Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a P-L PN, a wireless access point, UE and a method for establishing connection, which can enable an operator network to acquire a P-L PN for sharing service flow.
A first aspect of embodiments of the present invention provides a P-L PN comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein,
the transmitter is used for transmitting a registration request to the wireless access point;
the receiver is configured to receive a service configuration parameter sent by the wireless access point after the registration is successful, where the service configuration parameter is used for the P-L PN to establish service transmission with a user equipment UE served by the wireless access point.
Based on the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the receiver is further configured to receive a registration response generated by the wireless access point according to the registration request, where the registration response is used to indicate that the registration is successful.
In a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, based on the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the registration response includes at least one of the following information:
the wireless access point receives the address of the service data from the P-L PN;
operating parameters used by the P-L PN to register with the wireless access point;
and the bearer information is configured by the wireless access point and used for establishing a bearer for transmitting control signaling or service data with a data volume smaller than a preset value between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
In a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, based on any one of the first to second possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the registration request includes at least one of the following information:
the position information of the P-L PN, the signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, the upper limit of the bandwidth which can be provided by the P-L PN to the wireless access point, the service time which can provide service for the UE by the P-L PN, the access system supported by the P-L PN, the identification characteristic information of the P-L PN, the capability supported by the P-L PN and the service data receiving address of the P-L PN.
Based on any one of the first aspect to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:
a processor configured to establish a radio resource control, RRC, connection with the wireless access point;
the transmitter, configured to transmit the registration request to the wireless access point, includes:
the transmitter is configured to transmit the registration request to the wireless access point over the RRC connection.
Based on any one of the first aspect to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the method further includes:
a processor for determining the wireless access point based on the location of the P-L PN or the measured signal quality of the carrier network from the P-L PN prior to the transmitter transmitting a registration request to the wireless access point.
Based on any one of the first aspect to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the transmitter is configured to transmit a registration request to the wireless access point, and the method includes:
the transmitter is used for forwarding the registration request to the wireless access point through a network transit device on a wired link, and the wireless access point is determined by the network transit device according to the position of the P-L PN, the measured signal quality of the operator network of the P-L PN or the load of the wireless access point.
In a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, based on any one of the first to sixth possible implementation manners of the first aspect,
the receiver is further configured to receive an identifier of the UE sent by the wireless access point, where the identifier of the UE is used for identifying the UE by the P-L PN.
Based on any one of the first aspect to the seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,
the transmitter is further configured to broadcast a network identification of the P-L PN, the network identification being used by the UE to determine that the P-L PN successfully registered with the wireless access point.
In a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, based on any one of the first to eighth possible implementation manners of the first aspect,
the receiver is further configured to: and receiving the network identification sent by the wireless access point after the registration is successful.
In a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, based on any one of the first to ninth possible implementation manners of the first aspect, the transmitter is further configured to:
and when the P-L PN stops service transmission to the UE, transmitting transmission indication information to the wireless access point, wherein the transmission indication information is used for indicating the wireless access point to start service transmission with the UE and start a starting data packet when the service transmission to the UE is started.
A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a wireless access point, including: a transmitter and a receiver; wherein,
the receiver is used for receiving a registration request sent by a private low-power node P-L PN;
the transmitter is configured to transmit a service configuration parameter to the P-L PN after the registration is successful, where the service configuration parameter is used for the P-L PN to establish service transmission with a user equipment UE served by the wireless access point.
Based on the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the transmitter is further configured to transmit the service configuration parameter to the UE after the registration is successful.
Based on the second aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the transmitter is further configured to transmit, to the P-L PN, a registration response generated by the wireless access device according to the registration request, where the registration response is used to indicate that the registration is successful.
In a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, based on the second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the registration response includes at least one of the following information:
the wireless access point receives the address of the service data from the P-L PN;
operating parameters used by the P-L PN to register with the wireless access point;
and the bearer information is configured by the wireless access point and used for establishing a bearer for transmitting control signaling or service data with a data volume smaller than a preset value between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
Based on the second aspect to the third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the registration request includes at least one of the following information:
the position information of the P-L PN, the signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, the upper limit of the bandwidth which can be provided by the P-L PN to the wireless access point, the service time which can provide service for the UE by the P-L PN, the access system supported by the P-L PN, the identification characteristic information of the P-L PN, the capability supported by the P-L PN and the service data receiving address of the P-L PN.
