CN102123436B - Monitoring method and device for user equipment - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a monitoring method and device for user equipment, belonging to the technical field of communication. In the invention, a monitoring report from user equipment in an idle state is received in a mobile communication system so as to ensure that a mobile management network element determines that the communication link for accessing to a network by the user equipment in the idle state is normal. In the embodiment of the invention, the normal state of the user equipment is determined by receiving a state report with user equipment identification information, sent by the user equipment, so as to realize monitoring of the user equipment in the idle state, and thus, the communication link for accessing to the network by a user can be effectively ensured to be normal, a user plane bearer is unnecessary to establish after the process for monitoring the user equipment is ended, and the network resources are saved.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, relate in particular to a kind of monitoring method and device of subscriber equipment.
Background technology
M2M (machine to machine machine is to machine) communication is that machine and machine communicate by wireless communication system, referred to as machine to machine, there are following three kinds of modes: machine is to machine, machine to mobile phone, as user's telemonitoring, and mobile phone is to machine, as user's Long-distance Control.Because M2M has integrated radio communication and information technology, can be used for two-way communication, as remote collection information, parameters and transmission instruction, specifically can be applicable to safety monitoring, automatic vending machine, cargo tracking etc.
In M2M communication, terminal equipment is called MTC (Machine Type Communications machine type communication) the main remote interconnection technique of equipment can apply global system for mobile communications (GSM, Global System for Mobile communications), GPRS (GPRS, Generic Packet Radio Service), global system for mobile communications (UMTS, the UniversalMobile Telecommunications System) and long-term evolving network (LTE, Long TermEvolution), short distance interconnection technique can be 802.11b/g agreement, bluetooth (Blue Tooth), IEEE 802.15.4 agreement, radio-frequency (RF) identification (RFID, Radio Frequency Identification) and ultra broadband (UWB, Ultra-Wideband).
The core net of LTE mainly comprises mobile management entity (MME, Mobility ManagementEntity), gateway (S-GW, Serving Gateway), packet data gateway (PDN Gateway, Packet Data Network Gateway) three logic function bodies, MME is wherein responsible for disconnected layer signaling (NAS, Non Access Stratum) function such as encryption and roaming, tracking, distributing user temporary identity sign, safety function etc.S-GW is responsible for mobility anchor point and the Lawful Interception relevant information of local mobility anchor point and internal system.P-GW is responsible for strategy execution and charging and Lawful Interception correlation function.Wherein P-GW and S-GW can be the functional entitys that is positioned at different physical entities, can be also the functional entitys that is positioned at Same Physical entity.
Transfer of data between subscriber equipment and network completes, bearer context on each node continues to keep a period of time, during this, subscriber equipment remains the state in being connected with network, until network side or MTC equipment start flow transfer subscriber equipment to Idle state.When subscriber equipment transfers Idle state to, the connection of subscriber equipment and network side disconnects, and data cannot be transmitted.
In prior art, at subscriber equipment, in Idle state, network side cannot learn that whether the communication link of subscriber equipment access network intact, cannot monitor user ' equipment access network whether highly reliably.
Summary of the invention
Whether highly reliably the monitoring method that a kind of subscriber equipment is provided and the device of the embodiment of the present invention, cannot be in subscriber equipment monitor user ' equipment technical problem of access network during in Idle state to solve in prior art network side.
On the one hand, a kind of monitoring method of subscriber equipment, comprises
In mobile communication system, receive the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state, so that mobile management net element determines that the communication link of subscriber equipment access network of described Idle state is normal.
On the other hand, a kind of mobile management net element, described mobile management net element comprises:
Transmit-Receive Unit, for receiving the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state;
Monitoring determining unit, determines that for the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state receiving according to described Transmit-Receive Unit the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
On the other hand, a kind of connection keeping method of communication,
Connect with subscriber equipment;
Obtain the connection attribute information of subscriber equipment, the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment represents the requirement that described subscriber equipment keeps for connection, described connection attribute information comprises first connective or low the second connectedness, and the requirement that described the first connectivity pair keeps in connection is higher than described the second connectedness;
When the connection attribute of described subscriber equipment is the first connectedness, maintenance is connected with described subscriber equipment.
On the other hand, a kind of connection holding device of communication, described device comprises:
Connect and set up unit, for connecting with subscriber equipment;
Receiving element, for set up unit in described connection, set up with after being connected of described subscriber equipment, obtain the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment, the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment represents the requirement that described subscriber equipment keeps for connection, described connection attribute information comprises first connective or low the second connectedness, and the requirement that described the first connectivity pair keeps in connection is higher than described the second connectedness;
Connect holding unit, while being the first connectedness for obtain the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment when described receiving element, maintenance is connected with described subscriber equipment.
The embodiment of the present invention confirms that by receiving the status report with subscriber equipment identifying information of subscriber equipment transmission subscriber equipment is in normal condition, realization is monitored the subscriber equipment in Idle state, can effectively guarantee that the communication link of user access network is normal, after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, need not set up user plane bearer, save Internet resources.
