IP Library Granted Patent US 8,811,236
Granted Patent B2
US 8,811,236 · App. 13/260,215 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Interaction method and device between resource and admission control systems

Inventor: Jianjie You (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04L65/1016H04L65/1069H04L12/5695
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Patent No.
US 8,811,236
App. No.
13/260,215
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an interaction method and device between resource and admission control systems, which is applied in a case that a mobile user equipment accesses a network at a fixed network side and deploys a service of the fixed network, the method includes: the resource and admission control system of the fixed network performing, after receiving a resource request sent from an application function of the fixed network, an authorization check on the resource request, and interacting with the resource and admission control system of a mobile network to make the resource and admission control system of the mobile network perform another authorization check on the resource request; if both the authorization checks are passed, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network formulating final policy rules, and returning a resource response to the application function of the fixed network. The device comprises the resource and admission control system of the fixed network and the resource and admission control system of the mobile network. The method and device of the present invention can solve the resource and admission control problems when a mobile user equipment accesses the network at the fixed network side and deploys a service in the fixed network.

Claims (51)

1. An interaction method between resource and admission control systems, the method comprising:

in a case where a mobile user equipment:

accesses a fixed network, wherein the fixed network includes an application function and a resource and admission control system, wherein the application function of the fixed network includes at least one of service control functions (SCF) or an application function (AF) and the resource and admission control system of the fixed network includes at least one of admission control functions (RACF) and resource and admission control subsystem (RACS),

deploys a service of the fixed network, and

interacts with the resource and admission control system of a mobile network through a resource and admission control system of the fixed network to realize policy control of the service,

the resource and admission control system of the fixed network performing, after receiving a resource request sent from the application function of the fixed network, an authorization check on the resource request, if the authorization check is passed, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network transmitting the resource request to the resource and admission control system of a mobile network to make the resource and admission control system of the mobile network perform a second authorization check on the resource request

after the second authorization check on the resource request is passed, the resource and admission control system of the mobile network formulating, in response to the resource request from the resource and admission control system of the fixed network, initial policy rules for the resource request, and transmitting the initial policy rules to the resource and admission control system of the fixed network;

if both the authorization checks are passed, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network formulating final policy rules according to the initial policy rules, local operator policy rules and resource availability, and returning a resource response to the application function of the fixed network.

2. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the resource and admission control system of the fixed network performs the authorization check on the resource request according to local operator policy rules and resource availability.

3. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the resource and admission control system of the mobile network performs the second authorization check on the resource request according to local operator policy rules and user subscription information.

4. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the resource and admission control system of the mobile network formulates the initial policy rules for the resource request according to user subscription information, local operator policy rules and service information.

5. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

the resource and admission control system of the fixed network notifying, after formulating the final policy rules, a transport functional entity of the fixed network to install the final policy rules.

6. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of interacting with the resource and admission control system of the mobile network:

the resource and admission control system of the fixed network interacts with the resource and admission control system of the mobile network via an S9′ interface, and one of or both of the resource and admission control system of the fixed network and the resource and admission control system of the mobile network realizes/realize matching and conversion of message formats and parameter forms for interaction, so that information from an opposite side can be identified and processed correctly.

7. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein,

for a standard of an international telecommunication union telecommunication standardization sector (ITU-T), the application function of the fixed network is the service control functions (SCF), and the resource and admission control system of the fixed network is the resource and admission control functions (RACF);

for a telecommunication and Internet converged services and protocols for advanced networking (TISPAN), the application function of the fixed network is the application function (AF), and the resource and admission control system of the fixed network is the resource and admission control subsystem (RACS); and

the resource and admission control system of the mobile network is a policy and charging rule function (PCRF).

8. The interaction method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

9. The interaction method according to claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

if the resource and admission control system of the fixed network receives a resource release request sent from the application function of the fixed network, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network notifying a transport functional entity of the fixed network to uninstall final policy rules on the transport functional entity and release a resource; the resource and admission control system of the fixed network returning a resource release response message to the application function of the fixed network.

