WO2011047587A1

WO2011047587A1 - Method and device for managing closed subscriber group members

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Publication number: WO2011047587A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/077122
Authority: WO
Inventors: 骆文; 毕以峰
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2009-10-20
Filing date: 2010-09-19
Publication date: 2011-04-28
Also published as: CN102045895A

Abstract

A method and device for managing Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) members are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes the following steps: a home Node B data server receives a management request for managing the home Node B CSG members, wherein the management request carries a user identifier of a terminal user; the home Node B data server updates the local home Node B CSG member information according to the management request; and the home Node B data server sends the updated home Node B CSG member information to the home Node B so that the home Node B can update the local CSG member information. The present invention can be convenient for a user to manage the CSG members by using a home Node B.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and apparatus for managing members of a closed subscriber group. BACKGROUND In order to provide mobile users with higher service rates and lower the cost of using high-rate services, at the same time, in order to make up for the shortage of existing distributed cellular wireless communication systems, homes are usually installed in homes, office areas, and the like. Base station. The home base station is a small, low-power base station with practical, convenient, low-power output and the like. 1 is a schematic diagram of a model of a communication network including a home base station. As shown in FIG. 1, the home base station can access the home base station network service provider network through the security gateway. The home base station network service provider network generally includes a home base station authentication and accounting (AAA, Authentication, Authorization and Accounting) server and a home base station management system. In an application scenario where the terminal device and the user card (such as a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module), the user identity card and the information card) are separated (the card is separated), the user subscription information may also include the terminal user and the terminal. Binding information between terminals used by users. For example, certain attributes of the terminal that the user can use are recorded in the user profile, such as the MSID (Mobile Station Identity) of the terminal, the MAC Address of the terminal, and the like. At this time, depending on the service mode of the operator, the operator can strictly bind the user and the device, that is, one user can only access the core network by using one or several specific devices; the user cannot use the device other than the specified device. The device network inserts the user card into other terminal devices and attempts to access the core network. At the same time, the user's device cannot be used by other users, that is, the user cards of other users are inserted into the user's terminal device, and Trying to access the core network. If the user attempts the above illegal operation, the AAA server of the core network rejects the user network during the authentication and authorization process of the terminal user. In the home base station system, there is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG), which allows the user to access one or more CSG cells (base stations) with limited access. Family The working mode of the base station can be divided into a closed mode, a mixed mode, and an open mode. When the working mode of the home base station is in the closed mode, only the user of the CSG to which the home base station belongs can access the home base station and enjoy the service provided by the home base station; when the working mode of the home base station is in the open mode, any user can access Entering the home base station, the home base station at this time is equivalent to the macro base station; when the working mode of the home base station is the hybrid mode, the CSG user is allowed to access, and other users are allowed to access, but according to whether the user belongs to the CSG. The list distinguishes different user types and implements differentiated quality of service processing. That is to say, CSG users have higher service priorities when using mixed mode home base stations, and have better service quality and service categories. The management of the CSG member information of the home base station (referred to as CSG member management for short) usually includes adding or deleting a CSG member for the home base station. Generally, the CSG member information (addition or deletion) of the home base station is required to be purchased. The consent of both the base station owner and the operator (ie the user data server). The CSG member information of the home base station is generally stored in the home base station local and the user data server on the network side (for example, the AAA server of the home base station, the management system of the home base station, etc.), and the data stored in the two places are synchronized, that is, Whether the CSG member information of the home base station is modified locally on the home base station or on the user data server, it is necessary to perform a synchronization operation between the two. When the terminal user performs network access, the home base station in the closed mode uses the CSG member information to perform access control on the terminal user. If the terminal user is not a CSG member user, the closed mode home base station will refuse the terminal user to access the network; The home base station in the hybrid mode distinguishes the user class (for example, CSG users and non-CSG users) according to the CSG member information, and facilitates operations such as differentiated charging and quality of service authorization. If the terminal user is not a CSG member user, Home base stations will only provide low priority services to them. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network element connection based on the model shown in FIG. 1, wherein the user data server refers to the management system of the home base station AAA server and/or the home base station shown in FIG. 1, and the home base station can pass through FIG. The R3-F interface shown interacts with the user data server. In the prior art, when the terminal user performs network access, the home base station determines whether the terminal user belongs to the CSG of the home base station according to the attribute of the terminal used by the terminal user, specifically, the MSID or the MAC address. The member's, ie, the identity of the terminal, is used to perform access control related to the CSG. The corresponding CSG member management is also performed based on the terminal identifier. FIG. 3 is a CSG member management method of the home base station in the prior art, which specifically includes the following steps: Step 301: The home base station receives the addition of the terminal user to its closed subscriber group CSG member.

