WO2013113185A1

WO2013113185A1 - Method and device for processing service subscription information

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Publication number: WO2013113185A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/073068
Authority: WO
Inventors: 曹岚健; 余万涛
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-02-02
Filing date: 2012-03-26
Publication date: 2013-08-08
Also published as: CN103249030B; CN103249030A

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and device for processing service subscription information. The method comprises: after being authenticated by a network side, a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device sets up a connection to the network side; the MTC device transmits the service subscription information to the network side, wherein the service subscription information comprises parameter information of an MTC server; the network side seeks out the MTC server according to the parameter information of the MTC server and authenticates the server. After succeeding in the authentication, the network side correlates the MTC device with the MTC server. With the invention, solved is the problem in related technologies that the MTC device is unable to report to the network side the service subscription information of a new service of the MTC device, therefore the network side is enabled to change the authenticated MTC server list correlated with the MTC device and to learn by which MTC servers the MTC device can be triggered, thus performance of the MTC communication is improved.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and apparatus for processing service subscription information. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Machine Type Communication (MTC) refers to a data interaction between two entities that does not require human intervention. In other words, MTC is a kind of machine-like communication, a dialogue between machines and machines. In the MTC system, the number of MTC devices will greatly exceed the number of terminals in the existing Human to Human (H2H) communication. At the same time, the communication between these large numbers of MTC devices will generate a large amount of data. This large amount of data needs to be transmitted through the communication network, so the communication between the machine and the machine also needs to be managed on the network side. The existing wireless communication network does not need to be wired, and has a wide coverage, so that the most effective and promising information for MTC communication is carried in the transmission technology. In the future industry, MTC equipment will be used in various industries. How to deal with the huge data interaction generated by a large number of MTC devices has become an urgent problem to be solved. In order to optimize the signaling/data transmission between the network side and the MTC device, the MTC device can only maintain the signaling connection with the control plane on the network side when the data interaction with the network is not required, and the MTC device is required. When the network side performs data interaction, the data connection of the user plane is established. In this way, when the MTC server needs to report data to the MTC device, the MTC device is triggered first, and the MTC device is woken up, so that the data connection of the user plane is established between the MTC device and the network side. In the process of triggering the MTC device by the MTC server, the MTC server generates a request for triggering the MTC device, and sends the request to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network. The 3GPP network needs to verify whether the server of the MTC is an authorized legal MTC server, and the 3GPP network only sends the trigger information from the legal MTC server to the MTC device. The legal MTC server here has two meanings: First, the MTC server is authorized by the 3GPP network, and is an MTC server that is trusted by the 3GPP network. Second, the MTC server has a contract relationship with the MTC device, which may be The MTC device provides services and can trigger the server of the MTC device. Therefore, the 3GPP network needs to provide a mechanism for the MTC user to inform the 3GPP network, and report the MTC server list that the MTC device subscribes to trigger the MTC device. The authorized MTC server refers to an MTC server that is contracted with a designated MTC terminal and can trigger the MTC terminal. The above MTC server list refers to a set of service provider identifiers (Identifiy, abbreviated as ID) that can be triggered by the designated MTC terminal to trigger the MTC terminal. The service provider ID is included in the International Service Provider Identifier (ISSI) of the MTC device. The subscription information of the ISSI and the MTC terminal is together with the Home Subscriber Server (HSS). / Home Location Register (HLR). In the related art, when signing with the 3GPP network, the MTC device may initially provide a set of MTC servers that can trigger the MTC device for the 3GPP network, but the MTC device may need a new MTC server to provide services for the MTC device, and may need to be new. The MTC server triggers, but there is no solution to the above situation in the prior art. In view of the problem that the MTC device cannot report the subscription information of its new service to the network side in the related art, an effective solution has not been proposed yet. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for processing service subscription information to solve at least the above problems. The present invention provides a service subscription information processing method and apparatus for the problem that the MTC device cannot report the subscription information of the new service to the network side. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a service subscription information processing method is provided. The method includes: after the MTC device authenticates by the network side, establishing a connection with the network side; the MTC device sends service subscription information to the network side, where The service subscription information includes the parameter information of the MTC server. Before the foregoing MTC device is authenticated by the network side, the method may further include: the MTC device sends the request information to the network side, where the request information includes the temporary identifier TMSI of the MTC device; and the network side performs the MTC according to the TMSI. The device is certified. Before the foregoing MTC device is not connected to the network side, the method may further include: the MTC device receiving the international service provider subscription identifier ISSI and the parameter information sent by the MTC server, where the ISSI is used to identify the foregoing MTC device. The network side may include at least one of the following network elements: a general packet radio service GPRS service support node SGSN/mobility management entity MME, a home subscriber server HSS/home location register HLR, a machine type communication-interoperability function entity MTC- IWF. The sending, by the MTC device, the request information to the network side may include: sending, by the MTC device, the request information to the SGSN/MME; after the SGSN/MME receives the TMSI, according to the divination The TMSI queries the IMSI of the MTC device corresponding thereto, and the SGSN/MME sends an authentication request to the HSS/HLR, where the authentication request carries the IMSI queried by the SGSN/MME. The foregoing network side performing the authentication on the foregoing MTC device according to the foregoing TMSI may include: the HSS/HLR generating an authentication data vector according to the received IMSI, where the HSS/HLR sends the authentication data vector to the SGSN/MME; the SGSN/MME receives After the above authentication data vector, the above MTC device is authenticated. The sending, by the MTC device, the service subscription information to the network side may include: sending, by the MTC device, the service subscription information to the SGSN/MME, where the SGSN/MME forwards the service subscription information to the HSS/HLR. After the foregoing MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, the method further includes:

