WO2016112817A1

WO2016112817A1 - Communication control method and device

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Publication number: WO2016112817A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/070295
Authority: WO
Inventors: 许芳丽; 梁靖; 杨星
Original assignee: 电信科学技术研究院
Priority date: 2015-01-12
Filing date: 2016-01-06
Publication date: 2016-07-21
Also published as: CN104601283A; CN104601283B

Abstract

Disclosed are a communication method and device. A base station participates in a process of associating a UE with a WLAN AP, to ensure that no later than the base station notifies the UE of enabling a wireless local area network, the UE already establishes an association to the WLAN AP (that is, the UE already acquires association information of the WLAN AP). The base station participates in a process of disassociating the UE with the WLAN AP, to ensure that the base station can learn in time that the UE is disassociated with the WLAN AP, thereby performing real-time control on the WLAN in time.

Description

Communication control method and device

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510015232.9, entitled "A Communication Control Method and Apparatus", filed on January 12, 2015, the entire contents of .

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communication control method and apparatus.

Background technique

Currently, user equipment (UE) in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) can be simultaneously transmitted and dynamically adjusted. The LTE air interface and the WLAN air interface process remain unchanged, and the service transmission process of the UE in the LTE and the WLAN is performed independently.

Before the WLAN performs service transmission, the UE first establishes association with the WLAN access point (WLAN AP).

At present, when the LTE network decides to enable the WLAN for the UE, the UE initiates the association process to the WLAN AP. Considering the delay of the association process (up to 1 s), the UE actually enables the WLAN to delay the service transmission, which results in a large delay. The long delay of enabling WLAN reduces real-time control of the WLAN and reduces system utilization.

In addition, in the prior art, the process of de-association between the UE and the WLAN AP may be initiated by the UE or the WLAN AP and completed in the WLAN. The base station cannot know whether the UE is associated with the WLAN AP, and therefore cannot control the service transmission of the WLAN in time, thereby reducing system utilization.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication control method and apparatus for solving the problem that the existing UE and the WLAN AP are associated and de-associated, resulting in poor real-time control of the WLAN and low system utilization. question.

The object of the invention is achieved by the following technical solutions:

A communication control method provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:

Acquiring the associated information of the wireless local area network access point at the same time as or before receiving the wireless local area network command sent by the base station;

After receiving the command to enable the wireless local area network, the wireless local area network access point corresponding to the associated information is used for wireless local area network service transmission.

An implementation manner of obtaining association information of a wireless local area network access point may be:

Receiving association information of the wireless local area network access point sent by the base station.

Preferably, the association information of the WLAN access point is carried in an open wireless local area network command sent by the base station.

Preferably, the association information of the wireless local area network command and the wireless local area network access point is carried in a handover command message sent by the base station.

Another way to obtain the associated information of the WLAN access point may be:

Sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point;

Receiving an association establishment response message returned by the WLAN access point, where the association establishment response message carries the association information.

The association command sent by the base station may be received, and an association establishment request message is sent to the wireless local area network access point according to the association command.

Preferably, receiving the association command sent by the base station includes:

Receiving a handover command message sent by the base station, where the handover command message carries the association command.

Wherein, the wireless local area network access point may also be searched, and an association establishment request message is sent to the searched wireless local area network access point.

Preferably, after completing the association, the system sends a response message to the base station, where the response message is used to notify the base station that the association is successfully established. .

Another communication control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes:

Sending a wireless local area network command to the user equipment, and causing the user equipment to acquire the associated information of the wireless local area network access point while receiving the wireless local area network command.

Preferably, the opening wireless local area network command carries the associated information of the wireless local area network access point.

Preferably, before the sending the wireless local area network command to the user equipment, the method further includes:

Sending an association command to the user equipment to indicate that the user equipment is associated with the WLAN access point, and acquiring association information of the WLAN access point in the process of establishing an association.

Based on any of the foregoing method embodiments, preferably, the method further includes:

Receiving a response message sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the response message is used to notify that the association establishment is successful.

Receiving a de-association command sent by the base station;

And sending a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.

After deciding to stop providing the WLAN service transmission for the user equipment, the detachment command is sent to the user equipment, so that the user equipment sends a detachment request message to the associated WLAN access point according to the detachment command.