Based on the second aspect to the fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes:
a processor for establishing a radio resource control, RRC, connection with said P-L PN;
the receiver is configured to receive the registration request sent by the P-L PN, and includes:
the receiver is configured to receive the registration request sent by the P-L PN over the RRC connection.
Based on the fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect to the second aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect,
the receiver is configured to receive a registration request sent by the P-L PN, and includes:
the receiver is used for receiving the registration request transmitted by the P-L PN and forwarded by the network transit device on a wired link;
the network transit equipment is used for determining the wireless access point according to the position of the P-L PN, the signal quality of the operator network measured by the P-L PN or the load of the wireless access point.
Based on the sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect to the second aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the second aspect,
the transmitter is further configured to transmit a network identifier of the P-L PN to the UE or the P-L PN after the registration is successful, where the network identifier is used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Based on the seventh possible implementation manner of the second aspect to the second aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the second aspect,
the transmitter is further configured to transmit the UE identity to the P-L PN, and the UE identity is used for the P-L PN to identify the UE.
Based on the eighth possible implementation manner of the second aspect to the second aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the second aspect,
the receiver is further configured to receive transmission indication information sent by the P-L PN when the P-L PN stops service transmission to the UE, where the transmission indication information is used to indicate that the wireless access point starts service transmission with the UE and start a start data packet when service transmission to the UE is started.
A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a user equipment UE, including: a receiver and a processor; wherein,
a receiver, configured to receive a service configuration parameter sent by a wireless access point serving the UE after a private low power node P-L PN successfully registers with the wireless access point, where the service configuration parameter is used for the P-L PN to establish service transmission with the UE.
And the processor is used for establishing the service transmission with the P-L PN according to the service configuration parameters.
Based on the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the receiver is further configured to receive a network identity of the P-L PN, the network identity being used by the UE to determine that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Based on the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the receiver is further configured to receive a network identifier of the P-L PN, and includes the receiver being further configured to receive the network identifier broadcasted by the P-L PN;
the UE further comprises: a transmitter for transmitting the network identification to the wireless access point;
the receiver is further configured to receive acknowledgement indication information sent by the wireless access point according to the network identifier, where the acknowledgement indication information is used to indicate that the P-L PN successfully registers with the wireless access point.
A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for establishing a connection, which is applied to a private low power node P-L PN, and includes:
sending a registration request to the wireless access point;
and after the registration request is successful, receiving service configuration parameters sent by the wireless access point, wherein the service configuration parameters are used for establishing service transmission between the P-L PN and User Equipment (UE) served by the wireless access point.
In a first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on the fourth aspect, the method further includes:
and receiving a registration response generated by the wireless access point according to the registration request, wherein the registration response is used for indicating that the registration is successful.
In a second possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on the first possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the registration response includes at least one of the following information:
the wireless access point receives the address of the service data from the P-L PN;
operating parameters used by the P-L PN to register with the wireless access point;
and the bearer information is configured by the wireless access point and used for establishing a bearer for transmitting control signaling or service data with a data volume smaller than a preset value between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
In a third possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on any one of the second possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, the registration request includes at least one of the following information:
the position information of the P-L PN, the signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, the upper limit of the bandwidth which can be provided by the P-L PN to the wireless access point, the service time which can provide service for the UE by the P-L PN, the access system supported by the P-L PN, the identification characteristic information of the P-L PN, the capability supported by the P-L PN and the service data receiving address of the P-L PN.
Based on any one of the third possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect,
establishing a radio resource control, RRC, connection with the wireless access point;
sending the registration request to the wireless access point, comprising: sending the registration request to the wireless access point over the RRC connection.
Based on any one of the fourth possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, the method further includes:
determining the wireless access point based on the measured signal quality of the carrier network from the location of the P-L PN or the P-L PN prior to sending a registration request to the wireless access point.
Based on any one of the fifth possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect,
sending a registration request to the wireless access point, comprising:
forwarding the registration request to the wireless access point over a wired link through a network transit device for determining the wireless access point based on the location of the P-L PN, the measured signal quality of the carrier network by the P-L PN, or the load of the wireless access point.
