WO2016115672A1

WO2016115672A1 - Bearer resource processing method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2016115672A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/071075
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王硕; 马景旺
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2015-01-20
Filing date: 2015-01-20
Publication date: 2016-07-28
Also published as: CN105993190B; CN105993190A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bearer resource processing method and apparatus. The method comprises: receiving a resource allocation request message sent by a third-party application server (AS), wherein the resource allocation request message contains target region information, information about a target user group in a target region and throughput information, and the resource allocation request message is used for requesting to allocate bear resources for a service flow corresponding to a third-party application set up in a user equipment (UE) in the target user group; according to target region information, acquiring current air interface bandwidth resource information about a target cell in the target region corresponding to the target region information; according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information about the target cell and the throughput information, determining whether to allocate bear resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application; and according to the judgement result, allocating or not allocating bear resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Description

Method and device for processing bearer resources

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for processing a bearer resource.

Background technique

With the prosperity and development of the telecom business market, the basic telecommunications business market continues to expand. Many industry users have a need to use public networks for group communication. The industry user connects its server, that is, the application service (AS) to the carrier network. As shown in Figure 1, the traffic detection function (TDF) executes the application. The detection function of the granularity; the RAN Payload Schedule Function (RPSF) through the Np interface and the Nq interface respectively and the Policy and Charging Rule Function ("PCRF") and mobility The management entity (Mobility Management Entity, MME) is connected to the MME. The Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) is connected to the MME through a Serving Gateway (S-GW). The MME can be connected to a radio access network (Radio access network, referred to as "RAN"). The RPSF is used to implement collection/analysis and prediction of network status information (real-time information and historical information), and to open network status information to the AS. At the same time, the capability for supporting third-party network resource management is open, and third parties are obtained. The resource management requirements are also used to support access services to the AS, such as background traffic services for resource scheduling and load control; PCRF is used to implement policy control rules and traffic flow based charging; PCEF is used for execution. The policy control rule defined by the PCRF; the Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) is used to perform high-level network management between network elements; the network capability open layer exposure layer connects the carrier network to the AS. Realize The opening of the operator's network capabilities.

When an industry user has a third-party application that needs to request the carrier network to provide sufficient network resources for the group communication of the industry user, the carrier network will immediately request the third-party application server of the industry user when receiving the request. A User Equipment ("UE") in the group initiates a bearer setup or update and gives a high priority Quality of Service (QoS). In this case, the network of the target cell may be congested and affect the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

Summary of the invention

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and a device for processing a bearer resource, which can determine whether to allocate bearer resources for a service flow corresponding to a third-party application according to current air interface bandwidth resource information and throughput information of the target cell, thereby improving the target cell. User experience of the UE.

In a first aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a bearer resource, where the method includes: receiving a resource allocation request message sent by a third-party application server AS, where the resource allocation request message includes target area information and the target area information. Corresponding information and throughput information of the target user group in the target area, the resource allocation request message is used to request to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group, the throughput The quantity information is the throughput required by the AS to provide the service for the third-party application; and the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information is obtained according to the target area information; according to the target cell The current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third party application. According to the judgment result, the bearer resource is allocated or not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third party application.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the determining, according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, and the throughput information, determining whether to allocate a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application The method includes: when the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell meets the throughput indicated by the throughput information, determining that the third The service flow of the corresponding application is allocated to the bearer resource. Otherwise, it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the service flow allocation corresponding to the third party application is not or not according to the judgment result The bearer resource includes: when it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the resource allocation response message is sent to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The resource failed.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the service flow allocation corresponding to the third party application is not or according to the judgment result The bearer resource includes: when it is determined that the bearer resource is allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the first request message is sent to the policy and charging function unit PCRF, where the first request message includes the identifier of the third-party application, The throughput information and the indication information for indicating that the PCRF allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first request message is used to indicate that the PCRF formulates a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that The packet data network gateway P-GW establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy, and receives the first response message returned by the PCRF according to the first request message. The first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully formulates a PCC policy for the third-party application; and sends a resource allocation response message to the AS, the resource allocation The response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes: receiving, by the AS, a first resource release request message, the first resource release request The message includes the target area information and the identifier of the UE in the target user group, where the first resource release request message is used to request release of the service flow corresponding to the third party application established by the UE in the target user group. And the second resource release request message is sent to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate, according to the target area information, the domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information is determined; The The PCRF release is used to establish, by the UE in the target user group, the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the second resource release message includes the identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy corresponding to the PCC policy. Logo.

With reference to any possible implementation manner of the foregoing possible implementation manner, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the foregoing aspect, the acquiring, according to the target area information, the current air interface bandwidth of the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier The resource information includes: determining, according to the target area information, a target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information; and sending, by the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, a second request message, where the The second request message is used to request the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, and the second response message that is returned by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for processing a bearer resource, where the method includes: receiving a first request message sent by a network sensing and scheduling unit RPSF, where the first request message includes an identifier, throughput of a third-party application. And the indication information for indicating that the policy and charging function unit PCRF allocates bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first request message is used by the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC for the third-party application. a policy, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group in the target area according to the PCC policy, where the throughput information is a third-party application. The throughput required by the server AS to provide the service for the third-party application; formulating the PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information contained in the first request message; and sending the PCC policy to the P-GW, so as to facilitate The P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy; and sends the bearer resource to the RPSF. The first response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully created for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the AS to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

In conjunction with the second aspect, in a first possible implementation of the second aspect, the method further includes The method includes: receiving a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, where the resource change message includes the target user group The identifier of the UE and the changed location information; when it is determined that the UE in the target user group is not in the target area according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group, the UE is released in the target user group. The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE.

With reference to the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes: receiving, by the RPSF, a second resource release request message, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF is released as The user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area establishes the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third party application, and the second resource release message includes the identifier of the UE in the target user group and is the third party. Applying the policy identifier corresponding to the policy and the charging control PCC policy; releasing the bearer allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third party application established by the UE in the target user group according to the indication of the second resource release request message Resources.

In a third aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a processing device for carrying a resource, where the device includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive a resource allocation request message sent by a third-party application server, where the resource allocation request message carries a target The area information, the information of the target user group and the throughput information in the target area corresponding to the target area information, the resource allocation request message is used to request to establish a service corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group. The flow allocation bearer resource, the throughput information is a throughput required by the AS to provide a service for the third-party application, and the acquiring module, according to the target area information carried in the resource allocation request message received by the first receiving module Obtaining the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information; the first determining module is configured to acquire, according to the acquiring module, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell and the received by the first receiving module The throughput information carried in the resource allocation request message, determining whether Traffic flow corresponding to the third application assigned bearer resource; allocation module, according to the determination result, or not that is the third application The traffic flow is allocated to bear resources.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the first determining module is specifically configured to: when the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell meets the indication of the throughput information During the throughput, it is determined that the bearer resource is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. Otherwise, it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the assigning module is specifically configured to: when the first determining module determines that the third party is not When the corresponding service flow is allocated to the bearer resource, the resource allocation response message is sent to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource fails to be allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the assigning module is specifically configured to: when the first determining module determines the third-party application When the corresponding service flow allocates the bearer resource, the first request message is sent to the policy and charging function unit PCRF, where the first request message carries the identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and is used to indicate that the PCRF is the first And the first request message is used to indicate that the PCRF formulates a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is configured according to the PCC policy. Establishing a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group, and receiving a first response message that is sent by the PCRF according to the first request message, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF is The third-party application succeeds in formulating the PCC policy, and sends a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the third-party application corresponds to The service flow allocation bears the resource successfully.

