CN107517211B

CN107517211B - Configuration information acquisition method and system and configuration information processing method

Info

Publication number: CN107517211B
Application number: CN201710773913.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曹军
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-31
Filing date: 2017-08-31
Publication date: 2020-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-31
Also published as: CN107517211A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a system for acquiring configuration information and a method for processing the configuration information. The acquisition method comprises the following steps: a terminal acquires an identity of an operator network where the terminal currently resides, and the terminal supports an IMS service; a terminal sends a public data network connection request to an operator network, and a network element entity of the operator network obtains a detection result whether the connection request carries P-CSCF address request information or not; the terminal receiving network element entity obtains the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity mark according to the detection result; and acquiring the configuration information stored by the terminal, and registering the IMS service corresponding to the IMS network operation according to the configuration information. When the terminal resides in the operator network, the network element entity of the operator network can transmit the acquired configuration information of the IMS service of the corresponding operator to the terminal under a certain condition, so that the number of the IMS services supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of a user is improved.

Description

Configuration information acquisition method and system and configuration information processing method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and a system for acquiring configuration information and a method for processing configuration information.

Background

In the existing network, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a new Multimedia service form, which can meet the requirements of the existing terminal clients for more novel and diversified Multimedia services. There is a strong association between IMS services, such as VoLTE (Voice over LTE, IMS based Voice Service), ViLTE (Video over LTE, IMS based Video Service), VoWiFi (Voice on WiFi, IMS based WiFi Service), and RCS (Rich Communication Service), and various operators all over the world. The operator has some configuration differences for different IMS services, for example, different IMS services need to configure different P-CSCF (Proxy Call session control function) parameters, QoS (Quality of Service) parameters, parameters related to an additional Service Ut, and the like.

A conventional user terminal supporting IMS services generally supports the standard protocols ir.92& ir.94 of IMS, but the types of IMS services that the user terminal can support are limited, and according to the situation of each operator, the terminal needs to build configuration parameters corresponding to each IMS service of the operator into the terminal one by one in a system upgrade manner, so that the terminal supports multiple IMS services of the operator, which is inefficient and poor in user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for acquiring configuration information, and a method for processing configuration information, which can quickly acquire configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator, thereby improving user experience.

A method for acquiring configuration information comprises the following steps:

a terminal acquires an identity of an operator network where the terminal currently resides, wherein the terminal supports an IMS service;

the terminal sends a public data network connection request to the operator network, and a network element entity of the operator network obtains a detection result of whether the connection request carries P-CSCF address request information or not;

the terminal receives configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator, which is obtained by the network element entity according to the detection result and is matched with the identity mark;

and the terminal acquires and stores the configuration information, registers an IMS network according to the configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service.

The method for acquiring the configuration information can enable the terminal supporting the IMS service to acquire the identity of the operator network where the current terminal resides; a network element entity of an operator network acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification according to a detection result of whether a public data network connection request sent by a terminal carries P-CSCF address request information; and the terminal receives and stores the configuration information and registers the IMS network to operate the corresponding IMS service according to the configuration information. When the terminal resides in the operator network, the network element entity of the operator network can transmit the acquired configuration information of the IMS service of the corresponding operator to the terminal under a certain condition, so that the number of the IMS services supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of a user is improved.

A method for processing configuration information comprises the following steps:

an operator network allows a terminal to reside and receives a public data network connection request sent by the terminal, wherein the operator network has a unique identity, and the terminal supports an IMS service;

the network element entity of the operator network detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information;

when the public data network connection request carries P-CSCF address request information, the network element entity acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator matched with the identity;

and the network element entity sends the acquired configuration information to the terminal.

In the method for processing the configuration information, the network element entity of the operator network can acquire the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification when detecting that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, and send the acquired configuration information to the terminal. That is, the configuration information of the operator matched with the operator network can be obtained through the network element entity of the operator network and fed back to the terminal, so that the terminal can quickly and timely obtain the configuration information of the corresponding IMS service, the number of the IMS services supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of the user is improved.

A system for acquiring configuration information comprises a terminal, a network element entity of an operator network and an IMS network, wherein,

the terminal is used for acquiring the identity of the operator network where the terminal resides currently, and the terminal supports the IMS service;

the network element entity of the operator network is used for detecting whether a public data network connection request sent by the terminal carries information of a P-CSCF address request, and when the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request, the operator network sends configuration information of an IMS service of an operator, which is matched with the identity identifier, to the terminal;

the terminal is also used for receiving and storing the configuration information, and operating the IMS service according to the configuration information and the IMS network.

