WO2016119246A1

WO2016119246A1 - Service policy control method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2016119246A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/072021
Authority: WO
Inventors: 郭建成
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2015-01-30
Filing date: 2015-01-30
Publication date: 2016-08-04
Also published as: CN106063372A; CN106063372B

Abstract

Disclosed are a service policy control method and device, the method comprising: acquiring, by PCEF, a service behavior of a UE; determining a service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE; according to a corresponding relationship between the service behavior characteristic and a service rule, acquiring the service rule corresponding to the determined service behavior characteristic of the UE; and according to the service rule, determining a service policy of the UE. Therefore, since the PCEF has both a storage ability and a data processing ability, the PCEF can acquire the service behavior of the UE, and acquire a service rule for the UE by analyzing the service behavior of the UE, such that whether a system architecture has PCRF, the PCEF can determine the service policy of the UE by utilizing the obtained service rule, improve the device performance of the PCEF, and increase the reliability of a system in processing service.

Description

Method and device for controlling business strategy

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and a device for controlling a service policy.

Background technique

Policy and Charging Control (PCC) architecture is the third-generation partnership project (English: 3rd Generation Partnership Project; abbreviation: 3GPP) organization will be the standard system R7 (English: Release7) version of the strategy Control and stream-based billing are combined to come up with an architecture.

The PCC architecture works at the Service Data Flow (SDF) level to provide policy control, billing control functions, and event reporting of business data flows. It is designed to provide differentiated services to users. User service flow bearer resource guarantee and flow charging policy.

However, in the PCC architecture, the service policy is generated by the Policy and Charging Rules Function (English: Policy and Charging Rules Function; PCRF) and sent to the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (English: Policy and Charging Enforcement Function; :PCEF). The PCEF receives and stores the service policy sent by the PCRF.

However, in the process of performing the service, the PCEF obtains a service policy from the external device, that is, through data exchange with the external device, to obtain a service policy that matches the user equipment, thereby extending the service execution time and reducing the service. The performance of the PCEF device reduces the reliability of the PCC architecture system.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above, the embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for controlling a service policy, which are used to solve the problem that the service execution time is long and the system reliability is poor due to the current PCEF acquisition service policy.

The first aspect provides a method for controlling a business policy, including:

The policy and charging execution function PCEF acquires the service behavior of the user equipment UE;

Determining a service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE;

Obtaining, according to a correspondence between the service behavior feature and the business rule, a service rule corresponding to the determined service behavior feature of the UE;

Determining a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

In conjunction with the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

The PCEF receives a service policy that is sent by the policy and charging rule function PCRF to the UE;

Determining the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, including:

Adjusting, by the PCEF, the received service policy of the UE according to the service rule;

The adjusted service policy is sent to the UE.

In conjunction with the first aspect, or in combination with the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation of the first aspect, the method further includes:

Receiving, by the PCEF, multiple service policies that are sent by the PCRF and allocated to different UEs;

And determining, by the PCEF, that the plurality of service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the multiple service policies, and establishing an identifier and a selected one of each of the different UEs. Corresponding relationship between business policies;

Determining, by the PCEF, a service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE according to the correspondence and the identifier of the UE;

And determining, by the PCEF, that the determined service rule is different from the determined service rule included in the service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE, according to the obtained service rule, adjusting the determined PCRF allocation to the Describe a service policy of the UE; and send the adjusted service policy to the UE.

With reference to the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, determining, according to the service rule, a service policy of the UE, including:

The PCEF sends the service rule to the policy and charging rule function PCRF to request the PCRF to generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

With reference to the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, determining, according to the service rule, a service policy of the UE, including:

If the system does not include the policy and charging rule function PCRF network element, the PCEF generates a service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and sends the service policy to the UE.

With reference to the first aspect, or in combination with the first possible implementation of the first aspect, or in combination with the second possible implementation of the first aspect, or in combination with the third possible implementation of the first aspect, or In a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:

If the service behavior of the multiple UEs is obtained, the service behavior characteristics of each UE are determined according to the service behavior of each UE, and the determined service behavior characteristics of the UEs are sent to the core network device, so that the core is The network device adjusts network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.

