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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing of the present invention, be clearly and completely described technical scheme of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
The embodiment of the present invention one provides a kind of cell switching control method supporting multi-communication standard wireless communication terminal, and see Fig. 1, described method comprises:
11: wireless communication terminal, when needing to carry out the switching between different system cell, sends class handover request message to the network management device in current area;
12: network management device issues class switching response message according to described class handover request message to described wireless communication terminal, and described class switching response message comprises switching control information;
13: wireless communication terminal determines whether to carry out current class switching flow according to described switching control information.
Above-mentioned wireless communication terminal can support multiple communication standard, but does not possess traditional different systematic evaluation ability.
Further, above-mentioned class handover request message comprises message type information and target cell information to be selected; When wireless communication terminal supports more than three kinds communication standards, described class handover request message also comprises standard precedence information, the communication standard that described standard precedence information instruction wireless communication terminal preferentially switches.
From above-mentioned, the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless communication terminal not possessing traditional different systematic evaluation ability needs to carry out different systematic evaluation, first by the information interaction between wireless communication terminal and network management device, wireless communication terminal and network management device are consulted fully, result according to consulting carries out follow-up operation, solve in prior art and perform by the wireless communication terminal not possessing different systematic evaluation ability the problem that different systematic evaluation brings voluntarily, terminal use can be made to keep balance to the demand of business and Virtual network operator between the demand of management, improve the efficiency of network management and Resource Allocation in Networks, improve the overall performance of system.
Wireless communication terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is the terminal supporting at least two kinds of communication standards, and namely this wireless communication terminal has the ability supporting multi-communication standard.Such as, in this wireless communication terminal, there is multiple wireless communication module, the communication standard that each wireless communication module is supported is not identical, wherein, each wireless communication module can provide the transfer function of data by transmitting/receiving wireless signal, and the communication standard that each wireless communication module is supported can be but be not limited to following several: global system for mobile communications (Global System forMobile Communications, GSM), code division multiple access (Code Division MultipleAccess, CDMA), Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, the communication standard that adopts of cell mobile communication systems such as LTE), and Wireless Fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, etc. Wi-Fi) communication standard adopted in WLAN (wireless local area network).
For the ease of the technical scheme of the clear description embodiment of the present invention, in inventive embodiment, have employed the printed words such as " first ", " second " to distinguish the substantially identical identical entry of function and efficacy or similar item, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the printed words such as " first ", " second " do not limit quantity and execution order.
What provide the embodiment of the present invention two below a kind ofly supports that the cell switching control method of multi-communication standard wireless communication terminal is specifically described, and see Fig. 2, specifically comprises following process:
11: wireless communication terminal is determined to need to carry out different systematic evaluation, described wireless communication terminal support at least two kinds of communication standards, described wireless communication terminal does not possess traditional different systematic evaluation ability.
Wireless communication terminal is about to leave current area when entering another one community, the signal of the current area that wireless communication terminal receives is inevitable more and more weak, and the signal of the community entered received by wireless communication terminal also will be more and more stronger, and when wireless communication terminal detects that current area is different from the communication standard of the community entered, determine to need to carry out different systematic evaluation.Such as, wireless communication terminal under being positioned at LTE communication standard finds Reference Signal Received Power (the Reference Signal Receiving Power detected, RSRP) more and more less, or, this wireless communication terminal finds CRC (the Cyclical Redundancy Check detected, CRC) when bad code check is more and more higher, being indicated as this wireless communication terminal provides the signal of the current area of service more and more weak, need to keep the normal transmission of data cell merge occurs, when this wireless communication terminal detects the communication standard learning the communication standard Different L TE of the Target cell that can access, as during for cdma communication standard, above-mentioned wireless communication terminal is determined to need the class of carrying out between different system cell to switch.In embodiments of the present invention, in order to distinguish with traditional different systematic evaluation flow process, the scene of the wireless communication terminal not possessing traditional different systematic evaluation ability being carried out different systematic evaluation is referred to as class and switches, but concrete restriction is not carried out to this title, be appreciated that and also can be directly referred to as to switch.
At this, current area refers to currently provide the community of service for wireless communication terminal, or is referred to as cell-of-origin, and the community entered refers to the Target cell that wireless communication terminal will switch to.The community that in the WLAN (wireless local area network) such as community and Wi-Fi that these communities cover including, but not limited to base station in the cellular networks such as GSM, CDMA, LTE, WAP (wireless access point) covers.
12: wireless communication terminal sends class handover request message to the network management device in current area.
