WO2016000172A1 - 网络设备及分配接入点名称的方法 - Google Patents
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- Network device and method for assigning an access point name
- the embodiments of the present invention relate to communication technologies, and in particular, to a network device and a method for allocating an access point name. Background technique
- Evolved Packet System In a third Generation Partnership Ge 1 J (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project , abbreviated as: 3GPP) Evolved Packet System and their definitions (Evolved Packet System, abbreviated as: EPS) network, operators require gateway based on the user equipment ( User Equipment, referred to as: UE), performs network management control on its location.
- 3GPP The 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- EPS Evolved Packet System
- UE User Equipment
- IP IP address
- IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- MSDNSDN Mobile Station International ISDN Number
- GPRS Service General Packet Radio Service
- SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
- the performance statistics of the data traffic may be performed by the SGSN according to the location information of the UE.
- the embodiment of the invention provides a network device and a method for allocating an access point name, which can implement unified management of the UE based on the physical area range.
- the first aspect of the present invention provides a network device, including:
- a receiving module configured to receive a user activation request sent by the user equipment UE, where the user activation request includes user location information ULI;
- a parsing module configured to parse the ULI received by the receiving module, and obtain an area code of a location where the UE is located;
- a determining module configured to determine a region code set to which the region code acquired by the parsing module belongs; wherein, the user location indicated by the region code in the region code set is in the same geographical region;
- the mapping between the area code set determined by the determining module and the actual access node name APN is that the UE acquires the actual APN.
- the network device is configured with the area code set, and the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the area code includes a location area code LAC, a routing area code RAC, or a tracking area code TAC.
- the user activation request further includes an APN requested by the UE;
- the determining module is further configured to: before the parsing module parses the ULI, determine that the APN requested by the UE has subscription information in the actual APN.
- the network device includes a serving general packet radio service GPRS support node SGSN,
- the gateway GPRS supports the node GGSN, the mobility management entity MME or the packet data gateway P-GW.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW; the actual APN Correspond to the IP address pool of the network association;
- the network device further includes: an address allocation module, configured to allocate an IP address to the UE from the pool of IP addresses.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW;
- the network device further includes: a statistics module, configured to pass the data flow under the actual APN Statistics or signaling are performed to obtain data traffic statistics or signaling statistics for UEs accessing the geographic area.
- a statistics module configured to pass the data flow under the actual APN Statistics or signaling are performed to obtain data traffic statistics or signaling statistics for UEs accessing the geographic area.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW;
- the actual APN corresponding to the configuration information, the configuration information includes: the number of access UEs, the used bandwidth, the charging policy, the authentication policy, or the service control policy;
- the network device further includes: a control module, configured to control, according to the configuration information, a UE that accesses the actual APN.
- an embodiment of the present invention provides a network device, including:
- a receiver configured to receive a user activation request sent by the user equipment UE, where the user activation request includes user location information ULI;
- a processor configured to parse the ULI received by the receiver, and obtain an area code of a location where the UE is located;
- the processor is further configured to determine a region code set to which the acquired area code belongs, where the user location indicated by the area code in the area code set is in the same geographical area; the processor And acquiring, according to the determined area code set, a mapping relationship with an actual access node name APN, acquiring, by the UE, the actual APN.
- the network device is configured with the area code set, and the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the area code includes a location area code LAC, a routing area code RAC, or a tracking area code TAC.
- the user activation request further includes an APN requested by the UE;
- the processor is further configured to: before the parsing the ULI, determine that the APN requested by the UE has subscription information in the actual APN.
- the network device includes a serving general packet radio service GPRS support node SGSN, The gateway GPRS supports the node GGSN, the mobility management entity MME or the packet data gateway P-GW.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW; the actual APN Correspond to the IP address pool of the network association;
- the processor is further configured to allocate an IP address to the UE from the pool of IP addresses.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW;
- the processor is further configured to perform statistics on data traffic or signaling under the actual APN to obtain data traffic statistics or signaling statistics for UEs accessing the geographic area.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW;
- the actual APN corresponding to the configuration information, the configuration information includes: the number of access UEs, the used bandwidth, the charging policy, the authentication policy, or the service control policy;
- the processor is further configured to control, according to the configuration information, a UE that accesses the actual APN.