In a seventh possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on any one of the sixth possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, the method further includes:
and receiving the identity of the UE sent by the wireless access point, wherein the identity of the UE is used for identifying the UE by the P-L PN.
In an eighth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on any one of the seventh possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, the method further includes:
broadcasting a network identification of the P-L PN, the network identification for the UE to determine that the P-L PN successfully registered with the wireless access point.
In a ninth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on any one of the eighth possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect, the method further includes:
and receiving the network identification sent by the wireless access point after the registration is successful.
In a tenth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect, based on any one of the ninth possible implementation manners of the fourth aspect to the fourth aspect, the method further includes:
and when the P-L PN stops sending data to the UE, sending transmission indication information to the wireless access point, wherein the transmission indication information is used for indicating the wireless access point to start service transmission with the UE and start a starting data packet when data transmission with the UE is started.
A fifth aspect of the present invention provides a method for establishing a connection, where the method is applied to a wireless access point serving a UE, and the method includes:
receiving a registration request sent by a private low power node P-L PN;
and after the registration is successful, sending service configuration parameters to the P-L PN, wherein the service configuration parameters are used for establishing service transmission between the P-P L N and the UE.
In a first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, based on the fifth aspect, the method further includes:
and after the registration is successful, sending the service configuration parameters to the UE.
Based on the fifth aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the method further includes:
and sending a registration response generated by the wireless access equipment according to the registration request to the P-L PN, wherein the registration response is used for indicating that the registration is successful.
Based on the second possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the registration response includes at least one of the following information:
the registration response contains at least one of the following information:
the wireless access point receives the address of the service data from the P-L PN;
operating parameters used by the P-L PN to register with the wireless access point;
and the bearer information is configured by the wireless access point and used for establishing a bearer for transmitting control signaling or service data with a data volume smaller than a preset value between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
In a fourth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, based on any one of the third possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect to the fifth aspect, the registration request includes at least one of the following information:
the position information of the P-L PN, the signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, the upper limit of the bandwidth which can be provided by the P-L PN to the wireless access point, the service time which can provide service for the UE by the P-L PN, the access system supported by the P-L PN, the identification characteristic information of the P-L PN, the capability supported by the P-L PN and the service data receiving address of the P-L PN.
Based on any one of the fourth possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect to the fifth aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the method further includes establishing a radio resource control, RRC, connection with the P-L PN;
receiving the registration request sent by the P-L PN comprises receiving the registration request sent by the P-L PN on the RRC connection.
Based on any one of the fifth possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect to the fifth aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, the receiving a registration request sent by the P-L PN includes:
receiving the registration request transmitted by the P-L PN forwarded by the network transit equipment on a wired link;
the network transit equipment is used for determining the wireless access point according to the position of the P-L PN, the signal quality of the operator network measured by the P-L PN or the load of the wireless access point.
In a seventh possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, based on any one of the fifth to sixth possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect, the method further includes, after the registration is successful, transmitting a network identity of the P-L PN to the UE or the P-L PN, the network identity being used by the UE to determine that the registration of the P-L PN to the wireless access point is successful.
In an eighth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, based on any one of the seventh possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect to the fifth aspect, the method further includes:
transmitting the identity of the UE to the P-L PN, the identity of the UE being used for the P-L PN to identify the UE.
In a ninth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect, based on any one of the eighth possible implementation manners of the fifth aspect to the fifth aspect, the method further includes:
and receiving transmission indication information sent by the P-L PN when the P-L PN stops the service transmission to the UE, wherein the transmission indication information is used for indicating the wireless access point to start the service transmission with the UE and starting a data packet when the service transmission to the UE is started.
A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a method for establishing a connection, where the method is applied to a user equipment UE served by a wireless access point, and includes:
after a private low-power node P-L PN successfully registers to the wireless access point, receiving service configuration parameters sent by the wireless access point, wherein the service configuration parameters are used for establishing service transmission between the P-L PN and the UE;
and establishing the service transmission with the P-L PN according to the service configuration parameters.
