WO2022247703A1

WO2022247703A1 - Server address processing method and apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2022247703A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/093596
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吕华章; 柯小婉; 吴晓波
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2021-05-25
Filing date: 2022-05-18
Publication date: 2022-12-01
Also published as: CN115396487A

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of wireless communications, and discloses a server address processing method and apparatus. The server address processing method in embodiments of the present application comprises: a terminal receives first information, the first information comprising at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, and the first auxiliary information being used for indicating an application capable of receiving the server address; and if the first information comprises the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information and provides the server address to the target application.

Description

Method and device for processing server address

Cross References to Related Applications

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110574201.2 filed in China on May 25, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

The present application belongs to the technical field of wireless communication, and in particular relates to a method and device for processing a server address.

Background technique

In the standards of the Third Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP), it is currently defined that the fifth-generation mobile communication (5th-Generation, 5G) core network (5G Core network, 5GC) can pass through the non-access layer (Non The extended Protocol Configuration Options (ePCO) in the -Access-Stratum (NAS) message sends the edge configuration server (Edge Configuration Server, ECS) address to the user equipment (User Equipment, UE, also known as the terminal). At the same time, it is defined in the current standard that the ECS address can be provided for the UE through the Application Function (AF).

After receiving the ECS address, the UE may send the ECS address to the application on the UE. However, currently, after receiving the ECS address, the UE does not know which application to send it to. Not all applications can receive the ECS address. This is because the application needs to go through a verification and authentication process after receiving the ECS address. If the application does not meet the requirements for communicating with ECS, then even if the application receives the ECS address, Unable to communicate, which causes a waste of resources.

Contents of the invention

The embodiments of the present application provide a server address processing method and device, which can solve the problem that the UE cannot determine the application that can receive the ECS address after the UE receives the ECS address.

In the first aspect, a method for processing a server address is provided, which is characterized in that it includes:

The terminal receives first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

If the first information includes the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provides the server address to the target application.

In the second aspect, a method for processing a server address is provided, including:

The terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by the application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining an application that can receive a server address on the terminal.

In a third aspect, a method for processing a server address is provided, including:

The first network-side device sends a first request to the second network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.

In a fourth aspect, a method for processing a server address is provided, including:

The second network-side device receives the first request sent by the first network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, and the first information includes: at least one of the server address and the first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

The second network side device notifies the terminal of the changed first information according to the first request.

In a fifth aspect, a server address processing device is provided, including:

A receiving module, configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

A first providing module, configured to, if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, determine, by the terminal, a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provide the server address to the target application.

In a sixth aspect, a server address processing device is provided, including:

An acquiring module, configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by the application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application on the terminal that can receive the server address.

In a seventh aspect, a server address processing device is provided, including:

A sending module, configured to send a first request to a second network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.

In an eighth aspect, a server address processing device is provided, including:

The receiving module is configured to receive a first request sent by the first network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of server address and first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

The notification module is configured to notify the terminal of the changed first information according to the first request.

According to the ninth aspect, a terminal is provided. The terminal includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and operable on the processor. When the program or instruction is executed by the processor The steps of the method described in the first aspect or the second aspect are realized.

In a tenth aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to receive first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, The first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address; the processor is configured to determine a target application according to the first auxiliary information if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, and set The server address is provided to the target application.

In an eleventh aspect, a terminal is provided, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the processor is configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by an application, and the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining the terminal The application of the server address that can be received on the terminal or assists the network side device to determine the server address that the application on the terminal can receive.

A thirteenth aspect provides a network-side device, the network-side device includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored in the memory and operable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the The steps of the method described in the third aspect or the fourth aspect are implemented when the processor executes.

In a fourteenth aspect, there is provided a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is used to send a first request to a second network-side device, and the first request is used to create, update, or Deleting the first information, where the first information includes: at least one item of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.

A fifteenth aspect provides a network-side device, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface receives a first request sent by the first network-side device, and the first request is used to create, update or delete First information, the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address; according to the first request, notify The first message after the terminal changes.

In a sixteenth aspect, a readable storage medium is provided, where programs or instructions are stored on the readable storage medium, and when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect or The steps of the method described in the fourth aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions, so as to implement the first aspect and the second aspect , the third aspect or the method described in the fourth aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, a computer program/program product is provided, the computer program/program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and the program/program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the first A step of the method described in aspect, second aspect, third aspect or fourth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, there is provided a communication device configured to execute the steps of the method described in the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect or the fourth aspect.

In the embodiment of the present application, the terminal can accurately determine the target application that can receive the server address according to the received first auxiliary information, and provide the received server address to the target application, so as to avoid providing the server address to the application that cannot receive the server address. The application of the server address avoids waste of resources.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system applicable to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an edge computing architecture involved in an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow diagram of a processing method of a server address executed by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a server address performed by a terminal according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a server address performed by a first network-side device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a server address performed by a second network side device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing a server address performed by a second network side device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a method for processing a server address in application scenario 1 of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a method for processing a server address in application scenario 2 of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a method for processing a server address according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a server address processing device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a server address processing device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a server address processing device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a server address processing device according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a network side device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in this application belong to the protection scope of this application.

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific sequence or sequence. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein and that "first" and "second" distinguish objects. It is usually one category, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, there may be one or more first objects. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims means at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally means that the related objects are an "or" relationship.

