WO2012167556A1 - Method, apparatus and system for acquiring user equipment information in specified area - Google Patents

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for acquiring user equipment information in specified area is provided by embodiments of the present invention. The method comprises the following: a network side control equipment receives a request message requesting a broadcast message transmission from the network management system to the specified area; transmits the broadcast message to the specified area; receives an User Equipment (UE) identifier that sent by UE according to said broadcast message and cell information that UE identifier belongs to; and collects the UE identifier belonging to the specified area according to said cell information. The method can obtain the UE information of the specified area in real time.

Description

 The present invention relates to communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, device, and system for acquiring user equipment information in a designated area. Background technique

 Currently, in a mobile communication network, a user equipment (User Equipment, UE for short) can measure satellite signals through a built-in positioning module to obtain data for calculating the current location of the user equipment. That is to say, the user equipment actively initiates a request to locate its own location. The positioning service can only perform positioning services for a single user equipment, and cannot perform positioning services for all user equipments in a specified area.

 In addition, in the prior art, the operator can obtain user equipment user information, that is, user identification information, of the designated location area from the location register on the network side. However, the user equipment user information obtained from the network side to the designated location area cannot represent all the user equipment user information in the current area. That is to say, the user equipment user information in the location register is not the real-time user equipment location information, but only the user equipment user information that has appeared in the location area in the past period of time. Moreover, the location area in the location register is large, which cannot meet the requirements of the operator-specified area.

 Therefore, how to obtain user equipment information in a specified area in real time becomes a technical problem that needs to be solved currently. Summary of the invention

 The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and a system for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area, which are used to obtain information of user equipments in a specified area in real time.

 An aspect of the present invention provides a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area, including: receiving, by a network side control device, a request message sent by a network management system to send a broadcast message to a designated area;

Transmitting a broadcast message to the designated area, and receiving, by the UE, the UE identifier sent according to the broadcast message and the cell information of the UE currently corresponding to the UE identifier, according to the cell information A summary of UE identities belonging to the specified area.

 Another aspect of the present invention also provides a network side control device, including:

 a first receiving unit, configured to receive a request message sent by the network management system to send a broadcast message to the designated area;

 a transmitting unit, configured to transmit a broadcast message to a designated area;

 a second receiving unit, configured to receive, by the UE, a UE identifier and a

The cell information of the UE currently corresponding to the UE identifier;

 And a summary unit, configured to summarize the UE identifiers belonging to the specified area according to the cell information. Another aspect of the present invention provides a system for acquiring user equipment information in a designated area, which includes:

 a network management system, configured to send, to the network side control device, a request message for requesting to send a broadcast message to the designated area;

 a network side control device, configured to send a broadcast message to the designated area, and receive a UE identifier that is sent by the UE according to the broadcast message, and a cell information that the UE currently belongs to, corresponding to the UE identifier, and that belongs to the designated area according to the cell information. Summary of UE IDs.

 According to the foregoing technical solution, a method, device, and system for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to an embodiment of the present invention, by using a network side control device to transmit a broadcast message to a designated area, to receive a UE identifier sent by the UE and corresponding to the UE identifier The cell information in which the UE is currently located, and then the UE identifiers in the specified area are summarized according to the cell information, and the information of the UE identifier in the specified area is obtained in real time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, a brief description of the drawings to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the following drawings are only drawings of some embodiments of the present invention, Those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings which can also implement the technical solutions of the present invention according to the drawings without any creative labor.

 FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to another embodiment of the present invention;

 FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a network side control device according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to another embodiment of the present invention. The technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent that the various embodiments described below are merely exemplary embodiments of the invention. Based on the following various embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can obtain other technical features that can solve the technical problems of the present invention and achieve the technical effects of the present invention by equivalently transforming some or even all of the technical features without creative work. The various embodiments of the invention are apparent from the scope of the invention as disclosed.

 FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area is as follows.

 101. The network side control device receives a request message sent by a network management system (NMS) to send a broadcast message to a designated area.

 For example, the network side control device in this embodiment may be a base station controller (BSC) or a radio network controller (Radio Network Controller, RNC for short).

 The designated area in this embodiment includes more than one cell, and the range is smaller than the location area. For example, the designated area in this embodiment may be the area where the Forbidden City is located, or the area where Peking University is located.

 Generally, the user sets a designated area in the NMS, and the NMS sends the foregoing request message to the network side control device according to the designated area.

 The request message in this embodiment may be carried in a Man-Machine Language (MML) command.