The system for acquiring the configuration information can enable the terminal supporting the IMS service to acquire the identity of the operator network where the current terminal resides; the operator network detects whether the public data network connection request sent by the terminal carries the information of the P-CSCF address request; if the IP-CSCF address request is not carried, the operator network sends the acquired configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification to the terminal; the terminal acquires and stores the configuration information, and registers the IMS network to run the corresponding IMS service according to the configuration information. The operator network can send the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, which is acquired by the operator network and matched with the identity identifier, to the terminal according to the detection result, so that the terminal can acquire the configuration information of the corresponding IMS service quickly and timely, the number of the IMS services supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of a user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an application environment of a system for obtaining configuration information, according to an embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal in one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of a system for obtaining configuration information, according to an embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring configuration information according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a second flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring configuration information according to an embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a third flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring configuration information according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a fourth flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring configuration information according to an embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for processing configuration information according to one embodiment;

fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a procedure in which a network element entity of an operator network detects whether a public data network connection request sent by the terminal carries information of a P-CSCF address request in one embodiment;

fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart illustrating that in an embodiment, the network element entity obtains configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator that is matched with the identity;

fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a procedure in which the network element entity obtains configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator that is matched with the identity identifier in another embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration information acquiring apparatus according to an embodiment;

fig. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a device for processing configuration information in one embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment, a system for acquiring configuration information is provided, which includes a terminal 110, an operator network 120, and an IMS network 130. The terminal 110 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart watch, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other terminals that can support IMS services. The terminal 110 accesses the IMS network 130 via the operator network 120, wherein the system may further include an operator server 140 establishing communication with the operator network 120, and the operator server 140 may be an independent physical application server or a physical application server cluster. The operator server 140 is configured to update and store configuration information of at least one IMS service of a corresponding operator.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, a terminal 110 for implementing the method for acquiring configuration information is provided, and includes a processor, a nonvolatile storage medium, an internal memory, a network interface, and a touch screen, which are connected by a system bus. Wherein the processor has a computing function and a function of controlling the operation of the terminal 110, and is configured to perform a configuration information acquisition method. The non-volatile storage medium includes at least one of a magnetic storage medium, an optical storage medium, and a flash memory storage medium, the non-volatile storage medium storing an operating system and computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions, when executed by a processor, implement a method of configuration information acquisition. The processor is used for providing calculation and control capability and supporting the operation of the whole terminal. The internal memory in the terminal provides an environment for the execution of computer-readable instructions in the non-volatile storage medium. The network interfaces are used to connect to various entities in the operator network. The touch screen comprises a display screen and a touch layer, wherein the display screen comprises at least one of a liquid crystal display screen, a flexible display screen and an electronic ink display screen. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration shown in fig. 2 is a block diagram of only a portion of the configuration associated with the present application and does not constitute a limitation on the terminal to which the present application is applied, and that a particular terminal may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine certain components, or have a different arrangement of components.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a network architecture of a configuration information acquisition system. The system comprises, among other things, a terminal 110, an operator network 120 and an IMS network 130. The terminal 110 may also be referred to as a User Equipment (UE) and is responsible for initiating a connection or service request. The operator network 120, here the operator network, may be an LTE network, and network element entities of the LTE network include an access network entity 121 and a packet core network entity 123. The access network entity 121 is generally an Evolved node b (eNodeB) entity and is responsible for wireless access of the terminal. A packet core network entity 123 comprising: a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 1231, which is responsible for terminal access authentication and the like; a serving gateway (S-GW, serving gate Way) 1232; a public data network gateway (P-GW, PDN Gate Way)1233 providing connectivity of the public data network and the IMS; a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) 1234, which is responsible for acquiring Policy control and Charging rules and notifying the Policy and Charging implementation Function (PCEF), where the P-GW is a PCEF. The system further comprises an operator server 140 connected with the access network or the operator server 140 connected with the packet core network, wherein the operator server 140 is used for updating and storing configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator. An IMS network 130, comprising: a Proxy call session control Function (P-CSCF) 131, which is responsible for a user to access an IMS network; an inquiring call session control Function entity (I-CSCF) and a Serving call session control Function entity (S-CSCF) 132, which are responsible for service control of the IMS user; an Application Server (AS) 133, which provides a basic supplementary service to a user; a Charging Data Function (CDF)/Charging Gateway Function (CGF) 134, which is responsible for outputting a Charging ticket to the billing center.

As shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, a method for acquiring configuration information is provided, and this embodiment is illustrated by applying the method to the terminal 110 in the IMS-based configuration system in fig. 1. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

step 402: the terminal acquires the identity of the operator network where the terminal resides currently, and the terminal supports the IMS service.

