WO2014101173A1

WO2014101173A1 - Cause value processing method and device

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Publication number: WO2014101173A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/088018
Authority: WO
Inventors: 武绍芸; 杜如川
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-12-31
Filing date: 2012-12-31
Publication date: 2014-07-03
Also published as: CN103229533A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cause value processing method and device. The method comprises: a user equipment receiving a cause value set sent by a network side, the cause value set comprising user-defined cause values and action indication information corresponding to the user-defined cause values; and if a communication message which is sent by the network side and is received by the user equipment in a communication process carries the user-defined cause values, the user equipment performing actions indicated by the action indication information. The method is used for general processing of the user-defined cause values.

Description

Method and device for processing cause values

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and device for causing value processing. Background technique

In the field of mobile communications, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards organization defines a series of cause values in the communication protocol to indicate the cause of specific events in each communication process. The communication device can According to the provisions of the communication protocol, different reasons are dealt with accordingly.

With the development of the mobile communication market, new specific events in the communication process are constantly appearing, and the causes of specific events are also expanding, and the corresponding handling of causes is also enriched.

In order to adapt to this situation, on the one hand, communication protocols continue to add new cause values and corresponding processing, but still can not meet the needs of all communication markets; on the other hand, operators increase the private cause value and corresponding in their own networks. Processing, and customizing related user equipment, but the private cause value and corresponding processing are not universal, the customized user equipment cannot handle other operator-defined cause values, and when it is necessary to customize the cause value and corresponding When processing changes, you need to re-customize or upgrade related user devices. Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for processing a cause value, which are used to implement general processing of a custom cause value.

In a first aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a cause value, including: receiving, by a user equipment, a set of cause values sent by a network, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and an action corresponding to the custom cause value Instructing information; if the communication message sent by the network side received by the user equipment in the communication process carries the custom cause value, the user equipment performs an action indicated by the action indication information. With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation, the communication message further carries a cause value specified by a communication protocol; the method further includes: the user equipment performing the performing according to a cause value specified by the communication protocol The actions specified by the communication protocol.

With reference to the first aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the action indicated by the action indication information includes: displaying the customization on the user equipment The action of the information corresponding to the cause value, the operation of delaying the retry of the communication flow, or the stopping of the operation of the communication flow.

With reference to the first aspect, the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner, the user equipment receives a cause value sent by the network side And the collecting, by the user equipment, receiving a set of cause values sent by the network side in an attaching process, a default bearer establishing process, a tracking area update process, or a routing area update process.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a cause value, including: a cause value configuration node sends a cause value set to a user equipment, where the cause value set includes a custom cause value and the corresponding custom cause value The action indication information is used to indicate that the user equipment receives the communication message carrying the custom cause value, and performs an action indicated by the action indication information; when the trigger condition corresponding to the sending the custom cause value is met The cause value policy node sends a communication message carrying the custom cause value to the user equipment.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation, the method further includes: the cause value policy node receiving the custom cause value sent by the cause value configuration node, and the trigger condition; or the reason The value policy node receives the set of cause values sent by the cause value configuration node and the trigger condition.

With reference to the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the cause value configuration node and the cause value policy node are the same network element.

In a third aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a user equipment, including: a receiver, configured to receive a set of cause values sent by a network side, and receive a communication message sent by the network side, where the cause value set includes Defining a cause value and action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value; a memory for storing the cause value set; a processor, configured to, when the network side is received in a communication flow When the transmitted communication message carries the custom cause value, the action indicated by the action indication information is executed.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation, the communication message further carries a cause value specified by a communication protocol; the processor is further configured to execute the communication protocol according to a cause value specified by the communication protocol The prescribed action.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the processor is configured to perform the action indicated by the action indication information, specifically: The operation of displaying the information corresponding to the custom cause value, the execution of the operation of delaying the retry of the communication flow, or the execution of the operation of stopping the retry of the communication flow.

