Method of location information processing and access network device

• US 9,215,687 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2013
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hu, Guojie
• Primary Examiner(s): Arevalo, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US14/026,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20140011521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/433, 455/436, 455/432.1, 455/130, 370/331, 370/401, 370/252, 370/338, 370/254, 370/352
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of location information processing and an access network device, the method comprises: when a UE accesses a home network, the access network device acquires identification information and location information of the UE (101); and the access network device sends the identification information and the location information of the UE to a service server (102), such that the service server sends a service message to the UE according to the identification information and the location information of the UE. Embodiments of the present disclosure can avoid the problem that the service server cannot trigger a corresponding service message according to the location information of the UE since the HNB rejects the access of the UEs which are not in an admission list when operating in a close mode, thus improving flexibility and efficiency of a service message transmission.

Claims

1. A method of processing location information, the method comprising:

acquiring, by an access network device, identification information and location information of a user equipment (UE) when the UE accesses a home network; and

sending, by the access network device, the identification information and the location information of the UE to a service server, so that the service server sends a service message to the UE according to the identification information and the location information of the UE;

wherein the step of sending, by the access network device, the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server comprises;

sending, by the access network device, the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server of a service corresponding to the UE and a time information acquired according to a corresponding relationship between the UE and the service and a corresponding relationship between the time information and the service, wherein the time information is time information corresponding to time at which the access network device acquires the identification information and the location information of the UE.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location information of the UE comprises a cell identification of a cell in which the UE is located or a home NodeB identification of a home NodeB which the UE accesses.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding relationship between the UE and the service comprises at least one of:

a corresponding relationship between the identification information or the UE and the service; and

a corresponding relationship between the location information of the UE and the service.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sending, by the access network device, the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server comprises:

sending, by the access network device, the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server through a location service gateway of a home NodeB.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

sending, by the location service gateway of the home NodeB, the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server of a service corresponding to the UE and a time information acquired according to a corresponding relationship between the UE and the service and a corresponding relationship between the time information and the service, wherein the time information is time information corresponding to time at which the location service gateway of the home NodeB acquires the identification information and the location information of the UE.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the corresponding relationship between the UE and the service comprises at least one of:

a corresponding relationship between the identification information or the UE and the service; and

a corresponding relationship between the location information of the UE and the service.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the access network device comprises a home NodeB or a home NodeB gateway.

8. An access network device, comprising:

an acquiring module, configured to acquire identification information and location information of a user equipment (UE) when the UE accesses a home network; and

a sending module, configured to send the identification information and the location information of the UE to a service server, so that the service server sends a service message to the UE according to the identification information and the location information of the UE;

wherein the sending module sends the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server of a service corresponding to the UE and a time information acquired according to a corresponding relationship between the UE and the service and a corresponding relationship between the time information and the service, wherein the time information is time information corresponding to time at which the acquiring module acquires the identification information and the location information of the UE.

9. The access network device according to claim 8, wherein the location information comprises a cell identification of a cell in which the UE is located or a home nodeB identification of a home NodeB which the UE accesses.

10. The access network device according to claim 8, wherein the sending module sends the identification information and the location information of the UE to the service server through a location service gateway of a home NodeB.

11. The access network device according to claim 8, wherein the access network device comprises a home NodeB or a home NodeB gateway.