Sending a de-association request message to the associated WLAN access point;

After the de-association is completed, the local area network service transmission indication is sent to the base station.

Receiving a stop wireless local area network service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the stop wireless local area network service transmission indication is sent after the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point completes de-association;

Stop providing wireless LAN service transmission to the user equipment.

Based on the same inventive concept, a communication control apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:

The association information acquiring module is configured to acquire association information of the wireless local area network access point at the same time as or before receiving the wireless local area network command sent by the base station;

The WLAN service transmission module is configured to perform WLAN service transmission by using the WLAN access point corresponding to the associated information after receiving the command to enable the WLAN.

Preferably, the associated information obtaining module is configured to:

Preferably, when the association establishment request message is sent to the WLAN access point, the association information acquisition module is configured to:

Receiving an association command sent by the base station, and sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point according to the association command.

The WLAN access point is searched and an association establishment request message is sent to the searched WLAN access point.

Based on any of the foregoing device embodiments, preferably, an association establishment success notification module is further included for:

Sending a response message to the base station, where the response message is used to notify the base station that the association is successfully established.

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication control apparatus, including:

a command sending module, configured to send a wireless local area network command to the user equipment;

The auxiliary association module is configured to enable the user equipment to acquire association information of the wireless local area network access point while receiving the wireless local area network command.

Preferably, before sending the wireless local area network command to the user equipment, the command sending module is further configured to:

Based on any of the above device embodiments, preferably, a notification module is provided for:

And an association command receiving module, configured to receive a de-association command sent by the base station;

And an association operation module, configured to send a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.

a service transmission stop decision module, configured to determine to stop providing wireless local area network service transmission for the user equipment;

And a de-correlation command sending module, configured to send a de-association command to the user equipment, so that the user equipment sends a de-association request message to the associated WLAN access point according to the de-association command.

And an association operation module, configured to send a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point;

The notification module is configured to send a stop local area network service transmission indication to the base station after the de-association is completed.

The notification receiving module is configured to receive a stop wireless local area network service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the stop wireless local area network service transmission indication is that the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point complete de-association After sending

A service transmission control module is configured to stop providing wireless local area network service transmission for the user equipment.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment, including:

Processor, transceiver and memory.

The transceiver is used to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor.

The memory is used to hold the data used by the processor to perform operations.

The processor can be used to read programs in memory and perform the following procedures:

Acquiring the associated information of the wireless local area network access point at the same time as or before receiving the wireless local area network command sent by the base station through the transceiver;

After receiving the wireless local area network command by the transceiver, the wireless local area network access point corresponding to the associated information is used for wireless local area network service transmission.

Preferably, in order to obtain the associated information of the wireless local area network access point, the processor reads the program in the memory, and performs the following process: receiving, by the transceiver, the associated information of the wireless local area network access point sent by the base station.

Preferably, in order to acquire the associated information of the wireless local area network access point, the processor reads the program in the memory, and performs the following process: sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point; receiving the return of the wireless local area network access point The association establishment response message carries the association information in the association establishment response message.

Preferably, in order to send an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point, the processor reads a program in the memory, and performs the following process: receiving, by the transceiver, an association command sent by the base station, according to the association command The WLAN access point sends an association establishment request message.

Preferably, in order to send an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point, the processor reads the program in the memory, and performs the following process: searching for a wireless local area network access point, and transmitting the association to the searched wireless local area network access point. Create a request message.

Based on any of the foregoing user equipment embodiments, preferably, the processor further reads a program in the memory, and performs the following process: transmitting a response message to the base station, the response message being used to inform the base station that the association establishment is successful.

The processor can also be used to read programs in memory and perform the following procedures:

Receiving, by the transceiver, a de-association command sent by the base station;

Sending a de-association request message to the associated WLAN access point;

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station, including:

Processor, transceiver and memory.

Sending a wireless local area network command to the user equipment;

And causing the user equipment to acquire association information of the wireless local area network access point while receiving the wireless local area network command.

Preferably, before sending the WLAN command to the user equipment, the processor may further read the program in the memory, and perform the following process: sending an association command to the user equipment to indicate that the user equipment is connected to the WLAN The point establishes an association, and acquires association information of the WLAN access point in the process of establishing an association.