With reference to the third aspect, the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, or the second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner, the receiver is configured to receive, sent by the network side The set of cause values, specifically:

The receiver is configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the network side in an attach procedure, a default bearer setup process, a trace area update process, or a route area update process.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cause value policy node, including a memory, a processor, and a transceiver. The memory is configured to store a set of cause values, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value, and is used for Storing a trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value; the processor, configured to: when the trigger condition is met, instruct the transceiver to send the custom cause value to a user equipment; And transmitting, according to the indication of the processor, a communication message carrying the custom cause value to the user equipment.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation, the cause value set further includes action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value; the transceiver is further configured to send the cause value set to the And a user equipment, configured to: when the user equipment receives the communication message carrying the custom cause value, perform an action indicated by the action indication information.

With reference to the fourth aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation, the transceiver is further configured to receive the cause value set sent by the cause value configuration node, and the trigger condition. According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a user equipment, including a receiving unit and an executing unit, where the receiving unit is configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the network, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and the The action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value, and the communication message sent by the network side, and the execution unit, configured to carry the communication message sent by the network side received by the receiving unit in the communication flow to carry the customization The cause value is an action indicated by the action indication information.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner, the communication message may further carry a cause value specified by the communication protocol; the executing unit is further configured to execute, according to the cause value specified by the communication protocol, the communication protocol specified action.

With reference to the fifth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, the receiving unit may be in an attaching process, a default bearer establishing process, a tracking area update process, or a routing area and a new process. Receives a set of cause values sent by the network side.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cause value policy node, including a determining unit, and a sending unit, where the determining unit is configured to determine whether a trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value is met, and the sending unit is configured to When the trigger condition is described, a communication message carrying a custom cause value corresponding to the trigger condition is sent to the user equipment.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementation, the method further includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a custom cause value sent by the cause value configuration node, and a corresponding trigger condition, or configured to receive the cause value configuration The triggering condition corresponding to the set of the cause value sent by the node and the custom cause value in the set of the cause value, where the set of the cause value includes the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information.

With reference to the sixth aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation, the sending unit is further configured to send a set of cause values to the user equipment, where the set of cause values includes a custom reason The value and the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value are used to indicate that the user equipment receives the communication message carrying the custom cause value, and performs an action indicated by the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user sends a custom cause value and a corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, and the user equipment can obtain the corresponding action according to the custom cause value carried in the communication message. Give instructions for the corresponding processing. The user equipment is processed according to the corresponding relationship. Therefore, by adding and modifying the corresponding relationship and sending the information to the user equipment, different custom cause values of different operators can be processed, and the carrier can also implement the self. The method and the device provided by the embodiments of the present invention can implement general processing of the custom cause value by defining the cause value and the modification of the corresponding process to avoid re-customizing or upgrading the user equipment. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a method for processing a cause value according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

4 is a schematic diagram of another method for processing a cause value according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a cause value policy node according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a schematic diagram of another method for processing a cause value according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of another cause value policy node according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without any creative work are within the scope of the present invention.

The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to various wireless communication networks, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (Time Division Multiple). Access, TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), Single Carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) And other networks. The terms "network" and "system" can be replaced with each other. The CDMA network can implement wireless technologies such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) and CDMA2000. UTRA can include variants of CDMA, WCDMA, and other CDMA. CDMA2000 can cover the Interim Standard (IS) 2000 (IS-2000), IS-95 and IS-856 standards. The TDMA network can implement wireless technologies such as Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). The OFDMA network can implement such as Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash OFDMA. And other wireless technologies. UTRA and E-UTRA are UMTS and UMTS evolved versions. 3GPP is a new version of UMTS that uses E-UTRA in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE Advanced (LTE-A). UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and GSM are described in the documentation of the 3GPP standards organization. CDMA2000 and UMB are described in the documentation of the 3GPP2 standards organization. The technology described in the embodiments of the present invention can also be applied to the wireless network and the wireless technology described above.

