CN1274169C - Method for limiting illegal mobile telephone - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method for limiting illegal mobile telephones. For solving the problems of high cost, large investment, etc. existing when an EIR is adopted to verify IMEI validity in the prior art, the method of the present invention sends the IMEI together with the charging information of the mobile telephone to a charging center after a VLR obtains the IMEI of the mobile telephone; then, the charging center processes and saves the IMEI and the charging information of the mobile telephone. On the basis of completing the steps, if a certain IMEI is determined to be illegal by a user loss reporting mode or other modes, the IMEI can be searched in a database of the charging center. If the IMEI is found, the current mobile phone number of the illegal IMEI mobile telephone is looked up; then, the mobile phone number is correspondingly limited, for example, the mobile phone number is forbidden to log on internet.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to moving communicating field, more particularly, relate to the method that is used for the illegal mobile phone of mobile communication system restriction according to a kind of.
Background technology
In order worldwide to identify each mobile phone (being commonly called as mobile phone) uniquely, in fuselage with a unique international mobile device identifier (IMEI).IMEI comprises approval code, assembling factory number and the mobile phone sequence number of a network access license.In use, user's mobile phone may be lost because of carelessness, also might be stolen by the thief, and the user can't give for change basically afterwards.Address this problem if want; can the IMEI of mobile phone of online be checked; if legal IMEI then allows its user's online,, so just can play the certain protection effect if illegal IMEI (as the mobile phone of having been reported the loss) does not then allow its user's online.During practical operation, IMEI by operator's recording user mobile phone when the user-network access, after user's mobile phone is lost or is stolen, report the loss its mobile phone by user notification operator, operator is through after certain affirmation program, and just can limit those IMEI according to the mobile phone information of reporting the loss is illegal mobile phone online.
To achieve these goals, present mode is newly-increased a network entity, i.e. an equipment identity register (EIR) in mobile communications network.In EIR, a white list, a gray list and a blacklist are arranged.What wherein write down in the white list is the legal IMEI tabulation that can surf the Net; What write down in the blacklist is the IMEI tabulation of reporting the loss or forbidding surfing the Net; What write down in the gray list is to be not enough to also prove that the IMEI that total ban is used tabulates.When mobile phone accessing mobile communication network (for example carrying out that the position is upgraded, called out etc.), the mobile phone that mobile switching centre (MSC) will require to insert provides IMEI, MSC goes to verify whether this user's mobile phone can surf the Net after receiving the IMEI that mobile phone provides among the EIR that arrives; EIR can mate in the list of EIR the IMEI of mobile phone after receiving IMEI checking request, and the result that this IMEI is belonged to that class list brings MSC in response message then.MSC judges that to the result if this IMEI belongs in the white list or gray list of EIR, then MSC continues to handle follow-up access procedure; If this IMEI belongs in the blacklist of EIR, show that then it is illegal, this moment, MSC did not allow this mobile phone insert.
Check the flow chart of IMEI when being illustrated in figure 1 as mobile phone and upgrading in the position, comprising:
(1) mobile phone (MS) is initiated position updating request;
(2) MSC initiates to obtain the mobile telephone position renewal to VLR (VLR Visitor Location Register) and inserts request of data;
(3) VLR returns to MSC and gets the response of mobile telephone position renewal access data, MSC checks that the IMEI that whether has this mobile phone in this response message (supposes to have passed to VLR after MSC when upgrading in last once position gets the IMEI of mobile phone, then VLR stores it, and in response message, bring MSC), go on foot if having then leap to (6), do not have then to carry out in proper order the step of back;
(4) MSC initiates to get the IMEI request to mobile phone;
(5) mobile phone returns to MSC and gets the IMEI response;
(6) MSC is to the request of EIR checking IMEI;
(7) EIR returns the response of checking IMEI to MSC;
(8) continue follow-up flow processing and completing place and upgrade response.
There is big, the more high shortcoming of cost of volume in equipment identity register of the prior art (EIR), makes operator will realize that the investment of above-mentioned service is very big, and operation and safeguard all more complicated.Consequently cause domestic operation commercial city that this service is not provided, the problem of social security aspect makes mobile theft become a common practice in addition, brings great inconvenience to the user.
Summary of the invention
The present invention will solve in the prior art illegal mobile phone is limited problems such as existing cost height, investment are big, realizes restriction to illegal mobile phone with lower cost and easy method.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is: a kind of method that limits illegal mobile phone is provided, wherein, is obtained the international mobile device identifier (IMEI) of mobile phone earlier by following steps by the charging center in the mobile communication system:
(1) VLR Visitor Location Register obtains the IMEI of mobile phone from mobile switching centre (MSC),
(2) IMEI with described mobile phone delivers to the charging center with its charge information,
(3) described charging center is handled and is preserved the IMEI and the charge information thereof of described mobile phone;
On the basis of above-mentioned steps, according to the following steps illegal mobile phone is limited processing:
(4) in the database of described charging center, search and be confirmed as illegal IMEI;
(5) if in the database of described charging center, find described illegal IMEI, then find the current Mobile Directory Number of this illegal IMEI mobile phone again, then described Mobile Directory Number is limited processing accordingly.
