CN1453953A - Fusion method between radio LAN and mobile network - Google Patents

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CN1453953A
CN1453953A CN 02117286 CN02117286A CN1453953A CN 1453953 A CN1453953 A CN 1453953A CN 02117286 CN02117286 CN 02117286 CN 02117286 A CN02117286 A CN 02117286A CN 1453953 A CN1453953 A CN 1453953A
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The method for mixing WLAN and mobile communication network together with each other through internet gateway first, then an access to SIM card is made by network terminal equipment through card reading device of SIM card. The network is switched in through WLAN card to share the signal contract information is the user in the mobile network and the signal contract information in the mobile network is used to carry on power identification through internet gateway. After the network is switched in, the service transmission is carried on by the network terminal equipment through internet gateway between WLAN and the mobile network as well as charge information is sent through internet gateway to charge gateway of the mobile network. The resources of both networks can be shared by applying the abovesaid method.

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A kind of WLAN (wireless local area network) and mobile network's fusion method
Technical field
The present invention relates to the interconnected method of WLAN (wireless local area network) and mobile network, relate in particular to the implementation method that WLAN (wireless local area network) and mobile network are merged mutually.
Background technology
At present, wireless lan (wlan) technology and mobile network's technology all are widely used, and these two networks all have advantage separately, have complementarity and can not replace mutually.Because these two kinds of networks are had nothing in common with each other on operating mechanism, are difficult to merge by mutual contact mode simply.For example WLAN user's identification and authentication generally depend on unique account number and corresponding password in the network, realize the affirmation and the authentication process of user identity by authentication center (as Radius); And prior mobile network, as global mobile communication net (GSM net), general packet mobile radio communication (GPRS net) and CDMA mobile telecommunication net (CDMA net), identification and authentication for travelling carriage (MS) then depend on Subscriber Identity Module, for example the subscriber identification module of GSM (SIM card).Because the complementarity of WLAN and GSM/GPRS/CDMA network, if traditional mobile operator builds WLAN, just need two covers to be applicable to that user management, authentication, charging and the business of heterogeneous networks provide method, will greatly save construction cost if therefore two kinds of network integrations can be realized the unified authentication of two kinds of network insertions, unified charging, unified business together, bring into play two kinds of network advantages to greatest extent, improve utilization rate of network resource and service quality.
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The object of the present invention is to provide effective fusion method of a kind of WLAN (wireless local area network) and mobile network, use this method can realize authentication unified, charge unified and the uniform service of two kinds of networks.
For achieving the above object, a kind of WLAN (wireless local area network) provided by the invention and mobile network's fusion method comprises:
(1) wireless lan (wlan) and mobile communications network are coupled to each other by Interworking GateWay;
(2) network-termination device adopts the mode of calling party identification module (SIM), goes into network by the WLAN clamping, shares the user signing contract information among the mobile network, by Interworking GateWay, utilizes the user signing contract information among the mobile network to carry out authentication;
(3) network-termination device carries out service delivery by the Interworking GateWay between WLAN (wireless local area network) and the mobile network, and send charge information by Interworking GateWay to mobile network's charging gateway.
Described network-termination device adopts the mode of calling party identification module (SIM) to insert UNE, by realizing for network-termination device configuration SIM card reader device.
Described network-termination device utilizes the user signing contract information among the mobile network to carry out authentication according to following step:
(31) network-termination device uses standard point-to-point protocol (PPPoE agreement) to send the network insertion request to access server;
(32) access server according to the request of the network terminal equipment authentication (radius protocol) by standard to Interworking GateWay request authentication and distributing IP address, Interworking GateWay is that network-termination device distributes I P address pond and is network-termination device distributing IP address by access server, and access server sends the request of charging to Interworking GateWay then;
(33) Interworking GateWay returns the response of chargeing according to the IP address of the request record network-termination device that charges, and to mobile network's charging authentication center request network-termination device is carried out authentication then;
(34) mobile network's charging authentication center is to Interworking GateWay feedback authentication collection, Interworking GateWay selects an effective authentication tlv triple that network-termination device is carried out authentication, and authentication can be visited the IP address of external network by back informing network terminal equipment and for network-termination device distributes;
(35) after the network terminal receives that authentication is finished message, disconnect original connection, and initiate to insert for the second time request,, begin online or carry out other business according to the IP address of the online that obtains.
Because the present invention is coupled to each other wireless lan (wlan) and mobile communications network together by Interworking GateWay, like this, former mobile network's the network terminal can continue to adopt the mode access network of SIM card, the network terminal of former WLAN also can be by configuration SIM reader device visit SIM card information, go into UNE by the WLAN clamping, thereby can share the user signing contract information among the mobile network, for example share mobile network's attaching position register (HLR), and pass through Interworking GateWay, can utilize the user signing contract information among the mobile network to carry out authentication and carry out service delivery, and charge by Interworking GateWay and mobile network's accounting server by Interworking GateWay.Therefore, adopt method of the present invention can realize authentication unified, charge unified and the uniform service of two kinds of networks, two kinds of networks are really merged.