In the embodiment of the present invention, user equipment (UE) may be distributed in the entire wireless network, and each UE may be static or mobile. A UE may be referred to as a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, or the like. The UE can be a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone (cordless) Phone ) , Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, etc.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the cause value is a cell (Cause) defined in the communication standard, which is used to indicate a specific cause in a specific process event, and different levels of the protocol define respective cause values. For example, in the Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol defined in 3GPP TS 24.301, Related cause values include: Cause #3 - Illegal UE, Cause #10 - Implicitly detached, and so on. The user equipment can determine the cause of the success or failure of the communication process according to the received reason value, and perform corresponding processing. Exemplarily, the custom cause value in the embodiment of the present invention may be a carrier-defined cause value, may be different from the cause value of the communication standard, or may be the same as the cause value of the communication standard.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the action indication information may be used to instruct the network device to perform a corresponding action. Exemplarily, the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value may indicate that the network device performs an action specified by the communication protocol, and may also indicate a customized action. Exemplarily, the action indication information may be a function name, a function index of the device, and the specific form of the action indication information is not limited by the present invention. Exemplarily, the action indicated by the action indication information may include: an action of displaying information corresponding to the custom cause value, where the information corresponding to the custom cause value may be a text or an image, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention. Or, delay the retry of the current communication flow; or, stop retrying the current communication flow.

The network architecture and the service scenario described in the following embodiments of the present invention are intended to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and do not constitute a limitation of the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention. The evolution of the network architecture and the emergence of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are equally applicable to similar technical problems.

The following is an example of a mobile broadband network.

Figure 1 exemplarily shows the networking architecture of a mobile broadband network.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile broadband network includes an access network and a core network.

The access network may include a GSM/EDGE radio access network (GERAN), a UMTS universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) or an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (evolved universal) Terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), where GSM is an abbreviation for global system for mobile communications, EDGE is an abbreviation for Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution; Including base transceiver station (BTS) and base station controller (BSC), UTRAN can To include a Node B (NodeB) and a radio network controller (RNC), the E-UTRAN may include an evolved Node B (eNodeB).

The core network may be an evolved packet core (EPC), and may include a GPRS service support node (SGSN), a mobility management entity (MME), and a monthly service gateway (serving) Gateway, S-GW) and packet data network gateway (PGW). The SGSN is mainly responsible for the mobility management of GERAN and UTRAN. The MME is mainly responsible for the mobility management of the E-UTRAN, the S-GW is the user plane anchor point between different access networks, and the P-GW is the interface between the EPC and the external network. Take on the gateway function of EPC. An S-4 interface is provided between the SGSN and the S-GW, an S11 interface is provided between the MME and the S-GW, and an S-5 interface is provided between the S-GW and the P-GW, wherein the S4 interface can be used to transmit the SGSN and The control plane data and the user plane data between the S-GWs, the S11 interface can be used to transmit control plane data between the MME and the S-GW, and the S5 interface can be used to transmit the control plane between the S-GW and the P-GW. Data and user plane data.

The user equipment can access the EPC through GERAN, UTRAN or E-UTRAN. As shown in Figure 1, GERAN and UTRAN can interact with the SGSN for control plane data and user plane data. An S12 interface is provided between the UTRAN and the S-GW to transmit user plane data, E-UTRAN and MME. The interaction of the control plane data can be performed between the E-UTRAN and the S-GW, and the S1-U interface is provided for the transmission of the user plane data.

For the sake of clarity, the embodiment of the present invention is illustrated by the user equipment through E-UTRAN access. Bright.

FIG. 2 is a method for processing a cause value according to an embodiment of the present invention, including:

101. The user equipment receives a set of cause values sent by the network, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value.

102. If the communication message sent by the network side that is received by the user equipment in the communication process carries the custom cause value, the user equipment performs an action indicated by the action indication information. Exemplarily, the network side may include a cause value policy node. Illustratively, the cause value policy node may be the SGSN, MME, S-GW, or PGW in FIG. Exemplarily, each cause value policy node has a custom cause value and corresponding action indication information associated with the cause value policy node, and each sends a related custom cause value and corresponding action indication information to the user equipment. You can also store the custom cause value and corresponding action indication information related to the other cause value policy node on a cause value policy node, and send the self-related and other cause value policy nodes by the cause value policy node. Related custom cause values and corresponding action indication information to the user equipment. For example, the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information stored on the cause value policy node may be configured on the cause value policy node, or may be configured on the cause value configuration node, and sent to the cause by the cause value configuration node. Value on the policy node. For example, the cause value configuration node may be the SGSN, the MME, the S-GW, or the P-GW in FIG. 1, and the cause value configuration node and the cause value policy node may also be the same network element.