The CSG member manages the request, and the request includes the terminal identifier used by the terminal user to be joined (the owner of the home base station inputs relevant information through the local management interface on the home base station); the home base station provides the user data server (located in the home base station network service) The provider network) sends a request to add a CSG member to request the user data server to approve the end user to join its CSG member. The message carries the identifier of the home base station and the terminal identifier to be added. The terminal identifier specifically refers to the MSID (Mobile Station ID) of the terminal or the MAC address of the terminal; the identifier of the home base station refers to the global unique identifier of the home base station, and the BSID of the home base station (Base Station Identity) Wait. Step 302: After receiving the request, the user data server performs authentication and authorization on the request. After the authorization is passed, the user data server saves the identifier of the terminal locally, for example, in the subscription information of the home base station. Step 4: 303: The user data server returns to the home base station to increase the CSG member success response, to authorize the home base station to add the terminal user to its CSG member. Step 304: The home base station saves the identifier (MAC address, or MSID) of the terminal used by the terminal user in the locally stored CSG list. As can be seen from the above description, the prior art relies on the owner of the home base station to manually input the identifier (MSID, MAC address) of the terminal to the home base station, and in the process of requesting the server authentication, the identifier of the terminal is in the home base station and the user data server. Synchronize between.

The MAC address is a 48-bit binary code that uniquely identifies the identity of a network adapter. For a normal user, it is difficult to understand what is the MAC address of the terminal, and because the length of the MAC address is long (48-bit encoding) , the value range is 0~ 281474976710656), difficult to remember. Therefore, the MAC address is a user-unfriendly identifier, and the use of the MAC address is to implement CSG member management, which is easy for the user to encounter difficulties. At the same time, the object of the CSG member is the terminal user, and the object of the MAC address is the terminal itself. In the application scenario where the card is separated, one terminal user can have multiple terminals at the same time. At this time, when the owner of the home base station attempts to add a terminal user to the CSG member of the home base station, the MAC address of the plurality of terminals of the user pair may be added to the CSG member list of the home base station one by one; The owner of the home base station attempts to place an end user from the CSG member of his home base station When deleting the list, he needs to find the MAC addresses of all the terminals associated with the user one by one. Since the MAC address of the terminal is only the identifier of the terminal, and does not reflect the identity of the terminal user using the terminal, therefore, the owner of the home base station It is not a simple and convenient task to find and delete the MAC addresses of all terminals used by a particular end user. In particular, when the home base station contains more CSG members, the work managed by the CSG members becomes very complicated, and even falls into an unmanageable state. Therefore, the existing CSG member management technology cannot provide a simple and easy method for CSG member management to the owner of the home base station, which is likely to cause a decrease in user satisfaction, which may eventually make the business difficult to carry out. In view of the complicated management of CSG members in related technologies, no effective solution has been proposed yet. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the problem of relatively complicated management of CSG members in the related art. Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for managing closed members of a user group to solve the above problems. In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, a management method for closing a user group member is provided. The management method of the closed subscriber group member according to the present invention includes: the home base station data server receives a management request for managing the closed subscriber group member of the home base station, wherein the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user; and the home base station data server updates according to the management request. The closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station; the home base station data server transmits the updated closed subscriber group member information of the home base station to the home base station so that the home base station updates the local closed subscriber group member information. Preferably, before the home base station data server receives the management request for managing the closed user group member of the home base station, the method further includes: the home base station receiving the management request; the home base station sending a management request to the home base station data server, wherein the management request is used for the request The home base station data server authorizes the home base station to perform a management request. Preferably, before the home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the management request, the method further includes: the home base station data server performs authentication and authorization on the management request; In case, the home base station data server is based on the management request Update the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station. Preferably, before the home base station data server sends the updated closed subscriber group member information of the home base station to the home base station, the method further includes: the home base station data server sends a request message to the user data server, where the request message carries The updated closed user group member information; the user data server updates the local closed user group member information according to the request message. Preferably, the updating of the local closed subscriber group member information by the user data server by the request message comprises: adding, in the case that the request message is a request for adding a closed subscriber group of the terminal subscriber as the home base station, the user data server increases the identifier of the home base station In the user profile of the end user; in the case where the request message is to cancel the end user's request as a closed user group member of the home base station, the user data server deletes the identity of the home base station from the user profile of the end user. Preferably, the home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the management request, where the home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the user identifier of the terminal user. Preferably, the home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the user identifier of the terminal user, where: the home base station data server acquires the terminal identifier associated with the terminal user according to the user identifier of the terminal user; the home base station data server The closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station is updated according to the terminal identifier. Preferably, the home base station data server obtains the terminal identifier associated with the terminal user according to the user identifier of the terminal user, and the host base station data server sends a terminal identification request to the user data server, where the terminal identifier request is used to request the user identifier. The associated terminal identifier; the user data server queries the terminal identifier, and sends the terminal