CN110769466A

CN110769466A - Information sending and receiving method, service and network quality regulation and control method, device and equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110769466A
Application number: CN201810836362.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈亚迷; 李刚; 刘志明; 韩双锋; 崔春风; 易芝玲; 黄宇红
Original assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Current assignee: China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd; China Mobile Communications Ltd Research Institute
Priority date: 2018-07-26
Filing date: 2018-07-26
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-26
Also published as: CN110769466B

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, and provides a method, a device and equipment for information sending and receiving and service and network quality regulation, wherein the information sending method comprises the following steps: the access network sends access network capability information. In the invention, the access network can send the self access network capacity information based on the configuration information pre-stored locally or when the received first information which requires the self to send the access network capacity is received, wherein the access network capacity information is the network rate, the bandwidth information or other information which can be provided by the access network at present, therefore, the access network can open the network capacity to other equipment by sending the self access network capacity information through the access network, thereby realizing the regulation and control of the service and the network quality based on the network condition of the wireless network, improving the application experience of users and avoiding the waste of network resources.

Description

Information sending and receiving method, service and network quality regulation and control method, device and equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a method, a device and equipment for information sending and receiving and service and network quality regulation and control.

Background

The quality assurance of mobile network services relies on the management of the end-to-end network, wherein when the requirements of the application services on the network are matched with the capabilities provided by the network, both the application services can be optimized and the network resources can be fully utilized. Under the existing 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) system, application services interact through a core network, so the current mainstream scheme for controlling the service quality of applications is as follows: the core network obtains the Quality requirement of the application Service through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) analysis, and then applies the Quality requirement of the application Service to the network through a corresponding Quality control policy, mainly a Quality of Service (QoS) regulation policy.

However, since the quality of the mobile Network is limited by the real-time congestion state of the wireless Network and the fluctuation of the wireless Network channel, and it can be known from the connection relationship of the 5G (5th-Generation, fifth Generation mobile communication technology) Network architecture shown in fig. 1 and the description of each Network function in 3GPP TS23.501 that the current Access Network (radio Access Network) and the capability openness node do not have a connection relationship, and a communication protocol is not provided between the Access Network and the capability openness node, the core Network does not know the Network status of the wireless Network, and thus when the core Network regulates and controls the Network quality based on the QoS regulation and control policy, the core Network is not well applied in the current Network architecture.

Therefore, how to realize the regulation and control of the service and the network quality based on the network condition of the wireless network so as to ensure that the application experience of the user is optimized and the network resources are fully utilized is a problem worthy of research.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention discloses a method, a device and equipment for sending and receiving information and regulating and controlling service and network quality, and aims to solve the technical problems that in the prior art, when the service and the network quality are regulated and controlled, the application experience of a user is not optimized, and network resources are not fully utilized.

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information transmitting method, including:

the access network sends access network capability information.

Specifically, the access network sends the access network capability information through a user data packet or signaling, and/or sends the access network capability information through network slice-related data or signaling.

Specifically, the sending, by the access network, the access network capability information includes:

the access network sends indication information whether the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capacity requirement of an application or a user; or

The access network sends the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

Specifically, the access network capability information includes at least one of the following information:

information of the bandwidth that the access network is currently capable of providing;

information of network rates that the access network is currently capable of providing;

information of network capacity that the access network is currently capable of providing;

information of network quality that the access network is currently capable of providing;

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

information of computing capabilities that the access network is currently capable of providing;

information of computing resources that the access network is currently capable of providing.

the access network sends the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or

And the access network sends the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

and the access network sends the access network capacity information to a user plane function UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information or a packet header of the user plane data packet.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

the UPF carries the access network capability information in an application layer data packet and sends the AS; or

And the UPF sends the access network capability information to a network open function NEF.

the access network sends the access network capability information to an access and mobility management function AMF or a session management function SMF or NEF.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and the AMF or the SMF sends the access network capability information to the NEF.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and the NEF sends the access network capability information to an Application Function (AF) or an AS or UE.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and the AF sends the access network capability information to the AS.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information receiving method, including:

the method comprises the steps that an access network receives first information, the first information is used for requiring the access network to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information.

Specifically, the first information is used for requiring the access network to send the access network capability information of the access network, and includes:

the first information is used for requiring the access network to send indication information whether the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capacity requirement of an application or a user; or

The first information is used for requiring the access network to send the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the receiving, by the access network, the first information includes:

the access network receives request information, control information, inquiry information or indication information sent by NEF; or

The access network receives request information or control information sent by the AMF; or

The access network receives inquiry information or indication information sent by the UPF; or

And the access network receives the configuration information sent by the network manager.

Specifically, the first information carries at least one of the following information:

the access network sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the access network sends the periodic configuration of the access network capability information;

the access network sends an information smoothing window of the access network capability information;

the access network sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the access network sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

the access network sends the information format of the access network capability information;

the access network sends an information unit of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

the access network terminates sending the configuration or indication of the access network capability information.

Specifically, the information carried in the first information is acquired from an AF or an AS.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and the access network sends the access network capacity information of the access network according to the first information.

Specifically, when the first information is request information, the method further includes:

the access network sends a response message.

the access network sends failure information, and the failure information carries failure indication and/or failure reason.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information sending method, including:

the distribution unit DU sends access network capability information.

Specifically, the sending, by the DU, the access network capability information includes:

the DU sends indication information whether the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capacity requirement of an application or a user; or

The DU sends parameter values related to access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE; or

And the DU sends the access network capability information to the CU.

Specifically, the sending, by the DU, the access network capability information to the UE includes:

the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or

And the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the sending, by the DU, the access network capability information to the CU includes:

the DU sends a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet to a CU through a user plane interface F1-U; or

And the DU sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU through a control plane interface F1-C.

the method includes that a DU receives first information, the first information is used for requiring the DU to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information.

the first information is used for requiring the DU to send the indication information whether the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capacity requirement of the application or the user; or

The first information is used to request the DU to send parameter values related to access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the receiving, by the DU, the first information includes:

the DU receives request information, control information, inquiry information or indication information sent by the CU; or

And the DU receives the configuration information sent by the network management.

the DU sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the periodic configuration of the access network capability information;

the DU sends an information smoothing window of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the DU sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information format of the access network capability information;

the DU sends an information unit of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

the DU terminates the sending of the configuration or indication of the access network capability information.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and the DU sends the access network capability information according to the first information.

the DU sends response information to the CUs.

and the DU sends failure information to the CU, wherein the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

the CU sends access network capability information.

Specifically, the sending, by the CU, the access network capability information includes:

the CU sends indication information whether the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capacity requirement of an application or a user; or

The CU sends the relevant parameter values for the access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

and the CU sends the access network capability information to the DU.

Specifically, the CU sending the access network capability information to the DU includes:

the CU sends a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information or a packet header of the user plane data packet to the DU through a user plane interface F1-U; or

And the CU sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the DU through a control plane interface F1-C.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a quality of service regulation method, including:

the application equipment receives access network capacity information sent by an access network;

and generating regulation and control information aiming at the application data of the current access application according to the access network capacity information and the network requirement of the current access application.

Specifically, the application device is a UE or an AS, and the method further includes:

the application equipment sends the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application to a mobile network, so that the mobile network executes a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application of the application equipment.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a network quality control method, including:

the mobile network identifies the network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment;

and executing a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

Specifically, the identifying, by the mobile network, the network requirement of the application device for currently accessing the application includes:

the mobile network receives a network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application of the application equipment, which is sent by the application equipment;

and identifying the network requirement of the application equipment for accessing the application currently according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the application equipment for accessing the application currently.

Specifically, when the application device is an AS, the identifying, by the mobile network, the network requirement of the application device for currently accessing the application includes:

receiving identification information which is sent by an AS and corresponds to the current access application of the AS, wherein the identification information is correspondingly set by the AS according to the received access network capability information;

and determining the network requirement of the AS for accessing the application currently according to the identification information.

Specifically, the mobile network includes a core network or an access network, and the executing the corresponding network quality control policy includes:

executing a corresponding network quality control strategy through a core network; and/or

And executing the corresponding network quality control strategy through the access network.

Specifically, the access network includes a CU and a DU, and the executing the corresponding network quality control policy includes:

executing a corresponding network quality control strategy through the CU; and/or

And executing the corresponding network quality control strategy through the DU.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an access network device, including: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and sending the access network capacity information through the transceiver;

the transceiver is used for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor.

In particular, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information via user data packets or signaling, and/or send the access network capability information via network slice related data or signaling.

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send indication information whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets an access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or sending the relevant parameter value of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

Specifically, the access network capability information further includes at least one of the following information:

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or

And sending the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane data packet.

Specifically, the processor further carries the access network capability information in an application layer packet through the UPF and sends the application layer packet to the AS; or sending the access network capability information to the NEF through the UPF.

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the AMF, the SMF, or the NEF through a signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the processor is further configured to send the access network capability information to the NEF through the AMF or the SMF.

Specifically, the processor further sends the access network capability information to the AF or the AS or the UE through the NEF.

Specifically, the processor further sends the access network capability information to the AS through the AF.

the processor is configured to read a program in the memory, and receive first information through the transceiver, where the first information is used to request the access network to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to receive request information, control information, query information, or indication information sent by the NEF; or

Receiving request information or control information sent by access and mobility management (AMF); or

Receiving inquiry information or indication information sent by a user plane function UPF; or

And receiving configuration information sent by the network manager.

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Specifically, the information carried in the first information is acquired from an application function AF or AS.

Specifically, the processor is further configured to send, through the transceiver, access network capability information of the access network according to the first information.

Specifically, the processor is further configured to send response information when receiving the request information.

Specifically, when receiving the request information, the processor is further configured to send failure information through the transceiver, where the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a DU, including: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send indication information whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by an access network meets an access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or send the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE; or sending the access network capability information to the CU.

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or sending the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send a user plane packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane packet, to a CU through a user plane interface F1-U; or sending the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU through a control plane interface F1-C.

the processor is configured to read a program in the memory, and receive first information through the transceiver, where the first information is used to request the DU to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to receive request information, control information, query information, or indication information sent by the CU; or

And receiving configuration information sent by the network manager.

Specifically, the first information further carries at least one of the following information:

the DU sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the DU sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Specifically, the processor is further configured to send the access network capability information according to the first information.

Specifically, the processor is further configured to send response information to the CU when the processor receives the request information.

