WO2016078418A1

WO2016078418A1 - Method and device for sponsor service decision

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Publication number: WO2016078418A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/083094
Authority: WO
Inventors: 马云飞; 邱永庆; 孙闵
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-11-20
Filing date: 2015-07-01
Publication date: 2016-05-26
Also published as: CN105682070A

Abstract

A method and device for a sponsor service decision. The method comprises: obtaining sponsor status information monitored by a sponsor monitor entity; and making the sponsor service decision by using the sponsor status information as a decision condition.

Description

Sponsor business decision method and device

Technical field

This paper relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular to a sponsor business decision method and apparatus.

Background technique

The PCC (Policy and Charging Control) architecture of the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is a functional framework that can be applied to multiple access technologies. For example, UTRAN (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication)/GSM EDGE (for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)) Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution, Radio Access Network, Interworking Wireless Local Area Network (I-WLAN), and EPS (Evolved Packet System). 1 is a schematic diagram of a Rel-12 PCC non-roaming architecture according to the related art. As shown in FIG. 1 , each logical function entity and its interface functions in the PCC architecture include: an AF (Application Function) for providing The access point of the business application, the network resources used by these business applications need dynamic policy control. When the parameter negotiation is performed on the service plane, the AF sends the related service information to the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF). If the service information is consistent with the policy of the PCRF, the PCRF accepts the negotiation. Inconsistent, the PCRF rejects the negotiation and gives the business parameters acceptable to the PCRF in the feedback. The AF can then return these parameters to the UE (User Equipment). The interface between the AF and the PCRF is an Rx interface.

The PCRF is the core of the PCC and is responsible for policy decision making and billing rules. The PCRF provides network control rules based on service data flows, including traffic data flow monitoring, Gating Control, QoS (Quality of Service) control, and data flow based charging rules. The PCRF sends its formulated policies and charging rules to the policy and charging execution function entity. At the same time, the PCRF also needs to ensure that these rules are consistent with the user's subscription information. The basis for the PCRF to formulate policies and charging rules includes: obtaining information related to the service from the AF; from the SPR (Subscription Profile Repository, the user subscription database) obtains the user policy charging control subscription information; and obtains information about the bearer-related network from the PCEF (Policy and Charging Enforcement Function). The PCC architecture implements policy charging control for IP-CAN (IP Connectivity Access Network) sessions established by the UE to access a PDN (Packet Data Network) through various functional entities. Currently, the PCC architecture supports a service called Sponsored data connectivity.

2 is a schematic structural diagram of deploying a sponsored data connection service according to the related art. As shown in FIG. 2, the so-called sponsored data connection refers to consumption consumption generated by a user's accessed service, which is not borne by the user but by the sponsor. (Sponsor) assumes that the access content is provided by ASP (Application Service Provider).

The above related technologies do not monitor the status information of the sponsor, and generally use the state static configuration policy directly. When the number of sponsors increases and the sponsor status changes frequently, it is impossible to effectively adjust the policy according to the actual status of the sponsor. Moreover, since the sponsor service is characterized in that the sponsor service of the end user is paid by the sponsor, the sponsor business has a great influence on the business operation and commercial interests of the operator. For example, there is potential competition between the services provided by the sponsors and the services provided by the operators, and the sponsor services with lower rates are used in a large amount to affect the revenue of the operators, or the losses caused by the sponsors due to business defaults. The related technology fails to effectively monitor the status of the sponsor, so the sponsor's adverse impact on the operator cannot be avoided in time.

Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention provide a sponsor service decision method and apparatus, and solve the problem that the sponsor service cannot be effectively controlled.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a sponsor service decision method, including: learning sponsor status information monitored by a sponsor monitoring entity; and using sponsor status information as a decision condition for sponsor business decision.

Optionally, the sponsor status information monitored by the sponsor monitoring entity is obtained, including: when receiving the instruction information that needs to perform the sponsor business decision, sending a request for obtaining the sponsor status information to the sponsor monitoring entity; receiving the sponsor Monitor sponsor status information for entity feedback.