Wireless communication terminal is before execution class switches, network management device (as base station or WAP (wireless access point)) to current area sends class handover request message, at this, the concrete title of message and implementation are not limited, such as, original message can realize above-mentioned class handover request message in employing system, also can increase a piece of news in systems in which newly as above-mentioned class handover request message.Wireless communication terminal utilizes such handover request message informing network management equipment, and it needs to carry out different systematic evaluation, thus ensure that Virtual network operator can know the behavior of terminal use, and operates accordingly follow-up and manage.
Message type information and communication standard information to be selected can be comprised in above-mentioned class handover request message, this message type information indicates this message to be the request message that different systematic evaluation is carried out in wireless communication terminal request, the communication standard that this communication standard information instruction wireless communication terminal to be selected request switches to, optionally, target cell information to be selected (information relevant to Target cell to be selected) can also be comprised in above-mentioned class handover request message, as the signal strength signal intensity etc. of cell ID (ID) and each Target cell to be selected, exemplary, see Fig. 3 (a), above-mentioned class handoff request message draws together message type information, information required in communication standard information to be selected and target cell information to be selected and other transmission of messages.
Further, see Fig. 3 (b), when wireless communication terminal supports more than three kinds communication standards, described class handover request message also comprises standard precedence information, and described standard precedence information is used to indicate the communication standard that wireless communication terminal preferentially switches.Particularly, described standard precedence information is Target cell standard priority list, described Target cell standard priority list by wireless communication terminal according to the ability of the signal quality of each neighbor cell of current area, the communication standard information of customization and wireless communication terminal self (as wireless communication terminal the communication standard supported) in one or more generate.This Target cell standard priority list can be generate in advance and be kept in wireless communication terminal, also dynamically can generate when the different systematic evaluation of each generation, such as, first adjacent area and second adjacent area of current area have employed different communication standards respectively, if the signal quality of the first adjacent area is better than the signal quality of the second adjacent area, then the priority of the communication standard of this first adjacent area is just higher than the priority of the communication standard of this second adjacent area, or, when wireless communication terminal is supported the first communication standard and is not supported second communication standard, then can only comprise the first communication standard in standard priority list.Or, terminal use can, according to the service needed of oneself, be also the priority that the communication standard setting of preferentially selecting is higher, such as, when communication standard information instruction preferential employing first communication standard of customization, be then that the first communication standard arranges higher priority.
See table 1, show when wireless communication terminal supports LTE, WCDMA and GPRS tri-kinds of communication standards, a kind of example of the Target cell standard priority list generated.
Table 1
Priority |
Highest |
Second advanced |
Lowermost level |
Communication standard |
LTE |
WCDMA |
GPRS |
By above-mentioned standard precedence information, both the demand of terminal use can have been reflected to network management device, ensure that terminal use enjoys corresponding service, relevant information when also providing different systematic evaluation to network management device in time, is convenient to network management device normally carrying out the management of handover operation and follow-up different systematic evaluation.
13: network management device issues class switching response message according to described class handover request message to described wireless communication terminal, and described class switching response message comprises switching control information.
Above-mentioned class switching response message is the feedback message of network management device to class handover request message, network management device can allow wireless communication terminal access destinations traffic standard or Target cell by the switching control information instruction in class switching response message, or refuses wireless communication terminal access destinations traffic standard or Target cell.
Further, the embodiment of the present invention also comprises step 13a: network management device is according to predetermined management strategy, issue class switching response message according to described class handover request message to described wireless communication terminal, wherein, described management strategy comprises following at least one item or its combination:
The communication standard that wireless communication terminal preferentially switches, the Congestion Level SPCC of Target cell and the type of service of customization.
Network management device carries out decision-making based on class handover request message according to above-mentioned management strategy, generate class switching response message, and indicate the concrete operations mode to this switching flow by the switching control information in such switching response message, exemplary, when the first communication standard is the communication standard that wireless communication terminal preferentially switches, then under switching controls indication information instruction wireless communication terminal switches to the first communication standard; Or when first object small area jam degree is less, then switching controls indication information instruction wireless communication terminal switches to this first object community; Or, when the type of service of customization is only useful under the first communication standard, then under switching controls indication information instruction wireless communication terminal switches to the first communication standard.Wherein, this switching control information can comprise following content:
(1) message type information, this message type information indicates this message to be the class handoff response information fed back class handover request information;
(2) respond style information, the respond style of this respond style information instruction to current switching flow, at least comprises the one in the first respond style, the second respond style and the 3rd respond style at respond style described in a class switching flow;
Under described first respond style, wireless communication terminal is allowed to switch to destinations traffic standard;
Under described second respond style, forbid that wireless communication terminal switches to destinations traffic standard;
Under described 3rd respond style, wireless communication terminal is only allowed to use intended service after switching to destinations traffic standard, or, only allow use business in the predetermined amount of time of wireless communication terminal after switching to destinations traffic standard.Such as, only allow mobile phone to use SMS service after switching to destinations traffic standard, and talk business can not be used; Or, only allow use business in after switching to destinations traffic standard 1 hour of mobile phone, and no longer for this cellphone subscriber provides service after 1 hour.