Illustratively, the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value and the custom cause value may be delivered in the form of a set of cause values. For example, as shown in Table 1, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the form of the set of cause values. The set of cause values may include a custom cause value and corresponding action indication information, may also include other information related to the custom cause value, or may also include a cause value specified by the protocol.

Table 1: Example of a cause value set

Exemplarily, in the communication message, the custom cause value may be carried in the manner of adding a new cell, or the cause value specified in the communication protocol in the communication message may be replaced with a custom cause value to carry the custom cause value.

Exemplarily, in the communication process, when a specific event occurs on the network side, the network side may send a custom cause value to the user equipment in the communication message, and when the specific event further corresponds to a cause value specified by the communication protocol, the communication The message can also carry the cause value specified by the communication protocol. When the user equipment receives the custom cause value and the cause value specified by the communication protocol, the action specified by the communication protocol corresponding to the cause value specified by the communication protocol may be executed, and the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value may be executed. The indicated action can be extended to the actions specified by the communication protocol.

Exemplarily, the network side sends the reason value set to the user equipment in the following processes: an attach procedure, a default bearer setup procedure, a trace area update process, or a routing area update process.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 2 can send the customized action value and the corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, and the user equipment can obtain the corresponding action indication information according to the custom cause value carried in the subsequently received communication message, and correspondingly Processing. When the user equipment roams to the network of different operators, it only needs to receive the new operator-defined custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information sent by the network side, so as to implement the custom cause value for the new carrier. Processing without having to replace a new carrier-customized user device. When the operator needs to update the custom cause value and its processing, the modified custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information are sent to the user equipment, and the update of the custom cause value and its processing can be realized. There is no need to re-customize or upgrade user devices. This enables general processing of custom cause values.

To implement the method in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment 200, as shown in FIG. 3, including:

The receiving unit 201 is configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the network, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value, and receive a communication message sent by the network side. ;

The executing unit 202 is configured to perform an action indicated by the action indication information if the communication message sent by the network side received by the receiving unit 201 in the communication flow carries the custom cause value.

Exemplarily, referring to the description in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the communication message may further carry a cause value specified by the communication protocol, and correspondingly, the executing unit 202 is further configured to perform the foregoing according to the cause value specified by the communication protocol. The actions specified by the communication protocol.

Exemplarily, referring to the description in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the receiving unit 201 may receive the set of cause values sent by the network side in the attaching process, the default bearer establishing process, the tracking area update process, or the routing area and the new process.

For the working mode of the user equipment 200 provided by the embodiment of the present invention, reference may be made to the method of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and details are not described herein. The user equipment provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 can obtain the corresponding action indication information by receiving the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information, and according to the custom cause value carried in the subsequently received communication message, and correspondingly Processing. When switching the operator or modifying the custom cause value and its processing, re-receiving the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information sent by the network side, the new custom cause value can be processed, and the customization can be implemented. General processing of cause values. FIG. 4 is a method for processing a cause value according to an embodiment of the present invention, including:

301. The cause value configuration node sends a cause value set to the user equipment, where the cause value set includes a custom cause value and the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value, and is used to indicate that the user equipment receives the a communication message of a custom cause value, performing an action indicated by the action indication information;

302. When the trigger condition corresponding to the sending the custom cause value is met, the cause value policy node sends a communication message carrying the custom cause value to the user equipment.

For example, the cause value configuration node in the embodiment of the present invention is configured to configure a custom cause value and its corresponding action indication information. As an example in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the cause value configuration node can be separately set in the network as shown in FIG. 1, and the operator can uniformly add, modify, and delete the custom cause value and the reason value configuration node. Corresponding action indication information, the cause value configuration node may also be a cause value policy node. For a specific example, reference may be made to the description of the relevant part of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and details are not described herein.

