CN103781154B - A kind of method and apparatus that inquiry Cellular Networks information is indicated in non-cellular net - Google Patents

Abstract

In the present invention, the UE located in the non-cellular network sends the first query message carrying the type of cellular network information that needs to be queried to the WLAN access network side, so that the UE can realize the extended query of the cellular network information, and through the UE in the Before sending the first query message, send the second query message to the WLAN access network side for querying the types of cellular network messages that can be queried, thereby avoiding the blind information query of the UE and better realizing the expansion of the UE to the cellular network information Inquire.

Description

A method and device for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network

technical field

The invention relates to a wireless communication network, in particular to a method and equipment for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network.

Background technique

The core network of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP) long-term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE) is an evolved packet system (Evolved Packet System, EPS) consisting of a Serving Gateway (S-GW), Packet data network gateway (PDN Gateway, P-GW), home subscriber server (Home Subscriber Server, HSS), 3GPP authentication, authorization and accounting server (Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, AAA), policy and charging rule function (Policy and ChargingRules Function, PCRF) and other supporting nodes. In the converged architecture of 3GPP and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), 3GPP TS 23.402 defines a trusted non-3GPP access architecture and an untrusted non-3GPP access architecture, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . In order to make the 3GPP network and the WLAN network work together for the User Equipment (UE), the UE needs to obtain some 3GPP network-related information from the WLAN side, and the UE also needs to obtain some WLAN-related information from the 3GPP network side.

In the prior art, the 3GPP network side defines scalable information for the UE to query, but the UE lacks a corresponding technical solution on the WLAN side to realize the query of the information.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network, an access device and a user equipment, so as to realize query of extended information of a 3GPP network side by a UE on a WLAN side.

In the first aspect, a method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network is provided, so as to enable the UE to query the extended information of the 3GPP network side on the WLAN side, including: the user equipment UE located in the non-cellular network sends a wireless The WLAN access network side of the local area network sends a first query message, and the first query message carries the type of cellular network information to be queried; the UE receives the first response message sent by the WLAN access network side, and the first query message A response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP generic carrier 3GPP Generic Container, and carries cellular network information.

In a first possible implementation manner, in combination with the first aspect, the cellular network information is pre-stored on the WLAN access network side, or is obtained by the WLAN access network side from the cellular network side; the cellular network information Including at least one of the following: the cellular network cell parameter information, the cellular network capability information, access network discovery and selection function information, access network packet network connection list or the cellular network tariff information.

In a second possible implementation, in combination with the first aspect, the non-cellular network is a wireless local area network (WLAN), the cellular network is a 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP network, and the information type of the cellular network is specified in the 3GPP protocol. The defined IEI ID represents the IEI ID.

In a third possible implementation manner, in combination with the first aspect, the first query message further carries the identity information of the operator to be queried.

In a fourth possible implementation manner, in combination with the first aspect, before the UE located in the non-cellular network sends the first query message to the WLAN access network side, the following steps are further included: the UE sends the WLAN access network The network access side sends a second query message, the second query message is used to query the type of cellular network information that can be queried; the UE receives the second response message sent by the WLAN access network side, and the second response message Carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

In a fifth possible implementation manner, in combination with the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the second query message further carries the identity information of the operator to be queried.

In a sixth possible implementation manner, in combination with the first aspect, any one of the first to fifth possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the first query message, the second query message or The second response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP Generic Container.

In a seventh possible implementation, in combination with the third possible implementation of the first aspect or the fifth possible implementation of the first aspect, the operator that needs to be queried is the home operator of the UE The identity information of the operator to be queried includes: PLMN information or Realm information of the home operator of the UE.

In a second aspect, a method for instructing to query cellular network information in a non-cellular network is provided, including: receiving a first query message sent by a user equipment UE located in a non-cellular network at a WLAN access network side, the first query message A query message carries the type of cellular network information that needs to be queried; the WLAN access network side sends a first response message to the UE, and the first response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP generalized carrier 3GPP Generic Container, and carries a cellular network information type network information.