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Fig. 1 is the embodiment flow chart of the method for the invention;
Fig. 2 is the network structure that adopts the described method of Fig. 1 to merge;
Fig. 3 is the network-termination device authorizing procedure figure that the described embodiment of Fig. 1 adopts.
Fig. 4 is the reader device structure chart that the described embodiment of Fig. 1 adopts
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Fig. 1 is the embodiment flow chart of the method for the invention.According to Fig. 1, at first wireless lan (wlan) and mobile communications network are coupled to each other by Interworking GateWay in step 1.Be that WLAN and GSM mobile radio communication and CDMA2000 mobile radio communication are linked together by Interworking GateWay in this example, with reference to figure 2.Among Fig. 2, PDA and portable machine are network-termination devices, possess the WLAN network interface card, and AP is the WLAN access point apparatus, and LANSwitch is an Ethernet switch equipment, and BAS is a BAS Broadband Access Server.AP, LANSwitch and BAS form wlan network jointly.Interworking GateWay among the figure is used to realize being connected between WLAN and the traditional mobile network.In GSM and CDMA2000 network, HLR is an attaching position register, in the mobile network, preserve mobile subscriber's CAMEL-Subscription-Information, after realizing the network interconnection, in order to realize unified subscriber information management in the network after fusion, unified authentication, unified business provide and unify ticket, and the user of WLAN can directly use the user profile among the HLR; CG is a charging gateway, handles the ticket that the GSM node device produces, and WLAN user's ticket is delivered to CG by Interworking GateWay and handled.SMS-GMSC/SMS-IWMSC is a short messaging gateway, and SCP is the IN service Control Node; When carrying out service interaction, HLR, short messaging gateway, SCP all handle Interworking GateWay as mobile switching centre (MSC).In the CDMA2000 network, HLR/SMS-GMSC/SMS-IWMSC's is short messaging gateway.RADIUS is authentication, accounting server, realizes the authentication and the billing function of grouping user in the CDMA2000 network, and the charging to WLAN user is provided.
For realizing effective fusion of above-mentioned network, in step 2, network-termination device adopts the mode of calling party identification module (SIM), go into network by the WLAN clamping, to share the user signing contract information among the mobile network,, utilize the user signing contract information among the mobile network to carry out authentication by Interworking GateWay; This step is utilized network-termination device software by the information in the reader device reading SIM card, and then is realized network insertion by realizing for network-termination device configuration SIM card reader device.
Above-mentioned SIM reader device is a device that can insert (installation) existing SIM card, pass through various interface, for example modes such as USB (universal serial bus) (USB interface), serial ports, infrared connection are connected to network-termination device such as portable machine, PDA etc., and network-termination device uses SIM card to carry out authentication and charging when inserting mobile network.
The reader device that adopts in step 2 is with reference to figure 4, and this reader device comprises following three parts:
1) connector: promptly card reader is connected to the physical interface of terminal equipment, it can be USB interface, also can serial ports, CF (Compact Flash Card in the reality, compact flash cards) interface, PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, PCMCIA (personal computer memory card international association)) interface etc.Connector can insert the corresponding interface of terminal equipment according to the electrical characteristic and the physical specification of realization interface, and finishes from the function of interface power taking, data and control information exchange;
2) stube cable: the connecting line between interface and the card reader body, adopt cable to connect, for some interface, stube cable can save, and for example adopts wireless or infrared interface, and at this moment, connector will directly be fixed on the card reader body;
3) card reader body: card reader body comprises: a) SIM card: SIM card can be the IC (machine engages a mode) that is solidificated in the card reader, also can be common SIM, can insert or extract reader device; B) Card Reader circuit: directly mutual with SIM card, information such as necessary voltage, electric current, clock are provided for SIM card; C) interface circuit: finish adaptive with external interface (USB, serial ports etc.), finish from the external interface power taking, get operations such as clock signal, interacting message.D) control circuit: finish the control of sequential between each circuit and function, comprise initialization, reset, function such as external request processing.Control circuit is resolved the semantic information of network-termination device by the request primitive of interface circuit transmission, and is mutual with Card Reader circuit and SIM card, behind the acquisition result, according to the response primitive encapsulated result, by interface circuit, the result returned to network-termination device again.
When this step is passed through the SIM card access network, can carry out the authentication operations of user identity, the authentication operations flow process in this example is with reference to figure 3.