10. A resource and admission control system of a fixed network, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network comprising:

a processor configured to execute program units stored on a memory connected with the processor in a case where the resource and admission control system of the fixed network supports an interaction between resource and admission control systems and interacts with a resource and admission control system of a mobile network to realize policy control of a service, wherein the program units are configured to:

receive a resource request sent from an application function of the fixed network, perform an authorization check on the resource request, if the authorization check is passed, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network transmitting the resource request to the resource and admission control system of a mobile network to make the resource and admission control system of the mobile network perform a second authorization check on the resource request and formulate, in response to the resource request from the resource and admission control system of the fixed network, initial policy rules for the resource request after the second authorization check on the resource request is passed, receive the initial policy rules returned by the resource and admission control system of the mobile network, formulate final policy rules according to the initial policy rules, local operator policy rules and resource availability if both the authorization checks are passed, and return a resource response to the application function of the fixed network, wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request; and

notify, after receiving a resource release request sent from the application function of the fixed network, a transport functional entity of the fixed network to uninstall final policy rules on the transport functional entity and release a resource, and to return a resource release response message to the application function of the fixed network,

wherein the application function of the fixed network includes at least one of service control functions (SCF) or an application function (AF) and the resource and admission control system of the fixed network includes at least one of admission control functions (RACF) and resource and admission control subsystem (RACS).

11. A resource and admission control system of a mobile network the resource and admission control system of the mobile network comprising:

a processor configured to execute program units stored on a memory connected with the processor in a case where the resource and admission control system of the mobile network supports an interaction between resource and admission control systems and interacts with a resource and admission control system of a fixed network to realize policy control of a service, wherein the program units are configured to:

receive a resource request which is sent by a resource and admission control system of the fixed network after the resource and admission control system of the fixed network receives the resource request from an application function of the fixed network;

perform an authorization check on the resource request, after the authorization check on the resource request is passed, formulate, in response to the resource request from the resource and admission control system of the fixed network, initial policy rules for the resource request, and transmit the initial policy rules to the resource and admission control system of the fixed network and notify the resource and admission control system of the fixed network of an authorization check result, wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request,

wherein the application function of the fixed network includes at least one of service control functions (SCF) or an application function (AF) and the resource and admission control system of the fixed network includes at least one of admission control functions (RACF) and resource and admission control subsystem (RACS).

12. An interaction device between resource and admission control systems, the device comprising a resource and admission control system of a fixed network and a resource and admission control system of a mobile network, wherein

the resource and admission control system of the fixed network comprises a processor configured to execute program units stored on a memory connected with the processor in a case where the resource and admission control system of the fixed network supports an interaction between resource and admission control systems and interacts with the resource and admission control system of the mobile network to realize policy control of a service, wherein the program units are configured to:

receive a resource request sent from an application function of the fixed network, perform an authorization check on the resource request, if the authorization check is passed, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network transmitting the resource request to the resource and admission control system of the mobile network to make the resource and admission control system of the mobile network perform a second authorization check on the resource request and formulate, in response to the resource request from the resource and admission control system of the fixed network, initial policy rules for the resource request after the second authorization check on the resource request is passed, receive the initial policy rules returned by the resource and admission control system of the mobile network, formulate final policy rules according to the initial policy rules, local operator policy rules and resource availability if both the authorization checks are passed, and return a resource response to the application function of the fixed network, wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request; and

notify, after receiving a resource release request sent from the application function of the fixed network, a transport functional entity of the fixed network to uninstall final policy rules on the transport functional entity and release a resource, and to return a resource release response message to the application function of the fixed network;

the resource and admission control system of the mobile network comprises a processor configured to execute program units stored on a memory connected with the processor in a case where the resource and admission control system of the mobile network supports an interaction between resource and admission control systems and interacts with the resource and admission control system of the fixed network to realize policy control of the service, wherein the program units are configured to:

receive the resource request which is sent by the resource and admission control system of the fixed network after the resource and admission control system of the fixed network receives the resource request from the application function of the fixed network;

perform the second authorization check on the resource request, after the second authorization check on the resource request is passed, formulate, in response to the resource request from the resource and admission control system of the fixed network, initial policy rules for the resource request, and transmit the initial policy rules to the resource and admission control system of the fixed network and notify the resource and admission control system of the fixed network of an authorization check result, wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request,

wherein the application function of the fixed network includes at least one of service control functions (SCF) and an application function (AF) and the resource and admission control system of the fixed network includes at least one of admission control functions (RACF) and resource and admission control subsystem (RACS).

13. The interaction method according to claim 2 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

14. The interaction method according to claim 3 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

15. The interaction method according to claim 4 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

16. The interaction method according to claim 5 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

17. The interaction method according to claim 6 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

18. The interaction method according to claim 7 , wherein the resource request is a resource initialization request or a resource modification request.

19. The interaction method according to claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises:

if the resource and admission control system of the fixed network receives a resource release request sent from the application function of the fixed network, the resource and admission control system of the fixed network notifying the transport functional entity of the fixed network to uninstall the final policy rules on the transport functional entity and release a resource; the resource and admission control system of the fixed network returning a resource release response message to the application function of the fixed network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2011
From: YOU, JIANJIE
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026966/0270 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0168075 · Aug 24, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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