阅读说明：本技术 流量的控制方法、装置和非易失性计算机可读存储介质 (Flow control method and device and non-volatile computer readable storage medium ) 是由 周荣生 邬学川 李辉 杨新章 张凌 于 2020-05-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本公开涉及一种流量的控制方法、装置和非易失性计算机可读存储介质,涉及通信技术领域。该方法包括：获取多媒体消息服务网络当前的QoS参数；根据QoS参数是否满足服务质量条件,确定是否需要进行流量控制；在需要进行流量控制的情况下,根据多媒体消息的消息类型对相应用户的流量进行控制。(The disclosure relates to a flow control method, a flow control device and a non-volatile computer readable storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a current QoS parameter of a multimedia message service network; determining whether flow control is needed according to whether the QoS parameters meet the QoS conditions; and under the condition that the flow control is needed, controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message.)

1. A method of controlling traffic, comprising:

acquiring a current QoS (quality of service) parameter of a multimedia message service network;

determining whether flow control is needed according to whether the QoS parameters meet the QoS conditions;

and under the condition that the flow control is needed, controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling of the traffic of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message comprises:

determining the message adjustment priority of each message type according to the flow demand corresponding to each message type, wherein the larger the flow demand is, the higher the corresponding message adjustment priority is;

and adjusting the priority according to the message, and adjusting the sending rate of the corresponding message type of the corresponding user downwards until the QoS parameter meets the service quality condition.

3. The control method according to claim 2, wherein,

the message types comprise a plurality of items of video types, audio types, picture types, document types and text types,

the message adjustment priority is sequentially reduced according to the sequence of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type and a text type.

4. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising:

and under the condition that the flow control is required, controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the user priority until the QoS parameter meets the service quality condition.

5. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the QoS parameters are multiple items;

the determining whether the flow control is required according to whether the QoS parameter satisfies the QoS condition includes:

and controlling the flow of the user under the condition that at least one of the QoS parameters does not meet the service quality condition.

6. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the QoS parameter includes at least one of an available bandwidth related parameter, a throughput related parameter, and a message delay related parameter.

7. The control method of claim 1, wherein the throughput-related parameter is an inverse of throughput,

further comprising:

in the event that the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a first threshold but greater than a second threshold, the multimedia messaging rate of the user of the first user priority is adjusted downward, the second threshold being less than the first threshold;

and when the QoS parameter is less than or equal to the second threshold, the multimedia message sending rate of the user with the first user priority and the multimedia message sending rate of the user with the second user priority are adjusted downwards, wherein the second user priority is lower than the first user priority.

8. The control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the controlling of the traffic of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message comprises:

determining the flow control strategy of the corresponding user according to the message type, and encapsulating the flow control strategy in an Application Program Interface (API);

and calling the flow control strategy from the API to control the flow of the corresponding user.

9. A control device of a flow rate, comprising:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain a current QoS parameter of a multimedia message service network;

a determining unit, configured to determine whether to perform flow control according to whether the QoS parameter meets a QoS condition;

and the control unit is used for controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message under the condition that the flow control is required.

10. The control device according to claim 9,

the control unit determines the message adjustment priority of each message type according to the flow demand corresponding to each message type, the higher the flow demand is, the higher the corresponding message adjustment priority is, and the sending rate of the corresponding message type of the corresponding user is adjusted downwards according to the message adjustment priority until the QoS parameter meets the QoS condition.

11. The control device according to claim 10,

the message types comprise a plurality of items of video types, audio types, picture types, document types and text types,

the message adjustment priority is sequentially reduced according to the sequence of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type and a text type.

12. The control device according to claim 9,

and the control unit controls the flow of the corresponding user according to the user priority under the condition that the flow control is required to be carried out until the QoS parameter meets the service quality condition.

13. The control device according to any one of claims 9-12, wherein the QoS parameter is a plurality of items;

the control unit controls the flow of the user under the condition that at least one of the QoS parameters does not meet the QoS condition.

14. The control device according to any one of claims 9 to 12,

the QoS parameter includes at least one of an available bandwidth related parameter, a throughput related parameter, and a message delay related parameter.

