WO2016188166A1

WO2016188166A1 - Data traffic management and control method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2016188166A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/074710
Authority: WO
Inventors: 冯苗
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-10-30
Filing date: 2016-02-26
Publication date: 2016-12-01
Also published as: CN106658548A

Abstract

A data traffic management and control method and device. The method comprises: detecting out a network state of a terminal being switched to a second network state from a first network state; carrying out statistics on information about data traffic of the terminal in the second network state; and performing, according to the obtained information about the data traffic of the terminal in the second network state, data traffic management and control. The technical solution of the present invention can be used for carrying out grouping statistics on data traffic in different network states, and is capable of performing data traffic management and control prompt when the network state is switched, thereby avoiding a large number of data traffic expenses caused by excess use of the data traffic, and being beneficial to improvement of user experience.

Description

Data flow control method and device

Technical field

This paper relates to the field of terminal data traffic management and control technology, and in particular, to a terminal data traffic management and control method and device.

Background technique

With the large-scale use of mobile terminal devices and the development of mobile data traffic technology, many mobile terminals are now able to support not only 2G/3G data traffic but also 4G data traffic. However, each operator now performs monthly subscription charging for 3G/2G and 4G traffic, and the terminal does not support separate statistics for 3G/2G and 4G traffic, and 4G or 3G cannot be switched to when switching between 3G/2G and 4G. When the /2G traffic is insufficient, the management and control reminder is performed, which leads to the excessive use of data traffic, which generates a large amount of data traffic service value-added expenses, which is not conducive to user experience.

Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a data flow management and control method and apparatus capable of grouping statistics on data traffic in a non-network state and judging a usage state of an application using data traffic. When the network status is switched, the usage status information of the application is determined, and the data traffic control reminder is made according to the statistical data flow information, so as to avoid excessive use of the data traffic, which is beneficial to improving the user experience.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the following technical solutions are adopted:

A data flow management method includes:

Detecting that the network status of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state;

Counting data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state;

Data traffic control is performed on the terminal according to the statistics of the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state.

Optionally, the step of performing data traffic control on the terminal according to the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state according to the statistics includes:

Comparing the measured data traffic used in the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state with a preset traffic control value;

And when the used data traffic is greater than or equal to the preset traffic control value, performing data traffic reminding on the terminal;

When the used data traffic is less than the preset traffic control value, no data traffic reminder is performed.

Optionally, the step of performing data traffic reminding on the terminal includes:

Obtaining usage status information of the application of the terminal;

Determining, according to the usage status information, whether the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application;

When the application is a real-time application, the data flow reminder only prompts the reminder, and does not pop up the reminder operation window;

When the application is a non-real-time application, a reminder operation window pops up to remind;

The reminder operation window can select to continue to use data traffic or disconnect data traffic.

Optionally, the step of determining whether the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application according to the usage status information includes:

Obtaining the bit rate of the running application;

Matching a bit rate of the application with a guaranteed bit rate in the first network state;

If the matching is successful, determining that the running application is the real-time application;

If the match is not successful, it is determined that the application running is the non-real time application.

Optionally, the method further includes: collecting data traffic information of the terminal in the first network state;

After the step of performing the data traffic reminding, the method further includes: switching the terminal back to the first network according to the collected data traffic information used by the terminal in the first network state.

Optionally, the step of collecting data traffic information of the terminal includes the following statistics: at least one of the following information:

Monthly package traffic, monthly used traffic, daily usage traffic, and remaining traffic.

A data flow control device includes: a detection module, a statistics module, and a control module, wherein

The detecting module is configured to: detect that the network state of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state;

The statistics module is configured to: collect data traffic used by the terminal in the second network state;

The control module is configured to perform data flow control on the terminal according to the collected data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state.

Optionally, the management module is configured to perform data flow control on the terminal according to the collected data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state according to the following manner:

Optionally, the management module is configured to perform data traffic reminding on the terminal according to the following manner:

Obtaining usage status information of the application of the terminal;

Optionally, the management module is configured to obtain usage status information of the application of the terminal according to the following manner:

Obtaining the bit rate of the running application;

Placing a bit rate of the application with a guaranteed bit rate in the first network state Match

Optionally, the statistics module is further configured to: collect data traffic used by the terminal in the first network state;

The control module is further configured to: after performing the data traffic reminding, switch the terminal back to the first network according to the collected data traffic information used by the terminal in the first network state.

