Process method about the service connection between the wireless local area network and user terminal

1. A method for indicating a service connection status of a user terminal, wherein a service connection is between the user terminal and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), comprising:

sending, by a service control unit, a detach request to the user terminal, wherein the detach request includes at least one reason about why the user terminal is to be detached from the WLAN;

updating, by the service control unit, a first flag set in the service control unit indicating the service connection status of the user terminal as WLAN detached;

sending, by the service control unit, a user data updating instruction indicating the service connection status to a user information storage unit; and

receiving, by the service control unit, a user data updating response returned from the user information storage unit after the user information storage unit updating a second flag set in the user information storage unit on receiving the user data updating instruction, wherein the second flag indicates the service connection status between the user terminal and the WLAN.

2. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprises:

deleting, by the service control unit, the user data of the WLAN user terminal stored in the service control unit and sending a user information delete notification to the user information storage unit; and

recording, by the user information storage unit, that the user data of the user terminal has been deleted from the service control unit, and then returning a response message to the service control unit.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the deleting the user data comprises:

deleting information of the user terminal from the service control unit immediately after the user terminal is disconnected from the WLAN.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the deleting the user data comprises:

keeping, after the user terminal is disconnected from the WLAN, the information of the user terminal in the service control unit for a set period of time before deleting the information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first flag set in the service control unit is a newly-defined flag or a flag using an existing format.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the service control unit is an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user information storage unit is a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) or a Home Location Register (HLR).

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: setting a third flag, in the user terminal, to represent the service connection status of the user terminal, wherein the service connection status is either a WLAN attached status or a WLAN detached status.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

after receiving the detach request, detaching, by the user terminal, from the WLAN according to the detach request.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

after receiving the detach request, sending, by the user terminal, to the service control unit a response indicating that the user terminal is to be detached from the WLAN.

11. A Wireless communication system, comprising:

a service control unit having a processor and configured to control a service connection between a user terminal and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and

a user information storage unit having a processor and configured to store information related to the user terminal,

wherein the service control unit is configured to send a detach request to the user terminal, wherein the detach request includes at least one reason about why the user terminal is to be detached from the WLAN, update a first flag set in the service control unit indicating a service connection status of the user terminal as WLAN detached and send a user data updating instruction indicating the service connection status to the user information storage unit;

wherein the user information storage unit is configured to receive the user data updating instruction, update a second flag set in the user information storage unit on receiving the user data updating instruction, wherein the second flag indicates the service connection status between the user terminal and the WLAN, and send a user data updating response to the service control unit.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the service control unit is an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server of a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the user information storage unit is a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) or a Home Location Register (HLR).

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing codes for indicating a service connection status of a user terminal, which when executed by a processor of a service control unit causes the service control unit to perform the following:

sending a detach request to the user terminal, wherein the detach request includes at least one reason why the user terminal is to be detached from the WLAN;

updating a first flag set in the service control unit to indicate the service connection status of the user terminal as WLAN detached;

sending a user data updating instruction to indicate the service connection status to a user information storage unit; and

receiving a user data updating response returned from the user information storage unit after the user information storage unit updating a second flag set in the user information storage unit upon receiving the user data updating instruction, wherein the second flag indicates the service connection status between the user terminal and the WLAN.