KR20140055856A - Apparatus and method for qos control in ccc network - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling quality of service.
With the development of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology and the use of large-scale cell sites, network investment and operating costs are increasing. Therefore, studies are underway to provide cost reduction and optimal network quality, and network sharing managed service is one example.
However, in a typical mobile communication network environment, the network sharing management service is still in a level to provide network configuration and services by sharing a base station or equipment in order to reduce a network establishment cost and an operation cost to a mobile communication provider.
Therefore, the present invention provides a service quality control apparatus and method for allowing resource sharing among a plurality of providers.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a service quality provided by a service quality control apparatus to a plurality of terminals,
Receiving service level agreement information concluded by the one or more vendors; Generating QCI (QoS Class Identifier) information for the one or more carriers based on the received service agreement information; And transmitting the QCI information to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) linked with the quality of service control device, and controlling quality of service provided to the terminal by one of the one or more providers .
The step of generating the QCI information may include: converting the received service agreement information into a cost function; Controlling power of a terminal to provide a service using the converted cost function; Determining a service level agreement level for a service providing service to the terminal based on the controlled power, the cost function, and previously stored reference information; And generating the QCI information by mapping the QCI level based on the determined service level agreement level.
Wherein the controlling the power comprises adjusting one or more terminals each using one or more services provided by one or more carriers via one base station to reduce the powers used by the one base station to transmit signals to the one base station Step < / RTI >
The reference information may include service level agreement level information, service level agreement level definition, QCI level information, packet delay time, packet loss rate, and relative priority information.
The PCRF may include a step of updating QCI tables stored for the one or more providers upon receipt of the QCI information from the service quality control device.
Receiving a request for providing service quality attribute information for one of the one or more providers from a mobility management apparatus linked with the PCRF after the step of updating the QCI table; And checking and providing the service quality attribute information from the QCI table for the arbitrary provider among the QCI tables for the one or more carriers stored in the mobility management apparatus.
The mobility management apparatus may be configured to determine whether or not congestion occurs in an arbitrary service provider providing a service through the base station when the terminal accesses the base station to receive a service from the arbitrary service provider, ≪ / RTI > And requesting the PCRF to provide the service quality attribute information if congestion has occurred in the arbitrary service provider.
And allocating a radio access bearer to be provided to the mobile station based on the quality of service attribute after requesting the provision of the service quality attribute information.
And allocating a preset radio access bearer if no congestion has occurred in the arbitrary service provider.
After the step of updating the QCI table, the quality of service control apparatus requests the PCRF to update the trigger status; And receiving a trigger status update confirmation message from the PCRF.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for controlling service quality provided by a plurality of terminals,
A service level agreement registration unit for registering and managing service level agreement information of each of the one or more carriers; A function conversion unit for converting service level agreement information of providers registered in the service level agreement registration unit into a cost function and storing the converted cost function information; A power controller for controlling a power level used by the terminal for signal transmission using the cost function stored in the function conversion unit and controlling a service level agreement level for a service provider providing the service based on the controlled power; A service level level mapping unit for receiving a service level agreement level controlled by the power control unit, a cost function stored in the function conversion unit, and previously stored reference information, and mapping the cost function to a service level agreement level; And a service level agreement level mapped by the service level level mapping unit and the reference information, maps the service level agreement level to a QCI level, generates QCI information, and transmits the QCI And a quality class identifier level mapping unit for transmitting information.
The apparatus includes reference level information including a predefined service level agreement level and QCI information for a service level agreement level, and the reference level information is provided to the service level level mapping unit and the quality class identifier level mapping unit, And an information storage unit.
According to the present invention, a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) network that accommodates resource sharing among a plurality of carriers can be configured, and network quality between each provider can be ensured according to SLA (Service Level Agreement).
1 is an exemplary diagram of a network structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a structural diagram of a service quality control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a service quality according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an interface flow between a service quality control system and a PCRF according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.
Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.
In this specification, a terminal includes a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), a subscriber station (SS), a portable subscriber station (PSS) An access terminal (AT), and the like, and may include all or some of functions of a mobile terminal, a subscriber station, a mobile subscriber station, a user equipment, and the like.
