted that FWA may be understood as a product that uses mobile communication technology to meet the requirement of fixed broadband access in a specific area, and generally selects to develop such services in a relatively idle area of a wireless network, so as to be used as a supplementary means for implementing fixed broadband coverage in an area where optical fibers in a dense urban area cannot cover a fixed broadband, or to implement last kilometer coverage of a network in a remote area (such as a part of suburban area, a part of rural area, and so on). Currently, in the related art, FWA products usually adopt a year-around and month-around charging mode, if a user inserts a user global identification card (Universal Subscriber Identity Module, USIM) on a CPE terminal into an electronic terminal device such as a mobile phone, a large amount of networks are used beyond the limited area of the FWA products, and if the networks used by the user are not limited, precious wireless network resources are abused and normal market order is disturbed.

In a possible implementation manner, as shown in fig. 7, the AF and the BSS synchronize FWA user information first, and store the user information in a background database, and then subscribe real-time location cell information and user MR data of the FWA user to a large data platform based on the user information, and store the user MR data in the background database, further, generate a permitted usage area for each user according to data such as a serving cell and a neighboring cell corresponding to the user MR data reported in a preset time period, and store the permitted usage area in the background database.

Further, the AF monitors the real-time position cell information of the target user, matches with the permitted use area of the local stored FWA user, judges whether the cell position in the latest real-time position cell information is in the permitted use area corresponding to the FWA user, and further selects a corresponding PCC strategy according to the state that the user enters and exits the permitted use area (enters the permitted use area and is far away from the permitted use area) and issues the strategy to the PCRF network element or the PCF network element for execution.

Specifically, take an example that a site operator performs 5G FWA service. The local market part needs that FWA users can normally access the network only around the CPE site, and the uplink and downlink rates of the FWA network are set to be 100Mbps, and the uplink and downlink rates do not exceed 1kbps when leaving the periphery of the CPE site.

To fulfill the above requirements, providing a business service to FWA users (target users) first requires the completion of the following preparation works a1-a3:

a1, AF and a tent system, a big data platform call-through interface, and newly creating a user internet surfing area table, wherein the user internet surfing area table is used for recording an allowed internet surfing area automatically generated by each FWA number (product).

a2, the PCF of the entity network element configures two PCC strategies containing QoS actions in advance, wherein the maximum uplink rate (Max-Requested-Bandwidth-UL, MRBUL) and the maximum downlink rate (Max-Requested-Bandwidth-DW, MRBDW) of the strategy A are both 100Mbps, and the MRBUL and MRBDW of the strategy B are both 1kbps.

a3, the accounting system is realized as functions and business processes of handling business of FWA users, for example, the accounting system comprises operation interfaces of personnel such as FWA application users, business personnel and the like, and the process of recording business orders to equipment installation and the like.

After the preparation work is completed, user services such as FWA reservation and the like can be started to be accepted, and the whole service process can be divided into three stages: reservation phase, installation phase, operation phase.

As shown in fig. 8, the main flow of the reservation phase may include b1-b4:

b1, the user reserves by himself and inputs the address of the FWA service to be transacted ("message 1" in fig. 8).

And b2, the accounting system determines a main service cell to which the to-be-handled FWA service address belongs according to the to-be-handled FWA service address, judges whether the main service cell meets service requirements according to information such as load, signal strength and the like of the main service cell, if so, is based on the number release, and if not, does not release the number.

b3, after the FWA product reservation is successful, the tent system automatically pushes the user information to the AF (message 2 in figure 8).

b4, the AF stores the user number generation file of the reserved FWA product, and periodically sends the file to a large data platform, subscribes to a wireless MR measurement report (message 4 in figure 8) and reports the real-time location cell (message 3 in figure 8).

As shown in fig. 9, the main flow of the installation phase may include c1-c2:

c1, installing CPE terminals for users by the personnel in the installation, and continuously reporting a wireless MR measurement report and real-time location cell information (the identification of a cell corresponding to the actual location) to a big data platform (a message 1 in fig. 9) after the CPE terminals are successfully installed.

c2, data processing module of AF collect MR measurement data of user level once per hour from big data platform side ("message 2" in fig. 9). When the user surfing area list does not comprise a record of a certain FWA number, determining the FWA as the first report, screening out the first 12 service cells and adjacent cells as the user surfing area, and newly adding a record in the user surfing area list, wherein the record can be stored in the form of a cell list of a mobile phone number MSISDN-user surfing permission-corresponding strategy A.