In a first possible implementation manner, in combination with the second aspect, the cellular network information is pre-stored on the WLAN access network side, or is obtained by the WLAN access network side from the cellular network side; the cellular network information Including at least one of the following: the cellular network cell parameter information, the cellular network capability information, access network discovery and selection function information, access network packet network connection list or the cellular network tariff information.

In a second possible implementation, in combination with the second aspect, the non-cellular network is a WLAN network, the cellular network is a 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP network, and the information type of the cellular network is specified in the 3GPP protocol. The defined IEI ID represents the IEI ID.

In a third possible implementation manner, in combination with the second aspect, the first query message further carries identity information of an operator to be queried, and the WLAN access network side, according to the identity information of the operator, sending a first response message to the UE.

In a fourth possible implementation manner, in combination with the second aspect, before the WLAN access network side receives the first query message sent by the UE located in the non-cellular network, the following steps are further included: the WLAN access network side receiving a second query message sent by the UE, the second query message is used to query the type of cellular network information that can be queried; the WLAN access network side sends a second response message to the UE, and the second response The message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

In a fifth possible implementation, in combination with the fourth possible implementation of the second aspect, the second query message also carries the identity information of the operator to be queried, and the WLAN access network side according to The identity information of the operator, and sending a second response message to the UE.

In a sixth possible implementation manner, in combination with the second aspect, or any one of the first to fifth possible implementation manners of the second aspect, the first query message, the second query message, or the The second response message is encapsulated by the 3GPP Generic Container.

In a seventh possible implementation, in combination with the third possible implementation of the second aspect or the fifth possible implementation of the second aspect, the operator that needs to be queried is the home operator of the UE The identity information of the operator to be queried includes PLMN information or Realm information of the home operator of the UE.

In a third aspect, a user equipment UE is provided, the UE is located in a non-cellular network, and includes: a first transmitter, configured to send a first query message to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access network side, the first query message Carries the type of cellular network information that needs to be queried; the second receiver is used to receive the first response message sent by the WLAN access network side, the first response message is encapsulated by the 3GPP generalized carrier 3GPPGeneric Container, and carries Cellular information.

In a first possible implementation manner, with reference to the third aspect, the UE further includes: a second transmitter, configured to send a second query message to the WLAN access network side, where the second query message is used to Query the types of cellular network information that can be queried; the second receiver is configured to receive a second response message sent by the WLAN access network side, and the second response message carries the types of cellular network information that can be queried.

In a fourth aspect, an access device is provided, including: a first receiver, configured to receive a first query message sent by a user equipment UE located in a non-cellular network, where the first query message carries information that needs to be queried. Cellular network information type; a first transmitter, configured to send a first response message to the UE, where the first response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP generalized carrier 3GPP Generic Container and carries cellular network information.

In a first possible implementation manner, with reference to the fourth aspect, the access device further includes: a second receiver, configured to receive a second query message sent by the UE, where the second query message is used to query Types of cellular network information that can be queried; a second sender configured to send a second response message to the UE, where the second response message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

In the present invention, the UE located in the non-cellular network sends the first query message carrying the type of cellular network information that needs to be queried to the WLAN access network side, so that the UE can realize the extended query of the cellular network information, and through the UE in the Before sending the first query message, send a second query message to the WLAN access network side for querying the types of cellular network messages that can be queried, thereby preventing the UE from blindly performing information query and better realizing the UE's expansion of cellular network information Inquire.

Description of drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of another method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of an access device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a user equipment provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

detailed description

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Embodiment one:

Fig. 1 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes:

S101: The wireless local area network WLAN access network side receives a second query message sent by a user equipment (User Equipment, UE);

The UE is located in a non-cellular network, such as a WLAN, and the WLAN access network is connected to the cellular network, such as a 3GPP network, and the UE can access the 3GPP network through the WLAN access network. The WLAN access network side may include an access point AP and/or an access network query protocol (Access Network Query Protocol, access network query protocol) server.