In conjunction with the third possible implementation of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation of the third aspect, the apparatus further includes: a second receiving module, configured to receive the first resource release request message sent by the AS The first resource release request message carries the target area information and an identifier of the UE in the target user group, where the first resource release request message is used to request release The UE in the target user group establishes the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application; the second determining module is configured to use the target area information carried by the first resource release request message received by the second receiving module Determining a domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information, and sending, by the sending module, a second resource release request message, the second resource release request, to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier determined by the second determining module The message is used to indicate that the PCRF releases the bearer resource allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group, and the second resource release message carries the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the The policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy.

In combination with the possible implementation manner of the foregoing possible implementation manner, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the acquiring module includes: a determining unit, configured to determine the target area according to the target area information a target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the information; the sending unit, configured to send a second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, where the second request message is used to request to acquire the target cell The current air interface bandwidth resource information is received by the receiving unit, and is configured to receive a second response message that is sent by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.

In a fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a processing device for carrying a resource, where the device includes: a first receiving module, configured to receive a first request message sent by a network sensing and scheduling unit RPSF, where the first request message is carried The identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and the indication that the policy and charging function unit PCRF allocates bearer resource indication information for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first request message is used to indicate that the PCRF is the third-party application. Determining a policy and charging control PCC policy, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group in the target area according to the PCC policy, where The throughput information is the throughput required by the third-party application server AS to provide the service for the third-party application, and the setting module is configured to: according to the information carried in the first request message received by the first receiving module, The third-party application formulates the PCC policy; the sending module uses Transmitting the PCC policy to the P-GW, so that the P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy, and sends the first to the RPSF. The response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully created for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the AS to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the device further includes: a second receiving module, configured to receive a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, the resource change message carries the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the changed location information; the first release module is configured to be based on the target The changed location information of the UE in the user group determines that the UE in the target user group is not in the target area, and releases the service flow corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third party application established by the UE in the target user group. Host resources.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the device further includes: a third receiving module, configured to receive a second resource release request message sent by the RPSF, the second resource release request message And the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area is configured to establish a bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the second resource release message carries the UE in the target user group. And a policy identifier corresponding to the policy and charging control PCC policy that is configured for the third-party application; the second release module is configured to release the UE in the target user group according to the indication of the second resource release request message The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is established.

Based on the foregoing technical solution, the method and device for processing a bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention obtains the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, and determines whether the service corresponding to the third-party application is determined according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The flow allocation bearer resource can avoid the problem that the target cell has network congestion when determining that the third-party application allocates sufficient bearer resources, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

DRAWINGS

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

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a bearer resource according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another schematic flowchart of a method for processing a bearer resource according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 4 is still another schematic flowchart of a method for processing a bearer resource according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a bearer resource according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 6 is another schematic flowchart of a method for processing a bearer resource according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 7 is still another schematic flowchart of a method for processing a bearer resource according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a schematic interaction diagram of a method for processing a bearer resource according to still another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 10 is another schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 12 is another schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 13 is still another schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram of a processing device for carrying resources according to another embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a user equipment (User Equipment, referred to as "UE") may be called a terminal, a mobile station ("MS" for short), or a mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal). And so on, the user equipment can communicate with one or more core networks via a Radio Access Network ("RAN"), for example, the user equipment can be a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) Or a computer with a mobile terminal, etc., for example, the user device can also be a portable, pocket, handheld, or computer built-in or in-vehicle mobile device that exchanges voice and/or data with the wireless access network.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method 200 for processing a bearer resource according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method 200 shown in FIG. 2 may be performed by an operator network device to receive network awareness and scheduling unit RPSF. The method 200 includes:

210. The RPSF receives a resource allocation request message sent by the third-party application server, where the resource allocation request message includes target area information, information of a target user group, and throughput information, where the resource allocation request message is used to request the target user group. The user equipment UE in the group establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application, and the throughput information is the throughput required by the AS to provide services for the third-party application.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RPSF receives a resource allocation request message sent by the third-party application server AS for requesting to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group, where The resource allocation request message contains the target area Information, information about target user groups, and throughput information. The information of the target user group refers to the number, type, and the like of the user equipment UE group in the target area corresponding to the target area information. The third-party application server AS may be any server that provides a service provider of the third-party application, and the server may provide a group service for the user equipment UE group in the target area corresponding to the target area information, where the group service is It is said that some user equipments or all user equipments in the UE group can receive any type of information that is sent by the third-party application server AS, for example, may be system information, such as background traffic information, or may be the group. The periodic information of the user equipment in the group is uniformly subscribed.

The resource allocation request message includes target area information, where the target area information may be network area information, for example, may include at least one of the following information: tracking area information of the operator, base station eNB information, cell information, routing area information, and Service area information. Alternatively, the target area information may also be geographic area information, for example, at least one of the following information may be included: latitude and longitude information, block name information, building name information, and the like, and information related to the geographic location of the third party application triggering area.

The RPSF acquires current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information according to the target area information.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RPSF acquires current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information according to the target area information acquired in 210. The current air interface bandwidth resource information may be the current available bandwidth resource of the RAN, and may be the current available bandwidth resource of the RAN calculated by the RAN according to the scheduling algorithm, where the RAN may be an RNC or an eNB. When the target area information is the network area information, the network area identified by the network area information may be directly determined as the target area; when the target area information is the geographic area information, the network area corresponding to the geographical area information needs to be determined. The information is used to determine the network area identified by the network area information as the target area. For example, the target area may be the area of the area selected by the third-party application server to provide the background traffic information download service, but the embodiment of the present invention does not Limited to this.

230. The RPSF determines, according to current air interface bandwidth resource information and throughput information of the target cell, whether to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, whether the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput indicated by the throughput information are compared to determine whether to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third party application. That is, if the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information is greater than or equal to the throughput indicated by the throughput information, the bearer resource may be determined to be allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third party application; the current air interface bandwidth resource information indicates If the air interface bandwidth resource is smaller than the throughput indicated by the throughput information, it may be determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third party application.

The RPSF allocates bearer resources for the service flows corresponding to the third-party application according to the judgment result.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RPSF sends the bearer resource to the AS when the bearer resource is allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information of the target cell. The resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The RPSF sends a resource allocation response message to the AS according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information of the target cell, and determines that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third party application, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate Failed to allocate bearer resources for the corresponding service flow of the third-party application.

Therefore, the method for processing a bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention obtains the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the bearer service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the resource allocation request message may further include an application identifier of the third-party application and an identifier of the UE. The application identifier of the third-party application is an identifier generated by the third-party server for the third-party application and corresponding to the third-party application, and can be used to refer to The third-party application is a third-party application that requests allocation of sufficient bearer resources.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment UE in the target user group is a partial UE or all UEs in the UE group, and may also be one UE, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The identifier of the UE refers to information for identifying each UE in one-to-one correspondence with each UE.

