CN103888989A - Method and apparatus for monitoring quantity of user equipment in area - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area, so as to solve the problem in the prior art that the number of user equipments in a small area in a mobile communication system cannot be accurately given. The method includes: collecting the signaling interacted between mobile communication network devices and the signaling interacted between the mobile communication network and the user equipment; for an area, according to the collected signaling, determining the newly added adding the identification information of the determined newly added user equipment to the user equipment set in the area, and deleting the identification information of the user equipment disconnected from the network in the area in the user equipment set in the area; The number of identification information of user equipments in the user equipment set in the area is taken as the number of user equipments in the area.

Description

A method and device for monitoring the number of user equipment in an area

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile communication, in particular to a method and device for monitoring the number of user equipment in an area.

Background technique

In recent years, the mobile communication network has developed rapidly, the penetration rate of mobile terminals has been greatly increased, and the distribution density of users has also been greatly increased. In a small area, the channel resources of wireless communication are relatively limited, so it is very important to timely monitor the number of mobile communication users in a densely populated area, various major events and activities. The number of mobile communication users in the monitoring area can be used to predict the peak of mobile communication services in the area and make corresponding network deployment in advance. On the other hand, the distribution of the number of users of the mobile communication network also reflects the distribution of the population in the entire region, which can provide information for relevant public management.

At present, the commonly used method for counting the number of users in the mobile communication system is to count the number of users in the VLR according to the traffic report sent by the Mobile Switching Center (MSC, Mobile Switching Center) to the Visitor Location Register (VLR, Visitor Location Register). The statistical value is the number of users registered in the VLR at a certain moment. The statistical area is the entire coverage area of an MSC or the area corresponding to a Location Area Code (LAC, Location Area Code). The minimum time granularity is 15 minutes, and more A small time granularity has high requirements on MSC equipment, which will bring a huge load overhead to the equipment. In addition, the traffic statistics on the MSC does not support cell-level user quantity statistics.

For the statistics of the number of users at the cell level, one method is to use other traffic statistics of the cell to estimate the number of users, for example, to estimate the number of users in the cell based on the traffic volume of the cell and the number of users in the location area, where the number of users in the cell = The number of users in the location area including the cell × the traffic volume of the cell/the traffic volume of the location area. However, this method assumes that users in different cells in the location area including the cell have the same traffic model, but actually, the traffic models of users in cells covering different types of places are very different. Another method is to count the number of active users in the cell, but this method only counts users who interact with the network within a period of time, that is, active users. Active users can reflect the utilization rate of the network to a certain extent, but such statistical results are easily affected by many factors, such as signaling collection method, monitoring area, collection period, collection duration, etc., which will make the statistical results unstable and usability. Taking the collection time as an example, when the collection time is short, many online users have not yet interacted with the network, and the number of active users counted will be relatively small; when the collection time is long, the users who interacted with the network earlier May have left the area, in which case statistics would skew the number of active users.

To sum up, the prior art cannot accurately provide the number of user equipments in a small area in a mobile communication system.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area, so as to solve the problem in the prior art that the number of user equipments in a small area in a mobile communication system cannot be accurately given.

Based on the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area, including:

Collect signaling interacted between devices in the mobile communication network and signaling interacted between the mobile communication network and the user equipment;

For an area, determine a newly added user equipment in the network of the area according to the collected signaling, add the identified identification information of the newly added user equipment to the set of user equipment in the area, and add the Deleting identification information of user equipment disconnected from the network of the area in the user equipment set in the area;

The number of identification information of user equipments in the user equipment set in the area is taken as the number of user equipments in the area.

An apparatus for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes:

A signaling collection module, configured to collect signaling interacted between devices in the mobile communication network and signaling interacted between the mobile communication network and the user equipment;

The adding/deleting module is configured to, for an area, determine the newly added user equipment in the network of the area according to the collected signaling, and add the identification information of the determined newly added user equipment to the users in the area Centralize the equipment, and delete the identification information of the user equipment that is disconnected from the network of the area in the centralized user equipment in the area;