identifier to the home base station data server; or, the home base station data server queries the terminal identifier locally according to the user identifier of the terminal user. Preferably, the home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the terminal identifier, where: in case the management request is to increase the terminal user's request for the closed subscriber group member of the home base station, The home base station data server adds the identifier of the terminal associated with the terminal user to the file of the home base station; in the case that the management request is to cancel the request of the terminal user as a member of the closed user group of the home base station, the home base station data server and the terminal The identity of the terminal associated with the user is deleted from the profile of the home base station. Preferably, the closed subscriber group member information of the home base station includes at least one of: a user identifier of the terminal user; and a terminal identifier associated with the terminal user. Preferably, the home base station updates the local closed subscriber group member information includes: in the case that the management request is to increase the terminal user's request for the closed subscriber group member of the home base station, the home base station saves the terminal identifier associated with the terminal user to the local In the case where the management request is to cancel the request of the end user as a member of the closed subscriber group of the home base station, the home base station deletes the terminal identity associated with the terminal user from the local. In order to achieve the above object, according to another aspect of the present invention, a management apparatus for closing a member of a user group is provided. The management device of the closed subscriber group member according to the present invention may include a home base station data server, a home base station, and a user data server. The home base station data server according to the present invention includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a management request for managing a closed user group member of the home base station, wherein the management request carries a user identifier of the terminal user; and an update module, configured to update the local according to the management request The closed subscriber group member information of the home base station; the sending module, configured to send the closed subscriber group member information of the updated home base station. Preferably, the home base station data server further includes: an authentication module, configured to perform authentication and authorization on the management request. Preferably, the home base station data server further includes: an obtaining module, configured to acquire, according to the user identifier of the terminal user, a terminal identifier associated with the terminal user. A home base station according to the present invention includes: a transmitting module. And a management request for transmitting a user group closed user group, wherein the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user; the receiving module is configured to receive the closed user group member information of the home base station; and the update module is configured to use the home base station The closed user group member information updates the local closed user group member information. The user data server according to the present invention includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a request message, where the request message carries the updated closed user group member information, and the closed user group member information includes the user identifier of the terminal user; The user identifier of the terminal user is used to find the terminal identifier corresponding to the terminal user. According to the present invention, the home base station data server receives the management request for managing the home base station CSG member, wherein the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user; and the home base station data server updates the CSG member information of the local home base station according to the management request; The home base station data server sends the updated CSG member information of the home base station to the home base station to update the home base station The CSG member information of the local area solves the problem that the management of the CSG members in the related technology is relatively complicated, thereby achieving the effect that the user can conveniently use the home base station for CSG member management. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication network model including a home base station according to the related art; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication network connection including a home base station according to the related art; FIG. 3 is a flow of a CSG member management method according to the related art. Figure 4 is a flowchart of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5 is a schematic diagram 1 of a storage format of a CSG member list according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 6 is a CSG member list according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; 9 is a flowchart of a third embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a fourth embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 11 is a flowchart according to the present invention. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a sixth embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a fifth embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; According schematic home base station data server preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the home base station of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 15 is only Gen schematic user data server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. In the following embodiments, in view of the complexity of management of CSG members in the related art, a management method and apparatus for closing user group members are provided. The method includes: the home base station data server receives a management request for managing a home base station CSG member, wherein the management request carries a user identifier of the terminal user; and the home base station data server updates the local home base station CSG according to the management request. Member information; The home base station data server transmits the updated CSG member information of the home base station to the home base station so that the home base station updates the local CSG member information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, when performing CSG member management, a user (for example, an owner of a home base station) inputs a user identifier of a terminal user (referred to as a target user) to be joined as a CSG member of the home base station, and the home base station The data server requests the target user's AAA server to find the identity (MAC address, MSID, etc.) of the terminal associated with the target user, and complete CSG member management. Since the user identifier of the end user contains information capable of identifying the identity of the user (for example, in the form of User-Name@Domian-Name), it is a kind of user having a good identifier that can be remembered and understood by the user. The above-mentioned user identifiers may be Real-NAI (Real Network Access Identity), USI ID (Universal Service Interface Identity), and the like. At the same time, if the terminal user has multiple terminals, but the terminal user's AAA server saves the attribute information (MAC address, MSID) of the terminal used by the terminal user, the user identifier of the terminal user can also be conveniently used. The terminal identifiers such as the MAC address and MSID of the terminal used by the terminal are found. Therefore, using the method of CSG member management proposed in this embodiment can improve user satisfaction and facilitate the development of related services.