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Accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, forms the application's a part, does not form limitation of the invention.In the accompanying drawings:
The flow chart of the monitoring method of a kind of subscriber equipment that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention one;
The flow chart of the monitoring method of a kind of MTC equipment that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the present invention two;
The flow chart of the monitoring method of a kind of MTC equipment that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention three;
The flow chart of the monitoring method of a kind of MTC equipment that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention four;
The flow chart of the monitoring method of a kind of MTC equipment that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention five;
The flow chart of the monitoring method of a kind of MTC equipment that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention six;
The structural representation of a kind of mobile management net element that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the present invention seven;
The structural representation of a kind of mobile management net element that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the present invention eight;
A kind of flow chart that connects the method for maintenance that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention nine;
A kind of flow chart that connects the method for maintenance that Figure 10 provides for the embodiment of the present invention ten;
A kind of flow chart that connects the method for maintenance that Figure 11 provides for the embodiment of the present invention 11;
The structural representation of the connection holding device of a kind of communication that Figure 12 provides for the embodiment of the present invention 12.
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For making object, technical scheme and the advantage of the embodiment of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with embodiment and accompanying drawing, the embodiment of the present invention is described in further details.At this, schematic description and description of the present invention is used for explaining the present invention, but not as a limitation of the invention.
Mobile management net element described in the embodiment of the present invention can be done description below: the mobile management net element in E-UTRAN (universal land radio access web of EvolvedUniversal Terrestrial Radio Access Network evolution) network refers to MME (Mobility Management Entity mobile management entity), in UTRAN (Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network universal land radio access web) or GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network GSM EDGE wireless access network) network, mobile management net element refers to SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node Serving GPRS Support Node), the mobile management net element of non-3GPP (the 3nd Generation Partner Project third generation partner plan) network refers to access gateway AG W (Access Gateway IAD), the mobile management net element in WLAN (Wireless Local Access Network WLAN (wireless local area network)) network refers to the mobile management logic function in ePDG (packet data gateway of evolved Packet Data Gateway evolution), at Wimax (access of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access worldwide interoperability for microwave) network, mobile management net element refers to ASN GW (Access Service NetworkGateWay access service network gateway), in CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access code division multiple access) network, mobile management net element refers to the logic function of mobile management in HRPD AN (CDMA2000 High Rate Packet DataAccess Network High Rate Packet Data Access Network).
Access network elements described in the embodiment of the present invention can be done description below: the access network elements in E-UTRAN network refers to eNodeB (access network node of evolved NodeB evolution) or HeNB (Homeevolved NodeB family evolution access network node); In UTRAN/GERAN network, access network elements refers to RNC (Radio Network Controller radio network controller) or BSC (base stationcontroller base station controller); In non-3GPP network, access network elements in wlan network refers to the Access Network logic function in ePDG, at Wimax network, access network elements refers to ASN BS (AccessService Network Base Station access network base stations), in cdma network, access network elements refers to the Access Network logic function in HRPD AN.
It should be noted that, the high connectivity in the embodiment of the present invention is an attribute of MTC equipment, shows that this MTC equipment requirement network is for the business demand of this MTC equipment, for this business keeps connecting or can Fast Reconstruction connect.
It should be noted that, following inventive embodiments can be applied to MTC equipment also can be applied to domestic consumer's equipment, and the MTC equipment of take should not be construed as and limits the scope of the invention as example describes.
Embodiment mono-
The present embodiment provides a kind of monitoring method of subscriber equipment.Below with reference to Fig. 1, describe this monitoring method in detail.As shown in Figure 1, the method comprises:
The embodiment of the present invention confirms that by receiving the status report with customer equipment identification of subscriber equipment transmission subscriber equipment is in normal condition, realization is monitored the subscriber equipment in Idle state, the communication link of guaranteeing described subscriber equipment access network is normal, and after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, need not set up user plane bearer, save Internet resources.
Embodiment bis-
The embodiment of the present invention be take MTC equipment as example, the embodiment that the MTC equipment in Idle state that provides mobile management net element to initiate is monitored.MTC equipment is when Idle state, and access network elements is all unknowable for all information of MTC equipment, and mobile management net element is preserved the relevant information of this MTC equipment.As shown in Figure 2, the method comprises:
Step 201: mobile management net element sends the first supervisory messages to access network elements, the sign of carrying monitoring indication and monitored MTC equipment in this first supervisory messages;
Wherein, this first supervisory messages can be beep-page message or other message.This monitoring indication can comprise the connectedness indication of this MTC equipment, can also comprise that the type of service of this MTC equipment is, at least one in the high types value that is communicated with attribute, random digit and message, this monitoring indication is indicated and is used to indicate described access network elements the communication link of described MTC equipment access network is monitored for described monitoring.
The sign of MTC equipment can be to include but not limited to combination in any in the parameters such as IMSI (International MobileSubscriber Identity international mobile subscriber identity), S-TMSI (the interim mobile signatory mark of S-Temporary MobileSubscriber Identity) or NAI (Network AccessIdentifier Network Access Identifier) or above parameter.
