TWI737071B - Method and system for obtaining complete gprs tunneling protocol user data tunnel packet information - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention proposes a method and system for obtaining complete GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) user data tunnel packet information, which can be used to obtain core network information when a handover event occurs to a user equipment, so that the user equipment can normally perform the local offloading function when the handover happens within the mobile computing edge computing (MEC) range, or happens when the user equipment moves from outside the MEC range into the MEC range.

Description

Method and system for obtaining complete GPRS tunnel protocol user data tunnel packet information

The present invention relates to a method for identifying user information in mobile edge computing technology, and more particularly to a method and system for obtaining complete GPRS tunneling protocol (GPRS tunneling protocol, GTP) user data tunnel packet information.

Taiwan Patent Application No. 106142923 proposes a mobile edge computing platform and its packet forwarding method (hereinafter referred to as conventional technology 1, and its full text is incorporated herein by reference), which refers to the mobile wireless network and mobile core network on the mobile network A mobile edge computing (MEC) system is added between the roads to reduce the time required for packets to be routed to the mobile core network.

When a handover occurs due to a user equipment moving within the MEC range, or a handover occurs due to moving from outside the MEC range to within the MEC range, the handover procedure can be divided into an S1 handover procedure and an X2 handover procedure.

Please refer to Figure 1, which is a schematic diagram of the conventional S1 handover procedure. As shown in Figure 1 It is shown that when the user equipment performs the S1 handover procedure to be handed over from the first base station to the second base station, the signaling acquisition and analysis module in the prior art 1 can be used for S1 interface signaling (for example, the handover shown) Handover request (handover require) signaling, handover request (handover request) signaling, handover request acknowledge (handover request acknowledge) signaling and handover command, etc.) to obtain complete GTP user data tunnel packet information (e.g. The MME-UE-S1AP ID, the GTP-U uplink packet tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID), the IP address of the service gateway (SGW IP), the GTP-U downlink packet TEID, etc. are shown). Based on this, the prior art 1 can perform local offloading operations accordingly based on the above-mentioned complete GTP user data tunnel packet information.

Please refer to Figure 2, which is a schematic diagram of the conventional X2 handover procedure. As shown in Figure 2, when the user equipment performs the X2 handover procedure to be handed over from the first base station to the second base station, the signaling acquisition and analysis module in the prior art 1 cannot use the S1 interface signaling Obtain complete GTP user data tunnel packet information (lack of information such as SGW IP and GTP-U upstream packet TEID), so that the user equipment cannot use the local offload function.

In view of this, the present invention provides a method and system for obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel packet information, which can be used to solve the above technical problems.

The present invention provides a method for obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel packet information, including: when a user equipment executes a network within a mobile edge computing range When the access operation starts to establish a connection with a first base station, a plurality of user Internet access signaling corresponding to the network access operation is obtained; a first GTP corresponding to the first base station is obtained from the aforementioned user Internet access signaling. U downlink packet TEID, the IP address of the first base station, a GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment, the IP address of a service gateway, and a user S1 interface identification information corresponding to the user equipment, where The first GTP-U downlink packet TEID, the IP address of the first base station, the GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment, and the IP address of the service gateway form a complete GTP user data tunnel corresponding to the user equipment Packet information; it reflects that an X2 handover occurs in the mobile edge computing range of the user equipment and is handed over by the first base station to a second base station, and finds the correspondence from multiple handover signaling based on the user S1 interface identification information Multiple user handover signaling for handover at X2; obtain a second GTP-U downlink packet TEID corresponding to the second base station and the IP address of the second base station from the aforementioned user handover signaling; The second GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the second base station replace the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the first base station in the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information to update the corresponding user The complete GTP user data tunnel packet information of the device.

