CN102232311A

CN102232311A - Method, device and system for realizing home base station service quality control

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Publication number: CN102232311A
Application number: CN2010800060125A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 时晓岩
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2010-10-26
Filing date: 2010-10-26
Publication date: 2011-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 2030-10-26
Also published as: WO2012055089A1; CN102232311B

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, a device and a system for realizing home base station service quality control. The method for realizing the home base station service quality control comprises the steps of: receiving a resource request from a Serving Gateway (S-GW) or a Security Gateway (SecGW), wherein the resource request comprises an identification of the home base station and corrsponding Quality of Service (QoS) information; establishing a QoS rule for the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information; transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed to the home base station in order that the broadband network can perform a QoS control for the home base station according to the QoS rule. The technical scheme of the present invention can realize the home base station service quality control with the minimum upgrade and transformation for a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) entity in the present webside, thereby reduing network realizing complexity.

Description

Method, equipment and system for realizing quality of service control of home base station

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a method, equipment and a system for realizing quality of service control of a home base station.

Background

In consideration of the evolution of communication networks and the growth of user services, home base stations are introduced in the industry to enhance the wireless coverage and increase the wireless bandwidth of mobile networks.

After a home base station (e.g., HeNB) is deployed, a User Equipment (UE) may attach to an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) through the home base station. The main difference between the femtocell access and the macro base station access is that the backhaul network is different. The backhaul network refers to a transmission network between a base station and a core network device.

The backhaul network of the femtocell is a Broadband forum (BBF) network, which may be regarded as a non-private network, while the backhaul network of the macro base station is generally a private network of a mobile operator or a private line of a leased fixed operator, and the backhaul network of the macro base station may be regarded as a private network.

The network topology considered by the third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP, 3rd Generation Partnership Project) after introducing the home base station can be as shown in fig. 1, wherein the EPC is the core network architecture of the mobile network, and referring to fig. 1, the main network elements of the EPC include: a Mobility Management Entity (MME) mainly responsible for user Mobility Management, a Serving Gateway (S-GW), a Packet Data network Gateway (P-GW), a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) Entity; and a home base station Gateway (HeGW, HeNB Gateway) mainly for aggregating home base stations, an edge security Gateway (SecGW, securitygave) located in a mobile core network, and the like, where the HeGW and the SecGW may be generally deployed on the same entity. The broadband access network mainly comprises: a broadband network gateway, a Broadband Policy Control Function (BPCF) entity, AN Access Node (AN), and so on. The home base station is connected to the AN of the broadband access network through a home Gateway (RG).

Since the backhaul network of the hnb is a non-private network, in order to ensure end-to-end Quality of Service of a Service, Quality of Service (QoS) control needs to be performed on the backhaul network of the hnb in a scenario where the hnb is accessed. In the existing control mechanism, after formulating QoS rules, PCRF located in EPC issues to PGW on one hand, and PGW transmits it to SGW and Evolved Universal Terrestrial radio access Network (E-UTRAN), so as to implement QoS control on mobile Network node; on the other hand, the PCRF sends the QoS rule to a BPCF entity deployed in the Broadband access Network through an S9 interface, and the BPCF may forward the QoS rule to a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) for execution, thereby implementing QoS control on the BBF Network node (i.e., QoS control of the home base station backhaul Network).

Because a large number of PCRF entities that do not support QoS control of the hnb (i.e., PCRF entities that do not support S9 interface) have been deployed in the existing network, implementing the prior art needs to upgrade many deployed PCRF entities, and in many scenarios, upgrading the PCRF entities has certain difficulty, and the upgrade cost may be relatively high. For example, when a mobile operator deploys a PCRF pool (i.e., multiple PCRF entities), since a PGW may select any one of the PCRF entities when selecting the PCRF entity, in this scenario, all PCRF entities may need to be upgraded, so as to avoid selecting a PCRF entity that does not support QoS control for a home base station for a user; or in a roaming scenario, if the home base station is deployed by an operator in the visited domain, the PCRF entity in the home domain needs to be updated at this time.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method, a device, and a system for implementing qos control of a femtocell, so as to implement qos control of the femtocell without upgrading and modifying a PCRF entity in an existing website as much as possible, thereby reducing network implementation complexity.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention are as follows:

a method for realizing quality of service control of a home base station comprises the following steps:

receiving a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway, wherein the resource request comprises an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS (quality of service) information;

according to the QoS information, formulating a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station;

and transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can conveniently perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule.

a service gateway receives a message carrying QoS information;

sending a resource request to an entity for formulating a QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, wherein the resource request carries the identifier of the femtocell and the QoS information, so that the entity formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell identifier according to the QoS information.

the security gateway receives a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request;

analyzing the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request to obtain the identifier of the femtocell carried by the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request and corresponding QoS information;

and sending a resource request to an entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, wherein the resource request carries the identifier of the femtocell and QoS information, so that the entity formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell identifier according to the QoS information.

A service gateway, comprising:

the second receiving module is used for receiving the message carrying the QoS information;

and the second sending module is used for sending a resource request to an entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, wherein the resource request carries the identifier of the femtocell and the QoS information, so that the entity formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the femtocell according to the QoS information.

A security gateway, comprising:

a third receiving module, configured to receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request exchanged between the serving gateway and the home base station;

the analysis obtaining module is used for analyzing the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request to obtain the identifier of the femtocell carried by the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request and the corresponding QoS information;

and the third sending module is used for sending a resource request to an entity for making a QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, wherein the resource request carries the identifier of the femtocell and QoS information, so that the entity can make the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the femtocell according to the QoS information.