Optionally, the statistics module is configured to collect data traffic information of the terminal according to the following manner:

Count at least one of the following information:

A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a terminal, cause the terminal to perform any of the above data flow control methods.

A carrier carrying the computer program as described.

The data flow management and control method and device provided by the embodiments of the present invention can perform packet statistics on data traffic in different network states in the same terminal, and determine the usage state of the running application, and determine the application when the network state is switched. The usage status information is used to make a data flow control reminder according to the statistical information, and the data traffic under different network states can be reasonably used to avoid excessive use of the data traffic, which is beneficial to improving the user experience.

BRIEF abstract

The drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, and constitute a part of the specification, which is used together with the embodiments of the present application to explain the technical solutions of the present invention, and does not constitute a limitation of the technical solutions of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a data flow control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of a data flow control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a schematic diagram of a data flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram of a control module of a data flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment 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.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 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.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a data flow control method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention includes:

Step S10: detecting that the network state of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state;

In this embodiment, the first network state and the second network state respectively belong to different network standards; wherein the first network state refers to a network state used before the network state is switched, and correspondingly, the second Network status refers to the network status that will be used after the network status is switched.

Step S20: Statistics of data traffic used by the terminal in the second network;

Wherein the statistics are performed by the data traffic used by the terminal in the second network and the data traffic used by the terminal in the first network is grouped;

In this embodiment, the method further includes: performing statistics on data traffic used by the terminal in the first network state, so that when the data traffic of the terminal in the second network exceeds the limit, and there is redundant data traffic in the first network, Switch the terminal back to the first network.

Optionally, packet statistics of the data traffic of the terminal in the first network state and the second network state are required.

Step S30: Perform data traffic control according to the data traffic of the terminal in the second network.

For mobile terminals, data traffic statistics in different network states are differentiated according to different standard terminal registration methods, and traffic statistics are completed according to different APN information. In this In an embodiment, the content of group statistics of terminal usage data traffic in the first network state and the second network state includes at least one of the following:

After detecting that the network state of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state, the second network data traffic statistics database is retrieved, and the data traffic value used in the terminal data traffic information of the second network is collected;

The data flow control is performed according to the data traffic of the terminal in the second network, where the control includes:

Comparing the used data traffic in the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network with the preset traffic control value;

And when the used data traffic is equal to or greater than the preset traffic control value, performing data traffic reminding;

The preset traffic control value can be set according to different network states, and the total amount of the data traffic plan can be set by the user according to the needs of the network.

Optionally, the method further includes: after the step of performing the data traffic reminding, switching the terminal back to the first network according to the collected data traffic used by the terminal in the first network state.

2 is a flowchart of a data flow control method according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the used data flow is equal to or greater than the preset flow control value, data is performed. Traffic alerts also include:

Obtaining terminal application usage status information;

Based on the usage status information, it is determined that the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application.

When the application is a real-time application, the data flow reminder only reminds, and does not pop up a reminder operation window;

The reminder operation window may choose to continue to use data traffic or disconnect data traffic.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the determining, according to the usage status information, that the application is Real-time or non-real-time applications also include:

Get the bitrate of the running application;

Matching a bit rate of the application with a Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) in the first network state;

If the matching is successful, determining that the running application is a real-time application; if the matching is unsuccessful, determining that the running application is a non-real-time application;

In order to describe in detail in the embodiment of the present invention, the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application according to the usage status information, and the switching between the 3G/2G data traffic and the 4G data traffic is taken as an example. Carry out a detailed description;