In a second aspect, a control device for a business policy is provided, including:

An obtaining unit, configured to acquire a service behavior of the user equipment UE;

a determining unit, configured to determine a service behavior feature of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE acquired by the acquiring unit, and obtain a determined service of the UE according to a correspondence between a service behavior feature and a service rule Business rules corresponding to behavioral characteristics;

And a policy control unit, configured to determine a service policy of the UE according to the service rule determined by the determining unit.

In conjunction with the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the control device further includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a service policy that is sent by the policy and charging rule function PCRF and allocated to the UE;

The policy control unit is configured to: adjust, according to the service rule, a service policy of the UE that is received by the receiving unit, and send the adjusted service policy to the UE.

With reference to the second aspect, or in combination with the first possible implementation of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the control device further includes: an establishing unit, where:

The receiving unit is specifically configured to receive multiple service policies that are sent by the PCRF and allocated to different UEs;

The establishing unit, when determining that multiple service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the multiple service policies, and establishing an identifier of each UE in the different UEs Correspondence with the selected business strategy;

The policy control unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the correspondence established by the establishing unit and the identifier of the UE, a service policy that is allocated by the PCRF to the UE;

When the determined service rule is different from the determined service rule included in the service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE, according to the obtained service rule, the determined PCRF is allocated to the UE. a service policy; and transmitting the adjusted service policy to the UE.

With reference to the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the policy control unit is configured to send the service rule to a policy and charging rule function PCRF to request the PCRF to The business rule is generated to generate a service policy of the UE.

With reference to the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the policy control unit is specifically configured to: if the system does not include a policy and charging rule function PCRF network element, according to the service rule, Generating a service policy of the UE; and transmitting the service policy to the UE.

With reference to the second aspect, or in combination with the first possible implementation of the second aspect, or in combination with the second possible implementation of the second aspect, or in combination with the third possible implementation of the second aspect, or In a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the control device further includes: a sending unit, where:

The sending unit is configured to determine, according to the service behavior of each UE, the service behavior characteristics of each UE according to the service behavior of each UE, and send the determined service behavior characteristics of each UE to the core. The network device enables the core network device to adjust network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.

In a third aspect, a control device for a service policy is provided, including: a communication interface, and a memory And the processor, where:

a communication interface for transmitting information between the memory and the processor;

a memory for storing application code;

a processor, configured to execute the application code stored in the memory, specifically:

Obtaining a service behavior of the user equipment UE;

Determining a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

In conjunction with the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processor is further configured to:

Receiving a service policy that is sent by the policy and charging rule function PCRF to the UE;

Determining, by the processor, the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, specifically:

The adjusted service policy is sent to the UE.

With reference to the third aspect, or in combination with the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processor is further configured to:

Receiving, by the PCRF, multiple service policies allocated to different UEs;

When determining that the plurality of service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the plurality of service policies, establishing an identifier of each of the different UEs, and selecting the selected service policy Correspondence between them;

Determining, according to the correspondence and the identifier of the UE, a service policy that is allocated by the PCRF to the UE;

With reference to the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the determining, by the processor, the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, specifically:

And sending the service rule to the policy and charging rule function PCRF, to request the PCRF to generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

With reference to the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the determining, by the processor, the service policy of the UE, according to the service rule, specifically includes:

If the policy and the charging rule function PCRF network element are not included in the system, the service policy of the UE is generated according to the service rule; and the service policy is sent to the UE.