There are several global operators, which may be China Mobile, China Unicom, China telecom, Indian operator Reliance, American operator Verizon, American Telephone & Telegraph, T-mobile, etc. Each operator will correspond to a unique identity, and at least one network will exist under each operator. After the terminal has successfully accessed to a certain operator network, the terminal may determine the identity of the operator network where the terminal resides, that is, may determine which operator network the terminal resides in. It should be noted that the identity may be specifically a character string used for distinguishing different operators, or a combination of numbers, letters, and the like, which is not limited herein.

The terminal supports the IMS service, namely, the terminal supports IMS IR.92 and IMS IR.94 standard protocols. Wherein, IMSIR.92 defines the basic specification requirements of IMS voice and short messages, and IMS IR.94 defines the basic specification requirements of IMS video calls. The type of IMS service may be various, such as those of VoLTE, ViLTE, VoWiFi, and RCS. Each IMS service type of each operator corresponds to a profile, and the same operator profile includes multiple profiles. The configuration file comprises functional parameters required by the terminal to execute the IMS service through the operator network matched with the identity identification. There are some configuration differences between operators and different IMS services, for example, the functional parameters may include: P-CSCF parameters, QoS parameters, additional service Ut related parameters, etc. That is, each operator corresponds to one kind of configuration information, and multiple operators correspond to multiple kinds of configuration information.

Step 404: and the terminal sends a public data network connection request to the operator network, and a network element entity of the operator network obtains a detection result of whether the connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

Specifically, The operator network is an LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, which is a Long Term Evolution of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) technical standard established by The 3GPP (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project) organization. When the terminal performs an Attach (Attach) procedure, the terminal sends a Public Data Network (PDN) connection request to the LTE network.

And the network element entity of the operator network receives the public data network connection request and detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information. That is, the network element entity of the operator network detects whether the terminal requests to acquire an address of a P-CSCF (Proxy call session control Function) entity, where the P-CSCF is used to access the terminal to the IMS network. Meanwhile, the network element entity of the operator network can obtain the detection result that the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information or the detection result that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information.

Step 406: and the terminal receives the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, which is obtained by the network element entity according to the detection result and is matched with the identity identification.

When the network element entity of the operator network obtains the detection result that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, it indicates that the terminal does not request to support the operation of the IMS service, and may also understand that preset configuration information required to support the operation of the IMS service is not set in the terminal. At this time, the network element device of the operator network acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, which is matched with the identity. If the operator network where the terminal currently resides is a china unicom operator network, and the network element entity of the china unicom operator network finds that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information by detection, the network element entity of the china unicom operator network acquires the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the china unicom operator. And all the configuration information of all IMS services of the China Unicom operator, which is acquired by a network element entity of the China Unicom operator network, is sent to the terminal, so that the terminal has the condition of supporting the operation of the IMS services of the China Unicom operator.

Step 408: and the terminal acquires and stores the configuration information, registers an IMS network according to the configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service.

The terminal receives and stores the configuration information sent by the network element entity of the operator network. Specifically, the terminal may store the configuration information in the form of a data packet. The terminal registers the IMS network through the operator network according to the stored configuration information, and operates all IMS services of the operator under the operator network.

The method for acquiring the configuration information can enable the terminal supporting the IMS service to acquire the identity of the operator network where the current terminal resides; a network element entity of an operator network acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification according to a detection result of whether a public data network connection request sent by a terminal carries P-CSCF address request information; the terminal receives and stores the configuration information, registers the IMS network through the operator network according to the configuration information, and operates the corresponding IMS service. When the terminal resides in the operator network, the network element entity of the operator network can transmit the acquired configuration information of the IMS service of the corresponding operator to the terminal under a certain condition, so that the number of the IMS services supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of a user is improved.

As shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the method for acquiring configuration information further includes:

step 502: the terminal resides in at least one operator network with different identity identifiers, and acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator under the corresponding operator network respectively.

If the terminal can support multiple operators, the operators can be China Mobile, China Unicom, China telecom, India operator school, American operator Verizon, American Telephone & Telegraph, T-mobile, etc. The user can change the current configured smart card in the terminal into a smart card without an operator according to the requirement of the user. And according to different intelligent cards, the terminal can reside in an operator network corresponding to the intelligent card, when the terminal resides in different operator networks, a public data network connection request is sent to the resident operator network, and a network element entity of the operator network acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity according to a detection result that the public data network connection request does not carry P-CSCF address request information.

