Method, system, and equipments for mobility management of group terminals

• US 9,307,389 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Sun, Aifang, Cao, Jianfu, Ling, Zhihao, Gao, Chong, Yuan, Yifeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US14/370,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20140370927A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• Field of Search: 455/518, 455/519, 455/500, 455/517, 4554141-4144, 455/445, 455/550.1, 455/422.1, 455/403, 455/416, 455/446, 455/450, 455/509, 455/455, 455/507, 455/508, 455/513, 455/515, 455/516, 370/252, 370/310, 370/328, 370/329, 370/338, 370/259, 370/260, 370/261
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/186 Processing of subscriber group data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for mobility management of group terminals, where a mobility management platform sends a request for calling a service to a terminal of a group, and determines a terminal responding to the request for calling the service as a service center of the service; and the service center of the service configures a terminal environment according to the request for calling the service to which the service center of the service responds, and uploads information on the configured terminal environment to the mobility management platform. Also disclosed are a system and equipments for mobility management of group terminals. With a solution of the disclosure, in the case of multiple services, it is possible to select, from different terminals, a terminal as a service center according to the service, thereby avoiding a ping-pong effect, increasing utilization efficiency of network resources, enhancing optimal user experience of QoS, and meeting a management requirement in parallel transmission of multiple service flows in a ubiquitous network.

Claims

1. A method for mobility management of group terminals, comprising steps of:

sending, by a mobility management platform, a request for calling a service to a terminal of a group, and determining a terminal responding to the request for calling the service as a service center of the service; and

configuring, by the service center of the service, a terminal environment according to the request for calling the service to which the service center of the service responds, and uploading information on the configured terminal environment to the mobility management platform.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining a terminal responding to the request for calling the service as a service center of the service comprises:

generating, by the mobility management platform, a weighted terminal-ranking list of any terminal responding to the request for calling the service via an analytic hierarchy process;

sending a service-center authenticating message to a terminal with a maximal weight in the weighted terminal-ranking list; and

after receiving an approving message returned by the terminal with the maximal weight in the weighted terminal-ranking list, informing a terminal responding to the request for calling the service other than the service center of the determination of the terminal with the maximal weight in the weighted terminal-ranking list as the service center.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the service-center authenticating message comprises a service-center-replacement triggering condition;

and

the method further comprises steps of;

when the service center meets the service-center-replacement triggering condition, sending, by the service center, a service-center-replacement application to the mobility management platform, and after receiving application-approved information sent by the mobility management platform, selecting a service center other than the service center itself as a temporary service center;

after the mobility management platform determines a new service center according to the weighted terminal-ranking list, replacing, by the new service center, the temporary service center in configuring the terminal environment and uploading the information on the configured terminal environment to the mobility management platform.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request for calling the service comprises a type of the service and a priority of the service;

and

a terminal responds to the received request for calling the service when it is determined that a capability of the terminal matches the type of the service and the terminal is in an idle state, or when it is determined that a capability of the terminal matches the type of the service, the terminal is in an operating state, and the requested service has a high priority.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising steps of:

after receiving a request for the service, extracting, by the mobility management platform, information on a type of the service and a priority of the service in the request for the service, collecting a communication parameter of a wireless network, assigning a weight to the communication parameter, and allocating a wireless network resource for the service based on fuzzy logics and neural network technology.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of allocating a wireless network resource for the service based on fuzzy logics and neural network technology comprises:

acquiring a network-access-decision parameter by performing network-access calculation on the collected communication parameter based on a particle-swarm-optimization fuzzy neuron, and allocating the wireless network resource for the requested service according to the network-access-decision parameter.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein service centers transmit service flows in parallel.