In addition, the resource allocation request message may include an identifier of the service provider of the third-party application, an IP address information of the application server, and a quality of service level identifier QCI requested by the third-party application. The identifier of the service provider of the third party application is used to indicate the provider that provides the service for the third party application. The IP address information of the application server is used to indicate the IP address of the third-party application server, so that the RPSF identifies the third-party application server. The quality of service level identifier QCI requested by the third party application refers to the QCI value requested by the third party application.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, in 220, the RPSF acquires current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information according to the target area information, including :

221. Determine, according to the target area information, a target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information.

222. Send a second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, where the second request message is used to request to obtain current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.

223. Receive a second response message that is sent by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RPSF sends, according to the cell identifier determined in 221, the current air interface bandwidth resource information used by the RAN to obtain the target cell from the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the cell identifier. Second request message. The second request message may be used to indicate that the RAN obtains the total amount information of the operator air interface bandwidth resource in the target cell and the current total usage information according to the scheduling algorithm, and may also be used to indicate that the RAN passes. Collecting carriers and third-party applications in the target cell in a statistical manner Total information of the air interface bandwidth resource and current usage information of the contract. That is, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell may include the total amount information of the air interface bandwidth resource and the current usage information, and may also be the current remaining amount information of the air interface bandwidth resource, that is, the total amount of the air interface bandwidth resource and The difference information of the current usage of the air interface bandwidth resource may further include ratio information of the current usage amount of the air interface bandwidth resource and the total amount of the air interface bandwidth resource, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The RAN may be an RNC or an eNB.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the second request message may include at least one of an application identifier, a cell identifier, and throughput information of the third-party application. The cell identifier may include an identifier of one cell, and may also include identifiers of multiple cells. When the cell identifier includes multiple cell identifiers, the cell identifier list may be generated according to the multiple cell identifiers. In this case, in 222, the RPSF may send the second to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the cell identifier list. And requesting the message, so that the RAN acquires the former air interface resource information of the target cell according to the indication of the second request message.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RAN sends the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell to the RPSF, so that the RPSF determines, according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and throughput information, the third-party application server. And sending a resource allocation response message indicating whether the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. At the same time, the RAN may establish context information for the third-party application, so that the third-party application may directly associate the context information when requesting allocation of sufficient bearer resources, and the information may include the identifier of the UE and the target cell in the target user group. The current air interface bandwidth resource information may also include the identifier of the service provider of the third-party application and other information related to the third-party application, for example, may be media type information, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, in 230, the RPSF determines, according to current air interface bandwidth resource information and throughput information of the target cell, whether the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is allocated. Hosting resources, including:

231. The air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information meets the throughput information indication. The throughput is determined to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application;

232. When the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information does not meet the throughput indicated by the throughput information, determine that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, in 240, the RPSF allocates, according to the determination result, bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, including:

241. When it is determined that the bearer resource is allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the first request message sent by the RPSF to the policy and charging function unit PCRF, where the first request message includes the identifier and throughput of the third-party application. And the indication information for indicating that the PCRF allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so as to facilitate the packet data network gateway. The P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy.

242. The RPSF receives the first response message that is sent by the PCRF according to the first request message, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully determines the PCC policy for the third-party application.

243. The RPSF sends a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, if the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information is greater than or equal to the throughput indicated by the throughput information, the bearer resource may be determined to be allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third party application. Sending, to the policy and charging function unit PCRF, a first request message for instructing the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third party application. The first request message may include the identifier, the throughput information, and the indication information of the third-party application, where the indication information is used to indicate that the PCRF allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The first request message may further include an application identifier of the third-party application, an identifier of the service provider, and a QCI requested by the third-party application.

The PCRF receives the first request message sent by the RPSF, and according to the letter included in the first request message The PCC policy is formulated for the third-party application, and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy is generated. The PCRF may send a PCC policy for the third-party application to the P-GW, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW establishes a service corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy. The flow allocates bearer resources.

The PCRF sends a first response message to the RPSF, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully formulates a PCC policy for the third-party application. The first response message may include a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy and an application identifier of the third-party application. After receiving the first response message sent by the PCRF, the RPSF may send the resource allocation response message to the third-party application server AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, so that the AS The requesting PCRF establishes a dedicated bearer for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the resource allocation response message sent by the RPSF to the third-party application server indicates that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the third-party application server receives the resource allocation. After the response message, the update request message is sent to the PCRF, where the update request message may include a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy formulated for the third-party application, an identifier of the third-party application, and an identifier of the UE in the UE group, the update request message It can also contain the identity of the service provider of the third-party application. The PCRF receives the update request message and establishes a dedicated bearer according to the policy identifier included in the update request message and the identifier of the target UE in the UE group for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, and may also establish context information of the dedicated bearer. The information includes the application identifier of the third-party application, so that the RAN in the target cell can determine, according to the application identifier of the third-party application that is included in the context information, that the bearer that requests the bearer resource is the bearer of the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first request message may further include the IP address information of the application server and the target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, in 240, the RPSF allocates a bearer according to the judgment result, or does not allocate a service flow corresponding to the third-party application. Resources, including:

244. When it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the RPSF sends a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource fails to be allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, if the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information is smaller than the throughput indicated by the throughput information, the device may determine that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third party application. The RPSF may send a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, so that the AS does not request the PCRF to establish a dedicated bearer for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. .

Therefore, in the processing method of the bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is obtained, and the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the method 200 further includes:

The RPSF receives the first resource release request message sent by the third-party server AS, where the first resource release request message includes target area information and an identifier of the UE in the target user group, where the first resource release request message is used to request release The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is established for the UE in the target user group.

260. The RPSF determines, according to the target area information, a domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information.

270. The RPSF sends a second resource release request message to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release is allocated for the UE in the target user group to establish a service flow corresponding to the third-party application. Bearer resource, the second resource release request message packet The identifier of the UE in the target user group and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy are included.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the AS does not monitor the information that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that requests the allocation of the bearer resource is not performed, or the UE receives the feedback from the UE in the preset time period. When the information indicating that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that needs to allocate the bearer resource is configured to be executed, the AS may send an indication to the RPSF to indicate that the request release is to establish the third-party application corresponding to the UE in the target user group. The first resource release request message of the bearer resource allocated by the service flow, where the first resource release request message includes the target area information and the identifier of the UE in the target user group.

Receiving, by the RPSF, the first resource release request message sent by the AS, and determining, according to the target area information included in the first resource release request message, a domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information, where the domain identifier is used to identify the target PCRF within the region.

The RPSF sends, to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier, a second resource release request message for instructing the PCRF to release, for the UE in the target user group, the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the second resource is released. The request message includes the identifier of the UE and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy, so that the PCRF can learn that the bearer resource that can be released is the bearer resource allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group.

Therefore, in the processing method of the bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is obtained, and the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell. In addition, when it is determined that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that allocates sufficient bearer resources has been executed, the bearer resource allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is established for the UE in the target user group, thereby saving the bearer. Resources.

With reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, a method for processing bearer resources according to an embodiment of the present invention is described from the perspective of receiving a network aware and scheduling unit RSPF. The following is a combination of FIG. 5 and FIG. The charging function unit PCRF perspective describes a processing method of bearer resources according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method 500 for processing a bearer resource according to another embodiment of the present invention. The method 500 shown in FIG. 5 can be performed by an operator network device policy and charging function unit PCRF, the method 500 comprising:

510. The PCRF receives a first request message sent by the network sensing and scheduling unit RPSF, where the first request includes an identifier of the third-party application, throughput information, and a signaling and charging function unit PCRF corresponding to the third-party application. The service flow allocates the indication information of the bearer resource, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is in the target area according to the PCC policy. The UE in the target user group establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application, where the throughput information is a throughput required by the third-party application server AS to provide services for the third-party application.

520. The PCRF formulates the PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information included in the first request message.

530. The PCC policy is sent to the P-GW, so that the P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy.

540. The PCRF sends a first response message to the RPSF, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully configured for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the third-party server to allocate the bearer resource to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. .

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the RPSF determines to allocate the bearer resource to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information of the target cell, the RPSF sends the PCRF to indicate that the PCRF is the The third party application formulates the first request message of the PCC policy. The first request message may include an application identifier of the third-party application, an identifier of the service provider, a throughput information, and a quality of service level identifier QCI requested by the third-party application, where the throughput information is the AS application. The throughput required by third-party applications to provide services.

It should be understood that, in an embodiment of the present invention, the PCC policy may be included in the first response message. Slightly corresponding policy identifier and application identifier of the third-party application. The user equipment UE in the target user group is a partial UE or all UEs in the UE group, and may also be one UE, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The PCRF receives the first request message sent by the RPSF, and formulates a PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information included in the first request message, and generates a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy. The PCRF may send a PCC policy formulated for the third party application to the P-GW or the policy and charging execution unit PCEF, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy. Establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application. The PCRF sends a first response message to the RPSF, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully formulates a PCC policy for the third-party application. The first response message may include a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy and an application identifier of the third-party application.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6, the method 500 further includes:

550. The PCRF receives a second resource release request message sent by the RPSF, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release is used to establish a service flow corresponding to the third-party application by the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area. And the second resource release message includes the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the policy identifier corresponding to the policy and the charging control PCC policy formulated for the third party application.

560. The PCRF, according to the indication of the second resource release request message, releases the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE in the target user group.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the PCRF receives the third-party application pair that is sent by the RPSF to indicate that the PCRF is released as the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area. a second resource release request message of the bearer resource allocated by the service flow, where the second resource release request message includes an identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy corresponding to the charging control PCC policy formulated for the third-party application The policy identifier is used to enable the PCRF to learn that the bearer resource that can be released is the bearer resource allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area. The PCRF may release the bearer resource by changing the priority of the bearer resource to a common level or deleting the bearer resource according to the indication of the second resource release request message.

Therefore, in the processing method of the bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is obtained, and the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell. In addition, when it is determined that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that requests the allocation of the bearer resource has been executed, the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application may be released for the UE in the target user group, thereby saving the bearer resource. .

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, the method 500 further includes:

570. The PCRF receives a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, where the resource change message is included in the target user group. The identity of the UE and the changed location information.

580. The PCRF, when determining that the UE in the target user group is not in the target cell, according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group, releasing the first established by the UE in the target user group. The bearer resource allocated by the corresponding service flow by the three parties.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the third-party application server AS receives the resource allocation response message sent by the RPSF to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the AS sends an update request to the PCRF. a message, the update request message may include a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy defined by the third-party application, an application identifier of the third-party application, and an identifier of the UE in the target user group, and the update request message may further include a third-party application. The identity of the service provider. The PCRF receives the update request message and establishes a dedicated bearer for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the policy identifier included in the update request message and the identifier of the UE in the target user group, and may also establish context information of the dedicated bearer. The context information includes the application identifier of the third-party application, so that the RAN in the target cell can determine, according to the application identifier of the third-party application that the context information includes, the bearer that requests the bearer resource to be the bearer of the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

The PCRF sends an indication message to the RCEF, where the indication message is used to instruct the RCEF to enable the function of reporting the location change information of the UE in the target user group. Specifically, the PCEF may send a bearer setup request message to the MME by using the S-GW, where the request message may include a location change report request of the UE in the target user group, where the request message may include target area information, and the request message is used by the request message. When the MME is instructed to detect that the UE in the target user group moves out of the target cell corresponding to the target area information, the S-GW and the PCEF may report the message that the UE in the target user group moves out of the target cell by using the S-GW and the PCEF, the message is sent by the S-GW and the PCEF. The identifier of the UE in the target user group and the changed location information, and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy formulated for the third-party application are included.

The PCRF receives the resource change message sent by the S-GW, and determines the UE according to the identifier of the UE and the changed location information in the target user group included in the message, and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy formulated for the third-party application. When the target area is removed, the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is established for the UE in the target user group.

Therefore, in the processing method of the bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is obtained, and the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell. In addition, when it is determined that the UE in the target user group in the target cell moves out of the target cell, the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application may be released for the UE in the target user group, thereby saving the bearer resource. .

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment UE in the target user group is a partial UE or all UEs in the UE group, and may also be one UE, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

It should also be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the PCRF may release the bearer resource by changing the priority of the bearer resource to a common level or deleting the bearer resource.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, one bearer may correspond to multiple service flows. In this case, the service flow corresponding to the third-party application may be removed from the bearer.

The following is a detailed description of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention by using the current air interface bandwidth resource information as the currently available bandwidth resource information, and the method for processing the bearer resource shown in FIG. 8 . It should be understood that this is only the implementation of the present invention. An example of an example does not constitute any limitation on the embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic interaction diagram of a method 800 of processing a bearer resource according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method 800 as shown in Figure 8 includes:

810. The RPSF receives a resource allocation request message sent by the AS, where the resource allocation request message includes target area information, information of a target user group, and throughput information, where the resource allocation request message is used to request a user in the target user group. The device UE establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application, and the throughput information is a throughput required by the AS to provide services for the third-party application.

815. The RPSF determines, according to the target area information included in the received resource allocation request message, the target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the target area information is the network area information, the network area identified by the network area information may be directly determined as the target area; when the target area information is the geographic area information, it needs to be determined. The network area information corresponding to the geographic area information is used to determine the network area identified by the network area information as the target area, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the target area information is the geographic target area information, the network area information corresponding to the geographic area information may be determined by the mapping relationship between the geographic area information and the network area information, for example, Querying a correspondence table between the geographic area information and the network area information, and determining the network area information corresponding to the geographic area information, where the network area information in the correspondence relationship table may include the following information: the tracking area information of the operator, the information of the base station eNB, Cell information, routing area information and service area information. The geographic area information in the correspondence table may include the following information: latitude and longitude information, block name information, building name information, and the like, and information related to the geographical location of the third party application triggering area, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto.