A home base station QoS control system comprising: the apparatus as described in the previous embodiment.

As can be seen from the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the SGW or SecGW sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, triggers the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmits the QoS rule to the broadband network to which the hnb is accessed, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW or SecGW triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, and the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 ×, it is possible to implement the QoS control of the femtocell while avoiding as much as possible the upgrade and modification of the S9 × -interface to the PCRF entity in the existing network, thereby reducing the complexity of implementing the network.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network topology after the 3GPP considers introducing a home base station in the prior art;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network topology structure after the 3GPP considers introducing the femtocell provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of another method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart of another method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart of another method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a home base station QoS rule entity according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a service gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a security gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a QoS control system of a home base station according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of another system for controlling QoS of a home base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, equipment and a system for realizing the service quality control of a home base station, which can realize the service quality control of the home base station under the condition of not upgrading and reconstructing a PCRF entity in the existing network as far as possible.

The following are detailed descriptions of the respective embodiments.

Based on the condition that a large number of PCRF entities which do not support QoS control of the home base station are deployed in the existing network and the upgrade cost is possibly high, the embodiment of the invention provides that: the method can be characterized in that 1 entity (which can be called a home base station policy and charging rule function (HeNB-PCRF) entity) for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station can be newly deployed in the network, or the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station can be formulated by using a home base station Management System (HMS) entity, a BPCF entity or other entities in the existing network (i.e., the home base station policy and charging rule function is completed), and the QoS rule is transmitted to the broadband network accessed by the home base station, and the broadband network can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule, thereby realizing the QoS control on the BBF network node (i.e., the QoS control of the home base station backhaul network).

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a network topology structure after a home base station is considered to be introduced by 3GPP according to an embodiment of the present invention, where a HeNB-PCRF entity is newly deployed.

In fig. 2, the EPC main network elements include: MME, S-GW, PGW and PCRF entity; and HeNB-PCRF entities, HeGW and SecGW, etc., where HeGW and SecGW may typically be deployed on the same entity. The broadband access network may mainly include: BNG, BPCF, AN, and the like. The home base station is connected to AN of the broadband access network via a home gateway RG.

The HMS entity may be deployed in the EPC (not shown in fig. 2), and is connected to the home base station and mainly responsible for managing the home base station.

In the embodiment of the invention, a scheme for realizing the quality of service control of the home base station is specifically introduced aiming at various scenes of formulating the QoS rule of the home base station by utilizing a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or utilizing an HMS entity, a BPCF entity or other entities in the existing network.

The following description is made first in terms of an entity that makes QoS rules for a home base station. One embodiment of the method for implementing the quality of service control of the home base station of the present invention may include: receiving a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway, wherein the resource request comprises an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS (quality of service) information; according to the QoS information, establishing a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station; and transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can control the QoS of the home base station according to the QoS rule.

Referring to fig. 3, the specific steps may include:

310. receiving a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway, wherein the resource request comprises an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS (quality of service) information;

in an application scenario, after receiving a message carrying QoS information, for example, after receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information sent by a PGW, or after receiving a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from a PCRF entity, a serving gateway SGW may send a resource request including an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to an entity (for example, an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or another entity) that formulates QoS rules corresponding to the home base station. Or in a roaming scenario, the visited serving gateway may send the resource request including the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to an entity (for example, a visited HMS entity, a visited BPCF entity, a visited PCRF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or another entity) in the visited network, which formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, after receiving a message carrying the QoS information from an entity in the home network, for example, the visited SGW may receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying the QoS information sent by a home PGW, or after receiving a QoS rule execution request carrying the QoS information from a home PCRF entity.

Or, after receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information and an identifier of the home base station, which are interacted between the SGW and the home base station, the security gateway SecGW may send a resource request including the identifier of the home base station and the corresponding QoS information to an entity (for example, an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or another entity) that formulates a QoS rule corresponding to the home base station.

The QoS information obtained by the serving gateway or the security gateway from the above message may include one or more of the following information: bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like.

In an application scenario, the identifier of the femtocell, which is carried in the received resource request, may be a femtocell Identifier (ID), an Internet Protocol (IP) address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell.

320. According to the QoS information, establishing a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station;

after receiving a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway, an entity for formulating a QoS rule corresponding to a home base station formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station corresponding to the identifier of the home base station according to QoS information carried in the resource request, and the QoS rule can indicate that bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like of a backhaul network of the home base station are correspondingly controlled. How to make the corresponding QoS rule according to the QoS information can refer to the related art, and will not be described in detail here.

330. And transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can carry out QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule.

In an application scenario, if the entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb is a BPCF entity, the BPCF may transfer the formulated QoS rule to a BNG in a broadband network accessed by the hnb for execution. If the entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell is an HMS entity, a visited PCRF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity or other entity not directly connected with a BNG, the entity can transmit the formulated QoS rule to the BNG in the broadband network accessed by the femtocell through a BPCF entity in the broadband network for execution, namely, the formulated QoS rule is firstly sent to the BPCF entity, and then the BPCF entity forwards the QoS rule to the BNG entity for execution after determining to start the QoS rule.

The BNG entity implements the QoS rules described above, thereby implementing QoS control on the BBF network node, i.e., QoS control of the home base station backhaul network.