- the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for allocating an access point name, including: receiving, by a network device, a user activation request sent by a user equipment UE, where the user activation request includes user location information ULI;
- the network device parses the ULI to obtain an area code of a location where the UE is located; the network device determines an area code set to which the area code belongs; wherein, the area code in the area code set indicates User location is within the same geographic area;
- the network device obtains the actual APN for the UE according to the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the network device is configured with the area code set, and the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the area code includes a location area code LAC, a routing area code RAC, or a tracking area code TAC.
- the user activation request further includes an APN requested by the UE; Before the network device parses the ULI, the method further includes: determining that the APN requested by the UE has subscription information in the actual APN.
- the network device includes a serving general packet radio service GPRS support node SGSN,
- the gateway GPRS supports the node GGSN, the mobility management entity MME or the packet data gateway P-GW.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW; the actual APN Corresponding to the IP address pool of the network association; the method further includes:
- the network device allocates an IP address to the UE from the pool of IP addresses.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW; Includes:
- the network device collects data traffic statistics or signaling statistics of the actual APN to obtain data traffic statistics or signaling statistics for UEs that are accessed within the geographic area.
- the network device is a GGSN and a P-GW;
- the actual APN corresponding to the configuration information, the configuration information includes: the number of access UEs, the used bandwidth, the charging policy, the authentication policy, or the service control policy;
- the method further includes:
- the network device controls the UE accessing the actual APN according to the configuration information.
- the network device and the method for allocating an access point name provided by the embodiments of the present invention connect UEs in the same physical area to the same actual APN.
- the management of the UE in the actual APN is to manage the UEs in the same physical area, so that the UE can be uniformly managed based on the physical area.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention
- a schematic diagram of a mapping manner between a UE and an actual APN in a network device
- FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention
- a flowchart of a method for allocating an APN
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for allocating an APN according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
- Time Division Multiple Access Time Division Multiple Access
- TDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Wireless
- WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Wireless
- FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Addressing
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA single carrier FDMA
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- EPS referred to as : CDMA
- the UE may be a wireless terminal or a wired terminal, and the wireless terminal may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to the user, a handheld device with wireless connectivity, or a connection. Other processing devices to the wireless modem.
- the wireless terminal can be accessed via a wireless access network (eg,
- the RAN communicates with one or more core networks, which may be mobile terminals, such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones) and computers with mobile terminals, for example, may be portable, pocket-sized , handheld, computer built-in or in-vehicle mobile devices that exchange language and/or data with a wireless access network.
- mobile terminals such as mobile phones (or "cellular" phones)
- computers with mobile terminals for example, may be portable, pocket-sized , handheld, computer built-in or in-vehicle mobile devices that exchange language and/or data with a wireless access network.
- personal communication services for example, personal communication services
- a wireless terminal may also be called a system, a Subscriber Unit, a Subscriber Station, a Mobile Station, a Mobile, a Remote Station, an Access Point, Remote Terminal, Access Terminal, User Terminal, User Agent, User Device, or User Equipment.
- the network device described herein may include an SGSN or a Gateway GPRS Support Node (Gateway GPRS Support Node, GGSN for short) in a 2G/3G network, and a mobility management entity in the EPS network ( Mobility Management Entity is abbreviated as: MME) or Packet Data Network (PND) gateway (PDN Gateway, P-GW for short), and Packet Data Serving Node in CDMA network.
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- PND Packet Data Network gateway
- Packet Data Serving Node in CDMA network Referred to as: PDSN) or High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) HRPD Serving Gate Way (HSGW).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the network device of this embodiment is applicable to the case of implementing network management according to the geographical area of the UE.
- the network device can be implemented in hardware and software, and can be integrated in the memory of the network device, for example, integrated in a processor chip for execution by a processor.
- the network device of this embodiment specifically includes: a receiving module 11, a parsing module 12, a determining module 13, and an obtaining module 14.
- the receiving module 11 is configured to receive a user activation request sent by the UE, where the user activation request includes User Location Information (ULI).
- UUI User Location Information
- the location information of the UE is managed and controlled. Therefore, the IP address of the UE is required to be associated with the area in which the UE is located.
- the network device can perform the corresponding management policy according to the IP address of the UE.
- the MME is only responsible for mobility management and signaling.
- the S-GW is connected to the evolved base station (Evolved Node B, eNB for short), and is mainly responsible for data transmission, forwarding, and route switching of the user equipment.
- the P-GW is responsible for the IP address allocation and quality of the UE.