Specifically, when receiving the request information, the processor is further configured to send failure information to the CU, where the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a CU, including: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the DU.

Specifically, the processor is specifically configured to send a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, to the DU through a user plane interface F1-U; or sending the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or the header of the user plane data packet to the DU through a user plane interface F1-U.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an application apparatus including: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and receiving the access network capacity information sent by the access network through the transceiver; generating regulation and control information aiming at the application data of the current access application according to the access network capacity information and the network requirement of the current access application;

Specifically, the application device is UE or AS, and the processor is further configured to send a network requirement and/or a requirement indication of a current access application to a mobile network, so that the mobile network executes a corresponding network quality control policy according to the network requirement and/or the requirement indication of the current access application of the application device.

Specifically, when the application device is an AS, the processor is specifically configured to send identification information corresponding to a current access application of the AS to the mobile network, where the identification information is set by the AS correspondingly according to the received access network capability information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a mobile network device, comprising: a processor and a memory;

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and identifying the network requirement of the application currently accessed to the application; and executing a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

Specifically, the mobile network device further includes: a transceiver;

the processor is specifically configured to receive, by the transceiver, a network requirement and/or a requirement indication of an application currently accessed by the application device, where the network requirement and/or the requirement indication is sent by the application device; identifying the network requirement of the application equipment for accessing the application currently according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the application equipment for accessing the application currently;

Specifically, when the application device is an AS, the processor is specifically configured to receive identification information corresponding to a current access application of the AS, where the identification information is set by the AS correspondingly according to received access network capability information; and determining the network requirement of the AS for accessing the application currently according to the identification information.

Specifically, the mobile network includes a core network or an access network, and the processor is specifically configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy through the core network; and/or enforcing corresponding network quality control policies by the access network.

Specifically, the access network includes a central unit CU and a distribution unit DU, and the processor is specifically configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy by the CU; and/or implement a corresponding network quality control policy via the DU.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information transmitting apparatus, the apparatus including:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the access network capacity information;

and the sending module is used for sending the access network capability information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information receiving apparatus, including:

the device comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving first information, the first information is used for requiring an access network to send access network capacity information of the access network, and the first information is request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information;

and the processing module is used for carrying out subsequent processing according to the first information received by the receiving module.

a receiving unit, configured to receive first information, where the first information is used to request a DU to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a quality of service regulation apparatus, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving the access network capacity information sent by the access network;

and the regulation and control module is used for generating the regulation and control information of the application data aiming at the current access application according to the access network capability information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a network quality regulation apparatus, including:

the identification module is used for identifying the network requirement of the application equipment for accessing the application currently;

and the regulation and control module is used for executing a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the above-mentioned information transmission method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic apparatus, the program, when executed on the electronic apparatus, causing the electronic apparatus to perform the steps in the above-described information receiving method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the information transmission method as claimed above.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the information quality control method described above.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the network quality regulation method described above.

a core network receives access network capacity information sent by an access network;

and generating regulation and control information aiming at the application data according to the access network capacity information and the network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a core network device, including: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and receiving the access network capacity information sent by the access network through the transceiver; generating regulation and control information aiming at application data according to the access network capacity information and the network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment;

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic connection diagram of a 5G network architecture;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of an information sending method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of an information receiving method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an NEF triggering an access network to send access network capability information according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an AMF/SMF triggering an access network to send access network capability information according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating that a UPF triggers an access network to send access network capability information according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating that the access network sends a response message to the NEF/AMF according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating that the access network sends failure information to the NEF/AMF according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an access network sending access network capability information to a UE according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating that an access network transmits access network capability information through a UPF according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating an access network transmitting access network capability information through an AMF/SMF according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an access network transmitting access network capability information through NEF according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a second schematic diagram illustrating an access network transmitting access network capability information through the NEF according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a flowchart of an information sending method according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a flowchart of an information receiving method according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a flowchart of an information sending method according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating that a DU provided in the tenth embodiment of the present invention sends access network capability information to a UE;

fig. 18 is a schematic diagram of CU sending access network capability information through UPF according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a schematic diagram illustrating a CU according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention sending access network capability information through an AMF/SMF;

fig. 20 is a schematic diagram of a CU according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention, which sends access network capability information through NEF;

fig. 21 is a second schematic diagram illustrating CU sending access network capability information through NEF according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating information transmission between a CU and a DU according to a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 23 is a diagram illustrating that a DU provided in fifteenth embodiment of the present invention sends access network capability information through a UPF;

fig. 24 is a schematic diagram of a DU according to a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention sending access network capability information through an AMF/SMF;

fig. 25 is a diagram illustrating that a DU provided in the seventeenth embodiment of the present invention transmits access network capability information through a NEF;

fig. 26 is a schematic diagram illustrating a CU sending access network capability information to a UE according to an eighteenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 27 is a flowchart of a method for regulating and controlling quality of service according to nineteenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 28 is a flowchart of a network quality control method according to a twentieth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an interaction between an application device and a mobile network according to twenty-first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 30 is a flowchart illustrating interaction between a core network and an access network according to twenty-first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 31 is a schematic diagram of an AS/AF initiating capability opening to an access network according to twenty-two embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 32 is a second schematic diagram illustrating that the AS/AF provided in the twenty-third embodiment of the present invention opens the capability of initiating to the access network;

fig. 33 is a third schematic diagram illustrating that the AS/AF provided in twenty-fourth embodiment of the present invention initiates capability opening to the access network;

fig. 34 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating that the AS/AF initiates capability opening to the access network according to twenty-fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 35 is a schematic diagram illustrating a process of determining a playing bandwidth by an AS according to twenty-sixth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 36 is a schematic diagram of a process of deciding a play bandwidth by a UE according to a twenty-seventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 37 is an access network device according to twenty-eight of the embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 38 is an access network device provided in twenty-ninth of the present invention;

fig. 39 is an access network apparatus according to a thirty-first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 40 is an access network device provided in thirty-one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 41 is an access network device according to thirty-two embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 42 is an application device provided in thirty-three embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 43 is a mobile network device according to thirty-four embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 44 is a schematic view of an information transmitting apparatus provided in thirty-five embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 45 is a schematic view of an information receiving apparatus according to thirty-six embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 46 is a schematic view of an information transmitting apparatus provided in thirty-seventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 47 is a schematic view of an information receiving apparatus according to thirty-eight embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 48 is a schematic view of an information transmitting apparatus according to thirty-nine embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 49 is a schematic diagram of a quality of service regulation and control apparatus according to embodiment forty of the present invention;

fig. 50 is a schematic diagram of a network quality control apparatus according to forty first embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 51 is a core network device according to forty-nine embodiments of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the existing 5G network architecture, the access network and the capability open node do not have a connection relationship, and a communication protocol is not provided between the access network and the capability open node, so that the wireless network information of the access network cannot be opened through NEF or AF, and the core network does not know the network condition of the wireless network, so that when the core network regulates and controls the network quality based on a network quality regulation and control strategy of QoS, a good optimization effect is not obtained in the current network, and the application experience of a user is not optimized, and the network resources are not fully utilized.

Therefore, to overcome the above technical problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information sending method, including:

and sending the access network capability information.

Wherein, the sending the access network capability information comprises any one of the following modes:

the access network sends the access network capability information;

the DU sends the access network capability information;

the CU sends access network capability information.

Therefore, the network condition of the current wireless network of the access network, namely the access network capacity information of the access network, is sent through the access network or the DU or CU, so that the mobile network executes a corresponding network quality regulation and control strategy according to the access network capacity information of the access network, and meanwhile, the application equipment can regulate and control the application data of the current access application according to the access network capacity information of the access network.

Specifically, when the access network, the DU, or the CU sends the access network capability information, the access network capability information of the access network may be automatically sent based on the locally stored configuration information trigger, that is, when the trigger event for sending the access network capability information is currently satisfied, or when the reporting period of the access network capability information is reached.

Or, when the access network or the DU or the CU sends the access network capability information, the access network or the DU or the CU may also be triggered based on first information sent by another device, in this embodiment of the present invention, the request information, the control information, the query information, the indication information, or the configuration information is regarded as the first information, that is, the first information is the request information, the control information, the query information, the indication information, or the configuration information, where the first information is used to request the DU to send the access network capability information, and therefore, if the access network receives the request information, the control information, the query information, the indication information, or the configuration information sent by another device, the access network capability information of the access network is sent.

That is, the access network or the DU or CU decides whether to send access network capability information; and if so, sending the access network capability information of the access network.

Specifically, the decision by the access network or the DU or CU whether to send the access network capability information includes:

if a first message for sending the access network capacity information is received, determining to send the access network capacity information; or according to the configuration information stored locally, when the current trigger event meeting the sending of the access network capacity information is determined, or the reporting period of the access network capacity information is reached, the access network capacity information is determined to be sent.

Then, the procedure of triggering the access network or the DU or CU to send the access network capability information is described below with reference to specific embodiments.

The first embodiment is as follows:

when an access network sends its own access network capability information based on locally stored configuration information, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information sending method, as shown in fig. 2, the method includes the following steps:

step S201: the access network sends access network capability information.

Specifically, the sending the access network capability information includes:

sending access network capability information through a user plane data packet; or

Sending access network capability information through signaling; or

Sending access network capability information through a data packet related to the network slice; or

And sending the access network capability information through the signaling related to the network slice.

That is, the access network may send the access network capability information via the user plane data packet; the access network capability information can also be sent through signaling; the access network capability information can also be sent through the data packet related to the network slice; the access network capability information may also be sent via network slice related signaling. It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the manner in which the access network sends the access network capability information is not particularly limited.

The network slice is a concept introduced by a 5G mobile network, and is specifically a logical network providing specific network capabilities and characteristics; the system can be used by an operator, and provides network services which are mutually isolated and have customizable functions for different vertical industries, different clients and different services based on a Service level agent level (SLA) Service agreement signed by the client. For a description of network slices see in particular 3GPP TS 23.501.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the access network, the access network capability information includes:

And the access network capability information comprises at least one of the following information:

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

That is, when the access network capability information is sent, the access network may send, according to the configuration information stored locally, parameter values corresponding to one or more of information about bandwidth that can be currently provided by itself (available bandwidth information), information about network rate that can be provided (available network rate information), information about network capacity that can be provided (available network capacity information), information about network quality that can be provided (available network quality information), information about cache that can be provided (available cache information), information about computing capability that can be provided (available computing capability information), and information about computing resources that can be provided (available computing resource information), and may also send information indicating whether the access network capability information that can be currently provided by itself meets the access network capability requirement of an application or a user.