It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiment of this application is not limited to the Long Term Evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) system, and can also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as code Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA) and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described technology can be used for the above-mentioned system and radio technology, and can also be used for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes the New Radio (NR) system for illustrative purposes, and uses NR terminology in most of the following descriptions, but these techniques can also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as the 6th generation (6 ^th Generation, 6G) communication system.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a wireless communication system to which the embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network side device 12 . Wherein, the terminal 11 can also be called a terminal device or a user terminal (User Equipment, UE), and the terminal 11 can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook computer, a personal digital Assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), handheld computer, netbook, ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), mobile Internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), wearable device (Wearable Device) or vehicle-mounted device (VUE), Pedestrian Terminal (PUE) and other terminal-side devices, wearable devices include: smart watches, bracelets, earphones, glasses, etc. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11 . The network side device 12 may be a base station or a core network, where a base station may be called a Node B, an evolved Node B, an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service Basic Service Set (BSS), Extended Service Set (ESS), Node B, Evolved Node B (eNB), Home Node B, Home Evolved Node B, Wireless Local Area Networks, WLAN) access point, wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, WiFi) node, transmitting and receiving point (Transmitting Receiving Point, TRP) or some other suitable term in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the base station does not Limited to specific technical vocabulary, it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the base station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the base station is not limited.

The method and device for processing the server address provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below through some embodiments and application scenarios with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of an edge computing architecture involved in an embodiment of the present application. The edge computing architecture includes: a UE, a 3GPP core network, an edge data network, and an edge configuration server (ECS), wherein the UE includes at least one application, and the application includes: an application client (Application Client, AC), an edge enabling client At least one of an Edge Enabler Client (EEC) and an application (Application, APP), and the application on the UE can communicate with the edge data network through the 3GPP core network and with the edge configuration server. Before the application on the UE communicates with the edge configuration server, it needs to receive the address of the edge configuration server and provide it to the application on the UE.

In order to solve the problem that the UE cannot determine the target application that can receive the server address after receiving the server address, please refer to Figure 3. The embodiment of the present application provides a server address processing method, including:

Step 31: The terminal receives first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

In this embodiment of the present application, the terminal receives first information from a core network device, for example, receives the first information from a session management function (Session Management Function, SMF).

Step 32: If the first information includes the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provides the server address to the target application.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: application provider information and application identification information.

In this embodiment of the application, optionally, the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

Edge Enabler Server (EES) provider;

Edge Configuration Server (ECS) provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service (Edge computing Sever, ECS) provider;

Edge Enabled Client (EEC) providers;

Application Client (AC) provider;

Application program (APP) provider.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC identification (ID) or range of EEC ID;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information (such as ECS Address Configuration Information), and the server address is included in the server address configuration information, or the server address does not include In the server address configuration information.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, and at least one of the application provider information (such as an edge-enabled server provider and an APP provider) is included in the server In the address configuration information, or, the application provider information is not included in the server address configuration information.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, and at least one item of the application identification information (for example, AC ID) is included in the server address configuration information, or, the The application identification information is not included in the server address configuration information.

In this embodiment of the application, while providing the server address, the network side also provides application identification information and/or application provider information for determining to receive the server address, and the application that can receive the server address can be determined based on the application identification information. The application that can receive the server address can also be determined according to the application provider.

In addition, the terminal in the embodiment of the present application needs to have the following capabilities: be able to receive, understand and parse the first information, the first information includes: server address and/or first auxiliary information, and be able to follow the application identification information provided by the network side and/or application provider information to find out the target application that meets the requirements, and provide the server address to the target application that meets the requirements.

In this embodiment of the application, optionally, the target application meets at least one of the following conditions:

The application provider of the target APP is consistent with the application provider in the first information;

The application identifier of the target APP is consistent with the application identifier in the first information or within the range of the application identifier in the first information.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the application provider of the target APP is consistent with the application provider in the first information and includes at least one of the following:

The target application is the target APP, and the provider of the target APP is related to the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server The address provider is the same;

The target application is the target EEC, the provider of the target EEC and the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge configuration The provider of the server address is consistent;

The target application is the target AC, the provider of the target AC and the AC provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server provider, or an edge configuration server provider The provider of the server address is consistent;

The target application is the target APP or target EEC or target AC, the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that the target APP or target EEC or target AC can receive, and the edge configuration server provider in the first information The configuration server provider, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server address provider is the same.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the application identifier of the target APP is consistent with the application identifier in the first information or includes at least one of the following within the scope of the application identifier in the first information:

The target application is a target APP, and the ID of the target APP is consistent with the APP ID in the first information, or within the range of the APP ID in the first information;

The target application is a target EEC, and the ID of the target EEC is consistent with the EEC ID in the first information, or within the range of the EEC ID in the first information;

The target application is a target AC, and the ID of the target AC is consistent with the AC ID in the first information, or within the range of the AC ID in the first information.

In this embodiment of the present application, after the terminal receives the first information, if the first information contains the first auxiliary information, the terminal can obtain the second auxiliary information of each application from each application (the second auxiliary information is used to assist the The terminal determines an application on the terminal that can receive the server address), compares it with the first auxiliary information, and uses the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information that matches the first auxiliary information as the target application.

In addition, each application on the terminal can actively provide the second auxiliary information to the terminal, so that the terminal can compare the second auxiliary information of each application with the first auxiliary information, and compare the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information. The application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matched by the auxiliary information is used as the target application.

That is, optionally, the method in this embodiment of the present application further includes: the terminal acquiring second auxiliary information provided by the application, the second auxiliary information being used to assist the terminal in determining that the terminal can receive the server address application; wherein, before the terminal provides the server address to the target application, the terminal further includes: the terminal determining the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

The terminal in the embodiment of the present application needs to have the following ability: receive, parse and understand the second auxiliary information provided by the application, and the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine the application on the terminal that can receive the server address.

