Background technology
GSM (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) is used widely all over the world, and the base station of the Cellular Networks in the gsm system generally has large-scale and expensive structure, and height can reach tens meters, and the service area radius can reach tens kilometers; Traditional Cellular Networks communication speech quality generally very low (8 kilobits/second to 13 kilobits/second); Traditional Cellular Networks communication also is subjected to the traffic quantitative limitation that can carry, and when the user increased, it is crowded that system becomes.A kind of new wireless communication standard was rapidly developed in recent years, promptly frequency range is carried out the microcellulor standard of radio communication near 1990MHz, comprising: the PACS of the U.S. (individual incoming communication system), the DETECT (digital enhanced cordless telecommunications system) in Europe, the PHS (personal hand held phone system) of Japan etc.
Personal hand held phone system (PHS) development of Japan is ripe, and obtains large-scale application on Japan and China and other places.PHS has following advantage compared with gsm system: the base station is little and cheap, installs very conveniently, and transmitting power is little; Its narrow band transmission form forms in the 10MHz subband than multifrequency point, and user capacity is compared greatly; Better, the various data service bandwidth of speech quality (32 kilobits/second) higher (64 kilobits/second).
PHS is also referred to as Personal Handyphone System(PHS) or Personal Handyphone System in China.The PHS wireless local telephone system developed into from 1999 now in China, and the construction of the initial stage of network is finished substantially.The competition in market now mainly concentrates on the number of users of raising existing network and user's ARPU (Average Revenue Per User, every user's average income) value.And attracting user's a important means to be to provide more better service and application for the user, more better application can be improved network quality, network competitiveness and user ARPU value.Now, the various new business of Personal Handyphone System(PHS) are promptly excavated, as: surfing Internet with cell phone, data service, short message service and various IN service.Particularly short message service, along with the release that provides and support the short message mobile phone of Network, the short message service amount of Personal Handyphone System(PHS) is ascendant trend linearly in a short time.
At present, release a kind of new business---location-based service is being fermented again by each equipment vendors.With comparing of other wireless networks, the PHS lane place is little, and base station distribution is intensive, has higher positioning accuracy and advantage, helps carrying out location-based service.PHS location-based service individual uses and sector application is enriched, and market potential is huge.
Location-based service is a kind of novel business for the PHS network, and each manufacturer is all also making a search to the position service implementing method.There are not the system and the standard interface of moulding to occur.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem that the present invention solves provides a kind of method of utilizing short message way to realize the system of location-based service and realize location-based service in this system, can realize all places service easily and flexibly.
The system for the service of Personal Handyphone System(PHS) user-provided location among the present invention comprises interconnective location-based service gateway, location-server and application server; Described location-based service gateway links to each other with existing radio local telephone network, and message screening, data conversion and the network security control of position service system and wireless local telephone system are provided; Described location-server receives Location Request, returns the user position information that is positioned, and location-server and location-based service gateway are finished the function of user location jointly; Functions such as the control that application server realizing is returned from the application request to the application result, content provide.Described application server can have map server.
In the system for the service of Personal Handyphone System(PHS) user-provided location among the present invention, location-server can also externally provide open interface, and a plurality of third party's location-based service application service providers' access is provided; Application server also can provide open interface to insert for third party's Map Services merchant.
Usefulness short message way among the present invention is a Personal Handyphone System(PHS) user-provided location service method, comprising: the user initiates the request of location-based service by short message; Position service system is finished the user location; System issues the user with service result by short message.