The present invention provides a system for obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel packet information, including a signaling acquisition and analysis module and a GTP user data tunnel information memory module. When a user equipment performs a network access operation within a mobile edge computing range to start establishing a connection with a first base station, the signaling capture analysis module obtains multiple user Internet information corresponding to the network access operation令; The signaling capture and analysis module obtains a first GTP-U downlink packet corresponding to the first base station from the aforementioned user online signaling TEID, the IP address of the first base station, a GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment, the IP address of a service gateway, and a user S1 interface identification information corresponding to the user equipment, and store them To the GTP user data tunnel information memory module, where the first GTP-U downstream packet TEID, the first base station's IP address, the GTP-U upstream packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment, and the IP address of the service gateway are formed Corresponding to a complete GTP user data tunnel packet information of the user equipment; in response to the user equipment having an X2 handover in the mobile edge computing range and being handed over by the first base station to a second base station, the signaling capture analysis model The group finds multiple user handover signaling corresponding to X2 handover based on user S1 interface identification information; A second GTP-U downlink packet TEID of the second base station, the IP address of the second base station; the signaling capture analysis module obtains the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information from the GTP user data tunnel information memory module, and respectively Replace the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the first base station in the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information with the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the second base station to update the corresponding The complete GTP user data tunnel packet information of the user equipment.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

300: Communication system

310: System

311: Signaling Capture and Analysis Module

312: User GTP tunnel information memory module

313: Handover Signaling Association Module

314: Handing over user data packet learning module

511, 711, 911: UE

512, 712: First base station

513, 713: second base station

514, 714: MME

515, 715, 915: service gateway

521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 721, 722, 723: signaling

599, 599a, 799, 799a, 999a~999c: Form

913: Third Base Station

921: Specific downstream packet

922: Specific upstream packet

B1: First base station S1 interface identification information

B2: S1 interface identification information of the second base station

R1, R1a, R3, R3’, R3a, 910: IP address

R2, R2a: GTP-U upstream packet TEID

R4, R4’, R4a: GTP-U downstream packet TEID

RR: User S1 interface identification information

S410~S450, S610~S640, S810~S840: steps

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the conventional S1 handover procedure.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the conventional X2 handover procedure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for enveloping complete GTP user data tunnel packet information according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel packet information according to FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for enveloping complete GTP user data tunnel packet information according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel packet information according to FIG. 6.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a learning mechanism according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an application scenario diagram based on FIG. 8.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the communication system 300 includes a system 310, a UE, a mobile wireless network, an MEC service, a mobile core network, and the Internet. The system 310 may include a signaling acquisition and analysis module 311, and user GTP tunnel information. The memory module 312, the handover signaling association module 313, the handover user data packet learning module 314, the traffic packet receiving and processing module, the packet routing decision module, and the user data packet judgment processing module.

Compared with the system architecture in the prior art 1, the main difference of the present invention is The location is that the system 310 further includes a user GTP tunnel information memory module 312, a handover signaling association module 313, and a handover user data packet learning module 314. The signaling capture and analysis module 311 in FIG. 3 and others For related descriptions of unlabeled components/devices/architectures/modules, please refer to the descriptions in the prior art 1, which will not be repeated here.

Roughly speaking, the X2 handover scenarios discussed in the present invention mainly include the following two types: (1) the user equipment only accesses the network within the range of the MEC, and X2 handover occurs afterwards; and (2) the user equipment is due to X2 handover occurs when moving outside the MEC range to the MEC range. In view of the above two scenarios, the present invention proposes corresponding methods for obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel packet information. The first embodiment and the second embodiment will be used for further explanation below.

Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, where FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for enveloping complete GTP user data tunnel information according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a method for obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel information according to FIG. 4 Schematic diagram of packet information. The method in FIG. 4 can be executed by the system 310 in FIG. 3. The details of each step in FIG. 4 are described below in conjunction with the content in FIG. 3. In addition, in order to make the concept of the first embodiment easier to understand, the following description is supplemented with FIG. 5.

