WO2016078385A1 - Processing method and apparatus for reducing repeated paging - Google Patents

Abstract

A processing method and apparatus for reducing repeated paging. The method comprises: when a first preset condition is met, pausing paging for a follow-up service request of a user terminal (UE); and when a second preset condition is met, recovering the paging for the follow-up service request of the UE.

Description

Processing method and device for reducing repeated paging Technical field

This document relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a processing method and apparatus for reducing repeated paging.

Background technique

In a CS (Circuit Switched) domain network, after the user successfully registers with the network, the core network receives a service request from the network and triggers paging to the user terminal, including:

a.MT Call service (Mobile Terminated Call);

b. PRN pre-paging (Provide Roam Number, providing roaming number);

c.MT SMS service (Mobile Terminated Short Messaging Service);

d.NI USSD service (Network-Initiated Unstructured Supplementary Service Data);

e.MT LCS service (Mobile Terminated Location Services);

f.PSI service (Provide Subscribe Info, providing user information service);

Different service requests, some from the network, and some from the calling user, the response to the page directly affects the user's feelings. Due to the complex and diverse network environment and user terminal behavior, it is impossible to ensure that each paging can be successful. For example, when the called user terminal is in the absence of network coverage or sudden power failure, the paging request for the called user terminal is Not responsive. In this case, when the user dials the called user, after a period of time, the calling user finally gets the system prompt tone: the user you dialed temporarily cannot be connected or the other paging does not respond. At this time, the calling user often redials multiple times, especially when different calling users dial the called user, which may result in more paging unresponsive messages, resulting in a decrease in paging success rate.

In addition, in the case that the user terminal can never be paged, multiple repeated paging will bring multiple paging processing overheads to each network element, especially the load impact on the paging channel of the base station is large, resulting in network resources. Waste. Therefore, there is a need for a processing method that can reduce repeated paging after paging is unresponsive.

Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for reducing repeated paging to improve user experience and reduce paging overhead for network resources.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for reducing repeated paging, including:

Pausing the paging of the subsequent service request of the user terminal UE when the first preset condition is reached;

When the second preset condition is reached, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is resumed.

Optionally, the first preset condition includes:

The first type of service paging non-response times of the UE reaches the first threshold of the number of paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration; and/or,

The number of times that the type of service continuous paging non-response of the UE reaches the second threshold of the number of consecutive paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration.

Optionally, the second preset condition includes:

The number of pagings ignoring the subsequent service request of the UE reaches the number of intervals of the service pre-configured to ignore the paging; and/or,

The paging duration that ignores the subsequent service request of the UE reaches the locking duration of the service pre-configured ignore paging.

Optionally, the second preset condition includes:

The UE interacts with the network.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Re-counting the number of times the UE paging has no response and/or the number of consecutive paging non-response of the UE;

Re-stating the number of pagings that ignore subsequent service requests of the UE and/or the paging duration that ignores subsequent service requests of the UE.

A processing device for reducing repeated paging after paging is unresponsive, comprising:

Suspending the module, configured to suspend paging of subsequent service requests of the user terminal UE when the first preset condition is reached;

And the recovery module is configured to restore the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE when the second preset condition is reached.

Optionally, the suspension module comprises: a first counter and a first control unit, or a second counter and a first control unit, or a first counter, a second counter and a first control unit, wherein:

a first counter, configured to count a number of service paging non-response times of the UE;

a second counter, configured to count the number of non-response times of one type of service continuous paging of the UE;

a first control unit, configured to: when the count value of the first counter reaches a first threshold of the number of paging non-response times of the service provisioning; and/or when the second count value reaches the service pre-configuration When the consecutive paging non-response times the second threshold, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is suspended.

Optionally, the recovery module comprises: a third counter and a second control unit, or a timer and a second control unit, or a third counter, a timer and a second control unit, wherein:

a third counter, configured to count the number of pagings that ignore subsequent service requests of the UE; and/or,

a timer, configured to count a paging duration that ignores subsequent service requests of the UE;

a second control unit, configured to: when the count value of the third counter reaches the number of intervals of the service pre-configured ignore paging; and/or the count value of the timer reaches the service pre-configured ignore paging When the duration is locked, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is restored.

