Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the invention provides access of radio network and has sent the methods, devices and systems of beep-page message.Adopted following technical scheme:
A kind of method of access of radio network, described method is used to comprise the communication system of Machine Type communication MTC equipment, described method comprises: receiving scheduling information, described schedule information indication triggers the time that MTC equipment inserts described wireless network, wherein, described schedule information comprises: at least a in the group identification information of the MTC equipment group at the equipment identification information of described MTC equipment and described MTC equipment place; According to described schedule information, send access information to MTC equipment, described access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network, and wherein, described access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
A kind of method of access of radio network, described method is used to comprise the communication system of Machine Type communication MTC equipment, described method comprises: receive access information, described access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network, wherein, described access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment; According to described access information, insert described wireless network.
After base station sub-system receiving scheduling information, base station sub-system can be known the time of MTC equipment sending data by this schedule information.And then, according to this schedule information, base station sub-system is by sending access information to MTC equipment, thereby base station system can realize reaching the time that control MTC equipment access of radio network sends data, accordingly, the access interference that can avoid the MTC equipment random access radio network of enormous amount to be caused.
A kind of method that sends beep-page message, described method is used to comprise the communication system of Machine Type communication MTC equipment and Human To Human H2H business device, described method comprises: the transmitting channel assignment information, and described channel allocation information indication MTC traffic assignments has special-purpose paging channel; On described special-purpose paging channel, send the beep-page message of described MTC business.
Base station sub-system adopts the mode to the special-purpose paging channel of MTC traffic assignments, avoids the professional and professional shared paging channel of H2H of MTC, thereby can avoid causing paging time delay or paging failure to existing H2H business.Further, base station sub-system can realize controlling the purpose of MTC equipment access of radio network by sending access information to MTC equipment.
A kind of method that sends beep-page message, described method is used to comprise the communication system of Machine Type communication MTC equipment and Human To Human H2H business device, wherein, professional and the professional paging channel of sharing of the H2H of institute of MTC, described method comprises: according to the priority policy that sets in advance, send beep-page message on described shared paging channel.
A kind of base station sub-system, base station sub-system can be used for carrying out the method for above-mentioned transmission beep-page message.
When the MTC business was shared paging channel with H2H is professional, because the MTC business is compared with the H2H business, MTC business demand possibility can possess certain time delay tolerance (Time Tolerant).So, the strategy that base station sub-system can be higher than the priority of MTC service access wireless network according to the priority of H2H service access wireless network sends access information to MTC equipment, control MTC equipment access of radio network, thus can avoid causing paging time delay or paging failure to existing H2H business.
A kind of base station sub-system, comprise: receiver module, be used for receiving scheduling information, wherein, the indication of described schedule information triggers the time that Machine Type communication MTC equipment inserts described wireless network, and described schedule information comprises: at least a in the group identification information of the MTC equipment group at the equipment identification information of described MTC equipment and described MTC equipment place; Sending module is used for according to described schedule information, sends access information to MTC equipment, and wherein, described access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network, and described access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
Base station sub-system can be known the time of MTC equipment sending data by the received schedule information of receiver module.And then, according to this schedule information, base station sub-system sends access information by sending module, reaches control and triggers the time that MTC equipment access of radio network sends data, accordingly, the access interference that can avoid the MTC equipment random access radio network of enormous amount to be caused.
A kind of Machine Type communication MTC equipment comprises: receiver module, be used to receive access information, and wherein, described access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network, and described access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment; The access of radio network module is used for the access information access of radio network according to described receiver module.
The access information that MTC equipment receives by receiver module can be known the time of its access of radio network, thus can realize MTC equipment as indicated turn-on time access of radio network purpose.
A kind of communication system comprises: aforesaid base station sub-system and aforesaid MTC equipment.
In this communication system, base station sub-system can be known the time of MTC equipment sending data by the received schedule information of receiver module.And then, according to this schedule information, base station sub-system sends access information to MTC equipment by sending module, the access information that MTC equipment receives by receiver module can be known the time of its access of radio network, realized MTC equipment according to base station sub-system indicated turn-on time access of radio network purpose, and base station system can realize reaching control and triggers the time that MTC equipment access of radio network sends data, the access interference of avoiding the MTC equipment random access radio network of enormous amount to be caused.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 has shown a kind of schematic diagram of system 100 by way of example, and this system 100 comprises MTC equipment 200 and base station sub-system 300.