If the resident network of the terminal is the China Unicom operator network, the network element entity of the operator network can acquire the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the China Unicom operator according to the detection result that the public data network connection request sent by the terminal does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, and send the configuration information to the terminal.

Correspondingly, when the terminal resides in different operator networks, the network element entity of the operator network can respectively acquire the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the corresponding operator in the corresponding operator network and send the configuration information to the terminal, so that the terminal can respectively acquire the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator in the operator networks with different identity identifiers.

Step 504: and the terminal sets a storage path, and the storage path corresponds to the identity identifier one to one.

And setting a storage path in the terminal, wherein the storage path corresponds to the identity identifier one to one. For example, when the terminal acquires configuration information of IMS services of 20 different operators in 20 operator networks, 20 storage paths are correspondingly set, and one storage path corresponds to an identity of one operator network.

Step 506: and the terminal stores the acquired configuration information of the IMS service of each operator according to the storage path.

The configuration information of one operator may be stored in the form of one data packet, and may be stored in a storage path corresponding to the identity of the operator network, that is, the acquired configuration information of the IMS services of 20 different operators may be stored in corresponding storage paths. Optionally, each configuration information may set up a file separately to store the configuration information, and if the operator includes a plurality of IMS services, a subfile storing IMS parameters of each IMS service is stored in the file, so as to manage, by the terminal, the configuration information of the IMS services of the operator.

As shown in fig. 6, in an embodiment, the method for acquiring configuration information further includes, after the terminal acquires and stores the configuration information:

step S602: and the terminal detects whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information.

Specifically, the detecting, by the terminal, whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information includes: and the terminal detects whether the version number of the stored configuration information is lower than the version number of the configuration information acquired by the network element entity of the operator network.

The configuration information obtained by the network element entity of the operator network from the corresponding operator server is the latest configuration information, each configuration information has version information used for identifying the configuration information, and the configuration information with a high version number is updated on the basis of the configuration information with a low version number. The terminal detects that when the version number of the configuration information stored on the terminal is lower than the version number of the configuration information acquired by a network element entity of the operator network from the corresponding operator service, the configuration information stored by the terminal is not the latest configuration information. When the configuration information stored by the terminal is not the latest configuration information, step 604 is executed: the terminal sends a request for acquiring the latest configuration information to the operator network, so that the network element entity acquires the latest configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identifier according to the request for acquiring the latest configuration information, and further continues to execute step 606: and the terminal registers the IMS network according to the stored latest configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service. The terminal detects that when the version number of the configuration information stored on the terminal is equal to the version number of the configuration information acquired by the operator network from the corresponding operator service, the configuration information stored by the terminal is the latest configuration information, and then step 606 is executed: and the terminal registers the IMS network according to the stored latest configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service.

In this embodiment, whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information or not is detected by the terminal, so that whether the configuration information acquired by the terminal is the latest configuration information or not can be known in time, and the occurrence of information lag is avoided, so that the latest configuration information can be provided for the terminal, and the user experience is improved.

As shown in fig. 7, in an embodiment, the method for acquiring configuration information further includes:

step 702: and the terminal receives a detection result carrying P-CSCF address request information in the public data network connection request.

When the network element entity of the operator network detects that the public data network connection request carries a P-CSCF address request, the network element entity indicates that the terminal stores the preset configuration information of the IMS of the operator corresponding to the operator network.

Step 704: and the terminal detects whether the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information.

The terminal detects whether the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information. And when the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information, the terminal registers the IMS network to run the corresponding IMS service according to the preset configuration information through the operator network. When the stored preset configuration information is not the latest configuration information, the terminal sends a request for acquiring the latest configuration information to a network element entity of the operator network, so that the network element entity acquires the latest configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identifier according to the request for acquiring the latest configuration information, and the terminal registers the corresponding IMS service in the IMS network through the operator network according to the latest configuration information.

In this embodiment, the terminal can detect whether the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information according to a detection result that the P-CSCF address request is carried in the public data network connection request fed back by the network element entity of the operator network, so that the terminal can acquire the finest configuration information in time, run the corresponding IMS service according to the latest configuration information, and provide user experience.

In one embodiment, further comprising: and the terminal carries out debugging and confirmation on the acquired configuration information.

Specifically, the terminal supports the IMS service, and after the terminal acquires the configuration information through the operator server, the terminal needs to debug and confirm the acquired configuration information, that is, confirm whether the terminal supports the corresponding IMS service, and if the terminal does not support the IMS service, delete the configuration information stored in the terminal and related to the IMS service.