First, in step S410, when the user equipment (UE) 511 performs a network access operation within the MEC range to start establishing a connection with the first base station 512, the signaling capture analysis module 311 obtains the network access operation Corresponding multiple users online signaling. In FIG. 5, the above-mentioned user online signaling may include attach request/service request signaling 521, which is transmitted on the S1 interface between the first base station 512 and the mobile management entity (MME), Initial context setting request The (initial context setup request) signaling 522 and the initial context setup response (initial context setup response) signaling 523 are not limited thereto.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned signaling may individually include content defined in the relevant communication system specifications. Taking the attach request/service request signaling 521 as an example, it may include the first base station S1 interface identification information B1 (that is, the eNB-UE-S1AP-ID defined in the specification) corresponding to the first base station 512. Taking the initial context setting request signaling 522 as an example, it may include the first base station S1 interface identification information B1 corresponding to the first base station 512, and the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 511 (that is, as defined in the relevant specifications) The MME-UE-S1AP ID), the IP address R1 of the serving gateway (SGW) 515, and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 511.

Taking the initial context setting response signaling 523 as an example, it may include the first base station S1 interface identification information B1 corresponding to the first base station 512, the IP address R3 of the first base station 512, and the IP address R3 corresponding to the first base station 512. The 512 first GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4.

In the first embodiment, since the attach request/service request signaling 521, the initial context setting request signaling 522, and the initial context setting response signaling 523 all have the first base station S1 interface identification corresponding to the first base station 512 Information B1, so the signaling capture analysis module 311 can know that these three are corresponding to the user's online signaling of the same user equipment 511, but it is not limited to this.

After that, in step S420, the signaling capture and analysis module 311 can obtain the first GTP-U downlink packet corresponding to the first base station 512 from the aforementioned user online signaling. Packet TEID R4, IP address R3 of the first base station 512, GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to user equipment 511, IP address R1 of service gateway 515, and user S1 interface identification corresponding to user equipment 511 The information RR is stored in the user GTP data tunnel information memory module 312.

For example, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can retrieve the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4 and the IP address R3 of the first base station 512 from the initial context setting response signaling 523. In addition, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can retrieve the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 511, the IP address R1 of the service gateway 511, and the user equipment 511 corresponding to the user equipment 511 from the initial context setting request signaling 522 GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2, but it is not limited to this.

In the first embodiment, the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4 corresponding to the first base station 512, the IP address R3 of the first base station 512, the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 511, The IP address R1 of the service gateway 515 can form the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment 511, and the user GTP data tunnel information memory module 312 can use the table 599 shown in FIG. 5 to record the above information, but The present invention may not be limited to this. In addition, the meaning of each field in the table 599 can be referred to the record in the relevant specification, and will not be repeated here.

After that, in step S430, in response to the user equipment 511 occurring an X2 handover within the MEC range and being handed over by the first base station 512 to the second base station 513, the signaling capture and analysis module 311 can follow the user S1 interface The identification information RR finds multiple user handover signaling corresponding to X2 handover from the multiple handover signaling.

In the first embodiment, the above-mentioned handover signaling generally refers to the second base station 513 Various types of handover signaling received, and because the signaling capture analysis module 311 can find multiple user handover letters corresponding to the aforementioned X2 handover from the aforementioned handover signaling based on the user S1 interface identification information RR make.

In the first embodiment, the user handover signaling corresponding to the aforementioned X2 handover may include the path switching request signaling 524 and path switching confirmation signaling transmitted on the S1 interface between the second base station 513 and the MME 514 525, and each of them includes the content defined in the relevant communication system specifications. Taking the path switching request signaling 524 as an example, it may include the second base station S1 interface identification information B2 (ie, eNB-UE-S1AP-ID) corresponding to the second base station 513, and the IP bit of the second base station 513 Address R3' and the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4' corresponding to the second base station 513. Taking the path switch confirmation signaling 525 as an example, it may include the second base station S1 interface identification information B2 corresponding to the second base station 513. Since the path switching request signaling 524 and the path switching confirmation signaling 525 both have the second base station S1 interface identification information B2, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can know that the two correspond to the same X2 handover.