With reference to the third aspect, or in combination with the first possible implementation of the third aspect, or in combination with the second possible implementation of the third aspect, or in combination with the third possible implementation of the third aspect, or A fourth possible implementation of the third aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processor is further configured to:

Advantageous effects of embodiments of the present invention:

The embodiment of the present invention obtains the service behavior of the UE by using the PCEF, and determines the service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE; and obtains the determined service of the UE according to the correspondence between the service behavior feature and the service rule. The service rule corresponding to the behavior characteristic; determining the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, so that, when the PCEF has the storage capability and the data processing capability, the service behavior of the UE can be acquired, and the service behavior of the UE is analyzed, In order to obtain the service rule for the UE, the PCEF can use the obtained service rule to determine the service policy of the UE, improve the device performance of the PCEF, and improve the reliability of the system processing service, regardless of whether the PCRF exists in the system architecture.

DRAWINGS

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

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling a service policy according to the present invention;

2(a) is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for a service policy according to the present invention;

2(b) is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for a service policy according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for a service policy according to the present invention.

detailed description

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and a device for controlling a service policy, where a PCEF acquires a service behavior of the UE, and determines a service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE; Corresponding relationship between the feature and the business rule, obtaining the determined service rule corresponding to the service behavior feature of the UE; determining the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, so that the PCEF has storage capability and data processing The capability of the UE can be obtained by analyzing the service behavior of the UE to obtain the service rule for the UE. The PCEF can determine the service policy of the UE by using the obtained service rule regardless of whether the PCRF exists in the system architecture. Improve the performance of PCEF equipment and improve the reliability of system processing services.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the service behavior refers to a service initiated in a communication network environment.

For example, services initiated in a communication network environment may be classified into basic services and value-added services; or may be classified into voice services and data services.

For example, the basic service may include: call forwarding, shutdown, power-on, etc.; the value-added service may include: a short message service, an online service, and the like.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the service behavior feature represents the commonality of the UE requesting the service. It can also be called the inertia feature of the UE requesting service.

For example, the number of times that the UE requests the Internet service in the set time period is far greater than the number of times the UE requests the call service within the set time period, and the service behavior characteristic of the UE is determined to be an Internet service.

For example, the charging mode of the UE requesting the service in the set time period is the backward charging mode, so that the service behavior characteristic of the UE may be determined to be a backward charging service.

In addition, business behavior characteristics include abnormal business, normal business, and so on.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the business rule refers to a specification that needs to be observed when the service is executed. Different business behavior characteristics correspond to different business rules. A business behavior feature can correspond to a business rule or multiple business rules.

For example, the business rules corresponding to abnormal business behavior include filtering rules.

The various embodiments of the present invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for controlling a service policy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The PCEF described in the embodiment of the present invention not only has the functions specified in the 3GPP standard, but also adds a separate board inside the PCEF. The independent board has a large-capacity hard disk array and a high-performance central processing unit (English: Central Processing Unit; Abbreviation: CPU), so PCEF has storage and data processing capabilities. The method can be as follows.

Step 101: The PCEF acquires the service behavior of the user equipment (English: User Equipment; abbreviation: UE).

Among them, the business behavior refers to the business initiated in the communication network environment.

Services initiated in a communication network environment can be classified into basic services and value-added services; or, they can be classified into voice services and data services.

In step 101, since the PCEF has a large-capacity hard disk array, the PCEF stores the service behavior generated by the UE, and establishes a correspondence between the identifier of the UE and the service behavior of the UE.

For example, the service behavior generated by the PCEF storing the UE may include the behavior of the UE activating the mobile network (for example, the time when the UE activates the mobile network), the behavior of the UE to activate the mobile network, the behavior of the UE-initiated access to the service, and the Internet initiated by the UE. At least one of business behaviors.

Specifically, the PCEF acquires the service behavior of the UE, and may obtain the service behavior of one UE in the set time period; or may obtain the service behavior of multiple UEs in the set time period; or may obtain the service behavior of different UEs in real time. , here is no specific limit on the time of acquisition.

Step 102: The PCEF determines a service behavior feature of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE.

In step 102, the PCEF analyzes the commonality of the requested service of the UE in the set time period for the obtained service behavior of each UE, and according to the analysis, the commonality of the requested service of the UE in the set time period, Determine the characteristics of the UE's business behavior.