Exemplarily, the trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value may be configured on the cause value policy node, or may be sent by the cause value configuration node to the cause value policy node. For example: The cause value configuration node can send a custom cause value and its corresponding trigger condition to the cause value policy node after adding, modifying, or deleting the custom cause value and its corresponding trigger condition. For example, when the trigger condition is met, the communication message sent by the cause value policy node to the user equipment may carry a corresponding custom cause value. For example, the cause value configuration node may also send the trigger value corresponding to the set of the cause value and the custom cause value in the cause value set to the cause value policy node, where the cause value set is as illustrated in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 . , including the custom reason value and its corresponding action indication information, The trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value is included in the cause value set and sent to the cause value policy node. A person skilled in the art should know that for a custom cause value, the trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value, the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value is transmitted in various forms, for example: 1) sent by the cause value configuration node The action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value and the custom cause value is sent to the user equipment, and the trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value and the custom cause value is sent to the cause value policy node; or 2) sent by the cause value configuration node Defining the cause value, the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value, and the trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value to the cause value policy node, and the cause value policy node sends the custom cause value and the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value to the user. Device; or, 3) Configure a custom cause value, a action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value, and a trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value on the cause value policy node, and send the custom cause value and the self value by the cause value policy node. Define action indication information corresponding to the cause value to the user equipment. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

The method for processing the cause value provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, by sending the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, may enable the user equipment to perform the custom cause value carried according to the subsequently received communication message. Obtain corresponding action indication information and perform corresponding processing. The network side only needs to send the custom cause value and its corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, so that the self-defined cause value can be processed without having to customize the user equipment, so the general processing of the custom cause value can be realized.

In order to implement the method in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a cause value policy node, which may be the P-GW, the MME, the SGSN or the S-GW in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the cause value policy node 400 includes:

a determining unit 401, configured to determine whether a trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value is met;

The sending unit 402 is configured to send, when the trigger condition is full, a communication message carrying a custom cause value corresponding to the trigger condition to the user equipment.

Exemplarily, the custom cause value and the corresponding trigger condition on the cause value policy node 400 may be configured on the cause value policy node 400, or may be sent by the cause value configuration node to the cause value policy node 400. For related content, please refer to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and details are not described herein. Correspondingly, the cause value policy node 400 further includes a receiving unit 403, configured to receive the sending by the cause value configuration node. a custom cause value and a corresponding trigger condition, or a trigger condition corresponding to the set of the cause value sent by the cause value configuration node and the custom cause value in the cause value set, where the cause value set includes a custom cause value And its corresponding action indication information.

Exemplarily, the cause value policy node may also send the custom cause value and its corresponding action indication information to the user equipment. Correspondingly, the sending unit 402 is further configured to send a set of the cause value to the user equipment, where the set of the cause value includes a custom cause value and action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value. As an example of the embodiment of the present invention, the cause value set may be used to indicate that the user equipment receives the communication message carrying the custom cause value, and performs the action indicated by the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value.

For the operation of the cause value policy node 400, reference may be made to the method provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, and details are not described herein.

The cause value policy node provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 can be configured to send a customized cause value and corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can obtain a corresponding value according to the custom cause value carried in the subsequently received communication message. The action indication information is processed accordingly. The network side only needs to send the custom cause value and its corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, so that the processing of the custom cause value can be realized without customizing the user equipment, so that the general processing of the custom cause value can be realized.

In the network architecture shown in FIG. 1, the method of processing the cause value provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 and the working mode of the related device will be described as an example. The P-GW and the S-GW are combined on one network element, and the cause value policy node is the S-GW/P-GW. In this scenario, the cause value configuration node is not set, and the configuration of the related custom cause value is in the cause. On the value policy node. As shown in Figure 6:

501. The UE sends an attach request message to the eNodeB.

502. The eNodeB sends the attach request to the MME.

503. The MME sends a session establishment request to the S-GW/P-GW.

504. The S-GW/P-GW sends a session establishment response to the MME.

The establishment session response carries a custom cause value and corresponding action indication information.

