CN103841561A - Method and device for providing services through mobile communication network or wireless local area network - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for providing services for user equipment (UE) through a mobile communication network or a wireless local area network (WLAN). At the mobile communication network side, second information about the WLAN is acquired, wherein the second information comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of the WLAN; and a second message is sent to the UE through the mobile communication network, wherein the second message comprises the second information. At the WLAN side, the second information is provided for the UE without the broadcast mode. At the UE side, the second message is received through the mobile communication network; in response to the second message, the WLAN interface of the UE is opened; and the second information is used through the WLAN interface so as to access the WLAN. By adopting scheme of the invention, the WLAN access point does not broadcast the SSID any longer, so the safety can be improved, and the SSID can be acquired by the UE without always opening the WLAN interface, so that the power consumption can be reduced, and the battery service life can be prolonged. For example, the scheme of the invention can be applied in scenes in which the WLAN is trusted, such as the scene deployed by a mobile communication network operator.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the field of interconnects of mobile radio communication and WLAN (wireless local area network), relate in particular to the method and apparatus for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network).
Background technology
WLAN (wireless local area network) (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN) is able to extensive use day by day, and Wi-Fi is a kind of more conventional WLAN technology.Current, many people have Wi-Fi equipment, and Wi-Fi has also become the standard configuration of the smart mobile phone that increasing people uses.In addition, the operator of mobile radio communication is considered as WLAN technology, particularly Wi-Fi technology to mobile radio communication good complementary scheme.The Wi-Fi of operator (Carrier Wi-Fi) has become the focus theme in 3GPP.The Wi-Fi of operator refers to as a kind of service and offers Wi-Fi mobile operator consumer, that directly or indirectly had and operated by operator.For example, the Wi-Fi of operator also can be disposed and be authenticated through mobile operator by third party's focus supplier.In other words, the Wi-Fi of operator is the WLAN being trusted.
Wi-Fi is integrated into and in community, especially small-cell, has become a current focus.Compared with macrocell, small-cell coverage is less, includes but not limited to Microcell (microcell), picocell (picocell), Femto cell (femtocell) etc.In fact, (for example make in the single rack that co-exists in a website of these two kinds of wireless access technologys of mobile radio communication and WLAN (wireless local area network), be that access device is integrated in individual equipment by the access point of the base station of mobile radio communication and WLAN (wireless local area network)) can guarantee at any time, any position all uses suitable technology, thereby provide, the Seamless Mobile of used wireless access technology absolute ignorance is experienced.This has not only significantly improved the network capacity of operator, but also has brought the user who improves to experience.
Mainly contain at present two kinds of modes that Wi-Fi are integrated into carrier network (carrier network), SaMOG from 3GPP and ANDSF, another HotSpot2.0 based on from Wi-Fi Alliance.For these two kinds of modes, WLAN access point (the Access Point directly or indirectly being disposed by operator, AP) service set identifier (the Service Set Identifier of necessary broadcast (advertise) WLAN, SSID), and subscriber equipment (User Equipment, UE), for example smart mobile phone of wanting to access WLAN must or always be opened its Wi-Fi interface or its Wi-Fi interface of manual unlocking for example, to attempt finding Wi-Fi signal and start access procedure (starting certification) after Wi-Fi access point finding.
The present inventor recognizes that above-mentioned two kinds of modes exist following technical problem.
First,, if always open the Wi-Fi interface such as the subscriber equipment of smart mobile phone, the energy content of battery of subscriber equipment can consume comparatively fast.In order to reduce the consumption of the energy content of battery, the most direct mode be in the time not using, close Wi-Fi interface and only user during near Wi-Fi Hotspot by user's manual unlocking Wi-Fi interface, but this is obviously not convenient for user.
Secondly, whether Wi-Fi terminal (being Wi-Fi subscriber equipment) must first add WLAN and carry out necessary certification illegal or trustless for judging this WLAN, and can attempt detected WLAN until find the WLAN being trusted or attempted all WLAN that can detect.Obviously, this is not convenient also not efficient.
Moreover operator's Wi-Fi access point is broadcasted its SSID, and malicious user may utilize this SSID to attack WLAN.