Specifically, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can first find the path switching request signaling 524 that also has the user S1 interface identification information RR based on the user S1 interface identification information RR obtained from the initial context setting request signaling 522. After that, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can then find the path switch confirmation signaling 525 that also has the second base station S1 interface identification information B2 based on the second base station S1 interface identification information B2 in the path switch request signaling 524 .

After that, in step S440, the signaling capture and analysis module 311 can obtain the second GTP-U downlink packet corresponding to the second base station 513 from the aforementioned user handover signaling. Packet TEID R4' and the IP address R3' of the second base station 513.

Specifically, after obtaining the path switch request signaling 524 according to the previous teaching, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can extract the IP address R3' of the second base station 513 from the path switch request signaling 524 and the corresponding The second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4' of the second base station 513 is not limited to this.

After that, in step S450, the signaling capture analysis module 311 obtains the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information from the user GTP data tunnel information memory module 312 (which includes the first GTP-U downlink corresponding to the first base station 512). The packet TEID R4, the IP address R3 of the first base station 512, the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 511, the IP address R1 of the service gateway 515), and the second base station GTP- U downlink packet TEID R4' and the IP address R3' of the second base station 513 replace the first base station GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4 and the IP address R3 of the first base station in the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information, To update the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment 511.

The updated complete GTP user data tunnel packet information (which includes the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4', the IP address R3' of the second base station 513, and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 511 The IP address R1) of the service gateway 515 can be exemplified in the table 599a of FIG. 5.

After obtaining the updated complete GTP user data tunnel packet information, the system 310 of the present invention can then perform a local offloading operation accordingly, and the related details of the local offloading operation can refer to the description in the prior art 1, which will not be repeated here. .

In addition, in the first embodiment, when the user equipment 511 goes offline or leaves In the MEC range, the signaling capture analysis module 311 can notify the user GTP data tunnel information memory module 312 to delete related GTP information (such as the content recorded in the table 599a), but the present invention is not limited to this.

It can be seen from the above that through the technical means described in the first embodiment, the present invention can still obtain the updated complete GTP user data tunnel packet information after the X2 handover scenario (1) occurs, and then smoothly execute the local offload function.

However, in the X2 handover scenario (2), X2 handover occurs because the user equipment moves from outside the MEC range to the MEC range, and it is not within the MEC range that attempts to access the network and then X2 handover occurs. The system 310 cannot obtain the various user surfing signaling in FIG. 5, and therefore cannot obtain complete GTP user data tunnel packet information.

Therefore, the present invention further proposes the following technical solution of the second embodiment to enable the system 310 to successfully obtain the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information when the X2 handover scenario (2) occurs.

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, where FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method for enveloping complete GTP user data tunnel information according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a method for obtaining complete GTP user data tunnel information according to FIG. 6 Schematic diagram of packet information. The method in FIG. 6 can be executed by the system 310 in FIG. 3. The details of each step in FIG. 6 are described below in conjunction with the content in FIG. 3. In addition, in order to make the concept of the second embodiment easier to understand, the following description is supplemented with FIG. 7.

In step S610, when the user equipment 711 is handed over by the first base station 712 to the second base station 713 due to X2 handover, the handover signaling association module 313 A plurality of first user handover signalings transmitted on the X2 interface between the first base station 712 and the second base station 713 can be obtained, wherein the first user handover signaling is related to the above X2 handover, the first The base station 712 is located outside the MEC range, and the second base station 713 is located within the MEC range. In addition, in step S620, the handover signaling association module 313 can obtain the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 711 from the aforementioned first user handover signaling, and the IP address of the service gateway 715 R1 and the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 711.

As shown in FIG. 7, the above-mentioned first user handover signaling includes, for example, handover request signaling (handover request) 721, handover request acknowledgement (handover request acknowledge) signaling 722, and the like. According to the relevant specifications, the handover request signaling 721 may include the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 711 (ie the MME-UE-S1AP ID defined in the relevant specifications, such as "1234"), the service gate The IP address R1 of the gateway (SGW) 715 and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 711. In addition, the handover request confirmation signaling 722 will also include the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 711. Since both the handover request signaling 721 and the path switching request signaling 723 have the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 711, the handover signaling association module 313 can know the handover request signaling 721 and the path switching request 723 Both correspond to the X2 handover that occurred on the user equipment 711.