The UE sends a second query message to the WLAN access network side to query the type of cellular network information that can be queried. The cellular network information that can be queried refers to the cellular network information provided by the cellular network, or provided by the cellular network side and the UE has permission The acquired cellular network information is, for example, scalable 3GPP network information provided by the 3GPP network side to the UE located in the WLAN. The cellular network information is pre-stored on the WLAN access network side, or is obtained by the WLAN access network side from the cellular network side.

The cellular network information type may be represented by an information element identifier IEI ID defined in the 3GPP protocol, and the IEI ID is the serial number of a corresponding information unit. The cellular network information includes but not limited to: the cellular network cell parameter information, the cellular network capability information, the access network discovery and selection function information, the access network packet network connection list or the cellular network tariff information.

The second query message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Table 1

Wherein, Info ID is the serial number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, and PLMNCount is the identity information of the operator that the UE needs to query. The operator to be queried is generally the UE's home operator, and the home operator may be understood as an operator that provides network services to the UE. When the UE belongs to multiple operators, the UE can send the identity information of the multiple operators to the WLAN access network side at the same time, or send them separately. The identity information of the operator that needs to be queried may include public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) information and/or realm (Realm) information of the home operator of the UE, which is used to report to the WLAN access network side and /or the cellular network side indicates the identity of the home operator of the UE. Optionally, the PLMN Count in Table 1 may be omitted, and at this time, the UE is not limited to which operator's cellular network extension information is to be queried.

S102: The WLAN access network side sends a second response message to the UE;

The second response message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

The second response message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Table 2

Among them, Info ID is the number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, PLMNInfoCount is the number of cellular networks, and PLMN Info Duple is the encapsulation package of the cellular network information types that can be queried.

The structure of the PLMN Info Duple#1 field in Table 2 is shown in Table 3:

Length PLMN IEI Count IEI ID#1 IEI ID#N

table 3

Among them, Length is the length, PLMN is the name of the cellular network, IEI Count is the number of types of cellular network information that can be queried, and IEI ID is the type of cellular network information that can be queried. Optionally, when the PLMNCount in Table 1 is omitted, the PLMN in Table 3 can also be correspondingly omitted.

S103: The WLAN access network side receives the first query message sent by the UE;

The first query message carries the type of cellular network information to be queried.

The first query message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Info ID Length HPLMN IEI Count IEI ID#1 IEI ID#N

Table 4

Among them, Info ID is the number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, HPLMN is the PLMN information of the UE's home operator, and HPLMN can be extended to the identity information of the UE's home operator, which is the same as the UE's home operator in step 101. The identity information of the operator is the same. The IEI Count is the number of cellular network information that the UE needs to query, which is consistent with the number of IEI IDs. The IEI ID is the type of cellular network information to be queried, corresponding to the IEI ID value defined in the 3GPP protocol. Optionally, the HPLMN in Table 4 can be omitted. At this time, the UE is not limited to which operator's cellular network extension information is to be queried, and the IEICount can also be omitted.

Optionally, in this embodiment, step 101 and step 102 may be omitted, and step 103 may be directly performed.

S104: The WLAN access network side sends a first response message to the UE.

The first response message is encapsulated by the 3GPP generalized carrier 3GPP Generic Container, and carries cellular network information, and the cellular network information corresponds to the type of cellular network information carried in the first query message.

Optionally, the first query message, the second query message and/or the second response message in this embodiment are encapsulated by a 3GPP Generic Container.

In this embodiment, the UE located in the non-cellular network sends the first query message carrying the identity information of the operator to be queried, the amount of cellular network information to be queried, and the type of cellular network information to the WLAN access network side, so that the The UE can realize the extended query of the cellular network information, and before sending the first query message, the UE sends the second query message to the WLAN access network side for querying the cellular network message types that can be queried, thereby avoiding the blindness of the UE. Perform information query to better realize the UE's extended query of cellular network information.