Based on any of the foregoing base station embodiments, preferably, the processor may further read a program in the memory, and perform the following process: receiving a response message sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the response message is used by Inform the association to establish success.

Decided to stop providing wireless LAN service transmission for user equipment;

A de-association command is sent to the user equipment, so that the user equipment sends a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.

Stop providing wireless LAN service transmission for the user equipment.

According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the base station participates in association between the UE and the WLAN AP. The process ensures that the WLAN is not notified to the UE by the base station, and the association between the UE and the WLAN AP is established (that is, the UE has acquired the association information of the WLAN AP). The base station participates in the de-association process between the UE and the WLAN AP, so that the base station can know the de-association between the UE and the WLAN AP in time, so that the WLAN can be controlled in real time. It can be seen that the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can immediately provide or stop the WLAN service transmission for the UE when adding or deleting the WLAN, improve the real-time performance of the base station for the WLAN service transmission control, and improve the system utilization.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying for inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a signaling diagram of a communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a signaling diagram of a communication control method according to a first application embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a signaling diagram of a communication control method provided by a second application embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a signaling diagram of a communication control method according to a third application embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a signaling diagram of a communication control method according to a fourth application embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a signaling diagram of another communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a signaling diagram of still another communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a signaling diagram of still another communication control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a first communication control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a second communication control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a third communication control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a fourth communication control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a fifth communication control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a sixth communication control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The core idea of the present invention is that the base station participates in the association process between the UE and the WLAN AP, and ensures that the WLAN is established between the UE and the WLAN AP no later than the base station notifying the UE. information). The base station participates in the de-association process between the UE and the WLAN AP, so that the base station can know the de-association between the UE and the WLAN AP in time, so that the WLAN can be controlled in real time. It can be seen that the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can immediately provide or stop the WLAN service transmission for the UE when adding or deleting the WLAN, improve the real-time performance of the base station for the WLAN service transmission control, and improve the system utilization.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The following describes the implementation of the UE, the WLAN AP, and the base station first, and then describes the implementation of each device from one side. It should be noted that this does not mean that the three must cooperate with the implementation.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a communication control method provided by an embodiment of the present invention specifically includes the following operations:

Step 100: The base station sends a WLAN command to the UE.

The WLAN command is used to notify the UE to start the WLAN auxiliary transmission function.

Step 110: The UE acquires association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command sent by the base station.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the association information of the WLAN AP may be, but is not limited to, an AID (Association Indentification).

Step 120: After receiving the foregoing WLAN command, the UE performs WLAN service transmission by using the WLAN AP corresponding to the associated information.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present invention acquires the association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command sent by the base station. Therefore, after receiving the WLAN command, the WLAN service can be immediately transmitted through the WLAN AP corresponding to the associated information, and the association process with the WLAN AP is not needed, thereby improving real-time control of the WLAN by the base station and improving system utilization. .

In the embodiment of the present invention, there are various implementation manners for the UE to obtain the association information of the WLAN AP. The preferred implementations are exemplified below.

The WLAN AP association information acquisition mode 1: receiving the association information of the WLAN AP sent by the base station.

Preferably, the association information of the WLAN AP is carried in an open WLAN command sent by the base station. Of course, the association information of the WLAN AP and the WLAN command can also be carried in different messages.

For non-mobility scenarios, the UE receives association information of the WLAN AP and turns on the WLAN command from its serving base station. Specifically, the serving base station of the UE negotiates with the WLAN AP to obtain association information of the WLAN AP.

For the mobility scenario, the UE receives a handover command message from the target base station during handover. The association information of the foregoing WLAN command and the WLAN AP is carried in the handover command message. Specifically, the source base station provides the current 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) network configuration (for example, the current configuration of the UE) and the configuration of the currently associated WLAN AP of the UE to the target base station in the handover preparation process; the target base station determines After the UE works directly in the 3GPP+ WLAN aggregation mode, the target WLAN AP related information is directly included in the association information and configured for the UE; the UE starts working directly at the target base station and the target WLAN AP according to the handover command message; Enter the service transmission phase, or start the WLAN service transmission after the cell access of the target base station is successful.