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For above-mentioned technical problem, it is a kind of for the scheme of service is provided via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network) that one object of the present invention is to provide, the service time of battery that it can improve internet security and/or extend Wi-Fi subscriber equipment.
According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of for the method for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises the following steps: C1. obtains the second information about described WLAN (wireless local area network), and it comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of described WLAN (wireless local area network); C2. send the second message via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment, it comprises described the second information.
Because the SSID of WLAN (wireless local area network) is sent to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication, therefore the access point of WLAN (wireless local area network) no longer needs to broadcast this SSID, do not send SSID at needs with broadcast mode, this effectively prevents that malicious user from obtaining this SSID and reducing thus the attack of malicious user to WLAN (wireless local area network), thereby has improved internet security.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, described the second information also comprises the information of the working channel that is used to indicate described WLAN (wireless local area network).
Because subscriber equipment can obtain the information of the working channel of described WLAN (wireless local area network) from the second message receiving, therefore subscriber equipment just can directly know without attempting possible working channel the working channel that this WLAN (wireless local area network) is used.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, further comprising the steps of before described step C2: B. judges whether to provide described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network); If provide described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network), carry out described step C2; And if can't help described WLAN (wireless local area network) described service be provided, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
In the various services that offer subscriber equipment, some service may can only be provided by mobile radio communication, and cannot be provided by WLAN (wireless local area network).Therefore, by above-mentioned judgement, can be only in the time that WLAN (wireless local area network) can provide the required service of subscriber equipment just by WLAN (wireless local area network) send to for information about subscriber equipment, thereby can avoid unnecessary operation and/or signaling consumption to improve system effectiveness.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, described step B comprises: B1. obtain from the network element in the core net of described mobile radio communication, for judging whether to be provided by described WLAN (wireless local area network) the 3rd information of described service; And B2. is according to described the 3rd information, judging whether provides described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network).Described network element in described core net for example comprises access network discovery and selection function equipment (ANDSF), home subscriber server (HSS) and/or certificate server (AAA).
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, further comprising the steps of before described step B: A. receives the first message from described subscriber equipment via described mobile radio communication, it comprises the first information that is used to indicate described subscriber equipment and whether has wireless lan interfaces; If the described first information indicates described subscriber equipment to have described wireless lan interfaces, carry out described step B; And if the described first information indicates described subscriber equipment not have described wireless lan interfaces, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
By this way, only in the situation that possessing wireless lan interfaces, subscriber equipment just carries out subsequent step, if comprise judge whether by WLAN (wireless local area network) provide described service and can; send the SSID of WLAN (wireless local area network) via mobile radio communication to subscriber equipment, this can be avoided unnecessary operation and/or signaling consumption to improve system effectiveness.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, described method is performed by the mobile management device in described mobile radio communication (Mobile Management Entity, MME).Thus, can provide unified service request procedure to subscriber equipment.For example, in the time that subscriber equipment is initiated service request to carrier network, can either set up service PDN by normal mobile access and connect, also can serve PDN and connect bypass (offload) to WLAN (wireless local area network), for example, be the WLAN (wireless local area network) of being trusted.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, described the first message and described the second message are respectively packet data network (Packet Data Network, PDN) connection request message (Connectivity Request Message) and packet data network (PDN) connection refused message (Connectivity Reject Message).
Thus, the above-mentioned first information and the second information can both utilize existing signaling message to transmit, and without introducing extra signaling message, thereby can save signaling consumption.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, described WLAN (wireless local area network) is trusted.The WLAN (wireless local area network) of being trusted comprises the Wi-Fi of operator.Because WLAN (wireless local area network) is trusted, subscriber equipment just can not carry out verification process in the time that accessing WLAN is served with acceptance, thereby has simplified the process that service is provided to subscriber equipment by WLAN (wireless local area network).
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the base station of mobile radio communication and the access device of WLAN (wireless local area network) can be common stations, for example, be integrated on same equipment.