Embodiment two:

Fig. 2 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, the steps of Embodiment 2 are roughly the same as those of Embodiment 1. The difference is that in Embodiment 2, the UE performs information exchange through the WLAN access network side and the cellular network side, and the WLAN access network side only serves as a The role of information transparent transmission, the method includes:

S201: The WLAN access network receives a second query message sent by the user equipment, and sends the second query message to the cellular network side;

The UE is located in a non-cellular network, such as a WLAN, and the WLAN access network is connected to the cellular network, such as a 3GPP network, and the UE can access the 3GPP network through the WLAN access network. The WLAN access network side may include an access point AP and/or an access network query protocol (Access Network Query Protocol, access network query protocol) server.

The UE sends a second query message to the WLAN access network side to query the type of cellular network information that can be queried. The cellular network information that can be queried refers to the cellular network information provided by the cellular network, or provided by the cellular network side and the UE has permission The acquired cellular network information is, for example, scalable 3GPP network information provided by the 3GPP network side to the UE located in the WLAN. The cellular network information is pre-stored on the WLAN access network side, or is obtained by the WLAN access network side from the cellular network side.

The cellular network information type can be represented by the IEI ID defined in the 3GPP protocol, and the cellular network information includes but not limited to: the cellular network cell parameter information, the cellular network network capability information, access network Discovery and selection function information, access network packet network connection list or the cellular network tariff information.

The second query message may be implemented through the following information elements:

table 5

Wherein, Info ID is the serial number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, and PLMNCount is the identity information of the operator that the UE needs to query. The operator to be queried is generally the UE's home operator, and the home operator may be understood as an operator that provides network services to the UE. When the UE belongs to multiple operators, the UE can send the identity information of the multiple operators to the WLAN access network side at the same time, or send them separately. The identity information of the operator that needs to be queried may include public land mobile network (PublicLand Mobile Network, PLMN) information and Realm information of the home operator of the UE, which is used to report to the WLAN access network side and/or The cellular network side indicates the identity of the home operator of the UE. Optionally, the PLMN Count in Table 5 can be omitted, because unlike Embodiment 1, in Embodiment 2, the UE performs information interaction with the cellular network side, and the core network side has multiple other ways to determine the ownership of the UE operator.

S202: The WLAN access network side receives the second response message sent by the cellular network side, and sends the second response message to the UE;

The second response message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

The second response message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Table 6

Among them, Info ID is the number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, PLMNInfoCount is the number of cellular networks, and PLMN Info Duple is the encapsulation package of the cellular network information types that can be queried.

The structure of the PLMN Info Duple#1 field in Table 6 is shown in Table 7:

Length PLMN IEI Count IEI ID#1 IEI ID#N

Table 7

Among them, Length is the length, PLMN is the name of the cellular network, IEI Count is the number of types of cellular network information that can be queried, and IEI ID is the type of cellular network information that can be queried. Optionally, the PLMN in Table 7 can be omitted, and at this time, the UE does not limit which operator's cellular network extension information is to be queried.

S203: The WLAN access network side receives the first query message sent by the UE, and sends the first query message to the cellular network side;

The first query message carries the identity information of the operator to be queried, the quantity and type of the cellular network information to be queried.

The first query message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Info ID Length Payload

Table 8

Wherein, the Info ID is the number of the information unit, and the Info ID may adopt the same number as the 3GPP cellular network information frame defined in the 3GPP protocol, or may use a different number. Length is the remaining length of this information unit. The structure of the Payload field is shown in Table 9:

Info ID Length HPLMN IEI Count IEI ID#1 IEI ID#N

Table 9

Wherein, the IEI ID is the number of the information unit, and the IEI ID may be the ID number of the 3GPP cellular information query list defined in the 3GPP protocol. The HPLMN is the PLMN information of the UE's home operator, and the HPLMN can be extended to the identity information of the UE's home operator, which is the same as the identity information of the UE's home operator in step 201 . The IEI Count is the number of cellular network information that the UE needs to query, which is consistent with the number of IEI IDs. IEIID is the type of cellular network information that needs to be queried, corresponding to the IEI ID value defined in the 3GPP protocol. Optionally, the HPLMN in Table 9 may be omitted, and at this time, the UE does not limit which operator's cellular network extension information is to be queried.

Optionally, in this embodiment, step 201 and step 202 may be omitted, and step 203 may be directly performed.