- the data traffic in the EPS network can be directly from the eNB to the S-GW or the P-GW, without going through the MME, but the eNB belongs to the network element in the EPS, and The network element is not in the Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Therefore, although the eNB can perform its own data traffic statistics, on the one hand, the eNB does not belong to the network element in the EPC, and cannot be used for the EPC. The data traffic of each network element is statistically managed. On the other hand, when the number of eNBs in the EPS network is large, it is not conducive to the aggregation of statistical data. Therefore, in the current EPS network, the EPC lacks a network element that can implement unified management of the UE based on the geographical area.
- QoS Quality of Service
- the network device may perform an APN allocation task based on the location information of the UE, and perform network management functions based on the allocated APN, and has comprehensive usage performance, and is widely applicable to 2G/3G networks, EPS networks, and CDMA.
- the network and the like are used as an example.
- the network device may be an MME or a P-GW.
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- a network consisting of a plurality of eNBs, wherein the eNB is connected to the S-GW through a GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) User Interface (GTP User Plane, GTP-U) interface.
- GTP GPRS Tunneling Protocol
- GTP-U GPRS Tunneling Protocol
- the user data is transmitted, and the MME is connected through the control plane interface.
- the attach procedure is initiated and the user activation request is carried, and the network device may perform the APN by the MME when the MME receives the user activation request forwarded by the eNB.
- Allocation in addition, after the MME forwards the user activation request to the P-GW through the S-GW, The P-GW performs the allocation of the APN. It should be noted that the manner in which the MME and the P-GW perform the allocation of the APN is the same. In the 2G/3G network, the allocation of the APN can be performed through the SGSN or the GGSN. In this embodiment, the P-GW performs the allocation of the APN as an example.
- the user activation request received by the P-GW includes a ULI, where the ULI is used to indicate the current geographic area of the UE.
- the UE accesses the EPS network through the attach process and creates a PDN connection process.
- the method of the prior art is not specifically described herein; when the UE accesses the network, the MME may select a P-GW suitable for the UE according to the location area of the UE; the network devices provided in this embodiment are all networks in the EPC.
- the UE can be managed based on the geographical area by using the network device, and the network can be managed according to the geographical area of the UE.
- the parsing module 12 is configured to parse the ULI received by the receiving module 11 to obtain an area code of the location where the UE is located.
- the P-GW parses the ULI in the user activation request, where the ULI indicates the geographical area where the UE is located, and the E-UTRAN also has multiple P-GWs, which are within the coverage of the same eNB.
- the UE usually performs data transmission with the external network through the same P-GW, that is, the P-GW learns the area code of the location where the UE indicates the location according to the analysis and combination of the received ULI.
- the area code indicating the location of the UE may include The location area code (referred to as: LAC), the routing area code (RA), or the Tracking Area Code (TAC).
- the PDN connection needs to be re-established, and the ULI after the UE location change included in the re-transmitted user activation request, the parsing result of the ULI and the re-acquired
- the area code also changes.
- the determining module 13 is configured to determine a region code set to which the region code acquired by the parsing module 12 belongs; wherein the user location indicated by the region code in the region code set is in the same geographical region.
- the P-GW interacts with the UE through the eNB, and generally uses the geographic area information of the UE as the basic information of the network management, and performs network management on multiple UEs in the eNB coverage area, that is, according to the eNB coverage area.
- the area code of the UE is managed. Therefore, the P-GW is configured with an area code set, and a mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN, where the set includes data that can be performed by the P-GW and the external network.
- the area code of all UEs transmitted, and the P-GW provides guidance for network management by managing the area code in the set.
- the area code of the known UE is searched in the set to determine the area code of the UE.
- the area code of the UE in the same area code set is mapped to the same area code.
- the area code indicated by the area code in the same area code set is in the same geographical area, that is, the area code of the UE in the same geographical area is mapped to the same area code. In the collection.
- the P-GW needs to re-determine the area code set to which the area code of the UE belongs, because the ULI of the UE is changed in the request, that is, the area code of the UE changes.
- the obtaining module 14 is configured to determine, according to the determining module 13, a region code set, and the mapping relationship with the actual APN is obtained by the UE for the actual APN.
- the P-GW is configured not only with the area code set but also with the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the P-GW can select the actual access for the UE requesting access according to the mapping relationship.
- Management planning is performed on the APN.
- the planned access rule may be provided in advance.
