WO2016184178A1

WO2016184178A1 - Resource control method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2016184178A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/073521
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吴昊
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-10-10
Filing date: 2016-02-04
Publication date: 2016-11-24
Also published as: CN106572447A

Abstract

A resource control method, comprising: sending, after a management request for a resource is received, a request message to a 3GPP network element according to the management request for the resource; receiving a response message sent by the 3GPP network element; and operating, according to the response message, the resource.

Description

Resource control method and device

Technical field

The present application relates to, but is not limited to, the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for controlling resources.

Background technique

In the application scenario of the Internet of Things, the number of terminal devices is much larger than that of a conventional mobile phone terminal, and terminals of the same or similar characteristics provided by the same IoT service provider are deployed in one or several fixed areas, for example, in a forest. Forest fire monitoring devices of the Forest Management Center are deployed, and remote meter reading devices of the State Grid are deployed, for example, in a residential area.

For these scenarios, such identical or similar devices belonging to the same service provider have great similarities in interaction with the network server. For example, when the software of the device is remotely upgraded, the data sent by the server to each device is identical. According to the current process, it is necessary to send data to these devices one by one. A large number of signaling interactions are generated in the entire sending process. For example, between the service platform and the bearer network, each time a message requesting to send data is sent, a response message to the request is generated at the same time. Further interaction between the bearer network and the device also generates a large amount of signaling.

Therefore, how to reduce the number of signaling between the bearer network and the device is an urgent problem to be solved.

Summary of the invention

The following is an overview of the topics detailed in this document. This Summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The method and device for controlling resources provided by the embodiments of the present invention can reduce the number of signaling between the bearer network and the device.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling a resource, where the method includes:

After receiving the management request for the resource, sending a request message to the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) network element according to the resource management request, and receiving a response message sent by the 3GPP network element, according to The response message operates on the resource Work.

among them,

The management request for the resource is a request to create a resource,

The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: after receiving the request for creating a resource and verifying the pass, creating the resource and the attribute “temporary mobile group identifier (TMGI)” and “effective time” of the resource, And sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message includes: receiving an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.

among them,

The allocating TMGI response message includes a TMGI and a valid time allocated by the 3GPP network;

Setting the attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message includes: setting a value of the attribute “TMGI” of the resource to the received value of the TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “valid time” to be equal to: The effective time allocated by the 3GPP network is less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

among them,

The created attribute further includes at least one of a flow identifier, a port address, and area information;

Sending a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request, including: sending a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message, including: receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message of the 3GPP network element, and setting a resource attribute according to the activated MBMS bearer response message .

among them,

The active MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

Setting the attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message includes: setting a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address. .

among them,

The management request for the resource is a request to delete the resource,

Sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes:

If the resource to be deleted includes the attribute “flow identifier”, and the value of the attribute is not 0 or null, the deactivated MBMS bearer request message is sent to the 3GPP network element;

If the resource requested to be deleted contains the attribute "TMGI", and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, then the TMGI request message is sent to the 3GPP network element.

The deactivated MBMS bearer request message includes a TMGI and a flow identifier, and the de-allocated TMGI request message includes a TMGI.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “effective time”, sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message, including: receiving an allocated TMGI response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message. Effective time".

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: when the update resource request requests the update attribute “send content”, check whether the attribute “send content” is included in the local, and if not, create an attribute. Sending the content, sending an activated MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving, by the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, the resource according to the response message The source performs operations, including: receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.

among them,

And setting the attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message, including:

Check whether the attribute of the resource contains the attributes "stream ID" and "port address";

If the attribute of the resource does not include the attributes "flow identifier" and "port address", create the attributes "flow identifier" and "port address", and set the value of the attribute "flow identifier" to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, The value of the attribute "port address" is set to the 3GPP network element address;

If the attribute of the resource includes the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”, the value of the attribute “flow identifier” is directly set to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and the value of the attribute “port address” is set to the 3GPP. NE address.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

When the update resource request request updates the attribute "TMGI", it is checked whether the attribute of the resource contains the attribute "TMGI"; if the attribute of the resource does not contain the attribute "TMGI", the attribute "TMGI" is created, and then the allocation is sent. TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

among them,

Setting the attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message includes: setting a value of the attribute “TMGI” of the resource to the received TMGI of the 3GPP network, and setting the attribute to be valid The value of time" is set to be equal to the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

When the update resource request request updates the attribute "flow identifier", it is checked whether the attribute "stream identifier" is included in the attribute of the resource, and if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute "stream identifier", the attribute "stream identifier" is created, and then sent Activating an MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing operations on the resource according to the response message, including:

Receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.

among them,

The management request for the resource is received from an application entity (AE, Application Entity) or received from a Common Service Entity (CSE).