As shown in fig. 8, in an embodiment, a resource processing method is provided, and this embodiment is exemplified by applying the method to the operator network 120 in the above-mentioned system for acquiring configuration information in fig. 1. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

step 802: the operator network allows a terminal to reside and receives a public data network connection request sent by the terminal, wherein the operator network has a unique identity, and the terminal supports the IMS service.

There are several global operators, which may be China Mobile, China Unicom, China telecom, Indian operator Reliance, American operator Verizon, American Telephone & Telegraph, T-mobile, etc. Each operator network corresponds to a unique identity, and at least one network exists under each operator. After the terminal has successfully accessed to a certain operator network, the terminal may determine the identity of the operator network where the terminal resides, that is, may determine which operator network the terminal resides in. It should be noted that the identity may be specifically a character string used for distinguishing different operators, or a combination of numbers, letters, and the like, which is not limited herein.

Specifically, The operator network is an LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, which is a Long Term Evolution of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) technical standard established by The 3GPP (The 3rd Generation Partnership Project) organization. When the terminal performs an Attach (Attach) procedure, the terminal sends a Public Data Network (PDN) connection request to the LTE network. A network element entity of the operator network receives the public data network connection request.

Step 804: and the network element entity of the operator network detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

And the network element entity of the operator network receives the public data network connection request and detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information. That is, the network element entity of the operator network detects whether the terminal requests to acquire an address of a P-CSCF (Proxy call session control Function) entity, where the P-CSCF is used to access the terminal to the IMS network.

Step 806: and when the public data network connection request carries P-CSCF address request information, the network element entity acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity.

When the network element entity of the operator network obtains the detection result that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, it indicates that the terminal does not request to support the operation of the IMS service, and it can also be understood that the terminal does not set the preset configuration information required for supporting the operation of the IMS service, and at this time, the network element device of the operator network obtains the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identifier. If the operator network where the terminal currently resides is a china unicom operator network, and a network element entity of the china unicom operator network detects that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, the network element entity acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the china unicom operator.

Optionally, when the network element entity of the operator network obtains a detection result that the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information, it indicates that the terminal is provided with preset configuration information capable of supporting the operation of the corresponding operator IMS service.

Step 808: and the network element entity sends the acquired configuration information to the terminal.

According to the detection result of the network element entity of the operator network (the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information), the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity can be obtained. And sending the acquired configuration information to the terminal. If the network element entity of the network of the China Unicom operator sends all the acquired configuration information of all IMS services of the China Unicom operator to the terminal, the terminal is enabled to have the condition of supporting the operation of the IMS services of the China Unicom operator.

As shown in fig. 9, in an embodiment, the detecting, by a network element entity of an operator network, whether a public data network connection request sent by the terminal carries information of a P-CSCF address request includes:

step 902: and the access network entity receives an attachment request sent by the terminal, wherein the attachment request comprises the information of the public data network connection request.

The operator network is an LTE network, and as shown in fig. 3, the network entities of the LTE network include an access network entity and a packet core network entity. Before the terminal sends the attach request to the access network entity, the method also includes that the terminal sends a message of an RRC (Radio Resource Control) access request to the access network entity. Wherein, the access network entity is an eNodeB (Evolved Node-B). Radio resource control enables third layer information of a control plane between a terminal and an eNodeB (Evolved Node-B). The eNodeB sends an RRC Connection Setup message to the terminal, including establishment SRB1 bearer information and radio resource configuration information. The terminal completes the bearer information and radio resource configuration, and sends an RRC Connection setup complete message to the eNodeB, including Attach request (Attach request) information of the NAS layer. Wherein, the attach request information includes information of public data network connection request.

Step 904: and the access network entity detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

And the access network entity eNodeB receives the public data network connection request and detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information or not. By detecting whether the public data network connection request contains information of the address of the requesting P-CSCF in the string. If not, the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, otherwise, the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

Optionally, after the terminal completes the attach request process, the terminal may be considered to be already resident in the operator network to which the terminal currently belongs, at this time, the operator network may issue network information to the terminal, and in the network information, at least the identity and the VoPS information of the operator network in which the carrier currently resides. Therefore, the terminal can directly acquire the identity from the received network information. It should be noted that the manner of acquiring the operator network identifier is not limited to the above implementation manner, and the terminal may also adopt other manners to acquire the identity identifier.

As shown in fig. 10, in an embodiment, the acquiring, by the network element entity, configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator that matches the identity includes:

step 1002: and the access network entity establishes communication with the operator server matched with the identity identification.

