CN102893634B - Fixed-point service prompting method, device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

A fixed-point service prompting method, equipment and a system are provided. Wherein. A fixed point service prompting method comprises the following steps: a mobility management network element receives a first message from an access network element, wherein the first message carries an identifier of User Equipment (UE); obtaining a service identifier of at least one fixed point service corresponding to the position of the UE; determining whether the fixed-point service prompting needs to be carried out on the UE according to the fixed-point service prompting strategy; if the fixed-point service prompt is required to be carried out on the UE, sending a trigger prompt message carrying the identification of the UE and the service identification of the fixed-point service to be prompted to short message pushing equipment so as to trigger the short message pushing equipment to send the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE; or sending a trigger prompt message carrying the identifier of the UE to an application server corresponding to the fixed point service to be prompted so as to trigger the application server to send the fixed point service prompt message to the UE. The embodiment of the invention provides a scheme which is beneficial to improving the utilization rate of the fixed-point service.

Description

Fixed-point service prompting method, device and system

technical field

The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a fixed-point service prompt method, a mobility management network element and a communication system.

Background technique

In order to improve the wireless access environment and enhance user service experience, operators may configure and provide some fixed-point services in some hotspot areas. For example, an operator may deploy a wireless local area network (WLAN, Wireless Local Area Network) network in some business areas with dense access by users, so as to provide WLAN access services to some users in this area.

At present, there are some common situations in which the usage rate of some fixed-point services provided by certain areas configured to provide fixed-point services is very low, which causes a waste of service resources to a certain extent and may also affect the operating income of operators. For example, data shows that most WLAN hotspots are underutilized. The survey found that the possible reasons for the low utilization rate of some fixed-point services mainly include: a large number of ordinary users entering the area do not know which fixed-point services (WLAN access services) or user equipment (UE, UserEquipment) are provided in the area. It is necessary to search for a specific signal to find out whether the corresponding fixed-point service is provided in the area (for example, to find out whether the area provides a WLAN access service by searching for a WLAN signal), and such an operation is rather cumbersome for some users.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a fixed-point service prompting method, device and system, in order to improve the utilization rate of fixed-point services.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the following technical solutions are provided in the embodiments of the present invention:

A method for prompting a fixed-point service, comprising:

The mobility management network element receives a first message from the access network element, where the first message carries the identifier of the user equipment UE;

Obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE;

Determine whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy;

If it is determined that the UE needs to be reminded of the fixed-point service, then send a trigger reminder message carrying the identifier of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message push device, so as to trigger the short message push device to send the notification to the The UE sends a fixed-point service prompt message; or, sends a trigger prompt message carrying the identity of the UE to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

A mobility management network element, comprising:

A first receiving module, configured to receive a first message from an access network element, where the first message carries an identifier of a user equipment UE;

A first obtaining module, configured to obtain a service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE;

A prompt determination module, configured to determine whether the UE needs to be prompted for a fixed-point service according to a fixed-point service prompt strategy;

A prompt triggering module, configured to send a trigger prompt message carrying the identifier of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message push device when the prompt determination module determines that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE; or, send a trigger prompt message carrying the UE’s identifier to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a prompt message to the UE The UE sends a fixed-point service prompt message.

A communication system comprising:

The access network element is configured to send a first message to a mobility management network element, where the first message carries an identifier of the user equipment UE;

The mobility management network element is configured to receive the first message from the access network element; obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; determine whether the UE needs to be fixed-point according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy Service reminder; if it is determined that the UE needs to be prompted for a fixed-point service, then send a trigger reminder message carrying the identifier of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message push device to trigger the short message push device Sending a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE; or sending a trigger prompt message carrying the identity of the UE to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

It can be seen from the above that in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after the mobility management network element receives the message carrying the UE identifier from the access network element; obtain at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE service identification; and determine whether to perform fixed-point service prompts for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt policy; if it is determined that the UE needs to be provided with fixed-point service prompts, send the identification of the UE and the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted to the short message push device The service identification trigger prompt message to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE can promptly and accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided by the current area, and then quickly provide services for the UE. The accurate initiation of fixed-point services has laid the foundation, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services, reducing the waste of service resources, and increasing the operating income of operators.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that are required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without any creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a fixed-point service prompt method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another method for prompting fixed-point services provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of another method for prompting fixed-point services provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a fixed-point service prompt method provided in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for prompting a fixed-point service provided in Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for prompting a fixed-point service provided in Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a fixed-point service prompting method provided in Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobility management network element provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an access network element provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of another communication system provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention provide a fixed-point service prompting method, device and system.

In the following, specific examples will be used to describe in detail respectively.

In order to make the purpose, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the following The described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

First of all, the access network element referred to in the embodiment of the present invention refers to an entity that can realize the wireless access management function of the user equipment, and the mobility management network element referred to in the embodiment of the present invention refers to the entity that can implement the mobility management logic of the user equipment Functional entities, while access network elements and mobility management network elements may have different names, locations and product forms in different networks.

For example, the access network element mentioned in the following embodiments of the present invention may refer to, for example: an evolved base station (eNodeB) in an evolved universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN, EvolvedUMTSTerritorialRadioAccessNetwork) ), a home base station (HeNB) or other types of base stations; or a base station controller in the UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN, UMTSTerritorialRadioAccessNetwork)/GSMEDGE radio access network (GERAN, GSMEDGERadioAccessNetwork), or a radio network controller (RNC, RadioNetworkController); or it can also refer to an entity having a logic function of a high-rate packet data access network (HRPD-AN, HighRatePacketDataAccessNetwork) access network in a wideband code division multiple access (CDMA, CodeDivisionMultipleAccess) network, a wireless local area network (WLAN, WirelessLocalAreaNetwork ) in the EPDG (EPDG, Evolved Packet Data Gateway) access network logical function entity; Microwave Access Global Interoperability (WiMAX, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) network access service network base station (ASN-BS, AccessServiceNetworkBaseStation) or other networks to achieve The entity for terminal wireless access management.

For example, the mobility management network element mentioned in the embodiment of the present invention may refer to: a mobility management entity MME connected to E-UTRAN, a general packet radio service serving node (SGSN, ServingGPRS (GeneralPacketRadioService) connected to UTRAN/GERAN SupportNode); or the access gateway (AGW, AccessGateway) in the non-3GPP network, the entity ePDG with mobility management logic function in the WLAN, the access service network gateway (ASNGW, AccessServiceNetworkGateway) in the microwave access global interoperability WiMAX network, Or an entity with a mobility management logic function of HRPD-AN in a CDMA network, or an entity that implements a user equipment mobility management logic function in other networks.

The following firstly introduces a fixed-point service prompting method provided by an embodiment of the present invention from the perspective of a mobility management network element.