According to a second aspect of the invention, provide a kind of in subscriber equipment for receive the method for service via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises the following steps: b. is via described mobile radio communication, reception comprises the second message about the second information of described WLAN (wireless local area network), and described the second information comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of described WLAN (wireless local area network); D. in response to described the second message, open the wireless lan interfaces of described subscriber equipment; E. via described wireless lan interfaces, use described the second information to access described WLAN (wireless local area network).
Because subscriber equipment is automatically opened wireless lan interfaces after the second message receiving from mobile radio communication, therefore subscriber equipment is both without always opening wireless lan interfaces, also without user's manual unlocking wireless local interface, thereby can in guaranteeing user's good experience, effectively increase service time of battery.
According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, before described step b, also comprise: a. sends the first message via described mobile radio communication, it comprises whether be used to indicate described subscriber equipment has the first information for described wireless lan interfaces.
Additionally, between described step b and described steps d, also comprise: c. judges whether to receive described service via described WLAN (wireless local area network); If receive described service via described WLAN (wireless local area network), perform step d.
Thus, provide autonomous whether select of user to replace mobile radio communication to provide the possibility of service to it by WLAN (wireless local area network).
According to a third aspect of the invention we, provide a kind of at the first device for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises: the first acquiring unit, for obtaining the second information about described WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of described WLAN (wireless local area network); The first transmitting element, for sending the second message via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment, it comprises described the second information.
According to one embodiment of present invention, this first device can be arranged in the mobile management device of mobile radio communication.
According to a forth aspect of the invention, provide a kind of installs for receive second of service via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network) in subscriber equipment, it comprises: the second receiving element, for receiving the second message via described mobile radio communication, it comprises the second information about described WLAN (wireless local area network); The 3rd control unit, in response to described the second message, opens the wireless lan interfaces of described subscriber equipment; And access unit, for via described wireless lan interfaces, use described the second information to access described WLAN (wireless local area network).
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, provide a kind of for the system of service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises: serve base station described subscriber equipment, described mobile radio communication; The access device of described WLAN (wireless local area network); And above-mentioned first device.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described base station and described access device are with station.
According to one embodiment of present invention, described base station is small base station.For example, described base station can Microcell base station, the base station of picocell or the base station of Femto cell etc.In the case, the coverage of described base station can be similar to the coverage of described access device.
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By reading the following detailed description to non-limiting example with reference to accompanying drawing, it is more obvious that other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become.
Fig. 1 shows according to an embodiment of the invention for the flow chart of the method for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network);
Fig. 2 shows according to an embodiment of the invention for the block diagram of the first device of service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network);
Fig. 3 show according to an embodiment of the invention in subscriber equipment for the block diagram of the second device of service is provided to described subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network);
Fig. 4 shows the WCF cell of the carrying first information according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 shows the WLANInfo cell of carrying the second information according to an embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 6 shows according to an embodiment of the invention for the flow chart of the method for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network);
Wherein, same or analogous Reference numeral represents same or analogous steps characteristic or device/module.
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Fig. 1 shows according to an embodiment of the invention for the flow chart of the method for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network).Fig. 2 shows according to an embodiment of the invention for the block diagram of the first device of service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network); Fig. 3 show according to an embodiment of the invention in subscriber equipment for the block diagram of the second device of service is provided to described subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network).
With reference to Fig. 2, first device 200 comprises the first acquiring unit 210 and the first transmitting element 220.In one embodiment, first device 200 can be positioned at the mobile management device (Mobile Management Entity, MME) of mobile radio communication.With reference to Fig. 3, the second device 300 that is arranged in subscriber equipment comprises the second receiving element 310, the 3rd control unit 320 and access unit 330.
With reference to Fig. 1, in step S120, first device 120 obtains the second information about WLAN (wireless local area network) by the first acquiring unit 210, and it comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of WLAN (wireless local area network).In one embodiment, the second information can also comprise the information of the working channel that is used to indicate WLAN (wireless local area network).Can obtain in several ways the second information.For example, can from network management system, obtain this second information, can obtain this second information from the core net of mobile radio communication, or can also be set directly in first device by operator.