WLAN AP association information acquisition mode 2: Obtain association information from the WLAN AP.

Specifically, the association establishment request message is sent to the WLAN AP, and the association establishment response message returned by the WLAN AP is received, where the association establishment response message carries the association information.

The UE can actively obtain related information from the WLAN AP. Specifically, the UE searches for the WLAN AP, and sends an association establishment request message to the searched WLAN AP. The UE may also perform a search within the scope of the authorized WLAN AP set of the network broadcast.

The UE may also obtain related information from the WLAN AP under the trigger of the base station. For example, the base station sends an association command to the UE before sending the WLAN command to be opened; the UE receives the association command sent by the base station, and sends an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP according to the association command.

The association command may carry the identifier information of the WLAN AP, and the UE searches for the WLAN AP according to the identifier information and sends an association establishment request message thereto. If the association command does not carry the identifier information of the WLAN AP, the UE searches for the WLAN AP after receiving the association command, and sends an association establishment request message to the searched WLAN AP.

For non-mobility scenarios, the UE receives an association command from its serving base station.

For the mobility scenario, the UE receives the handover command message sent by the target base station, and the handover command message carries the associated command. Specifically, the source base station provides the target base station with the 3GPP network configuration (for example, the current configuration of the UE) and the WLAN AP currently associated with the UE, and the target base station determines the information of the WLAN AP that the UE needs to associate in advance (for example, the WLAN AP). The identification information, the SSID (Service Set Identifier, etc.) is notified to the UE by the source base station by using the handover command message; the UE starts the target WLAN AP after accessing the cell of the target base station or at the same time according to the handover command message. Establish an association.

For the second implementation manner, after the UE is associated with the WLAN AP, the UE and/or the associated WLAN AP may also send a response message to the base station, where the response message is used to notify the base station that the association establishment is successful. Correspondingly, the base station receives the response message sent by the UE and/or the WLAN AP.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below by taking the network architecture of the LTE eNB (Evolved Node B) and the WLAN AP as an example.

Figure 2 shows the non-mobile scenario. Based on the above network architecture, the association between the LTE and the WLAN AP is eliminated, and the association process of the UE in the WLAN is eliminated. The specific process is as follows:

Step 200: The UE and the eNB establish an LTE connection.

Among them, the UE has the capability of WLAN assisted LTE transmission.

Step 210: The eNB determines to enable WLAN auxiliary transmission for the UE according to information such as the UE location or the LTE/WLAN signal quality.

Step 220: The eNB negotiates with the WLAN AP to acquire related information from the WLAN AP.

The associated information may be, but is not limited to, an AID or the like.

The WLAN AP is ready to serve the UE after the negotiation process.

Step 230: The eNB sends a WLAN command to the UE, where the WLAN command is carried. Associated information of the WLAN AP.

The UE is notified to start the WLAN auxiliary transmission function by turning on the WLAN command.

Specifically, the WLAN command can be sent through the L1/L2/L3 signaling.

Optionally, the signaling also carries basic beacon information of the WLAN access.

Step 240: The UE starts the WIFI (Wireless Fidelity) module according to the received WLAN open command, and enters the service transmission phase of the WLAN directly and the corresponding WLAN AP according to the associated information of the provided WLAN AP (ie, the WLAN auxiliary transmission function is enabled). ).

Figure 3 shows the process of association between the LTE and the WLAN AP based on the network architecture described above. The specific process is as follows:

Step 300: The UE and the source base station (SeNB) have established an LTE connection, and the SeNB determines the handover.

Among them, the UE has the capability of WLAN assisted LTE transmission.

Step 310: The SeNB sends the current configuration of the UE to the target base station (TeNB) in the handover preparation process. If the WLAN AP is currently serving the UE, the information about the WLAN AP is notified to the TeNB.

Step 320: The TeNB decides to accept the UE, and decides to enable WLAN auxiliary transmission for the UE according to information such as the UE location or the LTE/WLAN signal quality.

Step 330: The TeNB negotiates with the target WLAN AP (T-WLAN AP), and acquires association information.