An embodiment of a fixed-point service notification method in the present invention may include: the mobility management network element receives the first message from the access network element, the first message carries the identifier of the UE; At least one service identifier for fixed-point services; determine whether to perform fixed-point service prompts for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; The trigger reminder message of the service identifier of the fixed-point service to trigger the short message push device to send the fixed-point service reminder message to the UE; The application server is triggered to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

Referring to Figure 1, specific steps may include:

101. The mobility management network element receives the first message from the access network element;

Wherein, the first message carries the identifier of the UE entering the cell served by the access network element, and may also carry the location information of the UE (the location information of the UE indicates the current location of the UE), and the UE carried in the first message The location information of the UE may include one or more of the following information: the cell ID of the cell where the UE is located, the tracking area ID of the tracking area where the UE is located, the routing area ID of the routing area where the UE is located, the location area ID of the location area where the UE is located, the latitude and longitude of the location, etc. Wherein, the first message may be, for example, an attach request (AttachRequest) message, a location update (such as RAURequest or TAURequest, etc.) message, a location report message, or other messages. Wherein, the identifier of the UE carried in the first message may include, for example: at least one of the UE's International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI: InternationalMobileSubscriberIdentificationNumber), Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN, MobileSubscriberInternationalISDN/PSTNnumber) or other identifiers.

When the UE enters the cell served by the access network element, the access network element can report the current location information of the UE to the core network side (for example, the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and the access network report the current location information of the UE), since the current location of the UE is located in the cell served by the access network element that the UE currently enters, the current location information of the UE may include one or more of the following information: The cell ID of the cell, the tracking area ID of the tracking area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the routing area ID of the routing area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the location area ID of the location area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the current latitude and longitude of the UE, etc. .

102. The mobility management network element obtains the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE;

Wherein, for example, if the first message also carries the location information of the UE, the mobility management network element may query the regional service configuration database according to the location information of the UE to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location. Alternatively, if the first message carries the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE, the mobility management network element may obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE from the first message. Service ID. Of course, the mobility management network element can also obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE through other methods.

In one application scenario, the regional service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) configured in multiple regions (such regions can refer to cells, tracking areas or other types of regions). The mobility management network element can obtain the area identifier of the location of the UE according to the location information of the UE, use the area identifier to query the area service configuration database, and obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE. For example, if a certain cell (or tracking area, routing area, location area, etc.) is configured with a WLAN access service, the cell ID (or tracking area ID, routing area ID, location area ID, etc.) and the service ID of the WLAN access service as a record, the mobility management network element can use the cell ID (or tracking area ID, routing area ID, location area ID, etc.) to query the area service configuration database to obtain the cell ( or the service identifier of the WLAN access service configured in the tracking area, routing area, location area, etc.).

Wherein, if the regional service configuration database is dedicated to the mobility management network element, the regional service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in the region accessible to the mobility management network element, if the region The service configuration database is shared by multiple mobility management network elements, and the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in areas accessible to each mobility management network element can be recorded in the area service configuration database.

Wherein, the regional service configuration database can be deployed in the mobility management network element, or can also be deployed in the HSS, other core network equipment or independently.

103. The mobility management network element determines whether to perform a fixed-point service notification for the UE according to the fixed-point service notification policy.

In practical applications, the prompting strategy for fixed-point services can be formulated based on one or more of the following references: UE capability (such as whether the UE supports certain services) information, UE subscription information, local configuration of mobility management network elements, etc. .

Taking the WLAN access service as an example, if the communication capability of the UE allows (the UE supports WLAN access) and the UE has subscribed to the WLAN access service, the mobility management network element can determine that the corresponding WLAN access service needs to be performed on the UE. Point-to-point service notification, that is, to confirm that the cell where the UE is currently located provides WLAN access services. Alternatively, if the communication capability of the UE is not allowed (the UE does not support WLAN access), and/or the UE has not subscribed to the WLAN access service (or the subscription quota (such as duration/traffic) has been exhausted), the mobility management network element can determine There is no need to prompt the UE for a fixed-point service corresponding to the WLAN access service, that is, it is determined that there is no need to prompt the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, within a set time period (such as 30 minutes or 1 hour, etc.), the mobility management network element has given the UE a fixed-point service prompt for the corresponding WLAN access service when the UE enters the same area, that is, it has sent The UE prompts the current area to provide WLAN access services (the mobility management network element can record the history of the fixed-point service notification to the UE, so as to determine whether it needs to be prompted again according to the frequency of the previous fixed-point service notification for the UE), then this At this time, the mobility management network element may determine that there is no need to prompt the UE to provide the WLAN access service in the current area.

For another example, the mobility management network element can pre-configure users in certain number ranges (the terminal identifier includes a certain number range 1) to have a certain service function (such as WLAN access service), and users in this number range can perform For fixed-point service prompts (such as WLAN access service prompts), the mobility management network element can determine whether to perform fixed-point service prompts for the UE according to the number segment corresponding to the UE.

104. If the mobility management network element determines that it is necessary to prompt the fixed-point service for the above-mentioned UE, it sends a trigger prompt message carrying the identifier of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be notified to the short message push device, so as to trigger the push of the short message The device sends a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE; or sends a trigger prompt message carrying the UE's identity to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

In practical applications, the short message push device may be, for example, a short message platform or other core network devices capable of pushing short messages.

In addition, the trigger prompt message sent by the mobility management network element to the short message platform may also carry information about the available quota (such as duration/traffic, etc.) of the UE corresponding to the fixed-point service.

Further, the short message push device or the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service can generate a fixed-point service prompt message, and push the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged. Wherein, the fixed-point service prompt message generated by the short message push device or the application server and pushed to the UE is used to remind the UE of one or more fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) In this way, one or more fixed-point services provided in the current area can be promptly and accurately known. Wherein, the fixed-point service prompt message may include, for example: the service identifier of the fixed-point service (or other UE-recognizable fixed-point service indication information), and the available quota (such as duration/traffic, etc.) information of the fixed-point service.

It can be seen from the above that, in this embodiment, after the mobility management network element receives the message from the access network element carrying the identifier of the UE entering the cell served by the access network element; it obtains at least one UE corresponding to the location of the UE. The service identifier of the fixed-point service; and determine whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; A trigger reminder message of the service identifier of the fixed-point service, or send a trigger reminder message carrying the UE's identifier to the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the short message push device or the application server to send the fixed-point service reminder message to the UE , based on this mechanism, the UE can timely and accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided by the current area, thereby laying the foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services and is conducive to Reduce the waste of service resources and increase the operating income of operators.

From the perspective of the access network element, another method for prompting the fixed-point service provided by the embodiment of the present invention is introduced below. Another embodiment of the fixed-point service prompting method of the present invention may include: after the access network element finds that the UE has entered the service cell, query the regional service configuration database to obtain at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the location of the UE ; sending a second message to the mobility management network element, where the second message carries the identity of the UE and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE.