Then, in step S130, first device 120 sends second message via mobile radio communication to subscriber equipment 110 by the first transmitting element 220, and it comprises the second obtained information.Particularly, first device 120 can send to the second message the base station of subscriber equipment 110 communities, place, then by this base station, this second message is sent to subscriber equipment 110.Correspondingly, the second receiving element 310 of the device of second in subscriber equipment 110 receives the second message from the second device 120 via mobile radio communication.
Then,, in step S140, in response to the second received message, subscriber equipment 110 is opened the wireless lan interfaces of subscriber equipment 110 by the 3rd control unit 320 of the second device.Subsequently, in step S140, the access unit 330 of subscriber equipment 110 by the second device via the wireless lan interfaces of opening, use received the second information about WLAN (wireless local area network) that subscriber equipment 110 is accessed to corresponding WLAN (wireless local area network).
Alternatively, the second device 300 also comprises the second transmitting element 340 (Fig. 3).With reference to Fig. 2, in step S110 before step S120, second transmitting element 340 of subscriber equipment 110 by the second device is via mobile radio communication, send to first device 120 the first message that comprises the first information, and the described first information is used to indicate subscriber equipment 110 and whether has wireless lan interfaces.
Correspondingly, first device 200 can also comprise the first receiving element 230 and the second control unit 240, wherein the first receiving element 230 is for receiving this first message, the second control unit 240 is for controlling as follows: if the described first information indicates described subscriber equipment not have described wireless lan interfaces, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
Alternatively, first device 200 can also comprise the first judging unit 250 and at the second control unit 260.Wherein, the first judging unit 250 provides described service for judging whether by described WLAN (wireless local area network); And first control unit 260 for controlling as follows: provide described service if the first judging unit 250 is judged by described WLAN (wireless local area network), make the first transmitting element 220 send described the second message; If the first judging unit 250 is judged and be can't help described WLAN (wireless local area network) described service is provided, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
According to one embodiment of present invention, only, in the time that the first information in the first message that the first receiving element 230 receives indicates described subscriber equipment to have described wireless lan interfaces, the first judging unit 250 is just carried out correspondingly judgement.
Additionally, first device 200 can also comprise second acquisition unit 270, its for obtain from the network element of the core net of described mobile radio communication, for judging whether to be provided by described WLAN (wireless local area network) the 3rd information of described service.Subsequently, the 3rd information that the first judging unit 250 obtains according to second acquisition unit 270, judging whether provides described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network).
Because subscriber equipment 110 can obtain via mobile radio communication the SSID of WLAN (wireless local area network), therefore do not obtain SSID in the broadcast of the access device that depends on WLAN (wireless local area network).According to one embodiment of present invention, not Broadcast SSIDs of the access device of WLAN (wireless local area network).
According to one embodiment of present invention, the access device of WLAN (wireless local area network) can be broadcasted an open SSID and do not broadcasted the SSID of other private WLAN (wireless local area network) of establishment thereon.Thus, this access device can support only to possess the subscriber equipment of WLAN interface.For example, only possessing the open SSID that the subscriber equipment utilization of WLAN interface broadcasts adds corresponding openly WLAN (wireless local area network) to carry out access authentication, then, after access authentication is successfully completed, access device can send to this subscriber equipment by the SSID of other private WLAN (wireless local area network) via the disclosure WLAN (wireless local area network).
Can realize in many ways above-mentioned the first message and the second message.The mobile management device MME that is arranged in mobile radio communication at first device 200, the first message and the second message can be respectively for example PDN connection request message (PDN Connectivity Requestmessage) and PDN connection refused message (PDN Connectivity Reject message).
According to one embodiment of present invention, in PDN connection request message, define a WLAN ability label (WLAN Capability Flag, WCF) cell (InformationElement, IE) in order to carry the above-mentioned first information.
Fig. 4 shows the WCF cell of the carrying first information according to an embodiment of the invention.WCF cell can be the first kind (Type 1) cell.As shown in Figure 4, WCF cell length is 1 byte, and wherein 4 bits are WCF cell instruction (InformationElement Indication, IEI), and 1 bit is WCF value, and another 3 is idle (being for example set as 0).WCF value is used to indicate whether wireless lan interfaces of subscriber equipment.For example, can be as the WCF value of giving a definition: in the time that WCF value is 0, equipment for indicating user does not have WLAN interface; In the time that WCF value is 1, equipment for indicating user has WLAN interface.