It can be found that, for a non-roaming scenario, implementing the above-described scheme can implement the quality of service control of the femtocell without performing the upgrade and modification supporting the S9 interface on all PCRF entities in the existing network; for the roaming scenario, the implementation of the foregoing scheme may also implement the QoS control of the hnb without performing the upgrade and modification supporting the S9 × interface on all PCRF entities in the existing network, or at least without performing the upgrade and modification supporting the S9 × interface on the home PCRF entity in the existing network (because the home PCRF entity in the roaming scenario does not need to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the visited broadband network through the S9 × interface).

It can be understood that the above steps may be specifically implemented on an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity of a communication network, a visited PCRF (V-PCRF, Visit-PCRF) entity in a roaming scenario, or other similar entities, and of course, an entity capable of implementing the above scheme may be considered as an entity integrated with an HeNB-PCRF functional module.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, the SGW or SecGW sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, triggers the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmits the QoS rule to the broadband network to which the hnb is accessed, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW or SecGW triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, and the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 ×, it is possible to implement the QoS control of the femtocell while avoiding as much as possible the upgrade and modification of the S9 × -interface to the PCRF entity in the existing network, thereby reducing the complexity of implementing the network.

The following description is from the perspective of a serving gateway. Another embodiment of the method for implementing the quality of service control of the home base station of the present invention may include: a service gateway receives a message carrying QoS information; and sending a resource request to an entity for establishing a QoS rule corresponding to the home base station, wherein the resource request carries the identification of the home base station and the QoS information, so that the entity establishes the QoS rule corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information.

Correspondingly, an entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station receives a resource request from the service gateway; according to the QoS information, establishing a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station; and transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can control the QoS of the home base station according to the QoS rule.

In an application scenario, the receiving, by the serving gateway, the message carrying the QoS information may include:

the SGW receives a bearer establishment request carrying the QoS information, a bearer modification request or other messages from the PGW, or receives a QoS rule execution request carrying the QoS information or other messages from the PCRF entity. Or, in a roaming scenario, the visited SGW receives a bearer establishment request, a bearer modification request or other messages carrying QoS information from the Home PGW, or the visited SGW receives a QoS rule execution request or other messages carrying QoS information from a Home PCRF (H-PCRF) entity.

The QoS information obtained by the serving gateway from the above message may include one or more of the following information: bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like.

In an application scenario, the identifier of the hnb carried in the resource request sent by the serving gateway may be a hnb ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the hnb.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, the SGW sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, so as to trigger the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to the broadband network accessed by the hnb, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station, and the PCRF entity does not need to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through an S9 interface, the service quality control of the home base station can be realized under the condition of avoiding supporting the upgrading and the reconstruction of the S9 interface on the PCRF entity in the existing network as far as possible, and the realization complexity of the network can be further reduced.

The following is described in the context of a security gateway. Another embodiment of the method for implementing the quality of service control of the home base station of the present invention may include: the security gateway receives a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request; analyzing the bearer establishing request or the bearer modifying request to obtain the identifier of the femtocell carried by the bearer establishing request or the bearer modifying request and corresponding QoS information; and sending a resource request to an entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station, wherein the resource request carries the identification and QoS information of the home base station, so that the entity formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information.

Correspondingly, an entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station receives a resource request from the security gateway; according to the QoS information, establishing a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station; and transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can control the QoS of the home base station according to the QoS rule.

The message such as the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request interacted between the SGW and the home base station passes through the SecGW, and the SecGW can receive the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request or other messages interacted between the SGW and the home base station according to the message, and analyze information such as QoS information and the identifier of the home base station from the received information.

The QoS information obtained by SecGW from the above message may include one or more of the following information: bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like.

In an application scenario, the identifier of the femtocell, which is carried in the resource request sent by the SecGW, may be a femtocell ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, the SecGW sends a message carrying the identifier of the femtocell and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, so as to trigger the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the femtocell according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to the broadband network to which the femtocell is accessed, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rule. Since SecGW triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, and the PCRF entity does not need to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 interface, the QoS control of the femtocell can be realized under the condition that the PCRF entity in the existing network is prevented from being upgraded and modified by supporting the S9 interface as much as possible, and the network implementation complexity can be further reduced.

In order to better understand the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, the following takes as an example that in a scenario where the HeNB-PCRF entity is deployed independently, the SGW sends the QoS information obtained from the PGW to the HeNB-PCRF entity, so that the HeNB-PCRF entity makes a specific scenario of QoS rules accordingly, and further details are introduced.

Referring to fig. 4, another embodiment of the method for implementing qos control of a hnb in the present invention may specifically include:

401. the SGW receives a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request sent by a PGW;

in an application scenario, the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request sent by the PGW may be, for example, a signaling for creating or modifying a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol (GTP) bearer, or may be other signaling.

The bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request may carry QoS information, and may also carry other information, where the QoS information may include one or more of the following information: bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like.

It can be understood that the bearer between the UE and the PGW includes: bearer from PGW to SGW, bearer from SGW to home base station, and UE bearer from home base station. The bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request sent by the PGW may correspond to a home base station to which the UE accesses.

402. The SGW sends a resource request to the HeNB-PCRF entity, where the resource request may carry an identifier of the hnb (corresponding to the hnb for the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request) and corresponding QoS information, and may also carry some other information. The identifier of the femtocell carried in the resource request can be a femtocell ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell;

in an application scenario, the resource request sent by the SGW to the HeNB-PCRF entity may be, for example, GTP signaling, Diameter signaling, or other signaling.