Referring to Figure 2, specific steps may include:

201. After the access network element finds that the UE has entered the service cell, it queries the regional service configuration database to obtain at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the location of the UE;

In practical applications, when the UE enters the cell served by the access network element (it can be considered that the location or working status of the UE has changed), the access network element can obtain the location information of the UE; the access network element can, for example, query The area service configuration database obtains the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE, wherein multiple areas can be recorded in the area service configuration database (wherein, the area here can refer to a cell, a tracking area, or other types of Area) configuration of various fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) service identification, therefore, the access network element can obtain the area identification of the location of the UE according to the location information of the UE, and use the area identification to query the area service configuration database , obtaining the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE. For example, if a certain cell (or tracking area, routing area, location area, etc.) served by the access network element is configured with WLAN access service, the cell ID (or tracking area ID, routing area identifier, location area identifier, etc.) and the service identifier of the WLAN access service as one of its records, and the access network element can use the cell identifier (or tracking area identifier, routing area identifier, location area identifier, etc.) to query the area service configuration database , to obtain the service identifier of the WLAN access service configured in the cell (or tracking area, routing area, location area, etc.).

Wherein, if the area service configuration database is dedicated to the access network element, the area service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services in the area configuration accessible to the access network element, if the area service configuration If the database is shared by multiple access network elements, then the regional service configuration database can record service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in regions accessible by each access network element.

Wherein, the regional service configuration database can be deployed in the access network element, or can also be deployed in other access network equipment or other core network equipment, and the access network element can obtain the regional service configuration database from it when needed, or, The access network element can use the cell ID (or tracking area ID, etc.) to query the device maintaining the area service configuration database, and then obtain the service ID of the WLAN access service configured in the cell (or tracking area, routing area, location area, etc.) Ask it.

202. The access network element sends a second message to the mobility management network element, where the second message carries the identity of the UE and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE.

In practical applications, the second message may be, for example, an AttachRequest message, a TAURequest message, a location reporting message, or other messages. Wherein, the identifier of the UE carried in the second message may include, for example, one or more of the following identifiers: the MSISDN number of the UE, the IMSI of the UE, other identifiers of the UE, and the like.

Further, the second message may also carry the location information of the UE. The location information of the UE includes, for example, one or more of the following information: the cell identifier of the cell where the UE is located, the tracking area identifier of the tracking area where the UE is located, and the route where the UE is located. The routing area identifier of the area, the location area identifier of the location area where the UE is located, the latitude and longitude of the location where the UE is located, and the like. For example, the access network element can automatically report the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes, and/or the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and the access network element reports the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes .

In this scenario, after the mobility management network element receives the first message from the access network element that carries the identity of the UE entering the cell served by the access network element and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE, After receiving a message, it can be determined according to the fixed-point service prompt policy whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service; if it is determined that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, then the mobility management network element can further push the device corresponding to the fixed-point service to the short message The application server of the mobile device sends a trigger notification message carrying the identification of the UE and the service identification of the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted, so as to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE; or to the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted Sending a trigger prompt message carrying the identity of the UE to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE. The short message push device or the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted can generate a fixed-point service prompt message, and push the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged.

It can be seen from the above that after the access network element in this embodiment finds that the UE has entered the service cell, it queries the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; The element sends a message carrying the identity of the UE and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE, so that the mobility management network element can receive the message from the access network element. Trigger the fixed-point service prompt for the UE, which can lay the foundation for the UE to know the fixed-point service provided by the current area in a timely and accurate manner, and then lay the foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate the fixed-point service, which is conducive to improving the use of fixed-point services The efficiency is beneficial to reduce the waste of service resources and increase the operating income of operators.

From the perspective of a mobility management network element, another method for prompting a fixed-point service provided by an embodiment of the present invention is introduced below.

Another embodiment of the fixed-point service notification method of the present invention may include: the mobility management network element receives the second message from the access network element, and the second message carries the information of the UE entering the cell served by the access network element ID and the service ID of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell; determine whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service prompt policy; if it is determined that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, then send the A trigger notification message that carries the identity of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted, so as to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE; The prompt message triggered by the identifier of the UE is used to trigger the application server to send the point-to-point service prompt message to the UE.

Referring to Figure 3, specific steps may include:

301. The mobility management network element receives the second message from the access network element;

Wherein, the second message carries the identity of the UE entering the cell served by the access network element and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service configured in the cell;

In practical applications, the second message may be, for example, an AttachRequest message, a TAURequest message, a location reporting message, or other messages. Wherein, the identifier of the UE carried in the second message may include, for example, one or more of the following identifiers: the MSISDN number of the UE, the IMSI of the UE, other identifiers of the UE, and the like.

Further, the second message may also carry the location information of the UE. The location information of the UE includes, for example, one or more of the following information: the cell identifier of the cell where the UE is located, the tracking area identifier of the tracking area where the UE is located, and the route where the UE is located. The routing area identifier of the area, the location area identifier of the location area where the UE is located, the latitude and longitude of the location where the UE is located, and the like. For example, the access network element can automatically report the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes, and/or, the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and the access network element reports the current location of the UE when the location of the UE changes information.

302. The mobility management network element determines whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt policy;

Wherein, the implementation process of step 302 may be similar to that of step 103, and will not be repeated here.

303. If the mobility management network element determines that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, it sends a trigger prompt message carrying the UE's identifier and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message push device to trigger the short message The push device sends a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE; or, sends a trigger prompt message carrying the UE's identifier to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

In practical applications, the short message push device may be, for example, a short message platform or other core network devices capable of pushing short messages.

In addition, the trigger prompt message sent by the mobility management network element to the short message platform may also carry information about the available quota (such as duration/traffic, etc.) of the UE corresponding to the fixed-point service.

Further, the short message push device or the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted can generate a fixed-point service prompt message, and push the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged. Among them, the short message push device or the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted generates and pushes the fixed-point service reminder message to the UE, which is used to remind the UE of one or more fixed-point services (such as WLAN access) provided in the current area. services, etc.), based on which the UE can timely and accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided in the current area. Wherein, the prompt message of the fixed-point service may include: the service identifier of the fixed-point service (or other indication information of the fixed-point service recognizable by the UE), and the available quota (such as duration/traffic, etc.) information of the fixed-point service.

It can be seen from the above that after the mobility management network element in this embodiment receives a message from the access network element that carries the identity of the UE and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; according to the fixed-point service The prompt policy determines whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service; if it is determined that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, then a trigger prompt message carrying the identity of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted is sent to the short message push device, Or, send a trigger notification message carrying the identity of the UE to the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted, so as to trigger the short message push device or the application server to send the fixed-point service reminder message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE can timely Accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided in the current area, and then lay the foundation for UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services, reducing the waste of service resources, and improving operation. business operating income.