In embodiments of the present invention, MTC equipment 200 can comprise MTC terminal (MTC device) for supporting the terminal of MTC business, also can comprise MTC gateway (MTC GW), carries out data communication by the MTC terminal under MTC gateway and this MTC gateway.
Because the MTC number of devices is big, may bring very big influence to existing network.Accordingly, provide a kind of method of access of radio network in one embodiment of the invention by way of example, this method is used to comprise the communication system of MTC equipment.As shown in Figure 2, this method comprises:
410, base station sub-system 300 receiving scheduling information.
The time that this schedule information indication triggers MTC equipment 200 access of radio network.This schedule information comprises: at least a in the group identification information of the MTC equipment group at the equipment identification information of MTC equipment 200 and MTC equipment 200 places.
420, base station sub-system 300 sends access information to MTC equipment 200 according to this schedule information.
This access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network.This access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
If comprised the group identification information of MTC equipment group in the schedule information, owing to preserved the group identification of MTC equipment group and the mapping table of MTC device identification in base station sub-system 300, base station sub-system 300 can find corresponding MTC device identification according to this relation table.
Thereby according to schedule information, base station sub-system 300 can be determined corresponding M TC equipment 200 according to MTC device cluster group id, and sends access information to the sub-district at these MTC equipment 200 places.MTC equipment 200 in these sub-districts can receive this access information, because access information has comprised the equipment identification information of MTC equipment, so, after MTC equipment 200 in these sub-districts receives access information, according to the equipment identification information of the MTC equipment in the access information and the comparison of the MTC device identification of self, can judge whether this access information sends to oneself.If send to oneself, this MTC equipment is according to the indication of access information, at corresponding this wireless network that constantly inserts.
In the present embodiment, indicate scheduling MTC equipment access of radio network by send schedule information to base station system, base station sub-system can be known the time of MTC equipment sending data by this schedule information base station sub-system after receiving scheduling information.And then, according to this schedule information, base station sub-system can reach control MTC equipment access of radio network and send the time of data by sending access information to MTC equipment, thereby can reach the access interference that the MTC equipment random access radio network of avoiding enormous amount is caused.
The method of another kind of access of radio network is provided among another embodiment of the present invention by way of example, and this method is used to comprise the communication system of MTC equipment 200.As shown in Figure 3, this method comprises:
450, MTC equipment 200 receives access information.
The time of this access information indication MTC equipment access of radio network.This access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment 200.This access information is that base station sub-system 300 sends.
460, MTC equipment 200 is according to this access information access of radio network.
Whether MTC equipment 200 is after receiving access information, identical with the MTC equipment identification information of self by judging the MTC equipment identification information in this access information, determines whether this access information sends to oneself.If MTC equipment 200 is according to the moment of the indicated access of radio network of access information, at this moment access of radio network.
In the present embodiment, MTC equipment receives access information, by the indication of this access information, can be implemented in the indicated time of access information, the ability access of radio network, thus the MTC equipment that can realize enormous amount is having under the situation of control, the request access of radio network.So, can avoid a plurality of MTC terminals access network at one time, cause access interference, thus access failure.
Below in conjunction with described by way of example embodiment the method for above-mentioned access of radio network is described in detail.For convenience of description, the following embodiment employing of the present invention is that example is illustrated with the described MTC application system of Fig. 4.In Fig. 4, MTC terminal 510 can insert Access Network 530 by MTC gateway 520, also can directly insert Access Network 530.MTC gateway 520 and MTC terminal can be referred to as MTC equipment.Access Network 530 can be the base station sub-system in GERAN network, UTRAN network or the E-UTRAN network.Access Network 530 and mobile management network element 550 carry out the interactive communication of data.Mobile management network element 550 is responsible for Non-Access Stratum (None Access Stratum, NAS) signaling, the encryption of NAS signaling, roaming, tracking, distributing user temporary identity sign, safety function etc.Mobile management network element 550 strengthens Access Network corresponding to current GSM, and (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network, GERAN) the internal system service GPRS is supported node (Serving GPRS Support Node, control plane part SGSN).Mobile management network element 550 can comprise gateway GRPS support node (Gateway GPRS SupportNode, GGSN) and service GPRS support node (Serving GPRS Support Node, SGSN).Mobile management network element 550 also can be corresponding to the network element node in UTRAN network or the E-UTRAN network.HLR 540 be attaching position register (Home Location Register, HLR).MTC server 560 can be deposited the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of MTC equipment.After the MTC terminal was finished registration process with the MTC server, MTC equipment can send data to the MTC server.
