Network instant acceleration method based on broadband core network

Abstract

The invention discloses a network instant speed-up method based on a broadband core network, which is based on a broadband core network architecture, provides application, opening and reduction of a network instant speed-up service, and realizes that a user can freely customize and adjust required network resources under physical bandwidth resources. According to the method and the system, quicker and finer high-quality network services are provided for the user to surf the internet, the user experience is improved, the management capability and the utilization efficiency of network resources are improved, and the economic benefit maximization of the network resources is facilitated.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of broadband network construction, and is particularly applicable to a network instant speed-up method based on a broadband core network. Background Art

[0002] Currently, telecom operators only provide fixed service packages, and cannot support users to flexibly customize and adjust network needs. However, the network needs of each family or enterprise are completely different. For example, some people need high-speed downloads, stable video conferencing connections, some people need to temporarily adjust bandwidth under specific usage conditions or usage time, and some people have fewer network needs, and the current fixed package fees are too high for them, etc., so the model of only providing fixed service packages cannot meet the diversified and personalized services of each family or enterprise, and also leads to mismatch of network resources, which cannot maximize their economic value and poor user experience.

[0003] Moreover, with the development of technology, new applications and services continue to emerge. Telecom operators should also keep up with the times and user needs and provide personalized services to consumers. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present invention aims to provide a method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network, aiming to solve the problem in current broadband services that users cannot instantly and flexibly adjust required network resources according to their own needs and usage habits.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions: The instant network speed-up method based on a broadband core network of the present invention includes application, activation and termination of an instant network speed-up service; The application for the instant network speed-up service includes: S1.1, the user enters the BNC network business mall system through the client; S1.2, the BNC network business mall system obtains the user's broadband line account; S1.3, the user fills in the demand for instant speed increase in the BNC network business mall system and initiates an application; S1.4, the BNC network business mall system checks whether the user's broadband line account exists and has been activated; if it exists, the system confirms the tariff to the user based on the immediate speed increase demand; S1.5, after the user confirms, the BNC online business mall system submits the payment confirmation to the BSS system; S1.6, after the settlement is completed, the BSS system and the BNC network service mall system start the instant speed-up service and retain the original service information; The BNC network service mall system presets the tiered tariff of the instant speed-up service and establishes connections with the broadband core network control plane CP, BSS system, OSS system and AAA system.

[0006] Furthermore, the ways to enter the BNC network business mall system include entering through a QR code bound to the BNC network business mall system and the user's broadband line account; entering through the BNC network business mall system website; automatically reading the user's optical modem information, querying the OSS system to obtain the user's broadband line account, or manually entering the user's broadband line account.

[0007] Furthermore, the activation of the network instant speed-up service includes: S2.1, the BNC network service mall system sends the temporary rate and the user's broadband line account to the AAA system and the RMS home gateway management system; S2.2, the AAA system modifies the QoS attributes authorized for the user's broadband line account, increases the upstream and downstream bandwidth limits for the user's broadband line account, and sends the configuration to the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP, AAA, and RMS terminal management system; S2.3, the RMS home gateway management system issues uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters to the home gateway; S2.4, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the user's uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters to the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP; S2.5, the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP queries the data forwarding table entry of the user's broadband line account, and modifies the speed limit bandwidth of the user's broadband line account link in the bearer network hop by hop; S2.6, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends a billing start message to the AAA server to start billing the user's broadband line account; S2.7, the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP regularly collects traffic statistics of the user's broadband line account and sends it to the broadband core network control plane CP through the broadband core network CP-UP channel; S2.8, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the traffic data to the AAA server, and the AAA server sends the billing data to the BNC network service mall system at regular intervals.