The target WLAN AP may be the WLAN AP currently associated with the UE or the WLAN AP co-located with the TeNB.

The T-WLAN AP is ready to serve the UE after the negotiation process.

Step 340: The TeNB sends a handover command message to the UE, where the handover command message directly includes the target WLAN AP related information in the association information to the UE.

The TeNB sends a handover command message to the UE through the SeNB.

Step 350: The UE starts the WIFI module in the handover process or after the LTE connection is established according to the handover command message, and enters the service transmission phase directly on the WLAN and the corresponding WLAN AP according to the associated information of the provided WLAN AP.

As shown in FIG. 4, based on the foregoing network architecture, the LTE triggers the UE to complete the association process in advance before the WLAN is enabled for service transmission. The specific process is as follows:

Step 400: The UE and the eNB establish an LTE connection.

Among them, the UE has the capability of WLAN assisted LTE transmission.

Step 410: The eNB sends an association command to the UE.

Specifically, the association command may be sent by using L1/L2/L3 signaling to notify the UE to associate with the WLAN AP.

Step 420: After the UE successfully associates with the WLAN AP, the WLAN AP or the UE notifies the eNB.

Specifically, the UE sends an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP, and the WLAN AP returns an association establishment response message to the UE, where the association information is carried, thereby completing the association.

Step 430: When the eNB needs to perform service transmission through the WLAN, the eNB directly informs the UE to initiate WLAN transmission by using L1/L2/L3 signaling.

FIG. 5 shows a process in which the UE automatically detects and completes the association to the WLAN AP and notifies the associated information to the eNB based on the foregoing network architecture. The specific process is as follows:

Step 500: The UE and the eNB establish an LTE connection.

Among them, the UE has the capability of WLAN assisted LTE transmission.

Step 510: The UE independently completes the association process.

Step 520: The UE or the WLAN AP notifies the eNB of the UE association situation (that is, sends a response message to the eNB).

Step 530: When the eNB determines to provide the WLAN service for the UE, the eNB notifies the UE of the associated WLAN AP information.

Step 540: The UE starts WLAN transmission directly with the designated associated WLAN AP.

Based on the same inventive concept, a communication control method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is implemented on the UE side as follows:

Acquiring the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command sent by the base station Correlation information: After receiving the WLAN command, the WLAN service is transmitted by using the WLAN AP corresponding to the association information.

For a specific implementation manner, reference may be made to the description of the foregoing embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

Based on the same inventive concept, a communication control method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is implemented on the base station side as follows:

And sending the WLAN command to the user equipment, and the user equipment acquires the association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command.

Another communication control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 6 , and specifically includes the following operations:

Step 600: After the base station decides to stop providing the WLAN service transmission for the user equipment, the base station sends a detachment command to the user equipment.

Step 610: The UE receives a de-association command sent by the base station.

Step 620: The UE sends a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP according to the de-association command.

Another communication control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 7 , and specifically includes the following operations:

Step 700: After the base station decides to stop providing the WLAN service transmission for the user equipment, the base station sends a detachment command to the WLAN AP associated with the user equipment.

Step 710: The WLAN AP receives the de-association command sent by the base station, and stops providing the WLAN auxiliary transmission service to the user equipment.

Another communication control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 8 , and specifically includes the following operations:

Step 800: The UE sends a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP.

Step 810: After completing the de-association, the UE and/or the WLAN AP sends a stop WLAN service transmission indication to the base station.

Step 820: The base station receives the WLAN service transmission sent by the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP. And transmitting the indication that the stopping WLAN service transmission indication is sent after the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP completes de-association.

Step 830: The base station stops providing WLAN service transmission to the user equipment.

The execution entities in the above embodiments are the UE, the base station, and the WLAN AP. It should be noted that, in the actual processing, the implementation on the UE side may be performed by a function module or a hardware unit that is disposed in the UE; the implementation on the base station side may be performed by a function module or a hardware unit disposed inside the base station; The implementation of the WLAN AP may be implemented by a function module or a hardware unit disposed inside the WLAN AP.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication control apparatus, as shown in FIG. 9, including:

The association information obtaining module 901 is configured to acquire association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command sent by the base station;

The WLAN service transmission module 902 is configured to perform WLAN service transmission by using the WLAN AP corresponding to the association information after receiving the WLAN command.