Optionally, the second control unit is further configured to resume paging of the subsequent service request of the UE when the UE interacts with the network.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes: a clearing module, configured to clear the first counter and/or the second counter after the second control unit resumes paging of a subsequent service request of the UE And clear the third counter and/or timer.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, which can be implemented when the program instructions are executed.

The processing method and device provided by the embodiments of the present invention can flexibly configure a paging policy for different service types, and intelligently ignore user terminals that cannot be paged continuously, ignoring the subsequent period of time. Or a method of paging a certain number of times. In the embodiment of the present invention, according to the sensitivity of the service to the paging during the network operation, the paging non-response threshold is adjusted in real time, and the paging interval and the locking duration are ignored, and the users of the paging sensitive user and the non-page sensitive user are ensured. Feeling while reducing repeated paging also reduces the overhead of utilizing network resources.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a processing method for reducing repeated paging after paging no response according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a processing apparatus for reducing repeated paging after paging no response according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a processing method for reducing repeated paging after a service paging without a threshold is applied in an application example of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart of a method for processing a reduced threshold type after the service paging is not responded to by the setting threshold of the application example of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of a processing method for reducing repeated paging after paging no response according to an application example of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart of an application example of the present invention ignoring the number of times M of pagings initiated to the user terminal reaches a pre-configured interval of ignoring paging;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of ignoring the preset paging time duration T of the ignoring paging that the paging duration t initiated to the user terminal is reached in the embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 1 , a method for reducing repeated paging after a page is unresponsive includes:

Step A: suspending paging of a subsequent service request of the user terminal UE when the first preset condition is reached;

Step B: When the second preset condition is reached, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is resumed.

The first preset condition includes:

The first type of service paging non-response times of the UE reaches the first threshold of the number of paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration; and/or,

The number of times that the type of service continuous paging non-response of the UE reaches the second threshold of the number of consecutive paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration.

The second preset condition includes:

The number of pagings ignoring the subsequent service request of the UE reaches the number of intervals of the service pre-configured to ignore the paging; and/or,

The paging duration that ignores the subsequent service request of the UE reaches the locking duration of the service pre-configured ignore paging.

Optionally, the second predetermined condition may also be: the UE interacts with a network.

The method further includes:

Re-counting the number of times the UE paging has no response and/or the number of consecutive paging non-response of the UE;

Re-stating the number of pagings that ignore subsequent service requests of the UE and/or the paging duration that ignores subsequent service requests of the UE.

For example, the embodiment of the present invention may perform statistics on the number n of consecutive types of service continuous paging of the user terminal;

Counting the number m of pagings that are ignored to be initiated to the user terminal;

Counting the duration t of the paging initiated to the user terminal;

If the number of consecutive paging non-response times of the user terminal reaches the second threshold N of consecutive paging non-response times pre-configured for the service, the next time and subsequent network receiving the service request triggers paging to the user terminal, ignoring this time And the paging of the subsequent service request is directly processed according to the paging non-response; until the number m of ignores reaches the number M of the interval of ignoring the paging pre-configured for the service, or the duration t is ignored to reach the ignored paging pre-configured for the service. When the lock duration is T, the paging to the user terminal is re-initiated, and the paging non-response statistics number n and the ignore paging statistics number m and the ignore paging duration t are cleared;

It is also possible to clear the counted number of page no response n and the number of ignored pages m and the ignored paging time t when the user terminal interacts with the network.

Embodiment 2

As shown in FIG. 2, a processing apparatus for reducing repeated paging after paging is unresponsive, comprising a pause module and a recovery module, wherein:

The suspending module is configured to suspend paging of a subsequent service request of the user terminal UE when the first preset condition is reached;

The recovery module is configured to resume paging of a subsequent service request of the UE when the second preset condition is reached.