8. A system for mobility management of group terminals, comprising a mobility management platform and a service center, wherein

the mobility management platform is configured for:

sending a request for calling a service to a terminal of a group, and determining a terminal that responds to the request for calling the service as the service center of the service; and

the service center is configured for;

configuring a terminal environment according to the request for calling the service to which the service center responds, and uploading information on the configured terminal environment to the mobility management platform.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the mobility management platform comprises:

a service management module configured for;

sending the request for calling the service to a terminal of the group, and determining a terminal that responds to the request for calling the service as the service center of the service;

a wireless-channel allocating module configured for;

after receiving a request for the service, extracting information on a type of the service and a priority of the service in the request for the service, collecting a communication parameter of a wireless network, assigning a weight to the communication parameter, and allocating a wireless network resource for the service based on fuzzy logics and neural network technology; and

a node managing module configured for;

after receiving a service-center-replacement application sent by the service center, returning application-approved information, determining a new service center according to a weighted terminal-ranking list, and sending a service flow according to the information on the terminal environment uploaded by the new service center.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the service center comprises a service responding module and an environment configuring module, wherein

the service responding module is configured for:

receiving and responding to the request for calling the service sent by the mobility management platform; and

the environment configuring module is configured for;

configuring the terminal environment according to the request for calling the service, and uploading information on the configured terminal environment to the mobility management platform,

wherein the service responding module is further configured for;

after receiving the request for calling the service sent by the mobility management platform, responding to the request for calling the service when it is determined that a capability of the terminal matches a type of the service and the terminal is in an idle state, or when it is determined that a capability of the terminal matches a type of the service, the terminal is in an operating state, and the requested service has a high priority; and

the service center further comprises a single-point-failure handling module configured for;

when the service center meets a service-center-replacement triggering condition, sending a service-center-replacement application to the mobility management platform, and after receiving application-approved information sent by the mobility management platform, selecting a service center other than the local service center as a temporary service center.

11. A mobility management platform, comprising:

at least one hardware processor;

memory in electronic communication with the at least one hardware processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the at least one hardware processor for;

receiving a request for a service sent by a user through a terminal;

sending a request for calling the service to a terminal of a group;

receiving a response to the request for calling the service sent by a terminal that has received the request for calling the service and determined to respond to the request for calling the service;

determining a terminal that responds to the request for calling the service as a service center of the service;

sending a service-center authenticating message to the determined service center of the service;

receiving an approving message returned by the determined service center of the service;

informing a terminal that responds to the request for calling the service, other than the determined service center, of the determined service center;

receiving information on a terminal environment uploaded by the service center; and

sending a service flow to a terminal that responds to the request for calling the service according to the information on the terminal environment uploaded by the service center.

12. The mobility management platform according to claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one hardware processor for:

after receiving the request for the service, extracting information on a type of the service and a priority of the service in the request for the service, collecting a communication parameter of a wireless network, assigning a weight to the communication parameter, and allocating a wireless network resource for the service based on fuzzy logics and neural network technology.

13. The mobility management platform according to claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable by the at least one hardware processor for:

after receiving a service-center-replacement application sent by the service center, returning application-approved information, determining a new service center according to a weighted terminal-ranking list, and sending a service flow according to information on a terminal environment uploaded by the new service center.

14. A service center, comprising a service responding module and an environment configuring module, wherein

the service responding module is configured for:

receiving and responding to a request for calling a service sent by a mobility management platform; and

the environment configuring module is configured for;

configuring a terminal environment according to the request for calling the service, and uploading information on the configured terminal environment to the mobility management platform.

15. The service center according to claim 14, wherein the service responding module is configured for:

after receiving the request for calling the service sent by the mobility management platform, responding to the request for calling the service when it is determined that a capability of the service center matches a type of the service and the service center is in an idle state, or when it is determined that a capability of the service center matches a type of the service, the service center is in an operating state, and the requested service has a high priority; and

the service center further comprises a single-point-failure handling module configured for;

when the service center meets a service-center-replacement triggering condition, sending a service-center-replacement application to the mobility management platform, and after receiving application-approved information sent by the mobility management platform, selecting a service center other than the local service center as a temporary service center.