Optionally, determining, by the terminal, the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information includes:

The terminal compares the first auxiliary information with the second auxiliary information provided by each application, and uses the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information that matches the first auxiliary information as the target application.

Optionally, the terminal compares the first auxiliary information with the second auxiliary information provided by each application, and taking an application corresponding to the second auxiliary information matching the first auxiliary information as the target application includes At least one of the following:

The target application is the target APP, and the terminal compares the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge The configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server address provider is compared, and if they are consistent, the corresponding APP is used as the target APP;

The target application is the target EEC, and the terminal compares the EEC provider in the second auxiliary information with the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or Edge configuration server provider, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding EEC as the target EEC;

The target application is the target application client AC, and the terminal provides the AC provider in the second auxiliary information with the AC provider in the first information, or edge computing service provider, or EES Or, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server address provider, if they are consistent, use the corresponding AC as the target AC;

The target application is a target APP or a target EEC or a target AC, and the terminal combines the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that can be received by the APP or EEC or AC in the second auxiliary information with the Compared with the edge configuration server provider, or edge computing service provider, or EES provider, or edge configuration server address provider in the first information, if they are consistent, use the corresponding APP or EEC or AC as the target application.

Optionally, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: application provider information and application identification information.

Optionally, the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

Optionally, the application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC identification ID or range of EEC ID;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In the above embodiment, it is introduced that in the case that the first information contains the first auxiliary information, the terminal can determine the target application according to the first auxiliary information, and if the first information does not include the first auxiliary information, optional , the method in this embodiment of the application further includes: the terminal providing the server address to all applications on the terminal.

For example, the embodiment of this application can use the following method to provide the server address to the application:

Method 1: When providing the server address, such as the ECS address, at the same time provide the application provider of the application on the UE that can receive the server address, such as: EEC provider or AC provider or APP provider. In this case, The UE has the ability to send the received server addresses only to the applications provided by these specific providers, and the applications other than these application providers cannot receive these addresses.

Method 2: When providing the server address, for example: when providing the ECS address, provide the application ID or application ID range of the application that can receive the server address on the UE at the same time, for example: provide the EEC ID list or the range of EEC ID . In this way, after the UE receives the server address, it can only send the server address to the applications on the UE that meet the application ID or application ID range, and other applications that do not meet the conditions cannot obtain these addresses.

Method 3: When providing the server address, for example, when providing the ECS address, provide the provider of the Edge Enablement Server (EES) registered on the ECS at the same time. In this case, it is equivalent to when the ECS provides the ECS address. The registered EES provider on the ECS is also added. After receiving the server address, the UE can find the application on the UE that is consistent with the EES provider based on the EES provider. For example, the provider of an application is the same as the provider of EES. Consistent, give the server address to these applications, and do not provide it for others that do not match.

Method 4: If an ECS (Edge Configuration Server or Edge Computing Service) provider is given when providing the server address, and the application on the UE tells the UE in advance which ECS providers provide the ECS addresses that can be received, then the UE The server address can be sent to the corresponding application according to the ECS provider;

Method 5: If the above-mentioned first auxiliary information is not given when the server address is provided, the UE will send the server address to all applications on the UE.

In the foregoing embodiments of the present application, optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

Please refer to Figure 4, the embodiment of the present application also provides a method for processing the server address, including:

Step 41: The terminal obtains the second auxiliary information provided by the application, the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine the application of the server address that can be received on the terminal or to assist the network side device to determine that the application on the terminal can receive Received server address.

In the embodiment of this application, the application can actively provide auxiliary information to the terminal to assist the terminal to determine the application that can receive the server address on the terminal after receiving the server address, or to assist the network side device to determine that the application on the terminal can Received server address to avoid waste of resources.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following: application provider information and application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, after the terminal acquires the second auxiliary information provided by the application, the method further includes: the terminal sending the second auxiliary information to a network side device.

Optionally, the terminal sends the second auxiliary information to the network side device through a non-access stratum NAS message.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

Please refer to FIG. 5, the embodiment of the present application also provides a method for processing the server address, including:

Step 51: The first network-side device sends a first request to the second network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: server address and first auxiliary information At least one item of , the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first network side device may include an application function (AF) and/or a network exposure function (Network Exposure Function, NEF).

In this embodiment of the present application, the first network-side device may send a request to the second network-side device to create, update or delete the first information, so that the second network-side device can notify the terminal of the change of the first information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, at least one item of the application provider information is included in the server address configuration information, or the application provider information It is not included in the server address configuration information.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, at least one item of the application identification information is included in the server address configuration information, or the application identification information does not include In the server address configuration information.

Please refer to FIG. 6, the embodiment of the present application also provides a method for processing a server address, including:

Step 61: The second network-side device receives a first request sent by the first network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: server address and first auxiliary information At least one of the above, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate the application that can receive the server address;

Step 62: The second network side device notifies the terminal of the changed first information according to the first request.

In the embodiment of the present application, the second network side device may include: unified data management (Unified Data Management, UDM), SMF and/or unified data storage (Unified Data Repository, UDR).

In this embodiment of the present application, notifying the terminal of the changed first information includes: if the first request is used to create the first information, the second network side device sends the created first information to the terminal; A request is used to update the first information, and the second network-side device sends the updated first information to the terminal; if the first request is used to delete the first information, the second network-side device notifies the terminal to The first message is deleted.