In a first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, based on the sixth aspect, the method further includes:
receiving a network identification of the P-L PN, the network identification for the UE to determine that the P-L PN successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Based on the first possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect, the receiving the network identifier of the P-L PN comprises receiving the network identifier broadcasted by the P-L PN;
the method further comprises the steps of sending the network identification to the wireless access point, and receiving confirmation indication information sent by the wireless access point according to the network identification, wherein the confirmation indication information is used for indicating that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
By applying the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the registration initiated to the wireless access point serving the UE through the P-L PN enables the wireless access point to acquire the P-L PN capable of establishing service transmission with the UE, thereby achieving the purpose of carrying out service distribution on the wireless access point and improving the performance of a communication system.
Detailed Description
By way of example, the P-L PN in various embodiments of the present invention includes, but is not limited to, the following:
w L AN (Wireless L Area Networks: Wireless local Area Networks), W L AN deployed by individuals or enterprises uses broadband as backhaul transmission and provides Wireless access service to users through Wireless, typical W L AN is, for example, W L AN using WI-FI (Wireless fidelity) technology, W L AN can provide Wireless service for mobile phones, tablet computers, notebook computers and the like, W L AN can control user access rights through passwords or addresses.
H (e) NB (home (evolved) Node B), a home-deployed base station, to supplement network coverage of a home H (e) NB typically employs L TE (L ong Term Evolution)/UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) access standard.
L TE-U (L TE-Ulicenced: Unlicensed spectrum L TE) base stations, home or enterprise deployed base stations, generally adopting the L TE/UMTS access standard, operate using Unlicensed frequency bands.
Accordingly, the wireless access point may be a BSC (Base Station Controller), an RNC (Radio Network Controller), an eNode b (Evolved NodeB), or a NodeB (3G mobile Station), and the like.
In the communication system architecture diagram shown in fig. 1, the user equipment 10 may be connected to the wireless access point 12 through a wireless link, the wireless access point 12 may be connected to the core network 15, the Charging apparatus 16 and the Internet 14 through the network relay device 13, the user equipment 10 may be connected to the private low-power node 11 through a wireless link and connected to the Internet 14 through the private low-power node 11, in the communication system architecture diagram shown in fig. 1, a dotted line represents a wireless link and a solid line represents a wired link, wherein the Charging apparatus 16 and the network relay device 13 are both logical Function units and may be located on a physical device of the core network 15, or may be located on a physical server independent of the core network 15, the Charging apparatus 16 may be located on a Policy and Policy (Policy Rules and Rules Function) of the core network 15, and the wireless access point 14 may be connected to the Internet relay device 14 in order to avoid a problem of the wireless access point 12, the wireless access point 12 may be connected to the Internet relay device 13 directly.
Various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the various figures.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a P-L PN according to a second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, where the P-L PN includes a transmitter 20 and a receiver 21,
a transmitter 20 for transmitting a registration request to the wireless access point;
a receiver 21, configured to receive, after the registration is successful, a service configuration parameter sent by the wireless access point, where the service configuration parameter is used for establishing service transmission between the P-L PN and a UE served by the wireless access point.
If the P-3632 PN is successfully registered in the wireless access point, that is, the wireless access point allows the P-L PN to share the traffic flow for the wireless access point, the wireless access point allocates the service configuration parameters for establishing the service transmission to the P-L PN and the UE.
The registration request may include at least one of location information of the P-L PN, signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, an upper limit of a bandwidth that the P-L PN can provide to the wireless access point, a service time that the P-L PN can provide a service for the UE, an access standard supported by the P-L PN, identification feature information of the P-L PN, a capability supported by the P-L PN, and a service data receiving address of the P-L PN, and when the wireless access point receives the at least one of the above information, it may be determined whether the P-L PN is allowed to share service traffic of the wireless access point.
The location information of the P-L PN may be location information determined by the P-L PN using GPS (Global positioning System), IP (Internet protocol) address information of the P-L PN, etc., the P-L PN may provide AN upper bandwidth limit for the wireless access point, which is used to indicate that the P-L PN can share the maximum bandwidth occupied by the traffic of the wireless access point, the P-L PN may determine the bandwidth available for the traffic of the wireless access point according to the bandwidth occupied by the user deploying the P-L PN, the Service time for the P-L PN may provide the Service for the UE, may be determined according to the historical usage of the user deploying the P-L PN, for example, the user deploying the P-L PN may generally use the P-4624: 00 PN 5, may Set the Service information as well as the information of the P-466 PN supporting the PCI-3655 PN 2PN 5PN supporting the wireless access network, the identification information may be used for identifying that the wireless access point P-L PN supports multiple access technologies such as the wireless access Service discovery Service ID, the IP-L PN-3648 PN may be identified by the PCI-PSN identity, the wireless access network supporting the wireless access System, the wireless access System P-L PN-PIXN supporting the wireless access System.
