CN101035306B

CN101035306B - Intelligent network equipment capability management method and intelligent network system

Info

Publication number: CN101035306B
Application number: CN2007100799279A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴小菁; 梁智章; 杨茂杰
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2007-02-17
Filing date: 2007-02-17
Publication date: 2011-10-05
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-17
Also published as: CN101035306A

Abstract

The invention provides an intelligent network equipment capacity management method, comprising: service management functional entity loads a control policy for controlling a client end to use the intelligent network equipment capacity into service data functional entity; the service data functional entity stores the control policy; and service control functional entity obtains the control policy from the service data functional entity and controls the intelligent network equipment capacity of the client end according to the control policy. And the invention also provides an intelligent network system.

Description

Intelligent network device capability management method and intelligent net system

Technical field

The present invention relates to the communications field, in particular to intelligent network device capability management method and intelligent net system.

Background technology

The ability of intelligent equipment comprises: (1) call handling capacity, be meant the ability of the calls that can handle in the unit interval, and the calls of handling with per second calculates; (2) protocol capability, be meant tenability to intelligent network protocol, these agreements comprise customization application (CAMEL) applying portion (CAMEL Application Part of mobile network's enhanced logic, be designated hereinafter simply as CAP), Intelligent Network Application Protocol (Intelligent Network Application Protocol, be designated hereinafter simply as INAP), wireless intelligent network (Wireless Intelligent Network, be designated hereinafter simply as WIN), Short Message Service (Short Message Service, be designated hereinafter simply as SMS), next generation network (Next Generation Network, be designated hereinafter simply as NGN), the ability of instant messaging agreements such as (Instant Messaging are designated hereinafter simply as IM).

Present intelligent network device capability Managed Solution is, intelligent equipment is the ability that unit manages intelligent equipment with the IN service, and it can carry certain IN service and have great call handling capacity, has which type of protocol capability.For example, two business of intelligence online operation, a prepayment service, one 800 business, be under the scheme of unit control appliance ability with the IN service at present, can control prepayment service and use how many capacities of equipment (being how many caps (Call Attempts Per Second, response message is carried the per second number of call attempts)), and control 800 professional how many capacities of equipment of using as maximum call volume.

Like this, operator can be the rational intelligent network device capability of each traffic assignments according to the practical situations of various intelligent network business.

Along with the development of IN service and abundant, particularly telecommunications network is upgraded to after the third generation (The Third Generation is designated hereinafter simply as 3G) mobile communication system, the NGN, and the IN service kind can be more, and the new business exploitation can be faster.In this case, consider the market flexibility, the way of telecom operators is to trend towards developing retail trader to come the sales promotion IN service at present, promptly give each retail trader the IN service subpackage, an IN service may carry out professional customization, marketing, sale and maintenance work by a plurality of retail traders.Retail trader is the professional client of using for operator; For the terminal use, be service provider.But business herein uses client to be not limited to retail trader, can also comprise other IN services manager between operator and the terminal use.

Yet, a business subcontract is being given under the mode of a plurality of retail traders, according to IN service management intelligent network device capability, just can't manage the intelligent network device capability that each retail trader has.Thereby influence the allocation manager to intelligent network device capability of telecom operators.

Therefore, people need a kind of solution of pressing the distributors management intelligent network device capability, can solve the problem in the above-mentioned correlation technique.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of intelligent net system, intelligent network device capability management method, solved the problem that telecom operators can not use client (for example, retail trader) management intelligent network device capability by business.

One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of intelligent network device capability management method, comprise: service management function entity (Service Management Function, be designated hereinafter simply as SMF) use client to use the control strategy of intelligent network device capability to service data function entity (Service Data Function is designated hereinafter simply as SDF) loaded with traffic; Service data function entity stores control strategy; And business control function body (Service Control Function is designated hereinafter simply as SCF) obtains control strategy from professional data function entity, according to the professional intelligent network device capability that uses client of control strategy control.

Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of intelligent net system, comprising: the service management function entity is used for using client to use the control strategy of intelligent network device capability to service data function entity loaded with traffic; The service data function entity is used to store control strategy; And business control function body, be used for obtaining control strategy from professional data function entity, and according to the professional intelligent network device capability that uses client of control strategy control.