In another embodiment, the AAA server is an important facility in the communication network for implementing network operator control and management of data, users, providing authentication authorization and account services, usually with network access control, gateway servers, databases, and The user information directory and the like work together. Home base station The AAA server is mainly responsible for providing the above-mentioned authentication and authorization and account services to the home base station. The home base station management system is mainly responsible for managing the operation and maintenance of the home base station to which it belongs, and is also responsible for saving a part of the home base station subscription. The security gateway can be set up with the access gateway or with the access gateway. The main function of the security gateway is to verify the security of the home base station, ensure the security of the home base station and the access gateway, the authentication and authorization of the home base station, and the link security between the home base station management system. The main functions of the access gateway include: handling registration of the home base station, operation and maintenance management of the home base station, and data exchange between the core network (network service provider network) and the home base station. The mobile terminal can access the core network (network service provider network) through the home base station, and the core network mainly includes an authentication and authorization charging server (AAA server). The AAA server is an authentication and authorization accounting server of the terminal user, and the AAA service saves the user subscription information of the terminal user, and provides the terminal user with services such as authentication and authorization and account service. User subscription information includes attributes such as the type of service the user enjoys, and the priority of the user's service. This embodiment provides a management method and apparatus for a closed user group member based on the above scenario. 4 is a flow chart of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following steps S402 to S406: Step S402: The home base station data server receives a management request for managing a member of the home base station CSG, where the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user; step S404, The home base station data server updates the CSG member information of the local home base station according to the management request. Step S406: The home base station data server sends the updated CSG member information of the home base station to the home base station to update the local CSG member information by the home base station. FIG. 5 is a first schematic diagram of a storage format of a CSG member list according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in the storage format, the CSG member list of the home base station only stores the identifiers (MAC addresses, MSIDs) of a series of terminals. Wait). 6 is a second schematic diagram of a storage format of a CSG member list according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, in this storage format, a CSG member list of a home base station not only stores a series of terminal identifiers (MAC address, MSID). Etc.), the identity of the end user corresponding to these terminal identifiers is also saved. For example, taking the MAC ID as the terminal identifier as an example, the MAC ID1 and the MAC ID2 correspond to the user USER ID1; and the MAC ID 3 corresponds to the USER ID2 and the like. The home base station and the home base station data server may save the CSG member information of the home base station using the storage format of the CSG member list shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 5. The home base station data server may store the CSG member list in the archive data of the corresponding home base station, and the file data may be indexed using the identifier of the home base station. If the storage format shown in FIG. 5 is used, when the target user is added as the CSG member of the home base station, the terminal identifier (MAC address, MSID, etc.) associated with the target user can be directly inserted into the CSG member list as A new CSG member; when the target user is removed as a CSG member of the home base station, the terminal identifier associated with the target user can be directly deleted from the CSG member list. If the storage format shown in FIG. 6 is used, when the target user is a CSG member of the home base station, the user identifier of the target user may be inserted into the CSG member list of the home base station as a new CSG member, and The terminal identifier associated with the target user is used as the attribute of the CSG member. When the target user is removed as the CSG member of the home base station, the identifier of the target user may be directly deleted from the CSG member list together with the associated terminal identifier. It is worth noting that the home base station and the home base station data server can use the same format to store the CSG member list, and can also store in different formats. The following preferred embodiments incorporate the above-described embodiments and their preferred embodiments. It should be noted that the technical features in the following preferred embodiments are not limited to use in the preferred embodiment, and the technical features in the respective preferred embodiments may be freely combined. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a first embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the preferred embodiment provides a CSG member that adds a target user to a home base station. The method includes the following steps: Step S701: The home base station receives a request to add a target user to its closed subscriber group CSG member, where the request includes the user identifier (Real-NAI, USI ID, etc.) of the target user. The owner of the home base station can use the local management interface on the home base station to input relevant requests and parameters by manual input; the home base station sends an increase CSG member request to the home base station data server, requesting to add the target user to the home base station. CSG member. The home base station sends the user identifier (Real-NAI, USI, etc.) of the target user and the identity of the home base station itself (NAI, BSID, etc.) to the user through the message. The home base station data server; preferably, the home base station can use the shared key between the home base station and the home base station data server to encrypt and protect parameters of the user identifier, the home base station identifier, and the like of the terminal user; The server can decrypt and read these parameters. Step S702: The home base station data server processes increase the CSG member request. The home base station data server parses the user identifier of the target user carried in the request, and the home base station data server can learn the home operator of the target user by using the user identifier (for example, by viewing the domain name part of the user identifier), and determining the user data. The address of the server. The home base station data server may also authenticate and authorize the request, for example, checking whether the CSG member owned by the home base station reaches an upper limit, and if the upper limit has been reached, the home base station is not allowed to add a new CSG member; and the target user Whether there is a contract relationship between the home operator (network service provider) and the home base station operator (home base station network service provider) to which the home base station belongs, and if not, the home base station is not allowed to increase the target user to its CSG. member. Step S703: The home base station data server sends a terminal identification request to the user data server. The home base station data server sends a terminal identity request message to the user data server, and is used to request the user data server to identify the identity of the terminal device associated with the target user, and can also be used to notify the user that the data server target user is added to the home base station. CSG member. The message carries parameters such as an end user identifier and a home base station identifier. Step S704: The user data server searches for the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user, and saves the above-mentioned home base station identifier. The user data server may first authenticate and encrypt the terminal identification request message. For example, the user data server may check the file of the target user to determine whether the terminal user has permission to access the network through the home base station. . The user data server also needs to find the identity of the terminal associated with the target user. For example, the user data server may find the subscription