15. The control apparatus of claim 9, wherein the throughput-related parameter is an inverse of throughput,

the control unit adjusts down the multimedia message transmission rate of a user of a first user priority if the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a first threshold but greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold, and adjusts down the multimedia message transmission rate of a user of the first user priority and a user of a second user priority, the second user priority being lower than the first user priority, if the QoS parameter is less than or equal to the second threshold.

16. The control method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the control unit determines the flow control policy of the corresponding user according to a message type, encapsulates the flow control policy in an Application Program Interface (API), and calls the flow control policy from the API to control the flow of the corresponding user.

17. A control device of a flow rate, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the method of controlling flow of any of claims 1-8 based on instructions stored in the memory.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, the program, when executed by a processor, implementing the method of controlling a flow rate of any one of claims 1-8.

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for controlling traffic, and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium.

Background

The industry short message service mainly provides services for important customers such as banks, insurance, funds, most of the principals and the like, and the development of the industry short message service keeps a high-speed growth trend in recent years. With the development of services, the content of short messages is more and more abundant, besides general texts, pictures, documents, audio, video and the like, and operators upgrade industry short messages into multimedia messages. Because the multimedia message service has many key clients, large service volume and rich message content, the security, stability and other matters of the service are important.

In the related art, the multimedia message sending rate is often determined according to the requirements of users.

Disclosure of Invention

The inventors of the present disclosure found that the following problems exist in the above-described related art: the multimedia message delivery rate is not matched with the resources of the service node, resulting in the degradation of network performance.

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a flow control technical solution, which can match the multimedia message sending rate with the resource of the service node, thereby improving the network performance.

According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of controlling a flow rate, including: acquiring a current QoS (Quality of Service) parameter of a multimedia message Service network; determining whether flow control is needed according to whether the QoS parameters meet the QoS conditions; and under the condition that the flow control is needed, controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message.

In some embodiments, the controlling the traffic of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message includes: determining the message adjustment priority of each message type according to the flow demand corresponding to each message type, wherein the larger the flow demand is, the higher the corresponding message adjustment priority is; and adjusting the priority according to the message, and adjusting the sending rate of the corresponding message type of the corresponding user downwards until the QoS parameter meets the service quality condition.

In some embodiments, the message types include a plurality of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type, and a text type. The message adjustment priority is sequentially reduced according to the sequence of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type and a text type.

In some embodiments, the control method further includes: and under the condition that the flow control is required, controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the user priority until the QoS parameter meets the service quality condition.

In some embodiments, the QoS parameter is a plurality of items. The determining whether the flow control is required according to whether the QoS parameter satisfies the QoS condition includes: and controlling the flow of the user under the condition that at least one of the QoS parameters does not meet the service quality condition.

In some embodiments, the QoS parameters include at least one of available bandwidth related parameters, throughput related parameters, message latency related parameters.

In some embodiments, the throughput-related parameter is the inverse of throughput. The control method further comprises the following steps: in the event that the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a first threshold but greater than a second threshold, the multimedia messaging rate of the user of the first user priority is adjusted downward, the second threshold being less than the first threshold; and when the QoS parameter is less than or equal to the second threshold, the multimedia message sending rate of the user with the first user priority and the multimedia message sending rate of the user with the second user priority are adjusted downwards, wherein the second user priority is lower than the first user priority.

In some embodiments, the controlling the traffic of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message includes: determining the flow control strategy of the corresponding user according to the message type, and encapsulating the flow control strategy in an Application Programming Interface (API); and calling the flow control strategy from the API to control the flow of the corresponding user.

According to other embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a flow rate control apparatus including: the acquiring unit is used for acquiring the current QoS parameter of the multimedia message service network; a determining unit, configured to determine whether to perform flow control according to whether the QoS parameter meets a QoS condition; and the control unit is used for controlling the flow of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message under the condition that the flow control is required.

In some embodiments, the control unit determines a message adjustment priority of each message type according to a traffic demand corresponding to each message type, where the higher the traffic demand is, the higher the corresponding message adjustment priority is, and adjusts the sending rate of the corresponding message type of the corresponding user down according to the message adjustment priority until the QoS parameter meets the QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the message types include a plurality of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type, and a text type. The message adjustment priority is sequentially reduced according to the sequence of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type and a text type.