Embodiment one

In order to facilitate a better understanding of the technical solution for implementing the embodiments of the present invention, the following mainly takes the process of the mobility management network element triggering the short message platform to perform fixed-point service prompts for the UE under the architecture of the Evolved Packet Domain System (EPS, EvolvedPacketSystem) as follows: example, for further details.

Wherein, this embodiment takes the deployment of the regional service configuration database in the access network as an example.

Referring to Figure 4, the specific steps may include:

401. The UE sends an AttachRequest or a TAURequest to the core network through the eNodeB;

When the UE needs to attach to the network AttachRequest, it can send the AttachRequest to the core network through the eNodeB to initiate the network attachment process. Alternatively, when the UE needs to update its location, it can send a TAURequest (or RAURequest) to the core network through the eNodeB to initiate a location update procedure.

Wherein, the AttachRequest or TAURequest sent by the UE may carry the identity of the UE, and the identity of the UE carried may include, for example, one or more of: the MSISDN number of the UE, the IMSI of the UE, or other identifiers of the UE.

402. The eNodeB forwards the AttachRequest or the TAURequest to the MME;

Where the UE enters the cell served by the eNodeB (the location of the UE changes), the eNodeB can report the current location information of the UE to the core network side (the eNodeB can automatically report the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes, and/or , the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and reports the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes). Since the current location of the UE is the cell served by the eNodeB that the UE is currently entering, the current location information of the UE may include the following One or more types of information: the cell ID of the cell currently entered by the UE, the tracking area ID of the tracking area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the routing area ID of the routing area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the location of the cell currently entered by the UE The location area identifier of the area, the latitude and longitude where the UE is currently located, etc.

Among them, if the regional service configuration database is deployed on the eNodeB (the regional service configuration database records the service identifiers of various fixed-point services corresponding to the cell, if the cell is correspondingly configured with the WLAN access service, the regional service configuration database can record the WLAN access Incoming service service identifier), the eNodeB may query the regional service configuration database to obtain at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the cell.

Wherein, if the area service configuration database is dedicated to the eNodeB, the area service configuration database may record service identifiers of various fixed-point services in the area configuration accessible to the eNodeB; if the area service configuration database is shared by multiple eNodeBs , then the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in areas accessible by each eNodeB can be recorded in the area service configuration database.

In practical applications, the eNodeB may add the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell in the AttachRequest or TAURequest sent to the MME, or may also add the current location information of the UE. In addition, the eNodeB can also carry the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured in the cell and the current location information of the UE in the location report message or other messages, and send it to the MME.

In this embodiment, it is mainly taken that the eNodeB adds the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell and the current location information of the UE in messages such as AttachRequest or TAURequest as an example.

403. The MME receives the AttachRequest or the TAURequest, and determines whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt policy.

In practical applications, the prompting strategy for the fixed-point service may be formulated based on one or more reference quantities such as communication capability of the UE, subscription information of the UE, local configuration of the MME, and the like.

Taking the WLAN access service as an example, if the communication capability of the UE is allowed (the UE supports WLAN access), and the UE has subscribed to the WLAN access service, the MME can determine that it is necessary to provide a fixed-point service prompt for the corresponding WLAN access service to the UE , that is, it is determined to prompt the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, if the communication capability of the UE is not allowed (the UE does not support WLAN access), and/or the UE has not subscribed to the WLAN access service (or the subscription traffic has been exhausted), the MME may determine that there is no need to perform corresponding WLAN access for the UE The fixed-point service notification of the service means that it is determined that there is no need to remind the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, within a set period of time (for example, 30 minutes, 1 hour), the MME has notified the UE of the fixed-point service corresponding to the WLAN access service when the UE has entered the same cell, that is, it has notified the UE of the current WLAN access service. The cell where the cell is located provides WLAN access service (the MME can record the history of the fixed-point service notification to the UE, so as to decide whether to notify this time according to the frequency of the fixed-point service notification to the UE before), then the MME can determine that there is no need to send a notification to the UE at this time. The UE prompts the current cell to provide the WLAN access service.

For another example, users with certain number segments can be pre-configured (terminal identifiers include a certain number 1 segment) all have a certain service function (such as WLAN access service), and all need to perform fixed-point service prompts (such as WLAN access service prompts) ), the MME determines whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the number segment corresponding to the UE.

In addition, if the MME does not currently have the UE's subscription data, the MME can obtain the UE's subscription data and the duration/traffic quota information of the UE's current (such as current month or current) available services (such as WLAN access services) from the HSS or other devices. The subscription data may include: UE capability (such as UE model) information and subscription information.

404. If the MME determines that the UE needs to be reminded of the fixed-point service, it sends a trigger reminder message carrying the identity of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message platform, so as to trigger the short message platform to send the fixed-point service to the UE. Service prompt message.

In addition, the trigger notification message sent by the MME to the short message platform may also carry information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the UE corresponding to the fixed-point service.

405. The short message platform generates a fixed-point service prompt message, and pushes the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged.

Wherein, the fixed-point service reminder message generated by the short message platform and pushed to the UE is used to remind the UE of one or more fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) provided by the current cell, and the fixed-point service reminder message can be It includes: the service identifier of the fixed-point service (or other indication information of the fixed-point service recognizable by the UE), and may also include information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the fixed-point service.

It can be seen from the above that in this embodiment, after the eNodeB finds that the UE has entered the cell it serves, it queries the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; sends a message carrying the UE to the MME A message that identifies at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the location of the UE. After receiving the message from the eNodeB, the MME determines whether to provide a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; When the UE performs a fixed-point service reminder, it sends a trigger reminder message carrying the UE's identifier and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message push device, so as to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE, based on the The UE can timely and accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided by the current area, which lays the foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services and reducing service resources. waste and increase the operator's operating income.

Embodiment two

In order to better understand the implementation of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following takes the process of the core network triggering the short message platform to prompt the UE for fixed-point service under the GPRS/UMTS architecture as an example to make a further detailed introduction. Wherein, the deployment of the regional service configuration database on the access network is taken as an example.

Referring to Figure 5, the specific steps may include:

501. The UE sends an AttachRequest or RAURequest to the core network through the RAN;

When the UE needs to attach to the network AttachRequest, it can send the AttachRequest to the core network through the eNodeB to initiate the network attachment process. Alternatively, when the UE needs to update its location, it can send a TAURequest (or RAURequest) to the core network through the eNodeB to initiate a location update procedure.

Wherein, the AttachRequest or RAURequest sent by the UE may carry the identity of the UE, and the identity of the UE carried may include, for example, one or more of: the MSISDN number of the UE, the IMSI of the UE, or other identifiers of the UE.

502. The RAN forwards the AttachRequest or the RAURequest to the SGSN;

Where the UE enters the cell served by the RAN (the location of the UE changes), the RAN can report the current location information of the UE to the core network side (the RAN can automatically report the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes, and/or , the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and reports the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes). Since the current location of the UE is a cell served by the RAN that the UE is currently entering, the current location information of the UE may include One or more of the following information: the cell identity of the cell currently entered by the UE, the tracking area identity of the tracking area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the routing area identity of the routing area of the cell currently entered by the UE, the The location area identifier of the location area, the current longitude and latitude of the UE, and so on.