In the embodiment of the present application, the second network side device may create, update or delete the first information according to the request of the first network side device, and notify the terminal of the change of the first information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, at least one item of the application identification information is included in the server address configuration information, or the application identification information does not include In the server address configuration information. In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

Please refer to FIG. 7, the embodiment of the present application also provides a method for processing a server address, including:

Step 71: The second network-side device receives second auxiliary information sent by the terminal, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the second network-side device to determine a server address that the application on the terminal can receive;

Step 72: The second network side device determines a target server address that can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information;

Step 73: The second network side device sends the target server address to the terminal or an application on the terminal.

In this embodiment of the application, the terminal actively sends the second auxiliary information provided by the application to the network-side device, and the network-side device determines the address of the target server that the application on the terminal can receive according to the second auxiliary information, so that only the terminal can be sent to the terminal. The target server address that the application on the terminal can receive, does not send the server address that the application on the terminal cannot receive, to avoid waste of resources.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the method further includes:

The second network side device receives the first request sent by the first network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, and the first information includes: at least one of the server address and the first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

Wherein, the second network side device determining the address of the target server that the application on the terminal can receive according to the second auxiliary information includes:

The second network-side device compares the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and uses a server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information that matches the second auxiliary information as the target server address.

Optionally, the second network side device compares the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and takes a server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information that matches the second auxiliary information as the target The server address includes at least one of the following:

The second network side device compares the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider , or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The second network side device provides the EEC provider in the second auxiliary information with the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server. Or, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, using the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The second network side device provides the AC provider in the second auxiliary information with the AC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server. Or, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The second network side device combines the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that can be received by the APP or EEC or AC in the second auxiliary information with the edge configuration server provider in the first information or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if they are consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address.

The method for processing the server address in the embodiment of the present application will be illustrated below in combination with specific application scenarios.

Embodiment one of the present invention:

Please refer to Figure 8, the processing method of the server address in the embodiment of the present application includes:

Step 0: A network function (Network Function, NF) subscribes to the service of the UDM. In the embodiment of this application, the NF may be an SMF. When the subscription information in the UDM changes, the SMF may be notified.

Step 1. The AF is created through Nnef_ParameterProvision_Create, or updated through Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update, or deleted through Nnef_ParameterProvision_Delete. The first information includes the ECS address and first auxiliary information. The first auxiliary information includes application provider information and/or application identification information.

The application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

The application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the first information includes: ECS Address Configuration Information. The ECS Address Configuration Information includes the ECS address and/or the fully qualified domain name (Fully Qualified Domain Name, FQDN) of the ECS address.

Optionally, at least one item of the application provider information may also be placed in ECS Address Configuration Information.

Optionally, at least one item of the application identification information may also be placed in ECS Address Configuration Information.

Step 2. If the request of AF is verified by NEF, then NEF requests to create, update or delete the first information, among which, Nudm_ParameterProvision_Create is used to generate the first information, Nudm_ParameterProvision_Update is used to update the first information, and Nudm_ParameterProvision_Delete is used to delete the first information. a message.

Step 3: UDM can read the corresponding subscription information from UDR through Nudr_DM_Query.

Step 4: UDM saves and/or updates the first information in UDR.

Wherein, Nudr_DM_Create is used to create the first information, Nudr_DM_Update is used to update the first information Nudr_DM_Delete is used to delete the first information;

First, in UDM, save the first information provided by AF in UE subscription data, and save it as follows:

UE Subscription: UE subscription data

Subscription data type = Session Management Subscription data

Field＝Edge Configuration Server Address Configuration Information

Save all the information provided by AF, such as ECS Address Configuration Information, or application provider information, etc., in this Field.

Secondly, in UDR, save the AF information to:

Data set = Subscription Data

Data subset＝Session Management Subscription data

The Edge Configuration Server Address Configuration Information and related application provider information are stored here.

Step 5-Step 6: Response sent to NEF and AF.

Step 7: The UDM sends the updated first information (that is, the first information provided by the AF) to the SMF.

Embodiment two of the present invention:

Please refer to Figure 9, the processing method of the server address in the embodiment of the present application includes:

Step 1: After receiving the UDM notification, the SMF sends the first information to the UE through ePCO (Extended Protocol Configuration Option). The ePCO is sent to the UE through the NAS message.

The first information includes an ECS address and first auxiliary information, and the first auxiliary information includes application provider information and/or application identification information.

The application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the first information includes: ECS Address Configuration Information. The ECS Address Configuration Information includes the ECS address and or the FQDN of the ECS address.

Step 2: The application on the UE (such as EEC, APP and/or AC, etc.) can send the status of the ECS address (second auxiliary information) that it can receive to the UE (UE Operating System (Operating System, OS) or UE chip (module)).

The second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Step 3: After UE receives the first information from 5GC, it has the following actions:

The first case: the UE provides the ECS address to a specific application on the UE according to the application provider information provided by the 5GC. The method is that UE forwards the ECS address to the corresponding EEC etc. according to the application provider information provided by 5GC, such as ECS provider, EEC provider, etc. Just a good match.

Another situation: the UE provides the ECS address to a specific application on the UE according to the application identification information provided by the 5GC. For example, according to the EEC ID provided by 5GC, the UE sends the ECS address to the EEC that matches the EEC ID on the UE; the same applies to the scope of the EEC ID.

Step 4: After processing, the UE only sends the ECS address to the target application (for example, a specific EEC).