403. The HeNB-PCRF entity receives the resource request from the SGW, formulates the QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information, and issues the formulated QoS rule (the QoS rule can be issued through the QoS rule execution request or other messages) to the BPCF entity.

404. The BPCF entity issues a QoS rule to the BNG for execution;

in practical application, after obtaining the QoS rules issued by the HeNB-PCRF entity, the BPCF entity may make a local decision according to configuration information to determine whether to enable the QoS rules (for example, if a corresponding QoS rule already exists before, the HeNB-PCRF entity may not be enabled to issue the QoS rules, otherwise, the QoS rules may be enabled, or the HeNB-PCRF entity may also be enabled to issue the QoS rules to update the existing QoS rules before), if the decision is made to enable the QoS rules, the QoS rules are issued to the BNG for execution, and the BPCF entity may issue the QoS rules to the BNG for execution through a QoS rule execution request or other messages.

The BNG can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rules.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, after receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request and other messages sent by a PGW, an SGW sends a message carrying an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, so as to trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity to formulate, according to the QoS information, a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identifier of the home base station, and transmit the QoS rule to a broadband network to which the home base station is accessed, so that a BNG in the broadband network can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW triggers the HeNB-PCRF entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell after receiving the message such as the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request sent by the PGW, the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 interface, the QoS control of the femtocell can be realized under the condition that the upgrading and the transformation of the S9 interface are supported to the PCRF entity in the existing network as far as possible, and the realization complexity of the network can be further reduced.

In order to better understand the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the following takes as an example that in a scenario where the HeNB-PCRF entity is deployed independently, the SGW obtains QoS information from the PCRF entity and sends the QoS information to the newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, and the HeNB-PCRF entity formulates a specific scenario of QoS rules, and further details are introduced.

Referring to fig. 5, another embodiment of the method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to the present invention specifically includes:

501. the SGW receives a QoS rule execution request sent by a PCRF entity;

in an application scenario, the QoS rule execution Request sent by the PCRF entity may be, for example, a Re-authentication Request (RAR) message or a Credit Control Answer (CCA) message, or may be other signaling.

The QoS rule execution request sent by the PCRF entity may include QoS information (or may also include a QoS rule formulated by the PCRF entity, where the QoS rule includes QoS information), and may also carry some other information, where the QoS information may include one or more of the following information: bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like.

502. The SGW sends a resource request to the HeNB-PCRF entity, where the resource request may carry the identity of the hnb (the hnb corresponding to the QoS rule execution request) and the corresponding QoS information, and may also carry some other information. The identifier of the femtocell carried in the resource request can be a femtocell ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell;

503. The HeNB-PCRF entity receives the resource request from the SGW, formulates the QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information, and issues the formulated QoS rule (the QoS rule can be issued through the QoS rule execution request or other messages) to the BPCF entity.

504. The BPCF entity issues a QoS rule to the BNG for execution;

in practical application, after obtaining the QoS rules issued by the HeNB-PCRF entity, the BPCF entity may make a local decision according to configuration information to determine whether to enable the QoS rules (for example, if there is no corresponding QoS rule before, the QoS rules may be enabled, otherwise, the HeNB-PCRF entity may not be enabled to issue the QoS rules, or the HeNB-PCRF entity may also be enabled to issue the QoS rules to update the existing QoS rules before), and if the decision is made to enable the QoS rules, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rules to the BNG for execution. The BPCF entity may issue the QoS rules to the BNG for enforcement via a QoS rule enforcement request or other message.

The BNG can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rules.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, after receiving a QoS rule execution request and other messages sent by a PCRF entity, an SGW sends a message carrying an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, so as to trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity to formulate, according to the QoS information, a QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the home base station, and transmit the QoS rule to a broadband network to which the home base station is accessed, so that a BNG in the broadband network can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW triggers the HeNB-PCRF entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell after receiving the QoS rule execution request and other messages sent by the PCRF entity, the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through an S9 interface, the QoS control of the femtocell can be realized under the condition that the upgrading and the reconstruction of the S9 interface are supported on the PCRF entity in the existing network as far as possible, and the realization complexity of the network can be further reduced.

In order to better understand the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the following takes as an example a process in which, in a scenario where the HMS implements the HeNB-PCRF function (i.e., the HMS deploys the HeNB-PCRF function module), the SGW obtains QoS information from the PGW or the PCRF entity and sends the QoS information to the HMS, and the HMS formulates QoS rules as a further detailed description.

Referring to fig. 6, another embodiment of the method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to the present invention may specifically include:

601. the SGW receives a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request sent by a PGW;

in an application scenario, the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request sent by the PGW may be, for example, signaling for creating or modifying a GTP bearer, or may be other signaling.

It is understood that, in step 601, the SGW may also receive a QoS rule execution request (or other message) sent by the PCRF entity, where the QoS information may be carried, and may also carry some other information.

602. The SGW sends a resource request to the HMS entity, where the resource request may carry the identifier of the home base station and corresponding QoS information, and may also carry some other information. The identifier of the femtocell carried in the resource request can be a femtocell ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell;

the resource request sent by the SGW to the HMS entity may be, for example, GTP signaling, Diameter signaling, or other signaling.

603. The HMS entity receives the resource request from the SGW, formulates a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information, and issues the formulated QoS rule (the QoS rule can be issued through a QoS rule execution request or other messages) to the BPCF entity.