S204: The WLAN access network side receives the first response message sent by the cellular network side, and sends the first response message to the UE.

The first response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP generic carrier 3GPP Generic Container, and carries the cellular network information.

Optionally, the first query message, the second query message and/or the second response message in this embodiment are encapsulated by a 3GPP Generic Container.

In this embodiment, the UE located in the non-cellular network sends the first query message carrying the type of cellular network information that needs to be queried to the cellular network side, so that the UE can realize the extended query of the cellular network information, and through the UE sending Before the first query message, send a second query message to the cellular network side for querying the types of cellular network messages that can be queried, thereby preventing the UE from blindly performing information query and better realizing the extended query of the cellular network information by the UE.

Embodiment three:

Fig. 3 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for instructing and querying cellular network information in a non-cellular network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3 , the steps of Embodiment 3 are roughly the same as those of Embodiment 1. The difference is that in Embodiment 3, the UE performs information exchange through the WLAN access network side and the cellular network side, and the WLAN access network side performs routing judgment. Analyze the identity information of the operator that needs to be queried carried in the first query message and the second query message sent by the UE to the cellular network side, and then send the remaining information to the cellular network side, and the cellular network side parses the remaining information , the method includes:

S301: The WLAN access network side receives the second query message sent by the user equipment;

The UE is located in a non-cellular network, such as a WLAN, and the WLAN access network is connected to the cellular network, such as a 3GPP network, and the UE can access the 3GPP network through the WLAN access network. The WLAN access network side may include an access point AP and/or an access network query protocol (Access Network Query Protocol, access network query protocol) server.

The UE sends a second query message to the WLAN access network side to query the type of cellular network information that can be queried. The cellular network information that can be queried refers to the cellular network information provided by the cellular network, or provided by the cellular network side and the UE has permission The acquired cellular network information is, for example, scalable 3GPP network information provided by the 3GPP network side to the UE located in the WLAN. The cellular network information is pre-stored on the WLAN access network side, or is obtained by the WLAN access network side from the cellular network side.

The cellular network information type can be represented by the IEI ID defined in the 3GPP protocol, and the cellular network information includes but not limited to: the cellular network cell parameter information, the cellular network network capability information, access network Discovery and selection function information, access network packet network connection list or the cellular network tariff information.

The second query message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Table 10

Wherein, Info ID is the serial number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, and PLMNCount is the identity information of the operator that the UE needs to query. The operator to be queried is generally the UE's home operator, and the home operator may be understood as an operator that provides network services to the UE. When the UE belongs to multiple operators, the UE can send the identity information of the multiple operators to the WLAN access network side at the same time, or send them separately. The identity information of the operator that needs to be queried may include public land mobile network (Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN) information and/or realm (Realm) information of the home operator of the UE, which is used to report to the WLAN access network side and /or the cellular network side indicates the identity of the home operator of the UE. The PLMN#1 field carries an IEI ID, and the IEI ID is a type of cellular network information that can be queried.

S302: The WLAN access network side sends the second query message to the cellular network side according to the identity information of the operator carried in the second query message;

In this step, the WLAN access network side needs to first parse out the identity information of the operator carried in the second query message, and then send the second query message to the corresponding cellular network side according to the identity information of the operator.

S303: The WLAN access network side receives the second response message sent by the cellular network side, and sends the second response message to the UE according to the identity information of the operator;

The second response message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

The second response message may be implemented through the following information elements:

IEI ID Length IEI Count IEI ID#1 IEI ID#N

Table 11

Among them, Info ID is the number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, IEICount is the number of types of cellular network information that can be queried, and IEI ID is the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

S304: The WLAN access network side receives the first query message sent by the UE;

The first query message carries the identity information of the operator to be queried, the quantity and type of the cellular network information to be queried.