Optionally, the sponsor status information monitored by the sponsor monitoring entity is obtained, including: receiving sponsor status update information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity, and buffering update information.

Optionally, the sponsor status information is used as a decision condition for the sponsor business decision, including: updating the policy and charging control PCC and the service quality of the user who is performing the sponsor service when the sponsor status information is changed. At least one of QoS and traffic monitoring controls the ADC strategy.

Optionally, the sponsor status information is: processing the sponsor data collected by the sponsor monitoring entity monitoring billing system and the business analysis signaling analysis system to obtain a status value corresponding to each operator.

Optionally, the sponsor status information includes at least one of the following: whether the sponsor's credit exceeds a preset credit threshold, whether the sponsorship level reaches a preset level threshold, and whether the sponsor service usage exceeds its corresponding pre-preparation. The service usage threshold and the usage of the service in which the sponsor and the carrier compete with each other exceed the corresponding preset service usage threshold.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a sponsor service decision apparatus, including: a learning module configured to learn sponsor status information monitored by a sponsor monitoring entity; and a service decision module configured to use sponsor status information as a decision condition Sponsor business decisions.

Optionally, the learning module includes: a requesting module, configured to send a request for obtaining sponsor status information to the sponsor monitoring entity when receiving the indication information that needs to make a sponsor business decision; and a receiving module configured to receive the sponsor Monitor sponsor status information for entity feedback.

Optionally, the learning module is configured to: receive sponsor status update information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity, and cache update information.

Optionally, the decision module is configured to: at least one of a policy and a charging control PCC, a quality of service QOS, and a service monitoring control ADC policy of the user who is performing the sponsor's service in the case that the sponsor status information is changed. .

Optionally, the sponsor status information is: processing the sponsor data collected by the sponsor monitoring entity monitoring billing system and the business analysis signaling analysis system to obtain status values corresponding to the respective operators.

Optionally, whether the sponsor's credit exceeds a preset credit threshold, whether the sponsorship level reaches a preset level threshold, whether the sponsor service usage exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold, and sponsorship Whether the usage of the business that has a competitive relationship with the operator exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, which can be implemented when the program instructions are executed.

In the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the sponsor monitoring entity detects the obtained sponsor status information as a condition of the sponsor business decision and enters the sponsor business decision, and can effectively control the sponsor service compared with the related technology, thereby reducing The impact of the sponsor business on the operator's business.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic diagram of a Rel-12 PCC non-roaming architecture according to the related art;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of deploying a sponsored data connection service according to the related art;

3 is a flowchart of a sponsor service decision method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of signaling interaction of a sponsor service decision method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of signaling interaction of a sponsor service decision method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

6 is a structural block diagram of a sponsor service decision apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a sponsor service decision structure according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present invention may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Example 1

3 is a flowchart of a sponsor service decision method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step 301: Obtain the sponsor status information monitored by the sponsor monitoring entity;

The step 301 can be performed by a PCRF, and the PCRF knows that the sponsor status information can include Actively obtaining the sponsor status from the sponsor monitoring entity and passively receiving the sponsor status information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity. The active receiving method is: when receiving the instruction information that needs to perform the sponsor business decision, sending the acquisition to the sponsor monitoring entity. A request for sponsor status information; receiving sponsor status information fed back by the sponsor monitoring entity; passive receiving mode is: receiving sponsor status update information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity, and buffering update information. The sponsor status information is obtained by the sponsor monitoring entity monitoring the charging system (the online charging system and the offline charging system) and the processing of the sponsor data obtained by the business analysis and signaling analysis system (for example, comparison processing). The status value for each carrier. For example, whether the sponsor's credit exceeds the preset credit threshold, whether the sponsorship level reaches the preset level threshold, whether the sponsor service usage exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold, and the sponsor and the sponsor Whether the usage of the service in which the operator has a competitive relationship exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold. Among them, the amount of use of sponsored services, including traffic and bandwidth usage. The sponsor status information obtained by the monitoring may be an input parameter defined by each operator that affects the PCC system decision, that is, the sponsor status information is used as an input parameter of the PCC system decision to perform the sponsor business decision.