When the access network sends the indication information indicating whether the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user, the following steps are specifically performed:

if the local stored configuration information indicates that the application or the access network capacity requirement of the user provides 20M bandwidth for the expected access network, the access network judges whether the 20M bandwidth can be provided according to the current wireless state of the access network, and if the 20M bandwidth can be provided, the access network sends indication information of the 20M bandwidth; if not, an indication that 20M of bandwidth cannot be provided is transmitted. Specifically, the access network may indicate that it can provide 20M bandwidth by sending 1, that is, the indication information sent by the access network is 1, or indicate that it cannot provide 20M bandwidth by sending 0, that is, the indication information sent by the access network is 0.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific requirement of the access network capability of the application or the user is not specifically limited to what kind of information included in the access network capability information. Also, the form of the indication information indicating whether the access network capability information that the access network can currently provide meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user is not particularly limited.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the invention, the access network actively sends the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network, so that the mobile network can execute the corresponding network quality regulation and control strategy according to the access network capacity information of the access network, and meanwhile, the application equipment can regulate and control the application data of the current access application according to the access network capacity information of the access network, thereby not only improving the application experience of a user, but also avoiding the waste of network resources.

Example two:

when the access network sends its own access network capability information based on the received first information, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information receiving method, as shown in fig. 3, where the method includes:

step S301: the access network receives the first information.

The first information is used for requiring the access network to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the receiving, by the access network, the first information includes:

The access network receives request information or control information sent by AMF or SMF; or

The access network receives and sends request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information, so that the access network can send the access network capacity information according to the control, configuration or indication, and the problem that the access network cannot open capacity in the prior art can be solved in a configuration-enabling-oriented layer, so that the regulation and control of service and network quality based on the network condition of the wireless network are realized.

Specifically, the procedure of the NEF sending request information, control information, inquiry information, or indication information to the access network is as shown in fig. 4, that is, the NEF may directly request information from the access network. The process of the AMF or the SMF sending the request message or the control message to the access network is shown in fig. 5, that is, when the AMF or the SMF sends the request message to the access network, the AMF or the SMF needs to obtain the request message or the control message from the NEF first and then forwards the request message or the control message to the access network. The process of sending the query information or the indication information to the access network by the UPF is shown in fig. 6, that is, when the UPF sends the query information or the indication information to the access network, the UPF needs to first obtain the query information or the indication information from the NEF, and then forwards the query information or the indication information to the access network. It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a path for the access network to acquire the first information is not particularly limited.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first information is used to request the access network to send indication information indicating whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or

Since the access network capability information comprises at least one of the following information:

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Therefore, when the access network sends the own access network capability information based on the first information, the access network can send the parameter value corresponding to one or more of the available bandwidth information, the available network rate information, the available network capacity information, the available network quality information, the available cache information, the available computing capability information or the available computing resource information of the access network according to the current network condition of the access network, and can also send the indication information whether the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user.

In order to explicitly indicate which type of information is specifically sent when the access network sends the access network capability information, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first information carries at least one of the following information:

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

The information type comprises an information index and an index object, wherein the information index refers to available bandwidth information, available network rate information, available network capacity information, available network quality information, available cache information, available computing capacity information or available computing resource information of an access network, and the index object refers to whether the information index to be sent currently is user-level information, service-level information or application-level information; the feedback path is the target receiving equipment for the access network to send the capability information of the access network; the information format refers to that the access network sends the information in a format of a parameter value corresponding to the access network capability information, or sends the information in a format of a preset discrete level corresponding to the access network capability information; the unit information refers to a unit, such as bytes, etc., when the access network transmits the access network capability information; the triggering event for sending the access network capability information or stopping sending the access network capability information means that a certain preset condition is met; the reporting period of the access network capability information means that the preset reporting time is reached; the information smoothing window is the time length for the access network to perform information statistics. The access network capacity requirement information of the application or the user is reference information which is transmitted to the access network and used for deciding the capacity allocation and the decision of the access network, namely, the access network can directly allocate resources according to the requirement of the application or the user.

Specifically, the access network may directly obtain the network requirements of the application according to the application currently accessed by the application device, or obtain the network requirements of the user from the core network. When the core network obtains the network requirement of the user, the core network also needs to obtain the network requirement according to the current access application of the application equipment. The access network or the core network may be calculated according to context information sent by the application device when the application device currently accesses the application to obtain the network requirement of the application, where the context information includes, but is not limited to, a time length of a video slice, a video bitrate level list, a user expected bandwidth rate list, and the like.

Specifically, when the feedback path carried in the first information is the UPF, the access network sends its own access network capability information to the UPF, and if the feedback path carried in the first information is the NEF, the access network sends its own access network capability information to the NEF. And will not be illustrated one by one here.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sending device sending the first information may be the same as or different from the target receiving device receiving the access network capability information. That is, when the NEF sends the indication information to the access network, the NEF may instruct the access network to send the access network capability information to itself, or instruct the access network to send the access network capability information to another device. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, a target receiving device for receiving the access network capability information may be specified according to the connection status and the requirement of the current network architecture, so that the feedback path for the access network to send the access network capability information is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Specifically, when the application accessed by the application device is a video application, the video bitrate corresponding to videos with different definitions is different, and therefore, corresponding bitrate levels can be set for the videos with different definitions, for example, 1 can be used to indicate that the video bitrate is 720P, and 2 can be used to indicate that the video bitrate is 1080P. The first information may thus instruct the access network to transmit bandwidth information that it can currently provide, or a level that the access network can currently provide, through the information format.

Specifically, the trigger event for the access network to send the access network capability information or stop sending the access network capability information may be a service type of the application or an IP address of the wireless network. For example, the service type of the application may be divided into a video service, a call service, and the like, and therefore, the trigger event may be set to trigger the access network to send the access network capability information or stop sending the access network capability information when the currently accessed video service is the trigger event. It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a trigger event or a reporting period for the access network to send the access network capability information may be set according to actual requirements, so that in the embodiment of the present invention, this is not particularly limited.

Specifically, the information smoothing is a method for processing information, that is, an effective basic "present" quantity is estimated from a series of "past" information quantities, and an information smoothing window refers to a "past" duration of information statistics, for example, if the information smoothing window is 20S, it means that the access network integrates the access network capability information in the past 20S, the bandwidth information that the access network can provide in a future period is estimated, and when a transmission cycle is reached, the estimated access network capability information is transmitted to other devices.

It should be noted that the information carried in the first information is acquired from the AF or the AS.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the method further includes:

step S302: and sending the access network capability information of the access network according to the first information.

That is, after receiving the first information, the access network needs to send the relevant information that the user or the application expects to be sent by the access network according to the information carried in the first information.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the access network sends the access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network according to the first information, so that the mobile network can execute a corresponding network quality regulation and control policy according to the access network capability information of the access network, and meanwhile, the application device can regulate and control the application data of the current access application according to the access network capability information of the access network, so as to improve the application experience of the user and improve the utilization rate of network resources.

As can be seen from the above, the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information or configuration information, and therefore when the first information is the request information, the method further includes:

the access network sends a response message.

Wherein, the response message sent by the access network is used to inform the NEF or the AMF or other devices that the request message has been received, and the access network capability message is sent according to the request message. Wherein the response information may directly carry the access network capability information. That is, as shown in fig. 7, after receiving the request message sent by the NEF or the AMF, the access network carries a response message of the access network capability information to the NEF or the AMF, so that the NEF or the AMF obtains the current wireless network status of the access network.

When the first information is the request information, if the access network has no openable access capability information temporarily, the method further comprises:

That is, as shown in fig. 8, when the access network has no openable access capability information for a while, or cannot open its own access capability information to the core network or the terminal for some reason, the NEF or the AMF sends failure information to the core network or the terminal, and informs the NEF or the AMF of the reason that the access network cannot send the access capability information through the failure information, so that the NEF or the AMF performs quality control based on the currently executed quality control policy after receiving the failure information sent by the access network.

Since the final target receiving devices of the access network capability information are UE and AS, and the access network needs to be forwarded by the relevant devices of the core network when sending the access network capability information to the AS, the process of sending the access network capability information to the core network is actually included in the process of sending the access network capability information to the AS by the access network. Therefore, the transmitting the access network capability information of the access network includes:

the access network sends the access network capability information to the UE; or

And the access network sends the access network capability information to the AS.

The following describes a specific procedure for transmitting access network capability information by an access network in conjunction with a specific embodiment.

Example three:

in this embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the access network, the access network capability information includes:

Specifically, the user plane Packet may be an SDAP (Service Data Adaptation Protocol) Packet, a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) Packet, an RLC (Radio Link Control Protocol) Packet, or an MAC (media access Control layer) Packet. When the access network capability information is sent through the user plane data packet, the access network capability information may be specifically carried in a packet header of the user plane data packet or some fields of a packet body of the user plane data packet, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The air interface signaling may be RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling or MAC CE signaling. It should be understood, of course, that in the embodiment of the present invention, the forms of the user plane data packet and the air interface signaling for sending the access network capability information are not specifically limited.

A process of sending, by the access network, the access network capability information to the UE is shown in fig. 9, that is, the access network carries the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then directly sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the UE, so that the UE can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

The access network sends the self access network capacity information to the UE, and the access network can open the capacity to the UE, so that the UE can know the current wireless network condition according to the received access network capacity information, the application data of the current access application is regulated, the application experience of a user is improved, network resources can be reasonably utilized, and the waste of the network resources is avoided.

Example four:

Specifically, the method further comprises:

the UPF carries the access network capability information in an application layer data packet and sends the application layer data packet to the AS; or

And the UPF sends the access network capability information to the NEF.

That is, the access network transmits the access network capability information to the AS or the NEF through the UPF after transmitting the access network capability information to the UPF.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and the NEF sends the access network capability information to the AF or AS or UE.

That is, after the access network sends the access network capability information to the UPF, if the UPF sends the access network capability information to the NEF, the access network capability information needs to be sent to the AF, AS, or UE through the NEF.

