IP Library Granted Patent US 9,226,157
Granted Patent B2
US 9,226,157 · App. 14/015,540 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Cell access processing method and apparatus and communication system

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Patent No.
US 9,226,157
App. No.
14/015,540
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell access processing method and apparatus and a communication system. In a cell access processing method, an access request message is sent by a terminal. The access request message includes identification information of the terminal. A CSG information request message is sent to a CSG subscription information server of a roaming network. The CSG information request message includes the identification information of the terminal. A CSG information response message is sent by the CSG subscription information server according to the CSG information request message. The CSG information response message includes CSG information corresponding to the identification information of the terminal. Access control is performed on the terminal according to the CSG information.

Claims (44)

1. A cell access processing method, comprising:

receiving an access request message sent by a terminal, wherein the access request message comprises identification information of the terminal;

sending a closed subscriber group information request message to a closed subscriber group subscription information server of a roaming network, wherein the closed subscriber group information request message comprises the identification information of the terminal;

receiving a closed subscriber group information response message that is sent by the closed subscriber group subscription information server according to the closed subscriber group information request message, wherein the closed subscriber group information response message comprises closed subscriber group information corresponding to the identification information of the terminal, and wherein the closed subscriber group information comprises autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network and/or allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network; and

performing access control on the terminal according to the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network and/or the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network, comprising:

if the closed subscriber group information comprises the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network and the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network is forbidden closed subscriber group roaming indicator information, performing access control on the terminal according to the subscription information of the terminal;

if the closed subscriber group information comprises the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network and the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network, and the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network is allowed closed subscriber group roaming indicator information, performing access control on the terminal according to the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network and the subscription information of the terminal; and

if the closed subscriber group information comprises the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network, performing access control on the terminal according to the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network and the subscription information of the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before sending the closed subscriber group information request message, the method comprises:

determining, according to the identification information of the terminal, that the terminal is a roaming terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before sending the closed subscriber group information request message, the method comprises:

obtaining closed subscriber group roaming indicator information that corresponds to the identification information of the terminal and is in local closed subscriber group roaming indicator information; and

determining that the closed subscriber group roaming indicator information is allowed closed subscriber group roaming indicator information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before sending the closed subscriber group information request message, the method comprises:

obtaining subscription information of the terminal, wherein the subscription information comprises closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the terminal; and

determining that the closed subscriber group roaming indicator information is allowed closed subscriber group roaming indicator information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein obtaining subscription information of the terminal comprises obtaining the subscription information from context information of the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein obtaining subscription information of the terminal comprises obtaining the subscription information from a home subscription information server.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network comprises identification information of a closed subscriber group forbidden or allowed to be accessed in the roaming network and home network identification information of the terminal or roaming network identification information of a closed subscriber group forbidden or allowed to be accessed.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing access control on the terminal according to the closed subscriber group information comprises:

if the closed subscriber group information is consistent with autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network in the subscription information of the terminal, performing access control on the terminal according to the closed subscriber group information and the subscription information; and

if the closed subscriber group information is not consistent with autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network in the subscription information of the terminal, performing access control on the terminal according to the subscription information.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after performing access control on the terminal, the method further comprises:

sending an access response message to the terminal, wherein the access response message comprises the closed subscriber group information.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after performing access control on the terminal, the method further comprises:

sending an indication message to the closed subscriber group subscription information server after sending an access response message to the terminal, so as to instruct the closed subscriber group subscription information server to send the closed subscriber group information to the terminal.

11. A cell access processing apparatus, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive an access request message sent by a terminal, wherein the access request message comprises identification information of the terminal;

a first sending module, configured to send a closed subscriber group information request message to a closed subscriber group subscription information server of a roaming network, wherein the closed subscriber group information request message comprises the identification information of the terminal;

a second receiving module, configured to receive a closed subscriber group information response message that is sent by the closed subscriber group subscription information server according to the closed subscriber group information request message, wherein the closed subscriber group information response message comprises closed subscriber group information corresponding to the identification information of the terminal; and

an access control module, configured to perform access control on the terminal according to the closed subscriber group information, the access control module comprising one or more of the following units:

a first control unit, configured to, when the closed subscriber group information comprises autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network, and the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network is forbidden closed subscriber group roaming indicator information, perform access control on the terminal according to the subscription information of the terminal;

a second control unit, configured to, when the closed subscriber group information comprises autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network and allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network, and the autonomous closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the roaming network is allowed closed subscriber group roaming indicator information, perform access control on the terminal according to the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network and the subscription information of the terminal; and

a third control unit, configured to, when the closed subscriber group information comprises allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network, perform access control on the terminal according to the allowed closed subscriber group information of the roaming network and the subscription information of the terminal.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a determining module, configured to determine, according to the identification information of the terminal, whether the terminal is a roaming terminal;

wherein the first sending module is specifically configured to send the closed subscriber group information request message to the closed subscriber group subscription information server of the roaming network when the determining module determines that the terminal is a roaming terminal.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain closed subscriber group roaming indicator information that corresponds to the identification information and is in local closed subscriber group roaming indicator information or to obtain subscription information of the terminal, wherein the subscription information comprises closed subscriber group roaming indicator information of the terminal;

wherein the first sending module is specifically configured to send the closed subscriber group information request message to the closed subscriber group subscription information server of the roaming network if the closed subscriber group roaming indicator information is allowed closed subscriber group roaming indicator information.

14. The apparatus according to any one of claim 11 , further comprising:

a second sending module, configured to, after the access control module performs access control on the terminal according to the closed subscriber group information, send an access response message to the terminal, wherein the access response message comprises the closed subscriber group information or to send an indication message to the closed subscriber group subscription information server to instruct the closed subscriber group subscription information server to send the closed subscriber group information to the terminal.

15. A communication system, comprising the cell access processing apparatus according to claim 11 and a closed subscriber group subscription information server of the cell access processing apparatus.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the cell access processing apparatus is a mobility management unit.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 11, 2019
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 048555/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0393 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2014
From: LIU, JUAN; CHEN, GUOQIAO; GAO, CHENLIANG; GUAN, ZHI
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034580/0565 →