After receiving the parameter information carried in the service subscription information, the HSS/HLR sends the parameter information to the MTC-IWF; the MTC-IWF authenticates with the MTC server corresponding to the parameter information. According to another embodiment of the present invention, a service subscription information processing method is provided, the method includes: receiving, by a network side, service subscription information sent by an MTC device, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of an MTC server; The side finds the MTC server corresponding to the parameter information according to the parameter information in the service subscription information, and performs authentication on the MTC server. Before the network side receives the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, the method further includes: the network side receiving the request information sent by the MTC device, where the request information includes a TMSI of the MTC device; TMSI authenticates the above MTC devices. After the foregoing network side successfully authenticates the foregoing MTC server according to the parameter information, the method further includes: establishing, by the foregoing MTC device, the foregoing MTC server. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, a service subscription information processing apparatus is provided. The service subscription information processing apparatus is located on an MTC device, and the apparatus includes: a connection establishment module, configured to be authenticated by the network side, and the network side The service contract information sending module is configured to send the service subscription information to the network side, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server. The device may further include: a request information sending module, configured to send the request information to the network side when the connection is not established with the network side, where the request information includes the TMSI of the MTC device. The foregoing apparatus may further include: a receiving module, configured to receive an ISSI sent by the MTC server and parameter information of the foregoing MTC server, where the ISSI is used to identify the foregoing MTC device. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, a service subscription information processing apparatus is provided. The service subscription information processing apparatus is located on a network side, and the apparatus includes: a service subscription information receiving module, configured to receive service subscription information sent by the MTC device, The service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server. The first authentication module is configured to authenticate the MTC server according to the parameter information in the service subscription information. The device may further include: a request information receiving module, configured to receive the request information sent by the MTC device, where the request information includes the TMSI of the MTC device; and the second authentication module is configured to receive according to the request information receiving module The above TMSI authenticates the above MTC device. The foregoing apparatus may further include: an association module, configured to associate the foregoing MTC device with the foregoing MTC server. After the MTC device is authenticated by the network side, the MTC device establishes a connection with the network side, and the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, where the service subscription information includes the parameter information of the MTC server, and the related technology is solved. The MTC device cannot report the service subscription information of the new service to the network side, so that the network side can change the list of authorized MTC servers related to the MTC device, so that the network side can know which MTC devices can be triggered by the MTC server, and improve the MTC. Communication performance. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 is a flowchart of a method for processing service subscription information on an MTC device side according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for processing service subscription information on a network side according to an embodiment of the present invention; A flow chart of a method for an MTC device to report a newly subscribed MTC server to a 3GPP network according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for an MTC device in an unattached state to report a newly subscribed MTC server to a 3GPP network according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for an MTC device in an attached state to report a newly subscribed MTC server to a 3GPP network according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a service subscription information processing apparatus on an MTC device side according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a service subscription information processing apparatus on a network side according to an embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 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. In the related art, the MTC user or the MTC device cannot report the service subscription information of the new service to the 3GPP network (that is, the subscription information of the subscription relationship between the MTC device and the MTC server), so the 3GPP network cannot decide whether to change the authorization related to the MTC device. MTC server list. In order to enable the 3GPP network to authenticate the trigger information sent by the MTC device, the trigger information of the legal MTC server can only be sent to the MTC device with which it is subscribed, and cannot be sent to any MTC device. Therefore, a mechanism is needed to enable the MTC user or The MTC device can report a list of authorized MTC servers. Based on this, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for processing service subscription information, which are described below by using an embodiment. The present embodiment provides a service contract information processing method, which can be implemented on the MTC device side. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a service subscription information processing method on the MTC device side. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps ( Step S102: Step S104): Step S102, the MTC device establishes a connection with the network side after being authenticated by the network side; Step S104, the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, where the service subscription information includes the MTC server. Parameter information.

