Voice over internet protocol processing method and related network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11070665-B2
Application number	US-201916549527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2019
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A voice over Internet protocol processing method and a related network device are disclosed. The method includes: detecting, by a calling access network element, an off-hook event; encapsulating, by the calling access network element, the off-hook event into first signaling; sending, by the calling access network element, the first signaling to a cloud server; receiving, by the calling access network element, second signaling sent by the cloud server, where the second signaling is used to establish a first transmission path between the calling access network element and the cloud server, and the first transmission path is used to transmit data between the calling access network element and the cloud server; and establishing, by the calling access network element, the first transmission path based on the second signaling. Overall efficiency of the voice over Internet protocol system can be improved, and the construction costs can be lowered.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A voice over Internet protocol processing method, comprising:
detecting, by a calling access network element, an off-hook event, wherein the off-hook event is off-hook of a first phone set, and the first phone set is connected to the calling access network element;
encapsulating, by the calling access network element, the off-hook event into first signaling;
sending, by the calling access network element, the first signaling to a cloud server, wherein the first signaling causes the cloud server to create therein a session management and a media management;
receiving, by the calling access network element, second signaling sent by the cloud server, wherein the second signaling comprises a connect command, a used encoding/decoding form, a sampling rate, and a packet time, wherein the second signaling is used to establish a first transmission path between the calling access network element and the cloud server, and the first transmission path is used to transmit data between the calling access network element and the cloud server;
establishing, by the calling access network element, the first transmission path based on the second signaling; and
encapsulating, by the calling access network element, at the sampling rate and a required frame size, a pulse code modulated (PCM) bitstream output by a codec, adding control information to the PCM bitstream, and transmitting the PCM bitstream, with the added control information, through the first transmission path;
wherein the cloud server performs signal tone insertion and detection on the PCM bitstream, and wherein the calling access network element does not perform the signal tone insertion or detection on the PCM bitstream.

2. The processing method according to claim 1 , wherein before the detecting, by a calling access network element, an off-hook event, the processing method further comprises:
when a device system starts, initiating, by the calling access network element, authentication to the cloud server.

3. The processing method according to claim 1 , wherein after the sending, by the calling access network element, the first signaling to a cloud server, and before the receiving, by the calling access network element, second signaling sent by the cloud server, the processing method further comprises:
receiving, by the calling access network element, a first response sent by the cloud server, wherein the first response is used to acknowledge that the cloud server has received the first signaling.

4. The processing method according to claim 1 , wherein after the establishing, by the calling access network element, the first transmission path based on the second signaling, the processing method further comprises:
sending, by the calling access network element, a second response to the cloud server, wherein the second response is used to determine that the second signaling has been performed by the calling access network element.

5. A voice over Internet protocol processing method, comprising:
receiving, by a cloud server, first signaling sent by a calling access network element, wherein the first signaling carries an off-hook event that is an off-hook of a first phone set;
creating, by the cloud server, a session management and a media management in response to receiving the first signaling;
sending, by the cloud server, second signaling to the calling access network element, wherein the second signaling comprises a connect command, a used encoding/decoding form, a sampling rate, and a packet time, and is used to establish a first transmission path between the calling access network element and the cloud server, wherein the first transmission path is used to transmit data between the calling access network element and the cloud server;
receiving, by the cloud server, at the sampling rate and a required frame size, an encapsulated pulse code modulated (PCM) bitstream output by a codec, with control information, through the first transmission path; and
performing signal tone insertion and detection on the PCM bitstream, wherein the calling access network element does not perform the signal tone insertion or detection on the PCM bitstream.

6. The processing method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, by the cloud server, a number string corresponding to a second phone set and determining a called access network element to which the second phone set is connected; and
sending, by the cloud server, third signaling to a called access network element, wherein the third signaling is used to establish a second transmission path between the called access network element and the cloud server, and the second transmission path is used to transmit data between the called access network element and the cloud server.

7. The processing method according to claim 5 , wherein after the receiving, by a cloud server, first signaling sent by a calling access network element, and before the sending, by the cloud server, second signaling to the calling access network element, the processing method further comprises:
sending, by the cloud server, a first response to the calling access network element, wherein the first response is used to acknowledge that the cloud server has received the first signaling.

8. The processing method according to claim 5 , wherein after the sending, by the cloud server, second signaling to the calling access network element, and before the sending, by the cloud server, third signaling to a called access network element, the processing method further comprises:
receiving, by the cloud server, a second response sent by the calling access network element, wherein the second response is used to determine that the second signaling has been performed by the calling access network element.

9. The processing method according to claim 5 , wherein after the sending, by the cloud server, third signaling to a called access network element, the processing method further comprises:
receiving, by the cloud server, a third response sent by the called access network element, wherein the third response is used to determine that the third signaling has been performed by the called access network element.

10. The processing method according to claim 5 , wherein after the receiving, by a cloud server, first signaling sent by a calling access network element, and before the sending, by the cloud server, second signaling to the calling access network element, the processing method further comprises:
creating, by the cloud server, target session management and target media management based on the first signaling.

11. A calling access network element, comprising:
a detection unit, configured to detect an off-hook event, wherein the off-hook event is off-hook of a first phone set, and the first phone set is connected to the calling access network element;
an encapsulation unit, configured to encapsulate the off-hook event into first signaling;
a first sending unit, configured to send the first signaling to a cloud server, wherein the first signaling causes the cloud server to create therein a session management and a media management;
a first receiving unit, configured to receive second signaling sent by the cloud server, wherein the second signaling comprises a connect command, a used encoding/decoding form, a sampling rate, and a packet time and is used to establish a first transmission path between the calling access network element and the cloud server, wherein the first transmission path is used to transmit data between the calling access network element and the cloud server; and
an establishment unit, configured to establish the first transmission path based on the second signaling;
wherein the calling

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Erli
• Lan Wentao

Classifications

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• H04L65/40

  Support for services or applications · CPC title

• H04M3/14 Primary

  Signalling existence of persistent "off-hook" condition · CPC title

• H04L65/1046 Primary

  Call controllers; Call servers · CPC title

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title