Among them, if the regional service configuration database is deployed on the RAN (the regional service configuration database records the service identifiers of various fixed-point services corresponding to the configuration of the cell, if the cell is correspondingly configured with the WLAN access service, the regional service configuration database can record the WLAN access Incoming service service identifier), then the RAN can query the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell.

Wherein, if the regional service configuration database is dedicated to the RAN, the regional service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services in the regional configuration accessible to the RAN; if the regional service configuration database is shared by multiple RANs If yes, then the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in areas accessible by each RAN can be recorded in the area service configuration database.

In practical applications, the RAN may add at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the cell to the AttachRequest or RAURequest sent to the SGSN, or may also add the current location information of the UE. In addition, the RAN may also carry the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell and the current location information of the UE in the location report message or other messages, and send it to the SGSN.

In this embodiment, it is mainly taken that the RAN adds the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell and the current location information of the UE in the AttachRequest or RAURequest and other messages as an example.

503. The SGSN receives the AttachRequest or the RAURequest; and determines whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt policy.

In practical applications, the prompting strategy for the fixed-point service may be formulated based on one or more reference quantities such as communication capability of the UE, subscription information of the UE, local configuration of the SGSN, and the like.

Taking the WLAN access service as an example, if the communication capability of the UE allows (the UE supports WLAN access), and the UE has subscribed for the WLAN access service, the SGSN can determine that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service of the corresponding WLAN access service , that is, it is determined to prompt the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, if the communication capability of the UE is not allowed (the UE does not support WLAN access), and/or the UE has not subscribed to the WLAN access service (or the subscription traffic has been exhausted), the SGSN may determine that there is no need to perform corresponding WLAN access for the UE The fixed-point service notification of the service means that it is determined that there is no need to remind the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, within a set period of time (for example, 30 minutes, 1 hour), the SGSN has prompted the UE for a fixed-point service corresponding to the WLAN access service when the UE has entered the same cell, that is, it has notified the UE of the current WLAN access service. The cell where the cell is located provides WLAN access services (the SGSN can record the history of prompting the UE for fixed-point services, so as to decide whether to prompt this time according to the frequency of the previous prompts for fixed-point services to the UE), then the SGSN can determine that there is no need to notify the UE at this time. The UE prompts the cell where it is currently located to provide WLAN access services.

For another example, users with certain number segments can be pre-configured (terminal identifiers include a certain number 1 segment) all have a certain service function (such as WLAN access service), and all need to perform fixed-point service prompts (such as WLAN access service prompts) ), the SGSN determines whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the number segment corresponding to the UE.

In addition, if the SGSN does not currently have the subscription data of the UE, the SGSN can obtain the subscription data of the UE from the HSS or other devices. The subscription data may include: UE capability (such as UE model) information and subscription information, and may also include UE current ( Quota information such as duration/traffic of available services (such as WLAN access services) such as the current month or current day.

504. If the SGSN determines that the UE needs to be reminded of the fixed-point service, it sends a trigger prompt message carrying the identity of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message platform, so as to trigger the short message platform to send the fixed-point service to the UE. Service prompt message.

In addition, the trigger prompt message sent by the SGSN to the short message platform may also carry information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the UE corresponding to the fixed-point service.

505. The short message platform generates a fixed-point service prompt message, and pushes the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged.

Wherein, the fixed-point service reminder message generated by the short message platform and pushed to the UE is used to remind the UE of one or more fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) provided by the current cell, and the fixed-point service reminder message can be It includes: the service identifier of the fixed-point service (or other indication information of the fixed-point service recognizable by the UE), and may also include information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the fixed-point service.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, after discovering that the UE has entered its serving cell, the RAN queries the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; The message of at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the location, after receiving the message from the RAN, the SGSN determines whether to perform fixed-point service prompts for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; if it is determined that the UE needs to be fixed-point Service reminder, then send to the short message push device a trigger reminder message that carries the identity of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted, so as to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE It can timely and accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided by the current area, which lays a foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services and reducing the waste of service resources. Increase the operator's operating income.

Embodiment three

In order to better understand the technical solution for implementing the embodiments of the present invention, the following mainly takes the process of the core network triggering the short message platform to prompt the UE for fixed-point service under the evolved packet domain system (EPS) architecture as an example, and further details introduction.

Wherein, the deployment of the regional service configuration database on the core network is taken as an example.

Referring to Figure 6, specific steps may include:

601. The UE sends an AttachRequest or a TAURequest to the core network through the eNodeB;

Wherein, step 501 may be the same as step 301 .

602. The eNodeB forwards the AttachRequest or the TAURequest to the MME;

Where the UE enters the cell served by the eNode (the location of the UE changes), the eNodeB can report the current location information of the UE to the core network side (the eNodeB can automatically report the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes, and/or , if the UE enters the pre-configured cell, and/or, the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and reports the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes), since the current location of the UE is the eNodeB that the UE currently enters The serving cell, so the current location information of the UE may include one or more of the following information: the cell ID of the cell the UE currently enters, the tracking area ID of the tracking area of the cell the UE currently enters, the latitude and longitude of the UE's current location, etc. wait.

In practical applications, the eNodeB can add the current location information of the UE to the AttachRequest or TAURequest sent to the MME. In addition, the eNodeB can also carry the current location information of the UE in the location report message or other messages, and send it to the MME.

In this embodiment, it is mainly taken as an example that the eNodeB adds the current location information of the UE in messages such as AttachRequest or TAURequest.

603. The MME receives the AttachRequest or the TAURequest, the MME queries the regional service configuration database, and obtains the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell where the UE is currently located;

Wherein, the regional service configuration database can be deployed in the MME, or can also be deployed in the HSS or other core network equipment.

Wherein, if the regional service configuration database is dedicated to the MME, the regional service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services in the regional configuration accessible to the MME; if the regional service configuration database is shared by multiple MMEs If yes, then the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in areas accessible by each MME can be recorded in the area service configuration database.

The regional service configuration database records the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured corresponding to the cell. For example, if a cell is configured with WLAN access service, the regional service configuration database can record the identifier of the cell and the service identifier of the WLAN access service. , the MME may query the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell.

604. The MME determines whether to prompt the UE for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service notification policy.

In an application scenario, the prompting strategy for the fixed-point service may be formulated based on one or more reference quantities such as communication capability of the UE, subscription information of the UE, and local configuration of the MME.