102. The network side control device sends a broadcast message to the designated area, and receives the UE according to the wide area. The UE identifier sent by the broadcast message and the cell information currently in the UE corresponding to the UE identifier. In a specific application, the foregoing broadcast message includes location area information of the BSC/RNC, so that the UEs belonging to the location area and belonging to the designated area automatically send a response broadcast message according to the received broadcast message, and the response broadcast message includes the UE. And identifying the cell information that the UE currently located corresponding to the UE identifier. The cell information in this embodiment is the more accurate location information that the UE is currently located, and the cell information at the location is the same as the cell information in the prior art.

 Certainly, the foregoing response broadcast message may further include location area update information, etc. In this embodiment, only the UE identity corresponding to the cell information may be calculated according to the current cell information, and therefore, the location area update information is not processed or blocked.

 103. The network side control device aggregates the UE identifiers belonging to the specified area according to the cell information.

 Further, in order to facilitate the use of the operator or the use of the related user, the network side control device generally sends the aggregated UE identifier to the Mobile Switching Center (MSC).

 In some embodiments, the foregoing UE identifier is a mobile phone number of the UE.

 According to the foregoing embodiment, the method for acquiring the user equipment information in the specified area is used by the network side control device to send a broadcast message to the designated area, to receive the UE identifier sent by the UE and the cell information of the UE currently corresponding to the UE identifier, and further According to the cell information, the UE identifiers in the specified area are summarized, and the information of the UE identifiers in the specified area is obtained in real time. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area in this embodiment is as follows.

 201. The BSC receives the MML command sent by the NMS.

 The M M L command includes information for transmitting a broadcast message to a designated area.

 In addition, if the designated area for sending the broadcast message in the other embodiment is set in the BSC, the MML command may further include information that the BSC needs to modify the internal designated area, so that the area in the BSC that sends the broadcast information is required in this embodiment. The specified area.

The designated area in this embodiment is preset according to the requirements of the operator, and may include More than one cell. In particular, the designated area in this embodiment is smaller than the location area of the BSC, thereby enabling the operator/business to push related services in a targeted manner.

 202. The BSC sends a broadcast message to the designated area according to the MML command.

 203. The BSC receives the response broadcast message sent by the UE in the specified area, where the response broadcast message includes the UE identifier and the cell information of the UE currently corresponding to the UE identifier.

 204. The BSC sends the UE identifier and the cell information of the UE that is corresponding to the UE identifier to the MSC, so that the MSC aggregates the UE identifiers in the cell information, and obtains the UE identifiers in the specified area.

 In an actual application, the MSC may save the UE identifier in the designated area in the local operation maintenance unit, or output it to an independent server of each operator, so that the related user can use it.

 It should be noted that, in step 203, the response broadcast message may further include location area update information. At this time, the MSC receives the location area update message forwarded by the BSC, and may not update the visitor location register (Vistor Location Register, VLR for short). And/or data in the Home Location Register (HLR).

 According to the foregoing embodiment, in the 2G network, the broadcast message is sent to the designated area by using the BSC to obtain the UE identifier in the specified area, so that the UE identifier in the more accurate area is obtained in real time, thereby enabling the operator to be targeted. The push service, or the relevant management department, manages the aforementioned designated areas better. FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area in this embodiment is as follows.

 The RNC in the following embodiment supports A-Flex or lu-Flex connection, that is, an RNC can connect multiple core networks to connect the RNC to the MSC and the Proxy Box. The Proxy Box can be used as a Proxy Box for the user to obtain the UE ID in the specified area from the Proxy Box.

 301. The RNC receives an MML command sent by the NMS, where the MML command includes information for transmitting a broadcast message to a designated area.

302. The RNC sends a broadcast message to the designated area, and receives a response broadcast message sent by the UE according to the broadcast message. The response broadcast message in this embodiment includes the UE identifier and the cell information in which the UE currently located corresponding to the UE identifier is located.

 303. The RNC sends the UE identifier and the cell information that the UE currently corresponding to the UE identifier to the MSC and/or the Proxy Box.

 304. The Proxy Box summarizes and saves the UE identifier corresponding to each cell information, or outputs the saved UE identifier of each cell information to the independent server.

 According to the foregoing embodiment, in the 3G network, the broadcast message is sent to the designated area by the RNC to obtain the UE identifier in the specified area, so that the UE identifier in the more accurate area is obtained in real time, thereby enabling the operator to be targeted. The push service, or the relevant management department, manages the aforementioned designated areas better.