The pause module includes: a first counter and a first control unit, or a second counter and a first control unit, or a first counter, a second counter, and a first control unit, wherein:

The first counter is configured to count a number of service paging non-response times of the UE;

The second counter is configured to count the number of non-response times of one type of service continuous paging of the UE;

The first control unit is configured to: when the count value of the first counter reaches the first threshold of the number of paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration; and/or the second count value reaches the service When the pre-configured consecutive paging has no second response threshold, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is suspended.

The recovery module includes: a third counter and a second control unit, or a timer and a second control unit, or a third counter, a timer, and a second control unit, wherein:

The third counter is configured to count the number of pagings that ignore subsequent service requests of the UE; and/or

The timer is configured to count a paging duration that ignores a subsequent service request of the UE;

The second control unit is configured to: when the count value of the third counter reaches the number of intervals of the service pre-configured ignore paging; and/or the count value of the timer reaches the neglect of the service pre-configuration When the lock duration of the call is long, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is resumed.

Optionally, the second control unit is further configured to resume paging of a subsequent service request of the UE when the UE interacts with the network.

Optionally, the device further includes: a clearing module, configured to clear the first counter and/or the second counter after the second control unit resumes paging of a subsequent service request of the UE, And clear the third counter and / or timer.

Application example

A processing method for reducing repeated paging after paging is not applied, and is applied to a core network device. Referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, an application example of the present invention is exemplified below:

As shown in FIG. 3, after the user terminal successfully registers with the network, the core network device MSC/VLR (Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register) receives a call request from the network, and the request may come from A voice incoming call request from the GMSC (Gateway Mobile Switching Centre), or a terminal call USSD request of the HLR (Home Location Register) or an MT SMS service request of the SC (Short Message Center). For example, the MSC/VLR receives the USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) request from the HLR. The USSD service is less sensitive to users and the service type is not configured. Therefore, the method is not enabled. The MSC sends a Paging paging message to the BSC/RNC (Base Station Controller/Radio Network Controller) where the UE (User Equipment User Terminal) is located, and pages the UE.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the MSC receives a voice incoming call request from the GMSC, the voice service is highly sensitive to the user, and the paging related parameter of the service type is preset on the MSC, and the method is started. The MSC sends a Paging paging message to the BSC/RNC where the user terminal is located, and pages the UE. When the UE is in the absence of network coverage or a sudden power failure, the paging response cannot be replied to the BSC/RNC. After waiting for the paging response timer to expire, the MSC does not receive the paging response message, or after receiving the paging message multiple times, does not receive the paging response message, and returns a failed voice incoming call response to the GMSC. The paging is unresponsive, and the number of non-response times n of the user terminal is accumulated.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the MSC receives the voice incoming call request from the GMSC again, the MSC checks The number of consecutive non-response times of the user terminal n reaches the second threshold N of the pre-configured consecutive paging non-response times, and no longer sends a paging message to the BSC/RNC, ignoring the paging, and directly replying the failed voice input to the GMSC. The response is due to the fact that the paging is not responding, and the UE ignores the number of pagings m to be accumulated.

When the MSC receives the voice incoming call request from the GMSC again, the MSC checks to ignore the number of times the paging number m initiated to the user terminal reaches the pre-configured interval of ignoring the paging, as shown in FIG. 6; or the MSC checks to ignore the initiation. The paging duration t to the user terminal reaches the pre-configured locking duration T of the ignoring paging. As shown in FIG. 7, the paging initiated to the user terminal is resumed, so that only users who have no network coverage area are temporarily entered. The terminal may be paged. The MSC sends a paging message to the BSC/RNC where the user terminal is located, pages the UE, and clears the paging non-response number n and the ignoring paging number m of the user terminal and ignores the paging duration t.

When the user terminal interacts with the MSC, for example, initiates a location update, a voice access request or a short message access request, a paging response, etc., the MSC notifies the user terminal of the number of paging non-response n and ignores the paging number m and ignores the search. When the call duration is cleared, the MSC can directly initiate paging to the user terminal when receiving the final call service request.