Step 302: Perform sponsor business decision by using sponsor status information as a decision condition.

The step 302 may include the following processing:

In the case where the sponsor status information is changed, at least one of the policy and charging control PCC, the quality of service QoS, and the service monitoring control ADC (Application Detection Ctrol) policy of the user who is performing the sponsor's service is updated. .

Example 2

4 is a flow chart of signaling interaction of a sponsor service decision method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the method actively requests sponsorship from a sponsor monitoring entity when a sponsor service decision is required by a PCRF. The status information is used to know the status of each current sponsor, and the method includes the following steps S401 to S407.

In step S401, the AF provides the sponsored data connection information to the PCRF, where the information includes the sponsor identifier, the ASP identifier, the application identifier, the user information (such as an IP address) that identifies the sponsored, and the IP stream information of the sponsored service. If the user plane data does not pass AF, AF will also provide AUT (Allowed) Usage Threshold, allowable usage threshold, etc.;

Step S402, the PCRF finds that the sponsor service decision needs to be performed, and the local sponsor does not have the corresponding sponsor status information, and then initiates the sponsor status information request to the sponsor monitoring entity;

Step S403, the sponsor monitoring entity responds to the request of the PCRF, where the response includes the requested sponsor status information;

Step S404, the PCRF saves the acquired sponsor status information;

Step S405, the PCRF takes the acquired sponsor status information as one of the decision conditions, performs a policy decision, and obtains a decision result;

Step S406, the PCRF performs an Rx interface response according to the decision result;

In step S407, the PCRF notifies the PCEF/BBERF (Bearer Binding and Event Reporting Function)/TDF (Traffic Detection Function) execution policy according to the decision result.

The above notification PCEF/BBERF/TDF means that one or more of the PCEF, BBERF, and TDF are notified, for example, only the PCEF is notified according to information needs and networking conditions, and the BBERF and the TDF are not notified.

When the sponsor status information changes, the PCRF may update one or more of the PCC policy, the Qos policy, and the ADC policy of all users who are conducting the sponsor service.

Example 3

5 is a flow chart of signaling interaction of a sponsor service decision method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, which is different from the method described in Embodiment 2 in that the method mainly monitors an entity in a sponsor state through a sponsor. The sponsor status information is obtained by pushing the sponsor status information to the PCRF when the change occurs. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes the following steps S501 to S505.

Step S501, the sponsor monitoring entity detects that the sponsor status changes, and initiates a sponsor status change notification request to the PCRF that has acquired the sponsor status;

Step S502, the PCRF and/or the SPR respond to the sponsor monitoring entity platform to confirm the confirmation;

Step S503, the PCRF and/or the SPR save the sponsor status according to the updated sponsor status Information, to determine whether a corresponding policy update is required (for example, a contracted sponsor's MBR (Maximum Bit Rate) and/or GBR (GBR Guaranteed Bit Rate) change and affects the existing authorized MBR. And/or GBR), updating the current policy when it is determined that a policy update is required;

In step S504, the S503 determines that the update policy is required, and the PCRF sends the updated policy to one or more of the PCEF, the BBERF, and the TDF.

Step S505, the related function entity performs a subsequent IP-CAN session modification process.

When the sponsor status change involves a policy update for multiple user sessions, step S504 and step S505 are performed for each user involved.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the two types of the sponsor status information in the second embodiment and the third embodiment are used in combination to obtain the status information of the sponsor, for example, when the sponsor business decision is currently required. Firstly, it is locally found whether there is a sponsor status information that is cached by the monitoring entity. In the case where there is no cache information locally, the host entity is actively requested to obtain the sponsor status information.

Example 4

Embodiment 4 of the present invention provides a sponsor service decision device. FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a sponsor service decision device according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the device 60 includes the following components:

The learning module 61 is configured to learn the sponsor status information monitored by the sponsor monitoring entity;

The business decision module 62 is configured to make sponsor business decisions using the sponsor status information as a decision condition.