Optionally, the receiver 21 is further configured to receive a registration response generated by the wireless access point according to the registration request, where the registration response is used to indicate that the registration is successful.
If the wireless access point allows the P-L PN to share traffic for the wireless access point, the P-L PN receives the registration response through the receiver 21.
If the wireless access point does not allow the P-L PN to share traffic for the wireless access point, the wireless access point will not send the registration response to the P-L PN, or the P-L PN receives the registration reject message sent by the wireless access point through the receiver 21 to reject the registration request of the P-L PN.
The registration response may include at least one of an address of the wireless access point receiving the service data from the P-L PN, an operating parameter used by the P-L PN to register to the wireless access point, and bearer information configured by the wireless access point, wherein the bearer information is used for establishing a bearer for transmitting the service data with the data volume less than a preset value or control signaling between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
The operating parameters used by the P-L PN to register to the wireless access point may include an operating frequency of the P-L PN, a PCI (Physical Cell Identity) used for modulating and demodulating a signal, a transmission power or a reception power, and the like.
As can be seen from fig. 1, the P-L PN may send a registration request to the wireless access point over a wireless link or a wired link.
For the case where the P-L PN sends a registration request to the wireless access point over a wireless link, the P-L PN may function as a UE to send the registration request by establishing an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection with the wireless access point, specifically, the P-L PN further includes a processor 22 for establishing an RRC connection with the wireless access point, the transmitter for sending the registration request to the wireless access point over the RRC connection, optionally, the processor is further configured to determine the wireless access point based on the location of the P-L PN or the measured signal quality of the P-L PN operator Network prior to the transmitter sending a registration request to the wireless access point, e.g., the processor may determine an access point within a predetermined range from the P-L PN as the wireless access point threshold, the processor may determine as which of the P-567 PN measured signal quality of the operator Network is greater than a predetermined Network as the wireless access point threshold, the processor may query which of the P-567 PN operator Network signal quality measured by the Mobile access point L belongs to the wireless operator Network (MN) and may query the common Network quality of the Mobile operator Network.
The method may further include, for example, transmitting a registration request to the wireless access point through a wired link by the P-L PN, the P-L PN transmitting the registration request to a network relay device through a wired link, the network relay device determining the wireless access point according to a location of the P-L PN, a signal quality of the carrier network measured by the P-L PN, or a load of the wireless access point, and forwarding the registration request to the wireless access point through a network relay device on a wired link, the wireless access point being used by the network relay device to determine the wireless access point according to a location of the P-L PN, a signal quality of the carrier network measured by the P-L PN, or a load of the wireless access point.
Specifically, the receiver of the P-L PN is used for receiving the identity of the UE transmitted by the wireless access point, and the identity of the UE is used for the P-L PN to identify the UE.
Further, in order to enable the UE to recognize that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point, the P-L PN may broadcast a network ID of the P-L PN, the network ID is used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point, specifically, the transmitter of the P-L PN is used for broadcasting a network ID of the P-L PN, and the network ID is used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
After the P-L PN successfully registers with the wireless access point, the P-L PN may receive the service configuration parameter sent by the wireless access point, the P-L PN may establish service transmission with the UE according to the service configuration parameter, thereby implementing sharing of the service traffic of the wireless access point.
For some reason, for example, the UE leaves the coverage of the P-L PN, the P-L PN cannot guarantee the traffic transmission requirement (e.g., traffic transmission rate and delay requirement) of the UE, the P-L PN fails or the load of the wireless access point drops to a point where the P-L PN is no longer needed to share traffic flow for the UE, and the like, the P-L PN may stop traffic transmission to the UE and send transmission indication information to the wireless access point, where the transmission indication information is used to indicate the wireless access point to start traffic transmission to the UE and start a start packet when traffic transmission to the UE is started, and specifically, the transmitter of the P-L PN is further used to send transmission indication information to the wireless access point when the P-L PN stops traffic transmission to the UE, where the transmission indication information is used to indicate the wireless access point to start traffic transmission to the UE and start a start packet when traffic transmission to the UE is started.