There is a contract relationship between the MTC device and the 3GPP network. The MTC device also has a contract relationship with the MTC server. Therefore, there are two subscription information related to the two contract relationships. The above-mentioned subscription information reported by the MTC device to the network side refers to the subscription information corresponding to the subscription relationship between the MTC device and the MTC server. After the MTC device establishes a connection with the network side, the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side for the subsequent network side authentication to the MTC server, and solves the problem that the MTC device cannot report its new service to the network side in the related art. The problem of the service subscription information, so that the network side can change the list of authorized MTC servers related to the MTC device, so that the network side can know which MTC devices can be triggered by the MTC server, and improve the performance of the MTC communication. If the MTC device and the MTC server sign a new service, the signing process of the new service may be signed through the 3GPP network, or may be signed through other non-3GPP networks. After signing the MTC device and the MTC server, MTC The server assigns an external identifier (ie, ISSI) to the MTC device, and the ISSI is used to identify the MTC device on the interface between the MTC server and the MTC-Interoperable Function Entity (MTC-Interworking Function, MTC-IWF). The MTC server notifies the above ISSI and MTC server parameters to the MTC device in the new service signing process. Therefore, the present embodiment provides a preferred implementation manner, that is, before the MTC device establishes a connection with the network side, the MTC device receives the ISSI sent by the MTC server and the parameter information of the MTC server, where the ISSI is used to identify the foregoing MTC. device. The ISSI includes a service provider ID, so that the network side can easily determine whether the above MTC server is an MTC server capable of establishing a new service with the MTC device. In this way, when the MTC server is associated with the MTC device, it is convenient to find the corresponding MTC device according to the identifier. The above ISSI and MTC server parameters can be saved on the MTC device or on a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC). After the MTC server notifies the above ISSI and MTC server parameters to the MTC device, the MTC device is still in an unattached state, that is, the MTC device has not established a connection with the network side, and the MTC device should go to the General Packet Radio Service (General Packet Radio Service, A service support node (Serving GPRS support node, hereinafter referred to as SGSN)/Mobility Management Entity (MME) initiates a request for reporting a new service subscription, and the request can be attached to the core network. Establish a secure connection to securely report new business sign-up reports. The request for reporting the new service contract should include the Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI) of the MTC device, which can be attached to the standard attachment process. Based on this, the embodiment provides a preferred embodiment, that is, the MTC device sends the request information to the network side (that is, the request for reporting the new service subscription situation), where the request information includes the TMSI of the foregoing MTC device, and then, The network side authenticates the foregoing MTC device according to the TMSI. The TMSI carried in the request information establishes a basic condition for the subsequent network side to authenticate the MTC device, so that after the authentication of the MTC device is passed, the MTC device can establish a connection with the network side. The network element on the network side includes at least one of the following: SGSN/MME, HSS/HLR MTC-IWF, and the foregoing MTC device sending the request information to the network side includes the following process: After receiving the TMSI sent by the MTC device, the SGSN/MME And querying the IMSI of the MTC device by using the TMSI, and using the IMSI to initiate request information (ie, the request information) of the authentication data to the HSS/HLR, requesting an authentication vector. After receiving the authentication data request, the HSS/HLR generates an authentication data vector according to the IMSI therein and transmits it to the SGSN/MME. After receiving the authentication vector, the SGSN/MME performs the authentication and key agreement (AKA) process of the standard third-generation mobile communication network with the MTC device. For the foregoing process, the embodiment provides a preferred implementation manner, that is, the MTC device sends the request information to the SGSN/MME, and after receiving the TMSI carried in the request information, the SGSN/MME queries the corresponding MTC device according to the TMSI. IMSI, then the SGSN/MME sends an authentication request to the HSS/HLR, which recognizes The IMSI is queried by the SGSN/MME. The HSS/HLR generates an authentication data vector according to the received IMSI, and the HSS/HLR sends the authentication data vector to the SGSN/MME. After receiving the authentication data vector, the SGSN/MME performs authentication with the MTC device. Through the above manner, the authentication process of the MTC device on the network side is completed, and the process is simple, effective, and easy to implement. After the above AKA process, if mutual authentication between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME is successful, the