604. The BPCF entity issues a QoS rule to the BNG for execution;

in practical applications, after obtaining the QoS rules issued by the HMS entity, the BPCF entity may make a local decision according to the configuration information to determine whether to enable the QoS rules (for example, if there is a corresponding QoS rule before, the HMS entity may not be enabled to issue the QoS rules, otherwise, the QoS rules may be enabled, or the HMS entity may be enabled to issue the QoS rules to update the existing QoS rules before), if the decision is made to enable the QoS rules, the BPCF entity issues the QoS rules to the BNG for execution, and the BPCF entity may issue the QoS rules to the BNG for execution through a QoS rule execution request or other messages.

The BNG can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rules.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, after receiving a message carrying QoS information sent by a PGW or a PCRF entity, an SGW sends a message carrying an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to an HMS entity, so as to trigger the HMS entity to formulate a QoS rule corresponding to the home base station corresponding to the identifier of the home base station according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station, so that a BNG in the broadband network can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW triggers the HMS entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell after receiving the message carrying the QoS information sent by the PGW or the PCRF entity, the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 interface, the QoS control of the femtocell can be realized under the condition that the upgrading and the reconstruction of the S9 interface are supported to the PCRF entity in the existing network as far as possible, and the realization complexity of the network can be further reduced.

In order to better understand the scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, the following description will be made in further detail by taking as an example a process in which, in a scenario where a BPCF entity implements a HeNB-PCRF function (i.e., a HeNB-PCRF function module is deployed in the BPCF entity), an SGW obtains QoS information from a PGW or a PCRF entity and sends the QoS information to the BPCF entity, and the BPCF entity formulates QoS rules.

Referring to fig. 7, another embodiment of the method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to the present invention may specifically include:

701. the SGW receives a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request sent by a PGW;

It is understood that, in step 701, the SGW may also receive a QoS rule execution request (or other message) sent by the PCRF entity, where the QoS information may be carried, and may also carry some other information.

702. The SGW sends a resource request to the BPCF entity, where the resource request may carry the identifier of the home base station and corresponding QoS information, and may also carry some other information. The identifier of the femtocell carried in the resource request can be a femtocell ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell;

the resource request sent by the SGW to the BPCF entity may be, for example, GTP signaling, Diameter signaling, or other signaling.

In an application scenario, the SGW may send the resource request to the BPCF entity through the HMS, that is, relay the resource request by using the HMS, or may relay the resource request through another entity, or may directly send the resource request to the BPCF entity.

703. The BPCF entity receives the resource request from the SGW, formulates a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information, issues the QoS rule to the BNG for execution, and issues the QoS rule to the BNG for execution through the QoS rule execution request or other messages.

In practical application, after obtaining the QoS information from the SGW, the BPCF entity may make a local decision according to the configuration information, determine whether to make a QoS rule (for example, if a corresponding QoS rule already exists before, the QoS rule may not be made, otherwise, the QoS rule may be made, or the QoS rule may be made to update the existing QoS rule before), if the decision is made that the QoS rule needs to be made, the QoS rule is made according to the QoS information, and the QoS rule is issued to the BNG for execution.

The BNG can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rules.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, after receiving a message carrying QoS information sent by a PGW or a PCRF entity, an SGW sends a message carrying an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to a BPCF entity, so as to trigger the BPCF entity to formulate a QoS rule corresponding to the home base station corresponding to the identifier of the home base station according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to a BNG in a broadband network to which the home base station is accessed, so that the BNG can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW triggers the BPCF entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station after receiving the message carrying the QoS information sent by the PGW or the PCRF entity, the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 interface, the quality of service control of the home base station can be realized under the condition that the upgrading and the reconstruction of the S9 interface are supported on the PCRF entity in the existing network as far as possible, and the realization complexity of the network can be further reduced.

In order to better understand the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, in a roaming scenario, when a visited PCRF entity implements a HeNB-PCRF function, a visited SGW sends QoS information obtained from a home PGW or a home PCRF entity to the visited PCRF entity, and a specific scenario in which the visited PCRF entity formulates QoS rules is taken as an example to make further detailed description.

Referring to fig. 8, another embodiment of the method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to the present invention may specifically include:

801. the visited SGW receives a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request sent by a home PGW;

It is understood that, in step 801, the SGW may also receive a QoS rule execution request (or other message) sent by the home PCRF entity, where the QoS information may be carried, and may also carry some other information.

802. The visited SGW sends a resource request to the visited PCRF entity, where the resource request may carry the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information, and may also carry some other information. The identifier of the femtocell carried in the resource request can be a femtocell ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the femtocell;

the resource request sent by the SGW to the visited PCRF entity may be, for example, GTP signaling, Diameter signaling, or other signaling.

803. The visited PCRF entity receives the resource request from the visited SGW, formulates a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information, and issues the formulated QoS rule to the BPCF entity (the QoS rule can be issued through a QoS rule execution request or other messages).

804. The BPCF entity issues a QoS rule to the BNG for execution;

in practical application, after obtaining the QoS rules issued by the visited PCRF entity, the BPCF entity may make a local decision according to the configuration information to determine whether to enable the QoS rules (for example, if a corresponding QoS rule already exists before, the visited PCRF entity may not be enabled to issue the QoS rules, otherwise, the QoS rules may be enabled, or the visited PCRF entity may also be enabled to issue the QoS rules to update the existing QoS rules before), and if the decision is made to enable the QoS rules, the BPCF entity may issue the QoS rules to the BNG for execution, and may issue the QoS rules to the BNG for execution through a QoS rule execution request or other messages.