According to method of the present invention, in described (1) step, when initiating position updating request or initiate the service access request, obtains by mobile phone its IMEI by VLR Visitor Location Register.
According to method of the present invention, in described (2) step, can be in the Business Processing process after mobile phone is initiated the service access request, by MAP (MAP) and accounting module the IMEI of described mobile phone is directly sent to described charging center by VLR Visitor Location Register; Also can by MAP, call management module (CM), Call Control Block (CCB) and accounting module the IMEI of described mobile phone be sent to described charging center by VLR Visitor Location Register.
Check that with available technology adopting EIR the legitimacy of IMEI compares, method provided by the invention has the following advantages: first investment is little, and operator need not increase investment substantially newly just can provide the function of forbidding that illegal mobile phone is surfed the Net; It two is to implement simply, does not adopt EIR so complicated, because need not to increase a new entity; It three is flexible operations, and some supplementary services can be provided, and for example can find the present user of the mobile phone of having reported the loss by charge information, thereby might fetch mobile phone for the owner of lost property.
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The invention will be further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the IMEI to mobile phone when carrying out legitimate verification;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart that obtains its IMEI when mobile phone is initiated position updating request;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart that obtains its IMEI when mobile phone is initiated the service access request;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram that is transmitted IMEI among the present invention by VLR Visitor Location Register to the charging center.
Embodiment
Method of the present invention need not increase EIR and check IMEI, but obtained the IMEI of mobile phone at VLR after, the IMEI of mobile phone is delivered to the charging center with its charge information, by the charging center IMEI and the charge information thereof of mobile phone are handled and preserved then; If because the user reports the loss or alternate manner determines that a certain IMEI is for after illegal, then can import illegal IMEI by a special purpose interface interface, and according to the input IMEI in the database of described charging center is checked, if wherein a certain IMEI is identical with the IMEI that is imported, then it is illegal; Can limit processing accordingly to the mobile phone that is verified as illegal IMEI by mobile communication carrier then, for example forbid this mobile phone online.
Among the present invention, need in being sent to the charge information of charging center, increase IMEI.Therefore when the user surfs the Net, to obtain IMEI, then the IMEI that obtains is kept among the VLR, then when conversation or other service ending, user's IMEI be delivered to the charging center with its charge information to it.
When mobile phone is initiated position updating request or initiated the service access request, if in VLR, preserve the IMEI of this mobile phone, then do not need to obtain its IMEI to mobile phone again, otherwise initiate to obtain the IMEI flow process to mobile phone.
One, when initiating position updating request, obtains by mobile phone its IMEI
Its detailed process as shown in Figure 2, VLR Visitor Location Register can obtain its IMEI by following steps when mobile phone is initiated position updating request:
(a) mobile phone is initiated position updating request to mobile switching centre (MSC);
(b) mobile switching centre initiates to obtain the mobile telephone position renewal to VLR Visitor Location Register (VLR) and inserts request of data;
(c) VLR Visitor Location Register returns the mobile telephone position renewal and inserts the data response, and mobile switching centre checks the IMEI that whether has this mobile phone in this response message, has and then leaps to (f) step, does not have then to carry out in proper order the step of back;
(d) mobile switching centre initiates to obtain the IMEI request to mobile phone;
(e) mobile phone returns the IMEI response to mobile switching centre;
(f) mobile switching centre is sent to VLR Visitor Location Register to the IMEI that obtains from mobile phone;
(g) continue follow-up processing flow and completing place and upgrade response.
As seen, (d) wherein, (e) just can not carry out when two steps only had IMEI in VLR, if preserved IMEI among the VLR, then needn't carry out this two step.
This is the main flow process that obtains IMEI, but, if what mobile phone was initiated is that co-location is upgraded, when promptly carrying out the position renewal by GS interface (being the interface between MSC and the SGSN), in the process that the position is upgraded, just can't obtain IMEI, just need in the service access process, obtain in this case.
