Method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a user request

• US 8,346,271 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2006
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wei, Bing, Du, Qian, Ouyang, Congxing
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US11/815,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20090298507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,521 Days
• Field of Search: 455/450, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/455, 455/509, 455/511, 455/512, 455/516
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

The present invention relates a method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a user request. A calling user initiates a call request at least including the user'"'"'s requirement information for the current communication service level; a network equipment receives the call request, detects the requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request, determines whether the user-network interface on the calling side has the capability of providing the communication service level; if yes, the network equipment analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and the utilization status of the network resources, obtains the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call; said network equipment allocates user-network resources for the calling side according to the relevant strategy information and then the calling terminal and the called terminal establish call connection; if no, it doesn'"'"'t respond to the requirement information for the current communication service level. The present invention implements the different requirements for the communication service level by the call request as the same calling user under different circumstances. It'"'"'s convenient and simple to operate.

Claims

1. A method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request, wherein a related calling terminal and a related called terminal belong to a same network, characterized in that said method includes the following steps:

step 1, a calling user initiates a call request, the call request at least includes requirement information for a current communication service level of the user;

step 2, a network equipment receives the call request, detects the requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request, determines whether a user-network interface on the calling side has a capability of providing the communication service level;

if yes, the network equipment analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and utilization status of the network resources and obtains strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call according to the analysis result, and the step 4 is executed;

if no, the next step is executed, wherein said strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call includes a calling acceptance priority, or an encoding rate of voice or video media, or a transmission priority of communication packets, or a discarding order, or any combination of above information;

step 3, the network equipment doesn'"'"'t respond to the requirement information for the current communication service level, and the step 5 is executed;

step 4, the network equipment allocates a user-network resource for the calling side according to the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call, and the next step is executed;

step 5, the calling terminal and the called terminal establish a call connection according to the allocated network resource;

wherein a way of reporting the user'"'"'s requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request initiated by said calling user is additionally dialing an access number prefix before a called number, or a way of reporting the user'"'"'s requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request initiated by said calling user is that the user configures the current communication service level by a menu or a button which is set on the terminal and can be used to configure the communication service level, and the terminal reports the requirement information for the current communication service level to the network equipment by an interface signaling on the user-network interface after the first configuration or the change of the current configuration.

2. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 1, characterized in that said step 3 includes the following steps:

step 3a, the network equipment determines whether the user-network interface on the called side has the capability of providing the communication service level;

if yes, the network equipment analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and the utilization status of the network resources, and obtains the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call according to the analysis result, and the step 3b is executed;

if no, the network equipment doesn'"'"'t respond to the requirement information for the current communication service level, and the step 5 is executed;

step 3b, the network equipment allocates a user-network resource for the called side according to the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call, and the step 5 is executed.

3. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 2, characterized in that the network equipment includes a network equipment on the calling side and a network equipment on the called side;

the network equipment in said steps 2, 3 and 4 is the network equipment on the calling side, the network equipment in said steps 3a and 3b is the network equipment on the called sides; and

the method further includes the following steps before said step 3a;

step a, the network equipment on the calling side determines whether a network-network interface between the calling side network and the called side network has an interoperability for the business of communication service level;

if yes, the network equipment on the calling side analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and the utilization status of the network resources, obtains the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call according to the analysis result, executes the next step and sends the requirement information for the current communication service level to the network equipment on the called side;

if no, the step 5 or the step 3a is executed;

step b, the network equipment on the calling side allocates a network-network resource according to the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call, and the step 5 or the step 3a is executed.

4. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 1, characterized in that said way of additionally dialing an access number prefix is that the calling user manually inputs the access number prefix one by one before the called number when initiating the call each time.

5. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 1, characterized in that said way of additionally dialing an access number prefix is that the user configures the access number needed to be additionally dialed by using a menu or a button which is set on the terminal and can be used to configure the communication service level;

when the calling user initiates the call request, the calling terminal detects the configuration of the communication service level;

if the configuration needs additionally dialing the access number prefix, then the number prefix is automatically added before the called number when the calling terminal sends the called number.

6. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 1, characterized in that the requirement information for the communication service level of the current call is a parameter value in the interface signaling.

13. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 1, characterized in that the requirement information for the communication service level of the current call is a parameter value in the interface signaling.

7. A method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request, wherein a related calling terminal and a called terminal belong to different networks, said method characterized in that it includes the following steps:

step 1, a calling user initiates a call request;

the call request at least includes the requirement information for a current communication service level of the user;

step 2, a network equipment on the calling side receives the call request, detects the requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request, determines whether a user-network interface on the calling side has a capability of providing the communication service level;

if yes, the network equipment on the calling side analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and the utilization status of the network resources, obtains strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call according to the analysis result and the step 4 is executed;

if no, the step 3 is executed, wherein said strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call includes a calling acceptance priority, or an encoding rate of voice or video media, or a transmission priority of communication packets, or a discarding order, or any combination of above information;

step 3, the network equipment on the calling side doesn'"'"'t respond to the requirement information for the current communication service level, and the step 5 is executed;

step 4, the network equipment on the calling side allocates a user-network resource according to the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call;

step 5, the calling terminal and the called terminal establish a call connection according to the allocated network resource;

wherein a way of reporting the user'"'"'s requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request initiated by said calling user is additionally dialing an access number prefix before a called number, or a way of reporting the user'"'"'s requirement information for the current communication service level in the call request initiated by said calling user is that the user configures the current communication service level by a menu or a button which is set on the terminal and can be used to configure the communication service level, and the terminal reports the requirement information for the current communication service level to the network equipment by an interface signaling on the user-network interface after the first configuration or the change of the current configuration.

8. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 7, characterized in that said step 3 includes the following steps:

step 3a, the network equipment on the calling side determines whether a network-network interface between the calling side network and the called side network has an interoperability for the business of communication service level;

if yes, the network equipment on the calling side analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and utilization status of the network resources, obtains strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call according to the analysis result, executes the step 3b and sends the requirement information for the current communication service level to the network equipment on the called side;

if no, the network equipment on the calling side doesn'"'"'t respond to the requirement information for the current communication service level, and the step 5 is executed;

step 3b, the network equipment on the calling side allocates a network-network resource according to the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call, and the step 5 is executed.

9. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 8, characterized in that, in said step 3a when the network equipment on the calling side determines that the network-network interface between the calling side network and the called side network hasn'"'"'t the interoperability for the business of communication service level and/or in said step 3b before the step 5 is executed, the following steps are included:

step a, the network equipment on the called side determines whether a user-network interface on the called side has the capability of providing the communication service level;

if yes, the network equipment on the called side analyzes the requirement information for the current communication service level and the utilization status of the network resources, obtains the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call according to the analysis result and executes the next step;

if no, the network equipment doesn'"'"'t respond to the requirement information for the current communication service level, and the step 5 is executed;

step b, the network equipment on the called side allocates a user-network resource for the called side according to the strategy information relevant to the communication service level of the current call, and the step 5 is executed.

10. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 7, characterized in that said way of additionally dialing an access number prefix is that the calling user manually inputs the access number prefix one by one before the called number when initiating the call each time.

11. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 7, characterized in that said way of additionally dialing an access number prefix is that the user configures the access number needed to be additionally dialed by using a menu or a button which is set on the terminal and can be used to configure the communication service level;

when the calling user initiates the call request, the calling terminal detects the configuration of the communication service level;

if the configuration needs additionally dialing the access number prefix, then the number prefix is automatically added before the called number when the calling terminal sends the called number.

12. The method for implementing a business of communication service level based on a calling user request according to claim 8, characterized in that in the said step 3a, the way that the network equipment on the calling side sends the requirement information for the current communication service level to the network equipment on the called side is additionally dialing an access number prefix before the called number, or the network equipment on the calling side sending the requirement information for the communication service level of the current call to the network equipment on the called side by the interface signaling on the network-network interface in the process of call connection.