505. The MME sends an attach accept message to the eNodeB. The attach accept message carries the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information received by the MME.

506, the eNodeB sends a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to the UE;

The RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information received by the eNodeB.

So far, the process of sending the configured custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information to the user equipment by the cause value policy node S-GW/P-GW is implemented. It should be noted that steps 504-506 show a manner of the process, and those skilled in the art should know that according to different communication processes, the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information may be sent in different manners. User equipment. It should be noted that the steps 501-503 are not necessary steps for the cause value processing provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and are only for the complete display of the attached communication flow.

The following steps 507-510 are also not necessary steps for the cause value processing provided by the embodiment of the present invention, so as to be able to completely display the attached communication flow.

507. The UE sends an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message to the eNodeB.

508. The eNodeB sends an initial context setup response to the MME.

509. The UE sends a direct transfer (Direct Transfer) message to the eNodeB.

510. The eNodeB sends an attach complete message to the MME.

In this embodiment, the cause value policy node S-GW/P-GW sends the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information to the UE through the message of the attach procedure, and those skilled in the art may also pass other existing processes. The completion of the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information from the cause value policy node or the cause value configuration node to the user equipment, for example: when the MME is the cause value policy node or the cause value configuration node, in the non-roaming and roaming scenario The custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information may be sent to the user equipment by using the message of the tracking area update process, and details are not described herein.

After receiving the set of cause values, the user equipment may be temporarily stored in the cache or memory of the user equipment. After receiving the new set of cause values, the user equipment may be updated to a new set of cause values.

The following steps 520-523 exemplarily illustrate the reason value policy node sent carrying a custom reason The process of communicating the value of the message and the processing of the user equipment after receiving the communication message carrying the custom cause value.

520. The UE initiates a communication process to the S-GW/P-GW.

This step is not a necessary step of the custom cause value processing provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and is for illustratively illustrating the initiation process of the communication process.

521. The S-GW/P-GW determines that the communication process A fails.

Exemplarily, the trigger condition corresponding to the custom cause value of the S-GW/P-GW configuration is that the communication process A fails.

522. The S-GW/P-GW sends a process failure response message to the UE.

The process failure response message carries a custom cause value. Here, the process failure response message is a type of communication message.

523. The UE performs an action indicated by the corresponding action indication message according to the received custom cause value. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the actions indicated by the action indication message can take many forms, and are not described herein.

It can be seen from the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 that the user equipment can obtain the corresponding action indication information according to the custom cause value carried in the subsequently received communication message, by sending the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information to the user equipment. And handle it accordingly. When the operator is switched or needs to modify the custom cause value and its processing, the new custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information sent by the network side are re-received, and the new custom cause value can be processed. Implement general handling of custom cause values.

The user equipment and the cause value policy node provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by using software or by hardware. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the implementation of the user equipment and the cause value policy node. An illustrative description.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an implementation manner of a user equipment, which can implement user equipments in the embodiments shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the user equipment 600 includes: a receiver 601, a memory 602, and a processor 603. Illustratively, the receiver 601, the memory 602, and the processor 603 can be connected by a bus. The receiver 601 is configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the network side, and to receive a communication message sent by the network side, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value;

The memory 602 is configured to store a set of cause values received by the receiver 601.

The processor 603 is configured to perform an action indicated by the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value when the communication cause message sent by the network side received by the receiver 601 is carried in the communication flow.

For example, the communication message sent by the network side may also carry the cause value specified by the communication protocol, and the corresponding processor 603 may further perform the communication protocol when performing the action indicated by the action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value. Actions.

For example, the action indicated by the action indication information may include an action of displaying information corresponding to the custom cause value, an action of delaying retry of the current communication flow, or an action of stopping the retry of the current communication flow, and the like, which is not limited herein. Correspondingly, the action indicated by the action indication information that is used by the processor 603 to execute the custom cause value is specifically: the processor 603 is specifically configured to perform an action of displaying information corresponding to the custom cause value, and perform a delayed retry The action of the current communication flow or the action of stopping the retry of the current communication flow.