The foregoing learning module 61 may include:

a requesting unit, configured to issue a request for obtaining sponsor status information to the sponsor monitoring entity upon receiving the indication information requiring the sponsor business decision;

The receiving unit is configured to receive sponsor status information fed back by the sponsor monitoring entity.

The foregoing learning module 61 is configured to: receive sponsor status update information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity, and cache update information.

The decision module 62 is configured to: at least one of a policy and a charge control PCC, a quality of service QOS, and a service monitoring control ADC policy of the user who is performing the service of the sponsor when the sponsor status information is changed.

7 is a schematic diagram of a sponsor service decision structure according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the device 60 performs information interaction with an online charging system, an offline charging system, and a business analysis and signaling analysis system to obtain a sponsor. Status information, and the obtained sponsor status information is sent to the PCRF connected to it.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program that instructs the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. Embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

Industrial applicability

In the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the sponsor monitoring entity detects the obtained sponsor status information as a condition of the sponsor business decision and enters the sponsor business decision, and can effectively control the sponsor business compared with the related technology, and reduce the sponsorship. The impact of business operations on carrier business.

Claims

A method of sponsor business decision making, including:

Know the sponsor status information monitored by the sponsor monitoring entity;

The sponsor status information is used as a decision condition for sponsor business decision.
The method of claim 1 wherein said obtaining sponsor status information monitored by said sponsor monitoring entity comprises:

Receiving a request for obtaining sponsor status information from the sponsor monitoring entity upon receiving the instruction information requiring the sponsor business decision;

Receiving sponsor status information fed back by the sponsor monitoring entity.
The method of claim 1 wherein said obtaining sponsor status information monitored by said sponsor monitoring entity comprises:

Receiving sponsor status update information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity, and buffering the update information.
The method of claim 1 wherein said said sponsor status information is used as a decision condition for sponsoring business decisions, comprising:

In a case where the sponsor status information is changed, at least one of a policy of the user of the sponsored service and a charge control PCC, a quality of service QoS, and a service monitoring control ADC policy are updated.
The method of claim 1, wherein the sponsor status information is: processing sponsor data collected by the sponsor monitoring entity monitoring billing system and the business analysis signaling analysis system to obtain corresponding to each operator Status value.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sponsor status information includes at least one of the following:

Whether the sponsor's credit exceeds the preset credit threshold, whether the sponsorship level reaches the preset level threshold, whether the sponsor's service usage exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold, and the sponsor and operator Whether the usage of the competitive business exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold.
A sponsor business decision device comprising:

The learning module is configured to know the sponsor status information monitored by the sponsor monitoring entity;

The business decision module is configured to perform the sponsor business decision by using the sponsor status information as a decision condition.
The device of claim 7, wherein the learning module comprises:

a requesting unit, configured to issue a request for obtaining sponsor status information to the sponsor monitoring entity upon receiving the indication information requiring the sponsor business decision;

And a receiving unit, configured to receive sponsor status information fed back by the sponsor monitoring entity.
The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the learning module is configured to:

Receiving sponsor status update information pushed by the sponsor monitoring entity, and buffering the update information.
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said decision module is configured to:

In a case where the sponsor status information is changed, at least one of a policy of the user of the sponsored service and a charge control PCC, a quality of service QoS, and a service monitoring control ADC policy are updated.
The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said sponsor status information is: processing sponsor data collected by the sponsor monitoring entity monitoring billing system and the business analysis signaling analysis system to obtain corresponding to each operator Status value.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the sponsor status information includes at least one of the following:

Whether the sponsor's credit exceeds the preset credit threshold, whether the sponsorship level reaches the preset level threshold, whether the sponsor's service usage exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold, and the sponsor and operator Whether the usage of the competitive business exceeds its corresponding preset service usage threshold.
A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed, can implement the method of any of claims 1-6.