Fig. 5 has shown the method for another access of radio network by way of example.In the method, the CAMEL-Subscription-Information of MTC equipment is stored in the MTC server, CAMEL-Subscription-Information has comprised the temporal information of the transmission data of MTC equipment, and the positional information of MTC equipment is kept among the HLR, positional information can comprise location area information (Location Area, LA), route district information (Routing Area, at least a RA) and in the cell identity information at MTC equipment place.This method comprises:
610, the MTC server judges that according to CAMEL-Subscription-Information MTC equipment needs send data, sends the indication information of indication MTC equipment access of radio network to GGSN.
This indication information can comprise at least a in the following information: the group identification information of the equipment identification information of MTC equipment, MTC equipment group and the temporal information of MTC equipment sending data.
620, GGSN is to the positional information of HLR request MTC equipment.
630, HLR sends the positional information of MTC equipment to GGSN.
This positional information can comprise at least a in the following information: RA information, cell identity information, SGSN address information.
640, GGSN sends downlink data packet to SGSN, triggers SGSN and sends schedule information to base station sub-system.
This scheduling indication information can comprise at least a in the following information: MTC equipment identification information, MTC endpoint groups identification information, MTC terminal send data to the temporal information and the cell identity information of MTC server.
650, SGSN sends schedule information to base station sub-system.
This schedule information can be carried by beep-page message, also can carry by other message.
660, base station sub-system sends access information to MTC equipment according to the schedule information of all MTC equipment of the SGSN transmission that receives.
Base station sub-system can send data to the quantity of MTC equipment of MTC server and the loading condition of each sub-district according to the temporal information of the MTC equipment sending data in the schedule information indicated time range, needs, the schedule information of each MTC equipment is sorted, and send access information successively to each MTC equipment.
The time of this access information indication MTC equipment access of radio network, and access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
If comprise in the access information when MTC equipment inserts the temporal information of described wireless network, MTC equipment access of radio network on the specified time point of access information sends data to the MTC server.If do not comprise in the access information when MTC equipment inserts the temporal information of described wireless network, this access information itself just indicates MTC equipment when receiving this access information, immediately access of radio network.
In the present embodiment, if the MTC server with the group identification issuing page message, then needs to preserve the correspondence table of each group identification and MTC device identification in SGSN or base station sub-system.The cell ID of MTC equipment can be kept among the HLR, also can be kept among the SGSN, can also be kept in the base station sub-system, if be kept among the SGSN, then in the 630th, 640, do not comprise cell identity information, if be kept in the base station sub-system, then in 630,640 and 650, do not comprise cell ID.
Can adopt the means identical to realize the method for access of radio network in yet another embodiment of the present invention substantially with embodiment shown in Figure 5, just in the method, the positional information of MTC equipment is kept in the MTC server, therefore, after the MTC server sends the indication information of indication MTC equipment access of radio network to GGSN, 620 and 630 can omit, and change the positional information that comprises MTC equipment in 610 indication information into.
Fig. 6 has shown the method for another access of radio network by way of example.In the method, by the scheduling of SGSN initiation to MTC equipment.In SGSN, preserved the positional information of the CAMEL-Subscription-Information and the MTC equipment of MTC equipment, CAMEL-Subscription-Information has comprised the temporal information of the transmission data of MTC equipment, and positional information can comprise at least a in the cell identity information at route district information and MTC equipment place.This method comprises:
710, SGSN judges that according to CAMEL-Subscription-Information MTC equipment needs send data, send schedule information to base station sub-system.
This schedule information indication triggers the time that MTC equipment inserts described wireless network.
This schedule information can comprise at least a in the following information: the group identification information of the equipment identification information of MTC equipment, MTC equipment group, the temporal information and the cell identity information of MTC equipment sending data.
720, base station sub-system sends access information to MTC equipment according to the schedule information of all MTC equipment of the SGSN transmission that receives.
Base station sub-system can send data to the quantity of MTC equipment of MTC server and the loading condition of each sub-district according to the temporal information of the MTC equipment sending data in the schedule information indicated time range, needs, the schedule information of each MTC equipment is sorted, and send access information successively to each MTC equipment.
The time of this access information indication MTC equipment access of radio network, and access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
If comprise in the access information when MTC equipment inserts the temporal information of described wireless network, MTC equipment access of radio network on the specified time point of access information sends data to the MTC server.If do not comprise in the access information when MTC equipment inserts the temporal information of described wireless network, this access information itself just indicates MTC equipment when receiving this access information, immediately access of radio network.