According to one embodiment of present invention, in PDN connection refused message, define a WLAN information (WLAN Information, WLAN Info) cell (InformationElement, IE) in order to carry above-mentioned the second information.
Fig. 5 shows the WLANInfo cell of carrying the second information according to an embodiment of the invention.WLAN Info cell can be the 4th type (Type 4) cell, and comprises WLAN Info cell indication field, WLAN Info length field and WLAN Info value field.As shown in Figure 5, WLAN Info cell length is n byte, and wherein the 1st byte is WLAN Info cell instruction (IEI) field, and the 2nd byte is WLAN Info length field, and the 3rd to n byte is WLAN Info value field.WLAN Info value field comprises the SSID of WLAN.Additionally, WLAN Info value field can also comprise other information, for example, indicate the information of the working channel of WLAN etc.
According to of the present invention for providing the method for service can be applied to different scenes via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network) to subscriber equipment.In an example, the method can be applied in the time that initial request is served.In another example, the method also can be applied at viability, and the community that for example never has a WLAN at viability subscriber equipment is switched to the community with WLAN.Without loss of generality, describe the application of the method in the time that initial request is served below in detail.
Fig. 6 shows according to an embodiment of the invention for the flow chart of the method for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network).In this embodiment, first device is arranged in mobile management device (MME).As shown in Figure 6, subscriber equipment (UE) 710 is served by the small-cell 720 with Wi-Fi.The small-cell 720 with Wi-Fi refers to that small-cell 720 is integrated with Wi-Fi, and for example base station of small-cell 720 and Wi-Fi access point are stood altogether or be integrated in same equipment.In Fig. 6, also show mobile management device (MME) 730, packet data gateway (Packet Gateway, PGW) 740, Wireless Local Area Network Gateway (WLAN Gateway, WLAN GW) 750, internet (Internet) 760, core network element 770, wherein core network element 770 can comprise access network discovery and selection function equipment (ANDSF), home subscriber server (HSS) and/or certificate server (AAA).As known to those skilled in the art, the base station (as the base station of small-cell 720) of mobile radio communication is connected communicatedly with the core net of mobile radio communication, and each network element (comprising mobile management device 730, packet data gateway 740 and network element 770) in core net also can intercom mutually, the Wi-Fi access point of small-cell 720 is connected communicatedly with Wireless Local Area Network Gateway 750, and core net, Wireless Local Area Network Gateway 750 are all connected to internet 760.
With reference to Fig. 6, in step S710, subscriber equipment 710 is sent to mobile management device 730 via the base station of small-cell 720 by PDN connection request message.In the PDN connection request message sending, comprise the WCF cell that is used to indicate subscriber equipment and whether has wireless lan interfaces.In addition, in PDN connection request message, also comprise APN (Access PointName) cell, the service that its instruction is asked.
In some instances, subscriber equipment 710 can always comprise WCF cell in sent PDN connection request message.In other examples, subscriber equipment 710 can arrange and determine whether comprising WCF cell in sent PDN connection request message according to user.For example, in the time that the user of subscriber equipment 710 does not wish to carry out automatic opening/closing wireless lan interfaces according to the message of carrying out automatic network, can arrange equipment for indicating user 710 by corresponding user and in PDN connection request message, not comprise WCF cell.
In step S730, mobile management device 730 judges whether asked service bypass to the WLAN being trusted (in this example for being integrated in the Wi-Fi of small-cell 720) according to received PDN connection request message.Particularly, if WCF cell equipment for indicating user does not have wireless lan interfaces, judgement can not be by asked service bypass to WLAN.In this example, suppose that WCF cell equipment for indicating user has wireless lan interfaces.Now, further judge whether the service that provides subscriber equipment to ask by WLAN.
Alternatively, mobile management device 730 can be provided by the service (step S720) of relevant information to judge whether to provide subscriber equipment to be asked by WLAN from core network element 770.For example, mobile management device 730 can obtain and indicate small-cell 720 whether to be integrated with the information of WLAN from ANDSF.For example, whether mobile management device 730 can obtain equipment for indicating user 710 and applied for providing asked service by WLAN from HSS.