820. The RPSF sends a second request message to the RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier according to the target cell identifier determined in the 815, so that the RAN obtains the current air interface bandwidth resource of the target cell according to the indication of the second request message. information.

825. The RPSF receives the second response message sent by the RAN, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, where the current air interface bandwidth resource information may be currently available bandwidth resource information.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RAN receives the second request message sent by the RPSF, and obtains, according to the indication of the second request message, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell as the currently available bandwidth resource information. And sending a second response message containing the bandwidth resource information that is currently available to the RPSF. The second response message may include that the currently available bandwidth resource information may be the difference information between the total amount of the operator bandwidth resources in the target cell and the current total usage information, or may be the carrier and the target in the target cell. The difference information between the total amount of the bandwidth resources contracted by the three parties and the current usage information. That is, the currently available bandwidth resource information may include the total amount information of the bandwidth resource and the current usage information, and may also be the current remaining amount information of the bandwidth resource, that is, the total amount of the bandwidth resource and the current bandwidth resource. The difference information of the usage amount may further include ratio information of the current usage amount of the bandwidth resource to the total amount of the bandwidth resource, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

830. When the currently available bandwidth resource indicated by the currently available bandwidth resource information included in the second response message meets the throughput indicated by the throughput information, the RPSF determines to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Specifically, when the currently available bandwidth resource information included in the second response message indicates that there are remaining bandwidth resources and the remaining bandwidth resources are equal to or greater than the throughput, the RPSF may determine that the bearer resource is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. . Alternatively, when the currently available bandwidth resource information included in the second response message indicates that there is no remaining bandwidth resource, whether the UE is established according to the priority of the UE or the priority of the service flow corresponding to the third-party application may be determined. The RPSF may determine to establish a third party for the UE when the priority of the UE is a high priority or the priority of the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is a high priority. The bearer resource of the corresponding service flow is applied.

835, the RPSF sends a first request message to the PCRF, where the first request message includes the identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and the indication information for indicating that the PCRF allocates the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first The request message is used to indicate that the PCRF formulates a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

The first request message may include an application identifier of the third-party application, an identifier of the service provider, and QCI information requested by the third-party application. The throughput information is the throughput required by the AS to service the third party application.

840. The PCRF receives the first request message sent by the RPSF, and formulates the PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information included in the first request message, and generates a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy, and sends the policy identifier to the P-GW. The PCC policy is configured to enable the P-GW to allocate a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy. 845. The RPSF receives the first response message sent by the PCRF, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully determines the PCC policy for the third-party application, where the first response message may include the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy and the application of the third-party application. Logo.

850. The RPSF sends the resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

855. The AS sends a service update request to the PCRF, where the update request message includes a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy defined by the third-party application, an application identifier of the third-party application, and an identifier of the UE in the UE group, where the update request message is used. And indicating that the PCRF establishes a dedicated bearer for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

860. The PCRF receives the update request message sent by the AS, and establishes a dedicated bearer according to the policy identifier included in the update request message and the identifier of the UE in the UE group for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the PCRF receives the update request message sent by the AS, and establishes a dedicated bearer according to the policy identifier included in the update request message and the identifier of the UE in the UE group for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The context information of the dedicated bearer may also be established, where the context information includes an application identifier of the third-party application, so that the RAN in the target cell may determine, according to the application identifier of the third-party application included in the context information, that the bearer that requests to allocate the bearer resource is The bearer of the service flow corresponding to the third party application.

865a, the RPSF receives the first resource release request message sent by the AS, where the first resource release request message includes the target area information and the identifier of the UE in the target user group, where the first resource release request message is used to indicate that the release is the target user. The UE in the group establishes a bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the AS does not monitor the information that the service flow corresponding to the third application that requests to allocate the bearer resource is not executed, or the AS receives the feedback from the UE. When the information indicating that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that is used for the application of the sufficient bandwidth resource is completed, the AS may send an indication to the RPSF to indicate that the request is released to establish the third-party application corresponding to the UE in the target user group. The first resource release request message of the bearer resource allocated by the service flow, where the first resource release request message includes the target area information and the identifier of the UE in the target user group.

870a. The RPSF receives the first resource release request message, and determines the domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information according to the target area information included in the first resource release request message.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the RPSF determines, according to the target area information included in the first resource release request message, the domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information to identify the PCRF in the target area.

875a, the RPSF sends a second resource release request message to the PCRF according to the domain identifier determined in 880a, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release establishes a service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group. And the second resource release request message includes an identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy.

885a. The PCRF, according to the indication of the second resource release request message, releases the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group.

Or, 870b, the PCRF receives a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, where the resource change message is included in the target user group. The identity of the UE and the changed information.

880b, the PCRF, when determining that the UE is not in the target cell according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group, releasing the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE in the target user group The assigned bearer resource.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the PCRF receives the update request message sent by the AS, and establishes a dedicated service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the policy identifier included in the update request message and the identifier of the UE in the target user group. When the bearer is sent, an indication message is sent to the RCEF, and the indication message is used to instruct the RCEF to enable the function of reporting the location change information of the UE in the target user group. Specifically, the PCEF may send a bearer setup request message to the MME by using the S-GW, where the request message may include a location change report request of the UE in the target user group, where the request message may include target area information, and the request message is used by the request message. Instructing the MME to detect the target When the UE in the user group moves out of the target cell corresponding to the target area information, the message that the UE in the target user group moves out of the target area may be reported to the PCRF by using the S-GW and the PCEF, where the message includes the target user group. The identity of the UE in the middle and the changed location information, and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy formulated for the third party application.

885. The RPSF receives the third message sent by the PCRF, where the third message is used to indicate that the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is successfully established for the UE in the target user group.

890. The RPSF sends the third message to the AS, so that the AS learns that the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is successfully released.

Therefore, in the processing method of the bearer resource provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is obtained, and the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell. In addition, when it is determined that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that requests the allocation of the bearer resource has been executed, or the UE in the target user group in the target cell moves out of the target cell, the release is established for the UE in the target user group. The three parties apply the bearer resources allocated by the corresponding service flow, thereby saving bandwidth resources.

The processing method of the bearer resource according to the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail above with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 8. The processing device for carrying resources according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 9 to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a processing device 900 for carrying resources according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus 900 shown in FIG. 9 includes:

The first receiving module 910 is configured to receive a resource allocation request message sent by the third-party application server AS, where the resource allocation request message includes target area information, information about a target user group in the target area corresponding to the target area information, and The throughput information, the resource allocation request message is used to request to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group, where the throughput information is provided by the AS for the third-party application The throughput required for the service.

The obtaining module 920 is configured to acquire current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information according to the target area information included in the resource allocation request message received by the first receiving module 910.

The first determining module 930 is configured to determine, according to the acquiring module 920, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell and the throughput information included in the resource allocation request message received by the first receiving module, to determine whether the third party is the third party. The corresponding service flow is allocated to the bearer resource.