Wherein:
The content of location-based service can comprise inquiring user oneself the position, specify other users' position etc.;
Position service system is finished the user location, comprising:
6.1 the location-based service gateway is issued application server with the service request information that receives and Subscriber Number and authentication password, after the application server authentication is passed through, application server will be located number and be issued location-server and position;
6.2 location-server is initiated user positioning request to the location-based service gateway, and the user's latitude and longitude information that obtains is issued application server; Here obtain user's latitude and longitude information, according to the localization method difference, be respectively:
7.1 for location, single base station, the location-based service gateway returns the CSID (Cell Station ID, Base Station Identification) of base station, location-server is found the longitude and latitude of CSID correspondence in the location-server database, the base station identification information treatment conversion is become longitude and latitude;
7.2 for location, many base stations, the location-based service gateway returns is that a plurality of base stations obtain and channel, the signal strength signal intensity at the locating terminal place that reports, after location-server obtains information, by position calculation, obtains high-precision latitude and longitude information;
7.3, then be that terminal obtains the current position latitude and longitude information of this terminal by built-in GPS module, and send location-server to, as the result of localization process for the GPS location;
6.3 the result that application server will obtain is integrated into short message, issues the location-based service gateway together with Subscriber Number;
6.4 the location-based service gateway is issued the user with short message.
Can also comprise between described step 6.2 and step 6.3: application server is issued map server with longitude and latitude, the terrestrial reference of map server is related with dope vectors such as traffic, service locations, map server returns to application server to traffic of obtaining or service location information by customer location and service content.
In said method, can also comprise user's registration step, the user applies for the registration of by short-message sending, and content can comprise business tine and password.
Adopt technical scheme of the present invention, following advantage arranged:
1) user's business application and using method are simple, and method of operation meets present custom and trend, and displaying contents is complete clear.
2) short message has memory function on mobile phone, checks after can being provided with by short message transmission location service request and receiving position service result.
3) after system obtains the location-based service result, use short message and issue the user.The user waits for after noting be used in the request of initiation always.Present position service generally is that the mode by paging provides, and page response is wanted 8 ~ 12 seconds, and the time is long.Mode with short message realizes location-based service, and the user is not very sensitive to the response time.Real-time requires lower, has reduced the requirement of positioning time to system.
4) independence of location-based service is good, and upgrading is simple, and short message and the calling to former PHS network do not exert an influence.
5) extensibility of system is good, and the access point of a plurality of applications is provided.
Embodiment
The present invention for the process of user-provided location service is:
1) password etc. is revised in user's registration, and logging off users;
2) user initiates location service request;
3) system positions the user that is positioned at the request of user location services;
4) system obtains user's current location information (longitude and latitude), and the map application server is issued in this position and service request;
5) after the map application server obtains service result, send user terminal with the result system of returning to.
For in the PHS system, realizing complete location-based service, need the complete position service system of a cover.Position service system among the present invention comprises a location-based service gateway, a location-server and an application server, wherein, the location-based service gateway links to each other with existing PHS network, and message screening, data conversion and the network security control of position service system and PHS system are provided; The location-based service location-server, receive Location Request, return the user position information that is positioned (longitude and latitude), location-server externally provides open interface, a plurality of third party's location-based service application service providers' access can be provided, and location-server and location-based service gateway are finished the function of user location jointly; Functions such as the control that application server realizing is returned from the application request to the application result, content provide, the application server band map server, also provide open interface to insert for third party Map Services merchant.
In the PHS system, realize that with short message the basic procedure of location-based service is as follows:
1) user comes registered user and service by short message
User's form as requested is to a special service number short-message sending.Content of short message comprises business, the password that oneself is applied for.System gives the receipt of user's sending service application success or not by short message.The user can revise password and business by short message later, and can set the Familiarity Number that allows location oneself.
2) user initiates the request of location-based service by short message
User's form as requested is to a special service number short-message sending.Content of short message comprises the content of location service request.If locate other user, also to import other user's number and service password.
3) system finishes the user location
After the short message of user location services request is received by system, by the location-based service gateway content of short message is issued application server, in the application server parses content, determine to be positioned user and service content are issued location-server with Location Request.Location-server is initiated Location Request by the location-based service gateway to the PHS system, after the PHS system obtains customer position information by the location, the positional information at user place is returned to location-server, and location-server carries out aftertreatment according to concrete localization method (location, single base station, location, many base stations, GPS location etc.) with positional information and changes into longitude and latitude.Location-server returns to application server with the longitude and latitude of the position at user place.