A secure connection will be established between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME, and the signaling interaction between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME will be protected by the current security context. If the mutual authentication between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME fails, the SGSN/MME will reject the service subscription information of the new service reported by the MTC device. If the mutual authentication between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME is successful, the SGSN/MME will agree to the MTC. The device reports its new business subscription information. If the secure connection between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME is successfully established, the MTC device initiates a new service subscription report to the SGSN/MME, including the external identifier ISSI and the MTC server parameters allocated by the MTC server. After decrypting and integrity verification of the new service subscription report, the SGSN/MME forwards the new service subscription report to the HSS/HLR. Then, the HSS/HLR transmits the MTC server parameters to the MTC-IWF, asking the MTC-IWF to authenticate the MTC server.

The MTC-IWF initiates an authentication process to the MTC server, and the authentication process may be a one-way authentication of the MTC server by the MTC-IWF, or a mutual authentication of the MTC-IWF and the MTC server. If the authentication between the MTC-IWF and the MTC server is successful, the MTC-IWF sends an authentication report to the HSS/HLR to inform the HSS/HLR that the above MTC server is legitimate. After receiving the legal authentication report of the MTC server, the HSS/HLR associates the ISSI of the MTC server with the IMSI of the MTC device. For the foregoing process, the embodiment provides a preferred implementation manner, that is, the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, where the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the SGSN/MME, and the SGSN/MME forwards the service subscription information to the HSS/ After the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, the HSS/HLR receives the parameter information carried in the service subscription information, and then sends the parameter information to the MTC-IWF, and the MTC-IWF and the MTC corresponding to the parameter information. The server is authenticated. In this way, the authentication process of the MTC server on the network side is completed, and the process is simple, effective, and easy to implement. Corresponding to the service contract information processing method on the MTC device side, the embodiment provides a service subscription information processing method, which can be implemented on the network side, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the network side service subscription information processing method, such as As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following steps (step S202 - step S204): Step S202: The network side receives the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server; Step S204: The network side searches for the MTC server corresponding to the parameter information according to the parameter information in the service subscription information, and performs authentication on the MTC server. After the network side receives the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, the network side authenticates the MTC server, and solves the problem that the MTC device cannot report the service subscription information of the new service to the network side in the related technology, so that the network side can The list of authorized MTC servers related to the MTC device is changed, so that the network side can know which MTC servers can be triggered by the MTC device, improving the performance of the MTC communication. Before receiving the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, the network side receives the request information sent by the MTC device, where the request information includes the TMSI of the MTC device, and the network side authenticates the MTC device according to the TMSI. After the network side successfully authenticates the MTC server according to the parameter information, the MTC device establishes an association with the MTC server. The specific process has been described above and will not be described here. The implementation process of the above embodiment will be described in detail below in conjunction with the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings. Embodiment 1 This embodiment provides a method for reporting, by a MTC device, a newly subscribed MTC server to a 3GPP network. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes the following steps (step S302-step S308): Step S302, the MTC device requests to 3GPP. The network reported its new business signing. The new business signing situation refers to the signing of the MTC device and the new MTC server. Prior to step 302, a contracting process should have taken place between the MTC device and the new MTC server. When the MTC device contracts with the new MTC server, the MTC server assigns an external identifier (ie ISSI) to the MTC device and informs the MTC device of some MTC server parameters. The external identifier ISSI is used to identify the MTC device on an external interface between the MTC server and the 3GPP network. The external identifier ISSI should be globally unique. The MTC device sends the foregoing MTC server parameters to the 3GPP network, so that the 3GPP network can find the MTC server that establishes a service with the MTC device, thereby authenticating the MTC server. Step S304, performing mutual authentication between the 3GPP network and the MTC device. The 3GPP network needs to authenticate the MTC device to determine that the MTC device requesting the new service subscription is a legitimate MTC device. The MTC device needs to authenticate the 3GPP network to prevent the attacker from impersonating the legitimate 3GPP network to attack the MTC device. If the two-way authentication between the 3GPP network and the MTC device is successful, the 3GPP network allows the MTC server to report information about its new service subscription. After the two-way authentication between the 3GPP network and the MTC device, a secure connection is established between the 3GPP network and the MTC device, so that the signaling and data transmission between the 3GPP network and the MTC device are protected by encryption and integrity. Step S306: After the MTC device reports the new service subscription status to the 3GPP network, the 3GPP network searches for the MTC server according to the information reported by the MTC device, and authenticates the MTC server to determine that the MTC server is legal. Step S308, if the 3GPP network determines that the MTC server is legal, the 3GPP network may associate the subscription information of the MTC server with the MTC device in the HSS/HLR. The above MTC device subscription information refers to 3GPP subscription information of the MTC device, such as IMSI. The 3GPP network associates the MTC server with the MTC device subscription information by associating the external identifier ISSI of the MTC server identifier MTC device with the 3GPP subscription information of the MTC device. The above ISSI includes a service provider ID, which can identify that the above MTC server is legitimate. The MTC server is the MTC server of the above service provider. Embodiment 2 This embodiment provides a method for reporting, by the MTC device in the unattached state (that is, the MTC device is not connected to the network side), to report the newly subscribed MTC server to the 3GPP network. As shown in FIG. 4, the method includes the following steps. Step S402-Step S422): Step S402, the MTC device and the MTC server sign a new service. After the MTC device is contracted with the MTC server, the MTC server allocates an external identifier ISSI to the MTC device for identifying the MTC device on the interface between the MTC server and the MTC-IWF. The MTC server notifies the MICS device of the ISSI and MTC server parameters during the new service contract. The above ISSI and MTC server parameters are signed on the MTC device or on the UICC card. Step S404: The MTC device initiates a request for reporting a new service subscription to the SGSN/MME, requests to attach to the 3GPP network, and establishes a secure connection, so as to securely report the new service subscription report. The request for reporting the new service contract shall include the TMSI or IMSI of the MTC device, and the request for reporting the new service contract may be attached to the standard attach process. Step S406: After receiving the TMSI of the MTC device, the SGSN/MME queries the IMSI of the MTC device through the TMSI, and uses the IMSI to initiate an authentication data request to the HSS/HLR to request an authentication vector. Step S408: After receiving the authentication data request, the HSS/HLR generates an authentication data vector according to the IMSI therein, and transmits the authentication data vector to the SGSN/MME. Step S410: After receiving the authentication vector, the SGSN/MME performs a standard AKA process with the MTC device. After the AKA process, if the mutual authentication between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME fails, the SGSN/MME will reject the MTC device to report its new service subscription information and disconnect the MTC device, if the MTC device and the SGSN/MME If the mutual authentication is successful, the SGSN/MME will agree to report the new service subscription information to the MTC device. A secure connection will be established between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME, and the signaling and data transmitted between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME will be protected by the current security context. Step S412: If the secure connection between the MTC device and the SGSN/MME is successfully established, the MTC device initiates a new service subscription report