KR100540870B1 - Assignment System and Method of Network Parameter for Wireless Internet Service and Mobile Communication Terminal Therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a network parameter setting system and method for improving the service quality according to the type and environment of a wireless Internet service, and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

The network parameter setting system according to the present invention includes a provisioning server connected through a mobile communication system and a gateway and a plurality of application servers connected to a provisioning server, each of which includes an application related service for each application. Set a network parameter that is an execution condition of the provisioning server, the provisioning server receives the network parameters for each application program from the plurality of application servers, and then transmits them to the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal receives and parses the network parameters for each application program. And a network table for storing provisioning agents and parsed application-specific network parameters.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a wireless Internet service with improved service quality without wasting wireless resources.

Application, network parameters

Description

A system and method for setting network parameters for a wireless internet service and a mobile communication terminal therefor}

1 is a view illustrating a conceptual structure of a general mobile communication terminal and a wireless internet service method using the same;

2 is a view for explaining a conceptual structure of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3A and 3B are diagrams for explaining a network parameter setting system and method for a wireless Internet service according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining a network parameter setting system and method for a wireless Internet service according to another embodiment of the present invention;

5A and 5B are diagrams for describing a network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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100, 1000: mobile communication terminal 110: mobile communication terminal hardware

120: mobile communication terminal software 130: handset adaptation layer

140: Basic API Set 150: Application

160: provisioning agent 170: network table

1100-1 ~ 1100-n: Application Server 1200, 1600: Provisioning Server

1210: network parameters for each AP DB 1300: gateway

1400 mobile communication system 1500 subscriber management server

1510: Subscriber DB

1610: network parameter DB by subscriber

The present invention relates to a wireless Internet service, and more particularly, to a network parameter setting system and method for improving service quality according to a service type and environment in a wireless Internet service, and a mobile communication terminal for the same.

Early mobile telecommunications services were mainly mobile voice telephony services that provided mobility to oilfield telephones.However, mobile telecommunications services are now used in voice telephony services. Moving to service

Unlike the early mobile communication service that used data service as voice bandwidth, wireless Internet service is using a wide frequency bandwidth to expand the multimedia content market such as multimedia messaging service (MMS) and video on demand service (VOD). Wireless Internet initially provided service at 9Kbps transmission rate, but now it is possible to forward transmission up to 2.4Mbps and data transmission at transmission rate of about 135Kbps even in reverse transmission.WCDMA, HPI (High Portable Internet), etc. The development of the same mobile network is expected to enable data rates from several Mbps to several tens of Mbps.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conceptual structure of a general mobile communication terminal and a wireless internet service method using the same. FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of a wireless internet platform for interoperability (WIPI). For reference, Wi-Fi refers to a standard required to provide an execution environment of an application program downloaded through a wireless Internet mounted on a mobile communication terminal.

As shown, the conceptual structure of Wi-Fi applied to the general mobile communication terminal 100 has a structure in which the Wi-Fi platform can accommodate all applications 150 on the mobile communication terminal hardware 110, software 120. Have. The Handset Adaptation Layer (HAL) 130 is a layer for supporting hardware independence in platform porting. An abstraction for a terminal is performed and the platform is configured independently of hardware.

The basic application programming interface (API) set 140 is a collection of basic application interfaces supported by a platform used by an application developer, and includes a basic API, an API manager, an application manager, and an extended API. .

In addition, the application program 150 includes an application manager, a download manager, a game, a browser, a multimedia player, an e-mail, and the like.

However, there is a problem in that the radio resources are wasted because the same mobile network uses the same network state for each type of data service. That is, even in the case of the same kind of application program, although various detailed conditions (called network parameters or provisioned content) for executing a specific application while satisfying the quality of service (QoS) of each content are different, the mobile communication terminal Since the network parameter value is fixed at the time of launching (it is set for each application in the application 150 part), the same network parameter should be used when using various contents having different transmission characteristics, and the radio resources are wasted accordingly. However, it is difficult to change network parameter values.

In addition, although the type of wireless Internet service used mainly for each mobile communication terminal user is different, and the degree of credit is different depending on the usage rate of wireless Internet service and payment of service use rates, mobile communication terminals with fixed network parameters are currently used. Therefore, it is not possible to provide differentiated services for each subscriber. Therefore, if the subscriber grade is calculated by integrating all subscriber information related to the use of mobile communication service, it is expected that the quality of wireless Internet service can be further improved. do.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages and service requirements, and does not release fixed network parameters in the mobile communication terminal, but sets the network parameters according to the type of application program in the mobile communication system and releases them. System parameter setting system method for preventing wireless resource waste by using flexible network parameters according to development and upgrade of application programs and development of wireless Internet contents by transmitting and storing to mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal for the same There is a technical challenge in providing it.