Exemplarily, the receiver 601 may receive the set of cause values sent by the network side in the attaching process, the default bearer setup process, the tracking area update process, or the routing area update process.

For the operation mode of the user equipment provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, please refer to the user equipment in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, which are not described herein.

The user equipment provided in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 can obtain the corresponding action indication information by receiving the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information, and according to the custom cause value carried in the subsequently received communication message, and correspondingly Processing. When switching the operator or modifying the custom cause value and its processing, re-receiving the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information sent by the network side, the new custom cause value can be processed, and the customization can be implemented. General processing of cause values.

The embodiment of the present invention exemplarily provides an implementation method of a cause value policy node, which can implement a cause value policy node in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 5 or FIG. 6. As shown in Figure 8, the strategy The node 700 includes a memory 701, a processor 702, and a transceiver 703. Illustratively, the memory 701, the processor 702, and the transceiver 703 can be connected by a bus.

The memory 701 is configured to store a set of cause values, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and a trigger condition for storing a custom cause value;

The processor 702 is configured to: when the trigger condition stored by the memory 701 is met, instruct the transceiver 703 to send a corresponding custom cause value to the user equipment;

The transceiver 703 is configured to send, according to the indication of the processor 702, a communication message carrying a custom cause value to the user equipment.

For example, the set of cause values may further include action indication information corresponding to the custom cause value; correspondingly, the transceiver 703 is further configured to send the action indication information including the custom cause value and the corresponding to the user equipment. Exemplarily, the reason value set is used to indicate that the user equipment performs an action indicated by the corresponding action indication information when receiving the communication message carrying the custom cause value.

Exemplarily, the transceiver 703 is further configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the cause value configuration node and the trigger condition.

The cause value policy node provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 can obtain the custom cause value and the corresponding action indication information to be sent to the user equipment, so that the user equipment can obtain the custom cause value carried by the subsequently received communication message. Corresponding action indication information, and corresponding processing. The network side only needs to send the custom cause value and its corresponding action indication information to the user equipment, so that the custom cause value can be processed without having to customize the user equipment, so the general processing of the custom cause value can be realized.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that information and signals can be represented using any technical techniques, such as data, data, instructions, commands, information, signals. The bit, symbol and chip may be by voltage, current, electromagnetic wave, magnetic field or magnetic particles, light field or optical particles, or any combination of the above.

It is also understood by those skilled in the art that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. To clearly demonstrate the interchangeability of hardware and software (interchangeabi 1 i ty ), the various illustrative components (il lus trat ive component s) and steps described above have generally described their functions. Whether such functionality is implemented by hardware or software depends on the design requirements of the particular application and the overall system. A person skilled in the art can implement the described functions using various methods for each specific application, but such implementation should not be construed as being beyond the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

The various illustrative logic blocks, units and circuits described in the embodiments of the invention may be implemented by general purpose processors, digital signal processors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or other programmable logic. The device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination of the above are designed to implement or operate the functions described. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, which may alternatively be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller or state machine. The processor may also be implemented by a combination of computing devices, such as a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a digital signal processor core, or any other similar configuration. achieve.

The steps of the method or algorithm described in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly embedded in hardware, a software unit executed by a processor, or a combination of the two. The software unit can be stored in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium in the art. Illustratively, the storage medium can be coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from the storage medium and can write information to the storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium can also be integrated into the processor. The processor and storage medium can be placed in an ASIC, and the ASIC can be placed in the user equipment. Alternatively, the processor and storage medium may also be located in different components of the user device.