The embodiment of the invention further provides a resource control device, including:

The sending module is configured to: after receiving the management request for the resource, send a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request;

The receiving module is configured to: receive a response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: operate the resource according to the response message.

among them,

The sending module is configured to: when the management request for the resource is a request for creating a resource, after the request for creating a resource is received and the verification is passed, the attributes “TMGI” and “effective time” of the resource and the resource are created, and Sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.

among them,

The processing module is configured to: set a value of a resource attribute “TMGI” to a value of the received TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “effective time” to be equal to the 3GPP network allocation. Valid time, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

among them,

The sending module is configured to: send an activated MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.

among them,

The processing module is configured to: set a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address.

among them,

The management request for the resource is a request to delete the resource,

The sending module is configured to: if the resource to be deleted includes the attribute “flow identifier”, and the value of the attribute is not 0 or null, send a deactivate MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element; If the resource requested to be deleted contains the attribute "TMGI", and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, then the TMGI request message is sent to the 3GPP network element.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “effective time”, send a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute “valid time” of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response response message.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “send content”, check whether the attribute “send content” is included in the locality, and if not, create the attribute “send content”, and send the activated MBMS bearer. Requesting a message to a 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

among them,

The processing module is configured to: check whether the attribute of the resource includes the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”, create the attribute “flow identifier” And "port address", set the value of the attribute "stream identifier" to the The flow identifier of the 3GPP network is set, and the value of the attribute “port address” is set to the 3GPP network element address; if the attribute of the resource includes the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”, the value of the attribute “flow identifier” is directly used. Set a flow identifier assigned to the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “TMGI”, check whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “TMGI”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “TMGI”, Create an attribute "TMGI", and then send a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

among them,

The processing module is configured to: set a value of a resource attribute “TMGI” to the received TMGI of the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “effective time” to be equal to the effective allocation of the 3GPP network. Time, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “flow identifier”, check whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute flow identifier, and if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute flow identifier, create the attribute flow identifier. And sending an activated MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

among them,

The management request for the resource is received from an application entity (AE) or received from a public service entity (CSE).

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, which are implemented when the computer executable instructions are executed.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the management request of the resource, by interacting with the 3GPP network element, the resource is operated by using the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, thereby improving the management efficiency of the resource.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a resource according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a resource control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Creating a resource and an attribute for the group message transmission on the service platform, and performing an operation on the resource and the attribute, triggering an IN-CSE (Infrastructure Node-Common Service Entity, a common service unit on the base node) to perform interaction with the 3GPP network, and The setting of resources and attributes serves the signaling interaction between the IN-CSE and the 3GPP network. At the same time, providing application-oriented services The operation of transmitting data to a group of devices using the MBMS service is implemented by using an interface between the IN-CSE and the MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast System) network element. Among them, IN-CSE is the management unit on the network server.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a resource according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method shown in Figure 1 includes the following steps:

Step 101: After receiving a management request for a resource, send a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request.

The management request of the resource may be sent by an application entity (AE, Application Entity) or a common service entity (CSE, Common Service Entity);

Step 102: Receive a response message sent by the 3GPP network element.

Step 103: Perform operations on the resource according to the response message.

The method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the management request for the resource, interacts with the 3GPP network element, and operates the resource by using the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, thereby improving the management efficiency of the resource.