Preferably, the associated information obtaining module is configured to:

Receiving association information of the WLAN AP sent by the base station.

Preferably, the associated information obtaining module is configured to:

Sending an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP;

Receiving an association establishment response message returned by the WLAN AP, where the association establishment response message carries the association information.

Preferably, when the association establishment request message is sent to the WLAN AP, the association information acquisition module is configured to:

Receiving an association command sent by the base station, and sending an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP according to the association command.

The WLAN AP is searched and an association establishment request message is sent to the searched WLAN AP.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication control apparatus, as shown in FIG. 10, including:

The command sending module 1001 is configured to send a WLAN command to the user equipment.

The auxiliary association module 1002 is configured to enable the user equipment to acquire association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command.

Preferably, before sending the WLAN command to the user equipment, the command sending module is further configured to:

Sending an association command to the user equipment to indicate that the user equipment is associated with the WLAN AP, and acquiring association information of the WLAN AP in the process of establishing an association.

Preferably, the receiving notification module is configured to:

Receiving a response message sent by the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP, where the response message is used to notify that the association is successfully established.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication control apparatus, as shown in FIG.

The association command receiving module 1101 is configured to receive a de-association command sent by the base station;

The association operation module 1102 is configured to send a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP according to the de-association command.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a communication control apparatus, as shown in FIG. 12, including:

The service transmission stop decision module 1201 is configured to determine to stop providing WLAN service transmission for the user equipment;

The association command sending module 1202 is configured to send a disassociation command to the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP associated with the user equipment.

The association operation module 1301 is configured to send a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP.

The notification module 1302 is configured to send a stop local area network service transmission indication to the base station after the de-association is completed.

The notification receiving module 1401 is configured to receive a stop WLAN service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP, where the stop WLAN service transmission indication is sent after the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP completes de-association;

The service transmission control module 1402 is configured to stop providing WLAN service transmission for the user equipment.

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a user equipment, as shown in FIG.

The processor 1500, the transceiver 1510 and the memory 1520.

The transceiver 1510 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 1500.

The memory 1520 is used to store data used by the processor 1500 to perform operations.

The processor 1500 can be used to read a program in the memory 1520 and perform the following process:

Acquiring the association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command sent by the base station by the transceiver 1510;

After receiving the WLAN command through the transceiver 1510, the WLAN service is transmitted by using the WLAN AP corresponding to the associated information.

Here, in FIG. 15, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linked by one or more processors represented by processor 1500 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 1520. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. The transceiver 1510 can be a plurality of components, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing means for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium. For different user equipments, the user interface 1530 may also be an interface capable of externally connecting the required devices, including but not limited to a keypad, a display, a speaker, a microphone, a joystick, and the like.

The processor 1500 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1520 can store data used by the processor 1500 in performing operations.

Preferably, in order to obtain the association information of the WLAN AP, the processor 1500 reads the program in the memory 1520, and performs the following process: receiving, by the transceiver 1510, the association information of the WLAN AP sent by the base station.

Preferably, in order to obtain the association information of the WLAN AP, the processor 1500 reads the program in the memory 1520, and performs the following process: sending an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP; receiving an association establishment response message returned by the WLAN AP, the association The establishment response message carries the associated information.

Preferably, in order to send an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP, the processor 1500 reads the program in the memory 1520, and performs the following process: receiving, by the transceiver 1510, an association command sent by the base station, according to the association command The WLAN AP sends an association establishment request message.

Preferably, in order to send an association establishment request message to the WLAN AP, the processor 1500 reads the program in the memory 1520, and performs the following process: searching for the WLAN AP, and sending an association establishment request message to the searched WLAN AP.

Based on any of the user equipment embodiments described above, preferably, the processor 1500 also reads the program in the memory 1520 and performs the process of transmitting a response message to the base station, the response message being used to inform the base station that the association establishment was successful.

The processor 1500 can also be used to read a program in the memory 1520 and perform the following process:

Receiving, by the transceiver 1510, a de-association command sent by the base station;

And sending a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP according to the de-association command.