Step 202: access network elements is received after the first supervisory messages, sends the second supervisory messages to MTC equipment, the sign that this second supervisory messages comprises this MTC equipment and special-purpose random access code;
Wherein, access network elements can judge that the follow-up behavior of this message trigger is that MTC equipment is monitored by the monitoring indication of carrying in the first supervisory messages, and this deterministic process can be implicit expression.Then, access network elements is the special-purpose random access code of this MTC devices allocation, and the sign of the special-purpose random access code distributing and this MTC equipment is bound.The information such as the sign that this second supervisory messages comprises this MTC equipment and special-purpose random access code, also can comprise monitoring indication information.This second supervisory messages can be beep-page message or other types message.
Step 203:MTC equipment is used this special use random access code to initiate random access request after receiving the second supervisory messages;
Access network elements can identify this MTC equipment according to the special-purpose random access code of receiving after receiving the random access request that MTC equipment sends, and determines that this MTC equipment is in normal condition, and the communication link of access network is intact.
Step 204: access network elements sends accidental access response to MTC equipment;
Wherein, if do not comprise monitoring indication in this sends to the second supervisory messages of MTC equipment in step 202, now access network elements can carry this monitoring and indicates in this accidental access response.
Step 205: mobile management net element receives the Surveillance that access network elements sends, this Surveillance can be monitoring response message, this monitoring response message carries the sign of this MTC equipment.
Wherein, mobile management net element determines that the communication link of this MTC equipment access network is intact after receiving monitoring response, and this MTC equipment state is normal, and it is normal to record this MTC equipment state.
Described mobile management net element is stored the sign of the MTC equipment in described the first monitoring information, described mobile management net element receives from the Surveillance in described MTC equipment, according to the sign of the described MTC equipment of described storage, determine that described MTC equipment is monitored equipment, the communication link of determining described MTC equipment access network is normal, and the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes.
Optionally, MME can comprise monitor timer, after receiving monitoring and respond and determine that this MTC equipment state normally, restarts this timer.If this timer expiry, mobile management net element judges this MTC unit exception, sends warning message.
The embodiment of the present invention is by utilizing special-purpose random access code to monitor the MTC equipment of Idle state, can determine and there is the MTC equipment of high connectivity attribute and the communication link of network side is intact, after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, do not need to set up user plane bearer, can save signaling and bearing resource.
Embodiment tri-
Another monitoring embodiment to Idle state MTC equipment that the embodiment of the present invention provides mobile management net element to initiate.MTC equipment is when Idle state, and access network elements is unknowable for the information of MTC equipment, and mobile management net element is preserved the relevant information of MTC equipment.As shown in Figure 3, the method comprises:
Step 301: mobile management net element sends the first supervisory messages to access network entity, the sign of carrying monitoring indication and monitored MTC equipment in this message;
Wherein, this first supervisory messages can be beep-page message or other message.This monitoring indication can comprise the connectedness indication of this MTC equipment, can also comprise that the type of service of this MTC equipment is, at least one in the high types value that is communicated with attribute, random digit and message, described monitoring indication is used to indicate described access network elements the communication link of described MTC equipment access network is monitored.The sign of MTC equipment can be to include but not limited to combination in any in the parameters such as IMSI, S-TMSI or NAI or above parameter.
Step 302: access network elements is received after the first supervisory messages, sends the second supervisory messages to MTC equipment, the sign that this second supervisory messages comprises MTC equipment;
Wherein, access network elements can judge that the follow-up behavior of this message trigger is that MTC equipment is monitored by the monitoring indication of carrying in type of message or the first supervisory messages, and this deterministic process can be implicit expression.Then, access network elements sends the second supervisory messages to MTC equipment, and the sign that this second supervisory messages comprises MTC equipment also can comprise relevant monitoring indication information.This second supervisory messages can be beep-page message or other types message.
Step 303:MTC equipment receives that the random access code in selective system broadcast is initiated random access request to access network elements after the second supervisory messages;
Step 304: access network elements sends accidental access response to terminal equipment, carries the access-in resource that MTC equipment needs, as sets up RRC (controls of Radio Resource Control Radio Resource) and connect the parameter of needs and configuration information etc.;
Wherein, if the indication of the monitoring in step 302 is not handed down to MTC equipment by the second supervisory messages, now access network elements can comprise monitoring indication at this accidental access response.MTC equipment can just be monitored this MTC equipment according to this monitoring indication judgement network side.
Step 305:MTC equipment is used the access-in resource distributing to send RRC message to access network elements, and this RRC message can be RRC connection request or new RRC message;
Wherein, if MTC equipment sends RRC connection request to access network elements, the communication link that this RRC connection request is used to refer to this MTC equipment access network of access network elements is normal, and this MTC equipment is in normal condition.In this RRC connection request, can comprise the first cause value, this first cause value is used for triggering access network elements and sends monitoring response message to mobile management net element.