When the respond style that described switching control information indicates be the first respond style or the 3rd respond style time, such switching response message also comprises the target cell information agreeing to access, so that carry out follow-up handover operation, and when the respond style of switching control information instruction is the second respond style, owing to terminating this switching flow, without the need to carrying the information of Target cell again in class switching response message.The target cell information of above-mentioned agreement access mainly comprises other relevant informations of the type of the communication standard of the Target cell agreeing to access and the Target cell of agreement access.
(3) type of the communication standard of the Target cell of access is agreed to.
When wireless communication terminal has reported multiple communication standard to be selected by class handover request message to network management device, network management device has needed to specify a communication standard agreeing to access, as CDMA to wireless communication terminal.
(4) other relevant informations of the Target cell of access are agreed to.
This information is option, mainly comprise the district pilots of Target cell of the agreement access under respective communication standard and community ID etc., these information are handed down to wireless communication terminal by class switching response message, so that wireless communication terminal switches, accelerate the speed switched, ensure the stability of business.
Or also can not arrange other relevant informations of the Target cell of above-mentioned agreement access in switching control information, to save system resource, and the arbitrary community directly chosen by wireless communication terminal under the communication standard agreeing to access is as Target cell.
By three kinds of respond styles of above-mentioned setting, network management device achieves management to the different systematic evaluation of wireless communication terminal and control, ensure that the managerial ability of Virtual network operator to terminal, Virtual network operator more reasonably can make assessment to the idling-resource of system, more available Internet resources are distributed, improve the overall performance of system.
14: wireless communication terminal determines whether to carry out current class switching flow according to described switching control information.
Wireless communication terminal carries out corresponding operating according to described switching control information to current switching flow.When above-mentioned switching control information instruction allows to carry out current class switching flow, wireless communication terminal continues current class handover operation or continues current class handover operation but reserve part function; When above-mentioned switching control information instruction is forbidden carrying out current class switching flow, wireless communication terminal stops current class handover operation, resides in current area.Concrete process is as follows:
Wireless communication terminal to the negotiation result of this different systematic evaluation according to itself and network management device, carries out current switching flow and carries out corresponding operating, at least comprise following three kinds of modes:
First kind of way: wireless communication terminal terminates current switching flow according to described switching control information, resides in current area;
The second way: wireless communication terminal terminates current switching flow according to described switching control information, resides in wireless communication terminal and continues current switching flow according to described switching control information, switch to the Target cell under corresponding communication standard;
The third mode: wireless communication terminal terminates current switching flow according to described switching control information, reside in wireless communication terminal and continue current switching flow according to described switching control information, switch to the Target cell under corresponding communication standard, in this Target cell, only use intended service or only use business within a predetermined period of time.
From above-mentioned, the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless communication terminal not possessing traditional different systematic evaluation ability needs to carry out different systematic evaluation, first by the information interaction between wireless communication terminal and network management device, wireless communication terminal and network management device are consulted fully, result according to consulting carries out follow-up operation, solve in prior art and perform by the wireless communication terminal not possessing different systematic evaluation ability the problem that different systematic evaluation brings voluntarily, terminal use can be made to keep balance to the demand of business and Virtual network operator between the demand of management, improve the efficiency of network management and Resource Allocation in Networks, improve the overall performance of system.
The embodiment of the present invention three provides a kind of support multi-communication standard wireless communication terminal, and described wireless communication terminal comprises at least two wireless communication modules, and the communication standard that described each wireless communication module is supported is not identical, see Fig. 4, described terminal comprises:
Class handover request unit 41, during for needing to carry out the switching between different system cell at described wireless communication terminal, sends class handover request message to the network management device in current area;
Receiving element 42, for receiving the class switching response message that described network management device issues according to described class handover request message, described class switching response message comprises switching control information;
Class switches determining unit 43, carries out current class switching flow for determining whether according to described switching control information.
Further, the class handover request message that described class handover request unit 41 sends comprises message type information, communication standard information to be selected and target cell information to be selected; When wireless communication terminal supports more than three kinds communication standards, described class handover request message also comprises standard precedence information, the communication standard that described standard precedence information instruction wireless communication terminal preferentially switches.The communication standard that this communication standard adopts including, but not limited to cell mobile communication systemses such as GSM, CDMA, LTE, and the communication standard adopted in the WLAN (wireless local area network) such as Wi-Fi.