The BNG can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rules.

It should be noted that, the above is introduced by taking a specific scenario in which, in a roaming scenario, the visited SGW sends the QoS information obtained from the home PGW or the home PCRF entity to the visited PCRF entity, and the visited PCRF entity formulates the QoS rules as an example. Certainly, the visited SGW may also send the QoS information obtained from the home PGW or the home PCRF entity to an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, or a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity in the visited network, and the HMS entity, the BPCF entity, or the newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity makes the QoS rule and transfers the QoS rule to the broadband network for execution (thus, the visited PCRF entity may not be upgraded and modified to support the S9 interface), and the specific process may refer to the description of the above embodiment, and is not described herein again.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, mainly for a roaming scenario, after receiving a message carrying QoS information sent by an affiliation PGW or an affiliation PCRF entity, a visited SGW sends a message carrying an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to the visited PCRF entity, so as to trigger the visited PCRF entity to formulate a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identifier of the home base station according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to a broadband network to which the home base station is accessed, so that a BNG can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule. Because the visited SGW triggers the visited PCRF entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the home base station after receiving the message carrying the QoS information sent by the home PGW or the home PCRF entity, the home PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 interface, the quality of service control of the home base station can be realized under the condition that the upgrading and modification of the S9 interface are supported on the PCRF entity of the home network in the existing network as far as possible, and the complexity of realizing the network can be further reduced.

In order to better understand the technical scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, a specific scenario is taken as an example in which, in a scenario where the HeNB-PCRF entity is deployed independently, the SecGW sends the obtained QoS information to the HeNB-PCRF entity, and the HeNB-PCRF entity formulates QoS rules, so as to introduce the QoS rules in further detail.

Referring to fig. 9, another embodiment of the method for implementing qos control of a hnb according to the present invention may specifically include:

901. after detecting the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request, the SecGW analyzes the QoS information and the identifier of the femtocell from the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request;

in an application scenario, messages such as a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request interacted between the SGW and the home base station may pass through the SecGW, and the SecGW may receive the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request or other messages interacted between the SGW and the home base station accordingly, and analyze information such as QoS information and an identifier of the home base station from the received messages.

The identifier of the home base station carried in the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request may be a home base station ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the home base station.

The bearer establishment request or bearer modification request interacted between the SGW and the home base station may be, for example, signaling for creating or modifying a GTP bearer, or may be other signaling.

The QoS information carried in the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request may include one or more of the following information: bandwidth, time delay, jitter, packet loss rate and the like.

902. The SecGW sends a resource request to the HeNB-PCRF entity, and the resource request can carry the analyzed identifier of the femtocell and the corresponding QoS information, and certainly can also carry other information.

In an application scenario, the resource request sent by the SecGW to the HeNB-PCRF entity may be, for example, GTP signaling, Diameter signaling, or other signaling.

903. The HeNB-PCRF entity receives the resource request from the SecGW, formulates the QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station according to the QoS information, and issues the formulated QoS rule (the QoS rule can be issued through the QoS rule execution request or other messages) to the BPCF entity.

904. The BPCF entity issues a QoS rule to the BNG for execution;

The BNG can perform QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rules.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, a scenario in which the HeNB-PCRF entity is deployed independently is taken as an example to perform the scheme description, if the HeNB-PCRF module is deployed in the HMS entity or the BPCF entity, that is, the HMS entity or the BPCF entity makes the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, the SecGW may also send a resource request carrying the analyzed identifier of the femtocell and the corresponding QoS information to the HMS entity or the BPCF entity, and the HMS entity or the BPCF entity makes the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell according to the resource request and sends the QoS rule to the BNG for execution.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, after receiving a message such as a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request interacted between an SGW and a home base station, a SecGW sends a message carrying an identifier of the home base station and corresponding QoS information to a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, so as to trigger the HeNB-PCRF entity to formulate a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identifier of the home base station according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station, so that a BNG in the broadband network can perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule. Since the SecGW triggers the HeNB-PCRF entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell after receiving the message such as the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request interacted between the SGW and the femtocell, and the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9, the QoS control of the femtocell can be realized under the condition that the PCRF entity in the existing network is prevented from being supported by the upgrading and modification of the S9 interface as far as possible, and the realization complexity of the network can be further reduced.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the above-mentioned method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combinations, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited by the described acts or sequences, as some steps may be performed in other sequences or simultaneously according to the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required by the invention.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

In order to better implement the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the embodiment of the invention also provides a corresponding device for implementing the technical scheme.

Referring to fig. 10, a home base station QoS rule entity 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a first receiving module 1010, a rule making module 1020 and a first transmitting module 1030.

A first receiving module 1010, configured to receive a resource request from a serving gateway or a security gateway, where the resource request includes an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information.

In an application scenario, after receiving a message carrying QoS information, for example, after receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information sent by a PGW, or after receiving a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from a PCRF entity, a serving gateway SGW may send a resource request including an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information to a home base station QoS rule entity 1000 (e.g., an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or other entities). Or in a roaming scenario, the visited serving gateway may send a resource request including the identifier of the home base station and the corresponding QoS information to the home base station QoS rule entity 1000 (for example, a visited HMS entity, a visited BPCF entity, a visited PCRF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or another entity) in the visited network after receiving a message carrying the QoS information from an entity in the home network, for example, the visited SGW may receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying the QoS information sent by a home PGW, or receive a QoS rule execution request carrying the QoS information from a home PCRF entity.