Another technical problem of the present invention is to divide and manage a mobile communication terminal user into at least two groups using various subscriber information related to the use of mobile communication service, and transmit a specialized network parameter to the mobile communication terminals belonging to each group. The aim is to provide differentiated wireless Internet services.

In addition, the present invention is to set the type of the wireless Internet service, initial access WAP site, the main access swap site, etc. mainly used for each user of the mobile communication terminal, and set the network parameters according to the stored in the mobile communication terminal Another technical challenge is to provide personalized wireless Internet services by enabling use.

The network parameter setting system according to the present invention comprises a provisioning server connected through a mobile communication system and a gateway and a plurality of application servers connected to the provisioning server, each of the plurality of application servers for each application program. After setting network parameters which are execution conditions of an application related service, the provisioning server receives the network parameters for each application from the plurality of application servers, and then the mobile communication terminal through the gateway and the mobile communication system. The mobile communication terminal comprises: a provisioning agent for receiving and parsing the network parameters for each application program; And a network table for storing application-specific network parameters parsed by the provisioning agent.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the same reference numbers are used for the same or similar components.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a conceptual structure of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, and illustrates a structure of a wireless Internet platform for interoperability (WIPI), which is a standard platform of the wireless Internet. For reference, Wi-Fi refers to a standard required to provide an execution environment of an application program downloaded through a wireless Internet mounted on a mobile communication terminal.

As shown, the conceptual structure of the Wi-Fi applied to the mobile communication terminal 1000 according to the present invention is a mobile communication terminal hardware 110, software 120, handset adaptation layer 130, basic API set 140 and In addition to the application 150, it further includes a provisioning agent 160 and a network table 170.

Here, the handset adaptation layer 130 is a layer for supporting hardware independence in platform porting, and abstraction of the terminal is made, and the platform is configured independently of the hardware, and the basic API set 140 is an application developer. A collection of native application program interfaces supported by the platform used by the platform, including native APIs, API managers, application managers, and extended APIs. In addition, the application program 150 includes an application manager, a download manager, a game, a browser, a multimedia player, an e-mail, and the like.

Figure 2 shows a basic conceptual view mainly on the wireless Internet platform, the components such as a control unit, an RF communication module, a user interface, a display, a speaker that is a component of a general mobile communication terminal is essentially provided in the field to which the present invention belongs. Will be self explanatory.

The provisioning agent 160 receives and parses network parameters from the mobile communication network through the RF communication module, and the network table 170 operates as a kind of database that stores the results parsed by the provisioning agent 160. Here, the network parameter means various detailed conditions for executing a specific application, and includes proxy information, application server information, maximum transmission rate information, and the like, and specific types of parameters will be described later. In addition, the network parameters transmitted from the mobile communication network to the mobile communication terminal 1000 may be set for each application program and / or subscriber class.

In the present invention, by receiving and storing the network parameters from the mobile communication network as described above, by using the wireless Internet service using this can obtain the optimized quality of service for each application.

3A and 3B are diagrams for explaining a network parameter setting system and method for a wireless Internet service according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A and 3B illustrate a case in which network parameters are set for each application and transmitted to a mobile communication terminal. .

As shown in FIG. 3A, the plurality of application program servers 1100-1 through 1100-n transmits IDs of respective application programs and network parameters required for normal provision of a corresponding service to the provisioning server 1200. This process is automatically performed whenever an application program is newly developed or an existing application is upgraded in each application server 1100-1 to 1100-n.

The provisioning server 1200 includes a database 1210 that stores network parameters for each application program, and stores and manages network parameters for each application program ID transmitted from application servers 1100-1 to 1100-n. In addition, the provisioning server 1200 configures each application ID and corresponding network parameters in a markup language (eg, XML) according to a schema shared with the mobile communication terminal 1000, and transmits the short service. Method to the gateway 1300, and the gateway 1300 transmits network parameters for each application program configured in the form of markup language to the mobile communication terminal 1000 through the mobile communication system 1400.

The mobile communication terminal 1000 parses network parameters for each application program received from the mobile communication system 1400 and stores them in a network table, thereby resetting network parameters for each application program.