If the judged result of step S730 is that asked service is switched to WLAN (situation 1 in Fig. 6), perform step S741 to S747, specific as follows.
In step S741, mobile management device 730 sends PDN connection refused message via the base station of small-cell 720 to subscriber equipment 710, and it comprises WLAN Info cell.The information of the WLAN (being the Wi-Fi of small-cell 720 in this example) of the service that WLANInfo cell carrying is asked for bypass, the SSID that it comprises this WLAN, also comprises the information of the working channel of indicating this WLAN alternatively.
In step S743, subscriber equipment 710 detects and in received PDN connection refused message, comprises WLAN Info cell, and automatically opens thus WLAN interface.Alternatively, subscriber equipment 710 is detecting after WLAN Info cell, also may not open immediately WLAN interface.For example, subscriber equipment 710 can inquire that whether user provides asked service via WLAN (wireless local area network), if so, opens WLAN interface.
In step S745, via the WLAN (wireless local area network) in small-cell 720 (particularly via the WLAN access device in small-cell 720) between subscriber equipment 710 and WLAN gateway 750 for asked service connects.
Then, in step S747, the service that provides it to ask to subscriber equipment 710 via the WLAN (wireless local area network) in small-cell 720 (particularly via the WLAN access device in small-cell 720 and WLAN gateway 750).
If the judged result of step S730 is to provide asked service (situation 2 in Fig. 6) by mobile radio communication, perform step S751 to S753, specific as follows.
In step S751, mobile management device 730 sends and activates default EPS bearing context request message (ACTIVATEDEFAULT EPS BEARER CONTEXT REQUEST) to subscriber equipment 710 via the base station of small-cell 720.
Then, in step S752, the service that provides it to ask to subscriber equipment 710 via mobile radio communication base station and the packet data gateway 740 of small-cell 720 (particularly via).
As mentioned above, subscriber equipment 710 can be opened wireless lan interfaces automatically according to the message from mobile radio communication (being PDN connection refused message in this example).Additionally, said method can also comprise the step for realizing the wireless lan interfaces of automatically closing subscriber equipment 710.According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, subscriber equipment 710 can, in the situation that one of following condition is satisfied, cut out wireless lan interfaces automatically:
(1) user of subscriber equipment 710 has closed the service of asking;
(2) owing to being closed such as WLAN or subscriber equipment leaves the reasons such as the coverage of WLAN, subscriber equipment 710 is switched to mobile radio communication, provides asked service thereby continue as subscriber equipment by mobile radio communication.
Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-described embodiment is all exemplary and nonrestrictive.The different technologies feature occurring in different embodiment can combine, to obtain beneficial effect.Those skilled in the art, on the basis of research accompanying drawing, specification and claims, will be understood that and realize the embodiment of other variations of disclosed embodiment.In claims, term " comprises " does not get rid of other devices or step; Indefinite article " one " is not got rid of multiple; Term " first ", " second " are for indicating title but not for representing any specific order.Any Reference numeral in claim all should not be understood to the restriction to protection range.Some technical characterictic appears in different dependent claims and does not mean that and these technical characterictics can not be combined to obtain beneficial effect.
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1. for a method for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), comprise the following steps:
C1. obtain the second information about described WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of described WLAN (wireless local area network);
C2. send the second message via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment, it comprises described the second information.
2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described the second information also comprises the information of the working channel that is used to indicate described WLAN (wireless local area network).
3. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, further comprising the steps of before described step C2:
B. judging whether provides described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network);
If provide described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network), carry out described step C2; And
If can't help described WLAN (wireless local area network) provides described service, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
4. method according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described step B comprises:
B 1. obtain from the network element in the core net of described mobile radio communication, for judging whether to be provided by described WLAN (wireless local area network) the 3rd information of described service; And
B2. according to described the 3rd information, judging whether provides described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network).
5. method according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, the described network element in described core net comprises access network discovery and selection function equipment (ANDSF), home subscriber server (HSS) and/or certificate server (AAA).
6. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, further comprising the steps of before described step C2:
A. receive the first message from described subscriber equipment via described mobile radio communication, it comprises the first information that is used to indicate described subscriber equipment and whether has wireless lan interfaces;
If the described first information indicates described subscriber equipment not have described wireless lan interfaces, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
7. method according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described method is performed by the mobile management device in described mobile radio communication.
8. method according to claim 7, is characterized in that,
Described the first message is packet data network connection request message; And
Described the second message is packet data network connection refused message.
9. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described WLAN (wireless local area network) is trusted.
In subscriber equipment for receive a method for service via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), comprise the following steps:
B. via described mobile radio communication, receive the second message comprising about the second information of described WLAN (wireless local area network), described the second information comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of described WLAN (wireless local area network);
D. in response to described the second message, open the wireless lan interfaces of described subscriber equipment; And
E. via described wireless lan interfaces, use described the second information to access described WLAN (wireless local area network).
11. methods according to claim 10, is characterized in that, before described step b, also comprise:
A. send the first message via described mobile radio communication, it comprises whether be used to indicate described subscriber equipment has the first information for described wireless lan interfaces.
12. 1 kinds at the first device for service is provided to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), and it comprises:
The first acquiring unit, for obtaining the second information about described WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises the service set identifier (SSID) of described WLAN (wireless local area network); And
The first transmitting element, for sending the second message via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment, it comprises described the second information.
13. first devices according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described the second information also comprises the information of the working channel that is used to indicate described WLAN (wireless local area network).
14. first devices according to claim 12, is characterized in that, also comprise:
The first judging unit, provides described service for judging whether by described WLAN (wireless local area network); And
The first control unit, if for providing described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network), make described the first transmitting element send described the second message, if and provide described service for can't help described WLAN (wireless local area network), determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
15. first devices according to claim 14, is characterized in that, also comprise:
Second acquisition unit, for obtain from the network element of the core net of described mobile radio communication, for judging whether to be provided by described WLAN (wireless local area network) the 3rd information of described service; And
Described the first judging unit is according to described the 3rd information, and judging whether provides described service by described WLAN (wireless local area network).
16. first devices according to claim 15, it is characterized in that, the described network element in described core net comprises access network discovery and selection function equipment (ANDSF), home subscriber server (HSS) and/or certificate server (AAA).
17. first devices according to claim 12, is characterized in that, also comprise:
The first receiving element, for receiving the first message from described subscriber equipment via described mobile radio communication, it comprises the first information that is used to indicate described subscriber equipment and whether has wireless lan interfaces; And
The second control unit, if indicate described subscriber equipment not have described wireless lan interfaces for the described first information, determining provides described service via described mobile radio communication to described subscriber equipment.
18. first devices according to claim 17, is characterized in that, described first device is arranged in the mobile management device in described mobile radio communication.
19. first devices according to claim 18, is characterized in that,
Described the first message is packet data network connection request message; And
Described the second message is packet data network connection refused message.
20. first devices according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described WLAN (wireless local area network) is trusted.
21. 1 kinds are installed for receive second of service via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network) in subscriber equipment, and it comprises:
The second receiving element, for receiving the second message via described mobile radio communication, it comprises the second information about described WLAN (wireless local area network);
The 3rd control unit, in response to described the second message, opens the wireless lan interfaces of described subscriber equipment; And
Access unit, for via described wireless lan interfaces, uses described the second information to access described WLAN (wireless local area network).
22. the second devices according to claim 21, is characterized in that, also comprise:
The second transmitting element, for sending the first message via described mobile radio communication, it comprises whether be used to indicate described subscriber equipment has the first information for described wireless lan interfaces.
23. 1 kinds for providing the system of service to subscriber equipment via mobile radio communication or WLAN (wireless local area network), it comprises:
Serve base station described subscriber equipment, described mobile radio communication;
The access device of described WLAN (wireless local area network); And
First device according to claim 12.
24. system according to claim 23, is characterized in that, described base station and described access device are stood altogether.
25. systems according to claim 23, is characterized in that, described base station is small base station.
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