In the present embodiment, if SGSN with the group identification issuing page message, then needs to preserve the correspondence table of each group identification and MTC device identification in base station sub-system.
Fig. 7 has shown the method for another access of radio network by way of example.In the method, by the scheduling of base station sub-system initiation to MTC equipment.Schedule information according to the MTC equipment that receives before the base station sub-system, in base station sub-system, preserved the positional information of the CAMEL-Subscription-Information and the MTC equipment of MTC equipment, CAMEL-Subscription-Information has comprised the temporal information of the transmission data of MTC equipment, and positional information can comprise the cell identity information at MTC equipment place.This method comprises:
810, base station sub-system sends access information to MTC equipment according to the schedule information of all MTC equipment that receive.
Base station sub-system can send data to the quantity of MTC equipment of MTC server and the loading condition of each sub-district according to the temporal information of the MTC equipment sending data in the schedule information indicated time range, needs, the schedule information of each MTC equipment is sorted, and send access information successively to each MTC equipment.
The time of this access information indication MTC equipment access of radio network, and access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
If comprise in the access information when MTC equipment inserts the temporal information of described wireless network, MTC equipment access of radio network on the specified time point of access information sends data to the MTC server.If do not comprise in the access information when MTC equipment inserts the temporal information of described wireless network, this access information itself just indicates MTC equipment when receiving this access information, immediately access of radio network.
Fig. 8 has shown a kind of communication system 850 by way of example.MTC equipment 200, H2H business device 202 and base station sub-system 300 have been comprised in the communication system 850.Because in communication system 850, the quantity of MTC equipment 200 may be very huge, so base station sub-system 300 sends to beep-page message quantity or other message number that comprises access information of MTC equipment 200 may be a lot.If the professional shared same paging channel of H2H that MTC is professional and present be impacted for existing H2H business, thereby be caused time delay or failure for the H2H service paging, reduced the user satisfaction of H2H business.In embodiments of the present invention, can be for there be the equipment of H2H business in the H2H business device.
At communication system shown in Figure 8 850, provide a kind of method that sends beep-page message in one embodiment of the present of invention by way of example.As shown in Figure 9, the method for the transmission beep-page message that provides of present embodiment comprises:
852, base station sub-system 300 transmitting channel assignment information are given MTC equipment, and this channel allocation information indication MTC traffic assignments has special-purpose paging channel.
854, base station sub-system 300 sends the beep-page message of MTC business or other message that comprises access information to MTC equipment 200 on this special use paging channel.
Further, base station sub-system 300 sends beep-page message to MTC equipment 200 on special-purpose paging channel, comprise access information in this beep-page message.
MTC equipment 200 is according to the indication that receives the access information that base station sub-system 300 sends, at the corresponding up channel of this special use paging channel, and uplink random access channel for example, access of radio network.
In the present embodiment, base station sub-system 300 has adopted the mode of giving the special-purpose paging channel of MTC traffic assignments, avoids MTC business and H2H business to share paging channel, thereby can avoid causing paging time delay or paging failure to existing H2H business.Further, base station sub-system 300 can realize controlling the purpose of MTC equipment 200 access of radio network by sending access information to MTC equipment 200.
At communication system shown in Figure 8 850, provide the method for another kind of transmission beep-page message in yet another embodiment of the present invention by way of example.In the method for present embodiment, the professional and professional paging channel of sharing of H2H of MTC.As shown in figure 10, this method comprises:
860,, send beep-page message or other message that comprises access information on the paging channel that base station sub-system 300 is professional at MTC and the H2H business is shared to MTC equipment 200 according to the priority policy that sets in advance.
In the present embodiment, the priority policy that sets in advance can for: the paging priority of H2H business is higher than the paging priority of MTC business.
Further, sending beep-page message on the paging channel that base station sub-system 300 is professional at MTC and the H2H business is shared can comprise: base station sub-system 300 sends beep-page message on this paging channel of sharing, comprise access information in this beep-page message.
MTC equipment 200 is according to the indication that receives the access information that base station sub-system 300 sends, at the corresponding up channel of this special use paging channel, and uplink random access channel for example, access of radio network.
When the MTC business was shared paging channel with H2H is professional, because the MTC business is compared with the H2H business, MTC business demand possibility can possess certain time delay tolerance.So, in the present embodiment, the strategy that base station sub-system 300 can be higher than the paging priority of MTC business according to the paging priority of H2H business sends beep-page message to MTC equipment 200, thereby can avoid causing paging time delay or paging failure to existing H2H business.