If MTC equipment is used the access-in resource distributing to send new RRC message to access network elements, the sign that this new RRC message is carried MTC equipment, the communication link that this new RRC message is used to indicate this MTC equipment access network of access network elements is normal, and this MTC equipment is in normal condition.This new RRC message is used for triggering access network elements and sends monitoring response message to mobile management net element.
Step 306: access network elements finds corresponding mobile management net element according to the sign of the MTC equipment of receiving, sends monitoring response message to mobile management net element, the Surveillance that this monitoring response message is this subscriber equipment.
Wherein, the sign that this monitoring response message can carry MTC equipment.Mobile management net element determines that the communication link of this MTC equipment access network is normal after receiving monitoring response, and this MTC equipment is in normal condition, and it is normal to record this MTC equipment state.
Described mobile management net element is stored the sign of the MTC equipment in described the first monitoring information, described mobile management net element receives from the Surveillance in described MTC equipment, according to the sign of the described MTC equipment of described storage, determine that described MTC equipment is monitored equipment, the communication link of determining described MTC equipment access network is normal, and the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes.
Optionally, MME can comprise monitor timer, after receiving monitoring and respond and determine that this MTC equipment state normally, restarts this timer.If this timer expiry, mobile management net element judges this MTC unit exception, sends warning message.
The present embodiment is by utilizing the state of the MTC equipment of RRC message reflection Idle state, the communication link that can determine the MTC equipment access network with high connectivity attribute is intact, after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, do not need to set up user plane bearer, can save signaling and bearing resource.
Embodiment tetra-
The embodiment of the present invention provides a monitoring example of the state that Idle state MTC equipment initiatively initiates to report this MTC equipment, and the monitoring method of the MTC equipment of embodiment mono-is described in further detail.This MTC equipment is when Idle state, and access network elements is all unknowable for all information of MTC equipment, and mobile management net element is preserved the relevant information of this MTC equipment.As shown in Figure 4, the method comprises:
Random access code in step 401:MTC device selection system broadcast, the random access request of initiating to access network elements;
Wherein, the configuration information of MTC equipment based on self initiatively initiated uploaded state information by random access request, and this MTC equipment also can initiate to report according to the configuration cycle property of network side the state information of this MTC equipment.
Step 402: access network elements sends accidental access response to this MTC equipment, this accidental access response carries to be set up RRC and connects the access-in resource needing, as sets up RRC and connect the parameter that needs and configuration information etc.
The access-in resource that step 403:MTC equipment is used access network elements to distribute sends the first status report to access network elements, and this first status report can be RRC message.
Wherein, this RRC message can, for comprising the RRC connection request of the first cause value, can be also the new RRC message that comprises cause value.
The communication link that this RRC message is used to refer to this MTC equipment access network of access network elements is normal, and this MTC equipment is in normal condition.This first cause value is used to indicate this RRC message of access network elements and for this MTC equipment, reports the state of this MTC equipment.
Step 404: access network elements finds corresponding mobile management net element according to the sign of the MTC equipment of receiving, sends the second status report to this mobile management net element.
Wherein, this second status report messages comprises the sign of MTC equipment.Mobile management net element thinks that this MTC equipment state is normal after receiving this second status report, and the communication link of access network is normal, and it is normal to record the state of this terminal equipment.This second status report can increase parameter for existing message or in existing message, or is new message.Described the second status report comprises monitoring indication, and described monitoring indication is used to indicate described mobile management net element and monitors the process of described subscriber equipment and finish.
Optionally, mobile management net element can comprise monitor timer, after receiving monitoring and respond and determine that this MTC equipment state normally, restarts this timer.
The cycle of this monitor timer is greater than the cycle of MTC terminal periodic uploaded state information, if this timer expiry, still do not receive the normal message of state of relevant MTC equipment, mobile management net element judges that this MTC equipment is in abnormality, can send warning message, or initiate the monitoring flow process that the network in embodiment bis-and embodiment tri-is initiated.
The embodiment of the present invention is by the state of the MTC equipment of MTC equipment utilization RRC message active reporting Idle state, the communication link that can determine the MTC equipment access network with high connectivity attribute is intact, after the process of the described subscriber equipment of monitoring finishes, do not need to set up user plane bearer, can save signaling and bearing resource.
Embodiment five
The embodiment of the present invention provides mobile management net element to trigger and has directly completed the example to Idle state MTC monitoring of equipment by chain of command, and the method that MTC equipment is monitored of embodiment mono-is described in further detail.MTC equipment is when Idle state, and access network elements is all unknowable for all information of MTC equipment, and mobile management net element is preserved the relevant information of MTC equipment.As shown in Figure 5, the method comprises:
Step 501: mobile management net element sends the first supervisory messages to access network entity, the sign of carrying monitoring indication and monitored MTC equipment in this first supervisory messages;
Wherein, this first supervisory messages can be beep-page message or other message.This monitoring indication can comprise the connectedness indication of this MTC equipment, can also comprise that the type of service of this MTC equipment is, at least one in the high types value that is communicated with attribute, random digit and message, described monitoring indication is used to indicate described access network elements the communication link of described MTC equipment access network is monitored.The sign of MTC equipment can be to include but not limited to combination in any in the parameters such as IMSI, S-TMSI or NAI or above parameter.