As shown in fig. 10, the main flow of the run phase may include d1-d3:

d1, a PCC policy management and control module of AF matches MSISDN in a user Internet surfing area table according to MSISDN and ECI carried in real-time information reported by a DPI data acquisition system, judges whether a user is in a specified permitted use area, and invokes policy A (message 3 in fig. 10) through a SOAP interface of PCF if the user is found to be in the permitted use area, wherein MRBUL and MRBDW carried are 100Mbps; if the user is found not to be within the allowed use area, policy B is invoked via the SOAP interface of the PCF ("message 4" in FIG. 10), with MRBUL and MRBDW carried at 1kbps.

d2, the PCF issues a new PCC strategy to the SMF, and triggers the new uplink and downlink rates to take effect.

d3, after the CPE terminal is started, the MR measurement report is continuously reported. AF can keep collecting user-level MR measurement report to realize user-level wireless network quality's detection, assist user complaint and fault diagnosis.

It can be appreciated that the embodiments of the present application may also be applied to other scenarios where it is desirable to define the internet surfing range of a mobile terminal.

The foregoing description of the solution provided in the embodiments of the present application has been mainly presented in terms of a method. To achieve the above functions, it includes corresponding hardware structures and/or software modules that perform the respective functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the present application may divide a service area determining apparatus into functional modules according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. Optionally, the division of the modules in the embodiments of the present application is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be actually implemented.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a service area determining apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 11, the service area determining apparatus 40 is configured to improve the efficiency of determining the FWA service area, for example, to perform a service area determining method shown in fig. 3. The service area determination device 40 includes: an acquisition unit 401, a determination unit 402.

An obtaining unit 401, configured to obtain a user identifier of a target user when receiving that the target user opens a fixed wireless network access FWA function;

the obtaining unit 401 is configured to obtain measurement report MR data corresponding to the target user based on the user identifier of the target user, where the MR data includes at least one of the following: the user identification, the identification of a target cell and the position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user;

A determining unit 402, configured to determine a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, where the target service area includes a plurality of cells.

In one design, the determining unit 402 is configured to determine a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, and determine at least one target cell from the plurality of target cells based on a preset condition, where the preset condition is any one of the following: the time point of accessing the CPE terminal to the target cell, the time length of accessing the CPE terminal to the target cell and the signal quality of accessing the CPE terminal to the target cell.

A determining unit 402, configured to determine at least one target cell as a target service area corresponding to the target user.

In one design, the determining unit 402 is configured to determine a plurality of neighboring cells corresponding to the at least one target cell based on the MR data.

A determining unit 402, configured to determine at least one target cell and a plurality of neighboring cells as a target service area corresponding to the target user.

In one design, the obtaining unit 401 is configured to obtain an identifier of a cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user.

A determining unit 402, configured to limit, when it is determined, based on the identity of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal, that the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal does not belong to the service range included in the target service area, the CPE terminal to access the network.

In the case of implementing the functions of the integrated modules in the form of hardware, the embodiments of the present application provide a possible structural schematic diagram of the electronic device involved in the above embodiments. As shown in fig. 12, an electronic device 70 is provided for improving the efficiency of determining FWA service areas, for example, for performing a service area determining method shown in fig. 3. The electronic device 70 comprises a processor 701, a memory 702 and a bus 703. The processor 701 and the memory 702 may be connected by a bus 703.

The processor 701 is a control center of the communication device, and may be one processor or a collective term of a plurality of processing elements. For example, the processor 701 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), or may be another general-purpose processor. Wherein the general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

As one example, processor 701 may include one or more CPUs, such as CPU 0 and CPU 1 shown in fig. 12.

Memory 702 may be, but is not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, as well as electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer.

As a possible implementation, the memory 702 may exist separately from the processor 701, and the memory 702 may be connected to the processor 701 through the bus 703 for storing instructions or program code. The processor 701, when calling and executing instructions or program codes stored in the memory 702, can implement a service area determining method provided in the embodiments of the present application.

In another possible implementation, the memory 702 may also be integrated with the processor 701.

Bus 703 may be an industry standard architecture (Industry Standard Architecture, ISA) bus, a peripheral component interconnect (Peripheral Component Interconnect, PCI) bus, or an extended industry standard architecture (Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA) bus, among others. The bus may be classified as an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 12, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

It should be noted that the structure shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device 70. The electronic device 70 may include more or fewer components than shown in fig. 12, or may combine certain components or a different arrangement of components.