In the second embodiment, when the handover signaling association module 313 obtains a certain signaling (hereinafter referred to as the first signaling) provided by the signaling capture analysis module 311, the handover signaling association module 313 may First, determine whether the first signaling belongs to X2 interface handover signaling or S1 interface handover signaling. If the handover signaling association module 313 determines that the first signaling belongs to the X2 interface handover By sending the signaling, the first X2 interface identification information (such as "123") in the first signaling can be obtained, and it is determined whether the corresponding base station interface information association table can be obtained according to the first X2 interface identification information.

If the handover signaling association module 313 fails to obtain the corresponding base station interface information association table, it can further determine whether the first signaling is the handover request signaling 721. If not, the handover signaling association module 313 can discard the first signaling, otherwise, it can generate first user identification information (for example, "12345678"), and retrieve the required information from the handover request signaling 721. In FIG. 7, since the handover request signaling 721 is assumed to correspond to the user equipment 711, the handover signaling association module 313 can obtain the user S1 interface identification information RR and the service gateway 715 corresponding to the user equipment 711 therefrom. The IP address R1 and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 711.

After that, the handover signaling association module 313 can store the first user identification information and the user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 711 in the first user association table. In the second embodiment, the first user association table may be exemplified in Table 1 below.

In addition, the handover signaling association module 313 can store the first user identification information and the first X2 interface identification information in the first signaling in the first base station interface information Association table. In the second embodiment, the first user association table may be exemplified in Table 1 below.

In addition, the handover signaling association module 313 can store the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2 corresponding to the user equipment 711 and the IP address R1 of the service gateway 715 in the GTP user data tunnel information table corresponding to the user equipment 711 799 in. In the second embodiment, the first user association table and the first base station interface information association table can be recorded in the handover signaling association module 313, and the GTP user data tunnel information table 799 can be recorded in the user GTP data tunnel information In the memory module 312, but not limited to this.

After that, when the handover signaling association module 313 obtains another signaling (hereinafter referred to as the second signaling) provided by the signaling capture analysis module 311, the handover signaling association module 313 can also determine the first The second signaling belongs to X2 interface handover signaling or S1 interface handover signaling. If the handover signaling association module 313 determines that the second signaling belongs to X2 interface handover signaling, it can obtain the second X2 interface identification information in the second signaling, and determine whether it can be obtained based on the second X2 interface identification information Corresponding base station interface information association table.

In the second embodiment, assuming that the second signaling is the handover request confirmation signaling 722, the second X2 interface identification information obtained by the handover signaling association module 313 should match the first signaling of the first signaling. An X2 interface identification information (ie, all "123"). In this case, since the second X2 interface identification information of the second signaling matches the first X2 interface identification information of the first signaling, the handover signaling association module 313 can determine that the second X2 interface identification information has succeeded Obtain the corresponding first base station interface information association table (for example, Table 2), and notify the signaling capture and analysis module 311 to regard the second signaling as being associated with the first signaling.

After that, in step S630, the handover signaling association module 313 can obtain a plurality of second users transmitted on the S1 interface between the second base station 713 and the MME 714 according to the user S1 interface identification information RR of the user equipment 711 Handover signaling. Then, in step S640, the handover signaling association module 313 can obtain the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4' corresponding to the second base station 713 and the second base station 713 from the aforementioned second user handover signaling. The IP address R3'.

In the second embodiment, the above-mentioned second user handover signaling includes, for example, path switching request signaling 723 and path switching confirmation signaling (not shown separately). Assuming that the path switch request signaling 723 also corresponds to the user equipment 711, according to the relevant specifications, the path switch request signaling 723 should include the second base station S1 interface identification information B2 corresponding to the second base station 713 (ie, eNB-UE-S1AP-ID), user S1 interface identification information RR corresponding to the user equipment 711, the IP address R3' of the second base station 513, and the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID corresponding to the second base station 513 R4', but not limited to this.