Optionally, after the P-L PN establishes service transmission with the UE, the P-L PN may send service traffic information of the UE using the P-L PN to a charging module, and feed back a charging result of the charging module to the P-L PN or the deployer of the P-L PN.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless access point according to a third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention. The wireless access point, comprising: a transmitter 31 and a receiver 30; wherein,
the receiver 30 is used for receiving a registration request sent by a P-L PN;
the transmitter 31 is configured to transmit a service configuration parameter to the P-L PN after the registration is successful, where the service configuration parameter is used for the P-L PN to establish service transmission with the UE served by the wireless access point.
Since various embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other, the same concepts and processes may not be described in detail.
The wireless access point may transmit the traffic configuration parameters to the UE through the transmitter 31 in addition to the P-L PN, so that the P-L PN and the UE establish traffic transmission.
The transmitter is further configured to transmit a registration response generated by the wireless access device according to the registration request to the P-L PN, wherein the registration response includes at least one of an address of the wireless access point receiving traffic data from the P-L PN, an operating parameter used by the P-L PN to register to the wireless access point, and bearer information configured by the wireless access point, the bearer information being used to establish a bearer for transmitting control signaling or traffic data with an amount of data smaller than a preset value between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
Correspondingly, the registration request includes at least one of the following information:
the position information of the P-L PN, the signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, the upper limit of the bandwidth which can be provided by the P-L PN to the wireless access point, the service time which can provide service for the UE by the P-L PN, the access system supported by the P-L PN, the identification characteristic information of the P-L PN, the capability supported by the P-L PN and the service data receiving address of the P-L PN.
The P-L PN also optionally includes a processor 32 configured to establish a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the P-L PN, accordingly, the receiver 30 is configured to receive a registration request sent by the P-L PN over the RRC connection.
Optionally, the receiver 30 may be specifically configured to receive, over a wired link, the registration request sent by the P-L PN and forwarded by a network transit device, where the network transit device is configured to determine the wireless access point according to the position of the P-L PN, the signal quality of the operator network measured by the P-L PN, or the load of the wireless access point.
Optionally, the transmitter 31 is further configured to transmit a network identifier of the P-L PN to the UE or the P-L PN after the registration is successful, where the network identifier is used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Optionally, the transmitter 31 is further configured to transmit the UE identity to the P-L PN, where the UE identity is used for the P-L PN to identify the UE.
Optionally, the receiver 30 is further configured to receive transmission indication information sent by the P-L PN when the P-L PN stops traffic transmission to the UE, where the transmission indication information is used to indicate that the wireless access point starts traffic transmission with the UE and start a start data packet when traffic transmission to the UE is started.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment UE according to a fourth aspect of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the UE includes: a receiver 40 and a processor 41; wherein,
the receiver 40 is configured to receive a service configuration parameter sent by a wireless access point after a P-L PN successfully registers with the wireless access point serving the UE, where the service configuration parameter is used for establishing service transmission between the P-L PN and the UE.
The processor 41 is configured to establish the service transmission with the P-L PN according to the service configuration parameter.
Optionally, the receiver 40 is further configured to receive a network identification of the P-L PN, the network identification being used by the UE to determine that the P-L PN was successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Correspondingly, the UE also comprises a transmitter used for transmitting the network identification to the wireless access point, and the receiver is also used for receiving confirmation indication information transmitted by the wireless access point according to the network identification, wherein the confirmation indication information is used for indicating that the P-L PN is successfully registered to the wireless access point.
By applying the P-L PN, the wireless access point and the UE served by the wireless access point provided by the embodiment of the invention, through the registration of the P-L PN and the establishment of the service transmission between the P-L PN and the UE, the operator network can identify the P-L PN which can share the service flow for the operator network, the system performance of the operator network is improved, and the effect of fully utilizing the P-L PN resource is also achieved.
Based on the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, and the fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for establishing a connection according to a fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the method includes the following.
S510, the P-L PN sends a registration request to the wireless access point;
s520, after the registration request is successful, the P-L PN receives service configuration parameters sent by the wireless access point, and the service configuration parameters are used for the P-L PN to establish service transmission with the UE served by the wireless access point.