Step 502: access network elements is received after this first supervisory messages, sends the second supervisory messages to MTC equipment, the sign that this second supervisory messages comprises MTC equipment;
Wherein, access network elements can judge that the follow-up behavior of this message trigger is that MTC equipment is monitored by the monitoring indication of carrying in type of message or the first supervisory messages, and this deterministic process can be implicit expression.Then, access network elements sends the second supervisory messages to MTC equipment, the sign that this second supervisory messages comprises MTC equipment and monitoring indication information.This second supervisory messages can be beep-page message or other types message.Described the second monitoring information is used to indicate described MTC equipment and to described access network elements, sends the Surveillance of described MTC equipment
Step 503:MTC equipment is received after the second supervisory messages, sets up RRC and connects.
Wherein, it is mutual that the random access code of this MTC equipment in can selective system broadcast initiated mode and the access network elements of random access, sets up RRC connection; Also can work as when access network elements sends special-purpose random access code to this MTC equipment and initiate random access by this special use random access code, set up RRC and connect.
Step 504:MTC equipment sends to access network elements using NAS (Non-Access Stratum Non-Access Stratum) message as the second monitoring response message;
Step 505: access network elements sends the first monitoring response message to described mobile management net element, described the first monitoring response message comprises described NAS message, this first monitoring response message carries sign and the monitoring indication of this MTC equipment.
Described mobile management net element is stored the sign of the MTC equipment in described the first monitoring information, described mobile management net element receives from the Surveillance in described MTC equipment, according to the sign of the described MTC equipment of storage, determine that described MTC equipment is monitored equipment, the communication link of determining described MTC equipment access network is normal, does not set up user plane bearer.
MTC equipment can be removed RRC connection after sending the second monitoring response message at once, also can retain RRC connection until network side notifies this MTC equipment to discharge.In above-mentioned flow process, MTC equipment is only set up signaling with network side and is connected, and does not set up user plane bearer.
In embodiments of the present invention, MTC equipment reports the state of the MTC equipment of Idle state to mobile management net element by chain of command, can determine and there is the MTC equipment of high connectivity attribute and the communication link of network side is intact, after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, do not need to set up user plane bearer, can save signaling and bearing resource.
Embodiment six
The embodiment of the present invention provides by Idle state MTC equipment and initiatively by chain of command, reports the example of the state of this MTC equipment, and the monitoring method of the MTC equipment of embodiment mono-is described in further detail.MTC equipment is when Idle state, and access network elements is all unknowable for all information of MTC equipment, and mobile management net element is preserved the relevant information of MTC equipment.As shown in Figure 6, the method comprises:
Step 601:MTC equipment is initiated to set up alternately RRC with network side and is connected;
Optionally, this MTC equipment initiate to set up RRC connect can be by the timer arranging on MTC equipment expire trigger, make this MTC equipment periodic and report the state of this MTC equipment.
Step 602:MTC equipment sends to access network elements using NAS message as the first status report, and access network elements confirms that the communication link of this MTC equipment access network is intact, and this MTC equipment is in normal condition:
The sign of wherein, carrying MTC equipment in this monitoring response message.
Step 603: access network elements sends the second status report to mobile management net element, this second status report comprises sign and the above-mentioned NAS message of this MTC equipment.
Wherein, carried terminal device identification and monitoring indication in this second status report.
It is normal that described the second status report is used to indicate described in mobile management net element the communication link of MTC equipment access network.
Described the second status report comprises monitoring indication, and described monitoring indication is used to indicate described mobile management net element and does not set up user plane bearer.
This MTC equipment can be removed RRC connection after sending the first status report at once, also can retain RRC connection until network side notifies this MTC equipment to discharge.In above-mentioned flow process, MTC equipment is only set up signaling with network side and is connected, and does not set up user plane bearer.
In embodiments of the present invention, MTC equipment reports the state of the MTC equipment of Idle state to mobile management net element by chain of command, can determine and there is the MTC equipment of high connectivity attribute and the communication link of network side is intact, after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, do not need to set up user plane bearer, can save signaling and bearing resource.
Embodiment seven
Below in conjunction with Fig. 7, specifically set forth a kind of mobile management net element that the embodiment of the present invention provides.
This mobile management net element comprises Transmit-Receive Unit 701, for receiving the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state; Monitoring determining unit 702, determines that for the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state receiving according to this Transmit-Receive Unit 701 communication link of this subscriber equipment access network is normal.
In embodiments of the present invention, mobile management entity can determine that by receiving the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state the communication link of subscriber equipment access network is intact, after the process of monitoring described subscriber equipment finishes, do not need to set up user plane bearer, can save signaling and bearing resource.
Embodiment eight
Below in conjunction with Fig. 8, specifically set forth the another kind of mobile management net element that the embodiment of the present invention provides.