- the mapping relationship is specifically a mapping rule preset by the designer, and may be combined with the area code of the UE and the area to which the area code belongs in the P-GW.
- the mapping of the UE to the actually accessed APN is actually the mapping between the geographic area where the UE is located and the APN it actually accesses, that is, the area code of the UE is The mapping between the area code set of the P-GW and the actually accessed APN, gp, the network management performed by the P-GW provided by the embodiment according to the APN actually accessed by the UE, is actually based on the geographical area range to the UE. Network management.
- the 3GPP protocol can perform policy control through a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) network element, but the deployment of the PCRF network requires an increase in hardware facilities, which is quite high. The cost of the network system is not deployed on all existing networks.
- PCRF Policy and Charging Rules Function
- the operator proposes various network management policies based on the user location area, such as bandwidth management, number of access UEs, billing management, and data traffic statistics;
- the S-GW and the P-GW it is not responsible for managing the location area; if a location-based management mechanism is established on the SGW/PGW to meet the requirements, it requires a huge amount of work and hardware costs; For example, if the IP address is allocated based on the location area of the user, a binding management mechanism of the location area and the address pool needs to be established; based on the performance statistics of the user location area, a new measurement object based on the location area needs to be created. And adding hundreds or even thousands of performance statistics items for measuring objects in the location area; based on the location area to control the number of access users or bandwidth, it is necessary to maintain statistics on the number of users or the bandwidth used in each location area.
- the APN actually accessed by the UE identifies an external network connected by the P-GW, such as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network, an enterprise network, or the like; or Certain types of services associated with the APN, such as Internet access, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, and the like;
- ISP Internet Service Provider
- WAP Wireless Application Protocol
- the actual APN is also a unit for user division on the P-GW.
- the user performance policy can be configured based on the APN actually accessed by the UE, such as charging measurement, QoS guarantee, security, and service control.
- APNs can have different policies to enable flexible billing and service control.
- the receiving module receives a user activation request sent by the UE that requests to access the network, where the user activation request includes the ULI of the UE, and the parsing module obtains the area code of the location where the UE is located by parsing the ULI. And determining, by the determining module, the area code set to which the area code belongs, and obtaining the area code set to which the module belongs according to the area code of the UE, and the mapping relationship with the actual APN is the actual APN obtained by the UE; The UEs in the same physical area are connected to the same actual APN. The management of the UE in the actual APN is to manage the UEs in the same physical area. Therefore, the UE can be unified based on the physical area. management.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the area code set configured in the network device, and the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN may be specifically configured in the storage module 15; optionally, receiving The user activation request received by the module 11 further includes the APN requested by the UE.
- the determining module 13 is further configured to: before the parsing module 12 parses the ULI, determine that the APN requested by the UE has the subscription information in the actual APN.
- This embodiment also illustrates network management through the P-GW in the EPS network as an example.
- the P-GW When receiving the activation request sent by the UE, the P-GW queries the actual APN of the UE for the subscription information according to the APN requested by the UE.
- the APN requested by the UE is the network that the UE has subscribed to in the operator's plan, for example.
- the mobile geographic area of the UE requesting access to the P-GW may not be in the same geographical area as the P-GW. Therefore, when receiving the user activation request, the P-GW may The APN requested by the UE queries whether the actual APN provided in the mapping relationship configured by the UE has subscription information with the APN requested by the UE to confirm whether the actual APN is allocated to the UE.
- the area code of this embodiment also includes the LAC, the RAC, or the TAC.
- the area code is the LAC.
- the area code set is the LAC GROUP.
- one LAC number includes multiple LAC IDs (Identity).
- a LAC GROUP consists of multiple LAC segments. That is, the area code set and the area code number segment are configured in the storage module 15.
- the determining module 13 specifically sets the area code of the acquired UE's area code in the storage module 15 A search is performed in the number segment and the area code set, and the area code set to which the area code of the UE belongs is obtained.
- the P-GW when receiving the user activation request, can parse the value of the LAC, RAC, or TAC from the requested ULI; it should be noted that the routing area identifier in the user activation request can also be parsed (Routing) Area Identity, abbreviated as: RAI).
- the user activation request sent by the gtpvO/gtpvl protocol is a Create PDP Context Request (PPP) request
- the gtpvO protocol The request includes an RAI cell
- the request of the gtpvl protocol includes a ULI and/or an RAI cell
- the user activation request sent by the gtpv2 protocol is a Create Session Request
- the request of the gtpv2 protocol includes the ULI cell.