When the terminal resides in the operator network, the operator network knows the identity of the operator network and establishes communication with the operator server matched with the identity. If the current terminal resident network is the China Mobile operator network, the access network entity eNodeB in the China Mobile operator network establishes communication with the China Mobile Server. The China mobile server stores the configuration information of all IMS services of China mobile operators, and meanwhile, the China mobile server can update the configuration information of all IMS services of China mobile operators in real time.

Step 1004: and the access network entity acquires the configuration information from the operator server.

After the communication is established between the access network entity eNodeB and the operator server, the access network entity eNodeB can obtain the configuration information about all IMS services of the operator, which is stored in the operator server, from the operator server.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, the acquiring, by the network element entity, configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator that is matched with the identity includes:

step 1102: and the packet core network entity establishes communication with an operator server matched with the identity identifier, and the operator server is used for updating and storing the configuration information of the IMS service of the operator.

When the terminal resides in the operator network, the operator network knows the identity of the operator network and establishes communication with the operator server matched with the identity. If the current terminal resident network is a China telecom operator network, a packet core network Entity (EPC) in the China telecom operator network establishes communication with a China telecom server. The China telecom server stores the configuration information of all IMS services of China telecom operators, and can update the configuration information of all IMS services of China telecom operators in real time.

Step 1104: and the packet core network entity acquires the configuration information from the operator server.

After communication is established between the packet core network entity EPC and the operator server, the packet core network entity EPC may obtain, from the operator server, configuration information about all IMS services of the operator, which is stored on the operator server.

Configuration information an embodiment of the present invention further provides an IMS-based configuration system, as shown in fig. 1, the system includes a terminal 110, a network entity 120 of an operator network, and an IMS network 130, wherein,

the terminal 110 is configured to acquire an identity of an operator network where the terminal 110 resides currently, where the terminal 110 supports an IMS service;

a network entity 120 of the operator network, configured to detect whether a public data network connection request sent by the terminal 110 carries information of a P-CSCF address request, and when the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request, the network entity obtains the configuration information terminal 110 of the IMS service of the operator matched with the identity;

the terminal 110 is further configured to receive and store the configuration information, register the IMS network 130 according to the configuration information, and operate a corresponding IMS service.

As shown in fig. 3, in one embodiment, the operator network is an LTE network, and the network entities 120 of the LTE network include an access network entity 121 and a packet core network entity 123;

the terminal 110 is further configured to send an attach request to the access network entity 121, where the attach request includes information of the public data network connection request; the access network entity 121 is configured to detect whether the public data network connection request carries P-CSCF address request information.

In one embodiment, the access network entity 121 is further configured to establish communication with an operator server matching the identity, where the operator server is configured to update and store configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator; the access network entity 121 is further configured to obtain the configuration information from the operator server and send the configuration information to the terminal 110.

In one embodiment, the packet core network entity 123 is configured to establish communication with an operator server matching the identity, where the operator server is configured to update and store configuration information of an IMS service of the operator; the packet core network entity 123 is configured to obtain the configuration information from the operator server and send the configuration information to the terminal 110.

In an embodiment, the terminal 110 is further configured to reside at least two operator networks with different identities, and obtain configuration information of at least one IMS service of the corresponding operator under the different operator networks, respectively; the terminal 110 is further configured to set at least two storage paths, where the storage paths correspond to the identity identifiers one to one; the terminal 110 is further configured to store configuration information of the IMS service of each operator according to the storage path.

In one embodiment, the terminal 110 is further configured to detect whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information; if not, the terminal 110 acquires the configuration information from the operator network again and stores the configuration information acquired again as the latest configuration information; if yes, the terminal 110 registers the IMS network to run the corresponding IMS service through the operator network according to the stored latest configuration information.

In one embodiment, the terminal 110 is further configured to detect whether the version number of the stored configuration information is lower than the version number of the configuration information acquired at the operator network; if yes, the configuration information stored by the terminal 110 is not the latest configuration information; if not, the configuration information stored by the terminal 110 is the latest configuration information.

In an embodiment, when the P-CSCF address request is carried in the public data network connection request, the terminal 110 detects whether the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information.

In one embodiment, the terminal 110 is further configured to perform debugging and validation on the acquired configuration information.

The above-mentioned system for acquiring configuration information can enable the terminal 110 supporting the IMS service to acquire the identity of the operator network where the terminal 110 currently resides; the operator network detects whether the public data network connection request sent by the terminal 110 carries the information of the P-CSCF address request; if the P-CSCF address request is not carried, the operator network sends the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, which is obtained and matched with the identity, to the terminal 110; the terminal 110 acquires and stores the configuration information, and registers the IMS network to run a corresponding IMS service via the operator network according to the configuration information. The operator network can send the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, which is obtained by the operator network and matched with the identity identifier, to the terminal 110 according to the detection result, so that the terminal 110 can quickly and timely obtain the configuration information of the corresponding IMS service, the number of IMS services supported by the terminal 110 is increased, the terminal 110 can quickly meet the IMS popularization requirements of global operators, and the user experience is improved.