The process of sending the access network capability information by the UPF is shown in fig. 10, that is, the access network encapsulates the access network capability information in a user plane data packet or a packet header of the user plane data packet, and then sends the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information to the UPF, so that the UPF can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

After receiving the access network capability information sent by the access network, the UPF may send the access network capability information in the following manners:

the first method is as follows: the UPF further encapsulates the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information into an application layer data packet, and sends the application layer data packet to the AS, so that the AS can acquire the access network capability information of the access network.

The second method comprises the following steps: the UPF forwards the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information to the NEF, and then the NEF forwards the access network capability information carried by the user plane data packet to the AF or AS or UE, so that the AF or AS or UE can acquire the access network capability information of the access network.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first and second manners are two parallel transmission manners, which may be used separately or simultaneously, and therefore, in practical applications, an appropriate transmission manner may be selected according to the current open requirement.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the data packet sent by the access network to the UPF may be a GTP-U data packet. Specifically, a schematic diagram of a GTP-U packet provided by the embodiment of the present invention is shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

In table 1, Number of Radio (or access network capability) Information fields are lengths of wireless Information (or access network capability Information) fields to indicate the Number of bytes used for transferring access network capability Information, a Radio (or access network) Information Type is a Type of the wireless Information (or access network capability Information) field to indicate which Type of Information in the access network capability Information specifically needs to occur, and an access UE Capacity is Available user bandwidth capability, which may be bandwidth Information that the access network can currently provide, but may also be other Information according to changes of the Radio (or access network) Information Type. Other fields in table 1 are general information in the GTP-U packet in the prior art, and reference may be specifically made to the related description in 3GPP TS38.413, so details are not repeated in the embodiments of the present invention.

Example five:

and the access network sends the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF or the NEF through a signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

That is, the access network transmits the access network capability information to the AS or the NEF through the AMF or the SMF after transmitting the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and sending the access network capability information to AF or AS or UE through NEF.

That is, after the access network sends the access network capability information to the AMF or SMF, if the AMF or SMF sends the access network capability information to the NEF, the access network capability information needs to be sent to the AF or AS or UE through the NEF.

Specifically, a process of the access network sending the access network capability information through the AMF or the SMF is shown in fig. 11, that is, the access network carries the access network capability information in a signaling, and then sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF, so that the AMF or the SMF can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

After receiving the access network capability information sent by the access network, the AMF or the SMF forwards the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the NEF, and then the NEF forwards the access network capability information carried by the signaling to the AF or the AS or the UE, so that the AF or the AS or the UE can acquire the access network capability information of the access network.

Example six:

on the basis of the above embodiment, in an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:

That is, the NEF receives the access network capability information directly or indirectly sent by the access network, and needs to send the access network capability information to the AF or the AS or the UE through the NEF.

Specifically, after receiving the access network capability information sent by the access network, the NEF may send the access network capability information in the following manners:

the first method is as follows: AS shown in fig. 12, the NEF directly sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AF, AS, or UE, so that the AF, AS, or UE can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

The second method comprises the following steps: AS shown in fig. 13, the NEF forwards the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AF, and then the AF forwards the access network capability information carried in the signaling to the AS, so that the AS can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

Therefore, the method further comprises: and the AF sends the access network capability information to the AS.

Therefore, the access network sends the own access network capacity information, and the capacity opening can be simultaneously carried out on the core network in the process of sending the access network capacity information to the AS, so that the AS can acquire the current wireless network condition according to the received access network capacity information, the application data of the current access application can be regulated and controlled, the core network can acquire the current wireless network condition according to the received access network capacity information, a corresponding network quality regulation and control strategy is executed, and the application experience of a user is improved, and meanwhile, the utilization rate of network resources is improved.

With the formal confirmation of 3rd Generation partnership project (3 GPP) in 3 months in 2017, the access network internal high-level protocol stack partition is standardized, i.e. a Central Unit (CU) -Distribution Unit (DU) partition architecture is adopted, so that the access network includes CUs and DUs connected to the CUs.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the access network capability information may also be sent through the CU or the DU, specifically, when the access network capability information is sent through the CU or the DU, the access network capability information may be triggered based on the configuration information stored locally, or based on the first information sent by another device, and the following describes a process of triggering the access network to send the access network capability information by the CU or the DU respectively with reference to specific embodiments.

Example seven:

when a DU sends its own access network capability information based on locally stored configuration information, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information sending method, as shown in fig. 14, where the method includes:

step S1401: the DU sends access network capability information.

Specifically, the DU sending access network capability information includes:

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

That is to say, when the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network, the DU may send parameter values corresponding to one or more of available bandwidth information, available network rate information, available network capacity information, available network quality information, available cache information, available computing capability information, or available computing resource information of the access network according to the locally stored configuration information, and may also send indication information whether the access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user.

Since the foregoing embodiment has described that the access network can transmit the access network capability information according to the feedback path, the information format, and the information unit, etc., and the DU can also transmit the access network capability information according to the above transmission form when transmitting the access network capability information, it is not described herein again.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the DU automatically sends the access network capability information that can be currently provided by itself according to the configuration stored locally, so that the mobile network can execute a corresponding network quality regulation and control policy according to the access network capability information of the access network, and at the same time, the application device can regulate and control the application data of the current access application according to the access network capability information of the access network, which not only can improve the application experience of the user, but also can improve the utilization rate of network resources.

Example eight:

when the DU sends its own access network capability information based on the received first information, an embodiment of the present invention provides an information receiving method, as shown in fig. 15, where the method includes:

step S1501: the DU receives the first information.

Specifically, in this embodiment of the present invention, the receiving, by the DU, the first information includes:

That is, the first information received by the DU may be request information, control information, query information, or indication information sent by the CU, or may be configuration information sent by the network manager. It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a path for a DU to acquire first information is not particularly limited.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Therefore, when the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network, the DU may send parameter values corresponding to one or more information of available bandwidth information, available network rate information, available network capacity information, available network quality information, available cache information, available computing capability information, or available computing resource information of the access network according to the current network condition of the access network, and may also send indication information whether the access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user.

In order to explicitly indicate which type of information is specifically sent when the DU sends the access network capability information, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first information carries at least one of the following information:

the DU sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the DU sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

the DU sends an information unit of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Since the foregoing embodiment has described that the access network capability information can be transmitted according to the feedback path, the information format, and the information unit, and the DU can also transmit the access network capability information according to the above transmission form when transmitting the access network capability information, it is not described herein again.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 15, the method further includes:

step S1502: and the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network according to the first information.

That is, after receiving the first information, the DU needs to send the relevant information that the user or the application expects to be sent by the access network according to the information carried in the first information.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the DU sends the currently available access network capability information according to the first information, so that the mobile network can execute a corresponding network quality regulation and control policy according to the access network capability information of the access network, and the application device can regulate and control the application data of the currently accessed application according to the access network capability information of the access network, thereby improving the application experience of the user and improving the utilization rate of network resources.

The first information may be request information, control information, query information or indication information sent by the CU, or may also be configuration information sent by the network manager.

When the first information is request information, the sending method further includes:

and sending the response information to the CU.

That is, when the access network has no openable access capability information or cannot open its own access capability information to the core network or the terminal for some reason, the DU sends failure information to the CU, and informs the device of the reason why the access capability information cannot be sent through the failure information, so that the CU forwards the failure information to other devices, and the other devices perform quality control based on the currently executed quality control policy after receiving the failure information sent by the DU.

Example nine:

when a CU sends its own access network capability information based on locally stored configuration information, in an embodiment of the present invention, an information sending method is provided, as shown in fig. 16, where the method includes:

step S1601: the CU sends access network capability information.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Therefore, when the CU sends the access network capability information of the access network, the CU may send parameter values corresponding to one or more of available bandwidth information, available network rate information, available network capacity information, available network quality information, available cache information, available computing capability information, or available computing resource information of the access network according to the locally stored configuration information, and may also send indication information whether the access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the CU automatically sends the access network capability information that can be currently provided by the CU according to the configuration information stored locally, so that the mobile network can execute a corresponding network quality regulation and control policy according to the access network capability information of the access network, and at the same time, the application device can regulate and control the application data of the current access application according to the access network capability information of the access network, thereby improving the application experience of the user and improving the utilization rate of network resources.

Since the final target receiving devices of the access network capability information are UE and AS, and the CU or DU needs to be forwarded by the relevant device of the core network when sending the access network capability information to the AS, the process of sending the access network capability information to the core network is actually included in the process of sending the access network capability information to the AS by the CU or DU. So CU or DU sends access network capability information of the access network including:

the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE; or

The DU sends the access network capability information to the CU, and sends the access network capability information to AF or AS or UE through the CU; or

The CU sends the access network capability information to AF or AS or UE; or

And the CU sends the access network capacity information to the DU, and sends the access network capacity information to the UE through the DU.

The following describes a specific procedure for transmitting access network capability information by a CU or DU in conjunction with a specific embodiment.

Example ten:

on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, in the embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the DU, the access network capability information to the UE includes:

Specifically, the user plane packet may be an SDAP packet, a PDCP packet, an RLC packet, or a MAC packet. The air interface signaling may be RRC signaling or MAC CE signaling.

Fig. 17 shows a process of sending the access network capability information to the UE by the DU, that is, the DU carries the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then directly sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the UE, so that the UE can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

The CU sends the access network capacity information of the access network to the UE, and the access network can open the capacity to the UE, so that the UE can know the current wireless network condition according to the received access network capacity information, the application data of the current access application can be regulated and controlled, and the application experience of a user can be improved.

Example eleven:

in the embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the CU, the access network capability information to the AF or the AS or the UE includes:

and the CU sends the access network capacity information to the UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information or a packet header of the user plane data packet, encapsulates the access network capacity information in an application layer data packet through the UPF and sends the AS, or sends the access network capacity information to the NEF through the UPF, so that the NEF sends the access network capacity information to the AF, the AS or the UE.

Specifically, a process of sending the access network capability information by the CU through the UPF is shown in fig. 18, that is, the CU encapsulates the access network capability information in a user plane data packet or a packet header of the user plane data packet, and then sends the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information to the UPF, so that the UPF can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

After receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the UPF may send the access network capability information in the following manners:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the data packet sent by the CU to the UPF may be a GTP-U data packet. Since the GTP-U packet has been described in detail in the fifth embodiment, details are not described again in the embodiment of the present invention.

Example twelve:

on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, in an embodiment of the present invention, the sending, by the CU, the access network capability information to the AF or the AS or the UE includes:

and the CU sends the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF through a signaling carrying the access network capability information, and sends the access network capability information to the NEF through the AMF or the SMF, so that the NEF sends the access network capability information to the AF or the AS or the UE.