[0008] Furthermore, the termination of the instant network speed-up service includes: S3.1, the user initiates a termination application to the BNC online business mall system through the client, or the BNC online business mall system initiates it automatically; S3.2, the BNC network business mall system queries the user's broadband line account and instant speed-up service data, and sends a confirmation cancellation message to the user; S3.3, after the user confirms the termination, the BNC online business mall system submits the termination confirmation to the BSS system; S3.4, after the BSS system returns the termination confirmation, the BNC network service mall system sends a restoration instruction of the instant speed-up service to the AAA system and the RMS home gateway management system, and carries the base rate parameters of the user's broadband line account; S3.5, the AAA system will modify the QoS attributes authorized for the user's broadband line account, change the total bandwidth limit of the user's broadband line account to the original rate parameter, and send the configuration to the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP; S3.6, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the instruction and the original rate parameter to the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP, and the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP queries the forwarding table entry of the user broadband line account, and modifies the speed limit bandwidth parameter of the user broadband line account link in the bearer network hop by hop; S3.7, RMS home gateway management issues instructions to the home gateway to modify the uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters.

[0009] Furthermore, the home gateway includes LAN upstream gateway and home router products, and also includes passive optical network PON upstream gateway and router products.

[0010] Furthermore, the invention is applicable to Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON), Ethernet-based Passive Optical Network (EPON), 10GEPON, NGPON, and WDM PON.

[0011] The advantage of the present invention is that it is based on a broadband core network architecture, and enables users to freely customize and adjust the required network resources under physical bandwidth resources, providing users with faster, more refined and high-quality network services for Internet access, improving user experience, improving the management capabilities and utilization efficiency of network resources, and maximizing the economic benefits of network resources. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1 The present invention is a schematic diagram of the application process of the network instant speed-up service in the method of the present invention.

[0013] Figure 2 The present invention is a flow chart of the activation process of the network instant speed-up service in the method of the present invention.

[0014] Figure 3 The present invention is a schematic diagram of the termination process of the network instant speed-up service in the method of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are described clearly and completely below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0016] The instant network speed-up method based on a broadband core network described in the present invention is based on a network architecture of a broadband core network.

[0017] The broadband core network BNC is mainly responsible for access control, service management and traffic forwarding of broadband services, and adopts a forwarding and control separation architecture. The broadband core network BNC includes the broadband core network control plane CP and the user plane CP, and is managed by a unified BNC management and control system, which is responsible for the management and operation of the BNC system, service status monitoring, alarm management, rapid fault location and demarcation, service configuration, etc.

[0018] The BNC control plane includes the control plane functions (CTRL, UPMNG, ACC, etc.) of the traditional broadband network gateway (BNG), AAA server, DHCP server, as well as CDN control plane, intelligent business analysis (CAM) and other network elements to realize functions such as user access control and business management. In the future, the control plane network elements should evolve towards a service-oriented architecture. The various control plane network elements should be interconnected using service-oriented interfaces, and the necessary control plane network elements should be selected and deployed according to the needs of network business development.

[0019] The BNC user plane is mainly responsible for user service traffic forwarding and traffic control. According to business development needs, it deploys SAC / SAD network elements on demand to provide business intelligent perception and value-added services, and deploys CDN resource pools to provide CDN services.

[0020] Each BNC network element and management and control system should support IPv4 / IPv6 dual-stack mode and IPv6 single-stack mode.

[0021] The main functions of the BNC control plane BNC-CP include CTRL, UPMNG, ACC, AAA, DHCP, CAM and CDN control plane modules. The main functions of each module are as follows: CTRL: Control module, responsible for allocating IP addresses to users and interacting with various servers.

[0022] UPMNG: Management module, responsible for UP device status management, sending configurations to UP, and creating and distributing forwarding table entries.

[0023] ACC: Access module, responsible for processing PPPoE and DHCP dial-up messages.

[0024] AAA: responsible for authentication, authorization and accounting functions.

[0025] DHCP: Address module, responsible for address management and allocation.

[0026] CAM: A central analysis platform that works with the intelligent traffic collection unit and is responsible for collecting user flow logs and policy coordination.

[0027] CDN control plane: responsible for CDN policy control, etc.

[0028] The main functions of the BNC user plane include BNC-UP, SAU, CDN and other modules. The main functions of each module are as follows: BNC-UP: UP module, responsible for completing functions such as user service traffic forwarding and traffic control, including: traffic forwarding, QoS, traffic statistics, unicast routing protocol, multicast routing protocol, SRv6 and other forwarding plane functions.

[0029] SAU: Service Awareness Unit, responsible for completing service collection, analysis and reporting functions, including: SAC (plug-in service awareness unit) and SAD (stand-alone service awareness unit).