A counting module, configured to use the number of identification information of user equipments in the user equipment set in the area as the number of user equipments in the area.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention include:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for monitoring the number of user equipment in an area. When the method is used to monitor the number of user equipment in an area, when a new user equipment is added to the network in the area, the newly added user equipment will be The identification information is added to the user equipment set in the area. When the user equipment in the network in the area is disconnected from the network in the area, the identification information of the user equipment will be deleted from the user equipment set in the area, thereby continuously The identification information of the newly added user equipment is added to the user equipment set in the area, and the identification information of the user equipment disconnected from the network in the area is continuously deleted from the user equipment set in the area, so that it can be accurately given The number of user devices in the area.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for detecting the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for determining that user equipment in a monitoring area concentrates away from the network in the area and does not notify the user equipment in the network in the area provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3a and Fig. 3b are flow charts of a method for determining that user equipment in a monitoring area is migrated from a network in the area to a user equipment in a network in another area outside the area provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for determining a newly added user equipment in a network in a monitoring area provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the actual application of the method for monitoring the number of user equipments in the area provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for detecting the number of user equipments in an area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method and device for detecting the number of users in an area. By continuously adding the identification information of newly added user equipment in the network of the monitoring area to the set of user equipment in the area, and continuously linking with the user equipment in the area The identification information of the user equipment disconnected from the network is deleted from the user equipment set in the area, thereby accurately giving the number of user equipment in the area, thereby overcoming the problem that the user equipment in the specified area cannot be accurately given in the prior art A matter of quantity.

The specific implementation manners of a method and an apparatus for detecting the number of user equipments in an area provided by the embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings in the description.

A method for detecting the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 , specifically includes the following steps:

S101. Collect signaling interacted between devices in the mobile communication network and signaling interacted between the mobile communication network and the user equipment;

Preferably, the signaling interacted between devices in the mobile communication network and the signaling interacted between the mobile communication network and the user equipment can be continuously collected.

S102. For an area, that is, the monitoring area, determine the newly added user equipment in the network of the area according to the collected signaling;

S103. Add the determined identification information of the newly added user equipment to the user equipment set in the area, where the user equipment set in the area includes the identification information of the user equipment located in the network in the area;

S104. Delete the identification information of the user equipments that are disconnected from the network of the user equipments in the area from the set of user equipments in the area;

S105. Use the number of identification information of user equipments in the user equipment set in the area as the number of user equipments in the area.

Among them, there is no sequence among S102, S103 and S104, and S102 and S103 can be executed first, and then S104 can be executed, or S104 can be executed first, and then S102 and S103 can be executed, or S102 and S103 can be executed at the same time S104.

Among them, the collection of the signaling sent by the user equipment received by the mobile communication system can be collected through the A interface of the global mobile communication (GSM) system and/or the IuCS interface and/or softswitch interface of the third generation mobile communication system (3G) Signaling sent by the user equipment. The collection range may be signaling sent by user equipment in the network including one or more location areas of the monitoring area, or may be signaling sent by user equipment in the entire mobile communication system. The monitoring area can be one cell or multiple cells.

Wherein, the user equipment disconnected from the network of the monitoring area includes the user equipment migrating from the network of the area to the network of other areas outside the area and/or leaving the network of the area without notifying the network of the area The user equipment of the network and/or the user equipment separated by the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI, International Mobile Subscriber Identity). The user equipment in the network that migrates from the network in this area to other areas outside this area means that the serving cell before the migration of the user equipment is located in this area, and the serving cell after the migration is located outside this area; IMSI separation occurs The user equipment is the user equipment that is powered off; the user equipment that leaves the network in the area and does not notify the network in the area, including the user equipment that enters the area not covered by the network and the user equipment that is abnormally turned off.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, it is determined according to the following steps that the user equipments in the monitoring area are concentrated away from the network in the area and the user equipments in the network in the area are not notified:

S201. Respectively determine the time difference between the time of the last signaling sent by the user equipment to the mobile communication system corresponding to each user equipment identification information in the user equipment set in the monitoring area and the current time;

S202. Determining the user equipment whose time difference exceeds a preset time length as the user equipment in the area where the user equipment is concentrated away from the network in the area and has not notified the network in the area.

Wherein, the last time when the user equipment sends signaling to the mobile communication network may be the sending time of the last signaling when the user equipment interacts with the mobile communication network during the last signaling process, or the time when the last signaling process of the user equipment is The sending time of the first signaling when interacting with the mobile communication network may also be the sending time of any intermediate signaling when the user equipment interacts with the mobile communication network during the last signaling process.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3a, it is determined according to the following steps that the user equipments in the monitoring area migrate from the network in this area to the user equipments in networks in other areas outside this area:

S3a01. Determine the identification information and location information of the user equipment according to the collected signaling;

S3a02. Set the user equipment whose location corresponding to the determined location information is outside the area but included in the area covered by the mobile communication network, and whose identification information of the user equipment is included in the user equipment set in the area, as the user equipment The user equipments in the area are collectively migrated from the network of the area to the user equipments in the networks of other areas outside the area.