- the area code number segment and the area code set configured in the P-GW are searched. For example, the LAC number to which the LAC ID belongs is found by using the obtained LAC ID. Go ahead and find the LAC GROUP corresponding to the LAC segment.
- the mapping relationship between the area code set of the area code of the UE and the actual APN is preset by the designer
- FIG. 3 is a mapping manner between the UE and the actual APN in the network device provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. Schematic diagram.
- the core network can be a 2G/3G network or an EPS network.
- the SGSN/MME is responsible for mobility management and signaling processing.
- the unified packet data gateway device produced by UGW9811 Huawei integrates GGSN and S-.
- the function of the GW and the P-GW network element reduces the operating cost for the operator and improves the network deployment capability.
- the UE1 and the UE2 access the core network and map to the corresponding actual APN.
- the APN mapping rule can be: Mobile Internet (China Mobile Internet, referred to as: CMNET) APN-activated UE, if the location area of the UE belongs to LAC GROUP A, it is mapped to APN City A; if the location area of the user belongs to LAC GROUP B, it is mapped to APN City B Normally, one or more LAC GROUPs correspond to one APN. For example, the LAC value of UE1 is 0*1111, and the LAC value of UE2 is 0*2111. The LAC values of UE1 and UE2 are in the LAC segment of the LAC GROUP, and the A segment includes 0*1111, 0*.
- the B segment includes 0*2111, 0*2112, and the APN that can be actually accessed includes the City A and the City B. Therefore, according to the APN mapping rule, the APN actually accessed by the UE1 is the City A, and the UE2 is actually accessed.
- APN is City B; and City A Both City B and City B have preset address pools, for example, City A ( 10.0.0.0/16) and City B ( 10.1.0.0/16).
- the network device provided in this embodiment may also be an SGSN or a GGSN in a 2G/3G network, and a PDSN/HSGW in a CDMA network.
- the receiving module receives a user activation request sent by the UE that requests to access the network, where the user activation request includes the ULI of the UE, and the parsing module obtains the area code of the location where the UE is located by parsing the ULI. And determining, by the determining module, the area code set to which the area code belongs, and obtaining the area code set to which the module belongs according to the area code of the UE, and the mapping relationship with the actual APN is the actual APN obtained by the UE; The UEs in the same physical area are connected to the same actual APN. The management of the UE in the actual APN is to manage the UEs in the same physical area. Therefore, the UE can be unified based on the physical area. Management; Improves the usability and flexibility of network management and controls the cost of performing network management accordingly.
- the network device may perform network management control according to the APN actually accessed by the UE, that is, network management based on the user geographic area.
- Control The network device that performs management control in the following embodiments is specifically a GGSN in a 2G/3G network or a P-GW in an EPS network.
- the network device that is accessed by the UE has a corresponding relationship with the IP address pool.
- the network device provided in this embodiment may further include: an address allocation module 16 configured to allocate an IP address for the UE from the IP address pool;
- the statistics module 17 is configured to perform statistics on data traffic or signaling under the actual APN to obtain data traffic statistics and signaling statistics for the UEs accessed in the geographic area.
- the actual APN accessed by the UE corresponds to the configuration information
- the configuration information may include: the number of access UEs, the used bandwidth, the charging policy, the authentication policy, or the service control policy; accordingly, the network device further
- the control module 18 is configured to control, according to the foregoing configuration information, a UE that accesses the actual APN.
- the network device may further include a sending module 19, configured to send the user information of the UE to an external server.
- the user information may include a correspondence between the UE and the actual APN to be accessed.
- the external server is, for example, a Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server, a service report server, or Calling a history server, etc., so that the external server pair passes through the network device
- the reported user data is analyzed based on the actual APN, that is, the analysis data based on the user's geographical area can be obtained.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- the network device of this embodiment is applicable to the case of implementing network management according to the geographical area of the UE.
- the network device can be implemented in hardware and software, and can be integrated in the memory of the network device, for example, integrated in a processor chip for execution by a processor.
- the network device of this embodiment specifically includes: a receiver 21 and a processor 22.
- the receiver 21 is configured to receive a user activation request sent by the UE, where the user activation request includes a ULI.