In the 4G network state, the dedicated network resources related to the guaranteed bit rate (GBR) bearer are distinguished from the Quality Class Indicators (QCI). The so-called QCI refers to: QCI can be applied to GBR at the same time. And Non-GBR bearer. A QCI is a value used to specify the control bearer-level packet forwarding mode defined in the access node (such as scheduling weight, admission threshold, queue management threshold, link layer protocol configuration, etc.), which can be preset by the operator. In the network node (such as eNode B). The use of QCI over an interface rather than transmitting a set of QoS parameters is primarily intended to reduce the amount of control signaling data traffic on the interface, and it is easier to use different devices or inter-system interconnections in a multi-vendor interconnect and roaming environment. Therefore, in the 4G network state environment, the bit rate of the running application can be characterized by the QCI running by the application, and the bit rate corresponding to the QCI when it is within the 1-4 level is GBR. Therefore, in the first network state, that is, the 4G network state, when the QIC value of the running application is 1-4, it is determined that the running application is a real-time application, which is simply not supposed to be When the 4G network is switched to the 3G/2G network, when the used data traffic is equal to or greater than the preset management value, only the data traffic reminder is performed, and the reminder operation window is not popped up; correspondingly, when The running application has a QCI value of 1-4, and determines that the running application is a non-real-time application. When the usage data traffic is greater than or equal to the preset management value, a reminder operation window pops up to remind. The reminder window can choose to continue to use data traffic or disconnect data traffic.

In the 2G/3G network state, the bit rate value can be obtained by running the application's Log interaction process to determine whether the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application. When the bit rate value obtained through the log data is not 0, the application is determined to be a real-time application. When the bit rate value obtained through the Log data is 0, it is judged that the application is a non-real time application. When the application is a real-time application, when the 3G/2G network is switched to the 4G network, if the used data traffic is equal to or greater than the preset traffic control value, only the data traffic reminder is performed, and the reminder operation window does not pop up. When the application is a non-real-time application, when the 3G/2G network is switched to the 4G network, if the used data traffic is equal to or greater than the preset traffic control value, the reminder operation window pops up to remind, the reminder window You can choose to continue using data traffic or disconnect data traffic.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a data flow control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the device of the embodiment of the present invention includes:

The detecting module 1 is configured to: detect that the network state of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state;

The statistics module 2 is configured to: collect data traffic used by the terminal in the second network;

The statistics module 2 is further configured to: count data traffic used by the terminal under the first network.

The control module 3 is configured to: perform data flow control according to the data traffic of the terminal under the second network.

In the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the management module 3, as shown in FIG. 4, the reminder module 3 includes: a matching unit 31, a reminding unit 32, and an executing unit 33;

The matching unit 31 is configured to: match the data traffic used by the terminal in the second network and the preset traffic control value by the statistics module 2;

The reminding unit 32 is configured to: when the used data flow is equal to or greater than the flow control value, perform data flow reminding;

The execution unit 33 is configured to perform an operation of the reminder operation window selection.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the management module 3 further includes: an application unit 34 configured to: obtain usage status information of the running application, and determine, according to the usage status information, that the application is a real-time application. Or non-real time applications;

Wherein, determining, according to the usage status information, that the application is a real-time application or a non- Real-time applications include:

Get the bitrate of the running application;

If the matching is successful, it is determined that the running application is a real-time application; if the matching is unsuccessful, it is determined that the running application is a non-real-time application.

In this embodiment, when the application is a real-time application, only the data traffic reminder is performed, and the reminder operation window is not popped up;

When the application is a non-real-time application, a reminder operation window pops up to remind.

The control module 3 is further configured to: after performing the data traffic reminding, switch the terminal back to the first network according to the collected data traffic used by the terminal in the first network state.

A data traffic control method and device according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform group statistics on data traffic in different network states in the same terminal, and determine a usage state of the running application, and determine an application when the network state is switched. The usage status of the program and the data flow management and control reminder according to the statistical information can select the normal operation of the real-time application for the reasonable use of the data traffic of different network states, and avoid the excessive use of the data traffic, which is beneficial to improving the user. Experience.

The embodiment of the invention further discloses a computer program, comprising program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by the terminal, so that the terminal can execute any of the above data flow control methods.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a carrier carrying the computer program.

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

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 using an integrated circuit. The steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. 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.