By technique scheme, the present invention has realized following technique effect:

Telecom operators can manage each professional intelligent network device capability that uses client (for example retail trader) to have of control, avoid the professional competition of between the client capacity of equipment being used of using, thereby influence service quality, simultaneously, also can be the distribution of intelligent network device capability as business being used one of client charging policy, and then improve commercial flexibility.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the following description, and, partly from specification, become apparent, perhaps understand by implementing the present invention.Purpose of the present invention and other advantages can realize and obtain by specifically noted structure in the specification of being write, claims and accompanying drawing.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, constitutes the application's a part, and illustrative examples of the present invention and explanation thereof are used to explain the present invention, do not constitute improper qualification of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the flow chart of intelligent equipment managerial ability method according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 shows the block diagram according to the intelligent net system of an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows the message flow chart of intelligent equipment managerial ability method according to an embodiment of the invention.

Embodiment

Below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments, describe the present invention in detail.

Fig. 1 shows the flow chart of intelligent equipment managerial ability method according to an embodiment of the invention, may further comprise the steps:

Step S102, SMF go up loaded with traffic to SDF and use client to use the control strategy of intelligent network device capability.Preferably, control strategy can comprise following information: allow professional call handling capacity and/or the professional intelligent network related protocol that uses client to use of permission that uses client to use.

Step S104, SDF stores control strategy, for example in SDF, provide can messaging message interface, SCF obtains control strategy by message interface.SCF sends the request message that obtains control strategy by message interface to SDF; Carry the professional client identification parameter of using in the request message.After SDF receives request message, send response message to SCF, response message, the protocol suite parameter of in message, carrying caps and/or allowing to use by message interface.

Step S106, SCF obtains control strategy from SDF, according to the professional intelligent network device capability that uses client of control strategy control.

Preferably, SMF can also revise the control strategy on the SDF, and implementation method can be: the interface that gives information in SDF maybe can be received and dispatched the file interface of file, and SMF is by the control strategy on message interface or the file interface modification SDF.Preferably, in SMF, can provide the interface of revising control strategy; Realize control strategy is made amendment by the menu in the interface; Reach by the menu in the interface and realize amended control strategy is loaded on the SDF.

Fig. 2 shows the block diagram according to the intelligent net system 200 of an embodiment of the present invention.As shown in the figure, intelligent net system 200 comprises:

SMF 202, are used for using client to use the control strategy of intelligent network device capability to SDF 204 loaded with traffic.

SDF 204, are used to store control strategy; And

SCF 206, is used for obtaining control strategy from SDF 204, and according to the professional intelligent network device capability that uses client of control strategy control.Preferably, SDF 204 can comprise message interface, is used for SCF and obtains control strategy by message interface.

Preferably, but SDF 204 also message interface or file interface are used for SMF 202 and revise control strategy on the SDF by message interface or file interface.

As can be seen, in the above embodiments, realize described method by SDF (SDF 208), SCF (SCF 206), the SMF (SMF 204) that expands intelligent net system.Particularly:

1.SDF 208 storage control strategies:

Increase a series of table on the SDF 208 and preserve control strategy.The control strategy information of preserving comprises: the professional operable call handling capacity of client that uses, call out caps as maximum, and/or the professional operable intelligent network related protocol of client that uses, as agreements such as CAP, INAP, WIN, SMS, NGN, IM.

SDF 208 also needs to provide the message interface of an inquiry control strategy, use the control strategy of client for SCF 206 inquiry businesses, the request message of this message interface can carry " the professional client identification (for example ID of retail trader) that a uses " parameter, and response message can be carried two parameters of protocol suite of calling out the caps number and/or allowing to use.

2.SMF 204 safeguard control strategy.

Allow the keeper to use SMAP 202 (Service Management Access Point, be designated hereinafter simply as SMAP), the keeper of operator can revise the professional control strategy that uses client, and the keeper of professional use client can revise the sub-control strategy that subservice is used client.

The maintenance of control strategy realizes by two steps, at first is to revise control strategy, and then amended control strategy is loaded on the SDF 208.

Modification to control strategy also can realize that SMAP 202 directly visits this SMF 204 local control strategies by revising SMF 204 local cache control strategy data.

The keeper loads after revising and finishing again.Load and promptly to call the interface that control strategy is set (this interface is message interface or file interface) that SDF208 provides, control strategy on the SDF 208 is set by the SMF 204 local control strategies of preserving by SMF 204.