At first network-termination device (STA) sends connection request by point-to-point (PPPoE) agreement to access server (BAS); BAS receives behind the connection request that authentication (RADIUS) agreement by standard is to radius server, be that Interworking GateWay sends access request (Access-Request) message, request is carried out authentication and is distributed the I P address STA, and this moment, Interworking GateWay was finished the radius server function.Interworking GateWay is that STA specifies available I P address pond, and by ACL (AccessControl List Access Control List (ACL)) information the access rights of this I P address are limited, accept (Access-Accept) message by the access of RAD IUS agreement and return to BAS.The ACL authority only allows the user capture Interworking GateWay, can not carry out other business.BAS returns for user's distributing IP address and to STA and accepts message, sends charging request message to Interworking GateWay then.Interworking GateWay is received the IP address of the request back record STA that charges, returns the response of chargeing.Then to mobile network's HLR request authentication information.Mobile network's HLR is to Interworking GateWay feedback authentication collection, and Interworking GateWay uses one group of authentication tlv triple wherein that STA is carried out authentication after receiving the authentication information that HLR returns, and sends out authentication request to STA.After STA receives the authentication request of Interworking GateWay, give SIM card the RAND in the message, SIM card calculates Kc (key) and SRES (Authentication Response) gives STA.STA returns to Interworking GateWay to SRES as Authentication Response.Last Interworking GateWay receives that passing the parameter of coming with HLR behind the Authentication Response compares, if conform to then authentication is passed through, the informing network terminal equipment carries out for the second time the PPPoE process and can visit the IP address of external network for the STA distribution then.After network-termination device receives that authentication is finished message, disconnect original connection, and initiate to insert for the second time request, flow process is with for the first time identical, and difference is that network interconnection gateway knows that this has finished authentication is its IP address that can surf the Net of distribution; Last portable terminal obtains the IP address that can surf the Net, begins online or carries out other business.
Behind the network-termination device access network, can carry out service delivery by the Interworking GateWay between WLAN (wireless local area network) and the mobile network in step 3, and charge by Interworking GateWay and mobile network's accounting server.
In unified business procedure, In the view of the mobile network, Interworking GateWay is equivalent to MSC or service GPRS is supported contact (SGSN) function, and all business can issue by Interworking GateWay.Between Interworking GateWay and STA,, pass to STA under the business then based on the retransmission protocol of IP layer.When the user surfs the Net, if incoming call is arranged, then notify the user, and can select to use voice (V0IP) mode to converse based on IP network by webpage (WEB).
In unified ticket process, what the network-termination device of WLAN obtained will be the ticket that combines with mobile network's business, if mobile network user then goes out mobile phone by the charging center unification and uses ticket.If then going out packet domain by the radius server unification, CDMA2000 user uses ticket, comprising CDMA2000 functional expenses and WLAN functional expenses.
When WLAN and mobile network are merged, it seems that the BAS that acts on of Interworking GateWay be equivalent to radius server, receive the charge information that BAS brings by radius protocol, give the charging gateway in the GSM network (CG) through format conversion again, CG is according to giving accounting server (BS) (Fig. 2 does not draw) telephone expenses according to existing agreement, and BS is responsible for the functional expenses of WLAN expense and GSM net are united.For the user who uses pre-payment, Interworking GateWay is realized SSF (Server Switch Function, Service Switching Function) function, is responsible for communicating by letter with SCP.

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1, a kind of wireless lan (wlan) and mobile network's fusion method comprises:
(1) wireless lan (wlan) and mobile communications network are coupled to each other by Interworking GateWay;
(2) network-termination device adopts the mode of calling party identification module (SIM), goes into network by the WLAN clamping, shares the user signing contract information among the mobile network, by Interworking GateWay, utilizes the user signing contract information among the mobile network to carry out authentication;
(3) network-termination device carries out service delivery by the Interworking GateWay between WLAN (wireless local area network) and the mobile network, and send charge information by Interworking GateWay to mobile network's charging gateway.
2, WLAN (wireless local area network) according to claim 1 and mobile network's fusion method, it is characterized in that: described network-termination device adopts calling party identification module (SIM) mode to insert UNE, by realizing for network-termination device configuration SIM card reader device.
3, WLAN (wireless local area network) according to claim 2 and mobile network's fusion method is characterized in that described network-termination device utilizes the user signing contract information among the mobile network to carry out authentication according to following step:
(31) network-termination device uses standard point-to-point protocol (PPPoE agreement) to send the network insertion request to access server;
(32) access server according to the request of the network terminal equipment authentication (radius protocol) by standard to Interworking GateWay request authentication and distributing IP address, Interworking GateWay is network-termination device distributing IP address pool and is network-termination device distributing IP address by access server that access server sends the request of charging to Interworking GateWay then;
(33) Interworking GateWay returns the response of chargeing according to the IP address of the request record network-termination device that charges, and to mobile network's charging authentication center request network-termination device is carried out authentication then;
(34) mobile network's charging authentication center is to Interworking GateWay feedback authentication collection, Interworking GateWay selects an effective authentication tlv triple that network-termination device is carried out authentication, and authentication can be visited the IP address of external network by back informing network terminal equipment and for network-termination device distributes;
(35) after the network terminal receives that authentication is finished message, disconnect original connection, and initiate to insert for the second time request,, begin online or carry out other business according to the IP address of the online that obtains.
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