The service behavior feature represents a commonality of the UE requesting services. It can also be called the inertia feature of the UE requesting service.

It should be noted that the service behavior feature described in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the foregoing service behavior feature, and the correspondence between the service behavior and the service behavior feature may be preset, according to the obtained UE's service behavior and location. The correspondence relationship is selected from the preset business behavior characteristics, and the business behavior characteristics belonging to the UE are selected.

Optionally, in step 102, after the PCEF determines the service behavior feature of the UE, if the PCRF is included in the system architecture, the service behavior feature of the UE may be sent to the PCRF, so that the PCRF sends the packet according to the received PCEF. The service behavior of the UE is configured to generate a service policy for the UE, so that the PCEF sends the received service policy of the UE to the UE when receiving the service policy of the UE sent by the PCRF, and ends the operation.

It should be noted that the business policy may include one business rule or multiple business rules.

Optionally, the method further includes:

If the PCEF obtains the service behavior of the multiple UEs, the service behavior characteristics of each UE are determined according to the service behavior of each UE, and the determined service behavior characteristics of the UEs are sent to the core network device, so that the core is The network device adjusts network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.

Step 103: The PCEF obtains the service rule corresponding to the determined service behavior feature according to the correspondence between the service behavior feature and the business rule.

In step 103, the business rule refers to the specification that the service needs to comply with when it is executed. Different business behavior characteristics correspond to different business rules. A business behavior feature can correspond to a business rule or multiple business rules.

Since the PCEF has a large-capacity storage capability, the business rules can be pre-stored and the correspondence between the business behavior characteristics and at least one business rule can be established.

When determining the service behavior feature of the UE in step 102, the PCEF may obtain at least one service rule corresponding to the determined service behavior feature of the UE according to the correspondence between the service behavior feature and the service rule.

For example, a business rule corresponding to an abnormal business action includes a filtering rule.

Business rules corresponding to value-added business behavior include business push rules.

Step 104: The PCEF determines a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

In step 104, the PCEF determines the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, including:

The first case:

The PCEF combines the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and sends the service policy to the UE.

The business policy includes the business rule.

The second case:

If the PCRF is included in the system architecture, the PCEF receives the service policy that is sent by the PCRF and is allocated to the UE.

The PCEF adjusts the received service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and sends the adjusted service policy to the UE.

For example, the PCEF compares the service rule with a received service rule included in a service policy of the UE;

If the service rule is not included in the received service policy of the UE, the service rule is added to the received service policy of the UE, and the added service policy is sent to the UE. ;

If the received service policy of the UE includes not only the service rule but also other service rules, the service rule is sent to the UE as a service policy of the UE.

Optionally, the method further includes:

And determining, by the PCEF, that the plurality of service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the multiple service policies, and establishing an identifier and a selected one of each of the different UEs. The correspondence between business policies.

Specifically, the PCEF determines a service policy that the PCRF allocates to the UE according to the correspondence and the identifier of the UE.

The PCEF, when determining that the service rule is different from the determined service rule included in the service policy that is allocated to the UE by the PCRF, adjusts the determined service allocated by the PCRF to the UE according to the service rule. a policy; and transmitting the adjusted service policy to the UE.

The manner of adjustment here can adopt the manner described in the first case, and will not be described again here.

The third scenario:

If the PCRF is included in the system architecture, the PCEF sends the service rule to the PCRF to request the PCRF to generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

The fourth situation:

If the PCRF is not included in the system architecture, the PCEF generates the a service policy of the UE; and transmitting the service policy to the UE.

It should be noted that, if the PCRF is included in the system architecture, the PCEF generates a service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and the PCEF receives the service policy that the PCRF sends to the same UE. Prioritize, choose who to execute the business strategy.