In this specification, a base station (BS) is an access point (AP), a radio access station (RAS), a node B, a base transceiver station (BTS) Mobile Multihop Relay) -BS, and may include all or some of the functions of an access point, a radio access station, a Node B, a base transceiver station, and an MMR-BS.
Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for controlling quality of service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In order to explain an embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that a plurality of operators share a LTE CCC core network, a digital unit (DU), and a radio unit (RU) in a network accommodating a plurality of operators in the LTE CCC structure do.
1 is an exemplary diagram of a network structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
1, the network structure for controlling the quality of service includes a base station (eNB) 100, an S-GW (Serving Gateway) 200, a P-GW (PDN Gateway) 300, A Home Location Register (HLR) 500, an SLA AS 600, and a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) 700 (Mobility Management Entity) ).
The eNB 100 provides a radio interface to the UE and manages radio resources such as radio bearer control, radio admission control, dynamic radio resource allocation, load balancing, and intercell interference control. And requests the MME 400 to create a traffic channel, i.e., a Radio Access Bearer, for providing data to the UE.
The MME 400 communicates with an HSS (Home Subscriber Server) for user authentication and download of a user profile in cooperation with the eNB 100, the HLR 500, and the PCRF 700, manages the mobility of the terminal, and manages the bearer . The MME 400 receives the triggering condition information through the eNB 100 and determines whether any service provider providing the service is in the congestion state and allocates the radio access bearer to the UE according to the congestion state.
At this time, the wireless access bearer may be allocated by receiving the QoS attribute information from the PCRF 700, or the wireless access bearer may be allocated without the QoS attribute information. Here, a method of determining whether the MME 400 is in a congested state is already known, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted in the embodiment of the present invention.
The S-GW 200 interlocks with the eNB 100 and the P-GW 300 and becomes an anchor point at the time of handover between the eNB 100 and the eNB 100. The P-
The PCRF 700 determines a policy and a charging rule for each terminal, and transmits the determined information to the P-
That is, when the terminal requests a traffic channel to the network to use the data service, the PCRF 700 uses the data service type and the business entity identification information to which the user belongs so that the QoS attribute on the QCI table can be applied to the traffic channel And delivers the command to the
The
The SLA AS 600 interworks with the PCRF 700 and transmits a service level agreement (SLA) to be concluded between the service provider and the MVNE provider to the network Performs O & M function to manage SLA agreement contents by business operator.
In the embodiments of the present invention, the above-mentioned components are included in the network structure for convenience of explanation. In addition, the present invention may further include components necessary for providing an LTE service to the terminal. The function of each component is already known, and detailed description is omitted in the embodiment of the present invention.
Here, the SLA AS 600 is referred to as a " service quality control device " for convenience of description, and a structure of a device capable of providing service by controlling service quality for each service provider according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 .
2 is a structural diagram of a service quality control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2, the service
The service level
The
The
The
The reference
The information stored in the reference
level
In Table 1, for example, when congestion occurs in an arbitrary service provider, an arbitrary service provider in which congestion occurs is required to provide SLA (Relative Priority) and Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) Is concluded. Then, the SLA level of the provider is set to level 1, and not only the priority is given to the terminals using the service of the provider, but also the priority and the GBR are set for all the services. At this time, the packet loss rate is 10-2 and the PDB is 100ms.
The service level
When mapping the cost function to the SLA level in the service level
A method for controlling the service quality according to the inter-provider SLA through the above-described service quality control device will be described with reference to FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a service quality according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 3, it can be roughly divided into a procedure of generating and updating a QCI table and a step of forming a traffic channel based on the QoS attribute of the QCI table in order to control the quality of service.
First, the procedure of creating and updating the QCI table will be described. When the
In step S101, the service level
A method in which the
V1 represents an initial power of a terminal receiving a service from an A provider (hereinafter referred to as "A terminal" for convenience of explanation), + Δv1 represents a power increase of the A terminal, - Δv1 represents power reduction of the A terminal And the power of the A terminal after the power increase is v1 +? V1, and the power of the A terminal after the power decrease is v1-? V1. Then, the cost incurred when the terminal A rises in power is expressed as? V1.
Similarly, the initial power of a terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a 'B terminal') provided by a service provider B is v2, + Δv2 is a power increase of the terminal B, - Δv2 is power of the terminal B And the power of the B terminal after the power increase is v2 +? V2, and the power of the B terminal after the power decrease is v2-? V2. And the cost incurred when the B terminal rises in power is expressed as? V2.