Taking the WLAN access service as an example, if the communication capability of the UE is allowed (the UE supports WLAN access), and the UE has subscribed to the WLAN access service, the MME can determine that it is necessary to provide a fixed-point service prompt for the corresponding WLAN access service to the UE , that is, it is determined to prompt the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, if the communication capability of the UE is not allowed (the UE does not support WLAN access), and/or the UE has not subscribed to the WLAN access service (or the subscription traffic has been exhausted), the MME may determine that there is no need to perform corresponding WLAN access for the UE The fixed-point service notification of the service means that it is determined that there is no need to remind the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, within a set period of time (for example, 30 minutes, 1 hour), the MME has notified the UE of the fixed-point service corresponding to the WLAN access service when the UE has entered the same cell, that is, it has notified the UE of the current WLAN access service. The cell where the cell is located provides WLAN access service (the MME can record the history of the fixed-point service notification to the UE, so as to decide whether to notify this time according to the frequency of the fixed-point service notification to the UE before), then the MME can determine that there is no need to send a notification to the UE at this time. The UE prompts the current cell to provide the WLAN access service.

For another example, users with certain number segments can be pre-configured (terminal identifiers include a certain number 1 segment) all have a certain service function (such as WLAN access service), and all need to perform fixed-point service prompts (such as WLAN access service prompts) ), the MME determines whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the number segment corresponding to the UE.

In addition, if the MME does not currently have the UE's subscription data, the MME can obtain the UE's subscription data from the HSS or other devices. The subscription data may include: UE capability (such as UE model) information and subscription information, and may also include the UE's current month subscription data. Quota information such as duration/traffic of available services (such as WLAN access services).

605. If the MME determines that the UE needs to be reminded of the fixed-point service, it sends a trigger reminder message carrying the identity of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message platform, so as to trigger the short message platform to send the fixed-point service to the UE. Service prompt message.

In addition, the trigger notification message sent by the MME to the short message platform may also carry information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the UE corresponding to the fixed-point service.

606. The short message platform generates a fixed-point service prompt message, and pushes the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged.

Wherein, the fixed-point service reminder message generated by the short message platform and pushed to the UE is used to remind the UE of one or more fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) provided by the current cell, and the fixed-point service reminder message can be It includes: the service identifier of the fixed-point service (or other indication information of the fixed-point service recognizable by the UE), and may also include information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the fixed-point service.

It can be seen from the above that in this embodiment, after receiving the message from the eNodeB that carries the identity of the UE entering the cell served by the eNodeB and the location information of the UE, the MME queries the area service configuration database according to the location information of the UE to obtain The service identification of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; and determine whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; if it is determined that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, then send it to the short message push device A trigger reminder message carrying the UE's identity and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE can promptly and accurately know the information provided by the current area. One or more fixed-point services lay a foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services, reducing the waste of service resources, and increasing the operating income of operators.

Embodiment four

In order to better understand the implementation of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following takes the process of the core network triggering the short message platform to prompt the UE for fixed-point service under the GPRS/UMTS architecture as an example to make a further detailed introduction.

Wherein, this embodiment takes the deployment of the regional service configuration database on the core network as an example.

Referring to Figure 7, the specific steps may include:

701. The UE sends an AttachRequest or RAURequest to the core network through the RAN;

Wherein, step 601 may be the same as step 401 .

702. The RAN forwards the AttachRequest or the RAURequest to the SGSN;

Where the UE enters the cell served by the RAN (the location of the UE changes), the RAN can report the current location information of the UE to the core network side (the RAN can automatically report the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes, and/or , if the UE enters a pre-configured cell, and/or, the core network subscribes to the terminal location change reporting event, and reports the current location information of the UE when the location of the UE changes), since the current location of the UE is the RAN that the UE currently enters The serving cell, therefore, the current location information of the UE may include one or more of the following information: the cell identity of the cell the UE is currently entering, the tracking area identity of the tracking area of the cell the UE is currently entering, the cell identity of the cell the UE is currently entering The routing area identifier of the routing area to which the UE belongs, the location area identifier of the location area of the cell the UE currently enters, the longitude and latitude of the UE's current location, and the like.

In practical applications, the RAN can add the current location information of the UE to the AttachRequest or RAURequest sent to the SGSN. In addition, the RAN may also carry the current location information of the UE in the location reporting message or other messages, and send it to the SGSN.

In this embodiment, it is mainly taken as an example that the RAN adds the current location information of the UE in messages such as AttachRequest or RAURequest.

703. The SGSN receives the AttachRequest or the RAURequest, the SGSN queries the regional service configuration database, and obtains the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell where the UE is currently located;

Wherein, the regional service configuration database can be deployed in the SGSN, or can also be deployed in the HSS or other core network equipment.

The regional service configuration database records the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured corresponding to the cell. For example, if a cell is configured with WLAN access service, the regional service configuration database can record the identifier of the cell and the service identifier of the WLAN access service. , the SGSN can query the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service configured corresponding to the cell.

Wherein, if the regional service configuration database is dedicated to the SGSN, the regional service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in the region accessible to the SGSN; if the regional service configuration database is shared by multiple SGSNs If yes, then the regional service configuration database can record the service identifiers of various fixed-point services configured in regions accessible by each SGSN.

704. The SGSN determines whether to prompt the UE for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service notification policy.

In an application scenario, the prompting strategy for the fixed-point service may be formulated based on one or more reference quantities such as communication capability of the UE, subscription information of the UE, and local configuration of the MME.

Taking the WLAN access service as an example, if the communication capability of the UE allows (the UE supports WLAN access), and the UE has subscribed for the WLAN access service, the SGSN can determine that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service of the corresponding WLAN access service , that is, it is determined to prompt the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, if the communication capability of the UE is not allowed (the UE does not support WLAN access), and/or the UE has not subscribed to the WLAN access service (or the subscription traffic has been exhausted), the SGSN may determine that there is no need to perform corresponding WLAN access for the UE The fixed-point service notification of the service means that it is determined that there is no need to remind the cell where the UE is currently located to provide the WLAN access service. Alternatively, within a set period of time (for example, 30 minutes, 1 hour), the SGSN has prompted the UE for a fixed-point service corresponding to the WLAN access service when the UE has entered the same cell, that is, it has notified the UE of the current WLAN access service. The cell where the cell is located provides WLAN access services (the SGSN can record the history of prompting the UE for fixed-point services, so as to decide whether to prompt this time according to the frequency of the previous prompts for fixed-point services to the UE), then the SGSN can determine that there is no need to notify the UE at this time. The UE prompts the current cell to provide the WLAN access service.

For another example, users with certain number segments can be pre-configured (terminal identifiers include a certain number 1 segment) all have a certain service function (such as WLAN access service), and all need to perform fixed-point service prompts (such as WLAN access service prompts) ), the SGSN determines whether to perform fixed-point service prompts for the UE according to the number segment corresponding to the UE.

In addition, if the SGSN currently does not have the subscription data of the UE, the SGSN can obtain the subscription data of the UE from the HSS or other devices. The subscription data may include: UE capability (such as UE model) information and subscription information, and may also include the UE's current month subscription data. Quota information such as duration/traffic of available services (such as WLAN access services).