The method provided in this application is described below according to the application scenario:

Application scenario 1

In this application scenario, the management request for a resource is a request for creating a resource;

among them,

Setting the attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message includes: setting a value of the attribute of the resource “TMGI” to the received value of the TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting the attribute “have The value of the "effective time" is set to be equal to the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

Application scenario 2

Application scenario 2 differs from the application scenario in that the attributes of the created resources are increased. The details are as follows:

Sending a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request, including: sending an activated multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

among them,

Application scenario three

In this application scenario, the management request for the resource is to delete the resource request.

Application scenario four

This application scenario updates the attributes of resources, including:

The method of sending a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “effective time”, sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element; The response message sent by the 3GPP network element, the operation of the resource according to the response message, includes: receiving an allocated TMGI response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute “effective time” of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response response message. .

Mode 4B: the management request for the resource is an update resource request, and the sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: when the update resource request requests to update the attribute “send content”, check the local Whether the attribute "send content" is included, if not, the attribute "send content" is created, and the activated MBMS bearer request message is sent to the 3GPP network element; and the response message sent by the 3GPP network element is received according to the response message The operation of the resource includes: receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.

In the method 4B, the activated MBMS bearer request message includes an attribute “TMGI” and “area information”; the activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network; The attribute of the activated MBMS bearer response message setting resource includes: checking whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “flow identifier” and “port address”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “flow identifier” and “port address”, creating an attribute "Flow ID" and "port address", the value of the attribute "flow identifier" is set to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and the value of the attribute "port address" is set to the 3GPP network element address; if the attribute of the resource Including the attributes "flow identifier" and "port address", the value of the attribute "flow identifier" is directly set to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and the value of the attribute "port address" is set to the 3GPP network element address.

Mode 4C: The sending, by the resource management request, the request message to the 3GPP network element, when the update resource request requesting the update attribute “TMGI”, checking whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “TMGI”; If the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “TMGI”, the attribute “TMGI” is created, and the TMGI request message is sent to the 3GPP network element, and the response message sent by the 3GPP network element is received according to the response message. Resources to operate, including: receiving The 3GPP network element allocates a TMGI response message, and sets an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.

In mode 4C, the allocating TMGI response message includes a TMGI and a valid time allocated by the 3GPP network; and setting an attribute of the resource according to the allocating the TMGI response message, including: setting a value of the attribute “TMGI” of the resource to the received location The TMGI of the 3GPP network allocation sets the value of the attribute "effective time" to be equal to the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

Mode 4D: The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: when the update resource request requesting the update attribute “flow identifier”, checking whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “flow identifier”, if If the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “flow identifier”, the attribute “flow identifier” is created, and the activated MBMS bearer request message is sent to the 3GPP network element, and the response message sent by the 3GPP network element is received according to the response message. The operation of the resource includes: receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.

In the mode 4D, the activated MBMS bearer request message includes an attribute “TMGI” and “area information”; the activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network; and the activated MBMS bearer according to the The response message sets an attribute of the resource, including: setting a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address.

The following embodiment is described by taking the case that the resource management request is sent by the AE as an example, and the flow of the management request of the CSE sending resource is similar, and details are not described herein again.

Embodiment 1

In this embodiment, the interaction with the 3GPP network is triggered when the resource is created, and only the TMGI request process is triggered when the creation.

The method for controlling resources provided by this embodiment includes the following steps:

Step 1. The application entity (AE) sends a request for creating a resource to the CSE, where the request message includes:

1) Resource type: group;

Step 2: After receiving the request message, the CSE verifies whether the AE has the right to create the resource of the type;

Step 3: After the verification is passed, the CSE creates a group type resource <Group>, creates an attribute “TMGI (temporary mobile group identifier)”, “expiration time (effective time)”, and the CSE sends a TMGI request (Allocate TMGI Request) message to the 3GPP. The network element, the request message contains:

1) the number of TMGI;

The number of TMGIs may be indicated by the AE in the request message, or the CSE is set according to the local policy. The default value is 1.

Step 4: The CSE receives a response message of the 3GPP network element, where the response message includes:

1) TMGI: the value of TMGI allocated by 3GPP;

2) Validity period: The validity period of TMGI.