In the second embodiment, when the handover signaling association module 313 obtains another signaling (hereinafter referred to as the third signaling) provided by the signaling capture analysis module 311, the handover signaling association module 313 may Determine that the third signaling belongs to X2 interface handover signaling or S1 interface handover Pass signaling. If the handover signaling association module 313 determines that the third signaling belongs to the S1 interface handover signaling, the handover signaling association module 313 can obtain the first S1 interface identification information in the third signaling. After that, the handover signaling association module 313 can determine whether the first S1 interface identification information matches the user S1 interface identification information corresponding to any user equipment.

In the second embodiment, assuming that the third signaling is the path switching request signaling 723, the first S1 interface identification information obtained by the handover signaling association module 313 may be the user S1 corresponding to the user equipment 711 Interface identification information RR. Therefore, after determining that the first S1 interface identification information matches the user S1 interface identification information RR of the user equipment 711, the handover signaling association module 313 can determine that the third signaling belongs to one of the above-mentioned second user handover signalings.

After that, the handover signaling association module 313 can obtain the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4' and the second base station corresponding to the second base station 713 from the third signaling (ie, path switching request signaling 723) The IP address of 713 is R3'. In the second embodiment, the handover signaling association module 313 can store the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4' of the second base station 713 and the IP address R3' of the second base station 713 in the user GTP tunnel In the table 799 of the information memory module 312, a table 799a is formed. In this case, the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4' of the second base station 713 in the table 799a, the IP address R3' of the second base station 713, and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment 711 R2 and the IP address R1 of the service gateway 715 can cooperate to form the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment 711.

After obtaining the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information in the table 799a, the system 310 of the present invention can perform a local unloading operation accordingly, and the local unloading For the relevant details of the loading operation, please refer to the description in the prior art 1, which will not be repeated here.

It can be seen from the above that through the technical means described in the second embodiment, the present invention can still obtain the updated complete GTP user data tunnel packet information after the X2 handover scenario (2) occurs, and then smoothly execute the local offload function.

However, in the second embodiment, if the third signaling is not the path switch request signaling 723, the handover signaling association module 313 may not be able to find anything that matches the identification information of the first S1 interface in some cases. User S1 interface identification information. Therefore, the present invention further proposes the following learning mechanism, so that the system 310 can still obtain the required information under the above-mentioned conditions, and then construct complete GTP user data tunnel packet information. The following will be supplemented with a third embodiment for description.

Please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, where FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a learning mechanism according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an application scenario diagram according to FIG. 8. In the third embodiment, the learning mechanism of FIG. 8 can be executed by the handover user data packet learning module 314 of FIG. 3. The details of each step of FIG. 8 are described below with the content of FIG.

In the third embodiment, it is assumed that the handover signaling association module 313 cannot find any user S1 interface identification information that matches the first S1 interface identification information of the third signaling. In other words, the aforementioned third signaling may correspond to other user equipment 911, third base station 913, and service gateway 915.

Based on this, in step S810, the handover user data packet learning module 314 can retrieve the third GTP-U downlink packet TEID R4a corresponding to the third base station 913 and the IP bit of the third base station 913 from the third signaling. Address R3a, and form 999a can be used to record this information.

After that, in step S820, the handover user data packet learning module 314 can transfer to the third base station 913 based on the third GTP-U TEID R4a of the third base station 913 and the IP address R3a of the third base station 913. The multiple downlink packets between the service gateway 915 and the service gateway 915 find a specific downlink packet 921, where the specific downlink packet 921 includes the user IP address 910 of the user equipment 911 (for example, "192.168.1.2"), the third base station 913 The third GTP-U TEID R4a and the IP address R3a of the third base station 913.