- the network device may perform an APN allocation task based on the location information of the UE, and perform network management functions based on the allocated APN, and has comprehensive usage performance, and is widely applicable to 2G/3G networks, EPS networks, and CDMA.
- the network and the like are described in the foregoing embodiment.
- the specific manner in which the network device can be an MME or a P-GW, and the MME or the P-GW performs the APN allocation on the UE that requests the access in the foregoing embodiment is described in the foregoing embodiment. , will not repeat them here.
- APN allocation can be performed through the SGSN or GGSN.
- the P-GW performs the allocation of the APN as an example.
- the user activation request received by the P-GW includes a ULI, where the ULI is used to indicate the current geographic area of the UE.
- the process of the UE accessing the EPS network through the attaching process and creating the PDN connection is a method of the prior art, which is not specifically described herein.
- the MME may select according to the location area of the UE.
- the P-GW of the UE; the network device provided in this embodiment is a network element in the EPC, and the UE can be managed based on the geographical area in the EPS network, and can also be based on the geographical area of the UE. Network management of functions that can be implemented in EPS.
- the processor 22 is configured to parse the ULI received by the receiver 21 to obtain an area code of the location where the UE is located.
- the area code of the location where the UE is located may include the LAC, RAC, or TAC of the UE.
- the processor 22 is further configured to determine a region code set to which the acquired region code belongs, where the user location indicated by the region code in the region code set is in the same geographical region.
- the PEI when the UE retransmits the user activation request due to the change of the geographical area, the PEI needs to be re-determined because the ULI of the changed UE location in the request changes, that is, the area code of the UE changes.
- the processor 22 is further configured to acquire the actual APN for the UE according to the determined regional code set and the mapping relationship with the actual APN.
- the P-GW is configured with an area code set, and a mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN, and the P-GW may perform, according to the mapping relationship, the UE that requests the access when selecting the actual access APN.
- Management planning for example, can provide pre-scheduled access rules.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a physical device corresponding to the network device provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , wherein each physical device corresponds to each module function of the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and the implementation principle thereof is The technical effects are similar and will not be described here.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another network device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the network device of this embodiment is configured on the device shown in FIG. 4, the area code set configured in the network device, and the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN may be specifically configured in the memory 23; optionally, receiving
- the user activation request received by the device 21 further includes the APN requested by the UE.
- the processor 22 is further configured to: before the parsing of the ULI, determine that the APN requested by the UE has the subscription information in the actual APN.
- FIG. 3 is also a schematic diagram of a UE and APN mapping manner in the network device provided by the embodiment shown in the figure.
- the mapping rules are the same as those in the above embodiment, and therefore will not be described here.
- the network device may perform network management control according to the APN actually accessed by the UE, that is, network management based on the user geographic area.
- Control The network device that performs management control in the following embodiments is specifically a GGSN in a 2G/3G network or a P-GW in an EPS network.
- the actual APN that the UE accesses has a corresponding relationship with the IP address pool.
- the processor 22 is further configured to allocate an IP address for the UE from the IP address pool.
- the processor 22 can also be used to pass data traffic under the actual APN or
- the signaling performs statistics to obtain statistics and signaling statistics of data traffic for UEs accessing in a geographical area.
- the actual APN accessed by the UE corresponds to the configuration information
- the configuration information may include: the number of accessing UEs, the used bandwidth, the charging policy, the authentication policy, or the service control policy; correspondingly, the network device
- the processor 22 is further configured to control, according to the configuration information, the UE that accesses the actual APN.
- the network device may further include a transmitter 24, configured to send the user information of the UE to an external server, where The user information may include a corresponding relationship between the UE and the accessed actual APN, such as a RADIUS server, a service report server, or a call history server, etc., so that the external server performs actual APN based on user data reported by the network device. Analysis, that is, the analysis data based on the user's geographical area can be obtained.
- the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention is a physical device corresponding to the network device provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, wherein each physical device corresponds to each module function of the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and the implementation principle thereof is The technical effects are similar and will not be described here.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for allocating an APN according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- the network device of this embodiment is applicable to the case of implementing network management according to the geographical area of the UE.
- the network device can be implemented in hardware and software, and can be integrated in the memory of the network device, for example, integrated in the processor chip for execution by the processor.
- the method for allocating an APN provided by this embodiment includes the following steps:
- the network device receives a user activation request sent by the UE, where the user activation request includes user location information ULI.