As shown in fig. 12, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for acquiring configuration information, where the apparatus for acquiring configuration information includes:

an obtaining module 1210, configured to obtain an identity of an operator network where a current terminal resides, where the terminal supports an IMS service;

a request sending module 1220, configured to send a public data network connection request to the operator network, and enable a network element entity of the operator network to obtain a detection result of whether the connection request carries P-CSCF address request information;

a configuration information receiving module 1230, configured to receive configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator, where the configuration information is obtained by the network element entity according to the detection result and matches with the identity;

and the operation module 1240 is used for storing the configuration information, registering the IMS network according to the configuration information, and operating the corresponding IMS service.

The device for acquiring the configuration information can enable the terminal supporting the IMS service to acquire the identity of the operator network where the current terminal resides; a network element entity of an operator network acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification according to a detection result of whether a public data network connection request sent by a terminal carries P-CSCF address request information; and the terminal receives and stores the configuration information, and registers the IMS network to run the corresponding IMS service according to the configuration information. When the terminal resides in the operator network, the network element entity of the operator network can transmit the configuration information of the IMS service of the corresponding operator, which is obtained quickly, to the terminal under a certain condition, so that the number of the IMS service supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of a user is improved.

In one embodiment, the obtaining means further comprises: and the storage module is used for setting a storage path and storing the acquired configuration information of the IMS service of each operator, wherein the storage path corresponds to the identity identifier one to one.

In one embodiment, the obtaining means further comprises: a detection module, configured to detect whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information, and if not, send, by the terminal, a request for obtaining the latest configuration information to the operator network, so that the network element entity obtains, according to the request for obtaining the latest configuration information, the latest configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator that is matched with the identity identifier; if yes, the terminal registers an IMS network through the operator network according to the latest configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service.

As shown in fig. 13, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for processing configuration information, where the device includes:

a request receiving module 1310, where an operator network allows a terminal to reside and receives a public data network connection request sent by the terminal, where the operator network has a unique identity and the terminal supports an IMS service;

a detecting module 1320, configured to detect whether the public data network connection request carries P-CSCF address request information;

an obtaining module 1330, configured to obtain configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, where the configuration information is matched with the identity identifier, when the public data network connection request carries a P-CSCF address request message;

a configuration information sending module 1340, configured to send the obtained configuration information to the terminal.

In the device for processing configuration information, the network element entity of the operator network can acquire the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification when detecting that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, and send the acquired configuration information to the terminal. That is, the configuration information of the operator matched with the operator network can be obtained through the network element entity of the operator network and fed back to the terminal, so that the terminal can quickly and timely obtain the configuration information of the corresponding IMS service, the number of the IMS services supported by the terminal is increased, the terminal can quickly adapt to the popularization requirement of the IMS of the global operator, and the experience degree of the user is improved.

In one embodiment, the operator network is an LTE network, and network element entities in the LTE network include an access network entity and a packet core network entity; and the access network entity detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

In one embodiment, the access network entity establishes communication with an operator server matched with the identity, and the operator server is used for updating and storing configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator; and the access network entity acquires the configuration information from the operator server.

In one embodiment, the packet core network entity establishes communication with an operator server matched with the identity, and the operator server is used for updating and storing configuration information of an IMS service of the operator; and the packet core network entity acquires the configuration information from the operator server.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above when the program is executed. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), or the like.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring configuration information is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the terminal acquires and stores the configuration information, registers an IMS network according to the configuration information, and operates the corresponding IMS service;

the terminal receives a detection result carrying P-CSCF address request information in the public data network connection request; the terminal detects whether the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information; if so, the terminal registers an IMS network according to the latest configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service;

the step that the terminal receives the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator, which is obtained by the network element entity according to the detection result and is matched with the identity mark, comprises the following steps:

and when the network element entity of the operator network acquires the detection result that the public data network connection request does not carry the P-CSCF address request information, the network element entity of the operator network acquires the configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identification.

2. The method for acquiring configuration information according to claim 1, further comprising:

the terminal resides in at least one operator network with different identity identifiers, and respectively acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator under the corresponding operator network;

the terminal sets a storage path, and the storage path corresponds to the identity label one by one;

and the terminal stores the acquired configuration information of the IMS service of each operator according to the storage path.