to the SGSN/MME, where the external identifier ISSI and MTC server parameters allocated by the MTC server are included. Step S414, the SGSN/MME forwards the new service subscription report to the HSS/HLR after decrypting and integrity verification of the new service subscription report. Step S416, the HSS/HLR transmits the MTC server parameters to the MTC-IWF, and requests the MTC-IWF to authenticate the MTC server. Step S418, the MTC-IWF initiates an authentication process to the MTC server, and the authentication process may be one-way authentication of the MTC-IWF to the MTC server, or may be mutual authentication of the MTC-IWF and the MTC server. Step S420, if the authentication between the MTC-IWF and the MTC server is successful, the MTC-IWF sends an authentication report to the HSS/HLR, informing the HSS/HLR that the MTC server is legal, if the authentication between the MTC-IWF and the MTC server fails. , then the MTC-IWF disconnects from the MTC server. Step S422, the MTC-IWF sends an authentication report to the HSS/HLR, indicating that the authentication to the MTC server is successful or failed. If the HSS/HLR receives a valid authentication report from the MTC server, the HSS/HLR associates the ISSI with the IMSI. If the HSS/HLR receives an authentication report that the MTC server is not legal, the HSS/HLR does nothing. Embodiment 3 This embodiment provides a method for reporting, by the MTC device in the attached state (that is, the connection between the MTC device and the network side), the MTC device to report the newly subscribed MTC server to the 3GPP network. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes the following steps (step S502). - Step S514): Step S502, the MTC device and the MTC server sign a new service. After the MTC device is contracted with the MTC server, the MTC server allocates an external identifier ISSI to the MTC device for identifying the MTC device on the interface between the MTC server and the MTC-IWF. The MTC server will ISSI and the new business signing process The MTC server parameters are notified to the MTC device. The above ISSI and MTC server parameters are signed on the MTC device or on the UICC card. Step S504, the MTC device initiates a new service subscription report to the SGSN/MME. Therefore, the foregoing MTC device is an MTC device in an attached state, that is, a mutual authentication has been performed between the 3GPP network and the MTC device, and a secure connection has been established between the SGSN/MME and the MTC device, and the SGSN/MME and the MTC device are transmitted. The signaling and data are protected by encryption and integrity, so the 3GPP network can confirm that the new service subscription report received is from a legitimate MTC device. The MTC device shall report its TMSI in the new service contract report, and report the relevant parameters of its external identifier ISSI and MTC server. Step S506: The SGSN/MME forwards a new service subscription report to the HSS/HLR, and reports the IMSI, the external identifier ISSI, and the MTC server related parameters of the MTC device. Step S508, the HSS/HLR transmits the MTC server parameter to the MTC-IWF, and requests the MTC-IWF to authenticate the MTC server. Step S510: The MTC-IWF initiates an authentication process to the MTC server, where the authentication process may be one-way authentication of the MTC-IWF to the MTC server, or may be mutual authentication of the MTC-IWF and the MTC server. Step S512, if the authentication between the MTC-IWF and the MTC server is successful, the MTC-IWF sends an authentication report to the HSS/HLR, informing the HSS/HLR that the MTC server is legal; if the authentication between the MTC-IWF and the MTC server fails , then the MTC-IWF disconnects from the MTC server. Step S514, the MTC-IWF sends an authentication report to the HSS/HLR, indicating that the authentication to the MTC server is successful or failed. If the HSS/HLR receives a valid authentication report from the MTC server, the HSS/HLR associates the ISSI with the IMSI. The HSS/HLR receives an authentication report that the MTC server is not legal, and the HSS/HLR does not perform any action. Corresponding to the service contract information processing method on the MTC device side, the embodiment further provides a service subscription information processing device, the device is located on the MTC device, and FIG. 6 is the service subscription information on the MTC device side according to the embodiment of the present invention. The structural block diagram of the processing device, as shown in FIG. 6, includes a connection establishing module 60 and a service contract information transmitting module 62. The structure will be described in detail below. The connection establishing module 60 is configured to establish a connection with the network side after being authenticated by the network side. The service subscription information sending module 62 is configured to send the service subscription information to the network side, where the service subscription