Specifically, a process in which a CU sends access network capability information to an AS through an AMF or an SMF is AS shown in fig. 19, that is, the CU carries the access network capability information in a signaling, and then sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF, so that the AMF or the SMF can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

After receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the AMF or the SMF forwards the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the NEF, and then the NEF forwards the access network capability information carried by the signaling to the AF or the AS or the UE, so that the AF or the AS or the UE can acquire the access network capability information of the access network.

Example thirteen:

and the CU sends the access network capability information to the NEF through a signaling carrying the access network capability information, and sends the access network capability information to the AF or the AS or the UE through the NEF, or sends the access network capability information to the AF through the NEF, so that the AF sends the access network capability information to the AS.

the first method is as follows: AS shown in fig. 20, the NEF directly sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AF, AS, or UE, so that the AF, AS, or UE can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

The second method comprises the following steps: AS shown in fig. 21, the NEF forwards the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AF, and then the AF forwards the access network capability information carried in the signaling to the AS, so that the AS can obtain the access network capability information of the access network.

Therefore, the capability opening of the access network to the core network or the AS or the UE can be realized by sending the access network capability information of the access network through the CU, so that the core network can acquire the current wireless network condition according to the received access network capability information and execute a corresponding network quality regulation and control strategy, and meanwhile, the AS or the UE can acquire the current wireless network condition according to the received access network capability information, so that the application data of the current access application can be regulated and controlled, and the utilization rate of network resources can be improved while the application experience of a user is improved.

Example fourteen:

when the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network to the AS, the DU needs to send the access network capability information to the CU first and then forward the access network capability information through the CU, and therefore the sending of the access network capability information to the CU by the DU includes:

When the CU sends the access network capability information of the access network to the UE, it also needs to send the access network capability information to the DU first, and then forward the access network capability information through the DU, so that sending the access network capability information to the DU by the CU includes:

That is to say, the CU and the DU perform information interaction directly through a mode of transmitting a user plane data packet or signaling through the user plane interface F1-U, or perform information interaction directly through a mode of transmitting signaling through the control plane interface F1-C, and the transmission process is as shown in fig. 22, that is, the DU carries the access network capability information in the user plane data packet, or the header of the user plane data packet, or the air interface signaling, and then directly sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU. Similarly, the CU may also carry the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then directly send the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the DU.

Example fifteen:

based on the foregoing embodiment, a process of sending, by the DU, the access network capability information of the access network is as shown in fig. 23, that is, the DU carries the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU.

After receiving a user plane data packet or an air interface signaling carrying access network capability information, the CU carries the access network capability information in the user plane data packet or a packet header of the user plane data packet, and sends the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information to the UPF.

And after receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the UPF sends the access network capability information to the NEF, and then the NEF forwards the access network capability information to the AF or AS or UE, so that the AF or AS or UE can acquire the access network capability information of the access network.

Wherein, when the UPF sends the access network capability information to the NEF, any one of the sending manners described in the fifth embodiment may be adopted, and in the embodiment of the present invention, this is not particularly limited. When the NEF transmits the access network capability information to the AS, the NEF may also use any one of the transmission manners described in the seventh embodiment, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Example sixteen:

based on the foregoing embodiment, a process of sending, by the DU, the access network capability information of the access network is as shown in fig. 24, that is, the DU carries the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU.

After receiving a user plane data packet or an air interface signaling carrying access network capability information, the CU carries the access network capability information in the signaling, and sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF.

When the NEF accesses the network capability information when sending the information to the AS, any one of the above-mentioned sending methods may be used, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Example seventeen:

based on the foregoing embodiment, a process of sending, by the DU, the access network capability information of the access network is as shown in fig. 25, that is, the DU carries the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU.

After receiving a user plane data packet or an air interface signaling carrying access network capability information, the CU carries the access network capability information in the signaling and sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the NEF. Then, the NEF forwards the access network capability information carried by the signaling to the AS, so that the AF, the AS or the UE can acquire the access network capability information of the access network.

When the NEF sends the access network capability information to the AF, the AS, or the UE, any one of the above-mentioned sending manners may also be adopted, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Example eighteen:

based on the foregoing embodiments, a process of sending, by a CU, access network capability information of an access network to a UE is as shown in fig. 26, that is, the CU carries the access network capability information in a user plane data packet, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, or an air interface signaling, and then sends the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information to a DU.

After receiving the user plane data packet or the air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information, the DU carries the access network capability information to the user plane data packet, or the packet header of the user plane data packet, or the air interface signaling, and directly sends the access network capability information to the UE.

Example nineteenth:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a quality of service regulation method, as shown in fig. 27, the method including:

step S2701: and the application equipment receives the access network capability information sent by the access network.

Step S2702: and generating regulation and control information aiming at the application data of the current access application according to the access network capability information.

It can be known from the above embodiments that the access network sends its own access network capability information to the application device, that is, the UE or the AS, so that after receiving the access network capability information sent by the access network, the UE or the AS can regulate and control the application data of the current access application according to the current network status of the access network, thereby improving the application experience of the user.

If the application currently accessed by the UE or AS is a video application, and the bandwidth required for downloading the video is 10M, and the bandwidth information currently provided by the access network is 20M, which can meet the network requirement of the UE or AS, the UE or AS downloads the corresponding video with the bandwidth of 10M, thereby avoiding the waste of bandwidth resources. However, if the bandwidth information that can be provided by the access network is 5M, in order to ensure that the access of the UE or the AS to the video application is smooth, the bandwidth of the access of the UE or the AS to the video application may be adjusted to 5M.

In order to enable the quality of the mobile network and the quality of service to be consistent in the regulation and control process, the method further comprises the following steps:

Specifically, the application device sends the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application to the mobile network, so that the mobile network executes the corresponding network quality control policy according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application of the application device.

That is, the application device sends the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the previously accessed application to the mobile network, so that the mobile network can execute the corresponding network quality control policy based on the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the application device, thereby ensuring the required bandwidth that can be provided by the application device itself, and not wasting network resources.

Wherein, when the application device is an AS, the sending, by the application device, the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application to the mobile network includes:

and the AS sends the identification information corresponding to the current access application of the AS to the mobile network, wherein the identification information is correspondingly set by the AS according to the received access network capability information.

That is, the AS may classify different levels according to the received access network capability information, for example, when the access network is capable of providing bandwidth information of 10M, the AS may set identification information corresponding to the bandwidth information, where the identification information may be in the form of a tag or a numerical value, and if the identification information is in the form of a tag, the AS may set a numerical value corresponding to the bandwidth information of 10M to 1, and when the access network is capable of providing bandwidth information of 20M, the AS may set a numerical value corresponding to the bandwidth information of 20M to 2, so that the AS may inform the mobile network of the current network requirement by sending 1 or 2 to the mobile network.

It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the form of adding the identification information corresponding to the access network capability information to the AS is not particularly limited.

Example twenty:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a network quality control method, as shown in fig. 28, the method including:

step S2801: the mobile network identifies network requirements for the application device to currently access the application.

Step S2802: and executing a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the mobile network includes an access network and a core network, and as can be seen from the above embodiment, the access network can open the capability to the core network, so that after the mobile network receives the network requirement of the current access application of the terminal sent by the terminal, both the access network and the core network can execute the corresponding network quality control policy according to the network requirement of the current access application of the application device, so as to ensure that the mobile network can provide the required bandwidth for the application device itself, and not waste network resources.

If the application currently accessed by the application device is a video application, and the bandwidth required for downloading the video is 10M, and the bandwidth information currently available by the access network is 20M, the access network and/or the core network may only provide the application device with 10M bandwidth to avoid resource waste while ensuring that the user requirements can be met. However, if the bandwidth information that the access network can only provide currently is 5M, in order to avoid causing poor application experience for the user, the access network and the core network may first save the bandwidth of 5M provided to the application device by executing the corresponding network quality control policy, and when the bandwidth that the access network can provide is 10M, provide the bandwidth of 10M to the application device.

The network requirement and requirement indication of the current access application of the application device can be carried in an application data packet or a packet header of the application data packet. Specifically, the packet sequence number, the tag, the indication bit may be explicitly or implicitly included, or such a header content may be directly included, that is, the requirement and/or the requirement indication for the network is indicated.

When the application device is an AS, the identifying, by the mobile network, the network requirement of the application device for currently accessing the application includes:

Therefore, the AS can divide different levels according to the received access network capability information and set the identification information corresponding to each level, so that the mobile network can identify the current access application network requirement of the AS according to the identification information sent by the AS.

Example twenty one:

AS can be seen from the above, the first information received by the access network is obtained from the AF or AS, so the interaction flow between the application device (AS or UE) and the mobile network is shown in fig. 29, and includes the following steps:

step S2901: an application device (AS or UE) sends a network quality request to a mobile network.

The request may carry a network requirement and/or a requirement indication of the current access service of the application device (AS or UE).

Step S2902: the mobile network makes a network quality response to the application equipment (AS or UE), wherein the network quality response carries the access capability information of the access network.

Step S2903: the mobile network executes a corresponding network quality control strategy based on the network requirement of the current access service of the application equipment (AS or UE).

Step S2904: the application equipment (AS or UE) regulates and controls the application data of the current access application based on the network requirement of the current access service and the bandwidth information which can be provided by the access network.

Therefore, the access network can open the capability of the self access network capability information to the application equipment (AS or UE) or the core network, and the end-to-end quality guarantee pull-through of the mobile network can be realized, so that the application experience of a user and the utilization rate of network resources are improved.

Since the mobile network includes a core network and an access network, after the mobile network receives a network quality request sent by a terminal, an interaction flow between the core network and the access network is shown in fig. 30 and includes the following steps:

step S3001: the core network will send a radio network quality request to the access network based on the network quality request sent by the application device (AS or UE).

Step S3002: and the access network carries out wireless network quality response to the core network, wherein the wireless network quality response carries the network access capability information of the access network.

Step S3003: the access network can execute the corresponding network quality control strategy based on the network access capability information which can be provided by the access network and the network requirement of the application equipment (AS or UE).

Step S3004: after receiving the wireless network quality response sent by the access network, the core network can also execute a corresponding network quality control policy based on the network access capability information that the access network can provide and the network requirements of the application device (AS or UE).