4) system issues the user with service result by short message
After application server obtains customer location, customer location and service content are issued map server, the terrestrial reference of map server is related with dope vectors such as traffic, service locations.Map server returns to application server to traffic of obtaining or service location information by customer location and service content.After application server becomes short message with content integration, send back to the user of location service request.
If all users are opened this kind service, or the user registers, and then registration step can be omitted.
To only needing latitude and longitude information, can not need map server, correspondingly can omit correlation step.
The location-based service that utilizes the present invention to provide comprises: the position (I am at which) by SMS query oneself, the position (he is at which) by the SMS query designated user, carry out designated user location tracking (his position situation of movement) by short message.
Native system is on the basis of realizing the home position service, application extension flexibly is provided, by external application server, the access of the multiple service of realization system, as: information on services such as Emergency Assistance, vehicle dispatching, retail shop, movie theatre provide, transport information and commercial advertising etc.
The present invention will be described with embodiment below in conjunction with accompanying drawing:
One, system architecture
As shown in Figure 1, former Personal Handyphone System(PHS) PHS system is made up of mobile phone, base station, base station controller, access unit, PHS system gateway, attaching position register HLR and short message service center.PHS position service system among the present invention is made up of location-based service gateway, location-server and application server.The location-based service gateway provides message screening, data conversion and the network security control of position service system and PHS system; The location-based service location-server, receive Location Request, return the user position information that is positioned (longitude and latitude), location-server externally provides open interface, a plurality of third party's location-based service application service providers' access can be provided, and location-server and location-based service gateway are finished the function of user location jointly; Functions such as the control that application server realizing is returned from the application request to the application result, content provide, the application server band map server, also provide open interface to insert for third party Map Services merchant.The location-based service gateway is finished by original access unit transformation, links to each other it goes without doing any modification of PHS system gateway by signalling system No.7 with the PHS system gateway.
How mutual with the PHS position service system is user's note?
Special service number of configuration on the gateway of position, the user is as long as be sent to special service number with service request by note, the note that has user's service request content just is dealt on the location-based service gateway by sms center, and the message structure that gateway resolves to note the position service system needs again is just passable.When system issued the user with return results by note, with opposite path, it was just passable by gateway the note of organizing to be issued the user.
Such system architecture make network, base station and the mobile phone of original PHS system not need to make any modification, and the functional structure of position service system each several part is clear, expanded application neatly, separate with using the location, design clear layer, reasonable, and extensibility is good.
Two. operation flow
1) user's location-based service authority is opened flow process
As shown in Figure 2, the user issues the location-based service gateway by short message with COS and authentication password, the location-based service gateway is issued application service with content of short message and calling number, and application server parses goes out the lane database that COS, calling number and authentication password are stored in application server.
2) user's location-based service authority is opened the receipt flow process
As shown in Figure 3, application server database is issued application server with Subscriber Number, COS and result and reason, and application server is integrated into short message with returned content, issues the location-based service gateway together with Subscriber Number.The location-based service gateway simulation goes out short message and issues user terminal.
3) flow process returned by short message request location-based service and location-based service result of user
As shown in Figure 4;
The first step: the user initiates the request of location-based service, is dealt into the location-based service gateway by short message service center.
Second step: the location-based service gateway is issued application server with service request, location number, Subscriber Number and authentication password, and application server carries out authentication with the database that these information are dealt into application server.After authentication was passed through, the location number that application server is incited somebody to action was issued location-server and is positioned.
The 3rd step: location-server is initiated user positioning request to the location-based service gateway, the location-based service gateway returns the CSID of base station, and (this routine localization method is location, single base station, have a detailed description in the localization method of the other types summary of the invention in this manual), location-server is found the longitude and latitude of CSID correspondence in the location-server database, longitude and latitude is returned to application server.
The 4th step: application server is issued map server with longitude and latitude and service request, obtains the service request result after the inquiry.
The 5th step: application server is integrated into short message with the service request result who obtains, and issues the location-based service gateway together with Subscriber Number.
The 6th step: location-based service gateway simulation short message is issued the user terminal of location service request.