705. If the SGSN determines that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, it sends a trigger prompt message carrying the UE's identifier and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message platform, so as to trigger the short message platform to send the fixed-point service to the UE. Service prompt message.

In addition, the trigger prompt message sent by the SGSN to the short message platform may also carry information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the UE corresponding to the fixed-point service.

706. The short message platform generates a fixed-point service prompt message, and pushes the fixed-point service prompt message to the UE after the UE is paged.

Wherein, the fixed-point service reminder message generated by the short message platform and pushed to the UE is used to remind the UE of one or more fixed-point services (such as WLAN access services, etc.) provided by the current cell, and the fixed-point service reminder message can be It includes: the service identifier of the fixed-point service (or other indication information of the fixed-point service recognizable by the UE), and may also include information such as the available service duration/traffic amount of the fixed-point service.

It can be seen from the above that in this embodiment, after receiving the message from the RAN that carries the identity of the UE entering the cell served by the RAN and the location information of the UE, the SGSN queries the regional service configuration database according to the location information of the UE to obtain The service identification of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; determine whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; The identification of the UE and the service identification of the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted trigger a reminder message to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE can promptly and accurately know a location service provided by the current area. One or more fixed-point services, and thus lay a foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services, reducing the waste of service resources, and increasing the operating income of operators.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simple description, the aforementioned method embodiments are expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited by the described action sequence. Because according to the embodiment of the present invention, some steps may be performed in other order or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily required by the present invention.

It can be understood that, the above-mentioned embodiments 1 to 4 are mainly introduced by taking implementation solutions under the GPRS/UMTS architecture or the EPS architecture as examples, and the implementation manners under other network architectures can be deduced by analogy, and will not be repeated here.

In order to facilitate better implementation of the above-mentioned technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, corresponding devices for implementing the above-mentioned technical solutions are also provided in the embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the mobility management network element 800 provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include: a first receiving module 810 , a first obtaining module 820 , a prompt determination module 830 and a prompt trigger module 840 .

Wherein, the first receiving module 810 is configured to receive a first message from an access network element, where the first message carries an identifier of a user equipment UE entering a cell served by the access network element;

The first obtaining module 820 is configured to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the above-mentioned UE;

The prompt determination module 830 is configured to determine whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the above-mentioned UE according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy;

The reminder triggering module 840 is configured to send, to the short message push device, a trigger prompt message carrying the identifier of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted when the prompt determination module 830 determines that the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service, so as to trigger The short message push device sends a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE; or sends a trigger prompt message carrying the UE's identifier to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

In an application scenario, if the first message received by the first receiving module 810 also carries the location information of the UE, the first obtaining module 820 is specifically configured to query the regional service configuration database according to the location information of the UE to obtain A service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE.

In another application scenario, if the first message received by the first receiving module 810 also carries the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE, the first obtaining module 820 can be specifically configured to: The service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE is obtained in the first message, wherein the service identifier of the fixed-point service can be obtained by the access network element querying the regional service configuration database according to the location information of the UE.

In an application scenario, the first receiving module 810 is specifically configured to receive, from an access network element, an attach request message carrying the identifier of a user equipment UE entering a cell served by the access network element and the location information of the UE ;

Or, receiving a location update message from the access network element that carries the identity of the user equipment UE entering the cell served by the access network element and the location information of the UE;

Or, receiving a location reporting message from the access network element that carries the identity of the user equipment UE entering the cell served by the access network element and the location information of the UE.

In an application scenario, the notification determining module 830 is specifically configured to determine whether to perform a fixed-point service notification for the UE according to at least one of the subscription data of the UE, the capability information of the UE, and the local configuration of the mobility management network element.

It can be understood that the mobility management network element 800 in this embodiment can be a mobility management network element such as the MME or SGSN in the above method embodiments, and the functions of each functional module can be specifically implemented according to the methods introduced in the above method embodiments For the specific implementation process, reference may be made to relevant descriptions in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

It can be seen from the above, after the mobility management network element 800 in this embodiment receives the message from the access network element carrying the identifier of the UE entering the cell served by the access network element; A service identification of a fixed-point service; and determine whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt policy; if necessary, send a trigger carrying the identification of the UE and the service identification of the fixed-point service to be prompted to the short message push device A prompt message, or send a prompt message carrying the UE’s identity to the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service; to trigger the short message push device or the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE can Timely and accurate knowledge of one or more fixed-point services provided in the current area lays the foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services and reducing the waste of service resources. Operator's operating income.

Referring to FIG. 9 , an access network element 900 provided by an embodiment of the present invention may include: a query module 910 and a sending module 920 .

Among them, the query module 910 is used to query the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE after discovering that the UE has entered the service cell;

The sending module 920 is configured to send a second message to a mobility management network element, where the second message carries the identifier of the UE and the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE.

It can be understood that the access network element 900 in this embodiment may be an access network element such as the eNodeB or RAN in the above method embodiments, and the functions of each functional module thereof may be specifically implemented according to the methods introduced in the above method embodiments, where For a specific implementation process, reference may be made to relevant descriptions in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

It can be seen from the above that in this embodiment, after the access network element 900 finds that the UE has entered the service cell, it queries the regional service configuration database to obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE; The element sends a message carrying the identity of the UE and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE, so that the mobility management network element can receive the message from the access network element. Trigger the fixed-point service prompt for the UE, which can lay the foundation for the UE to know the fixed-point service provided by the current area in a timely and accurate manner, and then lay the foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate the fixed-point service, which is conducive to improving the use of fixed-point services The efficiency is beneficial to reduce the waste of service resources and increase the operating income of operators.

Referring to FIG. 10 , a communication system further provided by an embodiment of the present invention may include: an access network element 1010 and a mobility management network element 1020 .

Wherein, the access network element 1010 is configured to send a first message to the mobility management network element 1020, where the first message carries an identifier of a user equipment UE entering a cell served by the access network element 1010;

The mobility management network element 1020 is configured to receive the first message from the access network element 1010; obtain the service identifier of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the above-mentioned UE; determine whether the above-mentioned UE needs to be fixed-point according to the fixed-point service prompt policy Service prompt; if it is determined that the above-mentioned UE needs to be prompted for a fixed-point service, then a trigger prompt message carrying the identification of the above-mentioned UE and the service identification of the fixed-point service to be prompted is sent to the short message push device to trigger the above-mentioned short message push device to send a notification to the above-mentioned UE Sending a fixed-point service prompt message; or sending a trigger prompt message carrying the identity of the UE to an application server corresponding to the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

Referring to FIG. 11 , a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present invention may include: an access network element 1110 and a mobility management network element 1120 .