3. The method for acquiring configuration information according to claim 1, further comprising:

the terminal detects whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information;

if not, the terminal sends a request for acquiring the latest configuration information to the operator network, so that the network element entity acquires the latest configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator matched with the identity identifier according to the request for acquiring the latest configuration information.

4. The method for acquiring the configuration information according to claim 3, wherein the terminal detects whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information, and comprises:

the terminal detects whether the version number of the stored configuration information is lower than the version number of the configuration information acquired by the network element entity of the operator network;

if yes, the configuration information stored by the terminal is not the latest configuration information;

if not, the configuration information stored by the terminal is the latest configuration information.

5. The method for acquiring configuration information according to claim 1, further comprising:

the types of the IMS service of the operator are multiple, each type of the IMS service corresponds to a configuration file, and the configuration information comprises a plurality of configuration files.

6. A method for processing configuration information is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when the public data network connection request does not carry P-CSCF address request information, the network element entity acquires configuration information of at least one IMS service of an operator matched with the identity;

the network element entity sends the acquired configuration information to the terminal;

the terminal receives a detection result carrying P-CSCF address request information in the public data network connection request; the terminal detects whether the stored preset configuration information is the latest configuration information; if yes, the terminal registers the IMS network according to the latest configuration information and operates the corresponding IMS service.

7. The method for processing configuration information according to claim 6,

the operator network is an LTE network, and network element entities of the LTE network comprise an access network entity and a packet core network entity;

the network element entity of the operator network detects whether the public data network connection request sent by the terminal carries the information of the P-CSCF address request, and the method comprises the following steps:

the access network entity receives an attachment request sent by the terminal, wherein the attachment request comprises the information of the public data network connection request;

and the access network entity detects whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

8. The method for processing configuration information according to claim 7, wherein the acquiring, by the network element entity, the configuration information of the at least one IMS service of the operator that matches the identity includes:

the access network entity establishes communication with an operator server matched with the identity identifier, and the operator server is used for updating and storing configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator;

and the access network entity acquires the configuration information from the operator server.

9. The method for processing configuration information according to claim 7, wherein the acquiring, by the network element entity, the configuration information of the at least one IMS service of the operator that matches the identity includes:

the packet core network entity establishes communication with an operator server matched with the identity identifier, and the operator server is used for updating and storing configuration information of an IMS service of the operator;

and the packet core network entity acquires the configuration information from the operator server.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the types of the IMS services of the operator are multiple, each IMS service type corresponds to a configuration file, and the configuration information includes the configuration file.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the types of the IMS services of the operator are multiple, each IMS service type corresponds to a configuration file, and the configuration information includes the configuration file.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the types of the IMS services of the operator are multiple, each IMS service type corresponds to a configuration file, and the configuration information includes the configuration file.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the types of the IMS services of the operator are multiple, each IMS service type corresponds to a configuration file, and the configuration information includes the configuration file.

14. A system for acquiring configuration information, comprising a terminal, a network element entity of an operator network, and an IMS network, wherein,

the terminal is also used for receiving and storing the configuration information, and operating the IMS service according to the configuration information and the IMS network;

15. The system for acquiring configuration information according to claim 14, wherein the terminal is further configured to detect whether the stored configuration information is the latest configuration information;

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said terminal is further configured to detect whether a version number of said stored configuration information is lower than a version number of configuration information obtained by a network element entity of said operator network;

17. The system for acquiring configuration information according to claim 14, wherein the operator network is an LTE network, and the network element entities in the LTE network include an access network entity and a packet core network entity;

the access network entity is used for receiving an attachment request sent by the terminal, wherein the attachment request comprises the information of the public data network connection request;

the access network entity is also used for detecting whether the public data network connection request carries the P-CSCF address request information.

18. The system for acquiring configuration information according to claim 17, wherein the access network entity is further configured to establish communication with an operator server matching the identity, the operator server being configured to update and store configuration information of at least one IMS service of the operator; the access network entity is further configured to obtain the configuration information from the operator server.

19. The system for acquiring configuration information according to claim 17, wherein the packet core network entity is configured to establish communication with an operator server matched with the identity, and the operator server is configured to update and store configuration information of an IMS service of the operator; the packet core network entity is further configured to obtain the configuration information from the operator server.

20. A storage medium on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when executed by a processor, is capable of implementing the method of acquiring configuration information according to any one of claims 1 to 5 or the method of processing configuration information according to any one of claims 6 to 13.

21. A terminal device comprising a storage medium, a processor and a computer program stored on the storage medium and executable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the method for acquiring configuration information according to any one of claims 1 to 5 or the method for processing configuration information according to any one of claims 6 to 13 when executing the program.