information (user profile) of the target user according to the user identifier of the target user, where the subscription information stores binding information between the target user and the terminal used by the target user, where the foregoing information is included. The identity of the terminal associated with the target user (eg, MAC address, MSID, etc.). If the target user has multiple terminals associated with it at the same time, the user data server can find the identifiers of the plurality of terminals associated with it. The user data server also stores the home base station identifier carried in the terminal identifier request message, and associates the home base station identifier with the target user identifier to indicate that the target user is a CSG member of the home base station. For example, the home base station identifier is saved in the subscription information of the target user. Step S705: The user data server sends a terminal identity response to the home base station data server. After the terminal identifier request processing is completed, the user data server returns the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user obtained by the query to the home base station data server by using the terminal identifier response message. If a plurality of terminals are associated with the target user, preferably, the user data server sends the identifiers of the terminals to the home base station data server in the form of a list. Step S706: The home base station data server saves the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user. Depending on the storage format of the CSG member list stored locally by the home base station data server, if the storage format shown in FIG. 5 is used (ie, only the identifiers of a group of terminals are saved), the above may be directly performed according to the method described above. The identifier of the terminal is saved in the CSG member list. If the storage format shown in Figure 6 is used (that is, not only the identifier of the terminal but also the correspondence between the identifier of the terminal and the target user needs to be saved), the home base station data server further To save the user ID of the target user, and save the user ID together with the identifier of the above terminal into the CSG member list according to the method described above. Step S707: The home base station data server sends an increase CSG member response to the home base station. The home base station data server sends the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user to the home base station by adding a CSG member response message, and authorizes the home base station to add the target user to its CSG member. In addition, the interaction between the user data server and the home base station can be performed through the security gateway so that the parameters and information of the interaction between the two parties are not known by the third party. Step S708: The home base station saves the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user, updates its CSG member information, and completes the process of adding the target user to its CSG member. Depending on the format of the CSG member list stored locally by the home base station, if the storage format shown in FIG. 5 is used, the identifier of the terminal may be directly saved to the CSG member list according to the method described above; In the storage format shown in Figure 6, the home base station data server also needs to save the target. The user identifier of the user, and the user identifier is saved in the CSG member list together with the identifier of the terminal in accordance with the method described above. Preferred Embodiment 2 FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the preferred embodiment provides a method of adding a target user to a CSG member of a home base station. Different from the first embodiment, in the method described in this embodiment, the process of managing the CSG member of the home base station is initiated by the home base station data server (for example, the owner of the home base station requests by calling the operator) Adding the target user to the CSG member of the home base station owned by the target user, the method includes the following steps: Step S801: The home base station data server receives the CSG member management request of the closed subscriber group CSG member that adds the target user to the home base station. . The request carries the user identifier (Real-NAI, USI, etc.) of the target user and the identity (NAI, BSID, etc.) of the home base station itself. Step S802 to step S806: Same as step S702 to step S706. Step S807: The home base station performs an initial network access procedure and accesses the mobile communication network. If the home base station has access to the mobile communication network (that is, the home base station has performed the initial network access procedure), this step does not need to be performed, and step S808 is directly executed. Otherwise, at any time after the execution of the above step (step S806) is completed, the home base station performs an initial network access procedure and accesses the mobile communication network. Step S808: The home base station data server sends the updated CSG member information to the home base station. The home base station data server sends the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user (the newly added CSG member) to the home base station by updating the message such as the CSG member message, and notifies the home base station to add the target user to its CSG member. It should be noted that the home base station data server may send the updated CSG member information to the home base station by using multiple methods: if the home base station data server finds that the home base station has accessed the mobile communication network after the step S806 is performed, The home base station data server can send updates directly to the home base station The CSG member message sends the related information to the home base station; otherwise, if the home base station data server finds that the home base station has not accessed the mobile communication network after the step S806 is completed, the home base station data server cannot immediately The updated CSG member information is sent to the home base station. At this time, the home base station data server may set a flag for the home base station to indicate that the CSG member information of the home base station has changed. In this case, the home base station data server may wait until the home base station is connected to the network and then send the related information to the home base station by updating the CSG member message; or may update the information in the process that the home base station can perform initialization of the network. To the home base station. The home base station data server may send the updated CSG member information to the home base station in the process that the home base station can perform initial network access in the following methods: Method 1: The home base station data server accesses in the home base station access network process The above information is sent to the home base station during the authentication process. The home base station data server may first send the above information to the security gateway, and then the security gateway sends the information to the home base station. At this time, the home base station data server is a home base station authentication authorized charging server. Method 2: The home base station data server updates the above information to the home base station in the process of acquiring configuration information in the home base station network access procedure. At this time, the home base station data server is a home base station management system. In addition, in the process of performing initial network access by the home base station, the home base station data server may not directly send the above information to the home base station, but may send an identifier to the home base station that prompts the home base station that the CSG member information has changed. In this case, after the home base station is connected to the network, the home base station can actively initiate a request to the home base station data server to request the updated CSG information. Step S809: Synchronize 4 S708. In the foregoing first embodiment and the second embodiment, the home base station data server may be a home base station AAA server, a home base station management system, or a network management server in the home base station network service provider network; the foregoing user data server may It is an AAA server, a management system (for example, a dedicated CSG management system) in the network service provider network. The solution described in the above two embodiments implements the CSG member management function of adding the end user (target user) to the CSG member of the home base station. The program enables users (home base station The use of a user-friendly identity (specifically, the user identity of the target user) to implement CSG member management (specifically, to increase the terminal user as a CSG member of the home base station). After performing the above CSG member management process, the identity (MAC address, MSID, etc.) of the terminal associated with the target user is added to the CSG member list of the home base station. Thereafter, when the target user attempts to access the mobile network through the home base station using the terminal, since the identity of the terminal already exists in the CSG member list of the home base station, the home base station will allow the terminal user to pass the home station. The base station accesses the mobile communication network, or/and assigns a higher priority to the end user to enjoy a better service. Preferred Embodiment 3 FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a third embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the preferred embodiment provides a method of disqualifying a target user as a CSG member of a home base station. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the home base station data server saves the CSG member list in the storage format shown in FIG. 6, the method includes the following steps: Step S901: The home base station receives the cancellation target user as its closed subscriber group CSG membership. The CSG member manages the request, the request includes the user identifier (Real-NAI, USI, etc.) of the target user, and the home base station obtains the above parameter by using the method described in step S701; the home base station sends a request to delete the CSG member to the home base station data server, The eligibility to cancel the target user as a member of the home base station CSG is requested. The home base station transmits the user identifier of the target user and the identity of the home base station itself to the home base station data server through the message. Similarly, the user identifier, the home base station identifier, and the like of the target user may be encrypted and protected using the method described in step S701. Step S902: The home base station data server processes the CSG member request to delete the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user. Since the home base station data server saves the CSG member list in the storage format shown in FIG. 6, the home base station data server can locally obtain the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user, for example, first extracting the file data of the home base station. And extracting the CSG member list of the home base station in the archive data, and finally searching through the list by the user identifier. At the same time, according to the method described in step S702, the home base station data server determines the address of the user data server according to the user identifier of the target user. In addition, the home base station data server can also authenticate and authorize the request, such as ensuring that the request is a legitimate request from a home base station, and the like. Step S903: The home base station data server sends an update CSG member information message to the user data server, and updates the CSG related information of the target user saved in the user data server. The home base station data server sends a message to the user data server to update the CSG member information, to notify the user of the data server, and the target user is no longer a CSG member of the home base station. The message carries the target user identifier, the home base station identifier, and the like. Step S904: The user data server updates the locally saved CSG member information related to the target user. The user data server extracts the target user identifier and the home base station identifier from the message, and deactivates the home base station identifier from being associated with the target user identifier, indicating that the target user is no longer a CSG member of the home base station. For example, the home base station identity is removed from the subscription information associated with the CSG member of the target user. Step S905: The user data server returns an updated CSG member information response to the home base station data server. Step S906: The home base station data server updates the locally saved CSG member information of the home base station, and deletes the terminal identifier associated with the target user. The home base station data server deletes the identity of the terminal associated with the target user from the CSG member list of the home base station in step S902. Step S907: The home base station data server sends a delete CSG member response message to the home base station, and notifies the home base station to cancel the qualification of the target user as its CSG member. The above message may carry the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user obtained in step S902. Step S908: The home base station updates the locally saved CSG member information, deletes the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user, and completes the process of deleting the target user from the CSG member list. Depending on the format of the CSG member list stored locally by the home base station, if the storage format shown in FIG. 5 is used, the home base station determines which of the CSG member lists according to the terminal identifier carried in the CSG member response message. The terminal ID needs to be deleted and deleted. If you use Figure 6 The storage format shown, according to the method described in step S902 and step S906, directly finds and deletes corresponding data locally at the home base station according to the user identifier of the target user. In this case, the foregoing CSG member response message may not carry the terminal identifier. Preferred Embodiment 4 FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a fourth embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, the preferred embodiment provides a qualification for canceling a target user as a CSG member of a home base station. Methods. Similar to the second embodiment, this embodiment describes a procedure for initiating management of CSG members of a home base station by a home base station data server. As with the third embodiment, this embodiment assumes that the home base station data server saves the CSG member list using the storage format shown in FIG. 6, and the method includes the following steps: Step S1001: The home base station data server receives the cancel target user as CSG member management request for closed subscriber group CSG membership of the home base station. The request carries the user identifier (Real-NAI, USI, etc.) of the target user and the identity (NAI, BSID, etc.) of the home base station itself. Step S1002 to step S1006: Same as step S902 to step S906. Step S1007: In the same step S807, the home base station performs an initial network access procedure and accesses the mobile communication network. If the home base station has accessed the mobile communication network, the direct jump is performed to step S1008; otherwise, at any time after the execution of step S1006 is completed, the home base station performs an initial network access procedure. Step S1008: In the same step S808, the home base station data server sends the updated CSG member information to the home base station. The difference is that, in this step, the home base station data server sends the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user (the deleted CSG member) to the home base station by notifying the home base station to cancel the target user by updating the message such as the CSG member message. Qualified as a member of its CSG. The identifier of the terminal associated with the target user is obtained in step S1002 (same as step S902). Step S1009: In the same step S908, the home base station updates the locally saved CSG member information, deletes the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user, and completes the process of deleting the target user from the CSG member list. Wherein, if the storage format shown in FIG. 6 is used, the home base station can directly find and delete the corresponding data locally at the home base station according to the user identifier of the target user. At this time, in step S1008, the home base station data server may not transmit the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user to the home base station, but transmits the user identifier of the target user to the home base station. Preferred Embodiment 5 FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a fifth embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11, the preferred embodiment provides a CSG member that cancels a target user as a home base station. The method of qualification. Different from the third embodiment, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the home base station data server saves the CSG member list by using the storage format shown in FIG. 5, and