This mobile management net element comprises that this mobile management net element comprises Transmit-Receive Unit 701, for receiving the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state; Monitoring determining unit 702, determines that for the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state receiving according to this Transmit-Receive Unit 701 communication link of this subscriber equipment access network is normal.
This Transmit-Receive Unit 701, also for sent to access network elements the first monitoring information that comprises monitoring indication before receiving from the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state, so that this access network elements sends the second monitoring information to described subscriber equipment; This monitoring indication is used to indicate this access network elements the communication link of described subscriber equipment is monitored; This second monitoring information is used to indicate this subscriber equipment and to this access network elements, sends the Surveillance of this subscriber equipment.
This second monitoring information comprises special-purpose random access code, makes subscriber equipment utilize this special use random access code to initiate random access request to access network elements, specifically refers to embodiment bis-.
This mobile management net element further comprises:
This mobile management net element can further include:
Described Transmit-Receive Unit 701, the second status report also sending for receiving access network elements, this the second status report comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment, this second status report sends after this access network elements receives the first status report that this MTC equipment sends, and this second status report comprises that monitoring indicates; Described monitoring determining unit, also determines that for the second status report receiving according to described Transmit-Receive Unit 701 communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
This first status report can be RRC message or NAS message, specifically can, referring to embodiment tetra-and embodiment six, repeat no more here.
Above-mentioned subscriber equipment can be MTC equipment.
Embodiment nine
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of connection keeping method.Below with reference to Figure 10, describe this connection keeping method in detail, the method comprises:
Step 901: connect with subscriber equipment;
Step 902: the connection attribute information that obtains subscriber equipment, the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment represents the requirement that described subscriber equipment keeps for connection, described connection attribute information comprises first connective or low the second connectedness, and the requirement that described the first connectivity pair keeps in connection is higher than described the second connectedness;
Step 903: when the connection attribute of described subscriber equipment is the first connectedness, maintenance is connected with described subscriber equipment.
This step is also carried out by access network elements, when the connection attribute of subscriber equipment is high connectivity, access network elements is cancelled the inactive state timer (Inactive timer) of high connectivity subscriber equipment, ignoring inactive state timer expires, do not initiate to discharge, until mobile management net element sends release connection message.Or when the connection attribute of terminal equipment is high connectivity, on access network elements, the inactive state timer of high connectivity terminal equipment is infinitely great, can keep connection not discharge.Wherein, the inactive state timer of high connectivity subscriber equipment, obtains by receiving the inactive state timer setup message of mobile management net element transmission, and the inactive state timer that wherein carries high connectivity terminal equipment is infinitely-great information; Or directly configured by mobile management net element.
Mobile management net element is communicated with the different inactive state timer of different set of attribute according to terminal equipment, wherein for high connectivity terminal equipment, the infinity that its inactive state timer value may arrange, guarantees that inactive state timer expires never.
The present embodiment is adjusted inactive state timer by the connection attribute according to subscriber equipment, even if make not have in high connectivity subscriber equipment certain hour the transmission of user face data, its connection can not be released yet, thereby has ensured the high connectivity of communication.
Embodiment ten
The present embodiment be take the connection that MTC equipment describes a kind of machine communication as example and is kept example, further describes the connection keeping method of the communication of embodiment nine.As shown in figure 10, the method comprises:
Step 1001: access network elements and MTC equipment connect;
MTC equipment is set up radio resource control (RRC by initiating random access procedure and access network entity, Radio Resource Control) connect, after establishing, RRC connection to mobile management net element, initiates the process of adhering to by NAS message, and the carrying that triggers a series of core net and Access Network side sets up, thereby by user plane bearer, carry out the transmission of business datum.
Step 1002: access network elements obtains the connection attribute information of MTC equipment;
Access network elements can be from MTC server or from mobile management net element, is obtained the connection attribute information of this MTC equipment.
Step 1003: when the connection attribute of MTC equipment is high connectivity, access network elements lost efficacy the inactive state timer of the MTC equipment of high connectivity, so that keep being connected with this MTC equipment.
Can by configuring or receive corresponding information, to make to be communicated with attribute be that the inactive state timer of the MTC equipment of high connectivity lost efficacy, thereby even if this timer expires and also can not trigger access network elements and disconnect and being connected of this MTC equipment.
The present embodiment is cancelled inactive state timer by access network elements according to the connection attribute of MTC equipment, even if make not have in high connectivity terminal equipment certain hour the transmission of user face data, its connection can not be released yet, thereby has ensured the high connectivity of communication.
Embodiment 11
The present embodiment provides the connection of another kind of communication to keep example, further describes the connection keeping method of the communication of embodiment nine.As shown in figure 11, the method comprises:
Step 1101: access network elements and MTC equipment connect;
MTC equipment is set up radio resource control (RRC by initiating random access procedure and access network entity, Radio Resource Control) connect, after establishing, RRC connection to mobile management net element, initiates the process of adhering to by NAS message, and the carrying that triggers a series of core net and Access Network side sets up, thereby by user plane bearer, carry out the transmission of business datum.