Two, when initiating the service access request, obtains by mobile phone its IMEI
Its detailed process as shown in Figure 3, VLR Visitor Location Register can obtain its IMEI by following steps when mobile phone is initiated the service access request:
(A) mobile phone is initiated the service access request to mobile switching centre;
(B) mobile switching centre obtains mobile telephone service to VLR Visitor Location Register and inserts request of data;
(C) VLR Visitor Location Register returns mobile phone and inserts the data response, and mobile switching centre checks the IMEI that whether has this mobile phone in this response message, has and then leaps to (F) step, does not have then to carry out in proper order the step of back;
(D) mobile switching centre initiates to obtain the IMEI request to mobile phone;
(E) mobile phone returns the IMEI response to mobile switching centre;
(F) mobile switching centre is sent to VLR Visitor Location Register to the IMEI that obtains from mobile phone;
(G) continue follow-up processing flow and finish the service access response.
As a same reason, (D) wherein, (E) just can not carry out when two steps only had IMEI in VLR, if preserved IMEI among the VLR, then needn't carry out this two step.
Three, obtain processing behind the IMEI
The IMEI that obtains by said method is stored among the VLR, can send to the charging center with charge information in the processing procedure of business.As shown in Figure 4, wherein, can be in the Business Processing process after mobile phone is initiated the service access request:
By MAP (MAP) and accounting module the IMEI of mobile phone is directly sent to the charging center by VLR Visitor Location Register;
Perhaps by MAP, call management module (CM), Call Control Block (CCB), accounting module the IMEI of mobile phone is sent to the charging center by VLR Visitor Location Register.
Finish after the above-mentioned steps, if determined that by certain procedure a certain IMEI for illegal, then can search this IMEI in the database of charging center; If in the database of charging center, find this illegal IMEI, then from the database of charging center, find the current Mobile Directory Number of this illegal IMEI mobile phone again; This Mobile Directory Number has been arranged, just can limit processing accordingly, for example forbidden this Mobile Directory Number online etc., also can find the active user's of this mobile phone relevant information on this basis, thereby get in touch with it it.
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1, a kind of method that limits illegal mobile phone is characterized in that, is obtained the international mobile device identifier of mobile phone earlier by following steps by the charging center in the mobile communication system:
(1) obtain the IMEI of mobile phone by VLR Visitor Location Register from mobile switching centre,
(2) IMEI with described mobile phone delivers to the charging center with its charge information,
(3) described charging center is handled and is preserved the IMEI and the charge information thereof of described mobile phone;
On the basis of above-mentioned steps, according to the following steps illegal mobile phone is limited processing:
(4) in the database of described charging center, search and be confirmed as illegal IMEI;
(5) if in the database of described charging center, find described illegal IMEI, then find the current Mobile Directory Number of this illegal IMEI mobile phone again, then described Mobile Directory Number is limited processing accordingly.
2, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, in described (1) step, described VLR Visitor Location Register can obtain its IMEI by following steps when mobile phone is initiated position updating request:
(a) mobile phone is initiated position updating request to mobile switching centre;
(b) mobile switching centre initiates to obtain the mobile telephone position renewal to VLR Visitor Location Register and inserts request of data;
(c) VLR Visitor Location Register returns the mobile telephone position renewal and inserts the data response, and mobile switching centre checks the IMEI that whether has this mobile phone in this response message, has and then leaps to (f) step, does not have then to carry out in proper order the step of back;
(d) mobile switching centre initiates to obtain the IMEI request to mobile phone;
(e) mobile phone returns the IMEI response to mobile switching centre;
(f) mobile switching centre is sent to VLR Visitor Location Register to the IMEI that obtains from mobile phone;
(g) continue follow-up flow processing and completing place and upgrade response.
3, method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, in described (1) step, described VLR Visitor Location Register can obtain its IMEI by following steps when mobile phone is initiated the service access request:
(A) mobile phone is initiated the service access request to mobile switching centre;
(B) mobile switching centre obtains mobile telephone service to VLR Visitor Location Register and inserts request of data;
(C) VLR Visitor Location Register returns mobile phone and inserts the data response, and mobile switching centre checks the IMEI that whether has this mobile phone in this response message, has and then leaps to (F) step, does not have then to carry out in proper order the step of back;
(D) mobile switching centre initiates to obtain the IMEI request to mobile phone;
(E) mobile phone returns the IMEI response to mobile switching centre;
(F) mobile switching centre is sent to VLR Visitor Location Register to the IMEI that obtains from mobile phone;
(G) continue follow-up flow processing and finish the service access response.
4, according to claim 2 or 3 described methods, it is characterized in that, in described (2) step, can in the Business Processing process after mobile phone is initiated the service access request, by MAP, accounting module the IMEI of described mobile phone directly be sent to described charging center by VLR Visitor Location Register.
5, according to claim 2 or 3 described methods, it is characterized in that, in described (2) step, can in the Business Processing process after mobile phone is initiated the service access request, by MAP, call management module, Call Control Block, accounting module the IMEI of described mobile phone be sent to described charging center by VLR Visitor Location Register.
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