The target application meets at least one of the following criteria:

Optionally, the application provider of the target APP is consistent with the application provider in the first information and includes at least one of the following:

The target application is the target application program APP, and the provider of the target APP is related to the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge Configure the server address provider to be consistent;

The target application is the target edge-enabled client EEC, the provider of the target EEC and the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provides Or, or the provider of the edge configuration server address;

The target application is the target application client AC, the provider of the target AC and the AC provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server provider, Or the edge configuration server address provider is the same;

Optionally, the application identifier of the target APP is consistent with the application identifier in the first information or includes at least one of the following within the scope of the application identifier in the first information:

It should be noted that, the server address processing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be executed by a server address processing device, or a control module in the server address processing device for executing the server address processing method. In the embodiment of the present application, the processing method of the server address provided by the embodiment of the present application is described by taking the method for processing the server address executed by the virtual device as an example.

Step 5: The UE OS or UE module chip can send the ECS address reported by the application and the received ECS address (that is, the second auxiliary information) to the 5G core network, such as SMF. The sending method is to use NAS message, or ePCO in NAS message. This step can occur after step 2 or after step 4.

Step 6 (not shown in the figure): The 5G core network (such as SMF) combines the ECS address reported by the terminal (that is, the second auxiliary information) that the application on the terminal can receive with the first auxiliary information in the first information sent by the AF. The information is compared, and the server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information matched with the second auxiliary information is used as the target server address, and the 5G core network (such as SMF) sends the target server address to the terminal or the terminal on the terminal Applications.

Wherein, step 6 may specifically include at least one of the following:

The 5G core network (such as SMF) associates the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider , or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The 5G core network (such as SMF) provides the EEC provider in the second auxiliary information with the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server. Or, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, using the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The 5G core network (such as SMF) provides the AC provider in the second auxiliary information with the AC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server. Or, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The 5G core network (such as SMF) combines the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that can be received by the APP or EEC or AC in the second auxiliary information with the edge configuration server in the first information. or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if they are consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address.

Please refer to FIG. 10 , the embodiment of the present application also provides a server address processing device 100, including:

The receiving module 101 is configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

The first providing module 102 is configured to: if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provides the server address to the target application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target application that can receive the server address can be accurately determined according to the received first auxiliary information, and the received server address can be provided to the target application, thereby avoiding providing the server address to the server that cannot receive the server address. The application of the address avoids waste of resources.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, and the server address is included in the server address configuration information, or the server address is not included in the server address configuration information middle.

In the embodiment of the present application, optionally, the server address processing device 90 further includes:

An obtaining module, configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by an application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application on the terminal that can receive the server address;

A determining module, configured to determine the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

Optionally, the determining module is used for the terminal to compare the first auxiliary information with the second auxiliary information provided by each application, and to match the second auxiliary information corresponding to the first auxiliary information application as the target application.

Optionally, comparing the first auxiliary information with the second auxiliary information provided by each application, and using the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information that matches the first auxiliary information as the target application includes at least one of the following: item:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC identification ID or range of EEC ID;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the server address processing device 90 further includes:

A second providing module, configured to, if the first information does not include the first auxiliary information, the terminal provide the server address to all applications on the terminal.

Optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

The device for processing the server address in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, a device with an operating system or an electronic device, or a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The apparatus or electronic equipment may be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal may include but not limited to the types of terminals 11 listed above, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a television ( television, TV), teller machines or self-service machines, etc., are not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The device for processing the server address provided by the embodiment of the present application can realize each process realized by the method embodiment in FIG. 3 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 11 , the embodiment of the present application also provides a server address processing device 110, including:

The obtaining module 111 is configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by the application, the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine the application of the server address that can be received on the terminal or to assist the network side device to determine the address of the server on the terminal. The server address that the application can receive.

In the embodiment of the present application, the application can actively provide auxiliary information to assist the server address processing device to determine the application that can receive the server address after receiving the server address, so as to avoid waste of resources.

Optionally, the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge configuration server provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the apparatus for processing the server address further includes a sending module, configured to send the second auxiliary information to the network side device.

Optionally, the sending module sends the second auxiliary information to the network side device through a non-access stratum NAS message.

Optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

The device for processing the server address provided by the embodiment of the present application can realize each process realized by the method embodiment in FIG. 4 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 12, the embodiment of the present application also provides a server address processing device 120, including:

The sending module 121 is configured to send a first request to the second network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of server address and first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.

In the embodiment of the present application, the server address processing device may send a request to the second network side device to create, update or delete the first information, so that the second network side device can notify the terminal of the change of the first information.

Optionally, the first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

The device for processing the server address provided by the embodiment of the present application can realize each process realized by the method embodiment in FIG. 5 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 13 , the embodiment of the present application also provides a server address processing device 120, including:

The receiving module 131 is configured to receive a first request sent by a first network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: a server address and the first auxiliary information At least one item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

The notification module 132 is configured to notify the terminal of the changed first information according to the first request.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first information may be created, updated or deleted according to the request of the first network side device, and the terminal is notified of the change of the first information.

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

The device for processing the server address provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement various processes implemented in the method embodiment in FIG. 6 and achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Please refer to FIG. 14 , the embodiment of the present application also provides a server address processing device 140, including:

The first receiving module 141 is configured to receive second auxiliary information sent by the terminal, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the second network side device to determine a server address that can be received by the application on the terminal;

A determining module 142, configured to determine a target server address that can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information;

A sending module 143, configured to send the target server address to the terminal or an application on the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, the second auxiliary information sent by the terminal is received, and the address of the target server that the application on the terminal can receive is determined according to the second auxiliary information, so that only the address of the target server that the application on the terminal can receive can be sent to the terminal, without Send the server address that the application on the terminal cannot receive, to avoid waste of resources.

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

In this embodiment of the present application, optionally, the server address processing device 140 further includes:

The second receiving module is configured to receive the first request sent by the first network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, and the first information includes: server address and first auxiliary information At least one item of , the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

Wherein, the determination module 142 is configured to compare the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and use the server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information matching the second auxiliary information as the target server address.