In some embodiments, the control unit controls the traffic of the corresponding user according to user priority when the traffic control is required, until the QoS parameter meets the QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the QoS parameter is a plurality of items; the control unit controls the flow of the user under the condition that at least one of the QoS parameters does not meet the QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the QoS parameters include at least one of available bandwidth related parameters, throughput related parameters, message latency related parameters.

In some embodiments, the throughput-related parameter is the inverse of throughput. The control unit adjusts down the multimedia message transmission rate of a user of a first user priority if the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a first threshold but greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being less than the first threshold, and adjusts down the multimedia message transmission rate of a user of the first user priority and a user of a second user priority, the second user priority being lower than the first user priority, if the QoS parameter is less than or equal to the second threshold.

In some embodiments, the control unit determines the flow control policy of the corresponding user according to a message type, encapsulates the flow control policy in an API, and calls the flow control policy from the API to control the flow of the corresponding user.

According to still other embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a flow rate control apparatus including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the method of controlling flow in any of the above embodiments based on instructions stored in the memory device.

According to still further embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method of controlling flow in any of the above embodiments.

In the above embodiment, the QoS parameter of the service node of the multimedia message platform is detected in real time, and the multimedia message flow control is performed according to the detection result. Therefore, the multimedia message issuing rate can be ensured to be matched with the resources of the service node, and the network performance is improved.

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The present disclosure may be more clearly understood from the following detailed description, taken with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 illustrates a flow chart of some embodiments of a method of controlling flow of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow diagram of some embodiments of step 130 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic diagram of some embodiments of a control device of flow rates of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of some embodiments of a control device of flow of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of further embodiments of a control device of flow of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 illustrates a block diagram of still further embodiments of the flow control apparatus of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present disclosure unless specifically stated otherwise.

Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

Fig. 1 illustrates a flow chart of some embodiments of a method of controlling flow of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1, the method includes: step 110, obtaining QoS parameters; step 120, determining whether to perform flow control; and step 130, flow control is performed.

In step 110, the current QoS parameters of the multimedia message service network are obtained. For example, the QoS parameter includes at least one of an available bandwidth related parameter, a throughput related parameter, and a message delay related parameter.

In step 120, it is determined whether flow control is required according to whether the QoS parameter satisfies the QoS condition. For example, the throughput-related parameter is the inverse of throughput, and flow control is performed when the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a first threshold; in case the QoS parameter is larger than the first threshold, no flow control is performed.

In some embodiments, the QoS parameters are multiple, and the traffic of the user is controlled in case at least one of the multiple QoS parameters does not satisfy the quality of service condition.

In step 130, in case of flow control, the flow of the corresponding user is controlled according to the message type of the multimedia message.

In some embodiments, in the case of flow control, the flow of the corresponding user is controlled according to the user priority until the QoS parameter meets the QoS condition.

For example, the throughput-related parameter is the inverse of the throughput. The method comprises the step of adjusting down the multimedia messaging rate of the user of the first user priority in case the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a first threshold but greater than a second threshold, the second threshold being less than said first threshold.

And under the condition that the QoS parameter is less than or equal to a second threshold value, the multimedia message sending rates of the users with the first user priority and the users with the second user priority are adjusted downwards, wherein the second user priority is lower than the first user priority.

In some embodiments, users may be assigned different user priorities. For example, user priorities may be assigned according to the traffic demands of the users. For example, a user with a large traffic demand is assigned a lower priority (i.e., does not prioritize traffic for controlling the user) to ensure traffic utilization for the user.

For example, the priority ranking is arranged from high to low as: a first user priority, a second user priority, and a third user priority. That is, the traffic of the user with the priority of the third user is guaranteed preferentially, the user with the priority of the second user is guaranteed secondarily, and the user with the priority of the first user is guaranteed finally.

For example, the available bandwidth threshold W may be set according to actual conditions₁And W₂(W₂>W₁). It is detected that the available bandwidth of the multimedia messaging service network is W. At W>W₂Under the condition of (3), the flow of the user does not need to be controlled; at W₁＜W≤W₂In case of (2), limiting (or down-regulating) the user traffic of the first user priority; w is less than or equal to W₁In case of (2), user traffic of the first user priority and the second user priority is restricted (or down-regulated).