In the third embodiment, the above-mentioned downlink packets transmitted between the third base station 913 and the service gateway 915 generally refer to various types of packets sent by the service gateway 915 to the third base station 913, which are handed over to the user The data packet learning module 314 can individually analyze the contents of the aforementioned downlink packets to find one or more of the third GTP-U TEID R4a of the third base station 913 and the IP address R3a of the third base station 913 as Specific downstream packet 921. After finding the specific downlink packet 921, the handover user data packet learning module 314 can record the user IP address 910 of the user equipment 911, as shown in table 999b.

After that, in step S830, the handover user data packet learning module 314 can find out the multiple uplink packets transmitted between the third base station 913 and the service gateway 915 based on the user IP address 910 of the user equipment 911 The specific uplink packet 922, where the specific uplink packet 922 includes the user IP address 910 of the user equipment 911.

In the third embodiment, the above-mentioned uplink packets transmitted between the third base station 913 and the service gateway 915 generally refer to various types of packets sent from the third base station 913 to the service gateway 915, which are handed over to the user Data packet learning module 314 can be decoded individually The content of the aforementioned uplink packet is analyzed to find out one or more of the user IP addresses 910 with the user equipment 911 as the specific uplink packet 922.

As shown in FIG. 9, the specific uplink packet 922 also includes the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2a of the user equipment 911 and the IP address R1a of the service gateway 915. Therefore, in step S840, the handover user data packet learning module 314 can obtain the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2a corresponding to the user equipment 911 and the IP address R1a of the service gateway 915 from the specific uplink packet 922. After finding the specific uplink packet 922, the handover user data packet learning module 314 can record the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2a corresponding to the user equipment 911 and the IP address R1a of the service gateway 915, as in the form 999c Shown.

In this way, the third GTP-U TEID R4a of the third base station 913, the IP address R3a of the third base station 913, the GTP-U uplink packet TEID R2a corresponding to the user equipment 911 and the service gate recorded in the table 999c The IP address R1a of the router 915 can form the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment 911.

After obtaining the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment 911 in the table 999c, the system 310 of the present invention can perform a local offloading operation accordingly, and the related details of the local offloading operation can refer to the description in the prior art 1. , I will not repeat it here.

It can be seen from the above that in the case of the X2 handover scenario (2), even if any user S1 interface identification information matching the first S1 interface identification information of the third signaling cannot be found, the present invention can still adopt the third embodiment Use of recorded technical means The complete GTP user data tunnel packet information of the user device 911, and then smoothly execute the local offload function.

In summary, through the signaling acquisition analysis module, user GTP data tunnel information memory module, handover signaling association module, and handover user data packet learning module in the system of the present invention, the user can be The core network information is obtained during the delivery process, so that the user moves within the MEC range to make a delivery, or the user moves outside the MEC range to the MEC range to make a delivery, and the local unloading function can still be used normally.

In this way, the present invention allows mobile network operators to smoothly provide MEC services in the future. In addition to allowing users to use at a fixed point, they can also be used when they are on the move. It not only improves user experience but also facilitates in-vehicle communication, Internet of Things or virtual reality. Environment and augmented reality applications are used in 5G low-latency application scenarios. The use of mobile edge computing services allows part of the data to be diverted at the mobile wireless end to facilitate the continued increase in bandwidth applications in the future.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to those defined by the attached patent application scope.