Alternatively, the security gateway SecGW may send, after receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying the QoS information and the identity of the home base station, which are interacted between the SGW and the home base station, a resource request including the identity of the home base station and the corresponding QoS information to the home base station QoS rule entity 1000 (for example, an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or another entity).

In an application scenario, the identifier of the home base station carried in the resource request received by the first receiving module 1010 may be a home base station ID, an IP address, or other information that can uniquely identify the home base station.

A rule making module 1020, configured to make a QoS rule of the hnb corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information.

A first sending module 1030, configured to deliver the QoS rule formulated by the rule formulation module 1020 to a broadband network accessed by the femtocell, so that the broadband network performs QoS control on the femtocell according to the QoS rule.

In an application scenario, the hnb QoS rule entity 1000 may be: the system comprises a HeNB-PCRF entity, an HMS entity, a BPCF entity or a V-PCRF entity in a roaming scene.

In an application scenario, if the hnb QoS rule entity 1000 is a BPCF entity, the first sending module 1030 may transfer the QoS rule to a BNG in a broadband network accessed by the hnb for execution. If the QoS rule entity 1000 of the home base station is an HMS entity, a visited PCRF entity, a newly deployed HeNB-PCRF entity, or another entity not directly connected to the BNG, the first sending module 1030 may transmit the QoS rule to a BNG in a broadband network accessed by the home base station through a BPCF entity in the broadband network for execution, that is, the QoS rule is first sent to the BPCF entity, and then the BPCF entity forwards the QoS rule to the BPCF entity for execution after determining to enable the QoS rule.

The BPCF entity executes the QoS rule, thereby realizing the QoS control on the BBF network node, namely the QoS control of the home base station backhaul network.

It can be understood that the home base station QoS rule entity 1000 in this embodiment may be an entity that formulates a QoS rule corresponding to a home base station in the foregoing method embodiment, and the functions described in each functional module may be specifically implemented according to the method introduced in the foregoing method embodiment, and a specific implementation process of the functional module may refer to relevant descriptions in the foregoing embodiment, which is not described herein again.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, the SGW or SecGW sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, triggers the hnb QoS rule entity 1000 to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmits the QoS rule to the broadband network to which the hnb is accessed, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW or SecGW triggers the hnb QoS rule entity 1000 to make the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, instead of requiring the PCRF entity to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9, the QoS control of the hnb can be implemented while avoiding as much as possible supporting the upgrade and modification of the S9 interface to the PCRF entity in the existing network, thereby reducing the complexity of implementing the network.

Referring to fig. 11, a service gateway 1100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a second receiving module 1110 and a second transmitting module 1120.

The second receiving module 1110 is configured to receive a message carrying QoS information;

in an application scenario, the second receiving module 1110 may receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information sent by a PGW, or receive a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from a PCRF entity. Or in a roaming scenario, after the visited serving gateway receives a message carrying QoS information from an entity of the home network, the second receiving module 1110 may receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information sent by the home PGW, or receive a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from the home PCRF entity.

A second sending module 1120, configured to send a resource request to an entity that formulates a QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, where the resource request carries an identifier of the hnb and the QoS information, so that the entity formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information.

In an application scenario, the entity for formulating the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb may be: an HMS entity, a BPCF entity, an HeNB-PCRF entity or a V-PCRF entity in a roaming scene, etc.

It can be understood that the service gateway 1100 in this embodiment may be a service gateway in the foregoing method embodiment, and the functions of each functional module thereof may be specifically implemented according to the method introduced in the foregoing method embodiment, and the specific implementation process thereof may refer to the relevant description in the foregoing embodiment, which is not described herein again.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, the serving gateway 1100 sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, so as to trigger the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to the broadband network accessed by the hnb, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the service gateway 1100 triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, and the PCRF entity does not need to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 × interface, the service quality control of the hnb can be implemented while avoiding as much as possible supporting the upgrade and modification of the S9 × interface for the PCRF entity in the existing network, and the network implementation complexity can be reduced.

Referring to fig. 12, a security gateway 1200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a third receiving module 1210, an analysis obtaining module 1220 and a third sending module 1230.

The third receiving module 1210 is configured to receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request interacted between the SGW and the home base station;

an analysis obtaining module 1220, configured to analyze the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request, and obtain an identifier of the hnb and corresponding QoS information carried in the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request;

a third sending module 1230, configured to send a resource request to an entity that formulates a QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, where the resource request carries an identifier of the hnb and QoS information, so that the entity formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information.

It can be understood that the security gateway 1200 in this embodiment may be a security gateway in the foregoing method embodiment, and the functions of each functional module may be specifically implemented according to the method introduced in the foregoing method embodiment, and the specific implementation process may refer to relevant descriptions in the foregoing embodiment, which is not described herein again.

As can be seen from the above, in this embodiment, the security gateway 1200 sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, so as to trigger the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmit the QoS rule to the broadband network accessed by the hnb, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the security gateway 1200 triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, and the PCRF entity does not need to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 × interface, the QoS control of the hnb can be implemented while avoiding as much as possible supporting the upgrade and modification of the S9 × interface for the PCRF entity in the existing network, thereby reducing the network implementation complexity.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a QoS control system for a femtocell, which may include: security gateway 1200, serving gateway 1100, and one or more of home base station QoS rules entities 1000.