In some embodiments, the message adjustment priority of each message type is determined according to the flow demand corresponding to each message type, and the higher the flow demand is, the higher the corresponding message adjustment priority is; and adjusting the priority according to the message, and adjusting the sending rate of the corresponding message type of the corresponding user downwards until the QoS parameter meets the service quality condition.

For example, the message type includes a plurality of items of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type, and a text type. The message adjustment priority is sequentially reduced according to the order of the video type, the audio type, the picture type, the document type and the text type.

Fig. 2 illustrates a flow diagram of some embodiments of step 130 in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 2, step 130 includes: step 1310, encapsulating the flow control policy; at step 1320, a flow control policy is invoked.

In step 1310, the flow control policy of the corresponding user is determined according to the message type and encapsulated in the API.

In step 1320, a flow control policy is called from the API to control the flow of the corresponding user.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of some embodiments of a control device of flow of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 3, the control device for adding traffic to a multimedia messaging platform (service node) includes two modules: QoS detection module, flow control module.

In some embodiments, the QoS detection module may be disposed on a WEB server of the multimedia message platform to realize detection and reporting of the key QoS parameter. The QoS parameters may include: available bandwidth, throughput, latency of messages. For example, the message latency may include text message latency, picture message latency, document message latency, audio message latency, video message latency, and the like.

For example, the QoS detection module may collect QoS parameters through a text message server, a picture message server, a document message server, an audio message server, and a video message server. The QoS detection module may report the detection result to the flow control module.

In some embodiments, the flow control module may be disposed at an upper layer of the multimedia message platform. The flow control module may have functions of flow data analysis, notification policy configuration, API encapsulation, and the like.

In some embodiments, the multimedia message platform may perform intelligent flow control data analysis according to the QoS detection result of the WEB server.

For example, the flow control module may determine whether flow control is required based on whether the QoS parameter satisfies a QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the flow control module may implement flow control policy configuration based on the analysis results.

For example, policy configuration may be based on different customers. The clients may be ranked and configured with different priorities (e.g., a first user priority, a second user priority, and a third user priority) for different users, and have different sending rates. For example, higher priority (priority guaranteed traffic) may be set for enterprise customers and lower priority may be set for personal multimedia messaging end users.

For example, the flow control module may be configured based on the type of message (including text, documents, video, audio, and pictures, etc.).

In some embodiments, the flow control module may encapsulate the flow control policy configuration result into an API for real-time flexible invocation by the client. The control result of the flow control policy may include increasing the multimedia message sending rate, decreasing the multimedia message sending rate, and the like.

In the above embodiments, the technical solution has accuracy. Namely, the flow control is more accurate by detecting parameters such as available bandwidth, throughput and various multimedia message time delays.

The technical scheme has flexibility. That is, a flexible flow control strategy can be configured based on user and message type (including text, documents, pictures, video and audio, etc.).

The technical scheme has real-time performance. Namely, the client can call the flow control API to regulate and control the sending rate of the message in real time, the flow control is real-time and fast, and the flow control condition can be mastered at any time.

The technical scheme has better experience. Namely, the sending rate of the client is matched with the current sending capacity of the multimedia message platform, so that the message loss and the message delay are reduced, and the experience of the client and the user is improved.

In addition, the technical scheme can greatly reduce the resource margins of the multimedia message platform such as calculation, storage, network and the like.

In the embodiment, the problem that the multimedia message sending rate of the current network is not matched with the available bandwidth, the throughput and the time delay of the service node can be solved.

The new added QoS detection module and flow control module in the technical scheme can be realized by software, hardware does not need to be added, the change is small, and the implementation is easy.

The technical scheme enables the sending rate of the user to be matched with the current sending capacity of the multimedia message platform. Therefore, multimedia message loss and time delay can be reduced, and the experience of customers and users is improved.

Fig. 4 illustrates a block diagram of some embodiments of a control device of flow of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4, the control device 4 of the flow rate includes an acquisition unit 41, a determination unit 42, and a control unit 43.

The acquiring unit 41 acquires the current QoS parameters of the multimedia message service network. For example, the QoS parameter includes at least one of an available bandwidth related parameter, a throughput related parameter, and a message delay related parameter.