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A method for obtaining complete GPRS tunneling protocol (GPRS tunneling protocol, GTP) user data tunnel packet information, including: When a user equipment performs a network access operation in a mobile edge computing range to start establishing a connection with a first base station, obtain multiple user Internet access signaling corresponding to the network access operation; Obtain a first GTP-U downlink packet tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) corresponding to the first base station, the IP address of the first base station, and the corresponding A GTP-U uplink packet TEID of the user equipment, an IP address of a service gateway, and a user S1 interface identification information corresponding to the user equipment, wherein the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID, the first base station The IP address of, the TEID of the GTP-U uplink packet corresponding to the user equipment, and the IP address of the service gateway form a complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment; In response to the user equipment having an X2 handover within the mobile edge computing range and being handed over by the first base station to a second base station, find out from multiple handover signaling based on the user S1 interface identification information Multiple user handover signaling corresponding to the X2 handover; Obtaining a second GTP-U downlink packet TEID corresponding to the second base station and the IP address of the second base station from the user handover signaling; Replace the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the first base station in the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information with the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the second base station respectively Address to update the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment. For the method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the user surfing signaling includes an attachment request/service request signaling transmitted on an S1 interface between the first base station and a mobility management entity, An initial context setting request signaling, an initial context setting response signaling, and the attach request/service request signaling, the initial context setting request signaling, and the initial context setting response signaling include corresponding to the first base S1 interface identification information of a first base station of the station. The method described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the first base station are taken from the initial context setting response signaling and correspond to the user equipment The user S1 interface identification information, the IP address of the service gateway, and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment are taken from the initial context setting request signaling. The method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the user handover signaling corresponding to the X2 handover includes a path transmitted on an S1 interface between the second base station and a mobility management entity Handover request signaling and a path switch confirmation signaling, wherein the path switch request signaling and the path switch confirmation signaling both include a second base station S1 interface identification information corresponding to the second base station. The method according to claim 4, wherein the path switch confirmation signaling includes the user S1 interface identification information corresponding to the user equipment, and corresponds to the second GTP-U downlink packet of the second base station The TEID and the IP address of the second base station are taken from the path switching request signaling. As the method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, it also includes: Perform a local offload operation based on the updated complete GTP user data tunnel packet information. A system for obtaining complete GPRS tunneling protocol (GPRS tunneling protocol, GTP) user data tunnel packet information, including a signaling acquisition and analysis module and a GTP user data tunnel information memory module, in which: When a user equipment performs a network access operation within a mobile edge computing range to start establishing a connection with a first base station, the signaling capture analysis module obtains multiple users corresponding to the network access operation Internet signaling; The signaling capture and analysis module obtains a first GTP-U downlink packet tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) corresponding to the first base station from the user online signaling, and the first base station The IP address of the user equipment, a GTP-U upstream packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment, the IP address of a service gateway, and a user S1 interface identification information corresponding to the user equipment, and store them to the GTP user Data tunnel information memory module, wherein the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID, the IP address of the first base station, the GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment, and the IP address of the service gateway The address forms a complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment; In response to the user equipment having an X2 handover in the mobile edge computing range and being handed over by the first base station to a second base station, the signaling capture and analysis module is based on the user S1 interface identification information. Find out multiple user handover signalings corresponding to the X2 handover from one handover signaling; The signaling acquisition and analysis module obtains a second GTP-U downlink packet TEID corresponding to the second base station and the IP address of the second base station from the user handover signaling; The signaling acquisition and analysis module obtains the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information from the GTP user data tunnel information memory module, and uses the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the second base station respectively Replace the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the first base station in the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information to update the complete GTP user data tunnel packet information corresponding to the user equipment. For the system described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the user surfing signaling includes an attachment request/service request signaling transmitted on an S1 interface between the first base station and a mobility management entity, An initial context setting request signaling, and an initial context setting response signaling. The system described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first GTP-U downlink packet TEID and the IP address of the first base station are taken from the initial context setting response signaling and correspond to the user equipment The user S1 interface identification information, the IP address of the service gateway, and the GTP-U uplink packet TEID corresponding to the user equipment are taken from the initial context setting request signaling. The system described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the user handover signaling corresponding to the X2 handover includes a path transmitted on an S1 interface between the second base station and a mobility management entity Handover request signaling and a path switch confirmation signaling, wherein the path switch confirmation signaling includes the user S1 interface identification information corresponding to the user equipment. The system described in item 10 of the scope of patent application, wherein the second GTP-U downlink packet TEID corresponding to the second base station and the IP address of the second base station are taken from the path switching request signaling.

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