Referring to fig. 13, a system for controlling QoS of a home base station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a serving gateway 1310 and a home base station QoS rules entity 1320.

The serving gateway 1300 is configured to receive a message carrying QoS information; sending a resource request to a home base station QoS rule entity 1320, wherein the resource request carries an identifier of a home base station and the QoS information;

a home base station QoS rule entity 1320, configured to receive a resource request from the serving gateway 1300, where the resource request includes an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information; according to the QoS information, formulating a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station; and transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can conveniently perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule.

Referring to fig. 14, a system for controlling QoS of a home base station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: security gateway 1410 and home base station QoS rules entity 1420.

Security gateway 1410, configured to receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request; analyzing the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request to obtain the identifier of the femtocell carried by the bearer establishment request or the bearer modification request and corresponding QoS information; sending a resource request to a home base station QoS rule entity 1420, where the resource request carries an identifier and QoS information of the home base station;

a home base station QoS rule entity 1420, configured to receive a resource request from security gateway 1410, where the resource request includes an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information; according to the QoS information, formulating a QoS rule of the home base station corresponding to the identification of the home base station; and transmitting the QoS rule to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can conveniently perform QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule.

To sum up, in the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the SGW or SecGW sends a message carrying the identifier of the hnb and the corresponding QoS information to the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb, triggers the entity that formulates the QoS rule corresponding to the hnb to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the identifier of the hnb according to the QoS information, and transmits the QoS rule to the broadband network accessed by the hnb, so that the broadband network can perform QoS control on the hnb according to the QoS rule. Because the SGW or SecGW triggers the corresponding entity to formulate the QoS rule corresponding to the femtocell, and the PCRF entity is not required to send the QoS rule to the BPCF entity in the broadband network through the S9 ×, it is possible to implement the QoS control of the femtocell while avoiding as much as possible the upgrade and modification of the S9 × -interface to the PCRF entity in the existing network, thereby reducing the complexity of implementing the network.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by associated hardware instructed by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

The method, the device and the system for implementing the qos control of the hnb provided in the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail above, and a specific example is applied in this document to explain the principle and the implementation manner of the present invention, and the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for realizing quality of service control of a home base station is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1,

the receiving a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway includes:

a HeNB-PCRF entity receives a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway; or,

a home base station management system (HMS) entity receives a resource request from a service gateway or a security gateway;

or,

the broadband policy control entity receives a resource request from a serving gateway or a security gateway, or,

and the visiting policy and charging rule function V-PCRF entity receives a resource request sent by the visiting service gateway, wherein the resource request is sent by the visiting service gateway after receiving a QoS rule execution request from the home charging rule function H-PCRF entity, or after receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request from the home packet data network gateway.

3. The method of claim 2,

if the HeNB-PCRF entity receives a resource request from a serving gateway or a security gateway, then,

the step of delivering the QoS rule to the broadband network accessed by the home base station comprises the following steps:

the HeNB-PCRF entity sends the QoS rule to a broadband strategy control entity in a broadband network accessed by the home base station;

or,

if a resource request is received by the HMS entity from a serving gateway or a security gateway, then,

the HMS entity sends the QoS rule to a broadband strategy control entity in a broadband network accessed by the home base station;

or,

if a resource request is received by the broadband policy control entity from a serving gateway or a security gateway, then,

a broadband strategy control entity sends the QoS rule to a broadband network gateway in a broadband network accessed by the home base station;

or,

if the V-PCRF entity receives the resource request sent by the visited service gateway, then,

and the V-PCRF entity sends the QoS rule to a broadband policy control entity in a broadband network accessed by the home base station.

4. A method for realizing quality of service control of a home base station is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a service gateway receives a message carrying QoS information;

5. The method of claim 4,

the service gateway receives the message carrying the QoS information, and the method comprises the following steps:

the service gateway receives a bearing establishing request or a bearing modifying request carrying QoS information from a packet data gateway, or receives a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from a Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCRF) entity;

or,

the visiting service gateway receives a bearing establishing request or a bearing modifying request which carries the QoS information from the home packet data gateway, or receives a QoS rule execution request which carries the QoS information from a home policy and charging rule function H-PCRF entity.

6. A method for realizing quality of service control of a home base station is characterized by comprising the following steps:

7. A home base station QoS rule entity, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive a resource request from a serving gateway or a security gateway, where the resource request includes an identifier of a home base station and corresponding QoS information;

a rule making module, configured to make a QoS rule of the femtocell corresponding to the identifier of the femtocell according to the QoS information;

and the first sending module is used for transmitting the QoS rule formulated by the rule formulation module to a broadband network accessed by the home base station so that the broadband network can conveniently carry out QoS control on the home base station according to the QoS rule.

8. The home base station QoS rule entity of claim 6,

the QoS rule entity of the home base station is as follows: a HeNB-PCRF entity, an HMS entity, a broadband policy control entity or a V-PCRF entity.

9. A serving gateway, comprising:

10. The serving gateway of claim 9,

the second receiving module is specifically configured to receive a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information from a packet data gateway,

or,

receiving a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from a PCRF entity;

or,

receiving a bearer establishment request or a bearer modification request carrying QoS information from a home packet data gateway,

or,

and receiving a QoS rule execution request carrying QoS information from the H-PCRF entity.

11. A security gateway, comprising:

12. A home base station QoS control system, comprising:

the device of any one of claims 7 to 11.