Step 5: The CSE sets the value of the received TMGI to the value of the attribute "TMGI" of the resource <Group>, and sets the value of the attribute "expiration time" of the resource <Group> according to the value of the received validity period. For example, you can set the value of the attribute "expiration time" to a value equal to the validity period, and you can also set the value of the attribute "expiration time" to something other than the validity period value.

Embodiment 2

In this embodiment, the interaction with the 3GPP network is triggered when the resource is created, and the TMGI request process and the bearer activation process are triggered when the creation.

1) Resource type: group;

2) Send content: data that needs to be sent;

3) Area information: location information indicating the range of data transmission;

Step 3. After the verification is passed, the CSE creates a group type resource <Group> and creates the attribute "Send within The value is set to the value of the content sent in the request message, the attribute "area information" is created, the value is set to the value of the area information in the request message, and the attributes "TMGI", "expiration time", "flow identifier" are also created. , "Address". (The values of these attributes are not set, and are set according to the process in the subsequent steps.)

Step 4: The CSE sends an Allocate TMGI Request message to the 3GPP network element, where the request message includes:

1) the number of TMGI;

Step 5: The CSE receives a response message of the 3GPP network element, where the response message includes:

1) TMGI: the value of TMGI allocated by 3GPP;

2) Validity period: The validity period of TMGI.

Step 6. The CSE sets the value of the received TMGI to the value of the attribute "TMGI" of the resource <Group>, and sets the value of the received validity period to the value of the attribute "expiration time" of the resource <Group>. For example, you can set the value of the attribute "expiration time" to a value equal to the validity period, and you can also set the value of the attribute "expiration time" to something other than the validity period value.

Step 7: The CSE sends an Activate MBMS bearer Request message to the 3GPP network element, where the request message includes:

1) TMGI: set to the value of the attribute "TMGI" of the resource;

2) Service area: set according to the value of the attribute "area information" of the resource;

This is described as being set according to the attributes of the resource, since the CSE may need to map the value of the attribute to the area information that the 3GPP network can recognize or the 3GPP network defines.

Step 8: The CSE receives a response message of the 3GPP network element, where the response message includes:

1) Flow identification: used to associate a TMGI with a service area;

2) 3GPP network element address: The address and port of the broadcast multicast service center (BM-SC) used to send group messages.

Step 9. The CSE sets the value of the received flow identifier to the value of the attribute “flow identifier”; The received 3GPP network element address is set to the value of the attribute "Address".

Step 10: The CSE check finds that if the resource <Group> does not contain the attribute “flow identifier”, the attribute “stream identifier” is created, and the value of the received stream identifier is set to the value of the attribute; if the attribute “Address” is not included, Create the attribute "Address" and set the received 3GPP network element address to the value of the attribute "Address".

Step 11, the CSE can also check whether the resource has the attribute "bearing status", if it has, set its value to "active", if not, create the attribute "bearing status" and set its value to "active".

Step 12: If the failure message is indicated in the response message received by the CSE in step 9, the CSE sets the value of the attribute "bearing status" to "inactive".

Embodiment 3

In this embodiment, the interaction with the 3GPP network is triggered when the resource is deleted.

Step 1. The AE sends a delete resource request message to the CSE, where the request message includes:

1) The resource ID to be deleted: this embodiment is set as the ID of the resource <Group>;

Step 2: After receiving the request message, the CSE finds the resource <Group> according to the resource ID that needs to be deleted.

Step 3: If the resource includes the attribute “flow identifier”, and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, send a deactivate MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

Step 4: If the resource includes the attribute “TMGI”, and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, send a Deallocate TMGI Request message to the 3GPP network element;

Step 5. The CSE deletes the resource <Group>.

Embodiment 4

In this embodiment, when the "expiration timer" attribute is updated, the handover with the 3GPP network is triggered. mutual.

Step 1. The AE sends an update resource request to the CSE, where the request message includes:

1) Resource ID that needs to be updated: this embodiment is set as the ID of the resource <Group>;

2) expiration time: set to the value that needs to be updated;

Step 2: After receiving the request message, the CSE sends an Allocate TMGI Request message to the 3GPP network element, where the message includes:

1) TMGI: set according to the value of the attribute "TMGI";

2) The number of TMGI: set to 0;

Step 3: The CSE receives a response message sent by the 3GPP network element, where the response message includes:

1) TMGI: the value of TMGI here is the same as the value of TMGI in the request message in step 2;

2) Validity period: the value of the validity period of the 3GPP allocation;

Step 4: The CSE sets the value of the attribute “expiration time” of the resource <Group> according to the value of the received validity period. For example, you can set the value of the attribute "expiration time" to the value of the validity period, and you can also set the value of the attribute "expiration time" to something other than the validity period value.