For example, the pre-determined priority of the execution of the service policy is: the service policy generated by the PCEF is prior to the service policy sent by the PCRF, and if the PCRF is included in the system architecture, the PCEF generates the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and the PCEF Receiving, by the PCRF, a service policy that is allocated to the same UE, and the PCEF sends the generated service policy to the UE;

The priority of the pre-determined execution of the service policy is: the service policy sent by the PCRF is prior to the service policy generated by the PCEF, and the PCRF is included in the system architecture, and the PCEF generates the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and the PCEF receives the PCRF. The service policy assigned to the same UE is sent, and the PCEF sends the service policy sent by the PCRF to the UE.

Through the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the PCEF acquires the service behavior of the UE, and determines the service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE; and obtains the determined according to the correspondence between the service behavior feature and the service rule. The service rule corresponding to the service behavior of the UE; determining the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, so that, when the PCEF has the storage capability and the data processing capability, the service behavior of the UE may be acquired, and the UE is analyzed by analyzing The service behavior is to obtain the service rule for the UE. Regardless of whether the PCRF exists in the system architecture, the PCEF can use the obtained service rule to determine the service policy of the UE, improve the device performance of the PCEF, and improve the reliability of the system processing service.

2(a) and 2(b) are schematic diagrams showing the structure of a control device for a service policy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control device includes: an obtaining unit 21, a determining unit 22, and a policy control unit 23, where:

An obtaining unit 21, configured to acquire a service behavior of the user equipment UE;

a determining unit 22, configured to determine, according to the service behavior of the UE acquired by the acquiring unit 21, a service behavior feature of the UE; and according to a correspondence between a service behavior feature and a service rule And obtaining a determined service rule corresponding to the service behavior characteristic of the UE;

The policy control unit 23 is configured to determine a service policy of the UE according to the service rule determined by the determining unit 22.

Optionally, the control device further includes: a receiving unit 24, where:

The receiving unit 24 is configured to receive a service policy that is sent by the PCRF and allocated to the UE;

The policy control unit 23 is specifically configured to adjust, according to the service rule, a service policy of the UE that is received by the receiving unit 24, and send the adjusted service policy to the UE.

Optionally, the control device further includes: an establishing unit 25, where:

The receiving unit 24 is specifically configured to receive multiple service policies that are sent by the PCRF and allocated to different UEs;

The establishing unit 25 is configured to: when determining that multiple service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, select one of the multiple service policies, and establish each UE of the different UEs. Identifying a correspondence between the selected business policies and the selected business policies;

The policy control unit 23 is specifically configured to determine, according to the correspondence established by the establishing unit 25 and the identifier of the UE, a service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE;

Specifically, the policy control unit 23 is specifically configured to send the service rule to the PCRF, to request the PCRF to generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the system in which the control device is located may not include the PCRF network element, and the policy control unit 23 included in the control device is specifically configured to: if the PCRF network element is not included in the system, according to the service rule Generating a service policy of the UE; and transmitting the service policy to the UE.

Optionally, the control device further includes: a sending unit 26, where:

The sending unit is configured to determine a service behavior feature of each UE according to a service behavior of each UE, and obtain the determined characteristics of each UE according to the service behavior of each UE. The service behavior feature is sent to the core network device, so that the core network device adjusts the network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.

Therefore, if the system in which the control device is located does not include the PCRF network element, the control device includes the obtaining unit 21, the determining unit 22, and the policy control unit 23, as shown in FIG. 2(a); When the PCRF network element is included, the control device includes an obtaining unit 21, a determining unit 22, a policy control unit 23, a receiving unit 24, an establishing unit 25, and a transmitting unit 26, as shown in FIG. 2(b).

It should be noted that the device in the present invention may be implemented by using hardware or by software, which is not limited herein.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for a service policy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control device is configured to perform the functions described in the foregoing embodiments. The control device may adopt a general computer system structure, and the computer system may be specific. It is a processor-based computer. The control device entity includes a communication interface 31, a memory 32, and a processor 33, wherein:

a communication interface 31, configured to transfer information between the memory and the processor;

a memory 32 for storing application code;

The processor 33 is configured to execute the application code stored in the memory, and specifically:

Obtaining a service behavior of the user equipment UE;

Determining a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.