Optionally, before S510, the P-L PN may determine, according to the location information of the P-L PN, that the access point within a preset range from the P-L PN is a wireless access point for which the P-L PN may share the service traffic, or the P-L PN may determine, according to the measured signal quality of the operator network, that a wireless access point corresponding to a network greater than a certain preset threshold is a wireless access point for which the P-L PN may share the service traffic.
After the P-L PN determines a wireless access point capable of sharing service traffic, the P-L PN may send a registration request to the wireless access point to notify the wireless access point that the P-L0 PN may establish service transmission with a UE served by the wireless access point, so as to achieve the purpose of sharing the service traffic of the wireless access point, in order to let the wireless access point determined by the P-L1 PN know that the P-L2 PN may share the service traffic for the wireless access point, the registration request may include at least one of location information of the P-L PN, signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, an upper limit of a bandwidth that the P-L PN can provide to the wireless access point, a service time that the P-L PN can provide service for the UE, a supported access scheme of the P-L PN, identification feature information of the P L PN, capabilities supported by the P-L PN, and a service address of the P-L for receiving data.
The wireless access point determined by the P-L PN, after receiving the registration request sent by the P-L PN, may determine whether to allow the P-L PN to establish traffic with the UE served by the wireless access point according to the load of the wireless access point, thereby achieving the at least one information for the purpose of sharing traffic flow for the wireless access point.
After the wireless access point allows the P-L PN to establish a service transmission with the UE, the method further includes S515 (not shown in the figure), the wireless access point sends a registration response generated according to the registration request to the P-L PN, the registration response is used for indicating that the registration is successful, optionally, the execution sequence of S515 and S520 is not limited, optionally, the registration response includes at least one of an address of the wireless access point for receiving service data from the P-L PN, an operation parameter used by the P-L PN for registering the wireless access point, and bearer information configured by the wireless access point, the bearer information is used for establishing a bearer for transmitting control signaling or service data with the data quantity less than a preset value between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
As a possible implementation manner, before S510, the P-L PN may send a registration request to the wireless access point through a wireless link or a wired link, the method further includes S505 (not shown in the figure), where the P-L PN establishes an RRC connection with the wireless access point, and accordingly S510 may specifically be that the P-L PN sends the registration request to the wireless access point on the RRC connection, and as another possible implementation manner, S510 may specifically be that the registration request is forwarded to the wireless access point through a network relay device on a wired link, where the network relay device is used to determine the wireless access point according to the position of the P-L PN, the measured signal quality of the operator network of the P-L PN, or the load of the wireless access point.
In order for the P-L PN to identify the UE requiring establishment of traffic transmission, the method further includes S525 (not shown in the figure), the P-L PN receives the identity of the UE transmitted by the wireless access point, and the identity of the UE is used for the P-L PN to identify the UE.
Optionally, in order to enable the UE to recognize that the P-L PN was successfully registered with the wireless access point, the method further includes S530 (not shown), the P-L PN may broadcast a network ID of the P-L PN, the network ID is used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN was successfully registered with the wireless access point, the network ID may be the identity information of the P-L PN, the network ID may not be the identity information of the P-L PN, but an ID assigned and transmitted by the wireless access point after the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
In the process of the P-L PN establishing the service transmission with the UE using the service configuration parameters, due to some reason, for example, the P-L PN is failed, the load of the wireless access point has dropped to a point that the P-L PN does not need to share the service traffic of the wireless access point, and the like, the P-L PN may stop the service transmission with the UE, in this case, the method further includes S535 (not shown in the figure), when the P-L PN stops sending data to the UE, sending transmission indication information to the wireless access point, wherein the transmission indication information is used for indicating the wireless access point to start the service transmission with the UE and starting a data packet when the data transmission with the UE is started.
It should be noted that the execution sequence among S520, S525, and S530 is not limited, and S535 is executed after S520.
Based on the embodiments provided in the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, and the fifth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for establishing a connection according to the sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the method includes the following.
S610, a wireless access point serving UE receives a registration request sent by a P-L PN;
s620, after the registration is successful, the wireless access point sends service configuration parameters to the P-L PN, and the service configuration parameters are used for establishing service transmission between the P-L PN and the UE.