The first query message may be implemented through the following information elements:

Info ID Length PLMN Payload

Table 12

Among them, Info ID is the number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, PLMN is the identity information of the operator to be queried, and the structure of the Payload field is as follows:

IEI ID Length IEI Count IEI ID#1 IEI ID#N

Table 13

Among them, Info ID is the number of the information unit, Length is the remaining length of the information unit, IEICount is the number of cellular network information types that the UE wants to query, and IEI ID is the type of cellular network information that the UE wants to query.

Optionally, step 301 to step 303 are omitted in this embodiment, and step 304 is directly executed.

S305: The WLAN access network side sends the first query message to the cellular network side according to the identity information of the operator carried in the first query message;

In this step, the WLAN access network side needs to first parse out the operator's identity information carried in the first query message, and then send the first query message to the corresponding cellular network side according to the operator's identity information.

S306: The WLAN access network side receives the first response message sent by the cellular network side, and sends the first response message to the UE according to the identity information of the operator;

The first response message carries the cellular network information, and the first response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP Generic Container, which carries the cellular network information.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the first query message, the second query message and/or the second response message are encapsulated by a 3GPP Generic Container.

In this embodiment, the UE located in the non-cellular network sends the first query message carrying the identity information of the operator to be queried, the amount of cellular network information to be queried, and the type of cellular network information to the WLAN access network side, so that the The UE can realize the extended query of the cellular network information, and before sending the first query message, the UE sends the second query message to the WLAN access network side for querying the cellular network message types that can be queried, thereby avoiding the blindness of the UE. Perform information query to better realize the UE's extended query of cellular network information.

Embodiment four

Fig. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment UE according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the UE is located in a non-cellular network, including:

The first transmitter is configured to send a first query message to the WLAN access network side, where the first query message carries the type of cellular network information to be queried;

The second receiver is configured to receive the first response message sent by the WLAN access network side, where the first response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP generalized carrier 3GPP Generic Container and carries the cellular network information.

Optionally, the UE also includes:

A second transmitter, configured to send a second query message to the WLAN access network side, where the second query message is used to query the types of cellular network information that can be queried;

The second receiver is configured to receive a second response message sent by the WLAN access network side, where the second response message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

Embodiment five

Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of an access device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, the access device includes:

The first receiver is configured to receive a first query message sent by a user equipment UE located in a non-cellular network, where the first query message carries the type of cellular network information to be queried;

The first sender is configured to send a first response message to the UE, where the first response message is encapsulated by a 3GPP generalized carrier 3GPP Generic Container and carries the cellular network information.

Optionally, the WLAN access network side further includes: a second receiver, configured to receive a second query message sent by the UE, where the second query message is used to query the types of cellular network information that can be queried; A second sender, configured to send a second response message to the UE, where the second response message carries the type of cellular network information that can be queried.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be realized by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better embodiment . Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a readable storage medium, such as a floppy disk of a computer , a hard disk or an optical disk, etc., including several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Anyone skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention. All should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (16)

1. a kind of method that inquiry Cellular Networks information is indicated in non-cellular net, it is characterised in that including：

User equipment (UE) in non-cellular net sends the second query messages to WLAN WLAN access net sides, and described the Two query messages are used to inquire about the Cellular Networks information type that can be inquired about；

The UE receives the second response message that the WLAN accesses net side is sent, and second response message is carried and can looked into The Cellular Networks information type of inquiry；

The UE sends in the first query messages, first query messages to WLAN access net sides and carries inquiry in need Cellular Networks information type；

The UE receives the first response message that the WLAN accesses net side is sent, and first response message is carried by 3GPP broad sense Body 3GPP Generic Container are encapsulated, and carry the Cellular Networks information corresponding with the first type of query message.

2. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterised in that the Cellular Networks information is pre-stored in the WLAN access networks Side, or obtained by WLAN accesses net side from honeycomb network side；

The Cellular Networks information includes at least one of：

The Cellular Networks cell parameter information, the Cellular Networks capability information, access network discovery and selection function information, connect Networking packet network connects list or the Cellular Networks tariff information.

3. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterised in that the non-cellular net is WLAN wlan network, institute Cellular Networks are stated for third generation partner program 3GPP networks, the cell of the Cellular Networks information type defined in 3GPP agreements Mark IEI ID are represented.

4. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterised in that also carry inquiry in need in first query messages The identity information of operator.

5. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterised in that also carry inquiry in need in second query messages The identity information of operator.

6. the method according to claim any one of 1-5, it is characterised in that first query messages, described second are looked into Message or second response message is ask to be encapsulated by 3GPP Generic Container.

7. the method according to claim 4 or 5, it is characterised in that operator the returning for the UE of the needs inquiry Belong to operator；The identity information of the operator for needing to inquire about includes：The public land movement of the home-operator of the UE Network PLMN information or scope Realm information.

8. a kind of method that inquiry Cellular Networks information is indicated in non-cellular network, it is characterised in that including：

WLAN WLAN access networks side joint receives the second query messages that the user equipment (UE) being located in non-cellular network is sent, Second query messages are used to inquire about the Cellular Networks information type that can be inquired about；

The lateral UE of the WLAN access networks sends the second response message, and second response message carries what can be inquired about Cellular Networks information type；

The WLAN access networks side joint is received in the first query messages that the UE is sent, first query messages and carries in need The Cellular Networks information type of inquiry；

The lateral UE of the WLAN access networks sends the first response message, and first response message is by 3GPP broad sense carriers 3GPP Generic Container are encapsulated, and carry the Cellular Networks information corresponding with the first type of query message.

9. method according to claim 8, it is characterised in that the Cellular Networks information is pre-stored in the WLAN access networks Side, or obtained by WLAN accesses net side from honeycomb network side；

The Cellular Networks information includes at least one of：

The Cellular Networks cell parameter information, the Cellular Networks capability information, access network discovery and selection function information, connect Networking packet network connects list or the Cellular Networks tariff information.

10. method according to claim 8, it is characterised in that the non-cellular net is WLAN wlan network, institute Cellular Networks are stated for third generation partner program 3GPP networks, the cell of the Cellular Networks information type defined in 3GPP agreements Mark IEI ID are represented.

11. method according to claim 8, it is characterised in that also carry inquiry in need in first query messages Operator identity information, the WLAN access networks lateral root according to the operator identity information, to the UE send first Response message.

12. method according to claim 8, it is characterised in that also carry inquiry in need in second query messages Operator identity information, the WLAN access networks lateral root according to the operator identity information, to the UE send second Response message.

13. the method according to claim any one of 8-12, it is characterised in that first query messages, described second Query messages or second response message are encapsulated by 3GPP Generic Container.

14. the method according to claim 11 or 12, it is characterised in that the operator of the needs inquiry is the UE's Home-operator；The identity information of the operator for needing to inquire about includes the public land movement of the home-operator of the UE Network PLMN information or scope Realm information.

15. a kind of user equipment (UE), it is characterised in that the UE is located in non-cellular net, including：

First transmitter, for sending the first query messages, first query messages to WLAN WLAN access net sides The middle Cellular Networks information type for carrying inquiry in need；

First receiver, for receiving the first response message that WLAN access net side is sent, first response message by 3GPP broad sense carrier 3GPP Generic Container are encapsulated, and carry the honeycomb corresponding with the first type of query message Net information；

Second transmitter, for sending the second query messages to WLAN access net sides, second query messages are used to look into Ask the Cellular Networks information type that can be inquired about；

Second receiver, for receiving the second response message that the WLAN accesses net side is sent, second response message is taken With the Cellular Networks information type that can be inquired about.

16. a kind of access device, it is characterised in that including：

First receiver, the first query messages that the user equipment (UE) being located at for receiving in non-cellular network is sent, described the The Cellular Networks information type of inquiry in need is carried in one query messages；

First transmitter, for sending the first response message to the UE, first response message is by 3GPP broad sense carriers 3GPP Generic Container are encapsulated, and carry the Cellular Networks information corresponding with the first type of query message；

Second receiver, for receiving the second query messages that the UE is sent, second query messages are used for inquiry can be with The Cellular Networks information type of inquiry；

Second transmitter, for sending the second response message to the UE, second response message carries what can be inquired about Cellular Networks information type.