Embodiment 5

In this embodiment, the interaction with the 3GPP network is triggered by updating the "send content" attribute.

2) Send content: data that needs to be sent;

Or / and,

It should be noted that the relationship between parameter 3) and / and is used here because if The attribute "area information" has been created in the process of creating a resource. This parameter is not required for this link. If the attribute "area information" is not created in the previous process of creating a resource, or this time, the last created area information needs to be changed. Then this parameter is required for this link.

Step 2: After receiving the request message, the CSE checks whether the resource <Group> contains the attribute “send content” according to the resource ID that needs to be updated. If not, the attribute “send content” is created, and the value is set to the request message. Send the value of the content and send an Activate MBMS bearer Request message to the 3GPP network element.

The request message contains:

1) TMGI;

2) Service area (same as described in step 7 of the second embodiment).

Step 3: The CSE receives a response message of the 3GPP network element, where the response message includes:

1) Flow identification: used to associate a TMGI with a service area;

Step 4: The CSE sets the value of the received flow identifier to the value of the attribute “flow identifier”; and sets the received 3GPP network element address to the value of the attribute “Address”.

Step 5: The CSE check finds that if the resource <Group> does not contain the attribute “flow identifier”, the attribute “stream identifier” is created, and the value of the received stream identifier is set to the value of the attribute; if the attribute “Address” is not included, Then, the attribute "Address" is created, and the received 3GPP network element address is set to the value of the attribute "Address".

Embodiment 6

In this embodiment, the interaction with the 3GPP network is triggered by updating the "TMGI" attribute.

This embodiment includes two separate processes, the first one creating the "TMGI" attribute by the update and the second deleting the "TMGI" attribute by the update.

In this embodiment, the process of creating a "TMGI" attribute by updating includes the following steps:

2) TMGI: Its value can be set to any non-null value, such as 1.

Step 2: After receiving the request message, the CSE checks whether the resource <Group> contains the attribute “TMGI” according to the resource ID to be updated. If not, the attribute “TMGI” is created, and the Allocate TMGI Request message is sent to the 3GPP network element. The request message contains:

1) the number of TMGI;

1) TMGI: the value of TMGI allocated by 3GPP;

2) Validity period: The validity period of TMGI.

Step 4: The CSE sets the value of the received TMGI to the value of the attribute "TMGI" of the resource <Group>, and sets the value of the received validity period to the value of the attribute "expiration time" of the resource <Group>.

In this embodiment, the process of deleting the "TMGI" attribute by updating includes the following steps:

Step 5: The AE sends an update resource request to the CSE, where the request message includes:

2) TMGI: set to empty;

Step 6: After receiving the request message, the CSE checks whether the resource <Group> includes the attribute “TMGI” according to the resource ID that needs to be updated. If the value is not empty, the CSE sends a Deallocate TMGI Request message to the 3GPP network element.

Step 7: The CSE receives the response message of the 3GPP network element, and deletes the attribute “TMGI” of the resource <Group>.

Example 7

In this embodiment, the interaction with the 3GPP network is triggered by updating the "Stream Identity" attribute.

This embodiment includes two independent processes, the first one creates a "flow identification" attribute by an update, and the second one deletes the "flow identification" attribute by an update.

In this embodiment, the process of creating a "flow identifier" attribute by updating includes:

2) Flow identification: its value setting can be set to any non-null value;

Step 2: After receiving the request message, the CSE checks whether the resource <Group> contains the attribute “flow identifier” according to the resource ID that needs to be updated. If not, the attribute “flow identifier” is created, and the Activate MBMS bearer Request message is sent to the 3GPP. The network element, the request message contains:

1) TMGI;

2) flow identification;

Step 4: The CSE sets the value of the received flow identifier to the value of the attribute “flow identifier” of the resource <Group>.