Optionally, the service configuration parameters when the service transmission with the P-L PN is established can also be known to the UE, and the method further includes S625 (not shown in the figure), and after the registration is successful, the wireless access point sends the service configuration parameters to the UE.
The wireless access point can determine whether to allow the P-L PN to establish a connection with the UE after receiving the registration request, so as to achieve the purpose of sharing the traffic flow for the wireless access point, therefore, optionally, the method further comprises S615 (not shown in the figure), the wireless access point sends a registration response generated by the wireless access device according to the registration request to the P-L PN, the registration response is used for indicating the registration success, optionally, the registration response comprises at least one of the following information, namely, the address of the wireless access point for receiving the traffic data from the P-L PN, the working parameters used by the P-L PN for registering the PN, and the carrying information configured by the wireless access point, wherein the carrying information is used for establishing the carrying of the traffic data with the control signaling or the data quantity smaller than the preset value transmitted between the P-L PN and the wireless access point.
Optionally, the registration request includes at least one of location information of the P-L PN, signal quality of an operator network measured by the P-L PN, an upper limit of a bandwidth that the P-L PN can provide to the wireless access point, service time that the P-L PN can provide service for the UE, an access standard supported by the P-L PN, identification feature information of the P-L PN, a capability supported by the P-L PN, and a service data receiving address of the P-L PN.
As an example, the method further comprises the step that the wireless access point establishes a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the P-L PN, the step that the wireless access point receives the registration request sent by the P-L PN and comprises the step that the registration request sent by the P-L PN is received on the RRC connection, the step that the wireless access point receives the registration request sent by the P-L PN and comprises the step that the wireless access point receives the registration request sent by the P-L PN and forwarded by a network transfer device on a wired link, and the step that the network transfer device is used for determining the wireless access point according to the position of the P-L PN, the signal quality measured by the P-L PN of the operator network or the load of the wireless access point.
After the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point, in order to establish the traffic transmission between the P-L PN and the UE, the method further includes S630 (not shown), after the registration is successful, the wireless access point sends the network ID of the P-L PN to the UE or the P-L PN, and the network ID is used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Optionally, the method further includes S635 (not shown), the wireless access point transmitting the identity of the UE to the P-L PN, the identity of the UE being used for the P-L PN to identify the UE.
Optionally, the method further includes S640 (not shown in the figure), where the wireless access point receives transmission indication information sent by the P-L PN when the P-L PN stops traffic transmission to the UE, and the transmission indication information is used to indicate that the wireless access point starts traffic transmission with the UE and start a start data packet when traffic transmission to the UE is started.
It should be noted that the execution order of S620, S625, S630, and S635 is not limited, and S640 is executed after S520.
Based on the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, the fifth aspect, and the sixth aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for establishing a connection according to the seventh aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 7, the method includes the following steps.
S710, after P-L PN is successfully registered to a wireless access point, UE served by the wireless access point receives service configuration parameters sent by the wireless access point, wherein the service configuration parameters are used for establishing service transmission between the P-L PN and the UE;
s720, the UE establishes the service transmission with the P-L PN according to the service configuration parameters.
Optionally, the method further comprises the UE receiving a network identification of the P-L PN, the network identification being used for the UE to determine that the P-L PN successfully registers with the wireless access point.
Optionally, the UE receives the network identifier of the P-L PN, including receiving the network identifier broadcasted by the P-L PN, and correspondingly, the method further includes the UE transmitting the network identifier to the wireless access point, and receiving acknowledgement indication information transmitted by the wireless access point according to the network identifier, where the acknowledgement indication information is used to indicate that the P-L PN is successfully registered with the wireless access point.
Some of the conceptual processes in the fourth, fifth and sixth aspects of embodiments of the invention have been set forth in the first, second and third aspects, and for these concepts and processes reference may therefore be made to the embodiments described in the first, second and third aspects.
By applying the method embodiments provided in the fourth, fifth or sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, through registration of the P-L PN and establishment of service transmission between the P-L PN and the UE, an operator network can identify the P-L PN capable of sharing service traffic for the operator network, thereby improving system performance of the operator network and achieving an effect of fully utilizing the P-L PN resources.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the embodiments of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to encompass such modifications and variations.