By above-mentioned standard precedence information, both the demand of terminal use can have been reflected to network management device, ensure that terminal use enjoys corresponding service, relevant information when also providing different systematic evaluation to network management device in time, is convenient to network management device normally carrying out the management of handover operation and follow-up different systematic evaluation.
Further, described wireless communication terminal also comprises class switch control unit, specifically for when described class switching determining unit is determined no longer to carry out current class switching flow, terminates current switching flow, resides in current area; Or, when described class switching determining unit is determined to carry out current class switching flow, continue current switching flow, switch to the Target cell under corresponding communication standard; Or, when described class switching determining unit is determined to carry out current class switching flow, continue current switching flow, switch to the Target cell under corresponding communication standard, in this Target cell, only use intended service or only use business within a predetermined period of time.
In the wireless communication terminal that the embodiment of the present invention three provides, the specific works mode of each unit and functional module can see the related content in the inventive method embodiment one and embodiment two.
From above-mentioned, the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless communication terminal not possessing traditional different systematic evaluation ability needs to carry out different systematic evaluation, first by the information interaction between wireless communication terminal and network management device, wireless communication terminal and network management device are consulted fully, result according to consulting carries out follow-up operation, solve in prior art and perform by the wireless communication terminal not possessing different systematic evaluation ability the problem that different systematic evaluation brings voluntarily, terminal use can be made to keep balance to the demand of business and Virtual network operator between the demand of management, improve the efficiency of network management and Resource Allocation in Networks, improve the overall performance of system.
The embodiment of the present invention four provides a kind of network management device, and see Fig. 5, described equipment comprises:
Receiving element 51, for receiving the class handover request message of the wireless communication terminal transmission needing to carry out different systematic evaluation;
Issue unit 52, class handover request message for receiving according to described receiving element 51 issues class switching response message to described wireless communication terminal, described class switching response message comprises switching control information, the respond style of described switching control information instruction to current switching flow, described respond style at least comprises the first respond style, the second respond style and the 3rd respond style; Under described first respond style, wireless communication terminal is allowed to switch to destinations traffic standard; Under described second respond style, forbid that wireless communication terminal switches to destinations traffic standard; Under described 3rd respond style, wireless communication terminal is only allowed to use intended service under destinations traffic standard, or, only allow use business in the predetermined amount of time of wireless communication terminal after switching to destinations traffic standard.
By three kinds of respond styles of above-mentioned setting, network management device achieves management to the different systematic evaluation of wireless communication terminal and control, ensure that the managerial ability of Virtual network operator to terminal, Virtual network operator more reasonably can make assessment to the idling-resource of system, more available Internet resources are distributed, improve the overall performance of system.
Further, described equipment also comprises: management strategy formulates unit 53, for formulating and preserve at least one following strategy or its combination: the communication standard that wireless communication terminal preferentially switches, the Congestion Level SPCC of Target cell and the type of service of customization
Describedly issue unit 52, specifically for formulating the management strategy in unit according to described management strategy, issue class switching response message according to described class handover request message to described wireless communication terminal.
Further, when the respond style that described switching control information indicates be the first respond style or the 3rd respond style time, such switching response message also comprises the target cell information agreeing to access, so that carry out follow-up handover operation, and when the respond style of switching control information instruction is the second respond style, owing to terminating this switching flow, without the need to carrying the information of Target cell again in class switching response message.The target cell information of above-mentioned agreement access mainly comprises other relevant informations of the type of the communication standard of the Target cell agreeing to access and the Target cell of agreement access.
In the network management device that the embodiment of the present invention four provides, the specific works mode of each unit and functional module can see the related content in the inventive method embodiment one and embodiment two.
From above-mentioned, the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, when the wireless communication terminal not possessing different systematic evaluation ability needs to carry out different systematic evaluation, first by the information interaction between wireless communication terminal and network management device, wireless communication terminal and network management device are consulted fully, result according to consulting carries out follow-up operation, solve in prior art and perform by the wireless communication terminal not possessing different systematic evaluation ability the problem that different systematic evaluation brings voluntarily, terminal use can be made to keep balance to the demand of business and Virtual network operator between the demand of management, improve the efficiency of network management and Resource Allocation in Networks, improve the overall performance of system.
Those skilled in the art can be well understood to the mode that the present invention can add required general hardware platform by software and realize.Based on such understanding, the part that technical scheme of the present invention contributes to prior art in essence in other words can the form of software product embody, this computer software product can be stored in storage medium, as ROM/RAM, magnetic disc, CD etc., comprising some instructions in order to make a computer equipment (can be personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) perform the method described in some part of each embodiment of the present invention or embodiment.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to limit the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any amendment made, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within the scope of protection of the invention.