information includes parameters of the MTC server. information. After the connection establishment module 60 establishes a connection with the network side, the service subscription information sending module 62 sends the service subscription information to the network side for the subsequent network side authentication to the MTC server, and solves the problem that the MTC device cannot be connected to the network in the related art. The problem of the subscription information of the new service is reported on the side, so that the network side can change the list of authorized MTC servers related to the MTC device, so that the network side can know which MTC servers can be triggered by the MTC server, and improve the performance of the MTC communication. Before the connection establishment module 60 establishes a connection with the network side, the foregoing apparatus may further include: a receiving module, configured to receive the ISSI sent by the MTC server and the parameter information of the MTC server, where the ISSI is used to identify the MTC device. The ISSI includes a service provider ID, so that the network side can easily determine whether the MTC server is an MTC server capable of establishing a new service with the MTC device. After the MTC server notifies the above-mentioned ISSI and MTC server parameters to the MTC device, the MTC device is still in an unattached state, that is, the MTC device has not established a connection with the network side, and the device may further include: a request information sending module, configured to be When the connection is not established with the network side, the request information is sent to the network side, where the request information includes the TMSI of the foregoing MTC device. Corresponding to the service contract information processing method on the network side, the embodiment further provides a service subscription information processing device, which is located on the network side, and FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of the service side information processing device on the network side according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the device includes a service subscription information receiving module 70 and a first authentication module 72. The structure will be described in detail below. The service subscription information receiving module 70 is configured to receive the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server, and the first authentication module 72 is configured to receive according to the service subscription information receiving module 70. The parameter information authenticates the MTC server. After the service subscription information receiving module 70 receives the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, the first authentication module 72 authenticates the MTC server, and solves the contract information that the MTC device cannot report its new service to the network side in the related art. The problem is that the network side can change the list of authorized MTC servers associated with the MTC device, so that the network side can know which MTC servers can be triggered by the MTC server, improving the performance of the MTC communication. Before the first authentication module 72 authenticates the MTC server, the network side needs to authenticate the MTC device. Therefore, the device may further include: a request information receiving module, configured to receive request information sent by the MTC device, where the request The information includes the TMSI of the above MTC device; the second authentication module, And determining to authenticate the MTC device according to the TMSI received by the request information receiving module. The specific authentication process has been described above and will not be described here. After the second authentication module successfully authenticates the MTC device and the first authentication module 72 successfully authenticates the MTC server, the foregoing apparatus further includes: an association module, configured to associate the MTC device with the MTC server. As can be seen from the above description, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for an MTC user to report service subscription information of a new service to a 3GPP network, so that the MTC device can report information about its subscription with the new MTC server, so that 3GPP can be enabled. The network can associate the new MTC server with the 3GPP subscription information of the MTC device, so that the newly contracted MTC server can trigger the MTC device, thereby enabling the 3GPP network to decide whether to change the list of authorized MTC servers related to the MTC device, Improve the performance of MTC communication. 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 and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps are fabricated as 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 spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for processing business contract information, comprising:

After the MTC device is authenticated by the network side, the MTC device establishes a connection with the network side. The MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the authenticating by the network side, the MTC device further includes:

The MTC device sends the request information to the network side, where the request information includes the temporary identification code TMSI of the MTC device;

The network side authenticates the MTC device according to the TMSI.

The method according to claim 2, wherein before the establishing, by the MTC device, the connection with the network side, the method further includes:

The MTC device receives the international service provider subscription identifier ISSI sent by the MTC server and the parameter information, where the ISSI is used to identify the MTC device.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the network side comprises at least one of the following network elements: a service support node SGSN/mobility management entity MME of a general packet radio service GPRS, a home subscriber Server HSS/Home Location Register HLR, Machine Class Communication-Interoperability Function Entity MTC-IWF.

The method of claim 4, wherein the sending, by the MTC device, the request information to the network side comprises:

Sending, by the MTC device, the request information to the SGSN/MME;

After receiving the TMSI, the SGSN/MME queries the IMSI of the MTC device corresponding thereto according to the TMSI;

The SGSN/MME sends an authentication request to the HSS/HLR, where the authentication request carries the IMSI queried by the SGSN/MME.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the performing, by the network side, the authenticating the MTC device according to the TMSI comprises: The HSS/HLR generates an authentication data vector according to the received IMSI, and the HSS/HLR sends the authentication data vector to the SGSN/MME;

After receiving the authentication data vector, the SGSN/MME authenticates with the MTC device.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the sending, by the MTC device, the service subscription information to the network side comprises:

The MTC device sends the service subscription information to the SGSN/MME, and the SGSN/MME forwards the service subscription information to the HSS/HLR.

The method according to claim 4, wherein, after the MTC device sends the service subscription information to the network side, the method further includes:

After receiving the parameter information carried in the service subscription information, the HSS/HLR sends the parameter information to the MTC-IWF;

The MTC-IWF performs authentication with the MTC server corresponding to the parameter information.

9. A method for processing business contract information, comprising:

The network side receiver class communicates the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server;

The network side searches for an MTC server corresponding to the parameter information according to parameter information in the service subscription information, and performs authentication on the MTC server.

The method according to claim 9, wherein, before the receiving, by the network side, the service subscription information sent by the MTC device, the method further includes:

The network side receives the request information sent by the MTC device, where the request information includes a temporary identifier TMSI of the MTC device;

The network side authenticates the MTC device according to the TMSI.

The method according to claim 9, wherein after the network side successfully authenticates the MTC server according to the parameter information, the method further comprises: establishing, by the MTC device, the association with the MTC server.

12. A service contract information processing device, the service contract information processing device being located on a machine type communication MTC device, the device comprising: a connection establishing module, configured to establish a connection with the network side after being authenticated by the network side; the service subscription information sending module is configured to send the service subscription information to the network side, where the service subscription information includes the MTC server Parameter information.

The device according to claim 12, wherein the device further comprises: a request information sending module, configured to send request information to the network side when the connection is not established with the network side, where the request information The temporary identification code TMSI of the MTC device is included.

The device according to claim 12, wherein the device further comprises:

The receiving module is configured to receive an international service provider subscription identifier ISSI sent by the MTC server and parameter information of the MTC server, where the ISSI is used to identify the MTC device.

A service contract information processing device, wherein the service contract information processing device is located on a network side, and the device comprises:

The service subscription information receiving module is configured to receive the service subscription information sent by the dual-machine communication MTC device, where the service subscription information includes parameter information of the MTC server;

The first authentication module is configured to find an MTC server corresponding to the parameter information according to the parameter information received by the service subscription information receiving module, and perform authentication on the MTC server.

The device according to claim 15, wherein the device further comprises:

The request information receiving module is configured to receive the request information sent by the MTC device, where the request information includes a temporary identification code TMSI of the MTC device;

And a second authentication module, configured to authenticate the MTC device according to the TMSI received by the request information receiving module.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus further comprises: an association module configured to associate the MTC device with the MTC server.