The allocating module 940 is configured to allocate, according to the determination result, a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, the first determining module 930 is specifically configured to determine, when the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell meets the throughput indicated by the throughput information, The service flow corresponding to the third-party application allocates the bearer resource. Otherwise, it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the allocating module 940 is specifically configured to: when the first determining module 930 determines that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, to the policy and charging function unit PCRF Sending a first request message, where the first request message includes an identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and indication information for indicating that the PCRF allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the first request The message is used to indicate that the PCRF formulates a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW establishes the third-party application for the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy. The corresponding service flow allocates a bearer resource, and receives a first response message that is sent by the PCRF according to the first request message, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully formulates a PCC policy for the third-party application, and sends a resource allocation to the AS. The resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Therefore, the processing device for carrying resources according to the embodiment of the present invention obtains the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the bearer service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the cell.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the resource allocation request message may further include an application identifier of the third-party application and an identifier of the UE. The application identifier of the third-party application is an identifier corresponding to the third-party application generated by the third-party application, and may be used to indicate that the third-party application is a third-party application that requests allocation of sufficient bearer resources.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the allocating module 940 is specifically configured to: when the first determining module 930 determines that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, send the resource allocation response message to the AS The resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource fails to be allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, the apparatus 900 further includes:

The second receiving module 950 is configured to receive a first resource release request message sent by the AS, where the first resource release request message includes the target area information and an identifier of the UE in the target user group, the first resource release request The message is used to request to release the bearer resource allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group.

The second determining module 960 is configured to determine, according to the target area information included in the first resource release request message received by the second receiving module 950, a domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information.

The sending module 970 is configured to send, to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier that is determined by the second determining module 960, a second resource release request message, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF is released in the target user group. The UE establishes a bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, and the second resource release message includes an identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy.

Therefore, the resource-bearing processing device provided by the embodiment of the present invention determines whether the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is used, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell. In addition, when it is determined that the service flow corresponding to the third-party application that allocates sufficient bearer resources has been executed, the bearer resource allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application is established for the UE in the target user group, thereby saving the bearer. Resources.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining module 920 includes:

And a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the target area information, a target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information.

a sending unit, configured to send a second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, where the second request message is used to request to acquire a current current of the target cell Air interface bandwidth resource information.

The receiving unit is configured to receive a second response message that is sent by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sending unit sends, according to the cell identifier determined by the determining unit, the current air interface bandwidth resource information used by the RAN to obtain the target cell from the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the cell identifier. Second request message. The second request message may be used to indicate that the RAN obtains the total amount information of the operator air interface bandwidth resource in the target cell and the current total usage information according to the scheduling algorithm, and may also be used to indicate that the RAN passes. The total information of the air interface bandwidth resources and the current usage information of the carrier and the third party application in the target cell are obtained in a statistical manner. That is, the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell may include the total amount information of the air interface bandwidth resource and the current usage information, and may also be the current remaining amount information of the air interface bandwidth resource, that is, the total amount of the air interface bandwidth resource and The difference information of the current usage of the air interface bandwidth resource may further include ratio information of the current usage amount of the air interface bandwidth resource and the total amount of the air interface bandwidth resource, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The RAN may be an RNC or an eNB.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the second request message may include at least one of an application identifier, a cell identifier, and throughput information of the third-party application. The cell identifier may include an identifier of one cell, and may also include identifiers of multiple cells. When the cell identifier includes multiple cell identifiers, the cell identifier list may be generated according to the multiple cell identifiers. In this case, the sending unit may send the second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the cell identifier list. In order to obtain the front air interface resource information of the target cell according to the indication of the second request message.

It should be understood that the resource-carrying processing device 900 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the RPSF in the method for processing a resource according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of the respective modules in the 900 are respectively The corresponding processes of the respective methods in FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 are implemented, and are not described herein for brevity.

Therefore, the resource-bearing processing device provided by the embodiment of the present invention determines whether the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is used, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the cell.

FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of a processing device 1100 for carrying resources according to another embodiment of the present invention. The device 1100 as shown in FIG. 11 includes:

The first receiving module 1110 is configured to receive a first request message sent by the network sensing and scheduling unit RPSF, where the first request message includes an identifier of the third-party application, throughput information, and a PCRF for indicating the policy and charging function unit The service flow corresponding to the third-party application allocates indication information of the bearer resource, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is configured according to the The PCC policy is used to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group in the target area, where the throughput information is required by the third-party application server AS to provide services for the third-party application. Throughput.

The module 1120 is configured to formulate the PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information included in the first request message received by the first receiving module.

The sending module 1130 is configured to send the PCC policy to the P-GW, so that the P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy, and sends the bearer resource to the P-GW. The RPSF sends a first response message, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully configured for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the AS to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Therefore, the resource-bearing processing device provided by the embodiment of the present invention determines whether the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is used, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. Can avoid being applied to the third party When sufficient bearer resources are allocated, network congestion occurs in the target cell, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 12, the apparatus 1100 further includes:

The second receiving module 1140 is configured to receive a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, where the resource change message includes the The identity of the UE in the target user group and the changed location information.

The first release module 1150 is configured to release, when the UE in the target user group is not in the target area, according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group, release the establishment for the UE in the target user group. The third-party application corresponds to the bearer resource allocated by the service flow.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 13, the apparatus 1100 further includes:

The third receiving module 1160 is configured to receive a second resource release request message sent by the RPSF, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release is established for the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area. The third party applies the bearer resource allocated by the corresponding service flow, and the second resource release message includes the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the policy identifier corresponding to the policy and the charging control PCC policy formulated for the third party application.

a second release module 1170, configured to release according to the indication of the second resource release request message The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE in the target user group.

It should be understood that the resource-carrying processing apparatus 1100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to a PCRF in a method for processing a resource according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the foregoing and other operations and/or functions of the respective modules in the 1100 are respectively The corresponding processes of the respective methods in FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 are implemented, and are not described herein for brevity.

FIG. 14 shows a schematic block diagram of a processing device 1400 that carries resources in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, the apparatus 1400 includes a processor 1410, a memory 1420, a receiver 1430, a transmitter 1440, and a bus 1450. The processor 1410 and the memory 1420 are connected by a bus system 1420 for storing instructions, and the processor 1410 is configured to execute the instructions stored by the memory 1420. among them,

The receiver 1430 is configured to: receive a resource allocation request message sent by the third-party application server AS, where the resource allocation request message includes target area information, information about a target user group in the target area corresponding to the target area information, and throughput. And the resource allocation request message is used to request to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group, where the throughput information is used by the AS to provide services for the third-party application. The required throughput.

The processor 1410 is configured to: obtain, according to the target area information, current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information, and according to the target cell, The front air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information are used to determine whether to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, and are used to allocate or not to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the determination result. .

Therefore, the processing device for carrying resources according to the embodiment of the present invention obtains the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the bearer service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1410 may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor 1410 may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), and application specific integrated circuits. (ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and more. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor or any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 1420 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to the processor 1410. A portion of the memory 1420 can also include a non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory 1420 can also store information of the device type.

The bus system 1450 may include a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, and the like in addition to the data bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 1450 in the figure.