[0030] CDN: Content provision module, responsible for providing content services to users.

[0031] In the broadband core network architecture, the access network construction realizes the construction of fiber to the home FTTH and distributes ONU (optical modem) to home users. The bearer network includes BNC-UP, BNC-CP, BSS, OSS and other related systems.

[0032] After the home user ONU (optical modem) device is powered on, the PON link layer registration authentication is started. First, the OLT in the PON optical network unit broadcasts a discovery GATE message to notify the ONU of the discovery window period. The ONU sends a registration request message containing the MAC address to implement ONU registration, and allocates and formulates LLID for the ONU, binding MAC and LLID.

[0033] If it is a non-PON access network (i.e., a home / enterprise gateway is used), the ONU is substituted for the home / enterprise gateway. After the link connection between the OLT and the ONU is completed, the ONU starts to authenticate the terminal management system, in order to enable the RMS terminal management system to manage and configure various CPEs (including the business services of ONUs of various manufacturers without distinction). The TR069 protocol is currently commonly used.

[0034] After the above two steps, the optical modem ONU has established a network connection to the bearer network, the user plane UP and control plane CP of the broadband core network have established a data link, and have established a connection with the management system of the relevant access network, such as the RMS optical modem management system.

[0035] After that, the user activates the basic broadband Internet access service and realizes basic broadband Internet access through PPPOE dial-up authentication. On the control plane, the home user ONU (optical modem) starts the PPPOE process and broadcasts the PADI message to the broadband core network pool end UP. The broadband core network UP encapsulates the message into the VXLAN tunnel and sends it to the broadband core network CP for judgment. The broadband core network CP selects a suitable broadband core network UP to carry the ONU's service; then unicast replies to the ONU with PADO, and subsequent PADR / PADS messages are all unicast and sent between the designated broadband core network UP and the home user ONU (optical modem).

[0036] The ONU starts the PPP three-stage negotiation process, and the AAA server interacts with the ONU for authentication to complete the ONU authentication. The AAA server notifies the DHCP server to allocate an IP address to the ONU, completing the three-stage negotiation process. After the three-stage negotiation process is completed, the operator's AAA server notifies the broadband core network CP to send the forwarding flow table to the broadband core network UP, and the broadband core network UP converts the received flow table into a local forwarding table entry. The AAA server notifies the CP to start the billing process.

[0037] On the data plane, the ONU receives service traffic within the LAN (home local area network), sets the destination MAC to the broadband core network UP virtual MAC, the source IP to the ONU itself, and sends it to the corresponding broadband core network UP through the access network. After receiving it, the broadband core network UP looks up the routing table of the bearer network and forwards it (NAT conversion address lookup table forwarding) to the CR (core router), and the CR public network forwards it to the bearer network.

[0038] On the basis of users' basic broadband Internet access services, users can apply to network operators for instant network speed-up services based on their own needs, such as high-speed downloads, stable video conferencing connections, and commonly used time periods.

[0039] Specifically, it includes the application, activation and termination of the network instant speed-up service.

[0040] like Figure 1 As shown, the application for the network instant speed-up service includes: S1.1, users enter the BNC online business mall system through mobile APP, WeChat or client software. The ways to enter the BNC online business mall system include: A QR code is pre-set, and the QR code is bound to the BNC network business mall system and the user's broadband line account. The user's mobile phone scans the code to enter the BNC network business mall system, and the user's broadband line account information is linked from the QR code.

[0041] The user logs in to the BNC network business mall system website, which reads the user's optical modem information and queries the OSS system (Operations Support System) to obtain the user's broadband line account.

[0042] The OSS system contains the terminal ID of the RMS system (which manages ONUs, home / enterprise gateways and other terminals) and related information such as broadband line user accounts, fiber-optic IoT lines and ports.

[0043] The user logs in to the BNC network business mall system website and manually enters the user's broadband line account.

[0044] S1.2, the BNC network service mall system obtains the user's broadband line account and can present the user's existing service status, such as upstream and downstream rates, service level SLA, etc.