FIG. 3B is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting network parameters in the mobile communication network shown in FIG. 3A, wherein each of the plurality of application servers 1100-1 to 1100-n has an application program developed or upgraded (S101). Set the network parameters required for the normal provision of the service (S102), and transmit the network parameters for each application ID to the provisioning server 1200 to register the application (S103).

The provisioning server 1200 receiving this stores the network parameters for each application ID in the network parameter DB 1210 for each AP (S104), configures them in the form of markup language, and then short-terms them to a gateway 1300 such as a push proxy gateway. The gateway 1300 transmits the network parameters for each application program in the form of markup language to the mobile communication terminal 1000 through the mobile communication system 1400 (S105).

Thereafter, the provisioning agent 160 of the mobile communication terminal 1000 parses the received network parameters for each application program (S106), stores them in the network table 170 (S107), and stores them when using a subsequent application program related service. Service is performed by network parameters so that service can be performed without wasting radio resources.

4 is a diagram illustrating a network parameter setting system and method for a wireless Internet service according to another embodiment of the present invention, and shows a case of setting network parameters for each subscriber class and transmitting them to a mobile communication terminal.

In the subscriber management server 1500 illustrated in FIG. 4, the types of wireless Internet services used mainly are different for each user of the mobile communication terminal 1000, and the degree of credit varies according to the wireless Internet service usage rate and service usage fee payment status. With reference to all subscriber information related to the use of the mobile communication service, the subscriber grade is calculated, stored and managed in the subscriber DB 1510, and each subscriber information is transmitted to the provisioning server 1600.

The provisioning server 1600 sets a network parameter for each subscriber by referring to the subscriber class received from the subscriber management server 1500 and then stores it in the network parameter DB 1610 for each subscriber. In addition, the provisioning server 1600 configures the subscriber-specific network parameters in a markup language (eg, XML) according to the schema shared with the mobile communication terminal 1000, and divides them by mobile communication terminal number for short service. The transmission method is transmitted to the gateway 1300, and the gateway 1300 transmits network parameters for each application program configured in the form of markup language to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 1000 through the mobile communication system 1400.

The mobile communication terminal 1000 parses the subscriber-specific network parameters received from the mobile communication system 1400 and stores them in a network table so that the network parameters are reset.

FIG. 4B is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting network parameters in the mobile communication network shown in FIG. 4A. The subscriber management server 1500 integrates all subscriber information such as wireless Internet service usage rate and credit level according to service usage fee payment status. The subscriber is divided into at least two groups, stored in the subscriber DB 1510 (S201), and then transmitted to the provisioning server 1600.

The provisioning server 1200 receiving this sets network parameters for each subscriber class and stores them in subscriber network parameters DB 1610 for each subscriber station number (S203). Subsequently, after configuring the markup language in a form of a markup language, a short message is transmitted to a gateway 1300 such as a push proxy gateway, and the gateway 1300 forms a markup language to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 1000 through the mobile communication system 1400. Transmit the network parameters of (S204).

Thereafter, the provisioning agent 160 of the mobile communication terminal 1000 parses the received network parameters (S205), stores them in the network table 170 (S206), and stores the stored network parameters in the subsequent application program-related service use. The service is performed by the service, so that the service can be performed without wasting radio resources.

The embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 may be applied independently, but two embodiments may be applied in parallel. In other words, the application-specific network parameters can be set and used according to the subscriber's rating.

5A and 5B are diagrams for describing a network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service according to another embodiment of the present invention, and show a case where a mobile communication terminal user directly configures network parameters.

Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 1000 requests to set up a wireless Internet service environment (S301), the mobile communication terminal 1000 provides a list of network parameters to be set by the user in a menu form. The user may select according to his or her own preferences (S302). For example, the user of the mobile communication terminal 1000 may set proxy information, an application server address, a type of wireless Internet service mainly used, an initial access swap site, a main access swap site, and an access ID.

When the user input is completed, the provisioning agent 160 of the mobile communication terminal 1000 parses the network parameter value selected by the user (S303) and stores it in the network table (S304).

Table 1 shows the network parameter table mentioned above. The specific parameter value is set according to the type of application program and stored in the mobile communication terminal 1000.

TABLE 1

In [Table 1], the 'Root' field is the highest parameter, the first level field (1 ^st Level) is the lower field of the root field, and the second level field (2 ^nd Level) is the value of each parameter included in the first level field. sub-field, a third level field (3 ^rd level) indicates the sub-field of each of the parameters included in the second level field, count / remarks field indicates the required number of the parameters.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. Therefore, the embodiments described above are to be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

As described above, according to the present invention, by setting and storing network parameters by application program, user class, or user preference, a wireless Internet service with improved service quality can be provided without wasting wireless resources.