In both the above steps S3003 and S3004, the network quality control is performed by the mobile network, so the core network and the access network may perform the network quality control simultaneously, or the core network or the access network may perform the network quality control independently. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the executing the corresponding network quality control policy includes:

Specifically, when the mobile network is a core network and the core network performs network quality control, the method includes:

and generating regulation and control information aiming at the application data according to the access network capability information and the network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

That is to say, the core network may provide corresponding bandwidth for the application device based on the access network capability information and the network requirement of the application device for currently accessing the application, and then execute a corresponding network quality control policy according to the application data bandwidth requirement of the application device for currently accessing the application, so as to ensure that the bandwidth requirement of the application device can be met.

Specifically, in the 5G scenario, an interface between the core network and the access network is an NG interface, so a process of radio network quality response is defined on the interface, and further an associated NG-U interface can be adopted, and an associated radio network quality information is carried by a user plane packet or a packet header of the user plane packet, that is, the following step S3005.

S3005: and the access network sends the channel associated wireless network quality information to the core network.

Therefore, on the basis of the above, the application device (AS or UE) also includes the following steps in the process of interacting with the mobile network:

step S3905: the mobile network sends the associated network quality information to the application device (AS or UE).

As can be seen from the above, the access network includes CU and DU, and therefore on the basis of the foregoing embodiment, in the embodiment of the present invention, the performing the corresponding network quality control policy includes:

Example twenty two:

AS can be seen from the foregoing embodiments, the core network sends the radio network quality request to the access network because the network quality request sent by the AS or the UE is received, and therefore the AS initiates the opening of the access network capability to the access network, the AS can send the quality request to the AF, and then the AF sends the quality request to other core network devices, so the process is AS shown in fig. 31, that is, the AS/AF sends the network quality request to the NEF, the NEF forwards the network quality request to the AMF/SMF after receiving the network quality request, and the AMF/SMF sends the request information to the CU in the access network after receiving the request information.

Wherein the CU may send access network capability information of the access network directly to the AMF/SMF according to the network quality request. Meanwhile, the CU can also send the received network quality request to the DU, so that the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network to the DU, and then the access network capability information is forwarded to the AMF/SMF.

It should be noted that, forwarding the received network quality request to the DU by the CU is an optional step, and therefore, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited in particular.

After receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the AMF/SMF forwards the access network capability information to the NEF, and after receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the NEF forwards the access network capability information to the AS or the AF again, so that the access network can open the capability to the AS or the AF finally.

Example twenty three:

on the basis of the above embodiment, the process of initiating the opening of the access network capability by the AS to the access network may also be AS shown in fig. 32, that is, the AS/AF may send a network quality request to the NEF, and the NEF may forward the network quality request to the CU in the access network after receiving the network quality request.

Wherein the CU may send access network capability information of the access network to the NEF directly according to the network quality request. Meanwhile, the CU can also send the received network quality request to the DU, so that the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network to itself, and then forwards the information to the NEF.

After receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the NEF forwards the information to the AS or the AF again, and finally, the access network opens the capability to the AS or the AF.

Example twenty-four:

based on the foregoing embodiment, the process of initiating, by the AS, the opening of the access network capability to the access network may also be AS shown in fig. 33, that is, initiating, by signaling of the control plane, the opening of the access network capability to the access network, that is, the AS/AF sends a control signaling carrying available bandwidth for a user to the NEF, the NEF forwards the control signaling to the UPF after receiving the control signaling, and the UPF sends the control signaling to the CU in the access network again after receiving the control signaling.

And the CU can directly send the access network capability information of the access network to the UPF according to the control signaling. Meanwhile, the CU can also send the received control signaling to the DU, so that the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network to the DU, and then the information is forwarded to the UPF.

It should be noted that, the CU further forwards the received control to the DU as an optional step, and therefore, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited in particular.

And after receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the UPF forwards the access network capability information to the NEF, and after receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the NEF forwards the access network capability information to the AS or the AF again, so that the access network can open the capability to the AS or the AF finally.

Example twenty-five:

based on the above embodiment, the process of initiating, by the AS, the opening of the access network capability to the access network may also be AS shown in fig. 34, that is, initiating, by the indication information of the data plane, the opening of the access network capability to the access network, that is, the AS/AF may send, to the DN, the indication information carrying the available bandwidth of the user, the DN may forward, after receiving the indication information, the indication information to the UPF, and the UPF may send, after receiving the indication information, the indication information to the CU in the access network again.

Wherein, the CU can directly send the access network capability information of the access network to the UPF according to the indication information. Meanwhile, the CU can also send the received indication information to the DU, so that the DU sends the access network capability information of the access network to the DU and then forwards the access network capability information to the DN.

It should be noted that, forwarding the received control signaling to the DU by the CU is an optional step, and therefore, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited in particular.

And after receiving the access network capability information sent by the CU, the DN forwards the access network capability information to the AS or the AF again, and finally, the access network is enabled to open the capability to the AS or the AF.

Example twenty-six:

on the basis of the above embodiment, in the embodiment of the present invention, taking the current AS-accessing application device AS a video application device AS an example, a process of the AS for deciding the play bandwidth is described, where the process is shown in fig. 35.

The AS will segment the video currently to be pushed into a plurality of video segments, where each video segment has the same duration. And then sending the duration of the video clip to a core network, wherein the core network can calculate the bandwidth requirement for sending the video clip based on the duration of the video clip and send a bandwidth estimation request to an access network, the access network can carry out bandwidth estimation response to the core network according to the bandwidth currently provided by the access network and the bandwidth requirement for issuing the video clip, and if the bandwidth currently provided by the access network can meet the bandwidth requirement for issuing the video clip, the core network can provide the bandwidth meeting the bandwidth requirement for issuing the video clip for the AS. At this time, the AS will issue the video stream, so that the AS can always satisfy the bandwidth requirement of the video segment issued by the AS during the process of issuing the video stream, therefore, the core network will execute the quality control policy based on QoS Flow, and the access network will execute the quality control policy based on DRB (Data Radio Bearer), and send the video stream issued by the AS to the UE.

Example twenty-seven:

on the basis of the above embodiment, in the embodiment of the present invention, taking the current access application device of the UE as a video application device as an example, a process of the UE for deciding the play bandwidth is described, where the process is shown in fig. 36.

The UE will also segment the video currently to be downloaded or played into multiple video segments, where each video segment has the same duration. And then sending the duration of the video clip to an access network, wherein the access network transmits the duration of the video clip to a core network, the core network calculates the bandwidth requirement for sending the video clip based on the duration of the video clip and sends a network quality request to the access network, and the access network responds to the core network according to the bandwidth which can be currently provided and the bandwidth requirement for downloading or playing the video clip.

If the bandwidth currently available by the access network can meet the bandwidth requirement for downloading or playing the video clip, the access network can directly provide the bandwidth meeting the bandwidth requirement for issuing the video clip for the AS. Or the core network provides the AS with the bandwidth meeting the bandwidth requirement of the video clip, and then the AS transmits the bandwidth to the UE through the access network.

At this time, the UE will request the AS to send a video stream, so that the AS can always satisfy the bandwidth requirement for downloading or playing the video segment during sending the video stream, the core network will execute a quality control policy based on QoS Flow, and the access network will execute a quality control policy based on DRB (Data Radio Bearer), and send the video stream sent by the AS to the UE.

Therefore, no matter the process of the AS deciding the playing bandwidth or the process of the UE deciding the playing bandwidth, the core network and the access network can provide corresponding bandwidth for the AS or the UE based on the network requirement of the AS or the UE for accessing the video service, so that the application experience of the user can be improved, and the waste of network resources can not be caused.

Specifically, the AS or the UE may send the video stream level to the core network or directly send the bandwidth expected when the AS or the UE accesses the current application to the core network, in addition to the time length of sending the video clip to the core network. In the embodiment of the present invention, this is not particularly limited.

In the process of deciding the play bandwidth by the AS or the UE, the steps 1, 2, and 3 may be set to be a one-time behavior, that is, when the AS or the UE accesses the current application, only the core network needs to send the request information to the access network once, and in the subsequent access process, the access network may periodically open the access network capability to the AS or the UE or the core network according to the period of the AS or the UE accessing the current application, for example, the duration of the video segment, and the like.

Example twenty-eight:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an access network device, and fig. 37 is an access network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 3701, a memory 3702, and a transceiver 3703.

In fig. 37, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 3701, and various circuits, represented by memory 3702, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 3703 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 3701 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 3702 may store data used by the processor 3701 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 3701 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 3701 is configured to read a program in the memory 3702, and transmit access network capability information through the transceiver 3703;

the transceiver 3703 is used to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 3701.

In particular, the processor 3701 is specifically configured to send access network capability information via user data packets or signaling, and/or send access network capability information via network slice related data or signaling.

Specifically, the processor 3701 is specifically configured to send indication information of whether the access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets the access network capability requirement of the application or the user; or sending the relevant parameter value of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor 3701 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or sending the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the processor 3701 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet.

Specifically, the processor 3701 is further configured to carry the access network capability information in an application layer packet through the UPF and send the application layer packet to the AS; or sending the access network capability information to the NEF through the UPF.

Specifically, the processor 3701 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the AMF, the SMF, or the NEF through a signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the processor 3701 further sends the access network capability information to the NEF through the AMF or the SMF.

Specifically, the processor 3701 further sends the access network capability information to the AF, AS, or UE through the NEF.

Specifically, the processor 3701 further sends the access network capability information to the AS through the AF.

Example twenty-nine:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an access network device, and fig. 38 is an access network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 3801, a memory 3802, and a transceiver 3803.

In fig. 38, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors represented by processor 3801 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 3802 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 3803 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver that provide a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 3801 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 3802 may store data used by the processor 3801 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 3801 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 3801 is configured to read a program in the memory 3802, and receive, through the transceiver 3803, first information that is used for requesting the access network to send access network capability information, where the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

the transceiver 3803 is used for receiving and transmitting data under the control of the processor 3801.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor 3801 is specifically configured to receive request information, control information, query information, or indication information sent by the NEF; or

Receiving request information or control information sent by the AMF; or

Receiving inquiry information or indication information sent by the UPF; or

And receiving configuration information sent by the network manager.

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Specifically, the processor 3801 is further configured to send, according to the first information, access network capability information of the access network through the transceiver.

Specifically, when the processor 3801 receives the request information, it is further configured to send a response information.