Optionally, comparing the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and using the server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information that matches the second auxiliary information as the target server address includes at least one of the following :

Provide the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or provide the edge configuration server address or, if they are consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The provider of the EEC in the second auxiliary information and the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server address The provider compares, using the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The AC provider in the second auxiliary information and the AC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server address The provider compares, and if they are consistent, uses the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

As shown in Figure 15, the embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device 150, including a processor 151, a memory 152, and programs or instructions stored in the memory 152 and operable on the processor 151, for example, the communication When the device 150 is a terminal, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 151, the various processes of the above embodiment of the method for processing the server address executed by the terminal are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. When the communication device 150 is a network-side device, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor 151, the various processes of the embodiment of the server address processing method performed by the first network-side device or the second network-side device are implemented, and can achieve The same technical effects are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a terminal, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to receive first information, the first information includes: at least one of server address and first auxiliary information, the first The auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address; the processor is configured to determine a target application according to the first auxiliary information if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, and set the server address to Provided to the target application; or, the processor is configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by the application, the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application or an auxiliary network that can receive a server address on the terminal The side device determines the server address that the application on the terminal can receive. This terminal embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned terminal-side method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation mode of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this terminal embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 160 includes but not limited to: a radio frequency unit 161, a network module 162, an audio output unit 163, an input unit 164, a sensor 165, a display unit 166, a user input unit 167, an interface unit 168, a memory 169, and a processor 1610, etc. at least some of the components.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the terminal 160 can also include a power supply (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply can be logically connected to the processor 1610 through the power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Management and other functions. The terminal structure shown in FIG. 16 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal. The terminal may include more or less components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange different components, which will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input unit 164 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1641 and a microphone 1642, and the graphics processor 1641 is used for the image capture device ( Such as the image data of the still picture or video obtained by the camera) for processing. The display unit 166 may include a display panel 1661, and the display panel 1661 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 167 includes a touch panel 1671 and other input devices 1672 . The touch panel 1671 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 1671 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1672 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which will not be repeated here.

In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 161 receives the downlink data from the network side device, and processes it to the processor 1610; in addition, sends the uplink data to the network side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit 161 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 169 can be used to store software programs or instructions as well as various data. The memory 169 may mainly include a storage program or instruction area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program or instruction area may store an operating system, at least one application program or instruction required by a function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.) and the like. In addition, the memory 169 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a nonvolatile memory, wherein the nonvolatile memory may be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM) , PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory. For example at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid-state storage device.

The processor 1610 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1610 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, application programs or instructions, etc., Modem processors mainly handle wireless communications, such as baseband processors. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 1610 .

Wherein, the radio frequency unit 161 is configured to receive first information, the first information includes: at least one item of server address and first auxiliary information, and the first auxiliary information is used to indicate the application that can receive the server address ;

The processor 1610 is configured to, if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, determine a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provide the server address to the target application.

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

Optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, and the server address is included in the server address configuration information, or the server address is not included in the server address configuration information.

Optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, at least one item of the application provider information is included in the server address configuration information, or the application provider information is not included in the server address configuration information. In the address configuration information.

Optionally, the first information includes server address configuration information, at least one item of the application identification information is included in the server address configuration information, or the application identification information is not included in the server address configuration information. information.

Optionally, the target application meets at least one of the following conditions:

The target application is the target APP or the target EEC or the target AC, the edge configuration server address provider that the target APP or the target EEC or the target AC can receive and the edge configuration server provider in the first information, or the edge Computing service provider, or EES provider, or edge configuration server address provider is the same.

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to obtain second auxiliary information provided by the application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application on the terminal that can receive the server address; according to the The target application is determined by the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.

Optionally, determining the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information includes: comparing the first auxiliary information with second auxiliary information provided by each application, and comparing the first auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information. The application corresponding to the second auxiliary information whose information matches is used as the target application.

The target application is the target APP or the target EEC or the target AC, and the terminal configures the server address provider with the edge configuration server address provider in the second auxiliary information that can be received by the APP or EEC or the AC in the first information. The configuration server provider, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server address provider is compared, and if they are consistent, the corresponding APP or EEC or AC is used as the target application.

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC identification ID or range of EEC ID;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to: if the first information does not include the first auxiliary information, the terminal provides the server address to all applications on the terminal.

Optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

Or, in another embodiment of the present application:

The processor 1610 is configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by the application, the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine the application of the server address that can be received on the terminal or to assist the network side device to determine the terminal The server address that the application on the server can receive.

Application provider information;

Application identification information.

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.

Optionally, the radio frequency unit 161 is further configured to send the second auxiliary information to the network side device.

Optionally, the radio frequency unit 161 sends the second auxiliary information to the network side device through a non-access stratum NAS message.

Optionally, the server address is an edge configuration server address.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device, including a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is used to send a first request to the second network side device, and the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, The first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, and the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address; or, the communication interface receives the information sent by the first network side device. A first request, where the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, where the first information includes: at least one of server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate that The application receiving the server address; according to the first request, notifying the terminal of the changed first information. The network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation mode of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network-side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

Please refer to FIG. 17 , the embodiment of the present application also provides a network side device 170, including a processor 171 and a communication interface 172, where:

The communication interface 172 is configured to send a first request to the second network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

Alternatively, the communication interface 172 receives the first request sent by the first network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, and the first information includes: at least one of the server address and the first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address; according to the first request, the terminal is notified of the changed first information;

Alternatively, the communication interface 172 is configured to receive second auxiliary information sent by the terminal, the second auxiliary information is used to assist the second network side device to determine a server address that the application on the terminal can receive; the processor 171 is used to According to the second auxiliary information, determine a target server address that can be received by the application on the terminal; the communication interface 172 is configured to send the target server address to the terminal or the application on the terminal.