As an example, in connection with fig. 11, the acquisition unit 401 and the determination unit 402 in the service area determination device 40 realize the same functions as those of the processor 701 in fig. 12.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 12, the electronic device 70 provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include a communication interface 704.

Communication interface 704 for connecting with other devices via a communication network. The communication network may be an ethernet, a radio access network, a wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc. The communication interface 704 may include a receiving unit for receiving data and a transmitting unit for transmitting data.

In one design, the electronic device provided in the embodiments of the present application may further include a communication interface integrated into the processor.

From the above description of embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing functional unit divisions are merely illustrative for convenience and brevity of description. In practical applications, the above-mentioned function allocation may be performed by different functional units, i.e. the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional units, as needed, to perform all or part of the functions described above. The specific working processes of the above-described systems, devices and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not described herein.

The embodiment of the application further provides a computer readable storage medium, in which instructions are stored, and when the computer executes the instructions, the computer executes each step in the method flow shown in the method embodiment.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform a service area determination method as in the method embodiments described above.

The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable storage medium would include the following: electrical connections having one or more wires, portable computer diskette, hard disk. Random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), read-Only Memory (ROM), erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), registers, a hard disk, an optical fiber, a portable compact disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing, or any other form of computer-readable storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an application specific integrated circuit (application lication Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC). In the context of the present application, a computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Since the electronic device, the computer readable storage medium, and the computer program product in the embodiments of the present application may be applied to the above-mentioned method, the technical effects that can be obtained by the electronic device, the computer readable storage medium, and the computer program product may also refer to the above-mentioned method embodiments, and the embodiments of the present application are not repeated herein.

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A service area determination method, the method comprising:

when receiving that a target user opens a fixed wireless network access FWA function, acquiring a user identification of the target user;

based on the user identification of the target user, acquiring measurement report MR data corresponding to the target user, wherein the MR data comprises at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of user identification, identification of a target cell and position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user;

and determining a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, wherein the target service area comprises a plurality of cells.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data comprises:

determining a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, and determining at least one target cell from the plurality of target cells based on a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is any one of the following: the time point of the CPE terminal accessing the target cell, the time length of the CPE terminal accessing the target cell and the signal quality of the CPE terminal accessing the target cell;

and determining the at least one target cell as the target service area corresponding to the target user.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a plurality of neighbor cells corresponding to the at least one target cell based on the MR data;

the determining the at least one target cell as the target service area corresponding to the target user includes:

and determining the at least one target cell and the plurality of neighbor cells as the target service area corresponding to the target user.

4. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the method further comprises:

Acquiring the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user;

and limiting the access of the CPE terminal to the network when the fact that the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal does not belong to the service range included in the target service area is determined based on the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal.

5. A service area determining apparatus, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit, a determination unit;

the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a user identifier of a target user when the target user is received to open a fixed wireless network access FWA function;

the acquiring unit is configured to acquire measurement report MR data corresponding to the target user based on the user identifier of the target user, where the MR data includes at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of user identification, identification of a target cell and position information of the target cell, wherein the target cell is a cell accessed by a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) terminal corresponding to a target user;

the determining unit is configured to determine a target service area corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, where the target service area includes a plurality of cells.

6. The service area determination apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine a plurality of target cells corresponding to the target user based on the MR data, and determine at least one target cell from the plurality of target cells based on a preset condition, the preset condition being any one of: the time point of the CPE terminal accessing the target cell, the time length of the CPE terminal accessing the target cell and the signal quality of the CPE terminal accessing the target cell;

The determining unit is configured to determine the at least one target cell as the target service area corresponding to the target user.

7. The service area determination apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine a plurality of neighbor cells corresponding to the at least one target cell based on the MR data;

the determining unit is configured to determine the at least one target cell and the plurality of neighbor cells as the target service area corresponding to the target user.

8. The service area determining apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the obtaining unit is configured to obtain an identifier of a cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal corresponding to the target user;

and the determining unit is used for limiting the CPE terminal to access the network when the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal is determined not to belong to the service range included in the target service area based on the identification of the cell currently accessed by the CPE terminal.

9. An electronic device, comprising: a processor and a memory; wherein the memory is configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a service area determination method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4.

10. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a service area determination method of any of claims 1-4.

Images