Specifically, when the processor 3801 receives the request information, the processor is further configured to send failure information through the transceiver, where the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

Example thirty:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a DU, and fig. 39 is an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 3901, a memory 3902, and a transceiver 3903.

In fig. 39, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges with various circuits linking one or more processors, represented by processor 3901, and memory, represented by memory 3902. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 3903 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 3901 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 3902 may store data used by the processor 3901 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 3901 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 3901 is configured to read a program in the memory 3902, and transmit access network capability information through the transceiver 3903;

the transceiver 3903 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 3901.

Specifically, the processor 3901 is specifically configured to send indication information of whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by an access network meets the access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or send the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor 3901 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to a UE; or sending the access network capability information to the CU.

Specifically, the processor 3901 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or sending the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

Specifically, the processor 3901 is specifically configured to send, through a user plane interface F1-U, a user plane packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane packet to a CU; or sending the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU through a control plane interface F1-C.

Example thirty one:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a DU, and fig. 40 is an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 4001, a memory 4002, and a transceiver 4003.

In FIG. 40, the bus architecture can include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 4001, and various circuits, represented by memory 4002, being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 4003 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 4001 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 4002 may store data used by the processor 4001 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 4001 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 4001 is configured to read a program in the memory 4002, and receive first information through the transceiver 4003, where the first information is used to request the DU to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

the transceiver 4003 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 4001.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor 4001 is specifically configured to receive request information, control information, inquiry information, or indication information sent by a CU; or

And receiving configuration information sent by the network manager.

the DU sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the DU sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Specifically, the processor 4001 is further configured to send the access network capability information according to the first information.

Specifically, when the processor 4001 receives the request information, it is further configured to send response information to the CU.

Specifically, when receiving the request information, the processor 4001 is further configured to send failure information to the CU, where the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

Example thirty-two:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a CU, and fig. 41 is an access network device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 4101, a memory 4102, and a transceiver 4103.

In fig. 41, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits linking together one or more processors, represented in particular by the processor 4101, and memory, represented by the memory 4102. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 4103 may be a plurality of elements, i.e., including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 4101 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 4102 may store data used by the processor 4101 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 4101 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 4101 is configured to read the program in the memory 4102, and send access network capability information through the transceiver 4103;

the transceiver 4103 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 4101.

Specifically, the processor 4101 is specifically configured to send indication information whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by an access network meets the access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or send the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the processor 4101 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to a DU.

Specifically, the processor 4101 is specifically configured to send a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information, or a header of the user plane data packet, to a DU through a user plane interface F1-U; or sending the user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or the header of the user plane data packet to the DU through a user plane interface F1-U.

Example thirty-three:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an application device, and fig. 42 is an application device provided in the embodiment of the present invention, where the application device includes: a processor 4201, a memory 4202, and a transceiver 4203.

In FIG. 42, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors represented by processor 4201 and various circuits of memory represented by memory 4202 being linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 4203 may be multiple elements including a transmitter and a receiver providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 4201 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 4202 may store data used by the processor 4201 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 4201 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 4201 is configured to read the program in the memory 4202 and receive, through the transceiver 4203, access network capability information sent by an access network; generating regulation and control information aiming at application data of the current access application according to the access network capacity information;

the transceiver 4203 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 4201.

Specifically, the application device is UE or AS, and the processor 4201 is further configured to send a network requirement and/or requirement indication of a current access application to a mobile network, so that the mobile network executes a corresponding network quality control policy according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application of the application device.

Specifically, when the application device is an AS, the processor 4201 is specifically configured to send identification information corresponding to a current access application of the AS to the mobile network, where the identification information is set by the AS correspondingly according to the received access network capability information.

Example thirty-four:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a mobile network device, and fig. 43 is the mobile network device provided in the embodiment of the present invention, where the mobile network device includes: a processor 4301, a memory 4302, and a transceiver 4303.

In FIG. 43, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with one or more processors, represented by processor 4301, and various circuits, represented by memory 4302, linked together. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 4303 may be a number of elements, including a transmitter and a receiver, providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 4301 is responsible for managing a bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 4302 may store data used by the processor 4301 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 4301 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 4301 is configured to read the program in the memory 4302, and identify a network requirement of the application currently accessing the application; and executing a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

Specifically, the mobile network device further includes: a transceiver 4303;

the processor 4301 is specifically configured to receive, by the transceiver 4303, a network requirement and/or a requirement indication that an application device currently accesses an application, where the network requirement and/or the requirement indication are sent by the application device; identifying the network requirement of the application equipment for accessing the application currently according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the application equipment for accessing the application currently;

the transceiver 4303 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 4301.

Specifically, when the application device is an AS, the processor 4301 is specifically configured to receive identification information sent by the AS and corresponding to a current access application of the AS, where the identification information is set by the AS correspondingly according to the received access network capability information; and determining the network requirement of the AS for accessing the application currently according to the identification information.

Specifically, the mobile network includes a core network or an access network, and the processor 4301 is specifically configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy through the core network; and/or enforcing corresponding network quality control policies by the access network.

Specifically, the access network includes a central unit CU and a distribution unit DU, and the processor 4301 is specifically configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy by the CU; and/or implement a corresponding network quality control policy via the DU.

Example thirty-five:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information transmitting apparatus, and fig. 44 is the information transmitting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus including:

an obtaining module 4401, configured to obtain access network capability information;

a sending module 4402, configured to send the access network capability information.

The sending module 4402 is specifically configured to send access network capability information through a user data packet or a signaling, and/or send access network capability information through data related to a network slice or a signaling.

The sending module 4402 is specifically configured to send indication information whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by the access network meets the requirement of the access network capability of an application or a user; or sending the relevant parameter value of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

The sending module 4402 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or sending the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

The sending module 4402 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane data packet.

The sending module 4402 is further configured to carry the access network capability information in an application layer packet through the UPF and send the application layer packet to the AS; or sending the access network capability information to the NEF through the UPF.

The sending module 4402 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the AMF, the SMF, or the NEF through a signaling carrying the access network capability information.

The sending module 4402 is further configured to send the access network capability information to the NEF through the AMF or the SMF.

The sending module 4402 is further configured to send the access network capability information to an AF, an AS, or a UE through the NEF.

The sending module 4402 is further configured to send the access network capability information to an AS through an AF.

Example thirty-six:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information receiving apparatus, and fig. 45 is an information transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus including:

a receiving module 4501, configured to receive, by an access network, first information, where the first information is used to request the access network to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

a processing module 4502, configured to perform subsequent processing according to the first information received by the receiving module 4501. .

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

The receiving module 4501 is specifically configured to receive request information, control information, query information, or indication information sent by the NEF; or

And receiving configuration information sent by the network manager.

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

As shown in fig. 45, the information receiving apparatus further includes:

a sending module 4503, configured to send, according to the first information, access network capability information of the access network through the transceiver.

When the first information is request information, the sending module 4503 is specifically configured to send response information.

When the first information is request information, the sending module 4503 is further configured to send failure information, where the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

Example thirty-seven:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information transmitting apparatus, and fig. 46 is an information transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus including:

an obtaining module 4601, configured to obtain access network capability information;

a sending module 4602, configured to send the access network capability information by the DU.

A sending module 4602, specifically configured to send indication information whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by an access network meets the access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or send the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

A sending module 4602, specifically configured to send the access network capability information to the UE; or sending the access network capability information to a central unit CU.

Sending the access network capability information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet; or sending the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information.

A sending module 4602, specifically configured to send a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information or a packet header of the user plane data packet to a CU through a user plane interface F1-U; or sending the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU through a control plane interface F1-C.

Example thirty-eight:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information receiving apparatus, and fig. 47 shows an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus including:

a receiving module 4701, configured to receive first information by a DU, where the first information is used to request the DU to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information;

a processing module 4702 for performing subsequent processing according to the first information received by the receiving module 4701.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

The receiving module 4701 is specifically configured to receive request information, control information, query information, or indication information sent by a CU; or receiving the configuration information sent by the network manager.

the DU sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the DU sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

the DU sends an information unit of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

As shown in fig. 47, the information receiving apparatus further includes:

a sending module 4703, configured to send the access network capability information according to the first information by the DU.

When the first information is request information, the sending module 4703 is specifically configured to send response information to the CU.

When the first information is request information, the sending module 4703 is further configured to send failure information to the CU, where the failure information carries a failure indication and/or a failure reason.

Example thirty-nine:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an information transmitting apparatus, and fig. 48 is an information transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus including:

an obtaining module 4801 configured to obtain access network capability information;

a sending module 4802 for the CU to send the access network capability information.

The sending module 4802 is specifically configured to send indication information indicating whether access network capability information that can be currently provided by an access network meets the access network capability requirement of an application or a user; or send the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information that the access network is currently capable of providing.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

The sending module 4802 is specifically configured to send the access network capability information to a DU.

The sending module 4802 is specifically configured to send a user plane data packet carrying the access network capability information, or a packet header of the user plane data packet, to a DU through a user plane interface F1-U; or sending the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the DU through a control plane interface F1-C.

Example forty:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a quality of service regulation and control apparatus, and fig. 49 is a quality of service regulation and control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the apparatus includes:

a receiving module 4901, configured to receive access network capability information sent by an access network;

a regulation and control module 4902, configured to generate regulation and control information for application data of the current access application according to the access network capability information.

Specifically, the application device is a UE or an AS.

As shown in fig. 49, the apparatus further includes:

a sending module 4903, configured to send the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application to a mobile network, so that the mobile network executes a corresponding network quality control policy according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the current access application of the application device.

When the application device is an AS, the sending module 4903 is specifically configured to send identification information corresponding to the current access application of the AS to the mobile network, where the identification information is set by the AS correspondingly according to the received access network capability information.

Example forty one:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a network quality control apparatus, and fig. 50 is a network quality control apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the apparatus includes:

an identifying module 5001 for identifying a network requirement of the application device currently accessing the application;

and a regulation and control module 5002, configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application device.

The identifying module 5001 is specifically configured to receive a network requirement and/or a requirement indication, sent by an application device, of the application device currently accessing the application; and identifying the network requirement of the application equipment for accessing the application currently according to the network requirement and/or requirement indication of the application equipment for accessing the application currently.

When the application device is an AS, the identifying module 5001 is specifically configured to receive identification information sent by the AS and corresponding to a current access application of the AS, where the identification information is set by the AS correspondingly according to the received access network capability information; and determining the network requirement of the AS for accessing the application currently according to the identification information.