Or, as shown in FIG. 3b, it is determined according to the following steps that the user equipments in the monitoring area are migrated from the network in this area to the user equipments in networks in other areas outside this area:

S3b01. Determine, according to the collected signaling, a source cell and a target cell for user equipment migration corresponding to the identification information of the user equipment;

S3b02. Migrate the determined source cell located in the monitoring area and the determined target cell located outside the monitored area, as the user equipment in the area, from the network in the area to the network in other areas outside the area user equipment.

When the IMSI separation signaling of the user equipment in the monitoring area is collected, after parsing the signaling into signaling detailed records (CDR, Calling Detail Records), it can be determined that the location corresponding to the location information of the user equipment is not Included in the area covered by the mobile communication network, so the user equipment determined by the method shown in Figure 3a only includes the user equipment in the monitoring area that migrates from the network in this area to the network in other areas outside this area user equipments; and using the method shown in FIG. 3b, it can also be determined that the user equipments in the monitoring area migrate from the network in this area to the user equipments in networks in other areas outside this area.

Further, the method for determining the newly added user equipment in the network in the monitoring area according to the collected signaling, as shown in FIG. 4 , includes:

S401. Determine identification information and location information of the user equipment according to the collected signaling;

S402. Use the determined user equipment identification information not included in the user equipment set in the area and the user equipment corresponding to the determined location information located in the area as newly added user equipment in the network in the area.

The method shown in Figure 4 can be used to determine the newly added user equipment in the monitoring area network. The user equipment that has IMSI attached in the area and the user equipment that enters the area covered by the network in this area.

In order to further illustrate a method for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the implementation process of the method will be described below based on the flow of the method in practical application as an example. FIG. 5 shows a flow chart of the method for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention when monitoring the number of user equipments in multiple cells, including the following steps:

S501. Establish a counter for the monitoring area, where the counter is used to record the number of user equipment in the monitoring area. The initial value of the counter is zero. Initially, the user equipment set in the monitoring area is empty, and the user equipment in the area centrally stores Identification information, location information, and time information of the user equipment;

S502. Continuously collect signaling interacted between mobile communication network devices and signaling interacted between the mobile communication network and the user equipment;

S503. Analyze the collected signaling one by one into signaling detailed records (CDR, Calling Detail Records), wherein each CDR corresponds to a complete signaling event of a user equipment, and each CDR includes user equipment identification information, location information and Time information; wherein, the time information is the receiving time of the last signaling in a signaling event, and the location information is set according to the category of the signaling event, wherein for events such as calling and calling, sending and receiving short messages, paging, and IMSI attachment, the location The information is the identity of the cell where the user equipment is finally located in the signaling event; for events such as handover and location update, the location information is the destination cell where the user equipment migrates successfully; for an IMSI separation event, the location information is a special identifier.

S504. For a CDR, determine user equipment identification information, location information, and time information in the CDR;

S505. Determine whether the location information in the CDR is an identifier of a cell in the monitoring area and whether the user equipment identification information is included in the user equipment set in the monitoring area, if the location information in the CDR is an identifier of a cell in the monitoring area And the user equipment identification information is included in the user equipment set in the monitoring area, then execute S506; if the location information in the CDR is the identification of the cell in the monitoring area and the user equipment identification information is not included in the user equipment set in the monitoring area, then Execute S507; if the location information in the CDR is not the identity of the cell in the monitoring area and the user equipment identification information is included in the user equipment set in the monitoring area, then execute S508; otherwise, execute S509;

S506. Replace the time information stored in the user equipment in the monitoring area corresponding to the identification information of the user equipment in the CDR with the time information in the CDR; then, perform S509;

S507. Add the identification information of the user equipment in the CDR to the user equipment set in the monitoring area, and store the time information in the CDR and the identification information of the user equipment in the CDR correspondingly to the user equipment in the monitoring area Concentrate; add 1 to the counter; then execute S509;

S508. Delete the identification information of the user equipment in the CDR from the set of user equipment in the monitoring area, and delete the time information stored corresponding to the identification information of the user equipment in the CDR; decrement the counter by 1; then execute S509;

S509. For the next CDR, determine the user equipment identification information, location information and time information in the CDR; then execute S505;

S510, start the timer, and set the timing duration of the timer to T;

S511. For one piece of user equipment identification information in the user equipment set in the monitoring area, determine that the time difference between the time indicated by the time information corresponding to the user equipment identification information and the current time is greater than a preset duration;

S512. Delete the user identification information and the corresponding time information from the user equipment set in the monitoring area; decrement the counter by 1; then re-execute S511 until all the user identification information in the user equipment set in the monitoring area have been judged;

S513, the timer finishes counting; and then executes S510.