[0045] S1.3, users fill in the demand for instant speed increase in the BNC network service mall system, including the target uplink and downlink speeds to be increased, service level SLA, purchase duration (year, month, day, etc.) and the user's broadband line account, and initiate an application. SLA includes three options: fixed bandwidth, guaranteed bandwidth or best effort.

[0046] The definition of fixed bandwidth is that the bandwidth will be reserved for the customer regardless of whether the user uses it or not, and it will not be available to other customers. The definition of guaranteed bandwidth is that the bandwidth is given priority to the customer, that is, the customer has the highest priority, and when the customer is not using it, it can also be used by other customers.

[0047] S1.4, the BNC network business mall system queries the BSS system (business support system) to see whether the user's broadband line account exists and has been activated; if not, a failure message is fed back to the user's client.

[0048] If so, the charges will be queried based on the immediate speed-up demand, and the charges will be fed back to the user, who will confirm the charges.

[0049] S1.5, after user confirmation, the BNC online business mall system submits payment confirmation to the BSS system (business support system), and the BSS system initiates the relevant settlement process (bank, WeChat, Alipay, etc.).

[0050] S1.6, after the settlement is completed, the BSS system and the BNC network service mall system start the instant speed-up service and retain the original service information under the user's broadband line account.

[0051] The BNC network service mall system presets the tiered tariff of the instant speed-up service and establishes connections with the broadband core network control plane CP, BSS system, OSS system and AAA system.

[0052] like Figure 2 As shown, the activation of the network instant speed-up service includes: S2.1, the BNC network service mall system sends the temporary rate and the user's broadband line account to the AAA system and the RMS home gateway management system.

[0053] S2.2, the AAA system modifies the QoS attributes authorized for the user's broadband line account, increases the upstream and downstream bandwidth limits for the user's broadband line account, and sends the configuration to the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP, AAA, and RMS terminal management system.

[0054] S2.3, the RMS home gateway management system issues the uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters to the home gateway or ONU. The home gateway feedbacks information whether the modification is successful or failed.

[0055] S2.4, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters of the user to the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP.

[0056] S2.5, the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP queries the data forwarding table of the user's broadband line account, and modifies the speed limit bandwidth of the user's broadband line account link in the bearer network hop by hop. The above user rate modification success or failure will feedback specific information.

[0057] S2.6, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends a billing start message to the AAA server to start billing the user's broadband line account.

[0058] S2.7, the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP periodically collects traffic statistics of the user's broadband line account and sends it to the broadband core network control plane CP through the broadband core network CP-UP channel.

[0059] S2.8, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the traffic data to the AAA server, and the AAA server periodically sends the billing data to the BNC network service mall system for user query or push to users.

[0060] like Figure 3 As shown, the termination of the network instant speed-up service is essentially to restore the original basic broadband Internet access service of the user's broadband line account, including: S3.1, when the user initiates a contract termination application to the BNC network service mall system through the mobile phone APP, WeChat or other clients, or when the network instant speed-up service expires, the BNC network service mall system automatically initiates the contract termination.

[0061] S3.2, the BNC network business mall system queries the user's broadband line account and instant speed-up business data, and sends a confirmation cancellation message to the user.

[0062] S3.3, after the user confirms the termination, the BNC network business mall system submits the termination confirmation to the BSS system.

[0063] S3.4, after the BSS system returns the termination confirmation, the BNC network service mall system sends a restoration instruction for the instant speed-up service to the AAA system and the RMS home gateway management system, and carries the base rate parameters of the user's broadband line account.

[0064] S3.5, the AAA system will modify the QoS attributes authorized for the user's broadband line account, change the total bandwidth limit of the user's broadband line account to the original rate parameter, and send the configuration to the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP.

[0065] S3.6, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the instruction and the original rate parameters to the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP, and the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP queries the forwarding table entry of the user broadband line account and modifies the speed limit bandwidth parameters of the user broadband line account link in the bearer network hop by hop.

[0066] S3.7, RMS home gateway management issues instructions to the home gateway to modify the uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters.

[0067] In the network instant speed-up method based on broadband core network described in the present invention, the home gateway includes LAN upstream gateway and home router products, and also includes passive optical network PON upstream gateway and router products, and is suitable for gigabit passive optical network GPON, Ethernet-based passive optical network EPON, 10G EPON, NGPON, and WDM PON.