In the implementation process, each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1410 or an instruction in a form of software. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented as a hardware processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor. The software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like. The storage medium is located in the memory 1420, and the processor 1410 reads the information in the memory 1420 and, in conjunction with its hardware, performs the steps of the above method. To avoid repetition, it will not be described in detail here.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1410 is specifically configured to: when the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell meets the throughput indicated by the throughput information, determine the third party The bearer resource is allocated by applying the corresponding service flow. Otherwise, it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1410 is specifically configured to:

When it is determined that the bearer resource is allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the first request message is sent to the policy and charging function unit PCRF, where the first request message includes the identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and And indicating that the PCRF allocates bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so as to facilitate the packet data network gateway. The P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy, and receives a first response message returned by the PCRF according to the first request message, where the first The response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully determines the PCC policy for the third-party application, and sends a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1410 is specifically configured to: when it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, send a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response is The message is used to indicate that the bearer resource fails to be allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the receiver 1430 is further configured to: receive a first resource release request message sent by the AS, where the first resource release request message includes the target area information and the target user group. The identifier of the UE in the target, the first resource release request message is used to request to release the bearer resource allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group.

The processor 1410 is further configured to: determine, according to the target area information included in the first resource release request message received by the second receiving module 950, the target area corresponding to the target area information. The domain ID within.

The transmitter 1440 is configured to: send, to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier that is determined by the second determining module 960, a second resource release request message, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF is released in the target user group. The UE establishes a bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, and the second resource release message includes an identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1410 is specifically configured to: determine, according to the target area information, a target cell identifier in a target area corresponding to the target area information. Sending a second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, where the second request message is used to request to obtain current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell. Receiving a second response message that is returned by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.

It should be understood that the resource carrying device 1400 according to the embodiment of the present invention may correspond to the RPSF in the method for processing resources according to the embodiment of the present invention and the resource carrying device 900 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the device 1400 The above and other operations and/or functions of the respective modules are respectively implemented in order to implement the respective processes of the respective methods in FIG. 1 to FIG. 8. For brevity, no further details are provided herein.

Therefore, the resource-bearing processing device provided by the embodiment of the present invention determines whether the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell is used, and determines whether to allocate the bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information and the throughput information. The problem of network congestion of the target cell caused by allocating sufficient bearer resources for the third-party application can be avoided, thereby improving the user experience of the UE in the target cell.

FIG. 15 shows a schematic block diagram of a processing device 1500 that carries resources in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, the apparatus 1500 includes a processor 1510, a memory 1520, a receiver 1530, a transmitter 1540, and a bus 1550. Wherein, the processor 1510 and the memory 1520 Connected by a bus system 1520 for storing instructions, the processor 1510 is for executing instructions stored by the memory 1520. among them,

The receiver 1530 is configured to: receive a first request message sent by the network sensing and scheduling unit RPSF, where the first request message includes an identifier of the third-party application, throughput information, and a PCRF for indicating the policy and charging function unit. And the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is configured according to the PCC policy. Establishing a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group in the target area, where the throughput information is the throughput required by the third-party application server AS to provide the service for the third-party application the amount.

The processor 1510 is configured to: formulate the PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information included in the first request message received by the first receiving module.

The transmitter 1540 is configured to send the PCC policy to the P-GW, so that the P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy, and sends the bearer resource to the P-GW. The RPSF sends a first response message, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully configured for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the AS to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the processor 1510 may be a central processing unit (CPU), and the processor 1510 may also be other general-purpose processors, digital signal processors (DSPs), and application specific integrated circuits. (ASIC), off-the-shelf programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, and more. General office The processor can be a microprocessor or the processor can be any conventional processor or the like.

The memory 1520 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to the processor 1510. A portion of the memory 1520 may also include a non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory 1520 can also store information of the device type.

The bus system 1550 may include a power bus, a control bus, a status signal bus, and the like in addition to the data bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as bus system 1550 in the figure.

In the implementation process, each step of the foregoing method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 1510 or an instruction in a form of software. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented as a hardware processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor. The software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like. The storage medium is located in the memory 1520, and the processor 1510 reads the information in the memory 1520 and performs the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware. To avoid repetition, it will not be described in detail here.

Optionally, as an embodiment of the present invention, the receiver 1530 is further configured to: receive a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate the user equipment in the target user group in the target area. The location change of the UE includes the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the changed location information.

The processor 1510 is further configured to: when it is determined that the UE in the target user group is not in the target area according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group, release the established for the UE in the target user group. The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.

Optionally, as another embodiment of the present invention, the receiver 1530 is further configured to: receive a second resource release request message sent by the RPSF, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF is released as a target area. The user equipment UE in the target user group establishes a bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, and the second resource release message includes the identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy formulated for the third-party application. Corresponding to the billing control PCC policy Strategy ID.

The processor 1510 is further configured to: release the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE in the target user group according to the indication of the second resource release request message.

It should be understood that the resource-carrying processing apparatus 1500 according to an embodiment of the present invention may correspond to a PCRF in a method for processing a resource according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a resource-carrying processing apparatus 1100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and in the apparatus 1500 The above and other operations and/or functions of the respective modules are respectively implemented in order to implement the respective processes of the respective methods in FIG. 1 to FIG. 8. For brevity, no further details are provided herein.

In addition, the term "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an associated object, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, A and/or B, which may indicate that A exists separately, and A and B exist at the same time. There are three cases of B alone. In addition, the character "/" in this article generally indicates that the contextual object is an "or" relationship.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present invention, "B corresponding to A" means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A. However, it should also be understood that determining B from A does not mean that B is only determined based on A, and that B can also be determined based on A and/or other information.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the elements and algorithm steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both, for clarity of hardware and software. Interchangeability, the composition and steps of the various examples have been generally described in terms of function in the above description. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the solution. Professional technicians can be specific to each The application uses different methods to implement the described functionality, but such implementation should not be considered to be beyond the scope of the invention.

A person skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the system, the device and the unit described above can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and details are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, or an electrical, mechanical or other form of connection.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the objectives of the embodiments of the present invention.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention contributes in essence or to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium. Including a plurality of instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods of various embodiments of the present invention Step. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like. .

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any equivalent person can be easily conceived within the technical scope of the present invention by any person skilled in the art. Modifications or substitutions are intended to be included within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

A method for processing a bearer resource, comprising:

Receiving a resource allocation request message sent by the third-party application server AS, where the resource allocation request message includes target area information, information of a target user group in the target area corresponding to the target area information, and throughput information, where the resource The allocation request message is used to request to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group, where the throughput information is provided by the AS for the third-party application. Required throughput;

Obtaining current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information according to the target area information;

Determining whether to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell and the throughput information;

According to the judgment result, the bearer resource is allocated or not for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, according to the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell and the throughput information, whether to allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, including :

When the air interface bandwidth resource indicated by the current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell meets the throughput indicated by the throughput information, determine that the bearer resource is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, otherwise, the determination is not the The service flow corresponding to the third-party application allocates the bearer resource.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the allocating the bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the judgment result includes:

When it is determined that the bearer resource is not allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the resource allocation response message is sent to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. failure.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said judging is based on said judgment As a result, the bearer resources are allocated or not for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, including:

Sending a first request message to the policy and charging function unit PCRF, where the first request message includes the identifier of the third-party application, the throughput, when the bearer resource is allocated to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application. The quantity information and the indication information for indicating that the PCRF allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate policy and charging control for the third-party application. a PCC policy, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy;