Wherein, S501-S509 and S510-S513 have no time sequence, and S510-S513 can be executed while S501-S509 is being executed.

Wherein, the shortest timing duration T of the timer can be set as the time required for judging the user equipment identification information in the user equipment set in the monitoring area once.

Finally, the counting result of the counter can be output in real time, so as to visually display the number of user equipment in the monitoring area, and the counting result of the counter and the time when the result is obtained can also be stored in a file correspondingly.

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a device for monitoring the number of user equipment in an area. Since the principle of the problem solved by the device is similar to the aforementioned method for monitoring the number of user equipment in an area, the implementation of the device can refer to the aforementioned method The implementation of this method will not be repeated here.

An apparatus for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6 , includes:

A signaling collection module 61, configured to collect signaling interacting between mobile communication network devices and signaling interacting between the mobile communication network and the user equipment;

The adding/deleting module 62 is configured to, for an area, determine the newly added user equipment in the network of the monitoring area according to the collected signaling, and add the identification information of the determined newly added user equipment to the user equipment set in the area, and delete the identification information of the user equipment in the area that is disconnected from the network in the area;

The counting module 63 is configured to use the number of identification information of user equipments in the user equipment set in the area as the number of user equipments in the area.

Furthermore, in an apparatus for monitoring the number of user equipments in an area provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment disconnected from the network of the monitoring area includes migrating from the network of the area to the network of other areas outside the area and/or user equipment that has experienced IMSI detachment and/or user equipment that has left the network in the area and has not notified the network in the area.

Further, the adding/deleting module 62 is also used to respectively determine the time difference between the latest signaling time sent by each user equipment in the user equipment set in the monitoring area to the mobile communication system and the current time; The user equipment with the duration is set as the user equipment in the area that leaves the network in the area and does not notify the network in the area.

Further, the adding/deleting module 62 is also configured to determine the identification information and location information of the user equipment according to the collected signaling; if the location corresponding to the determined location information is located outside the monitoring area but included in the area covered by the mobile communication network , and the determined identification information of the user equipment is included in the user equipment set in the area, then it is determined that the user equipment sending the collected signaling is the user equipment set in the area and migrates from the network in the area to outside the area User devices on networks in other regions. Alternatively, the adding/deleting module 62 is also configured to determine the source cell and the target cell of the user equipment migration corresponding to the identification information of the user equipment according to the collected signaling; if the determined source cell is located in the monitoring area, and the determined target cell If the cell is located outside the area, it is determined that the user equipment sending the collected signaling is the user equipment in the area where the user equipments migrate from the network in the area to the network in other areas outside the area.

Further, the adding/deleting module 62 is specifically configured to determine the identification information and location information of the user equipment according to the collected signaling; if the determined identification information of the user equipment is not included in the user equipment set in the monitoring area, and the determined If the location corresponding to the location information is located in the area, it is determined that the user equipment sending the collected signaling is a newly added user equipment in the network of the area.

Through the above description of the implementation manners, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by hardware, or by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention can be embodied in the form of software products, which can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be CD-ROM, U disk, mobile hard disk, etc.), Several instructions are included to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the drawing is only a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment, and the modules or processes in the drawing are not necessarily necessary for implementing the present invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be distributed in the device in the embodiment according to the description in the embodiment, or can be located in one or more devices different from the embodiment according to corresponding changes. The modules in the above embodiments can be combined into one module, and can also be further split into multiple sub-modules.

The serial numbers of the above embodiments of the present invention are for description only, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, if these modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalent technologies, the present invention also intends to include these modifications and variations.

Claims (10)

1. a method for subscriber equipment quantity in monitored area, is characterized in that, comprising:

Gather mutual signaling between signaling mutual between mobile communication network device and mobile communications network and subscriber equipment;

For a region, determine subscriber equipment newly-increased in the network in described region according to the described signaling collecting, the identification information of the newly-increased subscriber equipment of determining is added to the subscriber equipment in described region and concentrate, and concentrate the identification information of the subscriber equipment disconnecting with the network in described region to delete the subscriber equipment in described region;

Subscriber equipment quantity using the identification information quantity of the subscriber equipment concentrated subscriber equipment in described region in this region.

2. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, the subscriber equipment disconnecting with the network in described region comprise the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region and/or depart from described region network and and fail to give notice the network in described region subscriber equipment and/or there is the subscriber equipment that international mobile subscriber identification code IMSI separates.

3. method as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, according to the following step determine the subscriber equipment in described region concentrate depart from described region network and and fail to give notice the subscriber equipment of the network in described region:

Determine respectively the time of signaling and the time difference of current time that concentrated subscriber equipment the last time corresponding to each customer equipment identification information of subscriber equipment in described region sends to mobile communication system;

The subscriber equipment that the described time difference is exceeded to default duration is concentrated and is departed from the network in described region and and fail to give notice the subscriber equipment of the network in described region as the subscriber equipment in described region.

4. method as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, determines that the subscriber equipment in described region is concentrated the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region according to the following step:

Determine identification information and the positional information of subscriber equipment according to the signaling collecting; The identification information that is contained in the region that mobile communications network covers and the subscriber equipment of determining if the corresponding position of the positional information of determining is arranged in outside described region is contained in the subscriber equipment in described region and concentrates, and determines that sending subscriber equipment that the subscriber equipment of this signaling collecting is described region concentrates the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region; Or

Determine cell-of-origin and the Target cell of the user equipment migration that the identification information of subscriber equipment is corresponding according to the signaling collecting; If the cell-of-origin of determining is arranged in described region and the Target cell determined is positioned at outside described region, determine that sending subscriber equipment that the subscriber equipment of this signaling collecting is described region concentrates the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region.

5. the method for claim 1, is characterized in that, determines subscriber equipment newly-increased in the network in described region according to the described signaling collecting, and specifically comprises:

Determine identification information and the positional information of subscriber equipment according to the signaling collecting; If the identification information of the subscriber equipment of determining is not contained in the subscriber equipment in described region, the corresponding position of positional information concentrated and that determine is arranged in described region, newly-increased subscriber equipment in the network that the subscriber equipment of determining this signaling collecting of transmission is described region.

6. a device for subscriber equipment quantity in monitored area, is characterized in that, comprising:

Signal collecting module, for gathering signaling mutual between signaling mutual between mobile communication network device and mobile communications network and subscriber equipment;

Interpolation/removing module, be used for for a region, determine subscriber equipment newly-increased in the network in described region according to the described signaling collecting, the identification information of the newly-increased subscriber equipment of determining is added to the subscriber equipment in described region and concentrate, and concentrate the identification information of the subscriber equipment disconnecting with the network in described region to delete the subscriber equipment in described region;

Counting module, for the subscriber equipment quantity using the identification information quantity of the subscriber equipment concentrated subscriber equipment in described region as this region.

7. device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, the subscriber equipment disconnecting with the network in described region comprise the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region and/or depart from described region network and and fail to give notice the network in described region subscriber equipment and/or there is the subscriber equipment that international mobile subscriber identification code IMSI separates.

8. device as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described interpolation/removing module also for:

Determine respectively the time of signaling and the time difference of current time that the concentrated each subscriber equipment the last time of subscriber equipment in described region sends to mobile communication system; The subscriber equipment that the described time difference of correspondence is exceeded to default duration is concentrated and is departed from the network in described region and and fail to give notice the subscriber equipment of the network in described region as the subscriber equipment in described region.

9. device as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described interpolation/removing module also for:

Determine identification information and the positional information of subscriber equipment according to the signaling collecting; The identification information that is contained in the region that mobile communications network covers and the subscriber equipment of determining if the corresponding position of the positional information of determining is arranged in outside described region is contained in the subscriber equipment in described region and concentrates, and determines that sending subscriber equipment that the subscriber equipment of this signaling collecting is described region concentrates the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region; Or

Determine cell-of-origin and the Target cell of the user equipment migration that the identification information of subscriber equipment is corresponding according to the signaling collecting; If the cell-of-origin of determining is arranged in described region and the Target cell determined is positioned at outside described region, determine that sending subscriber equipment that the subscriber equipment of this signaling collecting is described region concentrates the subscriber equipment in the network that moves to other regions beyond described region from the network in described region.

10. device as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described interpolation/removing module specifically for:

Determine identification information and the positional information of subscriber equipment according to the signaling collecting; If the identification information of the subscriber equipment of determining is not contained in the subscriber equipment in described region, the corresponding position of positional information concentrated and that determine is arranged in described region, newly-increased subscriber equipment in the network that the subscriber equipment of determining this signaling collecting of transmission is described region.

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