Step 1102: access network elements obtains the connection attribute information of MTC equipment;
Access network elements can be from MTC server or from mobile management net element, is obtained the connection attribute information of this MTC equipment.
Step 1103: when the connection attribute of MTC equipment is high connectivity, access network elements is made as infinity by the timing of the inactive state timer of high connectivity MTC equipment, keeps connection not discharge.
Access network elements receives the inactive state timer timing cycle setup message that mobile management net element sends, the inactive state timer timing cycle that described inactive state timer timing cycle setup message is carried described MTC equipment is infinitely-great information, access network elements, according to described inactive state timer timing cycle setup message, is infinitely great by the timing cycle of described inactive state timer.Access network elements can also be made as infinity by the timing cycle of this inactive state timer by configuration.
The present embodiment is by being set as infinity according to the connection attribute of MTC equipment by its inactive state timer, even if make not have in high connectivity MTC equipment certain hour the transmission of user face data, its connection can not be released yet, thereby has ensured the high connectivity of communication.
Embodiment 12
The present embodiment provides a kind of connection holding device of communication, as access network elements.As shown in figure 12, this device comprises:
Connect and set up unit 1201, for connecting with subscriber equipment;
Receiving element 1202, for set up unit 1201 in described connection, set up with after being connected of described subscriber equipment, obtain the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment, the connection attribute information of described subscriber equipment represents the requirement that described subscriber equipment keeps for connection, and described connection attribute information comprises high connectivity and low connectedness;
Connect holding unit 1203, while being high connectivity for the connection attribute information that obtains described subscriber equipment when described receiving element 1202, maintenance is connected with described subscriber equipment.
Wherein, connect and set up unit 1201 for connecting with subscriber equipment, can set up radio resource control (RRC, Radio Resource Control) by random access procedure and connect.Make subscriber equipment after RRC connection establishes, by NAS message, to mobile management net element, initiate the process of adhering to, and trigger the carrying foundation of a series of core net and Access Network side, thereby by user plane bearer, carry out the transmission of business datum.
Wherein connecting holding unit can comprise: setting module 12031 and connection keep module 12032,
This receiving element 1202, the inactive state timer timing cycle setup message also sending for receiving mobile management net element, the inactive state timer timing cycle that described inactive state timer timing cycle setup message is carried described subscriber equipment is infinitely-great information; This setting module 12031, for the described inactive state timer timing cycle setup message receiving according to described receiving element 1202, is infinitely great by the timing cycle of described inactive state timer; This connects and keeps module 12032, and for when described setting module 12031 is infinity by the timing cycle of described inactive state timer, maintenance is connected with described subscriber equipment.
This connection holding unit also comprises failed module 12033, and this failed module 12033, for making the inactive state timer of the subscriber equipment that described connection attribute is high connectivity lose efficacy according to configuration information;
This connects and keeps module 12032, and also, for make the inactive state timer of the subscriber equipment that described connection attribute is high connectivity lose efficacy according to configuration information in this failed module 12033 after, maintenance is connected with described subscriber equipment.
The present embodiment is adjusted inactive state timer by the connection attribute according to subscriber equipment, make its inefficacy or make the timing cycle of this inactive state timer be set to wireless large, even if make not have in the subscriber equipment certain hour of high connectivity the transmission of user face data, its connection can not be released yet, thereby has ensured the high connectivity of communication.Above-mentioned subscriber equipment can be MTC equipment.
It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in the embodiment of the present invention, the function that is divided into of apparatus module is divided, actual concrete structure can be fractionation or the merging of above-mentioned functions module.
" reception " word in foregoing invention embodiment can be understood as and initiatively from other unit, obtains can be also to receive the information that other unit send.
The invention described above embodiment sequence number, just to describing, does not represent the quality of embodiment.
The scheme that the content of claim is recorded is also the protection range of the embodiment of the present invention.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of processing in above-described embodiment method is to come the hardware that instruction is relevant to complete by program, described program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, be not intended to limit protection scope of the present invention.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of doing, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., within all should being included in protection scope of the present invention.
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1. a monitoring method for subscriber equipment, is characterized in that, described method comprises:
In mobile communication system, receive the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state, so that mobile management net element determines that the communication link of subscriber equipment access network of described Idle state is normal;
Wherein, described in mobile communication system, before receiving the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state, described method also comprises:
To access network elements, send the first monitoring information that comprises monitoring indication, described the first monitoring information comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment, so that described access network elements sends the second monitoring information to described subscriber equipment;
Described monitoring indication is used to indicate the communication link that described access network elements is monitored described subscriber equipment access network;
Described the second monitoring information is used to indicate described subscriber equipment and to described access network elements, sends the Surveillance of described subscriber equipment.