Sending a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP;

Based on the same inventive concept as the method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a base station, as shown in FIG. Show, including:

Processor 1600, transceiver 1610 and memory 1620.

The transceiver 1610 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 1600.

The memory 1620 is used to store data used by the processor 1600 to perform operations.

The processor 1600 can be used to read a program in the memory 1620 and perform the following process:

Sending a WLAN command to the user equipment;

And causing the user equipment to acquire association information of the WLAN AP at the same time as or before receiving the WLAN command.

In FIG. 16, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, specifically linked by one or more processors represented by processor 1600 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 1620. The bus architecture can also link various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art and, therefore, will not be further described herein. The bus interface provides an interface. Transceiver 1610 can be a plurality of components, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing means for communicating with various other devices on a transmission medium. The processor 1600 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 1620 can store data used by the processor 1600 in performing operations.

Preferably, before sending the WLAN command to the user equipment, the processor 1600 can also read the program in the memory 1620, and execute the following process: sending an association command to the user equipment to indicate that the user equipment is established with the WLAN AP. Association, and acquiring association information of the WLAN AP in the process of establishing an association.

Based on any of the foregoing base station embodiments, preferably, the processor 1600 can also read the program in the memory 1620, and perform the following process: receiving a response message sent by the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP, where the response message is used. Inform the association to establish success.

The processor 1600 can also be used to read a program in the memory 1620 and perform the following process:

Decided to stop providing WLAN service transmission for user equipment;

Sending a disassociation command to the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP associated with the user equipment, so that the user equipment sends a de-association request message to the associated WLAN AP according to the de-association command. .

Receiving a stop WLAN service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP, where the stopping WLAN service transmission indication is sent after the user equipment and/or the WLAN AP completes de-association;

Stop providing WLAN service transmission for the user equipment.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described, it will be understood that Therefore, the appended claims are intended to be interpreted as including the preferred embodiments and the modifications and

It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the invention

Claims

A communication control method, comprising:

Acquiring the associated information of the wireless local area network access point at the same time as or before receiving the wireless local area network command sent by the base station;

After receiving the command to enable the wireless local area network, the wireless local area network access point corresponding to the associated information is used for wireless local area network service transmission.
The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the associated information of the wireless local area network access point comprises:

Receiving association information of the wireless local area network access point sent by the base station.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the association information of the WLAN access point is carried in an open wireless local area network command sent by the base station.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the association information of the wireless local area network command and the wireless local area network access point is carried in a handover command message sent by the base station.
The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the associated information of the wireless local area network access point comprises:

Sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point;

Receiving an association establishment response message returned by the WLAN access point, where the association establishment response message carries the association information.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point comprises:

Receiving an association command sent by the base station, and sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point according to the association command.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the receiving the association command sent by the base station comprises:

Receiving a handover command message sent by the base station, where the handover command message carries the association command.
The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the method further comprises:

Sending a response message to the base station, where the response message is used to notify the base station that the association is successfully established.
A communication control method, comprising:

Sending a wireless local area network command to the user equipment, and causing the user equipment to acquire the associated information of the wireless local area network access point while receiving the wireless local area network command.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the opening wireless local area network command carries associated information of the wireless local area network access point.
The method according to claim 9, wherein before the sending of the wireless local area network command to the user equipment, the method further comprises:

Sending an association command to the user equipment to indicate that the user equipment is associated with the WLAN access point, and acquiring association information of the WLAN access point in the process of establishing an association.
The method according to claim 9 or 10, further comprising:

Receiving a response message sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the response message is used to notify that the association establishment is successful.
A communication control method, comprising:

Receiving a de-association command sent by the base station;

And sending a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.
A communication control method, comprising:

After deciding to stop providing the WLAN service transmission to the user equipment, the detachment command is sent to the user equipment and/or the WLAN access point associated with the user equipment.
A communication control method, comprising:

Sending a de-association request message to the associated WLAN access point;

After the de-association is completed, the local area network service transmission indication is sent to the base station.
A communication control method, comprising:

Receiving a stop wireless local area network service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the stop wireless local area network service transmission indication is sent after the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point completes de-association;

Stop providing wireless LAN service transmission to the user equipment.
A communication control device, comprising:

The association information acquiring module is configured to acquire association information of the wireless local area network access point at the same time as or before receiving the wireless local area network command sent by the base station;

The WLAN service transmission module is configured to perform WLAN service transmission by using the WLAN access point corresponding to the associated information after receiving the command to enable the WLAN.
The device according to claim 17, wherein the associated information acquisition module is configured to:

Receiving association information of the wireless local area network access point sent by the base station.
The device according to claim 17, wherein the associated information acquisition module is configured to:

Sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point;

Receiving an association establishment response message returned by the WLAN access point, where the association establishment response message carries the association information.
The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein when the association establishment request message is sent to the wireless local area network access point, the association information acquisition module is configured to:

Receiving an association command sent by the base station, and sending an association establishment request message to the wireless local area network access point according to the association command.
The device according to claim 19 or 20, further comprising an association establishment success notification module, configured to:

Sending a response message to the base station, where the response message is used to notify the base station that the association is successfully established.
A communication control device, comprising:

a command sending module, configured to send a wireless local area network command to the user equipment;

The auxiliary association module is configured to enable the user equipment to acquire association information of the wireless local area network access point while receiving the wireless local area network command.
The device according to claim 22, wherein before the sending of the wireless local area network command to the user equipment, the command sending module is further configured to:

Sending an association command to the user equipment to indicate that the user equipment is associated with the WLAN access point, and acquiring association information of the WLAN access point in the process of establishing an association.
The device according to claim 22 or 23, further comprising a receiving notification module, configured to:

Receiving a response message sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the response message is used to notify that the association establishment is successful.
A communication control device, comprising:

And an association command receiving module, configured to receive a de-association command sent by the base station;

And an association operation module, configured to send a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.
A communication control device, comprising:

a service transmission stop decision module, configured to determine to stop providing wireless local area network service transmission for the user equipment;

And a de-correlation command sending module, configured to send a de-association command to the user equipment, so that the user equipment sends a de-association request message to the associated WLAN access point according to the de-association command.
A communication control device, comprising:

And an association operation module, configured to send a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point;

The notification module is configured to send a stop local area network service transmission indication to the base station after the de-association is completed.
A communication control device, comprising:

The notification receiving module is configured to receive a stop wireless local area network service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the stop wireless local area network service transmission indication is that the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point complete de-association After sending

A service transmission control module is configured to stop providing wireless local area network service transmission for the user equipment.
A user equipment, comprising: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory;

The transceiver is configured to receive and send data under the control of a processor;

The memory is configured to save data used by a processor to perform an operation;

The processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the following process:

Acquiring the associated information of the wireless local area network access point at the same time as or before receiving the wireless local area network command sent by the base station through the transceiver;

After receiving the wireless local area network command by the transceiver, the wireless local area network access point corresponding to the associated information is used for wireless local area network service transmission.
The user equipment according to claim 29, comprising:

The processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the following process:

Receiving, by the transceiver, a de-association command sent by the base station;

And sending a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.
The user equipment according to claim 29, comprising:

The processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the following process:

Sending a de-association request message to the associated WLAN access point;

After the de-association is completed, the local area network service transmission indication is sent to the base station.
A base station, comprising: a processor, a transceiver, and a memory;

The transceiver is configured to receive and send data under the control of a processor;

The memory is configured to save data used by a processor to perform an operation;

The processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the following process:

Sending a wireless local area network command to the user equipment;

And causing the user equipment to acquire association information of the wireless local area network access point while receiving the wireless local area network command.
The base station according to claim 32, comprising:

The transceiver is configured to receive and send data under the control of a processor;

The memory is configured to save data used by a processor to perform an operation;

The processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the following process:

Decided to stop providing wireless LAN service transmission for user equipment;

A de-association command is sent to the user equipment, so that the user equipment sends a de-association request message to the associated wireless local area network access point according to the de-association command.
The base station according to claim 32, comprising:

The processor is configured to read a program in the memory and perform the following process:

Receiving a stop wireless local area network service transmission indication sent by the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point, where the stop wireless local area network service transmission indication is sent after the user equipment and/or the wireless local area network access point completes de-association;

Stop providing wireless LAN service transmission for the user equipment.