 In addition, in other cases, the foregoing BSC/RNC may also receive the MML command of the NMS forwarded by the MSC, and after the BSC/RNC transmits the broadcast information to the designated area, receive the UE identifier sent by the UE according to the broadcast message and the current location of the UE identifier. The cell information is sent to the MSC corresponding to the current cell information, so that the MSC saves and outputs. According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a network side control device. As shown in FIG. 4, the network side control device includes: a first receiving unit 41, a transmitting unit 42, a second receiving unit 43, and a summary unit 44. . The first receiving unit 41 is configured to receive a request message that is sent by the network management system to send a broadcast message to the designated area. The sending unit 42 is configured to send a broadcast message to the designated area. The second receiving unit 43 is configured to receive the UE according to the broadcast message. The sent UE identifier and the cell information in which the UE is currently located corresponding to the UE identifier; the summary unit 44 is configured to summarize the UE identifiers belonging to the specified area according to the cell information.

 Further, the network side control device further includes a sending unit for transmitting the summarized UE identity to the mobile switching center.

 The foregoing designated area may include more than one cell information, and the foregoing UE identifier may be

UE's mobile number. In this embodiment, the request message can be carried in a human language command.

 In practical applications, the network side control device can be a BSC or an RNC.

It can be seen from the above embodiment that the UE side control device can obtain the UE identifier in the specified area in real time, so as to facilitate the management work of the operator or related users. According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a system for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area. As shown in FIG. 5, the system for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area includes: a network management system 51 and a network side control device. 52. In other embodiments, the system for obtaining user equipment information in the designated area may further include: a mobile switching center 53.

 The network management system 51 is configured to send, to the network side control device, a request message for requesting to send a broadcast message to the designated area. The network side control device 52 is configured to send a broadcast message to the designated area, and receive the UE identifier sent by the UE according to the broadcast message. The cell information currently in which the UE is located corresponding to the UE identifier, and the UE identifiers belonging to the specified area are summarized according to the cell information.

 Correspondingly, the mobile switching center 53 is configured to receive the UE identity that belongs to the designated area and is sent by the network side control device.

 The system in this embodiment can be applied to various networks such as GSM, WCDMA, CDMA, TD-SCMA, and WinMax.

 The above system can obtain the U E identifier in the designated area of the user in real time according to the needs of the user, thereby facilitating statistics and management.

 In the several embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative.

 The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, i.e., may be located in one place, or may be distributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

 In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may contribute to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium. , including a number of instructions to make a computer device (may be A personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) performs all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program code. .

 It should be noted that the above embodiments are only for explaining the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or some of the technical features are equivalently replaced. The modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

Claim A method for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area, the method comprising: receiving, by a network side control device, a request message sent by a network management system to send a broadcast message to a designated area;  Sending a broadcast message to the designated area, and receiving the UE identifier sent by the user equipment according to the broadcast message and the cell information of the UE currently corresponding to the UE identifier, and summarizing the UE identifiers belonging to the specified area according to the cell information. .  2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:  The network side control device sends the summarized UE identifier to the mobile switching center.  3. The method of claim 1 wherein:  The request message is carried in a human machine language MML command.  4. The method of claim 1 wherein:  The UE identifier is a mobile phone number of the UE.  5. A network side control device, comprising:  a first receiving unit, configured to receive a request message sent by the network management system to send a broadcast message to the designated area;  a transmitting unit, configured to transmit a broadcast message to a designated area;  a second receiving unit, configured to receive a UE identifier that is sent by the user equipment UE according to the broadcast message, and cell information that the UE currently located corresponding to the UE identifier is located;  And a summary unit, configured to summarize the UE identifiers belonging to the specified area according to the cell information. 6. The network side control device according to claim 5, wherein  And a sending unit, configured to send the summarized UE identifier to the mobile switching center.  7. The network side control device according to claim 5, wherein the request message is carried in a human machine language MML command.  The network side control device according to claim 5, wherein the UE identifier is a mobile phone number of the UE.  A system for acquiring user equipment information in a specified area, comprising: a network management system, configured to send, to a network side control device, a request message for transmitting a broadcast message to a designated area; a network side control device, configured to transmit a broadcast message to a designated area, and receive the user equipment And the UE, according to the UE identifier sent by the broadcast message, the cell information of the UE currently located corresponding to the UE identifier, and the UE identifiers that belong to the specified area according to the cell information.  10. The system according to claim 9, further comprising:  The mobile switching center is configured to receive the UE identifier that is sent by the network side control device and belongs to the specified area.