The MSC may determine whether to enable the solution according to the pre-configured service type. For example, the terminal voice service with high user sensitivity and the short message of the terminal call can be enabled by default, and services such as NIUSSD with low perception can be disabled to improve the user experience. The MSC may formulate different paging control parameters according to different location areas: the user terminal continuously pages the non-responding second threshold N, ignores the paging interval number M, and ignores the paging locking duration T. N, M are positive integers greater than 0, and T is the length in seconds. Paging control parameters pre-configured for different service types can be determined based on different network conditions. For example, the location control area with poor radio coverage, the associated paging control parameter, the user terminal paging non-response threshold N can be smaller, and the paging interval number M is larger, and the paging lock duration T is long. Some to minimize duplicate paging and reduce the consumption of wireless resources.

The device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a wireless communication system such as GSM, WCDMA, or TD-SCDMA. It can be a stand-alone device or it can be placed in a mobile switching center.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program that instructs the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Optionally, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be used. One or more integrated circuits are implemented. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. Embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

Industrial applicability

The processing method and apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present invention can flexibly configure a paging policy for different service types, and intelligently ignore a user terminal that cannot be paged continuously, and ignore the method of paging in a subsequent period or a certain number of times. In the embodiment of the present invention, according to the sensitivity of the service to the paging during the network operation, the paging non-response threshold is adjusted in real time, and the paging interval and the locking duration are ignored, and the users of the paging sensitive user and the non-page sensitive user are ensured. Feeling while reducing repeated paging also reduces the overhead of utilizing network resources.

Claims (11)

A method for reducing repeated paging, including: Pausing the paging of the subsequent service request of the user terminal UE when the first preset condition is reached; When the second preset condition is reached, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is resumed. The method of claim 1 wherein said first predetermined condition comprises: The first type of service paging non-response times of the UE reaches the first threshold of the number of paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration; and/or, The number of times that the type of service continuous paging non-response of the UE reaches the second threshold of the number of consecutive paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration. The method of claim 1 wherein said second predetermined condition comprises: The number of pagings ignoring the subsequent service request of the UE reaches the number of intervals of the service pre-configured to ignore the paging; and/or, The paging duration that ignores the subsequent service request of the UE reaches the locking duration of the service pre-configured ignore paging. The method of claim 1 wherein said second predetermined condition comprises: The UE interacts with the network. The method of claim 2 or 3, the method further comprising: Re-counting the number of times the UE paging has no response and/or the number of consecutive paging non-response of the UE; Re-stating the number of pagings that ignore subsequent service requests of the UE and/or the paging duration that ignores subsequent service requests of the UE. A processing device for reducing repeated paging after paging is unresponsive, comprising: Suspending the module, configured to suspend paging of subsequent service requests of the user terminal UE when the first preset condition is reached; And the recovery module is configured to restore the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE when the second preset condition is reached. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said suspending module comprises: a first counter and a first control unit, or a second counter and a first control unit, or a first counter, a second counter and a first control unit, wherein: The first counter is configured to count a number of service paging non-response times of the UE; The second counter is configured to count the number of non-response times of one type of service continuous paging of the UE; The first control unit is configured to: when the count value of the first counter reaches the first threshold of the number of paging non-response times of the service pre-configuration; and/or the second count value reaches the service When the pre-configured consecutive paging has no second response threshold, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is suspended. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the recovery module comprises: a third counter and a second control unit, or a timer and a second control unit, or a third counter, a timer, and a second control unit, wherein: The third counter is configured to count the number of pagings that ignore subsequent service requests of the UE; The timer is configured to count a paging duration that ignores a subsequent service request of the UE; The second control unit is configured to: when the count value of the third counter reaches the number of intervals of the service pre-configured ignore paging; and/or the count value of the timer reaches the neglect of the service pre-configuration When the lock duration of the call is long, the paging of the subsequent service request of the UE is resumed. The apparatus of claim 8, the second control unit further configured to resume paging of subsequent service requests of the UE when the UE interacts with the network. The apparatus of claim 8, the apparatus further comprising: a clearing module configured to clear the first counter and after the second control unit resumes paging of a subsequent service request of the UE / or a second counter, and clear the third counter and / or timer. A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed, can implement the method of any of claims 1-5.

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