The network-side device embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned network-side device method embodiment, and each implementation process and implementation mode of the above-mentioned method embodiment can be applied to this network-side device embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, the readable storage medium stores a program or an instruction, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, each process of the above embodiment of the server address processing method is implemented, and can To achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, no more details are given here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the foregoing embodiments. The readable storage medium includes computer readable storage medium, such as computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk, etc.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, the processor is used to run programs or instructions, and realize the implementation of the above-mentioned server address processing method Each process of the example, and can achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, will not repeat them here.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiment of the present application may also be called a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, a system-on-a-chip, or a system-on-a-chip.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, the computer program product is stored in a non-transitory storage medium, and the computer program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the various processes of the above method embodiments, and The same technical effect can be achieved, so in order to avoid repetition, details will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a communication device, which is configured to execute the various processes in the above method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element. In addition, it should be pointed out that the scope of the methods and devices in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, and may also include performing functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to the functions involved. Functions are performed, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of computer software products, which are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, etc.) , CD-ROM), including several instructions to make a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. The above-mentioned specific implementations are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art will Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, many forms can also be made, all of which belong to the protection of this application.

Claims

A method for processing a server address, comprising:

The terminal receives first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

If the first information includes the first auxiliary information, the terminal determines a target application according to the first auxiliary information, and provides the server address to the target application.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the first information includes server address configuration information, and at least one of the following items is included in the server address configuration information:

said server address;

At least one item of the application provider information;

At least one item of the application identification information.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the first information includes server address configuration information, and at least one of the following items is not included in the server address configuration information:

said server address;

At least one item of the application provider information;

At least one item of the application identification information.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the target application meets at least one of the following conditions:

The application provider of the target APP is consistent with the application provider in the first information;

The application identifier of the target APP is consistent with the application identifier in the first information or within the range of the application identifier in the first information.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the application provider of the target APP is consistent with the application provider in the first information and includes at least one of the following:

The target application is the target application program APP, and the provider of the target APP is related to the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge Configure the server address provider to be consistent;

The target application is the target edge-enabled client EEC, the provider of the target EEC and the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provides Or, or the provider of the edge configuration server address;

The target application is the target application client AC, the provider of the target AC and the AC provider in the first information, or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server provider, Or the edge configuration server address provider is the same;

The target application is the target APP or target EEC or target AC, the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that the target APP or target EEC or target AC can receive, and the edge configuration server provider in the first information The configuration server provider, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server address provider is the same.
The method according to claim 5, wherein the application identifier of the target APP is consistent with the application identifier in the first information or includes at least one of the following within the scope of the application identifier in the first information:

The target application is a target APP, and the ID of the target APP is consistent with the APP ID in the first information, or within the range of the APP ID in the first information;

The target application is a target EEC, and the ID of the target EEC is consistent with the EEC ID in the first information, or within the range of the EEC ID in the first information;

The target application is a target AC, and the ID of the target AC is consistent with the AC ID in the first information, or within the range of the AC ID in the first information.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

The terminal acquires second auxiliary information provided by the application, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine an application on the terminal that can receive the server address;

Wherein, before the terminal provides the server address to the target application, it further includes:

The terminal determines the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information.
The method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal determining the target application according to the first auxiliary information and the second auxiliary information comprises:

The terminal compares the first auxiliary information with the second auxiliary information provided by each application, and uses the application corresponding to the second auxiliary information that matches the first auxiliary information as the target application.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the terminal compares the first auxiliary information with the second auxiliary information provided by each application, and compares the second auxiliary information corresponding to the first auxiliary information The application as the target application includes at least one of the following:

The target application is the target APP, and the terminal compares the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge The configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server address provider is compared, and if they are consistent, the corresponding APP is used as the target APP;

The target application is the target EEC, and the terminal compares the EEC provider in the second auxiliary information with the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or Edge configuration server provider, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding EEC as the target EEC;

The target application is the target application client AC, and the terminal provides the AC provider in the second auxiliary information with the AC provider in the first information, or edge computing service provider, or EES Or, or the edge configuration server provider, or the edge configuration server address provider, if they are consistent, use the corresponding AC as the target AC;

The target application is a target APP or a target EEC or a target AC, and the terminal combines the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that can be received by the APP or EEC or AC in the second auxiliary information with the Compared with the edge configuration server provider, or edge computing service provider, or EES provider, or edge configuration server address provider in the first information, if they are consistent, use the corresponding APP or EEC or AC as the target application.
The method according to claim 8, wherein the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.
The method according to claim 2 or 11, wherein the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.
The method according to claim 2 or 11, wherein the application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC identification ID or range of EEC ID;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.
The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

If the first information does not include the first auxiliary information, the terminal provides the server address to all applications on the terminal.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.
A method for processing a server address, comprising:

The terminal obtains the second auxiliary information provided by the application, and the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal to determine the application of the address of the server that can be received on the terminal or to assist the network side device to determine the address of the server that the application on the terminal can receive address.
The method of claim 16, wherein the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.
The method of claim 17, wherein the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.
The method according to claim 17, wherein said application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.
The method of claim 17, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.
The method according to claim 16, wherein after the terminal obtains the second auxiliary information provided by the application, it further includes:

The terminal sends the second auxiliary information to the network side device.
The method according to claim 21, wherein the terminal sends the second auxiliary information to the network side device through a non-access stratum NAS message.
A method for processing a server address, comprising:

The first network-side device sends a first request to the second network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.
The method according to claim 23, wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.
The method of claim 24, wherein the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.
The method according to claim 24, wherein the application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.
The method of claim 23, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.
A method for processing a server address, comprising:

The second network-side device receives the first request sent by the first network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, and the first information includes: at least one of the server address and the first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

The second network side device notifies the terminal of the changed first information according to the first request.
The method of claim 28, wherein the first auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.
The method of claim 29, wherein the application provider information indicates at least one of the following:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.
The method according to claim 29, wherein the application identification information indicates at least one of the following:

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.
The method of claim 28, wherein the server address is an edge configuration server address.
A method for processing a server address, comprising:

The second network-side device receives second auxiliary information sent by the terminal, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the second network-side device to determine a server address that an application on the terminal can receive;

The second network side device determines, according to the second auxiliary information, a target server address that can be received by an application on the terminal;

The second network side device sends the target server address to the terminal or an application on the terminal.
The method according to claim 33, wherein the second auxiliary information includes at least one of the following:

Application provider information;

Application identification information.
The method of claim 34, wherein said application provider information indicates at least one of:

EES provider;

Edge Configuration Server Provider;

Edge configuration server address provider;

Edge computing service provider;

EEC provider;

AC provider;

APP provider.
The method of claim 34, wherein said application identification information indicates at least one of:

EEC ID or range of EEC IDs;

AC ID or range of AC IDs;

The APP ID or range of APP IDs.
The method according to claim 33, further comprising:

The second network-side device receives the first request sent by the first network-side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete the first information, and the first information includes: at least one of the server address and the first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

Wherein, the second network side device determining the address of the target server that the application on the terminal can receive according to the second auxiliary information includes:

The second network-side device compares the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and uses a server address corresponding to the first auxiliary information that matches the second auxiliary information as the target server address.
The method according to claim 37, wherein the second network-side device compares the second auxiliary information with the first auxiliary information, and assigns the server corresponding to the first auxiliary information that matches the second auxiliary information The address as the target server address includes at least one of the following:

The second network side device compares the APP provider in the second auxiliary information with the APP provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server provider , or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The second network side device provides the EEC provider in the second auxiliary information with the EEC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server. Or, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, using the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The second network side device provides the AC provider in the second auxiliary information with the AC provider in the first information, or the edge computing service provider, or the EES provider, or the edge configuration server. Or, or edge configuration server address provider comparison, if consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address;

The second network side device combines the edge configuration server address provider or edge configuration server provider that can be received by the APP or EEC or AC in the second auxiliary information with the edge configuration server provider in the first information or an edge computing service provider, or an EES provider, or an edge configuration server address provider, and if they are consistent, use the corresponding server address in the first information as the target server address.
A server address processing device, comprising:

A receiving module, configured to receive first information, where the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information, where the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

A first providing module, configured to determine a target application according to the first auxiliary information if the first information includes the first auxiliary information, and provide the server address to the target application.
A server address processing device, comprising:

The acquiring module is configured to acquire second auxiliary information provided by the application, and the second auxiliary information is used to assist the terminal in determining an application capable of receiving the server address on the terminal.
A server address processing device, comprising:

A sending module, configured to send a first request to a second network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of a server address and first auxiliary information item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address.
A server address processing device, comprising:

The receiving module is configured to receive a first request sent by the first network side device, the first request is used to create, update or delete first information, and the first information includes: at least one of server address and first auxiliary information One item, the first auxiliary information is used to indicate an application capable of receiving the server address;

The notification module is configured to notify the terminal of the changed first information according to the first request.
A server address processing device, comprising:

The first receiving module is configured to receive second auxiliary information sent by the terminal, where the second auxiliary information is used to assist the second network side device to determine a server address that can be received by the application on the terminal;

A determining module, configured to determine a target server address that can be received by the application on the terminal according to the second auxiliary information;

A sending module, configured to send the target server address to the terminal or an application on the terminal.
A terminal, the steps of the server address processing method described in item 1, or, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 16 to 22 are realized .
A network side device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and operable on the processor, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, it realizes the requirements of claims 23 to 23. 27. The steps of the server address processing method described in any one of claims 28 to 32, or, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the server address processing method described in any one of claims 28 to 32 are realized; Alternatively, when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 33 to 38 are realized.
A readable storage medium, on which a program or instruction is stored, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the server address processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 15 is implemented, or the The steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 16 to 22, or the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 23 to 27, or the steps of the server address processing method described in any one of claims 28 to 32 The steps of the method for processing the server address described in any one, or the steps for realizing the method for processing the server address described in any one of claims 33 to 38.
A chip, including a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is used to run programs or instructions to implement the address of the server according to any one of claims 1 to 15. processing method, or realize the steps of the processing method of the server address as described in any one of claims 16 to 22, or realize the steps of the processing method of the server address as described in any one of claims 23 to 27, or realize the steps as described in any one of claims 23 to 27 The steps of the method for processing server addresses according to any one of claims 28 to 32, or the steps for implementing the method for processing server addresses according to any one of claims 33 to 38.
A computer program product, wherein the computer program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and when the computer program product is executed by at least one processor, the server according to any one of claims 1 to 15 is realized address processing method, or realize the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 16 to 22, or realize the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 23 to 27, or Realize the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 28 to 32, or realize the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 33 to 38.
A communication device configured to execute the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, or the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 16 to 22, Or the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 23 to 27, or the steps of the server address processing method according to any one of claims 28 to 32, or the steps of any one of claims 33 to 38 A step in the method for processing the server address.