Claims (12)

A mobile communication system for providing a wireless voice and data service to a mobile communication terminal; A provisioning server connected to the mobile communication system through a gateway; It is configured to include a plurality of application server connected to the provisioning server, Each of the plurality of application server sets a network parameter which is an execution condition of an application related service for each application, The provisioning server receives the network parameters for each application program from the plurality of application server, and then transmits to the mobile communication terminal through the gateway and the mobile communication system, The mobile communication terminal includes a provisioning agent for receiving and parsing the network parameters for each application program; And And a network table for storing network parameters for each application program parsed by the provisioning agent. A mobile communication system for providing a wireless voice and data service to a mobile communication terminal; A provisioning server connected to the mobile communication system through a gateway; It is configured to include a subscriber management server connected to the provisioning server, The subscriber management server divides the mobile communication terminal user into at least two groups with reference to the main wireless Internet service type, the wireless Internet service usage rate, and the service fee payment status of the mobile communication terminal user. The provisioning server receives group information for each mobile communication terminal user from the subscriber management server, sets network parameters for each subscriber group, and sets the network parameters for each subscriber through the gateway and the mobile communication system. Transmit to the terminal, The mobile communication terminal includes a provisioning agent for receiving and parsing the network parameters; And And a network table for storing network parameters parsed by the provisioning agent. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The provisioning server is a network parameter setting system for a wireless Internet service, characterized in that for configuring the network parameters in the form of a markup language for each application. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The provisioning server is a network parameter setting system for a wireless Internet service, characterized in that for writing the network parameters for each application program in a short form. A mobile communication system for providing a wireless voice and data service to a mobile communication terminal, a provisioning server connected through the mobile communication system and a gateway, and a plurality of application server connected to the provisioning server, the network parameter setting As a network parameter setting method in the system, Setting network parameters of each of the plurality of application servers for each application program; Transmitting, by each of the plurality of application program servers, the network parameters for each application ID to the provisioning server; Storing, by the provisioning server, the network parameters for each application program; And Transmitting the network parameters for each application program to the mobile communication terminal through the gateway and the mobile communication system; Network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service comprising a. In the network parameter setting system comprising a mobile communication system for providing wireless voice and data services to a mobile communication terminal, a provisioning server connected to the mobile communication system and a gateway, and a subscriber management server connected to the provisioning server. As a network parameter setting method of The subscriber management server divides the mobile communication terminal user into at least two groups by referring to the main wireless Internet service type of the mobile communication terminal user, the wireless Internet service usage rate, and the credit degree according to the service usage fee payment status. Transmitting to the provisioning server; Setting, by the provisioning server, a network parameter for each subscriber group and storing the network parameter for each mobile communication terminal number; And Transmitting network parameters for each mobile communication terminal number to a corresponding mobile communication terminal through the gateway and a mobile communication system; Network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service comprising a. The method according to claim 5 or 6, The network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service, characterized in that configured in the form of markup language. The method according to claim 5 or 6, The network parameter is a short form of the network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service, characterized in that transmitted to the mobile communication terminal through a push proxy gateway and a mobile communication system. The method according to claim 5 or 6, After transmitting the network parameter to the mobile communication terminal, Parsing the network parameters by the mobile communication terminal; And Storing the parsed network parameters; Network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service, characterized in that it further comprises. A network parameter setting method using a mobile communication terminal wirelessly connected to a mobile communication system using voice and data services, The mobile communication terminal includes a provisioning agent for parsing network parameters input by the mobile communication terminal user, and a network table for storing the parsed network parameters. Providing the plurality of network parameter lists as the mobile communication terminal user requests to establish a wireless Internet service environment; Parsing network parameter values selected by the mobile terminal user as the mobile terminal user selects at least one item from the list of network parameters; And Storing the parsed network parameter values; Network parameter setting method for a wireless Internet service comprising a. The method of claim 10, The network parameters include proxy information, an application server address, a type of wireless Internet service to be used, an initial access swap site, a main access swap site, and an access ID. A mobile communication terminal wirelessly connected to a mobile communication system to transmit and receive signals for voice and data services. A provisioning agent for parsing a network parameter received from the mobile communication system or a network parameter input from the mobile communication terminal user; And A network table for storing network parameters parsed by the provisioning agent; Mobile communication terminal comprising a.

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