Then, the signal-to-interference noise ratio (SINR) of the B-terminal to the A-terminal can be obtained as (v1 +? V1) / (v2 +? V2). In this case, the power controlled by the
The service level
The service quality control device, that is, the SLA AS 600 transmits the QCI information generated by the above procedure to the
Here, an interface sequence message between the SLA AS 600 and the
4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an interface flow between a service quality control apparatus and a PCRF according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, the SLA AS 600 transmits an SLA registration request message (Request SLA registration) to the
Then, the
Upon receiving the SLA registration confirmation message from the
Next, the SLA AS 600 transmits a trigger status update request message including triggering condition information so that the
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Trigger state = number of SLAs & (number of terminals satisfying QoS> number of terminals not satisfying QoS) & (number of terminals requesting QoS control within control range / number of terminals in control range) )
On the other hand, the
When a QCI table for an arbitrary provider is generated and stored in the
That is, the
The radio access bearer is connected between the
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S112 that the
The
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.
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Receiving service level agreement information concluded by the one or more vendors;
Generating QCI (QoS Class Identifier) information for the one or more carriers based on the received service agreement information; And
Transmitting the QCI information to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) linked with the service quality control device and controlling quality of service provided to the terminal by one of the at least one service provider
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
Wherein the step of generating the QCI information comprises:
Converting the received service agreement information into a cost function;
Controlling power of a terminal to provide a service using the converted cost function;
Determining a service level agreement level for a service providing service to the terminal based on the controlled power, the cost function, and previously stored reference information; And
And generating QCI information by mapping the QCI level based on the determined service level agreement level
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
The step of controlling the power comprises:
Adjusting one or more terminals, each of which uses one or more services provided by one operator via one base station, to reduce the powers used by the one or more terminals to transmit signals to the one base station
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
Wherein the reference information includes service level agreement level information, definition according to a service level agreement level, QCI level information, packet delay time, packet loss rate, and relative priority information.
In the PCRF,
Upon receipt of the QCI information from the service quality control apparatus, updating the QCI table stored in the at least one provider
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
After the step of updating the QCI table,
Receiving a request for providing service quality attribute information for one of the one or more providers from a mobility management apparatus interworking with the PCRF; And
Checking and providing the service quality attribute information from the QCI table for the arbitrary one of the QCI tables for the one or more carriers stored in the mobility management apparatus
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
Wherein the mobility management apparatus, prior to the step of requesting the provision of the service quality attribute information,
If the terminal accesses the base station to receive a service from the arbitrary service provider, checking whether congestion has occurred in any service provider providing the service through the base station; And
Requesting provision of the service quality attribute information by the PCRF if congestion has occurred in the arbitrary service provider
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
After requesting the provision of the quality of service attribute information,
Allocating a radio access bearer to be provided to the UE based on the quality of service attribute
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
If congestion has not occurred in any of the carriers, a step of allocating a preset radio access bearer
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
After the step of updating the QCI table,
Requesting the quality of service control apparatus to update the trigger status with the PCRF; And
Receiving a trigger status update confirmation message from the PCRF;
Gt; a < / RTI > quality of service control.
Wherein the trigger status is set based on the number of operators and QoS control penalty logic for each provider.
A service level agreement registration unit for registering and managing service level agreement information of each of the one or more carriers;
A function conversion unit for converting service level agreement information of providers registered in the service level agreement registration unit into a cost function and storing the converted cost function information;
A power controller for controlling a power level used by the terminal for signal transmission using the cost function stored in the function conversion unit and controlling a service level agreement level for a service provider providing the service based on the controlled power;
A service level level mapping unit for receiving a service level agreement level controlled by the power control unit, a cost function stored in the function conversion unit, and previously stored reference information, and mapping the cost function to a service level agreement level; And
A service level agreement level mapped by the service level level mapping unit and the reference information, mapping the service level agreement level to a QCI level, generating QCI information, and transmitting the QCI information A quality class identifier level mapping unit
The service quality control apparatus comprising:
A reference level information storage unit for storing reference information including a predefined service level agreement level and QCI information for a service level agreement level and providing the reference information to the service level level mapping unit and the quality class identifier level mapping unit,
The service quality control apparatus comprising:
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