the method includes the following steps: Step S1101: Synchronization 4 S901. Step S1102: The home base station data server processes the delete CSG member request. Since the home base station data server saves the CSG member list in the storage format shown in FIG. 5, the home base station data server cannot obtain the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user locally. Except for this, the processing method of this step is the same as that of step S902. Step S1103: In the same step S703, the home base station data server sends a terminal identification request to the user data server. The difference is that, in this step, the terminal identification request may also be used to notify the user data server that the target user is no longer a CSG member of the home base station. Step S1104: In the same step S704, the user data server searches for the identifier of the terminal associated with the target user. The difference is that, in this step, using the method described in step S904, the user data server de-associates the home base station identity with the target user identity, indicating that the target user is no longer a CSG member of the home base station. Step S1105: Synchronize 4 S705. Step S1106: The home base station data server updates the locally saved CSG member information of the home base station, and deletes the terminal identifier associated with the target user. The home base station data server extracts the identifiers of the terminals associated with the target user from the terminal identifier response message, and uses the terminal identifiers to determine which of the CSG member lists of the home base station The end identifier needs to be deleted and deleted. For example, the file data of the home base station is first taken out, and the CSG member list of the home base station is taken out from the file data, and finally the terminal identifier that needs to be deleted in the CSG member list is deleted according to the extracted terminal identifier. Step S1107 to step 4 gather S 1108: Synchronize 4 to S907 to step 4 to gather S908. The solution described in the above embodiment also implements the function of canceling the CSG membership of the end user in the home base station. Preferred Embodiment 6 FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a sixth embodiment of a CSG member management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the preferred embodiment provides a qualification for canceling a target user as a CSG member of a home base station. Methods. Similar to the second embodiment, this embodiment describes a procedure for initiating management of CSG members of a home base station by a home base station data server. As with the fifth embodiment, this embodiment assumes that the home base station data server saves the CSG member list using the storage format shown in FIG. 5, and the method includes the following steps: Step S1201: Synchronization 4 S 1001. Step S1202 to step S1206: Same as step S1102 to step S1106. Step S 1207: In the same step S 1007, the home base station performs an initial network access procedure and accesses the mobile communication network. If the home base station has accessed the mobile communication network, the direct jump is performed to step S 1208; otherwise, at any time after the execution of step S 1206 is completed, the home base station performs an initial network access procedure. Step S1208: In the same step S1008, the home base station data server sends the updated CSG member information to the home base station. The difference is that the identity of the terminal associated with the target user contained in the updated CSG member information is obtained in the message of the terminal identity response returned from the user data server in step S1205. Step S 1209: Same as step S 1009. In the foregoing third to sixth embodiments, the home base station data server may be a home base station AAA server, a home base station management system, or a network management server in the home base station network service provider network; the user data server may be a network service provider. AAA service within the business network , management systems (eg, dedicated CSG management systems), etc. The schemes described in the third to sixth embodiments described above implement the function of canceling the CSG membership of the end user (target user) in the home base station. By using this scheme, the user (owner of the home base station) can implement CSG member management by using a user-friendly identifier (specifically, the user identifier of the target user) (specifically, referring to the terminal user from the home Deleted in the CSG member column of the base station). After performing the above CSG member management process, the identity (MAC address, MSID, etc.) of the terminal associated with the target user is deleted from the CSG member list of the home base station. Thereafter, when the target user attempts to access the mobile network through the home base station by using the terminal, since the identity of the terminal does not exist in the CSG member list with the home base station, the home base station will reject the terminal user to pass. The home base station accesses the mobile communication network, or although the terminal user is allowed to access, but is assigned a lower priority to enjoy a poor quality service. Further, in the third (fourth)th embodiment of the present invention, step 4 to S903 to step 4 to S905 (steps S1003 to S1005) may be performed in parallel with step S906 (step S1006) without prioritization . From the above description, it can be seen that the present invention can facilitate the user to use the home base station to perform member management of the CSG. Preferred Embodiment 7 This embodiment provides a management apparatus for closing a member of a user group, and the apparatus can implement the methods in the above various embodiments and preferred embodiments. The device can be a home base station data server or a home base station. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a preferred home base station data server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 13, the apparatus includes: a receiving module 131, an updating module 133, and a sending module 135. Preferably, an authentication module 137 and an obtaining module 139 are further included. This will be explained below. The receiving module 131 is configured to receive a management request for managing a member of the home base station to close the user group, where the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user; and the updating module 133 is configured to update the closed user group member information of the local home base station according to the management request; The sending module 135 is configured to send the closed subscriber group member information of the updated home base station. The authentication module 137 is configured to perform authentication and authorization on the management request. The obtaining module 139 is configured to obtain, according to the user identifier of the terminal user, a terminal identifier associated with the terminal user. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a preferred home base station according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the home base station includes: a sending module 141, a receiving module 143, and an updating module 145. This will be explained below. The sending module 141 is configured to send a management request for managing a closed user group member of the home base station, where the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user; the receiving module 143 is configured to receive the closed user group member information of the home base station; The local closed subscriber group member information is updated according to the closed subscriber group member information of the home base station. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a preferred user data server according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, the user data server includes: a receiving module 151 and a searching module 153. The receiving module 151 is configured to receive the request message, where the request message carries the updated closed user group member information, and the closed user group member information includes the user identifier corresponding to the terminal user; the searching module 153 is configured to respond to the terminal user. The user identifier is used to find the terminal identifier corresponding to the terminal user. It should be noted that the steps shown in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings may be performed in a computer system such as a set of computer executable instructions, and, although the logical order is shown in the flowchart, in some cases, The steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than that herein. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or they may be Multiple modules or steps are made into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

