QoS control method and equipment thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a control method for a quality of service (QoS) and equipment thereof. The method comprises the following steps that: QoS information is obtained, wherein the QoS information is one that is used for ensuring end-to-end QoS control during convergence of a fixed network and a mobile network; and the QoS information is sent to at least one equipment of the following equipment: user equipment (UE), fixed network access equipment, a broadband policy control framework (BPCF), a policy and charging rule function (PCRF), a packet data network gateway (PDN GW), and an evolution packet data gateway (ePDG), so that the corresponded equipment carries out QoS control on the QoS information. According to the embodiment of the information, end-to-end QoS control can be ensured during convergence of a fixed network and a mobile network.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to network communication technology, in particular to a quality of service (Quality of Service, QoS) control method and equipment. Background technique [0002] With the widespread application of Ethernet, the increasing popularity of the Internet, and the continuous increase of mobile terminals, people's demand for mobile IP access is growing rapidly. As an extension of the wired Ethernet, a wireless local area network (WLAN) satisfies this requirement to a certain extent. A user equipment (User Equipment, UE) can access a 3G evolved packet network (Evolution Packet Core-network, EPC) through the WLAN, so as to realize the convergence of the fixed network and the mobile network. [0003] From the perspective of QoS, it is necessary to realize end-to-end unified QoS control. In the prior art, the policy and charging rule function entity (Policy and Charging Rule Function, PCRF) in the EPC can transmit the QoS information...

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In the prior art, the policy and charging rule function entity (Policy and Charging Rule Function, PCRF) in the EPC can transmit the QoS information to the broadband policy control framework (BroadbandPolicy Control Framework, BPCF) in the fixed network, but the interaction The QoS information of the network is not notified to the UE or the fixed network nodes at the edge, such as routing / residential gateway (Routing / Residential Gateway, RG) or broadband network gateway (Broadband Network Gateway, BNG), so that the UE, RG or BNG cannot be based on the QoS information Control accordingly, end-to-end QoS control cannot be guaranteed

[0004] In the existing technology, when the fixed network and the mobile network are converged, the end-to-end QoS control cannot be guaranteed, which may cause user data to be discarded and reduce the convergence performance of the fixed network and the mobile network

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