In this embodiment, the process of deleting the "flow identifier" attribute by updating includes:

2) Flow identification: set to empty;

Step 6: After receiving the request message, the CSE checks whether the resource <Group> includes the attribute “flow identifier” according to the resource ID that needs to be updated. If the value is not empty, the CSE sends a Deactivate MBMS bearer Request message to the 3GPP network element. ;

Step 7: The CSE receives the response message of the 3GPP network element, and deletes the attribute “flow identifier” of the resource <Group>.

As can be seen from the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the MBMS corresponding to the resource is obtained from the 3GPP network element. The bearer, wherein the resource corresponds to a plurality of user equipments; and the management information of the resources is broadcast to the user equipment corresponding to the resource by using the MBMS bearer.

The broadcasting the management information of the resource to the user equipment corresponding to the resource by using the MBMS bearer, including:

After receiving the management request for the resource, the device sends a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request, and receives a response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and operates the resource according to the response message.

With 3GPP, MBMS can be provided to transmit data in the form of broadcast to devices connected to the 3GPP network without requiring feedback messages from the device to implement data transmission for a group of identical or similar devices, thereby greatly reducing the number of signaling and saving the network. Resources.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a resource control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device shown in Figure 2 includes:

The sending module 201 is configured to: after receiving the management request for the resource, send a request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request;

The receiving module 202 is configured to: receive a response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module 203 is configured to: operate on the resource according to the response message.

among them,

The sending module 201 is configured to: when the management request for the resource is a request for creating a resource, after the request for creating a resource is received and the verification is passed, the attributes “TMGI” and “effective time” of the resource and the resource are created, And sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module 202 is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module 203 is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.

among them,

The processing module 203 is configured to: set a value of a resource attribute “TMGI” to a value of the received TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “effective time” to: Equal to the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

among them,

The sending module 201 is configured to: send an activated MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module 202 is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module 203 is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.

among them,

The processing module 203 is configured to: set a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address.

among them,

The management request for the resource is a request to delete the resource,

The sending module 201 is configured to: if the resource that is requested to be deleted includes the attribute “flow identifier”, and the value of the attribute is not 0 or null, send the deactivated MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element; if the request is deleted The resource contains the attribute "TMGI", and the value of the attribute is not 0 or null, and then sends a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module 201 is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “effective time”, send a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module 202 is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module 203 is configured to: set an attribute “effective time” of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response response message.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module 201 is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “send content”, check whether the attribute “send content” is included in the locality, and if not, create the attribute “send content”, and send the activated MBMS. Carrying a request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module 202 is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

among them,

The processing module 203 is configured to: check whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “flow identifier” and “port address”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “flow identifier” and “port address”, create the attribute “flow identifier” And "port address", setting the value of the attribute "flow identifier" to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, setting the value of the attribute "port address" to the 3GPP network element address; if the attribute of the resource contains the attribute " The flow identifier and the port address directly set the value of the attribute "flow identifier" to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and set the value of the attribute "port address" to the 3GPP network element address.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module 201 is configured to: when the update resource request requests to update the attribute "TMGI" Checking whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “TMGI”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “TMGI”, creating the attribute “TMGI”, and then sending the allocated TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

among them,

The processing module 203 is configured to: set a value of a resource attribute “TMGI” to the received TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “effective time” to be equal to the 3GPP network allocation. The effective time, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.

among them,

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module 201 is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “flow identifier”, check whether the attribute “flow identifier” is included in the attribute of the resource, and if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “flow identifier”, Then, the attribute "stream identifier" is created, and then the activated MBMS bearer request message is sent to the 3GPP network element;

among them,

The device provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the management request for the resource, interacts with the 3GPP network element, and operates the resource by using the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, thereby improving the management efficiency of the resource.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be performed by a program to instruct related hardware, such as a processor, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, disk or optical disk. Wait. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, for example, by implementing an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or may be implemented in the form of a software function module, for example, executing a program stored in the memory by a processor. / instruction to achieve its corresponding function. The invention is not limited to any particular form of hardware and software Combine.