[0068] The present invention uses a network instant speed-up method based on a broadband core network to enable users to freely customize and adjust the uplink and downlink rates under physical broadband resources, providing users with faster, more refined and high-quality network services, improving user experience, and enhancing the capabilities and efficiency of operation and management.

Claims

1. A method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network, characterized in that: Including application, activation and termination of network instant speed-up service; The application for the instant network speed-up service includes: S1.1, the user enters the BNC network business mall system through the client; S1.2, the BNC network business mall system obtains the user's broadband line account; S1.3, the user fills in the demand for instant speed increase in the BNC network business mall system and initiates an application; S1.4, the BNC network business mall system checks whether the user's broadband line account exists and has been activated; if it exists, the system confirms the tariff to the user based on the immediate speed increase demand; S1.5, after the user confirms, the BNC online business mall system submits the payment confirmation to the BSS system; S1.6, after the settlement is completed, the BSS system and the BNC network service mall system start the instant speed-up service and retain the original service information; The BNC network service mall system presets the tiered tariff of the instant speed-up service and establishes connections with the broadband core network control plane CP, BSS system, OSS system and AAA system.

2. The method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network according to claim 1, characterized in that: Ways to enter the BNC network business mall system include: entering through the QR code bound to the BNC network business mall system and the user's broadband line account; entering through the BNC network business mall system website; automatically reading the user's optical modem information, querying the OSS system to obtain the user's broadband line account, or manually entering the user's broadband line account.

3. The method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network according to claim 1, characterized in that: The opening of the network instant speed-up service includes: S2.1, the BNC network service mall system sends the temporary rate and the user's broadband line account to the AAA system and the RMS home gateway management system; S2.2, the AAA system modifies the QoS attributes authorized for the user's broadband line account, increases the upstream and downstream bandwidth limits for the user's broadband line account, and sends the configuration to the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP, AAA, and RMS terminal management system; S2.3, the RMS home gateway management system issues uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters to the home gateway; S2.4, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the user's uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters to the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP; S2.5, the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP queries the data forwarding table entry of the user's broadband line account, and modifies the speed limit bandwidth of the user's broadband line account link in the bearer network hop by hop; S2.6, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends a billing start message to the AAA server to start billing the user's broadband line account; S2.7, the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP regularly collects traffic statistics of the user's broadband line account and sends it to the broadband core network control plane CP through the broadband core network CP-UP channel; S2.8, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the traffic data to the AAA server, and the AAA server sends the billing data to the BNC network service mall system at regular intervals.

4. The method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network according to claim 1, characterized in that: Termination of the instant network speed-up service includes: S3.1, the user initiates a termination application to the BNC online business mall system through the client, or the BNC online business mall system initiates it automatically; S3.2, the BNC network business mall system queries the user's broadband line account and instant speed-up service data, and sends a confirmation cancellation message to the user; S3.3, after the user confirms the termination, the BNC online business mall system submits the termination confirmation to the BSS system; S3.4, after the BSS system returns the termination confirmation, the BNC network service mall system sends a restoration instruction of the instant speed-up service to the AAA system and the RMS home gateway management system, and carries the base rate parameters of the user's broadband line account; S3.5, the AAA system will modify the QoS attributes authorized for the user's broadband line account, change the total bandwidth limit of the user's broadband line account to the original rate parameter, and send the configuration to the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP; S3.6, the broadband core network control plane BNC-CP sends the instruction and the original rate parameter to the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP, and the broadband core network user plane BNC-UP queries the forwarding table entry of the user broadband line account, and modifies the speed limit bandwidth parameter of the user broadband line account link in the bearer network hop by hop; S3.7, RMS home gateway management issues instructions to the home gateway to modify the uplink and downlink rate modification configuration parameters.

5. A method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network according to any one of claims 3 and 4, characterized in that: The home gateway includes LAN upstream gateway and home router products, and also includes passive optical network PON upstream gateway and router products.

6. The method for instant network speed-up based on a broadband core network according to claim 1, characterized in that: Applicable to Gigabit Passive Optical Network GPON, Ethernet-based Passive Optical Network EPON, 10G EPON, NGPON, and WDM PON.

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