Among them, the access network element 1110 is used to query the regional service configuration database to obtain at least one fixed-point service service identifier corresponding to the location of the UE after discovering that the UE has entered the service cell; Two messages, the second message carries the identity of the UE and the service identity of at least one fixed-point service corresponding to the location of the UE.

The mobility management network element 1120 is configured to receive the second message from the access network element 1110; determine whether to perform a fixed-point service prompt for the UE according to the fixed-point service prompt policy; The short message push device sends a trigger reminder message carrying the identification of the UE and the service identifier of the fixed-point service to be prompted, so as to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE; The application server sends a trigger prompt message carrying the identifier of the UE, so as to trigger the application server to send a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases, and for parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

To sum up, in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after the mobility management network element receives the identification of the UE that has entered the cell served by the access network element from the access network element; obtain the location of the UE Corresponding service identification of at least one fixed-point service; and determine whether the UE needs to be prompted for the fixed-point service according to the fixed-point service prompt strategy; A trigger reminder message of the service identifier, to trigger the short message push device to send a fixed-point service reminder message to the UE, or to send a trigger reminder message carrying the UE’s identifier to the application server corresponding to the fixed-point service that needs to be prompted, to trigger the application The server sends a fixed-point service prompt message to the UE. Based on this mechanism, the UE can timely and accurately know one or more fixed-point services provided by the current area, which lays the foundation for the UE to quickly and accurately initiate fixed-point services, which is conducive to improving the utilization rate of fixed-point services and reducing The waste of service resources increases the operator's operating income.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps in the various methods of the above-mentioned embodiments can be completed by instructing related hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium can include: Read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic disk or optical disk, etc.

The above is a detailed introduction to the fixed-point service prompt method, equipment and system provided by the embodiment of the present invention. In this paper, specific examples are used to illustrate the principle and implementation of the present invention. The description of the above embodiment is only used to help understand the present invention. The method of the invention and its core idea; at the same time, for those of ordinary skill in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation and application scope. Invention Limitations.

Claims (15)

1. a site server reminding method, is characterized in that, comprising:

Mobile management network element receives from the first message of access network element, and this first message carries the mark of user equipment (UE), and described first message also carries the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to the positional information of UE or UE present position;

The service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position is obtained according to described first message;

Determine whether to carry out site server prompting to described UE according to site server prompting strategy;

Need to carry out site server prompting to described UE if determine, then send the trigger prompts message of the service identifiers of the mark of carrying described UE and the site server that need point out to short message pushing equipment, send site server prompting message to trigger described short message pushing equipment to described UE; Or the application server corresponding to the site server that need point out sends the trigger prompts message of carrying the mark of described UE, send site server prompting message to trigger described application server to described UE.

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

When described first message also carries the positional information of described UE, the described service identifiers obtaining at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position according to described first message, comprising:

According to the place information inquiry regional service configuration database of described UE, obtain the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position.

3. method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, when described first message also carries the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position, the described service identifiers obtaining at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position according to described first message, comprising:

From described first message, obtain the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position, wherein, the service identifiers of described site server is obtained according to the place information inquiry regional service configuration database of UE by access network element.

4. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described reception comprises from the first message of access network element: receive the Attach Request message from access network element; Or, receive the location update message from access network element; Or, receive the reporting position message from access network element.

5. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

The described site server that need point out comprises: WLAN access service.

6. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the service identifiers of at least one site server that described acquisition described UE present position is corresponding, comprising:

Obtain the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to community, described UE place, tracking area, Route Area or lane place.

7. the method according to any one of claim 1 to 6, is characterized in that, described according to site server prompting strategy determine whether to carry out site server prompting to described UE, comprising:

According at least one of the subscription data of described UE, the ability information of described UE and mobile management network element this locality configuration, determine whether to carry out site server prompting to described UE.

8. the method according to any one of claim 1 to 6, is characterized in that,

The mark of described UE comprises international mobile subscriber identity MSISDN or the integrated services digital network IMSI of described UE.

9. the method according to any one of claim 1 to 6, is characterized in that, described trigger prompts message also carries the use amount information of the corresponding described site server that need point out of described UE.

10. a mobile management network element, is characterized in that, comprising:

First receiver module, for receiving the first message from access network element, this first message carries the mark of user equipment (UE), and described first message also carries the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to the positional information of UE or UE present position;

First obtains module, for obtaining the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position according to described first message;

Prompting determination module, for determining whether to carry out site server prompting to described UE according to site server prompting strategy;

Prompting trigger module, during for determining at described prompting determination module to need to carry out site server prompting to described UE, send the trigger prompts message of the service identifiers of the mark of carrying described UE and the site server that need point out to short message pushing equipment, send site server prompting message to trigger described short message pushing equipment to described UE; Or the application server corresponding to the site server that need point out sends the trigger prompts message of carrying the mark of described UE, send site server prompting message to trigger described application server to described UE.

11. mobile management network elements according to claim 10, is characterized in that,

When the first message that described first receiver module receives also carries the positional information of described UE,

Described first obtain module specifically for, according to the place information inquiry regional service configuration database of described UE, obtain the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position.

12. mobile management network elements according to claim 10, is characterized in that, when the first message that described first receiver module receives also carries the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position,

Described first obtain module specifically for, the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position is obtained from described first message, wherein, the service identifiers of described site server is obtained according to the place information inquiry regional service configuration database of UE by access network element.

13., according to claim 10 to the mobile management network element described in 12 any one, is characterized in that,

First receiver module specifically for, receive and enter the mark of user equipment (UE) of this access network element institute Serving cell and the Attach Request message of the positional information of this UE from carrying of access network element;

Or, receive and enter the mark of user equipment (UE) of this access network element institute Serving cell and the location update message of the positional information of this UE from carrying of access network element;

Or, receive and enter the mark of user equipment (UE) of this access network element institute Serving cell and the reporting position message of the positional information of this UE from carrying of access network element.

14., according to claim 10 to the mobile management network element described in 12 any one, is characterized in that,

Prompting determination module specifically for, according to the subscription data of described UE, the ability information of described UE and mobile management network element this locality configuration at least one, determine whether to carry out site server prompting to described UE.

15. 1 kinds of communication systems, is characterized in that, comprising:

Access network element, for sending the first message to mobile management network element, this first message carries the mark of user equipment (UE), and described first message also carries the service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to the positional information of UE or UE present position;

Mobile management network element, for receiving the first message from access network element; The service identifiers of at least one site server corresponding to described UE present position is obtained according to described first message; Determine whether to carry out site server prompting to described UE according to site server prompting strategy; Need to carry out site server prompting to described UE if determine, then send the trigger prompts message of the service identifiers of the mark of carrying described UE and the site server that need point out to short message pushing equipment, send site server prompting message to trigger described short message pushing equipment to described UE; Or the application server corresponding to the site server that need point out sends the trigger prompts message of carrying the mark of described UE, send site server prompting message to trigger described application server to described UE.