The processor 33 can be a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or one or more program programs for controlling the present invention. Execution of the integrated circuit.

Wherein, the communication interface 31 can include a path for transmitting information between the components. The communication interface 31 uses a device such as any transceiver for communicating with other devices or communication networks, such as Ethernet, Radio Access Network (RAN), and Wireless LAN (English: Wireless Local Area) Networks; abbreviation: WLAN) and so on.

The computer system includes one or more memories 32, which may be read-only memory (English: read-only memory; abbreviation: ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (English: random Access memory; abbreviation: RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, or electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (English: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory; EEPROM), read-only CD (English: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory; Abbreviation: CD-ROM) or other disc storage, CD storage (including compressed discs, laser discs, CDs, digital versatile discs, Blu-ray discs, etc.), disk storage media or other magnetic storage A device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of an instruction or data structure and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto. These memories are connected to the processor via a bus.

The memory 32 is used to store application code for executing the solution of the present invention, and the application code for executing the solution of the present invention is stored in a memory and controlled by the processor 33 for execution. The processor 33 is configured to execute an application stored in the memory 32.

In a possible implementation, the processor 33 is further configured to:

The determining, by the processor 33, the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, specifically:

The adjusted service policy is sent to the UE.

In a possible implementation, the processor 33 is further configured to:

Receiving, by the PCRF, multiple service policies allocated to different UEs;

In a possible implementation, the determining, by the processor, the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, specifically includes:

In a possible implementation, the processor 33 is further configured to:

The control device acquires the service behavior of the UE, and determines the service behavior feature of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE; and according to the correspondence between the service behavior feature and the service rule, the determined service behavior characteristic of the UE is obtained. The service rule is determined according to the service rule, and the service policy of the UE is determined according to the service rule, so that when the PCEF has the storage capability and the data processing capability, the service behavior of the UE can be obtained, and the service behavior of the UE is analyzed to obtain the The service rules of the UE, regardless of whether the PCRF exists in the system architecture, the PCEF can use the obtained service rules to determine the service policy of the UE, improve the device performance of the PCEF, and improve the reliability of the system processing service.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Claims

A method for controlling a business policy, comprising:

The policy and charging execution function PCEF acquires the service behavior of the user equipment UE;

Determining a service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE;

Obtaining, according to a correspondence between the service behavior feature and the business rule, a service rule corresponding to the determined service behavior feature of the UE;

Determining a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.
The control method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

The PCEF receives a service policy that is sent by the policy and charging rule function PCRF to the UE;

Determining the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, including:

Adjusting, by the PCEF, the received service policy of the UE according to the service rule;

The adjusted service policy is sent to the UE.
The control method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the PCEF, multiple service policies that are sent by the PCRF and allocated to different UEs;

And determining, by the PCEF, that the plurality of service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the multiple service policies, and establishing an identifier and a selected one of each of the different UEs. Corresponding relationship between business policies;

Determining the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, including:

Determining, by the PCEF, a service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE according to the correspondence and the identifier of the UE;

And determining, by the PCEF, that the determined service rule is different from the determined service rule included in the service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE, according to the obtained service rule, adjusting the determined PCRF allocation to the Describe a service policy of the UE; and send the adjusted service policy to the UE.
The control method according to claim 1, wherein according to said business rule, Determining the service policy of the UE, including:

The PCEF sends the service rule to the policy and charging rule function PCRF to request the PCRF to generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.
The control method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a service policy of the UE according to the service rule comprises:

If the system does not include the policy and charging rule function PCRF network element, the PCEF generates a service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and sends the service policy to the UE.
The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the method further comprises:

If the service behavior of the multiple UEs is obtained, the service behavior characteristics of each UE are determined according to the service behavior of each UE, and the determined service behavior characteristics of the UEs are sent to the core network device, so that the core is The network device adjusts network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.
A control device for a business policy, comprising:

An obtaining unit, configured to acquire a service behavior of the user equipment UE;

a determining unit, configured to determine a service behavior feature of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE acquired by the acquiring unit, and obtain a determined service of the UE according to a correspondence between a service behavior feature and a service rule Business rules corresponding to behavioral characteristics;

And a policy control unit, configured to determine a service policy of the UE according to the service rule determined by the determining unit.
The control device according to claim 7, wherein the control device further comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a service policy that is sent by the policy and charging rule function PCRF and allocated to the UE;

The policy control unit is configured to: adjust, according to the service rule, a service policy of the UE that is received by the receiving unit, and send the adjusted service policy to the UE.
The control device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the control device further comprises: an establishing unit, wherein:

The receiving unit is specifically configured to receive multiple service policies that are sent by the PCRF and allocated to different UEs;

The establishing unit, when determining that multiple service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the multiple service policies, and establishing an identifier of each UE in the different UEs Correspondence with the selected business strategy;

The policy control unit is specifically configured to determine, according to the correspondence established by the establishing unit and the identifier of the UE, a service policy that is allocated by the PCRF to the UE;

When the determined service rule is different from the determined service rule included in the service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE, according to the obtained service rule, the determined PCRF is allocated to the UE. a service policy; and transmitting the adjusted service policy to the UE.
The control device according to claim 7, wherein

The policy control unit is configured to send the service rule to the policy and charging rule function PCRF to request the PCRF to generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.
The control device according to claim 7, wherein

The policy control unit is specifically configured to: if the system does not include the policy and charging rule function PCRF network element, generate a service policy of the UE according to the service rule; and send the service policy to the UE .
The control device according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the control device further comprises: a transmitting unit, wherein:

The sending unit is configured to determine, according to the service behavior of each UE, the service behavior characteristics of each UE according to the service behavior of each UE, and send the determined service behavior characteristics of each UE to the core. The network device enables the core network device to adjust network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.
A control device for a business policy, comprising: a communication interface, a memory, and a processor, wherein:

a communication interface for transmitting information between the memory and the processor;

a memory for storing application code;

a processor, configured to execute the application code stored in the memory, specifically:

Obtaining a service behavior of the user equipment UE;

Determining a service behavior characteristic of the UE according to the service behavior of the UE;

Obtaining, according to a correspondence between the service behavior feature and the business rule, a service rule corresponding to the determined service behavior feature of the UE;

Determining a service policy of the UE according to the service rule.
The control device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:

Receiving a service policy that is sent by the policy and charging rule function PCRF to the UE;

Determining, by the processor, the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, specifically:

Adjusting, by the PCEF, the received service policy of the UE according to the service rule;

The adjusted service policy is sent to the UE.
The control device according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

Receiving, by the PCRF, multiple service policies allocated to different UEs;

When determining that the plurality of service policies allocated to the different UEs are the same, selecting one of the plurality of service policies, establishing an identifier of each of the different UEs, and selecting the selected service policy Correspondence between them;

Determining, by the processor, the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, specifically:

Determining, according to the correspondence and the identifier of the UE, a service policy that is allocated by the PCRF to the UE;

When the determined service rule is different from the determined service rule included in the service policy allocated by the PCRF to the UE, according to the obtained service rule, the determined PCRF is allocated to the UE. a service policy; and transmitting the adjusted service policy to the UE.
The control device according to claim 13, wherein the processor determines the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and specifically includes:

Sending the service rule to a policy and charging rule function PCRF to request the PCRF root According to the service rule, a service policy of the UE is generated.
The control device according to claim 13, wherein the processor determines the service policy of the UE according to the service rule, and specifically includes:

If the policy and the charging rule function PCRF network element are not included in the system, the service policy of the UE is generated according to the service rule; and the service policy is sent to the UE.
The control device according to any one of claims 13 to 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

If the service behavior of the multiple UEs is obtained, the service behavior characteristics of each UE are determined according to the service behavior of each UE, and the determined service behavior characteristics of the UEs are sent to the core network device, so that the core is The network device adjusts network resource deployment according to the received service behavior characteristics of each UE.