The determining unit 42 determines whether flow control is required according to whether the QoS parameter satisfies the QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the QoS parameter is a plurality of items. The determining unit 42 determines that the controlling unit 43 needs to control the traffic of the user in case at least one of the plurality of QoS parameters does not satisfy the quality of service condition.

The control unit 43 controls the flow of the corresponding user according to the message type of the multimedia message in case of needing the flow control.

In some embodiments, the control unit 43 determines the message adjustment priority of each message type according to the traffic demand corresponding to each message type. The greater the traffic demand, the higher the corresponding message adjustment priority. The control unit 43 adjusts the priority according to the message, and adjusts the sending rate of the corresponding message type of the corresponding user down until the QoS parameter meets the QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the message types include a plurality of a video type, an audio type, a picture type, a document type, and a text type. The message adjustment priority is sequentially reduced according to the order of the video type, the audio type, the picture type, the document type and the text type.

In some embodiments, the control unit 43 controls the traffic of the corresponding user according to the user priority in case of needing the traffic control until the QoS parameter meets the QoS condition.

In some embodiments, the throughput-related parameter is the inverse of throughput. The control unit 43 adjusts the multimedia messaging rate of the user of the first user priority downward in case the QoS parameter is less than or equal to the first threshold but greater than the second threshold. The second threshold is less than the first threshold.

In case the QoS parameter is less than or equal to said second threshold, the control unit 43 adjusts the multimedia messaging rate down for the users of the first user priority and for the users of the second user priority. The second user priority is lower than the first user priority.

In some embodiments, the control unit 43 determines the flow control policy of the corresponding user according to the message type, and encapsulates the policy in the API. The control unit 43 calls the flow control policy from the API to control the flow of the corresponding user.

Fig. 5 shows a block diagram of further embodiments of the flow control apparatus of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, the flow rate control device 5 of this embodiment includes: a memory 51 and a processor 52 coupled to the memory 51, the processor 52 being configured to execute the method for controlling the flow rate in any one of the embodiments of the present disclosure based on instructions stored in the memory 51.

The memory 51 may include, for example, a system memory, a fixed nonvolatile storage medium, and the like. The system memory stores, for example, an operating system, an application program, a Boot Loader (Boot Loader), a database, and other programs.

Fig. 6 illustrates a block diagram of still further embodiments of the flow control apparatus of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 6, the flow rate control device 6 of this embodiment includes: a memory 610 and a processor 620 coupled to the memory 610, wherein the processor 620 is configured to execute the method for controlling the flow rate in any of the above embodiments based on instructions stored in the memory 610.

The memory 610 may include, for example, system memory, fixed non-volatile storage media, and the like. The system memory stores, for example, an operating system, an application program, a Boot Loader (Boot Loader), and other programs.

The control device 6 of the flow rate may further include an input/output interface 630, a network interface 640, a storage interface 650, and the like. These interfaces 630, 640, 650 and the connections between the memory 610 and the processor 620 may be through a bus 660, for example. The input/output interface 630 provides a connection interface for input/output devices such as a display, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen, a microphone, and a sound box. The network interface 640 provides a connection interface for various networking devices. The storage interface 650 provides a connection interface for external storage devices such as an SD card and a usb disk.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable non-transitory storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

Up to this point, the control method of the flow rate, the control apparatus of the flow rate, and the nonvolatile computer-readable storage medium according to the present disclosure have been described in detail. Some details that are well known in the art have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the present disclosure. It will be fully apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description how to practice the presently disclosed embodiments.

The method and system of the present disclosure may be implemented in a number of ways. For example, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination of software, hardware, and firmware. The above-described order for the steps of the method is for illustration only, and the steps of the method of the present disclosure are not limited to the order specifically described above unless specifically stated otherwise. Further, in some embodiments, the present disclosure may also be embodied as programs recorded in a recording medium, the programs including machine-readable instructions for implementing the methods according to the present disclosure. Thus, the present disclosure also covers a recording medium storing a program for executing the method according to the present disclosure.

Although some specific embodiments of the present disclosure have been described in detail by way of example, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing examples are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the above embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.