- the method for allocating an APN may perform an APN allocation task based on location information of the UE, and perform network management functions based on the allocated APN, and has comprehensive usage performance, and is widely applicable to 2G/3G networks and EPS networks.
- the CDMA network and the like; in this embodiment, the EPS network is taken as an example for description.
- the network device may be the MME or the P-GW, and the MME or the P-GW performs the APN allocation on the UE that requests the access in the foregoing embodiment. And the introduction, no more details here.
- the allocation of APNs can be performed through the SGSN or GGSN.
- the P-GW performs the allocation of the APN as an example.
- the user activation request received by the P-GW includes a ULI, where the ULI is used to indicate the current geographic area of the UE.
- the UE accesses the EPS network through the attach process and creates a PDN connection process.
- the method of the prior art is not specifically described herein; when the UE accesses the network, the MME may select a P-GW suitable for the UE according to the location area of the UE; the network device that performs the allocation method provided by this embodiment is It is a network element in the EPC, and the UE can be managed based on the geographical area in the EPS network, and the network can be managed according to the geographical area of the UE.
- the network device parses the ULI to obtain an area code of a location where the UE is located.
- the area code of the location where the UE is located may include the LAC, RAC, or TAC of the UE.
- the PDN connection needs to be re-established, and the UE location change included in the re-transmitted user activation request is changed.
- the analysis result of the ULI and the re-acquired area code also change.
- the network device determines a region code set to which the area code belongs.
- the user location indicated by the area code in the area code set is in the same geographical area.
- the PEI when the UE retransmits the user activation request due to the change of the geographical area, the PEI needs to be re-determined because the ULI of the changed UE location in the request changes, that is, the area code of the UE changes.
- the network device acquires an actual APN for the UE according to the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the P-GW is configured with an area code set, and a mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN, and the P-GW may perform, according to the mapping relationship, the UE that requests the access when selecting the actual access APN.
- Management planning for example, can provide pre-scheduled access rules.
- the method for allocating an APN according to the embodiment of the present invention may be performed by the network device provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , and the steps of the method correspond to the functions of each module of the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention. The effect is similar and will not be described here.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for allocating an APN according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- the method for allocating an APN provided by this embodiment may include the following steps:
- the network device receives a user activation request sent by the UE, where the user activation request includes user location information ULI and an APN requested by the UE.
- the user activation request received by the network device further includes the APN requested by the UE, and accordingly, the APN requested by the UE may be used to query whether the UE has the subscription information according to the APN requested by the UE.
- the network device parses the ULI to obtain an area code of a location where the UE is located.
- S240. The network device determines a region code set to which the area code belongs. The user location indicated by the area code in the area code set is in the same geographical area.
- the network device acquires an actual APN for the UE according to the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the area code set is also configured in the network device, and the mapping relationship between the area code set and the actual APN.
- the area code of the location where the UE is located may also include the LAC, RAC, or TAC of the UE.
- the method for obtaining the actual access APN according to the geographical area of the UE may also perform network management control according to the APN actually accessed by the UE, that is, based on user geography. Network management control performed by the area; It should be noted that the network device performing management control in the following embodiments is specifically a GGSN in a 2G/3G network or a P-GW in an EPS network.
- the method of the present embodiment further includes: the network device allocates an IP address to the UE from the IP address pool; and, in addition, the method is The network device may perform statistics on data traffic or signaling under the actual APN to obtain data traffic statistics and signaling statistics for the UEs accessed in the geographic area.
- the actual APN accessed by the UE corresponds to the configuration information
- the configuration information may include: the number of accessing the UE, the used bandwidth, the charging policy, the authentication policy, or the service control policy;
- the method further includes: the network device controls, according to the foregoing configuration information, the UE that accesses the actual APN; in a specific implementation, in the method provided by the embodiment, the network device may further send the user information of the UE to an external server.
- the user information may include a correspondence between the UE and the actual APN to be accessed.
- the external server is, for example, a RADIUS server, a service report server, or a call history server, and the like, so that the external server is based on user data reported by the network device.
- the analysis of the actual APN that is, the analysis data based on the user's geographical area can be obtained.
- the method for allocating an APN provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be performed by the network device provided by the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and the steps of the method correspond to the functions of each module of the network device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and the implementation principle and technology thereof are implemented. The effect is similar and will not be described here.
- the aforementioned program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium.
- the program when executed, performs the steps including the above-described method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store program codes, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
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