More than two steps on the program interface of SMAP 204, can show as two menus, button or other GUI element, operate for the keeper.

3.SCF 206 control the use of capacity of equipment according to control strategy.

206 pairs of new intelligent network device capabilities of calling out of SCF use control procedure as follows:

(1) SCF 206 is newly called out the business use client of ownership.Obtaining the professional mode of using client has multiplely, as obtaining according to calling number, obtaining etc. according to called number, decides on concrete IN service.

(2) SCF 206 inquires this and calls out the control strategy that affiliated business is used client by send the message of inquiry control strategy to SDF 208.

(3) SCF 206 handles this according to control strategy this new calling is controlled.

Controlling call disposal ability at first, SCF 206 counts and belongs to this professional all-calls number that uses client, whether surpasses the caps in the control strategy, exhales if surpass then this calling limit, and surpasses and could continue processing.

Secondly control protocol ability only allows to use to allow the protocol capability that uses in the control strategy, if use other protocol capability call failure.

Fig. 3 shows the message flow chart of intelligent equipment managerial ability method according to an embodiment of the invention.Treatment step in the frame of broken lines among the figure is this programme step newly-increased with respect to the prior art scheme, specifically comprise: behind the SCF query processing control strategy, then according to obtaining the professional protocol suite that uses the caps of client and/or allow to use, call out control, if being limit, the result of control exhales, then directly issue RC (Release Call, call release), finish this calling.Because other steps are identical with prior art, repeat no more here.

From foregoing description, the present invention has realized following technique effect as can be seen: use client (for example retail trader) to use the control strategy of intelligent network device capability by using the SDF storage service; By using SMF to safeguard the control strategy of the business use client use intelligent network device capability on the SDF; By using the professional capacity of equipment of using client of SCF control.Thereby, telecom operators can manage each professional intelligent network device capability that uses client to have of control, avoid the professional competition of between the client capacity of equipment being used of using, simultaneously, also can be the distribution of intelligent network device capability as business being used a kind of strategy of client charge, and then improve commercial flexibility.

The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for managing intelligent network equipment capabilities, comprising:

The business management functional entity loads the service to the business data functional entity and uses the control strategy of the client to use the intelligent network equipment capabilities;

The business data functional entity stores the control policy; and

The service control function entity obtains the control strategy from the service data function entity, and controls the capability of the intelligent network device of the client using the service according to the control strategy.

2. The intelligent network device capability management method according to claim 1, wherein the control policy includes: allowing the service to use the call processing capability used by the client and/or allowing the service to use the intelligent network related protocol used by the client .

3. The intelligent network device capability management method according to claim 1, wherein the service control functional entity obtains the control policy from the service data functional entity specifically comprising:

The service data functional entity provides a message interface, and the service control functional entity acquires the control policy through the message interface.

4. The intelligent network device capability management method according to claim 3, wherein the service control function entity sends a request message for obtaining the control strategy to the service data function entity through the message interface; The request message carries a service usage client identification parameter.

5. The intelligent network device capability management method according to claim 4, wherein after the service data functional entity receives the request message, it sends a response message to the service control functional entity through the message interface, The response message carries the number of call attempts per second parameter and/or the allowed protocol set parameter.

6. The intelligent network device capability management method according to claim 1, characterized in that:

The service data functional entity provides a message interface or a file interface, and the service management functional entity modifies the control strategy on the service data functional entity through the message interface or file interface.

7. The intelligent network device capability management method according to claim 1, further comprising:

An interface for modifying the control strategy is provided in the service management functional entity; the control strategy is modified through the menu in the interface; and the modified control strategy is loaded into the user interface through the menu in the interface On the functional entity of the service data.

8. An intelligent network system, characterized in that it comprises:

The service management functional entity is used to load the business data functional entity with the control strategy of using the intelligent network equipment capabilities of the client;

a business data functional entity, configured to store the control policy; and

The service control functional entity is configured to obtain the control strategy from the service data functional entity, and control the capability of the intelligent network device of the client using the service according to the control strategy.

9. The intelligent network system according to claim 8, wherein the service data functional entity includes a message interface, and the service control functional entity obtains the control policy through the message interface.

10. The intelligent network system according to claim 8, wherein the service data functional entity includes a message interface or a file interface, and is used for the service management functional entity to modify the service through the message interface or the file interface Said control policy on the data functional entity.