In one or more exemplary designs, the above-described functions described in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination of the three. If implemented in software, these functions may be stored on a computer readable medium, or transmitted in a form or code, on a computer readable medium. Computer readable media includes computer storage media and communication media that facilitates the transfer of computer programs from one place to another. The storage medium can be any available media that any general purpose or special computer can access. For example, such computer readable media can include, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPR0M, CD-ROM or other optical disc storage, disk storage or other magnetic storage device, or any other program that can be used to carry or store instructions or data structures and other forms that can be read by general or special computers, or general or special processors. The medium of the code. In addition, any connection can be appropriately defined as a computer readable medium, for example, if the software is from a website site, server or other remote resource through a coaxial cable, fiber optic computer, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) Or, for example, infrared, wireless, and microwave and disk (disc) including compressed disk, laser disk, optical disk, DVD, floppy disk, and Blu-ray disk, the disk usually replicates data magnetically, and the disk usually optically replicates data with a laser. Combinations of the above may also be included in a computer readable medium. The contents of the present invention, which are based on the disclosure, should be considered to be obvious in the art, and the basic principles described herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the present disclosure is not limited to the described embodiments and designs, but may be extended to the maximum extent consistent with the principles of the invention and the novel features disclosed.

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claims

1. A method for processing cause values, which is characterized by including:

The user equipment receives a set of cause values sent by the network side, where the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and action instruction information corresponding to the custom cause value;

If the communication message sent by the network side received by the user equipment in the communication process carries the custom reason value, the user equipment performs the action indicated by the action indication information.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the communication message also carries a cause value specified by the communication protocol;

The method further includes: the user equipment performing an action specified by the communication protocol according to the cause value specified by the communication protocol.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the action indicated by the action indication information includes: an action of displaying information corresponding to the custom cause value on the user device, delayed replay, The action of trying the communication process or stopping the action of retrying the communication process.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the user equipment receives a set of cause values sent by the network side, including:

The user equipment receives the set of cause values sent by the network side in the attach process, default bearer establishment process, tracking area update process or routing area update process.

5. A method for processing cause values, which is characterized by including:

The reason value configuration node sends a reason value set to the user equipment. The reason value set includes a custom reason value and action instruction information corresponding to the custom reason value, and is used to instruct the user equipment when receiving a message carrying the custom reason value. The communication message of the cause value performs the action indicated by the action indication information;

When the trigger condition corresponding to sending the custom reason value is met, the reason value policy node sends a communication message carrying the custom reason value to the user equipment.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

The reason value policy node receives the custom reason value and the trigger condition sent by the reason value configuration node; or, The cause value policy node receives the cause value set and the trigger condition sent by the cause value configuration node.

7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that the cause value configuration node and the cause value policy node are the same network element.

8. A user equipment, characterized by including:

A receiver, configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the network side, and receive a communication message sent by the network side, wherein the set of cause values includes a custom cause value and action instruction information corresponding to the custom cause value;

Memory, used to store the set of cause values;

A processor, configured to perform the action indicated by the action indication information when the communication message sent by the network side received in the communication process carries the custom reason value.

9. The user equipment according to claim 8, characterized in that the communication message also carries a cause value specified by the communication protocol;

The processor is also configured to perform actions specified by the communication protocol according to the cause value specified by the communication protocol.

10. The user equipment according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the processor is configured to perform the action indicated by the action indication information, specifically:

The processor is configured to perform an action of displaying information corresponding to the custom reason value, an action of delaying and retrying the communication process, or an action of stopping and retrying the communication process.

11. The user equipment according to any one of claims 8-10, characterized in that the receiver is used to receive a set of cause values sent by the network side, specifically:

The receiver is configured to receive a set of cause values sent by the network side during the attachment process, the default bearer establishment process, the tracking area update process or the routing area update process.

12. A reason value policy node, characterized in that it includes a memory, a processor and a transceiver; the memory is used to store a set of reason values, wherein the set of reason values includes a custom reason value, and is used to store all The trigger conditions corresponding to the custom reason values described above;

The processor is configured to instruct the transceiver to send the self-defined Define the cause value to the user device;

The transceiver is configured to send a communication message carrying the custom cause value to the user equipment according to the instruction of the processor.

13. The reason value policy node according to claim 12, wherein the reason value set further includes action indication information corresponding to the custom reason value;

The transceiver is further configured to send the set of cause values to the user equipment, and to instruct the user equipment to perform the action indicated by the action indication information when receiving the communication message carrying the custom cause value. .

14. The cause value policy node according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the cause value set and the trigger condition sent by the cause value configuration node.