2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described the second monitoring information comprises special-purpose random access code,
Described reception, from the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state, comprising:
Receive the monitoring response message that described access network elements sends, described monitoring response message is that described access network elements sends to mobile management net element after the random access request that receives described subscriber equipment transmission;
Described random access request is that described subscriber equipment uses described special-purpose random access code to send to described access network elements;
The communication link that described monitoring response is used to indicate described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
3. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described reception, from the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state, comprising:
Described subscriber equipment is initiated random access request to described access network elements, described random access request is the random access code in described subscriber equipment selective system broadcast, utilize described random access code to initiate to described access network elements, described subscriber equipment utilizes the access-in resource that described access network elements sends to send Radio Resource control (RRC) message to described access network elements, the communication link that described RRC message is used to indicate described subscriber equipment access network is normal, and described RRC message comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment;
Described access network elements sends monitoring response message to described mobile management net element, and the communication link that described monitoring response is used to indicate described subscriber equipment access network is normal, and described monitoring response message comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment.
4. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that: at described the first monitoring information that comprises monitoring indication that sends to access network elements, so that described access network elements is after described subscriber equipment sends the second monitoring information, described method also comprises:
Described subscriber equipment is set up RRC with network side and is connected;
Described reception, from the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state, comprising:
Described subscriber equipment sends Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message to described access network elements, and described NAS message comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment;
Described access network elements sends the first monitoring response message to described mobile management net element, and described the first monitoring response message comprises described NAS message, and the communication link that described the first monitoring response message is used to indicate described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
5. according to arbitrary described method in claim 1-4, it is characterized in that: described mobile management net element determines that the communication link of subscriber equipment access network of described Idle state is normal, comprising:
Described mobile management net element is stored the sign of the subscriber equipment in described the first monitoring information;
Described mobile management net element receives the Surveillance that comes from described subscriber equipment, according to the sign of the subscriber equipment of described storage, determines that described subscriber equipment is monitored equipment, determines that the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
6. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described reception, from the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state, comprising:
Receive the second status report that access network elements sends, described the second status report comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment, the transmission after described access network elements receives the first status report that described subscriber equipment sends of described the second status report;
Described the first status report is that described subscriber equipment sends to described access network elements, for making described access network elements determine that the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal or indicate described access network elements to send described the second status report to described mobile management net element;
Described the second status report is that described access network elements sends to described mobile management net element, for making described mobile management net element determine that the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
7. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that:
Described the first status report is RRC message, and the communication link that described RRC message is used to indicate described subscriber equipment access network is normal; ?
Described access network elements receives the first status report that described subscriber equipment sends, and comprising:
Described subscriber equipment uses the access-in resource that described access network elements distributes to described access network elements, to send the RRC message that comprises the first cause value, and described the first cause value is used to indicate described access network elements and sends described the second status report to described mobile management net element;
Described the second status report comprises monitoring indication, and described monitoring indication is used to indicate described mobile management net element and monitors the process of described subscriber equipment and finish.
8. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that: before the second status report sending at described reception access network elements, described method also comprises:
Described subscriber equipment is set up RRC with network side and is connected; Described the first status report comprises NAS message,
The second status report that described reception access network elements sends, the transmission after described access network elements receives the first status report that described subscriber equipment sends of described the second status report, comprising:
Described subscriber equipment sends NAS message to described access network elements;
Described access network elements sends the second status report to described mobile management net element, and described the second status report comprises described NAS message and monitoring indication, and described monitoring indication is used to indicate described mobile management net element and monitors the process of described subscriber equipment and finish.
9. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that: described method also comprises:
Set timer, subscriber equipment sends described the first status report to described access network elements described in described timer clocked flip.
10. a mobile management net element, is characterized in that, described mobile management net element comprises:
Transmit-Receive Unit, for receiving the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state;
Monitoring determining unit, determines that for the Surveillance from the subscriber equipment in Idle state receiving according to described Transmit-Receive Unit the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal;
Described Transmit-Receive Unit, also for sent to access network elements the first monitoring information that comprises monitoring indication before receiving from the Surveillance of the subscriber equipment in Idle state, so that described access network elements sends the second monitoring information to described subscriber equipment;
Described monitoring indication is used to indicate described access network elements the communication link of described subscriber equipment is monitored;
Described the second monitoring information is used to indicate described subscriber equipment and to described access network elements, sends the Surveillance of described subscriber equipment.
11. mobile management net elements according to claim 10, is characterized in that, described mobile management net element further comprises:
Memory cell, for storing the sign of the subscriber equipment of described the first monitoring information that described Transmit-Receive Unit sends;
Determine recognition unit, for after described Transmit-Receive Unit receives the Surveillance of described subscriber equipment, according to the sign of the subscriber equipment of described cell stores, determine that described subscriber equipment is monitored equipment;
Described monitoring determining unit, also for determining that according to described definite recognition unit described subscriber equipment is that monitored equipment determines that the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
12. mobile management net elements according to claim 10, is characterized in that,
Described Transmit-Receive Unit, the second status report also sending for receiving described access network elements, described the second status report comprises the sign of described subscriber equipment, the transmission after described access network elements receives the first status report that described subscriber equipment sends of described the second status report;
Described monitoring determining unit, also determines that for the second status report receiving according to described Transmit-Receive Unit the communication link of described subscriber equipment access network is normal.
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