Receiving, by the PCRF, a first response message that is returned according to the first request message, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCRF successfully determines a PCC policy for the third-party application;

Sending a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource is successfully allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.
The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the AS, a first resource release request message, where the first resource release request message includes the target area information and an identifier of a UE in the target user group, where the first resource release request message is used And requesting to release the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group;

Determining, according to the target area information, a domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information;

And sending, by the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier, a second resource release request message, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release establishes the third-party application corresponding to the UE in the target user group. The bearer resource is allocated by the service flow, and the second resource release message includes an identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the acquiring the current air interface band of the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier according to the target area information Wide resource information, including:

Determining, according to the target area information, a target cell identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information;

Sending a second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, where the second request message is used to request to obtain current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell;

Receiving a second response message that is sent by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.
A method for processing a bearer resource, comprising:

And receiving, by the network sensing and scheduling unit, the first request message sent by the RPSF, where the first request message includes the identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and the indication that the policy and charging function unit PCRF is corresponding to the third-party application. The service flow allocates the indication information of the bearer resource, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is configured according to the PCC policy. Establishing a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group in the target area, where the throughput information is a service provided by the third-party application server AS for the third-party application Required throughput;

Determining, according to the information included in the first request message, the PCC policy for the third-party application;

Transmitting the PCC policy to the P-GW, so that the P-GW allocates a bearer resource corresponding to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application to the UE in the target user group according to the PCC policy;

Sending a first response message to the RPSF, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully determined for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the AS to be a service corresponding to the third-party application. The flow allocation bears the resource successfully.
The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, where the resource change message is included in the target user group The identity of the UE and the changed location information;

Deleting the third party established for the UE in the target user group when determining that the UE in the target user group is not in the target area according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group The bearer resource allocated by the corresponding service flow is applied.
The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the RPSF, a second resource release request message, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release is to establish a third-party application corresponding to the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area. a bearer resource allocated by the service flow, where the second resource release message includes an identifier of the UE in the target user group and a policy identifier corresponding to the policy and charging control PCC policy formulated for the third-party application;

And releasing the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE in the target user group according to the indication of the second resource release request message.
A processing device for carrying resources, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a resource allocation request message sent by the third-party application server, where the resource allocation request message carries the target area information, the information of the target user group in the target area corresponding to the target area information, and The throughput information, the resource allocation request message is used to request to establish a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application for the user equipment UE in the target user group, where the throughput information is The throughput required by the third party application to provide the service;

The acquiring module, according to the target area information carried in the resource allocation request message received by the first receiving module, acquiring current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell in the target area corresponding to the target area information;

a first determining module, configured to acquire, according to the acquiring module, current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell and the resource allocation request message received by the first receiving module Determining, by the throughput information, whether to allocate a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application;

The allocating module is configured to allocate or not allocate bearer resources for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application according to the judgment result.
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first determining module is specifically configured to: when an air interface bandwidth resource indicated by current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell satisfies a throughput indicated by the throughput information And determining that the bearer resource is allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, otherwise, determining that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.
The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the allocating module is configured to: when the first determining module determines that the bearer resource is not allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, The AS sends a resource allocation response message, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the bearer resource fails to be allocated for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application.
The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the allocating module is configured to: when the first determining module determines to allocate a bearer resource to the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, to the policy and the meter The fee function unit PCRF sends a first request message, where the first request message carries the identifier of the third-party application, the throughput information, and the service flow allocation bearer used to indicate that the PCRF is corresponding to the third-party application. The indication information of the resource, the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so that the packet data network gateway P-GW is the target according to the PCC policy. The UE in the user group establishes a service flow allocation bearer resource corresponding to the third-party application, and receives a first response message that is sent by the PCRF according to the first request message, where the first response message is used to indicate the PCRF. Determining that the PCC policy is successful for the third-party application, and sending a resource allocation response message to the AS, where the resource allocation response message is used to indicate that the third-party application is corresponding to Traffic flow distribution bearer resource successfully.
The device according to claim 13, wherein the device further comprises:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a first resource release request message sent by the AS, where The first resource release request message carries the target area information and the identifier of the UE in the target user group, where the first resource release request message is used to request release to establish a location for the UE in the target user group. a bearer resource allocated by a service flow corresponding to the third-party application;

a second determining module, configured to determine, according to the target area information carried in the first resource release request message received by the second receiving module, a domain identifier in the target area corresponding to the target area information;

a sending module, configured to send a second resource release request message to the PCRF corresponding to the domain identifier that is determined by the second determining module, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF is released as the target The UE in the user group establishes the bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, and the second resource release message carries the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the policy identifier corresponding to the PCC policy. .
The device according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein the obtaining module comprises:

a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the target area information, a target cell identifier in a target area corresponding to the target area information;

a sending unit, configured to send a second request message to the radio access network RAN in the target cell corresponding to the target cell identifier, where the second request message is used to request to acquire current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell;

a receiving unit, configured to receive a second response message that is sent by the RAN according to the second request message, where the second response message includes current air interface bandwidth resource information of the target cell.
A processing device for carrying resources, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a first request message sent by the network sensing and scheduling unit RPSF, where the first request message carries an identifier of the third-party application, throughput information, and a PCRF for indicating the policy and charging function unit The service flow corresponding to the third-party application allocates bearer resource indication information, where the first request message is used to instruct the PCRF to formulate a policy and charging control PCC policy for the third-party application, so as to facilitate the packet data network gateway P- GW according to the PCC The policy is that the UE in the target user group in the target area allocates a bearer resource for the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, where the throughput information is provided by the third-party application server AS for the third-party application. The throughput required for the service;

a module, configured to formulate the PCC policy for the third-party application according to the information carried in the first request message received by the first receiving module;

a sending module, configured to send the PCC policy to the P-GW, so that the P-GW establishes, according to the PCC policy, a service flow allocation corresponding to the third-party application for the UE in the target user group. Carrying a resource, and sending a first response message to the RPSF, where the first response message is used to indicate that the PCC policy is successfully determined for the third-party application, so that the RPSF notifies the AS as the third party. The corresponding service flow is allocated to the bearer resource successfully.
The device according to claim 16, wherein the device further comprises:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a resource change message sent by the serving gateway S-GW, where the resource change message is used to indicate a location change of the user equipment UE in the target user group in the target area, where the resource change message carries The identifier of the UE in the target user group and the changed location information;

a first release module, configured to release, in the target user group, when the UE in the target user group is not in the target area according to the changed location information of the UE in the target user group The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE.
The device according to claim 16, wherein the device further comprises:

a third receiving module, configured to receive a second resource release request message sent by the RPSF, where the second resource release request message is used to indicate that the PCRF release is established as a user equipment UE in a target user group in a target area. The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application, the second resource release message carrying the identifier of the UE in the target user group and the policy and charging control PCC policy formulated for the third-party application Corresponding policy identifier;

a second release module, configured to release, according to the indication of the second resource release request message, The bearer resource allocated by the service flow corresponding to the third-party application established by the UE in the target user group.