METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONFIGURATION

• US 20160044588A1
• Filed: 10/26/2015
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LI, You, ZENG, Kun
• Application Number:
  US14/923,083
• Publication Number:
  US 20160044588A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device and a system for access technology configuration. The method includes: receiving a registration request of an access point, where the registration request includes a function unit list or a module class identification in the access point, the function unit list includes all function unit lists of a new module in the access point or a newly-added function unit list of the new module, and the module class identification is used to differentiate modules including different function units in the access point; identifying an access technology of the access point according to the function unit list or the module class identification, and generating access technology configuration information; and sending the access technology configuration information to the access point, so that the access point configures the access technology corresponding to the access point according to the access technology configuration information.

Claims

1. A method for access technology configuration, comprising:

receiving a registration request of an access point, wherein the registration request comprises a function unit list or a module class identification in the access point, the function unit list comprises all function unit lists of a new module in the access point or a newly-added function unit list of a new module, and the module class identification is used to differentiate modules in the access point which comprise different function units;

identifying, according to the function unit list or the module class identification, an access technology of the access point, and generating access technology configuration information; and

sending the access technology configuration information to the access point, so that the access point configures the access technology corresponding to the access point according to the access technology configuration information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the new module in the access point comprises at least one function unit and a function unit list corresponding to the function unit or the module class identification.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifying, according to the function unit list or the module class identification, the access technology of the access point, and generating the access technology configuration information, comprising:

recording a newly-added function unit in the access point according to the function unit list, and matching a function unit required for a current access technology with each function unit comprised in the access point;

or,

identifying the newly-added function unit in the access point according to the module class identification, and matching the function unit required for the current access technology with each function unit comprised in the access point;

if the function unit list of the access technology matches the function unit in the access point, then recording that the access point is capable of supporting the access technology and generating the access technology configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifying, according to the function unit list or the module class identification, the access technology of the access point, and generating the access technology configuration information, further comprising:

if the access technology cannot be identified, then sending a query message to a network side device;

receiving a function calling message sent by the network side device according to the query message, wherein the function calling message comprises an identification of an access technology to which a function unit belongs and a full function list of the access technology;

identifying, according to the function calling message, an access technology that can be supported by the function unit in the access point; and

receiving an activation command sent by the network side network and generating the access technology configuration information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the access technology configuration information comprises:

the identification of the access technology, a calling sequence of a function unit required for the new module, and algorithm configuration and parameter configuration of the function unit.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the query message comprises:

a function unit list comprised in the new module or the newly-added function unit list of the new module, or a class identification of the new module.

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

receiving new access technology information sent by a network side device, and identifying and recording supporting capacity of the access point for a new access technology according to the new access technology information;

receiving an access technology activation command sent by the network side device, wherein the access technology activation command is used to activate the new access technology information received by a control device, so that the control device can select an access point supporting the new access technology and a function unit supporting the new access technology according to an identification of the new access technology; and

sending configuration information of the new access technology to the access point.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the configuration information of the new access technology comprises:

a version identification of the access technology, a function unit required for the access technology and a calling sequence of the function unit, and algorithm configuration and parameter configuration of the function unit and protocol stack software corresponding to the function unit.

9. A method for access technology configuration, comprising:

sending a registration request to a control device, wherein the registration request comprises a function unit list or a module class identification in an access point, the function unit list comprises all function unit lists of a new module in the access point or a newly-added function unit list of the new module, and the module class identification is used to differentiate modules in the access point which comprise different function units;

receiving a registration request response message sent by the control device according to the registration request; and

receiving access technology configuration information corresponding to a module in the access point which is generated by the control device according to the function unit list, and configuring a function unit within the access point according to the access technology configuration information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the new module in the access point comprises at least one function unit and a function unit list corresponding to the function unit or the module class identification.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein, before sending the registration request to the control device, further comprising:

registering the function unit list comprised in the new module or identifying a class identification of the new module.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the receiving the access technology configuration information corresponding to the module in the access point which is generated by the control device according to the function unit list, and configuring the function unit within the access point according to the access technology configuration information, comprises:

selecting, by the access point, a function unit required for an access technology, and recording a calling sequence of the function unit and generating configuration information of the function unit;

or,

identifying, by the access point, the function unit required for the access technology, and recording the calling sequence of the function unit and generating the configuration information of the function unit.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein, after recording the calling sequence of the function unit and generating the configuration information of the function unit, further comprising:

sending the configuration information to the function unit via an internal proxy identification node of the access point and completing the configuration of the function unit, wherein the internal proxy identification node is configured to register and configure the function unit in the access point.

14. A method for access technology configuration, comprising:

receiving a query message sent by a control device, and sending a function calling message of a current access technology according to the query message, so that the control device identifies an access technology that can be supported by a function unit in an access point according to the function calling message; and

sending an activation command to the control device, so that the control device selects an access point supporting the access technology and/or generates access technology configuration information corresponding to the function unit according to the activation command.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the receiving the query message sent by the control device, and sending the function calling message of the current access technology according to the query message, comprises:

searching, by a network side device, an access technology corresponding to the function unit according to a newly-added function unit list carried in the query message, and generating the function calling message according to an identification of the access technology corresponding to the function unit and a full function list of the access technology; and

sending the function calling message to the control device;

or,

searching, by the network side device, a function unit corresponding to a module according to a module class identification carried in the query message, and generating the function calling message according to the identification of the access technology corresponding to the function unit and the full function list of the access technology; and

sending the function calling message to the control device.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the module class identification is used to differentiate modules in the access point which comprise different function units.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

configuring a new access technology, and sending access technology information of the new access technology to the control device;

sending an activation command corresponding to the new access technology, so that the control device selects an access point and/or a function unit corresponding to the access technology according to the activation command.

18. A control device, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a registration request of an access point, wherein the registration request comprises a function unit list or a module class identification in the access point, the function unit list comprises all function unit lists of a new module in the access point or a newly-added function unit list of the new module, and the module class identification is used to differentiate modules in the access point which comprise different function units;

a configuring unit, configured to identify, according to the function unit list or the module class identification received by the receiving unit, an access technology of the access point, and generate access technology configuration information; and

a sending unit, configured to send the access technology configuration information configured by the configuring unit to the access point, so that the access point configures the access technology corresponding to the access point according to the access technology configuration information.

19. An access point, comprising:

a sending unit, configured to send a registration request to a control device, wherein the registration request comprises a function unit list or a module class identification in the access point, the function unit list comprises all function unit lists of a new module in the access point or a newly-added function unit list of the new module, and the module class identification is used to differentiate modules in the access point which comprise different function units;

a receiving unit, configured to receive a registration request response message sent by the control device according to the registration request;

the receiving unit being further configured to receive access technology configuration information corresponding to a module in the access point which is generated by the control device according to the function unit list, and configure a function unit within the access point according to the access technology configuration information.

20. A network side device, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a query message sent by a control device, and send, according to the query message, a function calling message of a current access technology, so that the control device identifies an access technology that can be supported by a function unit in an access point according to the function calling message; and

a sending unit, configured to send an activation command to the control device, so that the control device selects an access point supporting the access technology and/or generates access technology configuration information corresponding to the function unit according to the activation command.