The foregoing is only a specific embodiment of the present application, but the scope of protection of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present application. It should be covered by the scope of protection of this application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the application should be determined by the scope of protection described in the claims.

Industrial applicability

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and a device for controlling a resource. After receiving a management request for a resource, the device performs an operation on the resource by using a response message sent by the 3GPP network element by using an interaction with the 3GPP network element. Resource management efficiency.

Claims

A method of controlling resources, including:

After receiving the management request for the resource, sending a request message to the third-generation partner plan 3GPP network element according to the resource management request, and receiving a response message sent by the 3GPP network element, according to the response message Resources to operate.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The management request for the resource is a request to create a resource,

The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: after receiving the request for creating a resource and verifying the pass, creating the resource and the attribute “temporary mobile group identifier TMGI” and “effective time” of the resource, And sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message includes: receiving an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.
The method of claim 2, wherein

The allocating TMGI response message includes a TMGI and a valid time allocated by the 3GPP network;

And setting the attribute of the resource according to the allocating the TMGI response message, including: setting a value of the attribute “TMGI” of the resource to a value of the received TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “valid time” to : equal to the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.
The method of claim 2, wherein

The created attribute further includes at least one of a flow identifier, a port address, and area information;

The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: sending an activated multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message, including: receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message of the 3GPP network element, and setting a resource attribute according to the activated MBMS bearer response message .
The method of claim 4, wherein

The active MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

And setting the attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message, including: setting a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network. Meta address.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The management request for the resource is a request to delete the resource,

Sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes:

If the resource to be deleted includes the attribute “flow identifier”, and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, sending a deactivated multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

If the resource requested to be deleted includes the attribute "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI", and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, then the TMGI request message is sent to the 3GPP network element.
The method of claim 6 wherein

The deactivated MBMS bearer request message includes a TMGI and a flow identifier;

The TMGI is included in the allocated TMGI request message.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “effective time”, sending a temporary mobility group identity TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message, including: receiving an allocated TMGI response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting a resource attribute according to the allocated TMGI response response message "Effective time".
The method of claim 1 wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

Sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request, including: when When updating the resource request request to update the attribute "send content", it is checked whether the attribute "send content" is included in the local area. If not, the attribute "send content" is created, and the MBMS bearer request message for activating the multimedia broadcast multicast service is sent to the 3GPP network element.

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing the operation on the resource according to the response message, including: receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting a resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message Attributes.
The method of claim 9 wherein

The activated MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

And setting the attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message, including:

Check whether the attribute of the resource contains the attributes "stream ID" and "port address";

If the attribute of the resource does not include the attributes "flow identifier" and "port address", create the attributes "flow identifier" and "port address", and set the value of the attribute "flow identifier" to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, The value of the attribute "port address" is set to the 3GPP network element address;

If the attribute of the resource includes the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”, the value of the attribute “flow identifier” is directly set to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and the value of the attribute “port address” is set to the 3GPP. NE address.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

Sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes:

When the update resource request request updates the attribute "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI", it is checked whether the attribute of the resource contains the attribute "TMGI"; if the attribute of the resource does not contain the attribute "TMGI", the attribute "TMGI" is created And then sending a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving, by the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, the resource according to the response message The source performs operations, including: receiving an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.
The method of claim 11 wherein

The allocating TMGI response message includes a TMGI and a valid time allocated by the 3GPP network;

And setting the attribute of the resource according to the allocating the TMGI response message, including: setting a value of the attribute “TMGI” of the resource to the received TMGI of the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “valid time” to be equal to: The effective time allocated by the 3GPP network is less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

Sending the request message to the 3GPP network element according to the resource management request includes:

When the update resource request request updates the attribute "flow identifier", it is checked whether the attribute "stream identifier" is included in the attribute of the resource, and if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute "stream identifier", the attribute "stream identifier" is created, and then sent Activating a multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

Receiving the response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and performing operations on the resource according to the response message, including:

Receiving an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element, and setting an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.
The method of claim 13 wherein

The activated MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

And setting the attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message, including: setting a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and setting a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network. Meta address.
The method of claim 1, wherein the management request for a resource is received from an application entity AE or received from a public service entity CSE.
A resource control device comprising:

The sending module is configured to: after receiving the management request for the resource, send a request message to the third generation partner plan 3GPP network element according to the resource management request;

The receiving module is configured to: receive a response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: operate the resource according to the response message.
The device according to claim 16, wherein

The sending module is configured to: when the management request for the resource is a request for creating a resource, after the request for creating the resource is received and the verification is passed, the attribute “temporary mobile group identifier TMGI” of the resource and the resource is created and "Effective time", and send a TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.
The device according to claim 17, wherein

The allocating TMGI response message includes a TMGI and a valid time allocated by the 3GPP network;

The processing module is configured to: set a value of a resource attribute “TMGI” to a value of the received TMGI allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “effective time” to be equal to the 3GPP network allocation. Valid time, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.
The device according to claim 17, wherein

The created attribute further includes at least one of a flow identifier, a port address, and area information;

The sending module is configured to: send an activated multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.
The device according to claim 19, wherein

The active MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

The processing module is configured to: set a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address.
The device according to claim 16, wherein

The management request for the resource is a request to delete the resource,

The sending module is configured to send the deactivated multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element if the resource to be deleted includes the attribute “flow identifier” and the value of the attribute is not 0 or null. If the resource requested to be deleted includes the attribute "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI", and the value of the attribute is not 0 or empty, then the TMGI request message is sent to the 3GPP network element.
The device according to claim 21, wherein

The deactivated MBMS bearer request message includes a TMGI and a flow identifier;

The TMGI is included in the allocated TMGI request message.
The device according to claim 16, wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “effective time”, send a temporary mobile group identity TMGI request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute “valid time” of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response response message.
The device according to claim 16, wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request requests to update the attribute “send content”, check whether the attribute “send content” is included in the local, and if not, create the attribute “send” Sending content", sending an activated multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS bearer request message to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.
The device according to claim 24, wherein

The activated MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

The processing module is configured to: check whether the attribute of the resource includes the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attributes “flow identifier” and “port address”, create the attribute “flow identifier” And the "port address", the value of the attribute "flow identifier" is set to the flow identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and the value of the attribute "port address" is set to the 3GPP network element address; if the attribute of the resource contains the attribute "flow" The identifiers and the port addresses directly set the value of the attribute "stream identifier" to the stream identifier assigned by the 3GPP network, and set the value of the attribute "port address" to the 3GPP network element address.
The device according to claim 16, wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “temporary mobile group identifier TMGI”, check whether the attribute of the resource includes the attribute “TMGI”; if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “ TMGI", the attribute "TMGI" is created, and the TMGI request message is sent to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an allocated TMGI response message of the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the allocated TMGI response message.
The device according to claim 26, wherein

The allocating TMGI response message includes a TMGI and a valid time allocated by the 3GPP network;

The processing module is configured to: set a value of a resource attribute “TMGI” to the received TMGI of the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “effective time” to be equal to the effective allocation of the 3GPP network. Time, or less than the effective time allocated by the 3GPP network.
The device according to claim 16, wherein

The management request for the resource is an update resource request;

The sending module is configured to: when the update resource request request updates the attribute “flow identifier”, check whether the attribute “stream identifier” is included in the attribute of the resource, and if the attribute of the resource does not include the attribute “flow identifier”, Create an attribute “flow identifier”, and then send an MBMS bearer request message for activating the multimedia broadcast multicast service to the 3GPP network element;

The receiving module is configured to: receive an activated MBMS bearer response message sent by the 3GPP network element;

The processing module is configured to: set an attribute of the resource according to the activated MBMS bearer response message.
The device according to claim 28, wherein

The activated MBMS bearer request message includes attributes "temporary mobile group identifier TMGI" and "area information";

The activated MBMS bearer response message includes a flow identifier and a 3GPP network element address allocated by the 3GPP network;

The processing module is configured to: set a value of the attribute “flow identifier” to a flow identifier allocated by the 3GPP network, and set a value of the attribute “port address” to the 3GPP network element address.
The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the management request for a resource is received from an application entity AE or received from a public service entity CSE.
A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, implement the resource control method of any one of claims 1 to 15.