The mobile network includes a core network or an access network, and the regulation and control module 5002 is specifically configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy through the core network; and/or enforcing corresponding network quality control policies by the access network.

The access network includes CUs and DUs, and the regulation and control module 5002 is specifically configured to execute a corresponding network quality control policy through the CUs; and/or implement a corresponding network quality control policy via the DU.

Example forty two:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the above-mentioned information transmission method:

the access network sends access network capability information.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

and the access network sends the access network capacity information to the UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information or a packet header of the user plane data packet.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

the UPF carries the access network capability information in an application layer data packet and sends the application layer data packet to the AS; or the UPF sends the access network capability information to the NEF.

Specifically, the method further comprises:

and sending the access network capability information to the AS through the AF.

The computer readable storage medium in the above embodiments may be any available medium or data storage that can be accessed by a processor in electronics, including but not limited to magnetic memory such as floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tape, magneto-optical disks (MO), etc., optical memory such as CDs, DVDs, BDs, HVDs, etc., and semiconductor memory such as ROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, non-volatile memory (N-access network D FLASH), Solid State Disks (SSDs), etc.

Example forty-three:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the above-mentioned information receiving method:

Specifically, the first information is used for requiring the access network to send the access network capability information, and includes:

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Specifically, the method further comprises:

Specifically, when the first information is request information, the sending the access network capability information of the access network includes:

the access network sends a response message.

Example forty-four:

the DU sends access network capability information.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE; or

And the DU sends the access network capability information to the CU.

Example forty-five:

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

Specifically, the receiving, by the DU, the first information includes:

the DU sends a trigger event of the access network capability information;

the DU sends the information type in the access network capability information;

the DU sends a feedback path of the access network capability information;

the DU sends an information unit of the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

Specifically, the method further comprises:

the DU responds to the CU with information.

Example forty-six:

the CU sends access network capability information.

cached information that the access network is currently capable of providing;

the CU sends the access network capability information to a distribution unit DU.

Example forty-seven:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the quality of service regulation method described above:

Specifically, when the application device is an AS, the sending, by the application device, a network requirement and/or a requirement indication of a current access application to a mobile network includes:

Example forty-eight:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by an electronic device, the program, when executed on the electronic device, causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the network quality regulation method described above:

Specifically, the access network includes a central unit CU and a distribution unit DU, and the executing the corresponding network quality control policy includes:

Example forty-nine:

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a core network device, and fig. 51 is an access network device provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the access network device includes: a processor 5101, a memory 5102, and a transceiver 5103.

In fig. 51, the bus architecture may include any number of interconnected buses and bridges, with various circuits being linked together, particularly one or more processors, represented by the processor 5101, and memory, represented by the memory 5102. The bus architecture may also link together various other circuits such as peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further herein. The transceiver 5103 may be a number of elements including a transmitter and a receiver providing a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The processor 5101 is responsible for managing the bus architecture and general processing, and the memory 5102 may store data used by the processor 5101 in performing operations.

Alternatively, the processor 5101 may be a CPU (central processing unit), an ASIC (Application specific integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device).

The processor 5101 is configured to read the program in the memory 5102, and receive access network capability information sent by an access network through the transceiver 5103; generating regulation and control information aiming at application data according to the access network capacity information;

the transceiver 5103 is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor 5101.

For the system/apparatus embodiments, since they are substantially similar to the method embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and reference may be made to some descriptions of the method embodiments for relevant points.

It is noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one operation from another or from one another without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such operations or operations.

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

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, systems, and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing processor to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the computer or other programmable data processing processor, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While the preferred embodiments of the present application have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the application.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

Claims

1. An information sending method, characterized in that the method comprises:

and sending the access network capability information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the access network capability information comprises any one of:

sending access network capability information through a user plane data packet;

sending access network capability information through signaling;

sending access network capability information through a data packet related to the network slice;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the access network capability information comprises any one of:

the access network sends the access network capability information;

the distribution unit DU sends the access network capability information;

the central unit CU sends access network capability information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the access network capability information comprises any one of:

sending indication information whether the access network capability information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capability requirement of the application; or

And sending the relevant parameter values of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

5. The method of claim 1 or 4, wherein the access network capability information comprises at least one of:

information of network capacity that the access network can currently provide;

the cached information that the access network can currently provide;

information of computing power that the access network is currently capable of providing;

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the access network transmitting access network capability information comprises:

the access network sends the access network capacity information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information; or

And the access network sends the access network capacity information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capacity information.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the access network transmitting access network capability information comprises:

the access network sends the access network capacity information to a user plane function UPF through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information;

the method further comprises the following steps:

the UPF sends the access network capacity information to an application server AS; or

The UPF sends the access network capability information to a network open function NEF, and the NEF sends the access network capability information to an application function AF or AS or UE;

if the NEF sends the access network capability information to the AF, the method further includes:

and the AF sends the access network capability information to the AS.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the access network transmitting access network capability information comprises:

the access network sends the access network capability information to an access and mobility management function AMF or a session management function SMF or NEF;

if the access network sends the access network capability information to the AMF or the SMF, the method further comprises the following steps:

the AMF or the SMF sends the access network capability information to the NEF, and the NEF sends the access network capability information to an Application Function (AF) or an AS or UE;

and the AF sends the access network capability information to the AS.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the DU transmitting access network capability information comprises:

the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE; or

And the DU sends the access network capability information to the CU.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the DU sends the access network capability information to a UE comprising:

the DU sends the access network capacity information to the UE through a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information; or, the DU sends the access network capability information to the UE through an air interface signaling carrying the access network capability information;

the DU sending the access network capability information to the CU includes:

the DU sends a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information to the CU through a user plane interface F1-U; or, the DU sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the CU through the control plane interface F1-C.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the CU sends access network capability information comprising:

the CU sends the access network capacity information to the DU;

the CU sending the access network capability information to the DU includes:

the CU sends a user plane data packet carrying the access network capacity information to the DU through a user plane interface F1-U; or, the CU sends the signaling carrying the access network capability information to the DU through the control plane interface F1-C.

12. An information receiving method, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving first information, wherein the first information is used for requiring to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first information for requiring transmission of access network capability information comprises:

the first information is used for requiring to send indication information whether the access network capacity information which can be provided by the access network currently meets the access network capacity requirement of the application or the user; or

The first information is used for requiring to send the relevant parameter value of the access network capability information which can be currently provided by the access network.

14. The method of claim 12 or 13, wherein the access network capability information comprises at least one of:

information of network capacity that the access network can currently provide;

the cached information that the access network can currently provide;

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving the first information comprises:

the access network receives the first information; or

The distribution unit DU receives the first information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the access network receiving the first information comprises any one of:

the access network receives request information, control information, inquiry information or indication information sent by a network open function (NEF);

the access network receives request information or control information sent by an access and mobility management function (AMF);

the access network receives request information or control information sent by a Session Management Function (SMF);

the access network receives inquiry information or indication information sent by a User Plane Function (UPF);

the access network receives configuration information sent by a network manager;

the receiving, by the DU, first information includes:

the DU receives request information, control information, inquiry information or indication information sent by a CU; or

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first information carries at least one of the following information:

sending a trigger event of the access network capability information;

sending a periodic sending configuration of the access network capability information, wherein the periodic sending configuration comprises a sending period;

sending an information smoothing window of the access network capability information;

sending the information type in the access network capability information;

a feedback path for transmitting the access network capability information;

sending the information format of the access network capability information;

an information unit for sending the access network capability information;

access network capability requirement information of an application or a user;

terminating sending the configuration or indication of access network capability information.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

and sending the access network capability information of the access network according to the first information.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein when the first information is request information, the method further comprises:

the access network sends response information; or

The access network sends failure information, wherein the failure information carries failure indication and/or failure reason; or the like, or, alternatively,

the DU sends response information to the CU; or

20. A method for regulating and controlling quality of service, the method comprising:

and generating regulation and control information aiming at the application data of the current access application according to the access network capability information.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the application device is a UE or an application server AS, the method further comprising:

22. The method of claim 21, wherein when the application device is an AS, the application device sending a network requirement and/or requirement indication of a currently accessing application to a mobile network comprises:

23. A network quality regulation method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the mobile network identifying the network requirements of the application device currently accessing the application comprises:

25. The method of claim 24, wherein when the application device is an application server AS, the mobile network identifying a network requirement for the application device to currently access the application comprises:

the mobile network receives identification information which is sent by an AS and corresponds to the current access application of the AS, wherein the identification information is correspondingly set by the AS according to the received access network capability information;

26. The method of claim 23, wherein when the mobile network is a core network, the method further comprises:

the executing the corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment comprises:

and the core network generates regulation and control information aiming at the application data according to the access network capability information and the network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein when the mobile network is an access network, the access network comprises a Central Unit (CU) and a Distribution Unit (DU), and wherein the enforcing the corresponding network quality control policy comprises:

28. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

29. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the processor is configured to read a program in the memory, and receive first information through the transceiver, where the first information is used to request to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, query information, indication information, or configuration information.

30. An application device, characterized in that the application device comprises: a processor, a memory, and a transceiver;

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and receiving the access network capacity information sent by the access network through the transceiver; generating regulation and control information aiming at application data of the current access application according to the access network capacity information;

31. A mobile network device, characterized in that the mobile network device comprises: a processor and a memory;

the processor is used for reading the program in the memory and identifying the network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment; and executing a corresponding network quality control strategy according to the identified network requirement of the current access application of the application equipment.

32. An information transmission apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

33. An information receiving apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

the device comprises a receiving module, a sending module and a receiving module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving first information, the first information is used for requiring to send access network capability information, and the first information is request information, control information, inquiry information, indication information or configuration information;

34. A quality of service regulation apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

35. A network quality regulation device, the device comprising:

36. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores a computer program executable by an electronic device, which program, when run on the electronics, causes the electronic device to carry out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-11.

37. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores a computer program executable by an electronic device, which program, when run on the electronics, causes the electronic device to perform the steps of the method of any of claims 12-19.

38. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores a computer program executable by an electronic device, which program, when run on the electronics, causes the electronic device to perform the steps of the method of any of claims 20-22.

39. A computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program executable by an electronic device, for causing the electronic device to perform the steps of the method of any one of claims 23-27, when the program is run on the electronic device.