As shown in figure 11, shown a kind of base station sub-system 900 in an alternative embodiment of the invention by way of example, this base station sub-system 900 can be finished the repertoire of base station sub-system among the said method embodiment.This base station sub-system 900 can adopt software and/or hardware mode to realize the repertoire of base station sub-system among the said method embodiment, for example, base station sub-system 900 can comprise that one or more processor realizes the repertoire of base station sub-system among the said method embodiment.Base station sub-system 900 can comprise receiver module 902 and sending module 904.
Receiver module 902 is used for receiving scheduling information, wherein, the indication of described schedule information triggers the time that MTC equipment inserts described wireless network, and described schedule information comprises: at least a in the group identification information of the MTC equipment group at the equipment identification information of described MTC equipment and described MTC equipment place;
Sending module 904 is used for according to described schedule information, sends access information to MTC equipment, and wherein, described access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network, and described access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
Base station sub-system 900 can further include: order module 906.
Order module 906 is used for the size according to the cell load of the temporal information of the quantity of described MTC equipment, described MTC equipment sending data and each sub-district, carries out the transmitting time ordering for the access information that will send to each MTC equipment; Described sending module 904 also is used for sending described access information to MTC equipment according to the transmitting time ordering of described order module.
Base station sub-system 900 can further include: priority policy storage module 908.
Priority policy storage module 908 is used to deposit the priority policy that sets in advance; Described sending module also is used for sending described access information to MTC equipment on paging channel according to the described priority policy that sets in advance.
The priority policy that sets in advance can be higher than the paging priority of MTC business for the paging priority of H2H business.
Base station sub-system can be known the time of MTC equipment sending data by the received schedule information of receiver module.And then, according to this schedule information, base station sub-system sends access information by sending module, reaches control and triggers the time that MTC equipment access of radio network sends data, accordingly, the access interference that can avoid the MTC equipment random access radio network of enormous amount to be caused.
As shown in figure 12, shown a kind of MTC equipment 950 among another embodiment of the present invention by way of example, this MTC equipment 950 can be finished the repertoire of MTC equipment among the said method embodiment.This MTC equipment 950 can adopt software and/or hardware mode to realize the repertoire of MTC equipment among the said method embodiment, for example, MTC equipment 950 can comprise that one or more processor realizes the repertoire of MTC equipment among the said method embodiment.MTC equipment 950 can comprise: receiver module 952 and access of radio network module 954.
Receiver module 952 is used to receive access information, and wherein, described access information indication MTC equipment inserts the time of described wireless network, and described access information comprises the equipment identification information of MTC equipment.
Access of radio network module 954 is used for the access information access of radio network according to described receiver module.
The access information that MTC equipment receives by receiver module can be known the time of its access of radio network, thus can realize MTC equipment as indicated turn-on time access of radio network purpose.
Provide a kind of communication system among another embodiment of the present invention, comprised at least one MTC equipment in this communication system, and at least one base station sub-system corresponding and that this one or more MTC equipment carries out data communication.Wherein, the specific implementation details of MTC equipment and base station sub-system, the description referring to the foregoing description does not repeat them here.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the method in the embodiment of the invention can be implemented in different ways.For example, these methods can adopt the mode of hardware, software or hardware and software combination to implement by program command.This program command is carried out the method that comprises in the embodiment of the invention when carrying out.For the mode that adopts hardware to implement, one or more processing module in the embodiment of the invention can be implemented in one or more circuit module, this circuit module can be application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuits, ASICs), digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processors, DSPs), digital signal processing appts (Digital Signal Processing Devices, DSPDs), programmable logic device (Programmable Logic Devices, PLDs), field programmable gate array (FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays, FPGAs), processor, controller, microprocessor, microcontroller, perhaps other design and can be used for carrying out the electronic equipment of the method in the embodiment of the invention.
Adopt the mode of software implementation, the method in the embodiment of the invention can adopt uses the mode of one or more module to implement, and for example, can adopt the modular mode based on process or function to realize.These program command can be embodied in any computer or machine readable media.For example, this computer-readable recording medium can be various media that can be program code stored such as internal memory, ROM, RAM, magnetic disc or CD.Internal memory can be positioned at processor, also can be positioned at outside the processor.Herein, internal memory refer to any kind long-term internal memory, short term memory, can wipe internal memory, can not wipe the internal memory of internal memory or other types.
The above; only be the specific embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, anyly is familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; can expect easily changing or replacing, all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range of claim.