Variations or substitutions are readily conceivable within the scope of the present invention by those skilled in the art and are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Industrial applicability

The method and device for controlling data traffic provided by the embodiments of the present invention can perform packet statistics on data traffic in different network states in the same terminal, and determine the usage state of the running application, and determine the application when the network state is switched. The status information is used and the data traffic control reminder is made according to the statistical information, so that the data traffic under different network states can be reasonably used to avoid excessive use of the data traffic, which is beneficial to improving the user experience. Therefore, the present invention has strong industrial applicability.

Claims

A data flow management method includes:

Detecting that the network status of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state;

Counting data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state;

Data traffic control is performed on the terminal according to the statistics of the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state.
The data flow control method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing data flow control on the terminal according to the statistical data flow information of the terminal in the second network state comprises:

Comparing the measured data traffic used in the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state with a preset traffic control value;

And when the used data traffic is greater than or equal to the preset traffic control value, performing data traffic reminding on the terminal;

When the used data traffic is less than the preset traffic control value, no data traffic reminder is performed.
The data flow control method according to claim 2, wherein the step of performing data flow reminding on the terminal comprises:

Obtaining usage status information of the application of the terminal;

Determining, according to the usage status information, whether the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application;

When the application is a real-time application, the data flow reminder only prompts the reminder, and does not pop up the reminder operation window;

When the application is a non-real-time application, a reminder operation window pops up to remind;

The reminder operation window can select to continue to use data traffic or disconnect data traffic.
The data flow management method according to claim 3, wherein the step of determining whether the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application according to the usage status information comprises:

Obtaining the bit rate of the running application;

Matching a bit rate of the application with a guaranteed bit rate in the first network state;

If the matching is successful, determining that the running application is the real-time application;

If the match is not successful, it is determined that the application running is the non-real time application.
The data flow control method according to claim 2,

The method further includes: counting data traffic information of the terminal in the first network state;

After the step of performing the data traffic reminding, the method further includes: switching the terminal back to the first network according to the collected data traffic information used by the terminal in the first network state.
The data flow management method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the step of counting data traffic information of the terminal comprises the following statistics: at least one of the following information:

Monthly package traffic, monthly used traffic, daily usage traffic, and remaining traffic.
A data flow control device includes: a detection module, a statistics module, and a control module, wherein

The detecting module is configured to: detect that the network state of the terminal is switched from the first network state to the second network state;

The statistics module is configured to: collect data traffic used by the terminal in the second network state;

The control module is configured to perform data flow control on the terminal according to the collected data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state.
The data flow control device of claim 7, wherein the management module is configured to perform data flow control on the terminal according to the statistics of the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state according to the following manner:

Comparing the measured data traffic used in the data traffic information of the terminal in the second network state with a preset traffic control value;

And when the used data traffic is greater than or equal to the preset traffic control value, performing data traffic reminding on the terminal;

When the used data traffic is less than the preset traffic control value, no data traffic reminder is performed.
The data flow control device according to claim 8, wherein the management module is configured to perform data traffic reminding to the terminal according to the following manner:

Obtaining usage status information of the application of the terminal;

Determining, according to the usage status information, whether the application is a real-time application or a non-real-time application;

When the application is a real-time application, the data flow reminder only prompts the reminder, and does not pop up the reminder operation window;

When the application is a non-real-time application, a reminder operation window pops up to remind;

The reminder operation window can select to continue to use data traffic or disconnect data traffic.
The data flow control device according to claim 9, wherein the management module is configured to acquire usage status information of the application of the terminal as follows:

Obtaining the bit rate of the running application;

Matching a bit rate of the application with a guaranteed bit rate in the first network state;

If the matching is successful, determining that the running application is the real-time application;

If the match is not successful, it is determined that the application running is the non-real time application.
A data flow control device according to claim 8, wherein

The statistics module is further configured to: collect data traffic used by the terminal in the first network state;

The control module is further configured to: after performing the data traffic reminding, switch the terminal back to the first network according to the collected data traffic information used by the terminal in the first network state.
The data flow control device according to any one of claims 7-11, wherein the statistics module is configured to count data traffic information of the terminal according to the following manner:

Count at least one of the following information:

Monthly package traffic, monthly used traffic, daily usage traffic, and remaining traffic.
A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a terminal, cause the terminal to perform the data flow management method of any of claims 1-6.
A carrier carrying the computer program of claim 13.