A method for managing a member of a closed user group, comprising:

The home base station data server receives a management request for managing a member of the closed user group of the home base station, where the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user;

The home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the management request;

The home base station data server transmits the updated closed subscriber group member information of the home base station to the home base station so that the home base station updates the local closed subscriber group member information.

The method according to claim 1, wherein before the home base station data server receives the management request for managing the home base station to close the user group member, the method further includes:

The home base station receives the management request;

The home base station sends the management request to the home base station data server, where the management request is used to request the home base station data server to authorize the home base station to execute the management request.

The method according to claim 1, wherein before the home base station data server updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the management request, the method further includes:

The home base station data server performs authentication and authorization on the management request; in the case that the authentication authorization passes, the home base station data server updates the closed user group member information of the local home base station according to the management request.

The method according to claim 1, wherein before the home base station data server sends the closed subscriber group member information of the updated home base station to the home base station, the method further includes:

The home base station data server sends a request message to the user data server, where the request message carries the updated closed user group member information;

The user data server updates the local closed user group member information by the request message. The method according to claim 4, wherein the updating of the closed user group member information by the user data server by the request message comprises:

In the case that the request message is to increase the end user's request as a closed user group member of the home base station, the user data server adds the identifier of the home base station to the user profile of the terminal user;

In the case that the request message is to cancel the end user's request as a closed user group member of the home base station, the user data server deletes the identity of the home base station from the user profile of the terminal user. The method according to claim 1, wherein the updating, by the home base station data server, the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the management request comprises: the home base station data server is located in the terminal The user's user ID updates the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station. The method according to claim 6, wherein the updating, by the home base station data server, the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the user identifier of the terminal user includes:

The user base station data server of the home base station obtains a terminal identifier associated with the terminal user;

The home base station data server resides in the terminal identifier to update closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station. The method according to claim 7, wherein the home base station data server acquires the terminal identifier associated with the terminal user according to the user identifier of the terminal user, including:

The home base station data server sends a terminal identifier request to the user data server, where the terminal identifier request is used to request the terminal identifier associated with the user identifier;

The user data server queries the terminal identifier, and sends the terminal identifier to the home base station data server; or

The home base station data server registers the user identifier of the terminal user locally to query the terminal identifier.

The method according to claim 6, wherein the updating, by the home base station data server, the closed subscriber group member information of the local home base station according to the terminal identifier comprises: adding, in the management request, that the terminal user is In the case that the home base station closes the request of the user group member, the home base station data server adds the identifier of the terminal associated with the terminal user to the file of the home base station;

In the case that the management request is the request to cancel the terminal user as a member of a closed user group of the home base station, the home base station data server will identify the terminal associated with the terminal user. Deleted from the file of the home base station.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the closed subscriber group member information of the home base station comprises at least one of the following:

The user of the end user is only i;

A terminal identifier associated with the end user.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the updating, by the home base station, the local closed subscriber group member information comprises:

In the case that the management request is to increase the end user's request for the closed subscriber group member of the home base station, the home base station saves the terminal identifier associated with the terminal user to the local;

In the case that the management request is to cancel the request of the end user as a member of the closed subscriber group of the home base station, the home base station deletes the terminal identifier associated with the terminal user from the local.

12. A home base station data server, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a management request for managing a closed user group member of the home base station, where the management request carries a user identifier of the terminal user;

And an update module, configured to update the closed user group member information of the local home base station in the management request;

And a sending module, configured to send the updated closed subscriber group member information of the home base station.

The home base station data server according to claim 12, wherein the home base station data server further comprises:

An authentication module, configured to perform authentication and authorization on the management request.

The home base station data server according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the home base station data server further comprises:

And an obtaining module, configured to: obtain, according to the user identifier of the terminal user, a terminal identifier associated with the terminal user.

15. A home base station, comprising:

Send module. And a management request for sending a member of the closed user group of the management home base station, where the management request carries the user identifier of the terminal user;

a receiving module, configured to receive closed subscriber group member information of the home base station, and an update module, configured to update the local closed subscriber group member information according to the closed subscriber group member information of the home base station.

16. A user data server, characterized by comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a request message, where the request message carries updated closed subscriber group member information, where the closed subscriber group member information includes a user identifier of the terminal user;

And a search module, configured to search for a user identifier of the terminal user to find a terminal identifier corresponding to the terminal user.